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Our sunburned skin is peeling and we've got a mix of sand, glitter and cake in our ears, but damnit if we don't miss Hangout Music Fest already! Cue Boyz II Men , ya'll, because we're not ready to say goodbye.

It's a commonly held view that covers suck. They can be lame, unimaginative and tantamount to stealing someone else's thoughts.

Over on our sister blog Fork in the Road they've got a pretty thorough recap of Friday's Great GoogaMooga.

"I want you all to scream as loud as the people on that roller coaster," shouted rapper Jake Miller.

Drummer Ronnie Vannucci Jr., backed up by his band The Killers , was on fire last Wednesday night.

"Buenos Aires Report," the opening composition of Argentine pianist/composer Pablo Ziegler's collaboration with the Netherlands' Metropole Orkest, Amsterdam Meets New Tango, is a good indication of the emotional grit that characterizes the album's aesthetic. Ziegler, as Gustavo Conde's liner notes explain, is "a key exponent of contemporary Buenos Aires urban music, centered on pure tango" seasoned with "aspects of jazz improvisation." This is the new tango, a genre pioneered by Astor Piazzolla , and Ziegler had learned from the master.

Quick, name a Billboard Music Award winner. Yeah, we'd be hard-pressed to do it, too.

"Don't do no press, but I get the most press, kid," said Kanye West on "Mercy." He's not wrong.

Princeton-based Saves the Day will play the Skate and Surf Festival at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson on Sunday.

TMZ spoke with Aretha Franklin, who told them that Kim shouldn't be travelling around because it's not good for the child.

It's been a long time since we've heard from Zach Steinbach. Nearly five years ago Steinbach fronted The Color Truth, a Milwaukee band that seemed poised to take the next step with its big, melodic, poppy rock and roll.

TMZ reports that police were called to Miley Cyrus' house as she yet again became the victim of another swatting prank.

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F amous fam ily, sort of: British singer Emeli Sande got her first taste of fame when she and her parents moved from her mother's native England to the rural town of Aberdeenshire in northern Scotland.

We know you wish you were in the crowd during Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ' amazing high-energy set at Hangout.

We've been watching Hangout Music Festival madness unfold through the eyes, and selfies, of ground correspondents Chrissy Teigen and Vinny Guadagnino all weekend as they document everything going on at the three-day, beach-side event.

The first 24-hours of Hangout Music Festival were amazing. But just in case you had to step away from your monitor to use the bathroom or refill your beer , here's a recap of some of the biggest must-see moments.

We live in the middle of a golden age of documentaries. For the past few years, music documentaries have featured prominently in my Top Ten lists.

While primarily a gala benefit for KLRU, our local PBS affiliate, last night's three-hour ACL Live at the Moody Theater concert celebrated Austin music master Lloyd Maines .

A judge says that the WWE does business in Texas, so it will have to face off there against the guy who "pioneered" giving wrestlers songs to walk into the ring to.