Monday October 13,2008

I had a hell of a weekend a few weeks back. 14 members of Fort Awesome (the alias friends from college go by, for those not in the know) visited Austin, and the Austin City Limits festival was in full swing as well. I had so much fun that weekend that my body took it out on me the following week. My plans for a post about ACL kind of derailed as a result, but here is where I set things straight. Without further ado, my ACL playlist:

• What Made Milwaukee Famous - only got a brief listen of these guys, but I did come to the realization that their sound is a lot more varied than I thought.
• Vampire Weekend - they basically played their entire album, and were a lot fun.
• Delta Spirit - my ACL buddies and I kind of wandered by the stage but we were pretty impressed with these guys. I definitely plan on taking another listen sometime.
• Gogol Bordello - I only managed to hold out for 15 minutes before I couldn’t take it anymore. These guys are just not for me.
• Hot Chip - they look like a pretty nerdy group of guys (we were joking half the time at how one guy looked like John Hodgman and another like Peter Jackson), but they rocked.
• N.E.R.D. - awesome show. These guys were every bit as great as all the hype. I won’t discuss the whole teenage girls on the stage thing (it was a bit creepy).
• Silversun Pickups - also awesome, although I think they turned up the noise factor more than usual. They also basically played their entire album (they’re only one, I think).
• Okkervil River - just caught a brief listen, but I did like what I heard. I also have to check out more stuff from these guys.
• The Raconteurs - I heard Gnarls Barkley rocked, but I was too busy having a blast listening to the Raconteurs.
• Foo Fighters - these guys did not disappoint. The perfect cap on a great weekend of music.

Overall, I managed to listen to quite a bit despite the busy weekend. I missed all of the second day of ACL, but to be honest nothing really grabbed me on that day anyway. This was my first time at the festival, but I don’t think it’ll be my last.