November 4, 2010 – During the recent Voodoo Music Experience New Orleans, artists stopped by the American Express® ZYNC ZONE, to chat with SPIN about their 2010 festival experiences and much more, among them Metric -- watch our video interview, plus performance footage below!Metric dropped into the Voodoo Festival fresh off a tour with Muse complete with "towers, lights, and lasers" according to vocalist Emily Haines.She also said festivals like Voodoo are a great chance for the band to catch up with other artist pals. "I love festivals because I love my friends that are musicians and I don't get to see them anywhere else, sadly," she said.The band recently contributed music to the Twilight film franchise, and when asked whether she was Team Edward or Jacob, Haines instead name-checked another film featuring Metric tunes: "I answer that question with...

October 19, 2010 – During this weekend's ACL Music Festival in Austin, TX, artists stopped by the American Express® ZYNC ZONE, to chat with SPIN about their summer festival experiences and much more, among them blues legends Blues Traveler-- watch our video interview, plus performance footage below! Blues Traveler has been rocking for more than two decades and the most recent turn in the band's life has been the embrace of social media. "It's a chance for a dialogue with a faceless crowd," said frontman John Popper."I'm a sucker for that, you sort of find out who you are in that dialogue. In 2012 the band will turn 25 and in January they'll hit the studio to begin recording a new album due at their quarter century mark, the year will also bring a box-set for the band. "We're going to milk the crap out of it," Popper said. See our exclusive interview with Blues Traveler below, and click h

October 19, 2010 – During last weekend's ACL Music Festival in Austin, TX, artists stopped by the American Express® ZYNC ZONE, to chat with SPIN about their summer festival experiences and much more, among them recent VMA winners The Black Keys-- watch our video interview, plus performance footage below! Coming out of Akron, Ohio Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney weren't subjected to much music, and that's why they love coming to Austin for ACL, all of the music and the "good breakfast tacos" as well, according to Auerbach. Recently the band just received a MTV VMA and the two bandmates didn't even watch the broadcast together. "We watched the VMA's separately but in the same hotel, but we were texting each other the whole time like, OH MY GOD," Carney said.

October 15, 2010 – During this weekend's ACL Music Festival in Austin, TX, artists stopped by the American Express® ZYNC ZONE, to chat with SPIN about their summer festival experiences and much more, among them L.A.

October 15, 2010 – During this year's Austin City Limits Music Festival in Austin, TX, artists stopped by the American Express® ZYNC ZONE, to chat with SPIN about their summer festival experiences and much more, among them San Diego's Switchfoot -- watch our video interview, plus performance footage below!Switchfoot makes music about their lives.Frontman Jon Foreman said the songs he pens are a document of what is going on with him. "For me it's a journey where you're documenting your life in song and that's where these songs come from," he said.For the band, rock'n'roll is important but it's not life changing.

October 15, 2010 – During this year's Austin City Limits Music Festival in Austin, TX, artists stopped by the American Express® ZYNC ZONE, to chat with SPIN about their summer festival experiences and much more, among them Memphis alt-country vets Lucero -- watch our video interview, plus performance footage below! Lucero frontman Ben Nichols is a big fan of the festival set-up, even if his band hasn't been playing them for too long."Festivals today are really important and we hadn't done a whole lot until this year and these things are crazy," he said."It's bright and daylight and there's a ton of people." That daylight is the one thing that seems to be hampering the band's style when performing at fests."If they would build a little tavern, like somewhere dark and cold where I could drink whiskey, that's what I miss at the festivals," he said. Nichols also mentioned the band has a new record comin

October 15, 2010 – During this year's Austin City Limits Music Festival in Austin, TX, artists stopped by the American Express® ZYNC ZONE, to chat with SPIN about their summer festival experiences and much more, among them psychadelic rock act Portugal. The Man-- watch our video interview, plus performance footage below! Fans come first for Alaska's Portugal.

October 15, 2010 – During this year's Austin City Limits Music Festival in Austin, TX, artists stopped by the American Express® ZYNC ZONE, to chat with SPIN about their summer festival experiences and much more, among them Oxford England's Foals-- watch our video interview, plus performance footage below! For frontman Yannis Philippakis and Foals, their live performances are all about the music. "We have a way of thinking before we play, not matter what the occasion it's usually don't think about anything but allow ourselves to be vessels for the music," he said. Growing up the band was heavily into the Seattle grunge scene and now calls one of that scene's purveyors, Sub Pop Records, home. "The first bands I got into were Seattle grunge bands.To think we're at the same level is pretty sweet," Philippakis said."We might not be an obvious choice as a Sub Pop band, but we share similar values about t

October 15, 2010 – During this year's Austin City Limits Music Festival in Austin, TX, artists stopped by the American Express® ZYNC ZONE, to chat with SPIN about their summer festival experiences and much more, among them indie rock heavyweights the National-- watch our video interview, plus performance footage below! Over the years, the National met loads of bands they adored at festivals, but gleaned particularly poignant advice from R.E.M.

October 15, 2010 – During this year's Austin City Limits Music Festival in Austin, TX, artists stopped by the American Express® ZYNC ZONE, to chat with SPIN about their summer festival experiences and much more, among them Wayne Coyne, frontman of indie rock veterans the Flaming Lips -- watch our video interview, plus performance footage below! According to frontman Wayne Coyne, Austin has always been very welcoming to his band's unusual antics. "Austin was one of the first places that allowed us to play, this was in 1984," Coyne said."We ran into a lot of weirdos and suddenly we didn't feel like being the Flaming Lips from Oklahoma was such a bad thing." Coyne also said creating music with the band is a necessity to his own well being. "If you're lucky or however you want to call it, if you're like me you do it because...