Subject: Austin City Limits Music Festival

• Really, Nobody Wants Free Flaming Lips Tickets? Shame.

  September 15, 2006

• Austin City Limits: You Read It Here First

  May 16, 2006

• Pain in the ACL

  April 18, 2006

• A Saint in the City

  September 12, 2007

• Austin City Limits: On Fire!

  September 14, 2007

• Score ACL 2008 Tickets for $135

  September 26, 2007

• Dallas Man Putting on "Highest Concert Ever." But It's For a Good Cause, Swear.

  October 10, 2007

• Busy Schedule

  NextStage has a full dance card

  May 1, 2003

• Making Waves

  Denton's Midlake inks record deal, prepares debut LP

  July 24, 2003

• The Winners and Losers of ACL Fest 2008

  October 2, 2008

• The Black Keys, Jessica Lea Mayfield

  Friday, September 26, at the Granada Theater

  September 25, 2008

• Dallas benefits, again, from being near Austin City Limits

  Look at all the concerts ACL is leading our way this weekend (while ignoring the ugly side effects)!

  September 25, 2008

• Ozzfest 2008 is One Show Only...In Frisco

  Can the city withstand being the focus of speculation by thousands of metalheads?

  May 22, 2008

• Car Stereo (Wars), Sydney Confirm, Genova Vs. Indo

  Saturday, May 10, at The Cavern

  May 8, 2008

• Ben Kweller

  Monday, February 26, at Gypsy Tea Room

  February 15, 2007

• Blog Log

  September 27, 2007

• Roky Erickson

  Thursday, March 1, at the Double Wide

  March 1, 2007

• Festivus for the Rest of Us

  No need for ACL--there was plenty to see within Dallas city limits

  September 21, 2006

• Cat Power and the Memphis Rhythm Band

  Saturday, September 16, at the Gypsy Tea Room

  September 14, 2006

• The Lazarus Effect

  Homecomings and familiar faces could be the start of Deep Ellum's resurrection

  September 14, 2006

• My Treasure

  Colleyville's the Rocket Summer hides Jesus in sharp emo-pop melodies--and a major label deal

  June 1, 2006

• 2006 Dallas Observer Music Awards

  May 11, 2006

• Eisley

  Saturday, May 6, at the Granada Theater

  May 4, 2006

• Odds & Ends

  How 2005 wound up not being the year of Eisley

  December 15, 2005

• Odds & Ends

  Why the Austin City Limits Music Fest is stupider than a big bowl of dust

  November 3, 2005

• Rain or Shine

  We drove to the Austin City Limits Music Festival in ponchos, but we left wearing surgeon's masks

  September 29, 2005

• Odds & Ends

  Who says you need to go to Austin this weekend for a good concert or four?

  September 22, 2005

• Odds & Ends

  Rubber Gloves will soon be able to pour one out for the indie-rock homies

  August 11, 2005

• Odds & Ends

  Sara Radle's off to L.A.; LM5 calling it quits; Rubber Gloves gets anew look

  May 12, 2005

• Tricksters

  An air of Mysterium

  December 23, 2004

• Odds & Ends

  ACL Music Festival, Chaz's Live and Local Show and an interview with David "Fathead" Newman

  June 17, 2004

• Let Me Ask to Speak With the Sportatorium

  Steal from Channel 8's old Let Me Speak To the Manager and The Ticket's old Ask the Hard Line and what do you get? A Tuesday variably recurring time-waster featuring a bunch of people asking questions and one poor schmuck doing all the answering. Q: Who do you consider the most knowledgeable sports personalities in town?    A: Hmm. I think Randy Galloway probably has the best personal info on players, coaches and owners. I think Norm Hitzges has the best statistical perspecti

