Austin City Limits Music Festival

[SubMethod]

Will anybody else in the US be attending this festival this next weekend? I will be there on Saturday and Sunday. I opted not to go Friday because there is only one band playing that day I would care to see, Spoon. This will be my first time going to a music festival, so Im very excited. This is a list of all the bands that are playing:

Coldplay
Widespread Panic
Oasis
The Black Crowes
The Allman Brothers Band
Wilco
Roky Erickson & The Explosives
Robert Randolph & The Family Band
Lyle Lovett & his Large Band
John Prine
Lucinda Williams
Buddy Guy
Jet
Dierks Bentley
Thievery Corporation
Arcade Fire
Death Cab for Cutie
Bob Mould Band
Built to Spill
Bloc Party
Steve Earle & The Dukes
Blues Traveler
Franz Ferdinand
Gov't Mule
Drive-By Truckers
Kasabian
Zap Mama
Robert Earl Keen
Keane
Tortoise
Doves
The Black Keys
Kaiser Chiefs
Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon
The Walkmen
Jason Mraz
Rilo Kiley
Spoon
The Decemberists
The Bravery
Eisley
Blue October
Grupo Fantasma
Kermit Ruffins
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Bettye La Vette
Rev. Dan Willis & The All Nations Choir
Morgan Heritage
Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca
Ruthie Foster
deSol
The Frames
Mates of State
Mindy Smith
Martin Sexton
The Fiery Furnaces
Aterciopelados
Kathleen Edwards
Asleep at the Wheel
M83
Tegan and Sara
Mike Doughty's Band
Split Lip Rayfield
Rachael Yamagata
Bobby Bare Jr.
Mofro
The Ditty Bops
The New Amsterdams
Ambulance Ltd
Slightly Stoopid
dios (malos)
Brave Combo
Aqualung
Dave Alvin & The Guilty Men
John Butler Trio
Bruce Robison
Missy Higgins
Nine Black Alps
Kevin Fowler
Jack Ingram
Cory Morrow
Grady
The Weary Boys
Wayne “The Train” Hancock
Monte Warden
Zykos
Soundteam
Asylum Street Spankers
Pong
Oliver Future
The Real Heroes
Bukka Allen
Hairy Apes BMX
Nic Armstrong & The Thieves
The Lost Trailers
The Gospel Stars
Donna The Buffalo
The Shields of Faith
Star Kids Yoga
The Jones Family Singers
South Austin Jug Band
The Lighthouse Singers
Kacy Crowley
Casey McPherson
Tristan Prettyman
The Massacoustics
Joe McDermott
Sara Hickman
Anthropos
The Palm Elementary School Choir
Lucas Miller
Imagination Movers
Free Sõl
Jeff Black
KJAE
Austin Hartley-Leonard
Maneja Beto
Austin Collins Band
The Biscuit Brothers
Naturally Seven
Patrick Davis
Kelley Hunt
Kate York
The Experiment Experience

I plan on seeing Built To Spill, Arcade Fire, Oasis, Wilco, Rilo Kiley, M83, The Decemberists, The Black Keys, Coldplay, Buddy Guy, Death Cab For Cutie, Bloc Party, The Walkmen, The Fiery Furnaces, Split Lip Rayfield, and any others that I can fit in.

This should be one of the best weekends ever.

[bowieee]

Sweet jesus.

I'm speechless.

[screamer581]

Originally posted by bowieee
Sweet jesus.

I'm speechless.


Ditto.


Man...I could die and be a happy man after seeing that show.

[blankpage]

That is one EPIC line-up :eek:

[SubMethod]

Highlights of Austin City Limits:

-finally seeing Built To Spill live

-The Fiery Furnaces

-seeing Bloc Party playing to 20,000 people

-Rilo Kiley

-The Arcade Fire's cover of Five Years

-The Decemberists playing to 10,000 people and Colin Meloy working the crowd better than any other band

-Wilco playing Jesus, etc. and I'm Always In Love

Overall ACL was worth all the money, sweat, and dirt. Sunday was the hottest day of the year and the hottest Sep. 25th in Austin history. I heard that it got up to 108. I've never been so hot and sweaty and dirty in my life, but I would do it again. Next year they need to get Tom Waits though.

[bowieee]

Originally posted by SubMethod
Highlights of Austin City Limits:

-finally seeing Built To Spill live



Yeah thats a treat isn't it :). Doug maurtch is just one of the most talented musicians around. His live shows sound pretty much perfect.

I'm glad you had fun. That line up had me in awe.

[screamer581]

Originally posted by SubMethod

-Wilco playing Jesus, etc. and I'm Always In Love



Jesus, etc. is such an amazing song. Man Sub, you are one lucky sonofa....




Oh yeah, how was Coldplay?

[SubMethod]

Originally posted by screamer581
Oh yeah, how was Coldplay?

We only stayed for three songs. I saw Politik, Yellow, and Square One. By they time they started it was so fucking dusty we couldn't stand it anymore. You couldn't see more than twenty feet in front of you, and I had to wear a bandana over my face so I could breath. I was still coughing for two days after.

[Psychocandy]

That's the kind of lineup that makes me want to weep for not having been there. Submethod...you are one luck sob.

[BadCoverVersion]

Well paint me green and call me a jealous bint.

That was some line-up there. Glad you enjoyed Subman.

[SubMethod]

Yes, this year was a absolutely great lineup. This was the fourth year of the festival, and I think last years might have been the best so far. The Pixies, Ryan Adams, Elvis Costello, Wilco, Old 97's, Cat Power, Modest Mouse, Spoon, Patty Griffin, Sloan, Rosanna Cash, Neko Case, and Broken Social Scene to name a few.