Camp Freddy, a super-group made up of alternative rock legends, made their way to the 9:30 Club to help raise money for the Wounded Warriors campaign and put on an electrifying show.

Just like the biggest summer movie blockbusters tend to be mindless affairs full of car chases and loud explosions, summer concerts are sometimes best enjoyed with big, dumb rock songs being played at high volume with thousands of people singing along. That was certainly the case last night as Stone Temple Pilots closed out their short July tour under the stars at Merriweather Post Pavilion. The crowd was far from a sell out, likely owing…

More star wattage, more choice, more tough choices. V-Mo Fest V. 3, Part II offered more of the same, and in this case, that’s a very good thing. In addition to the words and visuals you saw yesterday, today we’ve also got audio of several on-the-spot interviews Chris conducted at the festival. Copious sound + vision follows! 8/10/08 5:04 PM -Michelle Stafford of Headcount – Chris Klimek Ace photographer DCist Kyle kicks it off: I…

It seems like just yesterday we were scratching our heads and wondering what this mythical “v fest” creature we’d heard of could possibly be. A large-scale music festival that doesn’t require a plane ticket? Our brain grapes were smashed at the thought! The first year (a one day event headlined by The Who and the Flaming Lips) went over well, and last year’s bigger, better and greener approach was another notch in Richard Branson’s belt….