Austin, here I come!
Even though I almost passed out at last year’s Austin City Limits, I will embark on hitting up this year’s festival for the full three days. I hunted down three-day passes on Craigslist (face value! magical!) and have been planning out the days, attempting to get the most bang for my buck.
Originally, my brother bought me a one-day pass last year so we could see The Arctic Monkeys, Amy Winehouse and The White Stripes. To my brother’s despair, the latter two canceled but we ended up discovering Cold War Kids and experiencing the awesomeness that is Muse. It was definitely a neat experience but one I felt would be better had we purchased three-day passes and were fully hydrated.
So, this year I have researched (listening to almost every single band through their myspace) and plan on drinking water ’til my bladder ’splodes in preparation for this year’s adventure to Austin. Sadly, there aren’t as many artists and bands I want to check out, but there are a few I don’t want to miss.
Here’s the projected lineup so far:
Friday - Louis XIV, Hot Chip, Manu Chao
Saturday - CSS, Beck
Sunday - The Kills, Tegan and Sara (although it is a tough call to make against Band of Horses), Foo Fighters
There is still a lot of gap to fill in so feel free to send me suggestions! And let me know if you’re swinging by ACL too!
By Stacy, September 18, 2008 @ 10:19 am
Sadly I am not going this year but I also kinda didn’t want to go because it just sucks the energy out of you! Just looking at the line-up these are the people I would want to see:
Friday: Vampire Weekend (fun sounds), Patty Griffin (laid-back), The Swell Season (laid-back)
Saturday: Iron and Wine, it is really hard to choose between Beck and Robert Plant/Alison Krauss, I would probably go see a little bit of Alison and then go to Beck
Sunday: Gnarls Barkley, Band of Horses
There aren’t too many going this year that I recognize. I would have definitely had to do some research too
By Kelly Lawson, September 22, 2008 @ 7:09 am
What! Shut up! Sounds like great fun.