Studio 6A in the communications building at the University of Texas, the site for Austin City Limits, is hands down the best place in town to catch a show, if you’re lucky enough to get through the doors. Several esteemed locals have now gotten a shot on the big stage thanks to ACL’s Stage Left, and the results thus far are expectedly impeccable. Simply put, no other music-based web series can match ACL’s production, lighting, and sound quality. Here are two fine examples, Brazos’ solo retread of “Mary Jo” and Leatherbag’s “On Down the Line.”

This article appears in June 26 • 2009.

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