Old 97s Day in Austin, Oct. 13, 2010

The Old 97s visited Austin a day after the release of their newest, The Grand Theatre Vol. 1 to play not one, but two shows, making this a "best-day-ever" scenario for me. The first was an instore at Waterloo Records, where they played new and a few old to a big crowd. Then later, they hit the Ghost Room for a special KGSR Listeners Private Party. The room was full of fans who loved the new material and screamed the lyrics of the old. It was a lovely day!

So with ACL Fest and last minute access to The National taping on Monday, along with this fantastic day, I'm a little beat, but exceedingly happy :-)

























Let the Whiskey Take the Reins


A State of Texas


Every Night is Friday Night


Dance Class

ACL Festival, Day 3, Oct. 10, 2010

It's hard to believe, after all the anticipation, that another ACL Festival is in the bag. This was probably the best weather weekend we've had, even though temps on Sat and Sun were a little higher midday than most of us would like. I saw some favorite bands on Sunday, including Shearwater, White Rabbits, SPEAK, Midlake, Band of Horses, Flaming Lips, The National... I mean, really... what a hipster fest. These are some of the hottest indie acts around. Of course, the was the big headliner, the legendary Eagles, who basically played hits non-stop for two hours while 50,000 people sang along.

Aside from the lack of wireless throughout the weekend, it was basically a perfect event. Given that most people wanted to share their pics, comments and general enthusiasm for the event, you'd think they'd work this problem out by now. But that's a minor complaint, with such great music all around. I guess I'll be buying my tickets for 2011 soon :-)

Shearwater

White Rabbits

SPEAK

Midlake

Band of Horses

Hippest kids at the festival!

Flaming Lips

The National

The Eagles

Band of Horses - Laredo. I really love this song.

ACL Festival, Day 2, Oct. 9, 2010

Day 2 was fantastic, starting things off with an amazing set by Pete Yorn. I've seen him many, many times, but this is probably the best he's been. Great band, really tight, love the new songs, his voice was strong. The crowd was singing along with the ones they knew, and loved the ones they didn't. It was quite a moving set, the crowd fixated on him for this early afternoon show. Really, go see him, when he comes to your town. This man is on, really at the top of his game.

Check out the pics and video below for the rest of the day, Lissie, Broken Bells, Monsters of Folk, Muse.

Dancing at Basecamp to Deadmau5

Muse


Monsters of Folk


Broken Bells



Pete Yorn




Lissie

ACL Festival, Day1, Oct. 8, 2010

It's here folks: ACL Festival, the thing we wait for the minute SXSW closes. Day 1 was lovely, and the rest of the weekend seems to be shaping up to be one of the best weather weekends we have had. I started the morning at Threadgills for the KGSR series, hoping to catch Local Natives and Britt Daniel before entering Zilker. Local Natives was a no-show and Britt only played one song (but that song was good).


Oh well, then on to the important business of the day, securing basecamp. We got a nice spot for our group, then on to the traditional first Chicken Cone from Hudson's Mighty Cone.

I saw Charlie Mars, Ponderosa, Verve Pipe (who play for kids these days), Black Keys (who were great, but I failed to bring my camera to their stage), and Spoon, caught a bit of the Strokes from afar and listened to Vampire Weekend from basecamp. A great first day. Enjoy some of the sights and sounds.

On to Day 2. More from the park on my Twitter, when the wireless is actually up.








Quinn models the latest in Basecamp fashion. All the cool kids are wearing them. Including her brother who refused to be photographed.






Charlie Mars


The Verve Pipe on Austin Kiddie Limits Stage


Spoon


Spoon