Live Daily — Alt-rock icons Weezer [ tickets ] and Blink-182 [ tickets ] have signed on to headline the 2009 Virgin Mobile Festival [ tickets ], which organizers have announced will be a free event. "Times are tough and money's tight," reads an announcement po... more info

JamBase — Virgin Mobile FreeFest! Virgin Fest 2008 by Jurick The 2009 Virgin Mobile Music Festival will now be a FREE event. Dubbed the Virgin Mobile "FreeFest", the all day free event will be held on August 30 at the beautiful, 40 wooded acres of Merriwe... more info

Stereogum — Citing "all the bad news about the economy and the layoffs," Virgin Mobile has rebranded its fourth annual American music festival the Virgin Mobile FreeFest, and has reduced its price of admission from a lot of dollars to no dollars at all. An ex... more info

Pop Tarts Suck Toasted — Monday: Ted Leo & the Pharmacists @ Maxwell's 9pm $15I may have recommended seeing Ted Leo & the Pharmacists on Sunday but let's face it with all the shit weather you probably didn't make the trek to a place in Jersey you've never been to. Well now y... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — St. Vincent on the Wookie Stage @ Sasquatch 2009 (more by Chris Graham) "The "buzz" word gets thrown around a lot in Nashville. Whether it's some local band on the cusp of national damnation or a touring band that gets... more info

Stereogum — Seeing Annie Clark solo with guitar is nothing new for those that have been seeing her shows since the pre-Actor days, but even then St. Vincent was never interested in going the simply strummed acoustic route. In order to flesh out her songs, music ... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — Woe was me after the conclusion of Dirty Projectors inaugural set - should I have stayed at the same Byrne curated stage for St. Vincent or do I roll over to Which Stage for Animal Collective? Fueled by the fact I had never seen Animal Collective in... more info

My Old Kentucky — Our friend Andy of Tugboat Productions, an Indiana expatriot now based in Nashville, TN, is running, in conjunction with Lake Fever Productions a great project called The Lake Fever Sessions. This week they feature the lovely and talented Annie Clar... more info

The Yellow Stereo — Annie Clark aka St. Vincent recently performed a set of three solo acoustic songs as part of the “Lake Fever Sessions”, which documents artist performances with HD video and multitrack audio.  The three songs include “Actor Out of Work” an... more info

Persona Sauna — This year's Bonnaroo proved to be quite the turnout; not just musically speaking. With celebs like Drew Barrymore and Joy Bryant, the free-spirited music festival seems to be turning into more and more of a fashion spectacle every year.STYLE.com cau... more info