Chris Kissel

The New Basement Tapes is an experiment not entirely without precedent.

Rusty Kelley hangs out in front of a house in Far Rockaway, N.Y., a suburban neighborhood 25 miles outside of Manhattan, smoking a cigarette.

Red Light District is a house and DIY noise venue in Far Rockaway, on the far end of the Rockaways, the barrier peninsula that buffets Queens and Brooklyn from the ocean.

DIIV have already played several shows this spring and summer – including opening for Weezer – but their three-night stand at the Music Hall of Williamsburg is a summer benchmark, a homecoming of sorts.

In 1987, an art student named Maura Jasper hunkered down in a converted barn at UMass Amherst, in the hills of Western Massachusetts, and sketched an album cover for her friend's band, a little-known (and extremely loud) rock outfit called Dinosaur Jr.

Mountain Jam is a particularly eclectic festival this year, with up-and-coming bands from all different genres joining the jam-band trifecta of the Allman Bros, Gov't Mule and Bob Weir and RatDog.

The force of Lucius' singing defined their brief 45-minute set at Mountain Jam today.

The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger, the project led by Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl, played a psychedelic set at Mountain Jam this afernoon, stretching their songs out and soaking in the vibes of the festival.

Blitzen Trapper played a straightforward rock show at Mountain Jam today, even dipping into a little classic rock – sky-gazing solos and all.

A shooting at a suburban shopping mall in Maryland has left at least three dead, according to authorities.

Tornadoes and thunderstorms rampaged through the Midwest today, killing several people in Illinois and leaving a path of destruction.

Kidd Kraddick, host of the popular, nationally-aired morning show Kidd Kraddick in the Morning, has died in New Orleans.