Paramount Theatre
ACL 4 Beatheads
Foo Fighters, Robert Plant, John Fogerty, David Byrne – the Austin City Limits Music Festival was never built on beats and rhymes but there is plenty to like in this year’s lineup for hip-hop heads and funk aficionados. Here are ten sure shots for fest-goers who don’t worship at the temple of rock.
Erykah Badu: The self-proclaimed analog girl in a digital world has been laying low of late but recent release New Amerykah Part One: 4th World War is a bizarre and beautiful masterpiece. (Saturday, 4:30pm, AT&T stage)
Antibalas: Brass-driven, Brooklyn-based infantry Antibalas has been spreading the gospel of Fela for more than a decade but 2007’s Security busts beyond the bounds of Afrobeat. (Friday, 7:15pm, WaMu stage)
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings: This year's 100 Days, 100 Nights proves her a modern day Ms. Dynamite, the hardest working woman in show business. (Saturday, 2:30pm, AMD stage)
Manu Chao: The trilingual troubadour builds bridges across continents as salsa sashays with ska and rock rubs elbows with reggae, goofy electronic wizardry tying the whole carnival under a single tent. (Friday, 8:30pm, AT&T stage)