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Rock Talk, Vol. IX
Last year, Houstonist missed its first Austin City Limits music festival, due to a little nuisance named Rita. We were all prepared to go, but decided that the 20+ hour drive to our state’s capitol wasn’t worth the money we spent on the tickets. We heard that we missed some great shows, and sandstorms.
The weather doesn’t look like it’ll be a problem this year. If you haven't bought your tickets yet, your best bet is here.
Our friends to our northwest have many great previews of ACL. We thought we’d give you some of our picks on sets not to miss:
FRIDAY
Paolo Nutini – mixture of blues and rock from Scotland
Ted Leo + the Pharmacists – good alternative rock from Jersey
Guster – acoustic rock from Boston
Wolf Parade – Modest Mouse-ish band from Canada
Nickel Creek – popular bluegrass band on the verge of breaking up
Okkervil River – alternative folk/rock from Austin
Gomez – indie-pop from Britain
Sparklehorse – 90’s alternative country/rock back after five years absence
Ray Lamontagne – singer/songwriter from New England
Van Morrison – there’s much more to this legend than “Brown Eyed Girl”
SATURDAY:
Marah – Philadelphia rockers with some Springsteen influence
Centro-Matic – Texas country/rock led by Will Johnson
Phoenix – from France, very catchy pop
Nada Surf – alternative pop/rock from New York
The Long Winters – laid-back pop/rock from Seattle
The Shins – alternative pop, now based in Portland, OR
Calexico – eclectic rock band with southwest flavor from Arizona
String Cheese Incident – jam band from Boulder
Brazilian Girls – New York dance/trance quartet
Kings of Leon – Tennessee alternative southern rock
Iron + Wine – singer/songwriter Sam Beam from South Carolina
Willie Nelson – it’s Willie, need we say more?
SUNDAY
The Stills – Canadian alternative pop/rock
The Black Angels – indie-rock from Austin
Buckwheat Zydeco – great, fun zydeco music out of Louisiana, of course.
Matisyahu – from New York, alternative Jewish reggae
The New Pornographers – indie pop/rock from Canada
Ben Harper – fun rock from California (an ACL tradition)
The Flaming Lips – alternative rock from Oklahoma (always entertaining)
Muse – British alternative rock (think Radiohead)
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers – just plain classic rock
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