“COLLEGE STUDENTS, HIPSTERS, SUBURBAN MOMS—COME TO THE PARTY AND YOU WON’T BE EXCLUDED.” —Anya Marina, page 36

DARREN ANKENMAN

DEPARTMENTS
JANUARY 2009

10 CONTRIBUTORS

14 EDI TOR’S LE T TER

16 FEEDBACK

18 SOUNDCHECK

25 NOISE Listening In: Jaime King The Album Recipe: The All-American Rejects’ When the World Comes Down What You Need: Audio gear The Inquisition: Wayne Coyne In My Room: Tom Morello Breaking Out: Anya Marina, K’naan, and Passion Pit The SPIN Mix: Songs you must hear now! Plus: Racist music goes digital; bands couch-surf with a little help from the Web; the new ODB book; Warhol’s album covers; and rockers return to college.

83 REVIEWS Music: Animal Collective’s Merriweather Post Pavilion, Rivers Cuomo’s Alone II, Franz Ferdinand’s Tonight, Guns N’ Roses’ Chinese Democracy, Andrew Bird’s Noble Beast, and dozens more! Plus: Reissues and essential yacht rock. Movies: Che, and the best and worst in 2008’s movies. Live: The Distillers’ Brody Dalle introduces Spinnerette in Los Angeles.

100 SPIN “ 4” KIDZ Fun times—at the expense of Disney’s tweenest stars.

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