Jason Merritt, Getty Images "I'm actually really fond of awkward situations," NOFX's Fat Mike tells Spinner, laughing after he has left us open-mouthed and speechless. The NOFX vocalist/bassist has just recounted the story behind his song 'La Pieta,' which translates to "pity" and takes its name from the Michelangelo statue in St. Peter's ...

Rob Loud, Getty Images Up high in the San Juan mountain range, some 8,750 feet above sea level, lies beautiful Telluride, Colo., home of the Telluride Bluegrass Festival for 38 years and counting. Every third week of June, it's where mandolins seem more prevalent than electric guitars, banjos are strummed at lightning speed and where a tiny ...

Jason Merritt, Getty Images In 2005, at their first Telluride Bluegrass Festival, the Decemberists challenged the deep mountain event's world-class banjo, mandolin and fiddle players to a pick-off. And they won...but only by default. "We were like 'Bela, come up here and show us your stuff!'" frontman Colin Meloy (pictured) told the crowd, ...

Tim Mosenfelder, Getty Images Rolling Stone Cover Contest finalists Lelia Broussard and the Sheepdogs (both pictured) faced off with their guitars Saturday at Bonnaroo's aptly named This Tent. At stake? The title to be the first unsigned act to grace the cover of Rolling Stone. To put things in perspective, My Morning Jacket, who headlined ...

Jason Merritt, Getty Images When the lineup for Bonnaroo 2011 was released back in February, some fans thought it skewed a little too far left of the festival's jammy roots. Eminem -- whose name usually dominates mainstream and rap album charts -- didn't seem like a natural fit for the festival's big tenth anniversary but on Saturday night, ...

FilmMagic, FilmMagic This happens at Bonnaroo every year: Someone is billed early in the day for one of the festival's intimate tent stages, but the audience overflows its confines to impassable proportions, proving the act deserves more attention. Florence + the Machine was that act this year. The Brit soul-pop group, helmed by frontwoman ...

Tim Mosenfelder, Getty Images At the end of 2011, Arcade Fire will have accomplished the never-before-accomplished feat (we're pretty sure) of headlining, in the matter of one year and two months, America's Big Four music festivals: Lollapalooza last summer, Coachella this past spring, now Bonnaroo on Friday night and Austin City Limits this ...