Best of Seattle's Bumbershoot Festival

Modest Mouse reigns, Katy Perry mugs, and Black Eyed Peas kill the power -- plus, more from the weekend's extravaganza.
Katy Perry / Photo by Alex Crick

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BEST HOME-SUBURB HEROES: MODEST MOUSE

Modest Mouse, M.I.A. Headline Street Scene Festival

Tickets are still available to the San Diego festival featuring performances from Black Eyed Peas, Thievery Corporation, the Dead Weather and many more!
Street Scene Headliners: Modest Mouse & M.I.A.

On Friday, August 28 and Saturday, August 29, San Diego's 25th annual Street Scene festival will play host to 45 amazing bands across five stages.

VIDEO: Heath Ledger's Final Film Features Tom Waits

Waits plays the Devil in the Aussie actor's last work, a whimsical epic also featuring Colin Farrell, Jude Law, and Johnny Depp.
Tom Waits in <i>The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus</i>

The final installment in Heath Ledger's engrossing career, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, won't make it to U.S. theatres until Christmas, but you can score a peek at the trailer for director Terry Gilliam's hotly-anticipated film below.

WATCH: Heath Ledger-Directed Video Released by Modest Mouse

Ledger's conception marks the release of the band's new EP.
Modest Mouse

Modest Mouse have premiered the Heath Ledger-directed video for their track "King Rat" to coincide with today's release of the band's new EP, No One's First, and You're Next. Watch below.

Exclusive Song: Modest Mouse, "Perpetual Motion Machine"

The indie rockers channel New Orleans ragtime on their new single. Listen here!
Modest Mouse

Good news for people who love Modest Mouse: if you can't wait to hear the band's upcoming EP, No One's First and You're Next (out Aug. 4), you can listen to one of its singles, "Perpetual Motion Machine," right now -- exclusively on SPIN.com!

Free Download: The Cribs' New Song with Johnny Marr

Hear the ex-Smiths guitarist's first cut as part of the brotherly British trio -- for a limited time only!
The Cribs with Johnny Marr (second from left)

He helped Modest Mouse climb to the top of the indie rock mountain. Can Johnny Marr do the same for retro-minded British punk trio the Cribs?

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