  May 29, 2009

• Dallas Observer Music Awards

  July 23, 2009

• Festival News from Austin City Limits: Bands Wanted

  ​The lineup for this year's Austin City Limits Music Festival is being set and worthy bands are being encouraged to sign up for something called The Sound and The Jury competition.Here's the scoop that got sent to me via email this morning: "Round One is live now and bands can upload their music at http://delllounge.com/soundandthejury/ to enter the competition. To stay in the game, bands must generate enough votes to land them in the Top 100 by Aug. 28. From there, industry judges will narrow

  August 14, 2009

• Fun Fun Fun Lineup Includes VEGA

  Doesn't he look like he's having fun, fun, fun?​Along with Les Savy Fav, Atlas Sound, GZA and (deep breath) The Jesus Lizard, The Fun Fun Fun Fest November 7 and 8 in Austin will include one local boy-turned-Austinite: former Ghosthustler Alan Palomo's second-newest project, VEGA.Though the former Dentron dweller isn't yet listed on the festival's "lineup leaks" page, today's missive to the media included VEGA among the announced acts, along with Yeasayer, Kid Sister and DRI. The VEGA MySpace

  August 20, 2009

• Does ACL Actually Hurt Dallas?

  October 1, 2009

• Some Band From Austin Beats Out Dentonites Vying For Final ACL Spot. Big Shocker.

  Erin Austin and Andrew Tinker's Band headed down to Austin last night.​ For the past few weeks, we've been following the efforts of various DFW area artists trying to scam their way into the final slot at this weekend's Austin City Limits Music Festival via the annual competition called The Sound and The Jury. And, last night at Antone's in Austin, the competition came to its head in a live battle of the bands.But, even with a bus-full of Dentonites, neither of the Denton-based artists who'd m

  October 1, 2009

• ACL '09: Weather Rains Reigns Over Day Two.

  All photos by Patrick Michels In short, the weather made​ for a rather miserable day on Day Two of the 2009 Austin City Limits Music Festival.Gray skies hovered from the day's start--and it didn't take long for the clouds to unleashed their fury. Shortly after 2:30 p.m., the day's first pours hammered down upon crowds of stubborn fans, who were unwilling to let mother nature interrupt their Saturday plans. For some, it was cause for celebration--the City of Austin, which has supposedly

  October 4, 2009

• ACL '09: The Rain's Stopped (For Now) As Crowds Wait For Pearl Jam--And Maybe The Toadies?

  ​The early outlook here on the Day Three of the 2009 Austin City Limits Music Festival isn't too bad. The sun has peeked out from behind the clouds here and there, and, for the time being, the rain has held off. Forecasts appear to indicate more rain as the day continues, though, and, surely, that will only add the the muddy mess that Zilker Park's grounds have become--a true shame, too, since everyone was raving about the fresh, gold course-like grass on Friday's beautiful afternoon. S

  October 4, 2009

• ACL '09: Pearl Jam Regains Its Rightful Place Atop The Rock World

  Photos by Patrick Michels​It had been 15 years--according, at least, to one of Eddie Vedder's asides during the closing set of this weekend's Austin City Limits Music Festival--since Pearl jam had played what he called "The Live Music Capital of the Nation." And, as such, Vedder promised the mud-covered audiences at Zilker Park, Pearl Jam would not disappoint: "I'm not going home, personally, until I'm covered in dirt," he announced, unsurprisingly eliciting a massive roar from the crowd. And

  October 5, 2009

• Sarah Jaffe, Neon Indian Earn Rolling Stone Blog Mentions For ACL Performances

  ​OK, so, admittedly, we're a little behind on this note (been busy with our own coverage, sorry), but it still bears mentioning: Both Sarah Jaffe and Neon Indian found themselves earning positive reviews over the weekend as part of Rolling Stone's blog coverage of the Austin City Limits Music Festival--in the same wrap-up of Saturday's shows, no less. In short: Jaffe's vocals are "gentle" and determined, with music that serves as a "perfect complement"; Neon Indian, meanwhile, showcases just a

  October 7, 2009

• Jonathan Tyler and the Northern Lights Made the Best of a Rainy Saturday at ACL.

  October 8, 2009