ACL Music Festival: October 12-14, 2012

Ah, the hot Austin sun beaming down and scorching your skin, crowds and crowds of people that you don't know and wish would move so you can get closer, local food, and port-a-potties. The glory that is the Austin City Limits Music Festival. And it's here! The highly awaited ACL line-up! After hearing many rumors and seeing a few confirmations in the past couple of days, the results are in and I am pleased to announce that the following bands are performing in the 11th year of the festival:


(Please excuse me, I had a moment of extreme happiness and now I'm super anxious for October to come around)




Red Hot Chili Peppers • Neil Young and Crazy Horse • The Black Keys
Jack White • Florence + The Machine • The Avett Brothers
Iggy & The Stooges • AVICII • BASSNECTAR • The Roots
The Shins • Weezer • Gotye • The Civil Wars • M83 • Tegan and Sara • Childish Gambino
Two Door Cinema Club • Thievery Corporation • The Afghan Whigs • Crystal Castles
Andrew Bird • Gary Clark Jr. • Metric • Band of Skulls • Esperanza Spalding
Alabama Shakes • Delta Spirit • M. Ward • Randy Rogers Band • Die Antwoord
Rufus Wainwright • NEEDTOBREATHE • Big Gigantic • Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra
Steve Earle • The War On Drugs • Umphrey's McGee • Barrington Levy • Old 97's
Punch Brothers • Bombay Bicycle Club • A-Trak • Trampled by Turtles
Patterson Hood • Michael Kiwanuka • Big K.R.I.T. • Oberhofer • POLICA • Tennis
Zola Jesus • Stars • Kimbra • Black Lips • Los Campesinos! • Jovanotti • Ben Howard
Ruthie Foster • Freelance Whales • Civil Twilight • The Whigs • Dev • The Lumineers
Bad Books • The Devil Makes Three • Asleep at the Wheel • First Aid Kit
Patrick Watson • LP • Caveman • Lee Fields & The Expressions • Father John Misty
The Wombats • Dry the River • The Boxer Rebellion • Soul Rebels Brass Band
Thundercat • Willis Earl Beal • He's My Brother, She's My Sister • Kishi Bashi
Deep Dark Woods • Moon Duo • Kopecky Family Band • River City Extension
Quiet Corral • Wheeler Brothers • The Relatives • Space Capone • The Staves
Native Run • Nikki Lane • Quiet Company • Infantree • Wild Child • La Vida Boheme
The Eastern Sea • The Dunwells • Kenny Vaughan Trio • Justin Jones • Sonambulo
Royal Teeth • Noah Gunderson • The Aaron Ivey Band • The Mighty Sincere Voices
G.S.T. • Colorfeels • Lera Lynn • Megan McCormick • Shields of Faith • Stapletones
The Baylor Choir • Disciples of Joy • Ralph's World • Orange Sherbet • Big Don
Rocknoceros • Hullabaloo • Jambo • Peter DiStefano & Tor • The School of Rock
The Q Brothers


I'm so excited, this is such a good year. Particularly The Black Keys, The Shins, M83, Tegan and Sara, Two Door Cinema Club, Crystal Castles, Metric, Umphrey's McGee, Bombay Bicycle Club (THIS ONE THE MOST), Tennis, Stars, Kimbra, First Aid Kit, and a couple of others. Looks like I'm gonna be skipping a Friday of classes in October.


Every week or so, I'll post a song from one of these artists, to keep myself in the vibe, to keep y'all in the know, and just because that's what I'm doing on this blog, anyhoo.


What about you guys? Any bands that strike your fancy? Anybody have tickets and/or are for sure going because they wouldn't miss this for anything?


You can buy tickets, look at the schedule, and see many other cool and awesome things HERE.

[audio] Lemonade - "Neptune"

With their new album, Diver, set to release on May 29th, the preview of "Neptune" promises us something good for our aural pleasure. It's dreamy and slow synth-y spirit is enough to make you drift off and hope that you never come back. Lemonade has shown that not only can they provide the impeccable balance between vocal harmony and background aura, but that they are able to transition - without difficulty - from their eccentric and worldly sound, such as Sunchips, from the self-titled album released back in 2008, to a dream-pop majesty.

[video] Modeselektor (feat. Thom Yorke) - "Shipwreck"

Modeselektor's album, Monkeytown, released in 2011, contained yet another Thom Yorke hit, Shipwreck. Mixing his broken and airy vocals with the peppy drum beat and sinister ambiance creates the perfect combination as we've seen in the Modeselektor remix of Thom's Skip Divided and even a second collab in the same album titled "This". The song overall has a nice rhythm and flow that's easy to sink into. Not to mention, the music video's pretty enticing as well. Even though the zombie concept is a little overused nowadays, it has it's own special feel to make it special-y and captivating.

[video] Purity Ring - "Obedear"

Ex-members of Gobble Gobble, Megan James and Corin Roddick, the components of the Canadian based indie band Purity Ring, announced their debut album, Shrines, on April 23rd of this year. Much anticipated after the release of the first full track, "Obedear", the album is scheduled to launch on July 24th. With their special electo-future-pop sound, the duo fulfill our expectation for the same uncanny vibe we've gotten from them since Ungirthed.