ACL Fest Friday Reviews

ACL FEST

• ACL Fest Friday Schedule

  Friday's full lineup

• ACL Fest Friday Picks

  The blurbing of ACL 2008

• ACL Fest Friday Interviews

• Rodney Crowell

  BY DOUG FREEMAN

• Yeasayer

  BY DARCIE STEVENS

• Del the Funky Homosapien

  BY CHASE HOFFBERGER

• Ryan Bingham

  BY AUSTIN POWELL

• Antibalas

  BY THOMAS FAWCETT

• Alejandro Escovedo

  BY MARGARET MOSER

• ACL Fest Friday Reviews

• Jakob Dylan

  BY JIM CALIGIURI

• Jamie Lidell

  BY THOMAS FAWCETT

• Delta Spirit

  BY JIM CALIGIURI

• Patty Griffin

  BY DANIEL MEE

• Mates of State

  BY MELANIE HAUPT

• Jenny Lewis

  BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ

• N.E.R.D

  BY CHASE HOFFBERGER

• David Byrne & Brian Eno

  BY AUDRA SCHROEDER

• G. Love & Special Sauce

  BY CHASE HOFFBERGER

• ACL Fest Saturday Schedule

  Saturday's full lineup

• ACL Fest Saturday Picks

  The blurbing of ACL 2008

• ACL Fest Saturday Interviews

• Iron & Wine

  BY DAN OKO

• John Fogerty

  BY JIM CALIGIURI

• Fleet Foxes

  BY DOUG FREEMAN

• Spiritualized

  BY AUSTIN POWELL

• Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

  BY AUSTIN POWELL

• ACL Fest Saturday Reviews

• Langhorne Slim & the War Eagles

  BY DOUG FREEMAN

• The Fratellis

  BY DAN OKO

• Eli 'Paperboy' Reed & the True Loves

  BY DARCIE STEVENS

• Erykah Badu

  BY THOMAS FAWCETT

• Man Man

  BY DARCIE STEVENS

• CSS

  BY THOMAS FAWCETT

• Electric Touch

  BY DANIEL MEE

• Conor Oberst

  BY DOUG FREEMAN

• ACL Fest Sunday Schedule

  Sunday's full lineup

• ACL Sunday Picks

  The blurbing of ACL 2008

• ACL Fest Sunday Interviews

• Scott Biram

  BY JIM CALIGIURI

• Gillian Welch

  BY DOUG FREEMAN

• Gnarls Barkley

  BY CHASE HOFFBERGER

• ACL Fest Sunday Reviews

• Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet

  BY JIM CALIGIURI

• Xavier Rudd

  BY DOUG FREEMAN

• Blues Traveler

  BY JIM CALIGIURI

• Okkervil River

  BY MELANIE HAUPT

• White Denim

  BY AUSTIN POWELL

• Gnarls Barkley

  BY CHASE HOFFBERGER

• Austin Kiddie Limits

  For the young'uns

  BY MELANIE HAUPT

• ACL Aftershows

  When the sun goes down

• ACL's Food Court Continues to Expand Its – and Our – Horizons

  Take an ACL break Austin-style with local eateries and portable fine dining

  BY CLAUDIA ALARCÓN

• Restaurants Near Zilker

  When ACL's food court isn't enough

• Barton Springs Pool Info

  Take a dip

  BY JAMES RENOVITCH

Mates of State

You've got to have respect for a husband-and-wife team that tours the world with a preschooler and an infant in tow. Most co-parenting couples can't even manage a trip to the grocery store without experiencing a total meltdown. And yet, here's a couple that turns in a strong fifth LP. Kori Gardner (keys, vox) and Jason Hammel (drums, vox) keep their cheery, indie rock, boy-girl harmonies intact while simultaneously exorcising any relationship-related demons that may lurk in their Connecticut home. Particularly arresting are opener "Get Better" and "The Re-Arranger," which manage to face uncomfortable truths while also achieving earworm status. "Blue and Gold Print" is nostalgic for a future past and achingly honest, the watermark of an act that's matured both personally and professionally. (5:15pm, Austin Ventures stage.)