ACL 2011: Block Schedule Released. Conflicts Identified.

The block schedule for this year's Austin City Limits Music Festival just came out. One of the first exercises everyone likes to engage in following the schedule's release is to see which acts play conflicting time slots. I haven't had time to fully assess yet, but (of course) Pitchfork has. Here's the initial call: "James Blake, Kurt Vile and the Violators, or Smith Westerns? Cut Copy, Cee-Lo, or Wanda Jackson? My Morning Jacket or Stevie Wonder? TV on the Radio or Chromeo? Death From Above 1979 or Elbow? Santigold or Mavis Staples? Fleet Foxes or Manu Chao?" After really digging in and listening to some of the lesser known bands, plenty of other conflicts are likely to arise, like The Soft Pack and Those Darlins last year. Check back in and we'll probably break some of those tough decisions down for you.

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