ACL Fest Saturday 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

CSS

São Paulo, Brazil, fivepiece CSS invaded earbuds worldwide when Apple featured the criminally catchy "Music Is My Hot, Hot Sex" from 2006 debut Cansei de Ser Sexy (literally, "I'm tired of being sexy") hocking the iPod Touch. Like fellow Brazilian lo-fi synth rockers Bonde do Rolê, CSS specializes in bratty, debaucherous dance-floor revelry. Sadly, Donkey's slick production has polished away much of that charm, and bland electro dance anthems like "Let's Reggae All Night" typify the ride. Singer Lovefoxxx confronts domestic violence and kills the bastard to boot on "Rat Is Dead (Rage)," but it falls flat, sandwiched between cheeky tracks about drinking all day and dancing all night. Kafka-esque "I Fly" is sonically grating and lyrically befuddling, but the band redeems on "Move," a neon Lycra-loving throwback sure to make you do just that. (3:30pm, AT&T Blue Room stage.)