well, they have been really popular since their first album a couple of years ago. they are one of my favorite bands...however...each album took about 3 or 4 listens for me to start enjoying them they are amazing live as well
hey, life's too short to try and like something that you are "supposed" to even though it just doesn't work for you personally. i agree with blakekoen2 though. it may be an acquired taste.
The Roots, The Killers, Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder I'll be there for sure, any word on The Boss? He was rumored to be in the lineup as well.
I'm getting kind of tired of the Decemberists. They need to go away for awhile, "absence makes the heart grow fonder" type of thing...
yeah, they put out an album almost every year and a lot of it sounds the same. still love them, though
Interesting....I was talking ACL headliners with a buddy just 2 days ago and I half-jokingly stated that Neil Young would be a good choice. Could it happen?
well for one thing as far as the "rumored list" goes closer to the bottom it lists the Eli Young Band. Thats a smaller Texas Country band that my good friend does sound for and i know for sure that the band is going. So there has to be some truth to that list. And if there is count me in. MUCH MUCH MUCH better then last year
Stevie Wonder probably hasn't played Texas in 30 years. Who knows the last time he was here? That would be something.
I had heard the White Stripes would be there. I also heard the Beastie Boys would be there promoting their new instrumental jamband album that comes out next month.
More info. A few confirmed including: The White Stripes, Björk, The Decemberists, Peter, Bjorn, and John, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Robert Earl Keen, Joss Stone, Andrew Bird, Rose Hill Drive, Gotan Project, Indigo Girls, Heartless Bastards, Augustana, Beau Soleil, and Andy Palacio, Kings Of Leon, Raul Malo, Stephen Marley, Ben Kweller, Rev. Horton Heat, Asleep At The Wheel, The Little Ones, Charlie Musselwhite, The Jellydots, and Sara Hickman. http://www.austinist.com/archives/2..._acl_fest_reveals_first_big_names_of_2007.php
that's what i'm thinking.... that lineup is damn near unreal. but if that 69 + vedder, wonder, and neil young comment is accurate....
Here it is...the official lineup. By | Thursday, May 10, 2007, 12:00 AM Austin City Limits Festival 2007 lineup Bob Dylan Björk The White Stripes The Killers Wilco Arcade Fire Muse Queens of the Stone Age Bloc Party Arctic Monkeys Gotan Project Joss Stone Damien Rice Robert Earl Keen Lucinda Williams Spoon Blue October Indigo Girls The Decemberists Paolo Nutini Regina Spektor Amy Winehouse Crowded House Steve Earle Ziggy Marley Stephen Marley Kaiser Chiefs LCD Soundsystem Augustana Amos Lee M.I.A. Ben Kweller Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Andrew Bird Bela Fleck & The Flecktones Ghostland Observatory Cross Canadian Ragweed Reverend Horton Heat Pete Yom Butch Walker Peter Bjorn and John STS9 (Sound Tribe Sector 9) Yo La Tengo Joseph Arthur & The Lonely Astronauts Rodrigo y Gabriela Zap Mama Blonde Redhead Eli Young Band Aterciopelados Heartless Bastards Raul Malo James Hunter Mighty Clouds of Joy Del McCoury Band Preservation Hall Jazz Band Andy Palacio & the Garifima Collective Asleep at the Wheel Ryan Shaw Will Hoge The National Beau Soleil Midlake Grace Potter and the Nocturnals Railroad Earth Dax Riggs Elvis Perkins In Dearland Sound Team The Legendary Soul Stirrers Charlie Musselwhite JJ Grey & Mofro Young Love The Dynamites featuring Charles Walker Ian Ball The Little Ones Manchester Orchestra Patterson Hood Billy Joe Shaver Fionn Regan Big Sam’s Funky Nation John Ralston The Broken West Rose Hill Drive Brandon Rhyder Ocote Soul Sounds Sara Hickman Jon Dee Graham Kevin Devine Ike Reilly Assassination Greyhounds Guy Forsyth Adam Hood Cary Ann Hearst & The Gun Street Girls The Jones Family Singers The Gospel Silvertones The Shields of Faith Sylvia St. James Jeffrey Steele Amy Cook Trent Summar & the New Row Mob Back Door Slam Mario Matteoli Kara Grainger One Mississippi Kevin McKinney Jennifer Nicely Sahara Smith The Wonderful Harmonizers Loretta Williams Gurnell Amy LaVere The Paul Green School of Rock All-Stars- Kidz The Steps We Go To 11- Kidz The Sippy Cups- Kidz Daddy A Go Go- Kidz Farmer Jason- Kidz Q Brothers- Kidz Jambo- Kidz The Bummkinn Band- Kidz The Jellydots- Kidz
I'm lookin' for Dylan to do a couple of nights at Verizon Wireless right before or after he headlines ACL.
Anybody who wants to see an up and coming artist, check out Amy LaVere. Her second album was produced by Jim Dickinson (his sons are a part of the North Mississippi Allstars). She and Dickinson play together a lot in Memphis. Her music is Retro Hillbilly in the vain of Dwight Yoakam and Maria Mckee from Lone Justice fame.Anybody who saw Walk the Line will remember her as a young Wanda Jackson.
