ACL Music Fest Friday Picks
The blurbing of ACL 2009

ACL Music Fest Friday Interviews

• Leatherbag
  BY DOUG FREEMAN
  The new sincerity of Randy Reynolds
• The Low Anthem
  BY DOUG FREEMAN
  Rhode Island folkies take on Darwin
• Todd Snider
  BY JIM CALIGIURI
  The onetime Texan humorist finally gets his due
• Coheed & Cambria
  BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
  The Neverender story continues
• Phoenix
  BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
  The French quartet proves timing isn't everything
• Daniel Johnston
  BY AUSTIN POWELL
  Get behind him Satan. Austin's iconic prodigal son returns.
• Raphael Saadiq
  BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
  The cosmic soulman revives the Motown sound
• K'Naan
  BY THOMAS FAWCETT
  Music is his weapon
• Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3
  BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
  UK's lyrical savant dissects his insectoid obsessions

Friday Review

• Daniel Johnston
  BY AUDRA SCHROEDER

ACL Music Fest Saturday Picks
The blurbing of ACL 2009

ACL Music Fest Saturday Interviews

• Grizzly Bear
  BY AUDRA SCHROEDER
  Reminiscing on the holy trinity of female singers
• Henry Butler
  BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
  New Orleans' blind saint of barrelhouse piano

ACL Music Fest Saturday Reviews

• Deer Tick
  BY DOUG FREEMAN
• MuteMath
  BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
• Levon Helm
  BY MARGARET MOSER
• John Vanderslice
  BY DOUG FREEMAN
• Dave Matthews Band
  BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ

ACL Music Fest Sunday Picks
The blurbing of ACL 2009

ACL Music Fest Sunday Interviews

• Alela Diane
  BY AUDRA SCHROEDER
  American beauty and The Pirate's Gospel
• Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears
  BY MARGARET MOSER
  One bad mother – shut your mouth
• Rodriguez
  BY AUSTIN POWELL
  Detroit's "Sugar Man" still spits the cold facts
• Here We Go Magic
  BY AUSTIN POWELL
  Inside Luke Temple's world of echo
• The B-52's
  BY MARGARET MOSER
  Kate Pierson's inner bongo mania
• Ben Sollee
  BY DOUG FREEMAN
  Cellist learns to bend with Abigail Washburn and Béla Fleck
• Ben Harper & Relentless7
  BY AUSTIN POWELL
  Meet Ben Harper's Austin-bred Band of Gypsys
• Michael Franti & Spearhead
  BY JIM CALIGIURI
  Overcoming the pains of success
• Dan Auerbach
  BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
  A groover's paradise from the Black Keys guitarist

ACL Music Fest Sunday Reviews

• The Dodos
  BY MARC SAVLOV
• White Lies
  BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
• Arctic Monkeys
  BY AUSTIN POWELL
• Passion Pit
  BY MELANIE HAUPT
• The Dead Weather
  BY AUSTIN POWELL
• Pearl Jam
  BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ

Austin Kiddie Limits
BY MELANIE HAUPT

ACL Aftershows

ACL's Food Court Keeps the Crowds Nourished and the Good Times Rolling
BY CLAUDIA ALARCÓN
Take an ACL break Austin-style with local eateries and portable fine dining

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