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Here's a quick rundown of what the blog community had to say about the festival this year. Generally positive, with a few complaints here and there, not all of them about the Eagles.
- Aaron Pylinski from Beatcrave.com concluded: "Day-to-day, ACL was its best in years and fans had their fill of excellent light shows, phenomenal music and stellar stage performances." Pylinski thought the Flaming Lips were Sunday's best, and he was not alone.
- Death and Taxes Mag's Matt Kiebus reports on 5 standouts from the weekend in "Austin City Limits: The Last Three Days of Summer." Who are they? Miike Snow, LCD Soundsystem, The National, The Strokes, Gaslight Anthem. Regarding Miike Snow: "[T]he best moment came when Vampire Weekend lead singer Ezra Koenig joined the group to preform their remix of 'Kid’s Don’t Stand a Chance,' which has been a viral sensation. Koenig looked a little awkward trying to 'dance' to the beat, but his voice didn’t fail him one bit." Sounds like a fun show, and not surprisingly the Miike Snow set showed up a lot on peoples' lists of best ACL acts.
- Dallas Observer blog DC9 offers a funny look at the festival scene: "Picture Show: The 20 Most Memorable Fans of Austin City Limits, Day One and Two" by Nick Rallo. Lots of people dressed as food. Wonder what that's all about.
- OneThirtyBPM's Max Blau wrote a long review of what he called an "amazing weekend." Thorough recap and great photos.
- We Are Not Martha spent the weekend at ACL and had a great time. Noting the good, reasonably priced food and free water stations, Sues writes, "It’s like they wanted to make the concert-goers have an enjoyable, fun time." She also spent a good amount of time exploring the city and surrounding area, making stops at the oasis, Hey Cupcake, Perla's, the County Line, Whole Foods and more.
- In "Austin Remains Weird," blogger Winston Robbins of Consequence of Sound gives props to the Keep Austin Weird movement: "In all seriousness, though, Austin stayed true to both its claims to fame; it maintained its DIY aesthetic and its no BS policy." Overall positive review, but some choice words for the "unbelievably bad" logistics: "The festival layout was straight out of an M. Night Shyamalan film – that is to say it was big, bizzare, and full of holes (ba-zing!). ... The stages were far too close together, which made for frequent sound-bleeds, which is a big no-no at any reputable festival. And worst of all, they allow (take a deep breath) chairs. ... Getting from stage to stage was an absolute cluster-cuss." And who wants to deal with a clustercuss?
- Weezermonkey.com's conclusion? ACL Kicks Coachella's Ass. So is titled the post, which provides a great overview of the music AND the food. Lots of photos and videos.
- Here's Pete's Recap on Ickmusic.com: "Can you tell I’m dealing with some post-ACL blues? The weekend was just great. Perfect weather, and some amazing live music experiences. Some highlights…" Which include Phish, the Eagles, and Monsters of Folk, man. Also lists pleasant surprises (always like when people make note of that), including Kings Go Forth, which Pete describes as "a good time band with a classic soul feel – think Earth Wind & Fire fronted by the younger brother of Rick James." If that's true, can't believe I missed it!
- Psych Explorations of the Future Heart has a comprehensive, informative run-down of one person's ACL Sunday, with a spotlight on the Flaming Lips.
- ICanSingToo had a good -- not great -- time. "ACL is an event, while Coachella is an experience." From someone who likes camping apparently. Provides a bullet list of drawbacks, some well reasoned, others not so much, including a popular complaint from white people: "ACL is 99.9% white."
- Grimy Goods has a good set of Day Three photos and review by Scott Boone. Boone was surprised by the unfamiliar Midlake: "The music was folky with shimmery psychedelic flourishes. Tim Smith has a great voice that reminds me a little of Tim Booth from James, yearning and earnest. The guitars and flutes provide a background of gorgeous melodies, and the bass bits evoked Peter Hook at points. They were fantastic, and the crowd was completely into it."
- Images from the festival from Seattle Post-Intelligenster Blog.
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