If the graffiti-splattered, poster-covered walls of CBGB could talk, aside from asking for a good scrubbing, they might wax nostalgic about an era when they watched the Ramones grow up and fantasized as Debbie Harry sauntered across the stage. With those legendary walls facing possible demolition in a month, the venue's owner kicked off a month-long campaign on Monday (Aug.

More than 30,000 hipsters, hippies, and a few folks just looking for a party braved Coachella-like temperatures and filled Chicago's Grant Park last weekend for Lollapalooza 2005, a hodge-podge of fresh indie rockers, recently reunited legends, and the occasional jam band. SPIN.com arrived brimming with fluids and left loaded with reflections:

It was a dark and steamy night on Pier 54 when the nubile young bands Rock'n'Roll Soldiers, OK Go, and the perennial favorites the Donnas rocked the stage to a near-capacity crowd of adoring fans at the second installment of Hudson River Rocks, presented by Spin.

Coney Island -- home of the drag-queen friendly Mermaid Parade, Woody Guthrie's Americana folk, and the scary, smack-addled dystopia of Requiem for a Dream -- is the perfect setting for an eclectic rock show like Saturday's fifth annual Village Voice Siren Festival.

By: Erica Futterman

The Von Bondies, World Leader Pretend and Dan Dyer stood against the backdrop of a choppy Hudson River last night and rocked a receptive and well-dressed New York audience. The equally well-appointed headlining Von Bondies stole the show with straight ahead garage pop and guitarist Marcie Bolen's come-hither stare, one that sliced through a sheet of red locks.