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So we hope all you people out there have enjoyed our interviews as part of our coverage of ACL 2010. To wrap up our interview series from the festival, we wanted to do another quick interview with local favorite TV Torso. Matt Oliver has been in the Austin scene for years so we were excited to see what he had to say about his latest project. Follow the jump for more.
So our lovely weekend is over and it’s time for us to begin recapping what went down over the ACL Festival days. To do that, we’ll begin with an interview conducted right before the weekend with Midlake guitar player Eric Pulido. We’ve long been fans of the Midlake sound so we were excited to have some time with Eric. Follow the jump for more.
So tomorrow is the big day and we’re all real excited for ACL festival (duh). But what about those kids who like to go the alternate route and save a bit of money? If you fit that mindset, check out some shows below going on Thr.-Sat. night that could tickle your fancy. Some are official, some are not. Some are real cheap, some are not. That free show Friday night at Mohawk is lookin’ real good to me right now… just GET THERE EARLY. Door times and cost are listed. Sold out show? Check out the craigslist playah. Follow the jump for a full list. That thing was a bit long for the main page….
Well ACL Festival is finally upon us in just a couple short days and we couldn’t be more excited. It’s a busy time of year, but the fun and debauchery throughout the weekend always rewards us for all the hard work we put in. Leading up to the weekend we sent a few questions to The Morning Benders leading man Chris Chu. We discuss the current state of his band and his strong feelings about the internet age of music we’re currently living in. Follow the jump to read more from Chris.
I first discovered David Bazan and his work in Pedro the Lion when I was just a young lad in my early high school years. I was always drawn to Bazan’s early post-emo work and have continued to follow his career for the last 10 years or so. Being such a big fan of his work in Pedro, Headphones, and now solo, I was pretty excited to land an interview with Bazan to preview his spot on the ACL festival roster this weekend. Sometimes this job has it’s perks. Follow the jump to read more from the conversation between David and I.
With only about a week and a half remaining until the huge ACL festival starts on the 8th of this month, it’s time that you really start thinking about that plan of action for who you want to see over the weekend. Sometimes your choice will be easy with only one decent band playing at a certain time, but then you’ll have a choice like this one that will make you want to pull your hair out. So on the one hand you have The Flaming Lips who formed over 25 years ago and have been doing their psych rock thing for longer than most of us can remember. But then we have a more recent favorite in Band of Horses who can still hold their own despite their relatively short career together. Both bands are playing on Sunday late in the day at 6pm on opposite sides of the festival, so you have little hope of catching a bit of both sets. My initial feeling was to go with Band of Horses based on my just having seen Flaming Lips at Free Press Summer Fest earlier this summer. Plus, I feel like The Lips are still using the same damn live gimmicks that they’ve been hitting us with for the last 5-6 years… I mean cool, but I’ve seen it more than once. Then again, Flaming Lips play right before The National on back to back stages so it would be nice to just post up and avoid fighting the crowds. I also fear that the Band of Horses crowd could be old hippie city since The Eagles play on the same stage shortly after BOH. My indifference towards the recent material from both of these bands may cause me to just go with a majority vote amongst my friends. Care to share your thoughts?
So every year ACL festival has a few tough choices to make when they schedule two really great bands playing at exactly the same time. Typically we’re stuck with making a choice between two bands, but this year we have been faced with a choice between FOUR great bands. The first thing that came to mind when I saw the ACL schedule was this huge conflict between these four heavy hitters on Saturday. So let’s see what we have here… First up for consideration is a performance from incredible gypsy-punk band and awesome live group Gogol Bordello beginning at 6:30 on the AMD stage. Then you have the option of stopping by the Austin Ventures stage at 6:00 for the two hour long Monsters of Folk show. Or maybe you fancy a solid veteran songwriter in the form of David Bazan beginning at 6:40 on the BMI stage. Last but not least, you can check out great live performers LCD Soundsystem on the Budweiser stage at 6:30. So what’s it gonna be? Some are saying you could maybe check out a few songs from each? Maybe you want to check out a bit of one and then slide over to catch the end of the Monsters of Folk set? I personally don’t like a lot of migrating during sets so I want to make a choice and stick with it. I’m honestly still torn on this one… You guys have any insight?
If you’re searching for background information on The National, you’re bound to find enough valid information dominating their Wikipedia page, but we’re not here to focus on a bland press release that will give you meaningless insight into the band’s history, Political/Social Support and Discography. We are here to offer up a look at music as literature, music that provides meaningful views into the modernity in which we live. This is The National, ladies and gentleman. Follow the jump for more.
Are you ready for Austin City Limits Festival? Well, we certainly are, and we’re working with the fine folks at the festival to guarantee that you’re filled in on all the great sights and sounds coming our way. We’re bringing you an introduction, to those who don’t know him, to Ted Leo, one of my personal favorites, and admittedly, my man-crush of many years. I’ve seen him solo, in the club and at a festival, and he never fails to win me over. So, I’ve decided to rank his 5 albums, excluding his work with Chisel, so if you’re a newcomer, you’ll know where to start, and if you’re not, then you can throw out your two cents to make your case. Be sure to follow ACL Festival for more updates on great bands, and we’ll do our part to keep you updated as well.
In case you haven’t already heard, the full ACL Festival lineup was just released last night. You’ll see that many of the rumored bands have held to be true along with some other nice surprises. They got the flippin’ Strokes so I’m happy… See the full lineup here.
