The PBS schedule is out, and Pitchfork‘s got the story: Norah Jones begins the televised festivities on October 6th, while most music-lovin’ New Yorkers will be on Randall’s Island for Arcade Fire/LCD Soundsystem or up in Harlem for Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings. I’m not sure why I dropped that last nugget in the lede of this post, but I thought the 10/6 conflict was interesting enough to note here.
But let’s get back to Austin City Limits: The season is flat-out nasty, with PBS featuring Wilco, Arcade Fire, Femi Kuti, and John Mayer in their own one-hour performances. The season concludes with the a special Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival episode, but the previous five double-band shows are fanfuckingtastic.
10-06 Norah Jones
10-13 The Decemberists/Explosions in the Sky
10-20 Femi Kuti
10-27 Jimmy Reed Highway: Jimmie Vaughan and Friends
11-03 Wilco
11-10 Arcade Fire
11-17 Brad Paisley/Dierks Bentley
11-24 Van Morrison (Encore)
12-01 Gretchen Wilson/Miranda Lambert (Encore)
12-08 Ladysmith Black Mambazo (Encore)
12-15 John Mayer
12-22 Lucinda Williams/Old Crow Medicine Show
12-29 Bloc Party/Ghostland Observatory
01-05 Crowded House/Grupo Fantasma
01-12 Regina Spektor /Paolo Nutini
01-19 Roky Erickson/Kings of Leon
01-26 ACL PRESENTS: The Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival
I’m sure there will be a conflicting My Morning Jacket show on television the night of the Wilco performance, just to keep it similar to the ACL festival.
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while on the topic of 10/6..dont forget Toubab Krewe @ Knitting Factory, i will save those interested a spot. sucks to have to choose on that night, ive seen all 3 acts this year, and been itchin to see them all again.
wonder why no mmj on acl schedule?
Riiiight riiiight, I knew there was a third thing that night. Sharon Jones in Harlem, Arcade Fire/LCD on Randall’s, and Toubab Krewe in TriBeCa. Jeez fucking louise, those are some serious conflicts, and there’s nowhere near each other.
Also to furthur complicate the evening on 10/6 we have Franti and Spearhead at Nokia.
Yeah, but nobody in their right mind would go see Franti.
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I’ll be at the Mule show in Philly.
Wait, what?
And the Boss in Philly…