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NOVEMBER 2009

“I’M CONFIDENT ABOUT MY TALENT. IT JUST TOOK TIME TO GET IT OUT THERE.” —Kurt Vile, page 34

12 EDITOR’S LET TER 14 FEEDBACK 16 SOUNDCHECK

23 NOISE

In My Room: Gwar’s Oderus Urungus The Inquisition: Devendra Banhart The Album Recipe: Dead by Sunrise’s (a.k.a. Chester Bennington) Out of Ashes Breaking Out: The Big Pink, Kurt Vile, and the Rifles The SPIN Mix: Songs you must hear now! Plus: Nick Frost on slow dancing to George Michael, the ’90s band revival, and the SPIN 20

71 REVIEWS Music: Tegan and Sara’s Sainthood, Jay Farrar and Benjamin Gibbard’s One Fast Move or I’m Gone, Slayer’s World Painted Blood, Built to Spill’s There Is No Enemy, Ghostface Killah’s Ghostdini: Wizard of Poetry in Emerald City, Kiss’ Sonic Boom, and dozens more! Live: Nine Inch Nails take a final bow in Los Angeles. Movies: Antichrist, Pirate Radio, Precious, and Until the Light Takes Us

 

92 ENCORE November 7, 1973: Rod Stewart and Elton John get their kicks outdoors.

ON KUR T VILE

Robert Geller sweater;

Obesity and Speed pulled T-shirt, obesityandspeed. com; Alternative T-shirt underneath, alternativeapparel.com.

JIMMY FONTAINE

8 NOVEMBER 2009 / SPIN.COM