Question: Why did the zebra lead the children into an abandoned alley?

Answer: To show them a musical fantasy world where Fall Out Boy's Patrick Stump flies a fish helicopter, Gym Class Heroes' Travis McCoy dances with robots, Panic at the Disco's Brendan Urie reports the news, and up-and-comer Janelle Monae teaches an elementary school how to shake it.

Considering all their zany onstage costumes -- ranging from characters from Star Wars to The Wizard of Oz -- it was only a matter of time until Gnarls Barkley crooner Cee-Lo and studio wizard Danger Mouse got fully animated. And here, in the cut-and-paste hodge-podge video for the backbeat-driven B-side "Mystery Man," off the Who's Gonna Save My Soul EP (due Nov.

In a special segment I'm calling "Hey, Look At Me!" we round up the artists who, this week at least, appear to have the healthiest self-esteem.

If you weren't able to attend last weekend's Austin City Limits music festival, not to worry: SPIN.com was there, snapping photos of every great band we could find. Check out our shots of Beck, Foo Fighters, CSS, and many more artists below and on the next two pages.

Getting people to pay more than $5 for a show in a town with as many service jobs and students as Athens, Georgia, is difficult. Packing a venue at $25 a ticket on a Tuesday in the summer when many of those students are gone? Rare.

SPIN's Devin Pedzwater is roaming the New American Music Union festival in Pittsburgh, uploading photos and video from a mobile phone that utilizes our SPIN Live player to broadcast in real-time. Check out his videos of the Duke Spirit, Gnarls Barkley, the Black Keys, and many more.