Riverboat Gamblers, 'Underneath the Owl' (Volcom)
North Texas' missing liquor? look no further.
By Steve Kandell 02.19.09 11:33 AM
Chest-thumping call-and-response, greasy riffs, lyrics about drinking and girls and Vicodin and more drinking -- if Against Me!
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The Soundtrack of Our Lives, 'Communion' (Yep Roc)
Epic blast of classic rock from shaggy Swedes.
By Steve Kandell 02.19.09 5:38 AM
The album is having a hard enough time retaining its relevance as a medium, but the double album?
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Grammys: The 7 Best Moments
SPIN's Steve Kandell on M.I.A.'s belly, Coldplay's charm, and Thom Yorke's new haircut.
By Steve Kandell 02.09.09 6:24 AM
1) BEST SELF-EFFACING ACCEPTANCE SPEECH BY A GROUP OR DUO
Coldplay, for Chris Martin's "limestone" joke. Dude, we're supposed to be making comments like that about you. If you're gonna poke fun at your band, then what's left for wiseass peanut gallerists to say? Well played.
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The All-Stars: N.A.S.A.
BIG IN '09: Ingenious beats + more guest stars than Love Boat + Martian booty dancers = the party album of the year. Watch a video!
By Steve Kandell 01.19.09 4:40 PM
FACE TIME: Ever since A-listers lined up to virtually duet with Frank Sinatra in 1993, pop collaborations have become devalued as events, even as they've increased in frequency. But unlike your standard rap remix featuring phoned-in cameos, the cavalcade of stars guesting on N.A.S.A.'s The Spirit of Apollo -- the brainchild of Squeak E.
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The Lamentalist: Bon Iver
BIG IN '09: Don't let the folksy, haunting breakup songs fool you -- Justin Vernon has plenty to smile about. Download a new MP3!
By Steve Kandell 01.08.09 2:36 PM
There's something inherently jarring about seeing Justin Vernon in Times Square. Given the mythology surrounding last year's chilling, sparse insta-classic For Emma, Forever Ago (he holed up in a northwestern Wisconsin cabin to exorcise personal demons!
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Review: Prince's 5 New Songs
SPIN's Steve Kandell on the Artist, who's still funky after all these years.
By Steve Kandell 12.19.08 2:03 PM
His last album, 2007's Planet Earth, was bundled for free with Sunday papers in London (the first single, "Guitar," was a Verizon exclusive). It's something of a shame that this is the only thing the album is remembered for because it was as good -- as distinctly Prince-like -- as he's sounded in years, stacked with languid funk jams and, like the song says, guitar.
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