Seminal rockers the Beastie Boys are staying busy on the festival circuit this summer while introducing audiences to the soul-jazz, funk-rooted instrumentals of their seventh album, The Mix-Up.

Vocalist/guitar Joe Sumner, guitarist Seton Daunt, and drummer Pete Wilhoit, the nice guys behind the arena rock riffage of London's Fiction Plane, are currently touring the globe in support of their sophomore studio effort, 2007's Left Side of the Brain.

"Let's pretend it's not noon and jump around like we're fucking idiots," gooftronica auteur Dan Deacon gleefully exclaimed on Sunday (Aug. 5), and the soon-to-be overflowing Dance Tent was happy to comply. Despite the fact that the keyboard that's pretty integral to his brand of electro wasn't working, Deacon thrilled.

As Lollapalooza heats things up in Chi-town for day two, the second annual Virgin Festival is also set to scorch countless fans this weekend. Today (Aug.

Today, amidst 103 degree heat, Canadian disco-dance enthusiasts Shout Out Out Out Out was one of the first bands to descend upon the sun-baked stages of Virgin Fest '07.

After taking a few years off from living life on the road, Incubus are back on tour in support of their latest effort, 2006's Light Grenades. Before quenching die-hard fans with their gut-punching melodies at the North Stage this afternoon (Aug.

Even though you'll read hundreds of news pieces that lead with a weather report of Baltimore's Virgin Festival -- let me add, just for a moment, my two cents to the mix. It's 103 degrees at the packed Pimlico racetrack right now, and that’s hot enough to let the friggin’ crabs steam themselves.

The domestic installment of the country-spanning Virgin Festival by Virgin Mobile just cranked up a notch with less than a month away. Sunday's (Aug. 5th) lineup at Baltimore's Pimlico Race Course is getting an invigorating shake of sensation with some significant artist additions. Ambient instrumentalists Explosions in the Sky, culture-jamming DJ Dan Deacon, and dance rockers Panic!

The tradition that began at Coachella '06 returned for a fourth time at Maryland's Virgin Festival this past weekend. Fans stopping by the Spin booth got their photos taken and gave us their own reviews of the massive festival. Click here to visit the Virgin Festival photobooth!

With one scan of the crowd watching the Who, it was clear that the families wandering the V Fest grounds today were here primarily for these British veterans. Now playing as a quintet, they delivered a canon that sounded like it hadn't aged a day, featuring hits like "Who Are You," "Baba O'Riley," and "Pinball Wizard."