Live at Virgin Mobile Festival '08: Shudder to Think

The reunited post-hardcore pacesetters played their first official show in nearly a decade. Watch them perform "Jade-Dust Eyes."
Shudder to Think's Craig Wedren / Photo courtesy Virgin Mobile Festival

Just down the road from Baltimore, the site of Virgin Mobile Festival, lies our Nation's Capital, a city with a rich punk ethos and the original hometown of Shudder to Think, one of the most innovative and revered acts to put out albums on D.C.'s famed Dischord Records.

Live at Virgin Mobile Festival '08: The Stooges

Watch footage of the punk legends ripping through iconic tunes on Virgin's North Stage.
Iggy Pop and the Stooges / Photo courtesy Virgin Mobile Festival

Not even stolen gear could stop fiery punk luminaries the Stooges from rocking out at this past weekend's Virgin Mobile Festival in Baltimore. Below, check out video clips of the group, led by the irrepressibly wild Iggy Pop, rocking out to classics "1969" and "Loose."

Backstage at Virgin Mobile Festival '08: The Go! Team

SPIN.com's Peter Gaston chats with Ian and Jamie from the Go! Team about the possibilities of playing at a race course and training animals as roadies.
The Go! Team

After their Sunday afternoon set at Virgin's South Stage, pastiche-poppers the Go! Team stopped backstage to catch up with SPIN.com. Below, check out video of SPIN.com's Peter Gaston chatting with the Go!

Backstage at Virgin Mobile Festival '08: Chromeo

The two-step twosome chat with SPIN.com's Peter Gaston about remixes and U.K. festival culture.
Chromeo

After showing the crowd at the dance tent their 'fancy footwork', hip synth-rock duo made their way backstage to show SPIN.com some interview love. Below, check out a clip of SPIN.com's Peter Gaston talking with Chromeo about the nature of remixes, and how British festival culture is different from U.S. attitudes.

Backstage at Virgin Mobile Festival '08: Shudder to Think

SPIN.com's Peter Gaston caught up with recently reformed D.C. icons Shudder to Think about future plans and the pitfalls of relearning material.
Shudder to Think

After their Sunday afternoon set on Virgin's North Stage, reunited '90s indie luminaries Shudder to Think were kind enough to stop backstage and have a chat with SPIN.com's Peter Gaston. Below, watch Gaston and the guys talk about relearning their old songs, the possibility of new material, and blowing their recording budget on catering.

Live at Virgin Mobile Festival '08: The Black Keys

The thumping blues duo brought down the theoretical house on Virgin's South Stage on Sunday.
The Black Keys

They may only be two people, but that doesn't mean that Akron, Ohio's blues behemoths the Black Keys can't bring the noise to a festival stage. Below, check out a clip of Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney tearing through "Set You Free", from 2003's Thickfreakness.

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