Live Review: Mars Volta, Vampire Weekend, and More from Austin City Limits

The Hush Sound's Greta Salpeter blogs from Austin, weighing in on the best and worst from the festival.
Cedric Bixler of the Mars Volta / Photo by Chad Wadsworth

Austin City Limits hit the Lone Star State with a vengeance this weekend, and SPIN.com tapped the Hush Sound's Greta Salpeter to act as our eyes and ears on the festival grounds. Here, read Salpeter's take on sets from day one artists like Vampire Weekend, Stars, Mars Volta, and more, and check back to SPIN.com for her blogs from the rest of the event!

Bumbershoot '08: Welcome to Seattle!

SPIN.com arrives in the Emerald City and gears up for a weekend jam-packed with music, including sets from Beck and Death Cab for Cutie.

After spending the summer traveling from music festival to music festival, SPIN.com has finally reached the final -- and arguably the best -- event in the summer circuit: Seattle's Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival.

Complete Bumbershoot '08 Lineup Unveiled

Death Cab For Cutie, Tapes 'n Tapes, and Superchunk, among others, join Beck, Stone Temple Pilots, Neko Case, and more at Seattle's marquee fest, Aug. 30-Sept. 1.
Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard / Photo by Lucy Hamblin

Officials for the 2008 Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival have completed the festival's lineup, adding Death Cab For Cutie, Tapes ‘n Tapes, Superchunk, Two Gallants, and the Weakerthans, among others, to a bill featuring Beck, the recently reunited Stone Temple Pilots, and Neko Case. The festival convenes at Seattle, WA's Seattle Center from Aug. 30-Sept. 1.

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