Outside Lands Music Festival

Soundwave Minneapolis rap duo Atmosphere are going on a long international tour in the fall in support of May's Southsiders. An August/September North American run was already announced, and now they've added a November leg surrounding their appearance at Fun Fun Fun Fest...

For the 2nd week in a row and the 2nd year in a row, BrooklynVegan is representing in the Toyota-presented Soundwave tent at major festivals...

The redheaded stranger turned 80 this year and he's no worse for wear. Like the whiskey he often sings about (he opened with 1973's "Whiskey River") Willie Nelson only seems to get better with age -- his voice deeper, his words wiser -- even if he's increasingly aware of his creeping mortality...

Like at Lollapalooza and Firefly, and like we'll be doing again at Bumbershoot, BrooklynVegan was set up each day of Outside Lands in the Soundwave tent where our hosts Christen Thomas and Dave Hill DJ'd, told jokes and interviewed and hosted bands that were playing the fest...

As things got dark, so did the music: Phoenix lit up the Twin Peaks Stage with their chartbusting electro-pop that was inescapable from 2009-2010...

Frontman Matt Berninger strolled into the spotlight in a three-piece suit, sipping what appeared to be a glass of Sauvignon Blanc from any one of the festival's Wine Lands vendors...

Dave Hill @ hosting Soundwave @ Firefly (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) The 2013 Outside Lands Festival begins in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park today and runs through Sunday (Aug 9-11)...

Outside Lands 2012 (more by Amoreena Lucero) Lollapalooza and Osheaga are behind us, but the summer festivals keep rolling on with San Francisco's Outside Lands this weekend (8/9-8/...

Who are Bridget Everett & the Tender Moments? To quote the NY Times:Multiply the mouthy, flesh-jiggling early Bette Midler by one hundred, give her the super-plus-size figure and fashion sense of Divine, the John Waters diva, and the manners of a Flintstone, and you've got a rough approximation of Bridget Everett, the alt-cabaret star who roared around the stage of Joe's Pub...

Outside Lands Fest 2012 (more byAmoreena Lucero) The 2013 edition of San Francisco's Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival with happen at Golden Gate Park on August 9 - 11...