Comin' Down The Mountain...

PJ and Perry Ferrell, nuff said.

ACL 2009 Festival Rumors

It's getting close to that time of year again, can you smell it in the air?  Yep, early tickets for the 2009 Austin City Limits Festival go on sale in just over a week, April 7.  The rumors for headliners are flying around like Vin Diesel, fast and furious.

Austin 360 is reporting that Pearl Jam, Beastie Boys and Dave Matthews have "all but confirmed" as headliners this year.  If the part about PJ is true, I personally called it a few months ago.  I didn't tell anyone really, but, I figured with the re-release of Ten and a new album in the works they would prolly go down Austin way.  The gooder news is that since they might be heading to Austin they will prolly come through The D as well.

Oh, and the festival has been moved back to the first week in October, so it won't be as hot as it usually is.

ACL Festival Startin' Up!

The ol' Austin City Limits Music Festival is kickin' off today. I would love to be going, but, unfortunately I won't be able to attend. If you're going, be safe. If you see my brother, tell him I said hello! He just got married last Saturday and this is the honeymoon for him and his Mrs. So, tell him congrats, too!

I Don't Want To Get Off on a Rant Here...

How does Austin get two music festivals a year and the DFW metroplex gets nothing? Austin has the Fun Fun Fun Festival and the totally righteous Austin City Limits Festival.

Dallas, Denton and Ft. Worth all have good local bands. Can't a promoter somewhere find a way to encompass the best band of these three cities and get some major acts to throw a party? Last year Ft. Worth had the Wall of Sound Festival that was mad decent, but poorly attended. Can't they bring that festival closer to Dallas and Denton? I mean, if fucking Pryor, Oklahoma can get a festival why can the Metroplex? I mean surely we could have something to get the dude in the abover picture excited, right?

Please, someone take up this cause. I would, but, I don't be havin' no clout in the biz.

Austin City Limits Line-Up Announced

So, this is turning out to be a very disappointing morning. I knew the line-up would be released today and there was one particular name I was hoping to see on the bill that is not included. So, I guess my hopes that Pearl Jam would be headlining have been crushed.

The line-up is pretty stong, but, I don't really see the Foo Fighters as a headlining band for a festival. Don't get me wrong, I like the Foos, love Dave Grohl, but I just don't see them as a headliner.

I think it's weird that M. Ward is playing without Zooey Dechannel as She & Him. I wouldn't be surprised if she ended up there with him. (News 8)

Foo Fighters
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss (!)
Beck (!)
Manu Chao
John Fogerty
David Byrne
The Raconteurs (!)
The Mars Volta
Gnarls Barkley
Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band
N.E.R.D.
Erykah Badu
Robert Earl Keen
Patty Griffin
Tegan and Sara
Iron & Wine (!)
G. Love & Special Sauce
Neko Case (!)
Band of Horses (!)
The Swell Season
Siversun Pickups (!)
Gogol Bordello
Gillian Welch (!)
Eli Young Band
The Black Keys (!)
Against Me!
Jakob Dylan and the Gold Mountain Rebels
Okkervil River (!)
Galactic
Kevin Fowler
Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings
Hot Chip
Vampire Weekend
Slightly Stoopid
Duffy
Flyleaf
Roky Erickson
Yonder Mountain String Band (!)
Spiritualized (!)
Drive-By Truckers (!)
Ingrid Michaelson
Stars
Alejandro Escovedo
Jose Gonzales
CSS
Del the Funky Homosapien (!)
Man Man
Jamie Lidell
MGMT
What Made Milwaukee Famous (!)
Jenny Lewis (!)
M. Ward
Asleep at the Wheel
Mason Jennings
Heartless Bastards
Antibalas
The Nachito Herrera All Stars
Shooter Jennings
Xavier Rudd
Yeasayer
Octopus Project
Joe Bonamassa
The Kills
White Denim
Louis XIV
Delta Spirit
Mates of State
Nicole Atkins & the Sea Electric Touch
Black Joe Lewis & the Honey Bears (!)
Back Door Slam
Tristan Prettyman
The Strange Boys
Ryan Bingham
Scott Biram
The Freddy Jones Band
Colour Revolt
Five Times August
Langhorne Slim
Sybris
Eli “Paper Boy” Reed & the True Loves
Bavu Blakes & the Extra Plairs
AA Bondy
Christopher Denny
Mike Farris
The Lee Boys
South Austin Jug Band
American Bang
Bobby Bare, Jr.
Massacoustics
Belleville Outfit
We Go to 11
Band of Heathens City and Colour
Sunny Sweeney
Elizabeth Wills
Automata
Bonnie Bishop
Ben Sollee
Ben Cylus
The Concert Supremes
River City Christionettes
Shields of Faith
The Jones Family Singers.
Nakia & His Southern Cousins
Brotherly Luv
The Hensley Ensemble
School of Rock
Jambo
Q Brothers
Buck Howdy with BB
Uncle Rock
Big Don
mr. RAY
The Jimmies

ACL Festival Mash-Up Artists

You know how I told you the other day ago about the "2008 ACL Festival Artists Mash-Up?" Well, now I can tell you who all of the artists on the mash-up are. There are some good artists on there and it should be a good show. (Daily Swarm)

Car Stereo (Wars) - 2008 ACL Line-Up Mash-Up (mp3)

Asleep at the Wheel
Okkervil River
Man Man
Silversun Pickups (!)
CSS
N.E.R.D.
Gnarls Barkley
Raconteurs (!)
MGMT
Jamie Lidell
Eli Reed
Neko Case (!)
Kate Nash
Hot Chip
Octopus Project
Del the Funky Homosapien (!)
Heartless Bastards
Robert Earl Keen
Sharon Jones

Partial Austin City Limits Festival Line-Up

A partial line-up for ACL has been unconventionally released. Car Stereo (Wars) has released the "2008 ACL Line-Up Mash-Up." CSS, Hot Chip, Gnarls Barkley, The Raconteurs and Del Tha Funky Homosapien are on there.

I don't hear any Pearl Jam on there. So, I'm hoping the rumor they were playing wasn't just a rumor. (Rock & Roll Daily)

Car Stereo (Wars) - 2008 ACL Line-Up Mash-Up (mp3)