Lollapalooza 2008: In Pictures
Lollapalooza has once again come and gone like a summer beacon of bountiful awesomeness, having passed through Chicago's Grant Park from Aug. 1-3. But fortunately, we have the modern miracle of still photography (YouTube what?) to keep the memories from fading into festival obscurity, and to remind those who couldn't make it what a terrible, terrible mistake they had made.
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New Catfish Haven MP3: "Set in Stone"
The Windy City's garage-soul saviors are back with their first new outpouring of impassioned material since 2006's breakout LP Tell Me and two subsequent years of workmanlike touring. "Set in Stone" -- streamable below and soon-to-be-iPod-ready when Devastator is released on Oct.
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Exclusive: Michael Stipe in PSA for Amnesty International's Small Places Tour
If there's one thing we here at SPIN.com like more than rocking out, it's making the world a better place to live in. Luckily, Amnesty International -- as well as some of our favorite bands -- agrees: From Sept. 10-Dec.
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Exclusive: New MP3 from Islands Offshoot Human Highway
Moonlighting gigs have seemingly become the central preoccupation of many of today's more relevant indie artists, and the inhabitants of Islands are no exception, despite the recent release of that group's excellent Arm's Way.
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50 Cent Sues Taco Bell, Sense of Humor Makes Run for the Border
Fitting that we ran a story yesterday regarding Dr. Dre's continued toiling on The Detox, as his protégé 50 Cent (real name: Curtis Jackson) is now -- shockingly -- in the headlines.
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Behind the Scenes at Download 2008 Los Angeles: Yeasayer
This past Sunday, July 20, throngs of music-hungry fans converged on Los Angeles' Gibson Ampitheatre for Download 2008 to have their craving satiated by sets from Tapes N' Tapes, Datarock, Ghostland Observatory, Gang of Four, and the Jesus and Mary Chain, among others.



