Lollapalooza Best & Worst: Day 2

Santigold wows a massive crowd, Chairlift covers Snoop, Ida Maria mends hearts -- plus Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Glasvegas, and more!
Santigold / Photo by Erik Voake

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BEST SUPPORT GROUP FOR THE BROKEN-HEARTED: IDA MARIA

Asher Roth at Lolla: Your Guide to College Partying

Weed, beer, boobies -- study up! The dorm room emcee throws down in Chicago's Grant Park. Click here for a review!
Asher Roth / Erik Voake

Asher Roth isn't as much a rapper as he is a hype man for a post-football game rager on the Greek Row of any State College -- and he really loves women's breasts.

"BBBBBOOOOOOOBBBBBBBIIIIIIIIIIEEEEESSSS!!!!!!!!"

Best & Worst of Lollapalooza: Day 1

Kings of Leon bring good vibrations, Perry and LeAnn sing for the kids -- plus Bon Iver and much more from Chicago!
Kings of Leon's Caleb Followill / Photo by Ian Witlen

THE BEST:

BEST INACCURATE WEATHER REPORT: ZAP MAMA

SPIN.com Live at Lollapalooza, All Weekend Long

We're all over Grant Park for this weekend's festival fabulousness. Follow along!
Lollapalooza 2008 / Photo by Eric Nowels

SPIN.com is in Chicago this weekend as Depeche Mode, Tool, Jane's Addiction, the Killers, Kings of Leon, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and more than 100 other bands take to the stages in Grant Park for the 2009 edition of Lollapalooza.

Check the site daily for our updated take on the best and worst sets, live photos, video, and more.

7 Best Moments of the Newport Folk Fest

Fleet Foxes, Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, Neko Case, and others celebrate the festival's 50th anniversary.
Neko Case and Robin Pecknold of Fleet Foxes / Photos by William Goodman

Roughly equidistant from New York and Boston, Newport, RI, is an old-money vacation town where, for one summer weekend a year, flashy cars, big yachts, and bigger estates share attention with folksingers like Pete Seeger and Joan Baez, whose lyrics preach about the dangers of a lavish lifestyle.

Best & Worst of All Points West: Day 3

Coldplay converts your boyfriend, the Black Keys soundtrack mud wrestling, and MGMT ditch their own show.
MGMT's Andrew VanWyngarden / Photo: Kyle Dean Reinford

BEST SET OF THE DAY

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