Who? Hopeful Monster head Jason Ball began his studio experimentations in rural Nova Scotia, Canada before settling comfortably amidst the Toronto indie scene where he crafts '60s piano-pop throwbacks, building staccato, Zombies-style ditties and updating each with electronic flourishes.

What? It was all Discmans, FM radio, and the tail-end of the flannel era when Toadies frontman Vaden Todd Lewis offered to take us "behind the boathouse" to show his "dark secret" on the band's 1994 crossover hit "Possum Kingdom."

Contrary to internet murmurs earlier this week, Radiohead won't be providing the entire score to the movie adaptation of Choke, a novel by Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk.

Who? As the project of singer/songwriter and music teacher Shawn Jones, Austin's the Lovely Sparrows roll tender layers of brass, strings, and woodwinds over a brisk folk foundation.

The colossal Lollapalooza festival came and went this past weekend (Aug. 1-3), but if three straight days of non-stop performances couldn't satiate your musical hunger, SPIN.com is bringing you exclusive behind-the-scenes footage, including this intimate sit down with Texas-bred foursome Electric Touch.

Last weekend at Chicago's Lollapalooza festival (Aug. 1-3), which featured sets from the likes of Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails, Wilco, Kanye West, and Rage Against the Machine, SPIN.com kicked back in the air-conditioned Eastsport Cafe with Michigan quintet Tally Hall for a brief chat.