Q&A: Sunny Day Real Estate's Jeremy Enigk

The Seattle band's original lineup is back after 14 years, but the man credited with inventing emo admits he still doesn’t know what that even means.
Sunny Day Real Estate (From Left: Enigk, Mendel, Hoerner, Goldsmith)

Sunny Day Real Estate’s career was short—they broke up in 1995 before completing their second album, then reformed for two albums sans bassist-turned-Foo Fighter Nate Mendel—but sweet.

The Good, the Bad, and the Meh of the VMAs

Everything you need to know about the MTV Awards, just in case they don't repeat the show.
Lady GaGa

THE GOOD:

Blog Recap: MTV's VMA Awards Show

Kanye vs. Taylor! Beyonce! Jay-Z! SPIN's Steve Kandell tracked the night's highs and lows in real time.
Lady GaGa / Jay-Z / Green Day / Eminem

SPIN's Steve Kandell live-blogged the best and worst of VMA night. Check out a recap of his live commentary below, plus loads of reader comments below!

The Mighty Boosh: A "Mighty" Wind

It took five years for Britain's oddest comedy to blow our way. What an outrage!

The cultural landscape is littered with British phenoms aspiring to make it in the States.

The Almighty Defenders, 'The Almighty Defenders' (Vice)

A Tamil dustup inspires a defiantly trashy response.

DOWNLOAD: Pennywise Cover Hardcore Classic

EXCLUSIVE: The longtime SoCal punk band honors Reno's 7 Seconds with a nasty version of "We're Gonna Fight."
Pennywise (Lindberg, second from right)

Singer Jim Lindberg recently announced he was leaving Southern California punk stalwarts Pennywise after a 20-year run to work on a documentary film, among other projects. One of the last recordings he did with the band is a cover of the classic song "We're Gonna Fight" by an even longer-running hardcore act, Reno, Nevada's 7 Seconds (available exclusively for download below).

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