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My phone died yesterday before I was able to write about the rocking sets by Jenny Lewis, David Byrne and Antibalas (not to mention Gogol Bordello, Mates of State, Mars […]

…is often where you least expect it. To wit: the tiny BMI stage, where Bobby Bare, Jr and his band are playing the rockingest show I've heard all afternoon. Extra

This is the press area just outside the festival grounds on Barton Spring Rd. Here, you can enjoy signature cocktails, neck and back massages, and access to a battery of

I will admit that I don't understand the mass frenzy surrounding former Columbia U brats Vampire Weekend, to the point where their success makes me leery of the hype-machine's vulnerability

I'm sure Jakob Dylan is very much his own man, but when he appears onstage with a bunch of guys in dark suits and starts singing twangy roots rock, the spectre

Yeasayer wandered between gararge and metal for most of their set, but closed out with an astonishing bit of (I promise not to overuse the word) transcendence: pulsing techno beats,

I've made my first new discovery of the day at the Austin Ventures Stage: The Strange Boys, a quirky Austin foursome that plays retro rock and 60s pop, with shreiking

Have wristband, will travel. More updates throughout the day.

After a long, quiet day in my brother's house with he and my nephews, I convince him to come join me for some of the pre-ACL festivities happening around Austin