We've all seen the scene in High Fidelity where John Cusack and his record- store cohorts rattle off their favorite album openers of all time. And certainly, music history has more than its share of epic LP closers. But the impending fireworks and festive gorging of Independence Day got us thinking: What about lonely little track four?

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July 9, SPIN and MLB will welcome the All Star games to New York City with our MLB 2K8 All Star Kick Off Party, a private event featuring performances from Albert Hammond Jr. and special guest Pase Rock, and we want to invite you to the party!

Here's a rundown of what's available online and in record stores this week. Click each album title to read Spin's review:

Alkaline Trio, Agony & Irony: Emo's somber pros open the shade and peer outside.

Among some 100,000 concertgoers braving the typically tumultuous weather this past weekend at Brit mega-festival Glastonbury was Spin's Craig McLean, a seasoned attendee of the seminal event, and our watchful eye through thick and thin, from rain to shine.

Here are a few of his best, worst, most surprising and most notable moments from Glastonbury '08:

He's bartered for rides, met hundreds of fans, logged thousands of miles, and posted almost 500 videos and photos that have been viewed over 200,000 times by Pearl Jam lovers worldwide. Tonight, Zack Newman got to live out a fan's dream, interviewing Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready backstage at the Comcast Center in Mansfield, Massachusetts.

It's one thing when the Empire strikes back, but wait till you get a load of Kanye's rebuttal to the Bonnaroo scuttlebutt. But West was just one of may artists who made the week memorable, as you will read below.