JUST THE BEGINNING.” —Janelle Monáe, page 62
ON THE COVER
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, photographed
for SPIN by Takay. Styling by Akari
Endo-Gaut. Hair by Marco Santini.
Makeup by Mike Potter using Knock
Out Cosmetics for See Management.
Set design by Chelsea Maruskin.
On Nick Zinner: Dior Homme shirt,
Armani Exchange jeans. On Karen
O: Christian Joy customized leather
jacket, dress, and gloves; Sonia
Rykiel shirt; Wolford tights; Pamela
Love bracelet. On Brian Chase: Silver
jeans. For details, see Where to Buy.
42 YEAH YEAH YEAHS After a contentious sophomore album, Karen O and Co. regroup to make nice, ditch guitars for synths, and risk decapitation in Mexico. The story behind the dancetastic It’s Blitz.
58 NEKO CASE Pet lover? Control freak? Force of nature? That would be alt-country siren and sometime New Pornographer Neko Case, whose new solo album is an emotional tornado.
50 THE NEW NEW YORK COOL Introducing Lissy Trullie, Crystal Stilts, and School of Seven Bells, three of the Big Apple’s chicest exports.
62 JANELLE MONÁE The Metropolis-obsessed songstress and OutKast cohort takes the Hotlanta sound to a new level of conceptual ambition, but it’s her buttoned-up retro style we can’t keep our eyes off.
68 THE SPIN INTERVIEW: ALEX KAPRANOS The Franz Ferdinand frontman recalls his wayward (and hedonistic) path to stardom, and the gold-record-throwing, bone-drumming, whiskey-fueled years since.
nick haymes
4 march 2009 / get more photos at spin.com
on left: g-star jacket, g-star.com; DsqaureD2 shirt, DsqauereD.com. on right: BurBerry lon Don jacket, Bur Berry.com;
Dkny jeans juniors shirt, Dknyjeans.com; 7 for all mankin D pants, 7forallmankinD.com; hugo shoes, hugoBoss.com.
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