The continuing saga of a good magazine gone bad

The Killers have been the "next big thing" since a year ago.

Nothing wrong with putting a band like this on the cover, Sia.

But it would have been more fitting last year, like, when they were actually on the rise.

There was once a time that SPIN was edgy and on the tip of good things. Now, it's a magazine that caters to the fringe of Rolling Stone readers. Proving once again that hitting the great pasty middle is not only easy but safe.

And it's also a reason that the Internet is making music magazines so irrelevant.