The Used, 'Artwork' (Reprise)

Yell, riff, chorus -- repeat until the rage subsides.

Lead screamer Bert McCracken already called this Utah emo-metal outfit’s fourth album a concept piece about “hating yourself,” so there’s zero mystery in his snot-nosed enunciations of sorrow and bloodletting.

Bamboozle: The Good, the Bad & the Soggy

Fall Out Boy, No Doubt, and Journey -- sort of -- are among SPIN's picks for the fest's rays of sunlight and its wet blankets.
Pete Wentz / Gwen Stefani / "Steve Perry"

The Bamboozle is the ultimate annual music festival for teenagers, in all that implies. Held in the parking lot of Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, it crammed 9 stages with raucous rock, pop-punk, and hip-hop acts -- most of whom are youngbloods with a max of five active years and two albums behind 'em -- and brings higher-profile but disparate marquee names in at night.

Mastodon Cover ZZ Top, Flaming Lips Sing Madonna

Read about a new covers album that also features Adam Sandler playing Neil Young's "Like a Hurricane."
Mastodon

Mastodon interpreting ZZ Top? The Black Keys playing Captain Beefheart? The Flaming Lips covering Madonna's "Borderline"?

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