Bedouin Soundclash, courtesy Steph Montani. This week is all about physical, metaphorical and head trips. Bedouin Soundclash enters the eye of a storm, The Mother Hips trek southward, Bad Sounds split the difference between Liverpool and Manchester, Tyson Ritter of All-American Rejects goes to space (and to the early aughts)…

Clockwise from top left: The Mother Hips, Alfie Templeman, conductor Eric Jacobsen with Kayhan Kalhor, Sandeep Das and Karen Ouzounian; LIT, Black Label Society, Harvey Sutherland and Young Guv. The jangly guitars of The Mother Hips, disjointed motorik beats from Harvey Sutherland, catchy hooks of Young Guv and shredding…

Photos: Ché Holts When the operators of a U.C. Berkeley alumni campground first contacted the Bay Area’s Strong Brew and One Foot Productions about hosting a music festival in the Stanislaus National Forest near Pinecrest, the producers dreamt of a much larger project. The U.S. Forest Service shuttered their hopes of a Burning Man-esque…