Perhaps you’ve had enough festival lineups to last you for the next few years, but here’s yet another one worth checking out…
The annual Austin City Limits Music Festival has revealed its massive 2008 lineup, and it’s really quite solid. The event is slated for September 26-28 in Austin’s Texas’ Zilker Park. Here’s a mere sample of this year’s musical offerings:
Band Of Horses
Beck
Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band
David Byrne
Drive-By Truckers
Erykah Badu
Foo Fighters
G. Love & Special Sauce
Galactic
Gnarls Barkley
Gogol Bordello
Iron & Wine
John Fogerty
Jose Gonzalez
Manu Chao
N.E.R.D.
Neko Case
Okkervil River
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Sharon Jones And The Dap Kings
Silversun Pickups
Slightly Stoopid
Stars
The Black Keys
The Mars Volta
The Raconteurs
Vampire Weekend
Yonder Mountain String Band
ACL recently posted a mash-up of tunes from the bands on this list on its MySpace page. The mix was created by Car Stereo Wars to give a little taste of what’s to come at ACL this year. Yet another clever lineup teaser from the folks at ACL.
The temperature in Austin in September may be damn hot, but I think this lineup is bound to bring the real heat. Full list after the jump…
Foo Fighters
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Beck
Manu Chao
John Fogerty
David Byrne
The Raconteurs
The Mars Volta
Gnarls Barkley
Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band
N.E.R.D.
Erykah Badu
Robert Earl Keen
Patty Griffin
Tegan & Sara
Iron & Wine
G. Love & Special Sauce
Neko Case
Band Of Horses
The Swell Season
Silversun Pickups
Gogol Bordello
Gillian Welch
Eli Young Band
The Black Keys
Against Me!
Jakob Dylan And The Gold Mountain Rebels
Okkervil River
Galactic
Kevin Fowler
Sharon Jones And The Dap Kings
Hot Chip
Vampire Weekend
Slightly Stoopid
Duffy Alejandro Escovedo
Roky Erikson
Yonder Mountain String Band
Spiritualized
Flyleaf
Drive-By Truckers
Ingrid Michaelson
Stars
Jose Gonzalez
CSS
Del The Funky Homosapien
Man Man
Jamie Lidell
MGMT
What Made Milwaukee Famous
Jenny Lewis
M. Ward
Asleep At The Wheel
Mason Jennings
Heartless Bastards
Antibalas
The Nachito Herrera All-Stars
Shooter Jennings
Xavier Rudd
Yeasayer
Octopus Project
Joe Bonamassa
The Kills
White Denim
Louis XIV
Delta Spirit
Mates Of State
Nicole Atkins & The Sea
Electric Touch
Black Joe Lewis & The Honey Bears
Black Door Slam
Tristan Prettyman
The Strange Boys
Ryan Bingham
Scott Biram
Freddy Jones
Colour Revolt
Five Times August
Langhorne Slim
Sybris
Eli “Paper Boy” Reed And The True Loves
Bavu Blakes And The Extra Plairs
AA Bondy
Christopher Denny
Mike Farris
The Lee Boys
South Austin Jug Band
American Bang
Bobby Bare, Jr.
Massacoustics
Belleville Outfit
We Go To 11
Band Of Heathens
City And Colour
Sunny Sweeney
Elizabeth Wills
Autamata
Bonnie Bishop
Ben Solee
Ben Cylus
The Concert Supremes
River City Christionettes
Shields Of Faith
The Jones Family Singers
Nakia And His Southern Cousins
Brotherly Luv
The Hensley Ensemble
School Of Rock
Jambo
Q Brothers
Buck Howdy With BB
Uncle Rock
Big Don
Mr. Ray
The Jimmies
