Austin City Limits Music Festival Photo Recap - Day Three
Now, if you thought Day One and Day Two looked good. Day Three was by
far one of the best shows I've been to. Two words: Kaiser Chiefs.
BUT...let's not get ahead of ourselves. The Day started with a little
bit of Eisley...very good, but I couldn't get close enough to get any
good pictures...we arrived for the 2nd half of their set. After that,
some food and merch we headed over to the Heineken Tent for M83, who
for the 2nd time, didn't really impress me with his live performance.
I wanted to check out a local Austin band I had been hearing good
things about, so I checked into Zykos...I was not disappointed, these
guys were great...
It was then over to Doves who sounded great, but I wasn't close enough
for great pics again. I really enjoyed what I was able to see of them
though. It was then on to the performance of the entire weekend for
me. The Kaiser Chiefs. Ricky Wilson gave all...he was awesome. He
sweat out every last bit of energy before collapsing from the heat at
the end of the set. I was 10 feet away and yelling, singing, bouncing
and screaming the whole time. Ricky was hilarious and fought through
the heat like a champ. He about passed out three different times.
When Ricky got back up, we screamed and yelled to let him know how
much we appreciated him sticking it out. He was awesome. After that,
it was Arcade Fire, who was good, but not as good as at Stubb's, so I
left early for a great spot for the Decemberists. The Decemberists was
outstanding, consisting mainly of songs from their back catalog, which
made me very happy. The only song from Picaresque was We Both Go Down
Together and the finale, The Mariner's Reenge Song. Chimbley Sweep.
July, July and many many other oldie but goodies were in the set. I
was stoked...Pre-show crowd filling in...
The show and sound checks...
Colin made us all kneel down during Chimbly Sweep...it was pretty
cool...
Chris Funk of The Decemberists...
Petra Haden of The Decemberists... (uh oh...cleveland!) Sorry, I
couldn't help myself...
It was then back to the Heiny Tent for The Black Keys...these guys
really came into their own at this show. The crowd was enormous and
going just ape-shite the whole time. Pics aren't so good...
We were toast after that and only attempted to catch a little of
Coldplay...MJ and I had just seen them, so we didn't feel too bad
about skipping out on most of the set. ACL was an absolute blast...I
can't totally explain how much fun I had with Chris, Kevin, Mel,
Annie, Jesse, MJ and all the other cool people I met. I even saw The
Cobra Snake, which is pretty funny because I love his party pics.
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