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Filed under: Concerts and Tours , The Hit List This year marks the 20th anniversary of Lollapalooza , the celebrated festival that has come a long way in the past two decades. It's evolved from [...]

Filed under: The Hit List You've heard it countless times: "We wouldn't be here if it weren't for you." The fans. And it's true. Rock stars are rock stars because we [...]

Filed under: The Hit List Countdowns like our Top 10 School Music Videos can be fun ... or infuriating, if your favorite jam clip didn't make the cut. With that in mind, here's another batch of A+ school-themed music videos, as enthusiastically suggested by Spinner readers. You guys are so getting extra credit participation points! [...]

Filed under: The Hit List When an act names an album after itself, it's often introducing itself to the world, signaling a rebirth or telling fans that this record is its magnum opus. Either that, or they're just not very good at titles. Some ('The Byrds ') have failed to live up to their creator's name, while others (' Christina Aguilera ') have accurately signaled the birth of a star. (By the way, R.E.M.' s 'Eponymous' doesn't count -- that's a title.) And acts with multiple self-titled discs ( Weezer , [...]

Filed under: The Hit List Perfectly matching a song with a scene is nothing new (see: Scorsese, Martin ), but Wes Anderson takes the movie soundtrack to new levels of artistry. In all his films, the young writer-director displayed a record geek's ability to wow viewers with a song that's not only enjoyable but, at its best, makes a scene instantly memorable. With the release of ' Fantastic Mr. Fox ,' Anderson's first animated feature, Spinner picked the director's 10 best music moments. [...]

Filed under: The Hit List Rock is all about selling a persona, and sometimes you have to change more than just your haircut. Whether it's to seem more "real," to appeal to bigger audiences or just for fun, musicians have been rocking altered accents for ages. Here are some of our favorite fakers of dubious dialects. Shania Twain It's a scientific fact that Canadians are virtually indistinguishable from Americans [...]

Filed under: The Hit List They say winners never quit, but in the music biz there's something to be said for going out at the top of your game. Whether they left for greener pastures, fled amid feuds and controversy, or just dropped off the face of the earth, here are some of the biggest quitters in rock music history. D'Arcy Quits the Smashing Pumpkins : After five albums with the [...]

Filed under: The Hit List We're used to hearing the songs of summer to usher in the fun, but when it starts getting dark earlier and the school supplies overtake the beach toys aisle, fun seems like a pointless emotion. What about the anxiety, the dread, the clean slate and the bad rep? Here we present 20 musicians who've done their homework and succeeded in legitimizing back-to-school butterflies. 'Brain Damage,' Eminem [...]

Filed under: The Hit List The summer of 2000 belonged to ' Thong Song ' and ' Who Let the Dogs Out .' The dog days of 1997 would have been unrecognizable without ' MMMBop .' But the truly timeless songs of summer are the ones written about the season itself. These all-time summer hits are hotter than black vinyl car seats in Arizona and more fun than running through the sprinkler. 10. ' In the Summertime ,' Mungo [...]