Personally, I am disappointed at the way this has been scheduled. On the first day, John Mayer overlaps with Van Morrison. On the second day, you have to miss some of Wine in order to see all of Willie Nelson. On the third day, Muse and Jack Ingram are playing at the same time and the end of their shows overlaps with Tom Petty. http://www.aclfestival.com/schedule/day1.htm
come on music snobs, this is where you wet your panties and say how this band is the real deal and stuff. do it. get to it.
Last year's lineup was so much better: Black Crows Keane Jet Oasis Death Cab for Cutie Jason Mraz Arcade Fire The Bravery Franz Ferdinand Coldplay I won't be braving the 100+ degree temperatures for this year's lineup.
You got it. My schedule for ACL '06... Friday - Stars and Wolf Parade at the exact same time. Why do you do this. I guess I'll go to Wolf Parade. Gotta hear "I'll believe in Anything" live. Then, Gnarls Barkley Cat Power Theivery Corporation Sparklehorse Van Morrison Saturday - Rocket Summer Feist Ben Kweller Nada Surf The Shins Calexico The Raconteurs Ok...now this is just sick. Explosions in the Sky, Kings of Leon and Iron & Wine all at ONCE? You've gotta be kidding me...I'll have to skip around to all three. Sunday - Anathallo - if you haven't heard this band, and you want to see a show around noon, CHECK THIS BAND OUT. I promise they're amazing, and their show is like none other. If you like Sufjan Stevens, you'll like Anathallo Imagination Movers KT Tunstall Matisyahu The New Pornographers The Flaming Lips Muse Tom Petty. Killer line-ups this year. The last day will kick ass. Going from New Pornogs ---> Flaming Lips ---> Muse is magical
Sat. is looking really good: Shins Raconteurs Kings of Leon Willie Massive Attack That is an interesting mix of music.
Was REALLY hoping the local band "What Made Milwaukee Famous" would atleast get an early gig this year. Sux0rz. Still some very good bands, but nothing worth sweating out half my body weight for. <--- Whole Lotta lies!!! CAN'T WAIT!
My lineup: Fri. Wolf Parade Ted Leo Gnarls John Mayer Van Morrison (last 45 min) Sat: Murder by Death Phoenix (hell yea!) What made Milwaukee Famous The Shins Iron and Wine The Raconteurs Sun: Jose Gonzalez Damian Marley Matisyahu Tom Petty
S'all I needed to read. How did I miss that? I'm so there. LOVE that band! Edit- Plus the Shins, Massive Attack, Calexico, Secret Machines, I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness and Explosions in the Sky???? I guess I don't really need these man t*tties. SWEAT ME OUT! Holy Schmoly.
Friday: Guster Gnarls Barkley Gomez Thievery Corp Ray Lamontagne Van Morrison Sat: New Soul Invaders Centro-Matic I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness (my all time favorite band name) Galactic Los Lobos Calexico Explosions in the Sky Willie Sun: Anathello Patrice Pike Buckwheat Zydeco Matisyaho Son Volt The Flaming Lips New Orleans Social Club Tom Petty That's 3 great freaking days of music. Dust shouldn't be bad this year. They installed sprinklers all over the park and over-seeded like crazy. Previously, only the soccer fields were watered.
Saturday Los Lobos String Cheese Incident Kings of Leon Willie Nelson Massive Attack Sunday Los Amigos Invisibles Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals G Love & The Special Sauce Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Plus some other stuff earlier those days
My God, that was terrible last year. That dust hung in the air all day long by the 3rd day. I remember everyone having to cover their faces leaving the Coldplay show.
http://www.austin360.com/music/content/music/stories/2006/06/14acl.html I didn't go last season but everyone I talked to was in almost disbelief with the amount of dust in the air.
To this point the sprinkler systems aren't doing too bang up of a job at Zilker. They have a music series called "Blues on the Green" every other Wednesday at Zilker. For this particular series they use the area of land that is the Austin Ventures stage for ACL. In just a three-hour span the place has continued to get relatively hazy the last two times I’ve made it out there...and that's just the result of a few hours use every other week and with only about 1-2 thousand folks in attendance.
