When Jeff Tweedy sang the opening line of "Via Chicago" last night at San Francisco's Outside Lands Festival -- "I dreamt of killing you again last night, and it felt alright to me" -- it seemed vastly appropriate that his band, Wilco, was performing on a stage named "Twin Peaks." But the frontman's demeanor was, for the most part, far sunnier, particularly when faced with a sprawling throng of

It was my first time seeing Bon Iver, and I cleared my schedule to catch their set on Outside Lands' Presidio stage on the strength of one immensely compelling statement from a trusted source about the band's recent two-night stand in New York: "I wept.

On "He Lied About Death," from his band's 2005 opus Set Yourself on Fire, Stars co-frontman Torquil Campbell rants about our current president, calling him "an ape in a cage" and hoping his "drunken daughters are gay." So, on the weekend the Democrats picked their V.P. candidate, it wasn't surprising to hear Campbell chime in on this year's election.

With a damp, chilly mist settling onto the shoulders of some 60,000 patrons in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, the ebullient grin on bassist Colin Greenwood's face summed it up: This Radiohead performance would be difficult to forget.

As we noted in our live review from earlier this week, Bloc Party seems reenergized by their new material, like new single "Mercury." And while that was truly a set highlight during their afternoon romp on Virgin Mobile Festival's South Stage, Silent Alarm favorites carried the day, particularly a rousing version of

Given his Nirvana legacy, people often forget that Dave Grohl cut his teeth in D.C. hardcore bands before packing up and heading out West. So just a stone's throw from his Northern Virginia roots, Grohl led Foo Fighters through a hit-laden set, one that affirmed their stadium-filling status. Check out this tidbit of "Times Like These" for a little taste.