ACL @ 40: Foo Fighters

Taping coincides with Austin episode of Sonic Highways

"...Pat Smear. They previously appeared on season 34 in 2008, strip-mining their catalog for hits and peppering in material..."

Nov. 3, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

ACL Music Fest 2014 Friday Reviews

"...single as indelible as "1977," title track off the 2008 album that put Ana Tijoux on the musical map..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

ACL Music Fest 2014 Sunday Interview

A sole Sunday act speaks for the Sabbath

"...the Gaslight Anthem boast definite ties to Austin. Their 2008 EP, Señor and the Queen, was recorded here. Despite..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

ACL Live Shot: Arctic Monkeys

UK rockers gain density in feel-good hits

"...Joshua Tree studio, a collaboration that first began with 2008’s Humbug...."

Oct. 5, 2013 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Vampire Weekend

"...third album also sounds a lifetime removed from its 2008 postcollegiate debut, working, as its cover suggests, on more..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Randy Newman

"...Randy Newman wasn't the oldest performer at ACL. Mavis Staples probably takes that honor, but he was..."

Sept. 23, 2011 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

ACL Music Fest Sunday Listings

The blurbing of ACL 2011

"...Had Empire of the Sun's 2008 debut, Walking on a Dream, arrived stateside before MGMT's..."

Sept. 16, 2011 Music Feature

ACL Music Fest Sunday Listings

Sunday ACL handicapping

"...Sound Team took its final bow at the 2007 ACL Music Festival. After the split, frontman/guitarist Matt Oliver went..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Music Feature

The Knux/K'Naan

"...that proved thin given only a sole Interscope debut, 2008's Remind Me in 3 Days ..., the Knux had..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger

The Raconteurs

"...First Raconteurs LP since 2008, Help Us Stranger moves garage-punk polymath Jack White from..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Weekend Two Saturday ACL Fest Picks

Day 2 to-do list

"...of perpetrating a supremely annoying radio rock hit with 2008's "Ain't No Rest for the Wicked" – a track..."

Oct. 7, 2016 Music Feature

Afternoon ACL Acts Worth Waking Up For

Get the most out of your pass with these nine artists

"...a decade-long career, but the ethereal pop debuted on 2008 single “Bruises,” whose dancing falsettos and playful electronic backing..."

Sept. 28, 2016 Music Post by The Music Staff

ACL Review: TV on the Radio

A black rock coalition for the ages

"...proved the rare tracks from career-defining LPs Dear Science (2008) and Return to Cookie Mountain (2006), one of the..."

Oct. 11, 2015 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

ACL Live Shot: Avett Bros.

Full-string harmonic breakdown

"...Though never digging deeper in an extensive catalog than 2008’s The Second Gleam, the septet swept evenly across its..."

Oct. 5, 2014 Music Post by Doug Freeman

The Moondoggies

"...and newer material, with the country-fried shambolic tracks from 2008's Don't Be a Stranger up front. The moonshine-soaked "Black..."

Sept. 23, 2011 Music Review by Melanie Haupt

ACL Music Fest Friday Interviews

The Childish Prodigy mellows out, goes hi-fi

"...with his home-recorded, psych-folk tinged debut, Constant Hitmaker, in 2008, Kurt Vile has steadily evolved across genres, ripping into..."

Sept. 16, 2011 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

ACL Music Fest Friday Interviews

Don't worry; be happy

"...Nas spits on 2006's Hip Hop Is Dead and 2008's Nas is part of a distant past. These days..."

Sept. 16, 2011 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

ACL Music Fest Sunday Interviews

For the sake of the song

"...Carll told the Chronicle after the release of his 2008 breakout, Trouble in Mind (Lost Highway). "People are going..."

Sept. 16, 2011 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Elbow

"...for this English quintet's fifth LP and first since 2008's Mercury Prize-winning The Seldom Seen Kid. Contemporarily, think Radiohead...."

Sept. 16, 2011 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Deadmau5

"...DJ hero mixed on-the-spot techno shifts with cuts from 2008's Random Album Title ("Sometimes Things Get, Whatever") and last..."

Oct. 15, 2010 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger

The Very Best

"...of 2009 debut Warm Heart of Africa and the 2008 mixtape that put the band on the musical map...."

Oct. 15, 2010 Music Review by Thomas Fawcett

ACL Music Fest Friday Interview

Proving the suede-to-silk theory

"...were the lovesick dreams of their 2006 debut and 2008's Devotion. "Silver Soul" and "Norway" anchored the duo to..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

ACL Music Fest Saturday Interview

Diamonds on the soles of their shoes

"...various African dialects. After a few high-profile remixes in 2008, the group dropped an introductory mixtape online, Esau Mwamwaya..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Bostich + Fussible

"...Fussible (Pepe Mogt) following the duo's debut Nortecan spin-off, 2008's Tijuana Sound Machine, introduces trombone, trumpet, and tuba to..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

ACL Music Fest Saturday Interview

Making children's entertainment serious business

"...a dear friend of Ben Harper, who produced his 2008 album Collapsible Plans. The previous year, the highly regarded..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Foals

"...Even before hyperbolic 2008 debut Antidotes, Foals, on breakaway singles "Hummer" and "Mathletics,"..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Raphael Saadiq

"...thing, embodiment quite another. Raphael Saadiq's third solo album, 2008's triple Grammy-nominated Sony disc The Way I See It,..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Bon Iver

"...noisier jams where Bon Iver excelled. Vernon's critically lauded 2008 debut, For Emma, Forever Ago, tackled depression and solitude,..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

ACL Music Fest Sunday Reviews

"...far between, no mean feat in a debut release (2008's Chunk of Change EP notwithstanding). Easy to imagine these..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

ACL Music Fest Sunday Interviews

Detroit's "Sugar Man" still spits the cold facts

"...movement and was rescued from obscurity and restored in 2008 by Seattle's esteemed Light in the Attic Records...."

Oct. 2, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

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