Austin City Limits Schedule Released…
..and here come the conflicts! Last year, the big one was Wilco vs. My Morning Jacket ( I ended up splitting it half and half). And this year is not without its frustrating scheduling choices…
The big one: on Saturday night – we’ll be forced to make a choice between seeing Beck (8:30-10) or seeing Robert Plant & Alison Krauss (8:15-9:30). Boo! Especially since Friday’s headliners are Manu Chao vs. Mars Volta (both whom I wanted to see too). But really, couldn’t Beck or Plant & Krauss have been scheduled for Friday, and Mars Volta or Chao moved to Saturday? Sort of a bummer.
Other personal conflicts:
- Friday: N.E.R.D. (6:30-7:30) vs. David Byrne (6:30-7:30) vs. Antibalas (7:15-8:15) vs. Alejandro Escovedo (7:45-8:45)!
- Friday: Patty Griffin (4:30-5:30) vs. M. Ward (4:30-5:15) vs. Gogol Bordello (4:30-5:30).
- Saturday: Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings (2:30-3:30) vs. Back Door Slam (2:50-3:30) vs. Drive-By Truckers (2:30-3:30).
- Saturday: The Black Keys (7:30-8:15) vs. Iron & Wine (7:30-8:30).
- Sunday has Gnarls Barkley (6:30-7:30) going up against The Raconteurs (6:30-7:45).
But hey, in the scheme of things, these are all good problems to have.
Other places you’ll be – how you say? – seeing my ass:
Band of Horses: Sunday, 7:30-8:30
Old 97’s: Saturday, 12:30-1:30
Hot Chip: Friday, 5:30-6:30
Rodney Crowell: Friday, 12:30-1:30
Vampire Weekend: Friday, 2:30-3:30
Erykah Badu: Saturday, 4:30-5:30
Duffy: Saturday, 5:30-6:30
Okkervil River: Sunday, 5:30-6:30
ACL SCHEDULE (Sept. 26-28): See Day One Schedule | Day Two Schedule | Day Three Schedule
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EddieP
Here are my suggestions:
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Patty Griffin
DBT
The Black Keys
Gnarls Barkley
Didn’t know the other Friday artists…
jazzmaster
Those are some tough choices, Pete… But damn! At least you’re gonna’ be there!
I would have to say:
Plant/Krauss
Mars Volta
Patty Griffin
Back Door Slam
The Black Keys
The Raconteurs
Hot Chip & Duffy sound fantastic, too! Enjoy the show!!!
Guff
We got some decisions to make.
Pete
Hellz yeah we do Guff.
Can’t $@# wait!
Andrew
I’m thinking that I’ll go with
Plant/Krauss
Byrne
M. Ward
Sharon Jones
Black Keys
Gnarls Barkley (though this is way hard)
Chuck
I honestly wish I can bring Stevie Ray Vaughan back to Austin City Limits just one more time to teach these youngsters how it should be done!! : )