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ACL Fest

[ACL Preview] Richard Thompson

October 8, 2010

ACL Festival is finally here! Have fun this weekend and enjoy the cooler weather. Hopefully the ACL preview series has been useful in helping you plot your path this weekend. Remember to bring plenty of sunscreen and be kind to your fellow festivarians and don’t forget to check out guitar god Richard Thompson. He’s appeared [...]

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[ACL Preview] Mayer Hawthorne & The County

September 17, 2010

If you dig soul music as much as I do you won’t want to miss Detroit musician Mayer Hawthorne. Hawthorne was a sensation at SXSW 2009 and SXSW 2010. In a SXSW 2009 interview Mayer Hawthorne describes his success: Well, I got signed to Stones Throw last November, and the album came out in September, [...]

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[ACL Preview] The Soft Pack

September 15, 2010

Get a good heaping helping of delicious garage rock at ACL fest this year from the San Diego band The Soft Pack. They’ve got a great low-fi, catchy sound to them that is reminiscent of many of the recent west coast indie rock bands. Originally playing under the name The Muslims the band was changed [...]

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[ACL Preview] The Very Best

September 14, 2010

The Very Best got a ton of exposure this year through their awesome collaboration with Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend. It’s a collaboration between Esau Mwamwaya and Radioclit and a fusion of electronic dance beats and tradition East Africacn Malawi music. Get your fix of world beats and booty shaking on Budweiser Stage on Saturday [...]

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[ACL Preview] The Strokes

September 13, 2010

Of all the headliners at ACL 2010 the one that I’m most excited to see is The Strokes. After being on hiatus since 2006 The Strokes are back with an album scheduled to be released early next year. They’ve been touring through Europe and Australia this past spring/summer and made their first US appearance in [...]

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[ACL Preview] The Sword

September 12, 2010

If your music library has any Black Sabbath, Wolf Mother, Deep Purple or Led Zeppelin you won’t want to miss The Sword. Hailing from Austin, TX The Sword pumps out some of the finest metal in all of the lone star state. It will get ugly and you may walk away with some broken bones [...]

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[ACL Preview] Local Natives

September 10, 2010

The Local Natives are one of the more well circulated acts that have been previewed on cuckoobird.net. The vocal sensibility of this LA band is one of the things that makes them so great. They play the Austin Ventures stage on Sunday at 4:45.

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[ACL Preview] Portugal. The Man

September 10, 2010

What do you get when you add a park, some heavily electrified instruments, a catchy indie pop rock band and 50,000 music fans that are slightly deranged from three days of rocking? You get a perfect storm of pure insanity. Portugal. The Man will rock your face off on Sunday Oct 10 in Zilker Park [...]

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[ACL Preview] Ted Leo and the Pharmacists

September 5, 2010

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists are an indie rock band from the east coast. They’ve got some very catchy tunes and their shows are legendary. They are playing the Budweiser stage on Sunday at 12:30.

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[ACL Preview] Ruby Jane

September 5, 2010

If you are into bluegrass you’ll definitely want to add Ruby Jane to your schedule. She’s a 15 year old fiddle prodigy from Austin who at ten years of age became the youngest person to play the Grand Ole Opry. Ruby Jane has toured with Willie Nelson and Asleep at the Wheel and played with [...]

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