Why hip-hop stars are ceasing to sample;
Joy Division’s downbeat designer wear; meet Bo Burnham, Judd Apatow’s newest protégé; Eminem’s verses versus Eminem’s mom’s; Patrick Stump opens up his Hollywood home; Scott Weiland faces the Inquisition; a holiday gift guide; Diego Luna on the Mars Volta and using The Bicycle Thief as a laxative. PLUS: Vivian Girls, Termanology, and the Ringers are Breaking Out.
Getting lit in the city of lights: Here is Spin’s guide to Paris.
On the 20th anniversary of hip-hop’s big year, some shiny memories of the Golden Age. BY CHARLES AARON
The Killers’ Day & Age; Fall Out
Boy’s Folie à Deux; the Cure’s 4: 13 Dream; Ryan Adams & the Cardinals’ Cardinology; Los Campesinos!’s We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed; Kid Sister’s Dream Date; Common’s Universal Mind Control; and dozens more! PLUS: Reissues and essential outlaw country.
“It’s been a great year for my music. Unfortunately, I write the best songs when I’m miserable.”
SCOT T WEILAND, PAGE 44
Parkour comes home in Mirror’s Edge, a game inspired by the street sport inspired by video-game characters’ free-bouncing style.
The Wrestler, Milk, Wendy and Lucy, Defiance, and Slumdog Millionaire
12 MONTH 2008 WWW.SPIN.COM
All Tomorrow’s Parties rocks the Catskills with My Bloody Valentine and other sonic booms.
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