ACL Lineup



The ACL line-up is finally up. I was pretty convinced that the people at ACL would post the lineup until 10am tomorrow morning but I was wrong. It was posted exactly at 12am today, May 17. Unfortunately I will not have the privilege of attending this year's Austin City Limits festival but I still care to know who is performing. And who knows?... perhaps I will be able to attend a pre-show or after-show. Or maybe I can volunteer!

Anyways, the line-up is great (but maybe not as great as last year's). Inspite of several complaints streaming at this very moment on acl's facebook page, I feel ACL booked a lot of great bands. The Radiohead rumor was a lie but at least Arcade Fire, Kanye West, Coldplay, and Fleet Foxes are headlining. Coldplay is a total shocker. I don't think many people speculated about this band even being there. As a die-hard Arcade Fire, Coldplay and Fleet Foxes fan I am totally bummed that I will miss out. And Santigold! This means she's getting ready to release an album. I can't wait.

So check out the line-up here. If you bought tickets I hope you are not dissapointed. I'd be pretty excited if I were you. It's going to be a good one. September 16-18 is just around the corner!

Line-up favorites:

Stevie Wonder

Arcade Fire

Kanye West

Coldplay
My Morning Jacket

Fleet Foxes

Empire of the Sun

Cut Copy

Santigold

TV On the Radio

Big Boi

Iron & Wine

Cold War Kids

The Walkmen

Foster the People

Smith Westerns

Young the Giant

Alexander

J. Roddy Walston & the Business

James Blake

Brandi Carlile

The Vaccines

Fool's Gold

CONCERT EXPERIENCE: ACL 2010

This year I went to the Austin City Limits festival. It was my first ACL and first festival ever. It was an interesting experience, there were so many people you couldn't even walk at some points without rubbing against someone else. Today at school I was looking at an Austin newspaper and it said that 75,000 people were in attendance. On top of that it was unbearably hot between 1:00-5:00 pm. I think I've decided that I'm not a festival person. You definitely have to settle for back row and you have to be comfortable with seeing nothing but the back of people's heads and faint glimpses of band members from far away. As someone that likes intimate concert experiences, I was not very satisfied with my views of the stages. In spite of the overwhelming crowd its pretty cool to hear the sound of a cheering audience and the choir of a massive crowd is beautiful. Also, it's best not to take pictures and videos at a festival because your not completely enjoying the moment. I also learned not to try and get at the front because then its hell getting out of the crowd and you don't even have a good view if your 5'6''. I would definitely go to a festival again but I'd probably bring a hat, binoculars, no camera, and settle for the back.

I only went FRIDAY and I saw...

GIVERS
Soft Pack
CHIEF
Black Keys
Beach House
Vampire Weekend [ only 3 songs :( ]
The Strokes

My favorite was Beach House and the coolest show of the day was The Strokes. Givers and Soft Pack were also memorable shows.