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ACL 2009: White Lies Gain Ground in Austin

Day three of the Austin City Limits Festival featured the British band White Lies, with Harry McVeigh (lead vocals, guitar) Charles Cave (bass guitar and…

ACL 2009: Mute Math

What describes Mute Math? Electro-alt-rock, psychedelic-gospel or experimental-pop? Who needs a genre when much of the music today is about creating beyond. One thing for…

ACL 2009: Airborne Toxic Event

Airborne Toxic Event, rockers from California, gave a cool show considering there were more tarps on stage covering electronics than one could count on two…

ACL 2009: Bell X1 in the Rain

Bell X1 is a band from Ireland whose music has been featured on shows such as the O.C. and Grey’s Anatomy. The have released four…

ACL 2009: Citizen Cope In The Rain

The story of day two at Austin City Limits Festival 2009 was the relentless rain. Now and then there was a light rain, but when…

ACL 2009: Bon Iver

And the rain kept coming down, but the band played on! So it also was with Bon Iver, the band name is a variation on…

ACL 2009: The Decemberists

Barely fazed by the rain the crowds showed up to the Dell stage to see the Decemberists play. The wait, wet ponchos and mud filled…

ACL 2009: Dave Matthews Band

Dave Matthews, master entertainer, performed on the main Livestrong stage Saturday night to close out day two of the Austin City Limits Festival. After a…

ACL 2009: John Legend

John Legend, truly a consummate artist, made a dramatic entrance from amidst the audience, as day one of ACL started coming to a close. He…

ACL 2009: K'Naan Delivers on the Wildflower

K’Naan could have easily be considered one of the best shows of day 1—and perhaps my personal favorite. Maybe it felt better to be right…

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