Best of Fun Fun Fun Fest

Austin, Texas' up-and-coming festival scores with stellar sets from Danzig, the Jesus Lizard, Yeasayer & more!
Yeasayer singer Chris Keating / PHOTO BY Jessica Attie

This weekend's Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin was a tale of two days: Saturday's Sun Sun Sun Fest, with its 80-degree temperatures, and Sunday's Wet Wet Wet Fest, with sporadically heavy downpours challenging the fortitude of festivalgoers. But the crowds still came out for Sunday's gigs -- of course, it didn't hurt that metal punks Danzig were playing their first Austin show in 15 years.

FREE DOWNLOAD: Yeasayer's Rad New Single

Brooklyn experimental art-rockers showcase their pop side, but stay weird enough on "Ambling Alp."
Yeasayer

On November 3, Brooklyn experimental rockers Yeasayer will officially release "Ambling Alp," the first single off their forthcoming sophomore record Odd Blood (due in Feb.) -- but you can snatch it up for free today! (Check out the download info below.)

Bat for Lashes Explains New Record

Read about the Brit singer's "destructive" musical concept.
Bat for lashes

Natasha Khan, the head-band sporting Brit songstress behind mystical indie rock outfit Bat for Lashes, has revealed details for the follow-up to her SPIN-praised debut, 2007's Fur and Gold.

Yeasayer Announce Fall Tour

The experimental psych-rockers will embark on a North American jaunt before returning to the studio to record the follow-up to All Hour Cymbals.
Yeasayer's Chris Keating / Photo by Tracy Nunnery

Who?: Brooklyn's freaky, electronically-treated Yeasayer, punctuated by the eerie vocals of frontman Chris Keating. The quartet released their heady debut, All Hour Cymbals, in October of 2007 to widespread acclaim; recently, the band wrapped up a stint supporting Beck on the European leg of his Modern Guilt outing.

Join SPIN.com at Lollapalooza '08!

Watch video interviews and acoustic performances from the Hard Rock Hotel, plus live video blogs from backstage.
Radiohead's Thom Yorke / Photo by Joe Assad

SPIN.com is packing up its festival bags once again this weekend for one of summer's biggest weekends: Lollapalooza, in Chicago's gorgeous Grant Park. With headline sets from the likes of Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails, Rage Against the Machine, Wilco, and Kanye West, Lolla lacks little in star power, and we're unleashing our hounds accordingly.

Behind the Scenes at Download 2008 Los Angeles: Yeasayer

VIDEO! Watch SPIN.com's Peter Gaston chat with Yeasayer about battling the heat -- and Q-Tip.
Yeasayer / Photo by Misha Vladimirskiy

This past Sunday, July 20, throngs of music-hungry fans converged on Los Angeles' Gibson Ampitheatre for Download 2008 to have their craving satiated by sets from Tapes N' Tapes, Datarock, Ghostland Observatory, Gang of Four, and the Jesus and Mary Chain, among others.

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