ACL Fest 2013 Preview: The Rest

Alright y'all so here's the deal, I didn't go to ACL Fest last weekend but I am going this weekend. It's going to be a hectic few days for me but let me lay it down for you real quick-like here at the top. If I were a bad-ass, I would be at Zilker Park at 11:30am tomorrow in time to catch Wild Nothing on the Samsung stage. I would jump from stage to stage seeing at least one band per hour until the final note from Depeche Mode finished resonating then I would head downtown to see Savages at the Parish. If you're up for that, that's what you should do because that would be fucking baller.


Smallpools - Dreaming video via YouTube

Here's how I expect things are actually going to go. Tonight, catch Local Natives' set for ACL TV at the Moody Theater. Tomorrow, wake up at 5am to be ready for work at 6am. Wait tables from 6am until 2pm or 3pm-ish, change shoes, stash my apron, grab my festival bag and catch the next available bus. By about 4pm, I hope to be in, or at least very near, the festival itself. That means I MIGHT be able to catch the last song from Smith Westerns but I'll actually head toward the Bud Light stage because I'm drawn to shitty domestic light beers. Also, Pinback's set is scheduled to happen from 3:30-4:30 so, hopefully I can catch that window and Pinback will be my first official festival set.

Bands I'm bummed about missing because I will still be serving pancakes and coffee Friday afternoon:

• Wild Nothing
• FIDLAR
• Widowspeak
• Savages
• Thao & the Get Down Stay Down
• Court Yard Hounds
• Jimmy Eat World

If I'm being real with you, I don't really give a shit about Jimmy Eat World but if I did, I wouldn't be able to see them tomorrow. No offense to Jimmy or his fans, I just never had a moment with them. If you're planning to make a full weekend of it I'll re-post my highlights from last week below with a bit more rambling after that.

Friday, 11 October 2013

• 11:15 - Noon Wild Nothing | Samsung
• Noon - 12:45 FIDLAR | Bud Light
• 12:45 - 1:30 Widowspeak | Samsung
• 1:00 - 2:00 Savages | Honda
• 1:30 - 2:30 Thao & the Get Down Stay Down | Bud Light
• 2:00 - 3:00 Court Yard Hounds | Lady Bird
• 2:30 - 3:15 Shovels & Rope | Austin Ventures
• 3:00 - 4:00 Smith Westerns | Honda
• 3:30 - 4:30 Pinback | Bud Light
• 4:30 - 5:30 Local Natives | Samsung
• 5:00 - 6:00 Okkervil River | Honda
• 5:30 - 6:30 The Black Angels | Bud Light
• 6:00 - 7:00 Vampire Weekend | Lady Bird
• 6:15 - 7:15 Wild Belle | Austin Ventures
• 6:30 - 7:30 Arctic Monkeys | Samsung
• 7:30 - 8:30 Queens of the Stone Age | Bud Light
• 7:45 - 8:30 Purity Ring | Austin Ventures
• 8:00 - 9:30 Depeche Mode | Lady Bird

Saturday 12 October 2013

• 11:30 - 12:15 Parquet Courts Bud Light
• 12:00 - 12:40 My Jerusalem Austin Ventures
• 12:15 - 1:00 Dan Croll Lady Bird
• 1:00 - 2:00 Autre Ne Veut Honda
• 1:00 - 2:00 Deap Vally Bud Light
• 2:00 - 3:00 HAIM Lady Bird
• 3:00 - 4:00 Junip Honda
• 4:00 - 5:00 Silversun Pickups Samsung
• 5:00 - 6:00 Grimes Honda
• 5:00 - 6:00 The Joy Formidable Bud Light
• 6:00 - 7:00 Wilco Samsung
• 7:00 - 8:00 Kendrick Lamar Honda

For you total bad-asses, after you're done listening to The Cure Saturday night you need to get directly to the Mohawk to catch Braids on the inside stage. I REALLY want to see Braids Saturday night but I have a feeling I'm going to be too worn out.

Sunday 13 October 2013

• 12:00-12:45 Smallpools | Lady Bird
• 12:45-1:30 Typhoon | Honda
• 1:30-2:30 MS MR | Lady Bird
• 2:30-3:30 Noah and the Whale | Honda
• 3:30-4:30 Grouplove | Lady Bird
• 4:00-5:00 Franz Ferdinand | Samsung
• 4:30-5:30 Divine Fits | Honda
• 5:00-6:00 Toro y Moi | Bud Light
• 5:00-5:45 White Denim | Austin Ventures
• 5:30-6:30 The National | AMD
• 6:30-7:30 Tame Impala | Honda
• 7:00-8:30 Phoenix | Bud Light
• 7:30-8:30 Neko Case | Austin Ventures
• 7:30-8:30 Shuggie Otis | Zilker Tent
• 7:40-9:40 Atoms for Peace | Lady Bird
• 8:30-10:00 Lionel Richie | Samsung

Last week, I had a conundrum, trying to choose between Shuggie Otis and Atoms for Peace. Lots of people who saw Shuggie last week said he was disappointing but I also read some feedback that said his set got progressively better. So...I still don't really know which way I'm leaning. While we're thinking about Sunday, let's not miss White Denim ok? I know that since they're from here we tend to take them for granted but we shouldn't because they are REALLY fucking good. Not only that, their newest record might be their best LP yet and their last two were pretty hard to top.


White Denim - Pretty Green video via YouTube

And with that, I probably won't be back at these keys until after the festival. You can follow me on Twitter if you want me to flood your feed with my rude comments about people and things that I have different feelings of hate for.