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If you think about it, a music festival with a name like Fun Fun Fun Fest has a lot to live up to. Technically speaking, its features and performances ought to be triple the normal amount of fun.

“That’s cool – Chicago looks good,” said Kurt Vile Friday (Nov. 8) at Fun Fun Fun Fest as he looked over his shoulder at Austin’s array of skyscrapers toward the beginning of his evening set.

The final day of the Voodoo Experience was about as relaxed as you could get after a booze-fueled weekend in the Big Easy. Aside from headliners the Cure and Bassnectar, Sunday was dominated primarily by smaller bands.

With 16 albums and more than 30 years of music under their belts, New York City indie faves They Might Be Giants are still standing tall. Saturday night (Nov. 1), with support from Miniature Tigers, they celebrated their legacy with a terrific hometown show at Terminal 5, where they played their 1986 debut album in full.

Day 2 (Nov. 2) of the 2013 Voodoo Experience saw quite a few production improvements in addition to a standout performance from headliner Nine Inch Nails.

This year's Voodoo Experience is seeing some monumental shifts thanks to powerhouse Live Nation taking over. Add to that a new location, the elimination of key tent stages and an ever-widening VIP section, and you've got the makings of a pretty contentious festival -- the 14th in the event's history.

The four members of this rising L.A. electro-rock outfit are producers as well as musicians, and in the following blog post, written amid sessions for PoL's forthcoming EP, singer and guitarist Ryan Daly paints himself and his bandmates -- Anthony Improgo (drums), Michelle Ashley (keyboards) and Randy Schulte (bass) -- as sonic perfectionists.

Aussie rockers Tame Impala are drawing bigger and bigger crowds, and that made their recent rooftop performance for Los Angeles' ALT 98.7 something truly special to see. The show took place at the Hollywood Tower overlooking the Los Angeles skyline, and it gave a group of lucky radio winners a chance to catch the band in an intimate setting.

Soulful indie-popsters Fitz and the Tantrums made New Yorkers sweat earlier this week with an elevating performance at Roseland Ballroom. It was part of their ‘Bright Futures Tour,' and hip-shaking support came via California's Capital Cities, who got the audience moving early.

If you haven’t heard of them yet, you soon will. The U.K. gentleman of You Me At Six rocked a sold-out show at Gramercy Theater in New York over the weekend, and their young screaming fans were treated with a supporting line-up that included Tonight Alive, Conditions and Dinosaur Pile-Up.