The Lineup

While ya'll are watching the big 2-hour "OC" event - god, I despise how popular that show is -- I'm sitting here staring at the lineup for the Austin City Music Festival, and my mouth's on the floor.

http://www.austincitylimits.com/festival/

You see, it's not the Coldplays, and the Oasiseseses that excite me. It's Sleater-Kinney. It's Mates of State. It's The Walkmen. It's ARCADE FIRE. This reads like my Top 25 Most Played list on my iPod. It's that good.

Jude categorized his enthusiasm for the artists this way -- I'll do the same:

Definitely Want to See:
Sleater-Kinney, Arcade Fire, Mates of State, The Walkmen, The Black Keys, Bloc Party, Oasis

Definitely Want to See Again:
Wilco, Death Cab For Cutie

Would See:
Coldplay, Allman Brothers Band, Built to Spill, Kasabian, Tortoise, The Doves, The Secret Machines, The Decemberists, The Fiery Furnaces, The Futureheads

Would See Again:
Franz Ferdinand, Spoon (seen them twice now at ACL; really depends on the schedule)

Maybe:
Widespread Panic, The Black Crowes, Robert Randolph, Steve Earle & The Dukes, The Bravery, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, The Frames, Tegan & Sara, Ambulance Ltd.

Don't Think So:
Lyle Lovett, Lucinda Williams, Robert Earl Keen

HELL NO:
Jason Mraz, Keane, Jet

I don't know anything else about the 83 other artists in the lineup. If any readers out there want to educate me, please do:

Jimmy Cliff, John Prine, Buddy Guy, Dierks Bentley, Thievery Corporation, Bob Mould
Gov't Mule, Zap Mama, Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon, Rilo Kiley, Eisley, Blue October, Grupo Fantasma, Kermit Ruffins, Bettye La Vette, Rev. Dan Willis & The All Nations Choir, Morgan Heritage, Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca, Ruthie Foster, deSol, Mindy Smith, Martin Sexton, Federico Aubele, Mouse on Mars, Kathleen Edwards Asleep at the Wheel, M83, Mike Doughty, Split Lip Rayfield, Rachael Yamagata, Bobby Bare Jr., Mofro, The Ditty Bops, The New Amsterdams, Slightly Stoopid, Dios Malos, Brave Combo, Aqualung, Dave Alvin & The Guilty Men, Marc Broussard, Bruce Robison, Missy Higgins, Nine Black Alps, Kevin Fowler, Grady Willy Mason, The Weary Boys, Wayne Hancock, Rick Trevino, Zykos Sound Team, Asylum Street Spankers, Pong, Oliver Future, The Real Heroes, Bukka Allen, Hairy Apes BMX, The Lost Trailers, The Gospel Stars, Donna The Buffalo, The Shields of Faith, Star Kids Yoga, The Jones Family Singers, South Austin Jug Band, The Lighthouse Singers, Casey McPherson, Kacy Crowley, Tristan Prettyman, The Massacoustics, Joe McDermott, Sara Hickman, Imagination, Movers, Free Sõl, Inara George, KJAE, Austin Hartley-Leonard, Maneja Beto, Austin Collins Band, The Biscuit Brothers, Naturally Seven, Patrick Davis Band, November, Kelley Hunt, Kate York

Tickets: $105 for 3 days worth of music, fun, and sweat. Sleater-Kinney is what seals the deal. I've been dying to see them for years.