Update: Saturday at Outside Lands festival in San Francisco. It was my first visit to OSL, and I was struck by how different the vibe is there. It's at Golden Gate Park, and it was shrouded in cool, misty fog all day long... a good 30 degrees F chillier than Lolla. And the people were all mellow as hell.

Tame Impala -- Garage-rock with a tasty neo-psychedelic flavor. Me likey.

Portugal. The Man -- Stupid band name, but fun and interesting group. It's indie-rock, but with more 'rock' than indie. Hard to describe, really... sounds like a half-dozen strong influences mixed randomly in a 10-lb. bag.

(Tried to see the Alabama Shakes, but the crowd there was too massive to get anywhere within a quarter-mile of the stage. Screw that. My daughter was up on the rail, and said they were outstanding.)

Explosions in the Sky -- Atmospheric, sometimes-soaring instrumental band. Hypnotic in a good way, like a good film soundtrack.

The Kills -- I'd seen these two play a couple of times before, but this was markedly different. Instead of just stripped-down blues/rock songs with one man, one woman and a drum machine, they had 4 percussionists on-stage and were clearly going for more of a performance-oriented show. Kinda cheesy for me, but others loved it.

Metallica -- Sonic fascism. I might have been up for this in a different time and place, but not this time. I hung for a while, then bolted for...

Sigur Ros -- Absolutely the opposite of Metallica in every way. It was pure art, pure emotion, in a surreal setting in a misty fog at night in the woods. A show I will never forget.