The kids may be headed back to school, but SPIN.com has been on a permanent rock vacation this past week; we've brought you musical dispatches from Seattle's Bumbershoot festival, given you the scoop about reunions and upcoming albums, and let you inside the pages of this month's SPIN cover story about alt-rock journeyman Beck. Check out this week's highlights below:

Performing for just the third time ever without her sister, Sara, Tegan Quin shared the stage last night at New York's Housing Works Bookstore Café with author Augusten Burroughs (Running With Scissors).

Thursday night promises to be full of rare moments for Tegan Quin, half of sister duo Tegan & Sara. She'll be performing a song that she wrote to accompany the audiobook of Augusten Burroughs' A Wolf at the Table for the very first -- and possibly last -- time in front of a live audience, and she'll be appearing for only the third time without her sister, Sara.

As we recently reported, Tegan and Sara's Tegan Quin and author Augusten Burroughs will co-headline the SPIN.com Book Club's Liner Notes event at New York City's Housing Works Bookstore Café on Sept. 4.

Tegan Quin of Tegan and Sara and author Augusten Burroughs (Running With Scissors, A Wolf at the Table) will co-headline SPIN.com's Liner Notes, an event at Housing Works Bookstore Café on Thursday, Sept.