The Blakes prefer a brand of sinful transgressions that the major labels just can't live up to, leaving the band to their rock'n'roll ways with the party animals at indie label Light in the Attic.

Seattle's music scene -- as you've probably heard -- is an unwavering, productive smorgasbord of genres and sub-genres, all of which are represented each year at the city's Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival.

Seattle's Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival logs as one of the nation's most eclectic events; from the exotic food selections and the wide array of performing acts, to the smorgasbord of those in attendance -- suburban families to urban punk youths. And on day three (Sept.

Though best served in an equally dark venue, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club's shadowy tunes, as lead by singer/guitarist Peter Hayes, alongside drummer Nick Jago and vocalist/guitarist Robert Turner, were met with fervent reception on a sunny Bumbershoot day two (Sept. 2).

Following the quartet's midday performance Saturday (Sept. 2) beneath Seattle's Space Needle at Bumbershoot's main stage, James Mercer, the frontman and creative force behind indie darling the Shins, slipped out of his dapper couture, snuggled up in some Target-bought shorts and sat down with SPIN.com backstage for a brief chat.

While the marquee outside Seattle Center proclaimed Kings of Leon and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club as the top two acts on Bumbershoot's second day, it was the Billboard-ruling plastic queen, Fergie, who held down the final timeslot on the Samsung Mainstage, which is also adorned with the Spin logo, as you might recall from yesterday'

We've trekked this summer from festival to festival -- from the bustling streets of Austin's South by Southwest to beer gardens packed with Vinny Chase-wannabes at Coachella to the abundantly friendly, tie-dye-tinged highs of Bonnaroo to the logo-laden stages of Lollapalooza to

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