Back in January we told you about the first batch of tapings for the 39th season of long-running music television program Austin City Limits which featured Vampire Weekend, Phoenix, The Lumineers and Shovels and Rope. Today, ACL producers have revealed details about two more tapings for Season 39 – set to debut this fall – starring HT faves Jim James and Grizzly Bear.

Grizzly Bear, who will be making their Austin City Limits debut, will take the ACL Live at Moody Theater stage on April 10th. Jim James will make his sixth ACL appearance on an epsiode that will be filmed on May 5th. Keep your eyes on the ACL Facebook page to find out how to attend these tapings.

While the 38th season of long-running music television program Austin City Limits hasn’t finished yet, the show’s producers already have their eyes on Season 39. Today, a batch of tapings for next season have been announced featuring a few HT faves.

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On March 17th Vampire Weekend will record an episode of ACL followed by The Lumineers and Shovels & Rope on April 16th. Coachella headliners Phoenix will get their chance in front of ACL cameras on May 6th. Keep your eyes on the ACL Facebook page to find out how to attend these tapings.

Austin City Limits executive producer Terry Lickona summed up the relationship between Wilco and the legendary television program best when he said, “When people ask what kind of music Austin City Limits stands for, there’s one band that sums it up better than any other – Wilco!” Wilco made their ACL debut in 1999 and have since been featured on the show a total of four times. Only Alison Krauss and Union Station and Lyle Lovett have appeared on ACL as much since 1999.

Today, we look back at the start of the Wilco/ACL showmance as a video featuring Wilco’s entire performance from August 16, 1999 has surfaced. Over the course of 70 minutes, only some of which was broadcast, Jeff Tweedy and Co. ran through the best material from 1995′s A.M., 1996′s Being There and 1999′s Summerteeth. This was during the creative peak of Tweedy’s relationship with multi-instrumentalist Jay Bennett who is featured throughout the episode. Take a look…

Wilco – Austin City Limits 1999

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A few days ago we posted the schedule for this weekend’s Austin City Limits Music Festival webcast on YouTube and we were bummed to see Neil Young & Crazy Horse were not listed. So we’re overjoyed to see the feedback kings’ headlining set will indeed be broadcast starting at 8PM CT (9PM ET / 6PM PT) this evening. Tune in to Channel 2 on the YouTube ACL Page and you’ll be in for a treat.

Jack White’s set will be shown on Channel 1 at 8:30PM CT tonight. Tomorrow’s webcast schedule looks great as well with HT faves Gary Clark Jr., The Avetts, The Stooges and Michael Kiwanuka among the many performances you can find on YouTube’s two channels of Austin City Limits broadcasts.

While this weekend’s episode of Austin City Limits, featuring Radiohead’s ACL debut, hasn’t even aired on our local PBS station, the network has already posted the full episode on its website. The episode kicks off the unprecedented 38th season of the longest-running music show on television and finds the Brits focusing on material from their last few albums. Check it out…

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Set: Bloom, The Daily Mail, Myxomatosis, Morning Mr. Magpie, The Amazing Sounds of Orgy, Staircase, Identikit, There There, Feral, Idioteque, Paranoid Android

[via CoS]

The 38th season of legendary television program Austin City Limits, the longest-running music series in American television history, kicks off this weekend with the full hour devoted to Radiohead’s ACL debut in which they drew heavily from their most recent albums. The episode will pull from Radiohead’s March 6th, 2012 performance at the ACL’s home, The Moody Theater. “As if there was any doubt, this rare full-hour performance by one of the most adventurous bands in rock music was well worth the wait,” says Terry Lickona, Executive Producer of Austin City Limits in a statement. “Thom Yorke and the boys are on top of their game, and their exuberance on stage really comes across. They continue to amaze, whether it’s with an old classic, a new twist or an obscure track all but forgotten.”

Here’s a preview of what you can expect on ACL this weekend…

All in all, the 38th season will contain 13 hour-long episodes. Six of these episodes will air this fall, while the seven remaining installments will air in early 2013.

A list of the late 2012 episode debut dates has been posted:

October 6, 2012   | Radiohead
October 13, 2012 | Bon Iver
October 20, 2012 | Bonnie Raitt with Mavis Staples
October 27, 2012 | The Shins | Dr. Dog
November 3, 2012 | The Civil Wars | Punch Brothers
November 10, 2012 | ACL Presents: Americana Music Festival 2012 (Hosted by Jim Lauderdale and featuring performances by Carolina Chocolate Drops, Richard Thompson, Alabama Shakes, Lifetime Achievement Honoree Bonnie Raitt and more)

And here’s the full setlist from this weekend’s Radiohead episode…

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Hot off the group’s big night at The Grammys, Bon Iver will tape a performance for this season of the iconic television show Austin City Limits at The Moody Theater on April 25th according to the show’s blog. Indie pop band The Shins will also appear on this season of ACL as they’ll be at The Moody Theater on March 18. Steve Martin and his Steep Canyon Rangers band will be featured on this weekend’s episode of Austin City Limits.

Here’s six stories of interest to help you over the hump…

• Conspirator has announced a new live album and tour dates
• A Warren Hellman tribute concert is set for Sunday in San Fran
• JamBase will host a live Q&A with Galactic via Twitter on 2/21
• Brit Jon Gomm hit it big using his guitar in unorthdox ways
• Check out the killer new Public Image Limited track One Drop
• David Lee Roth explains why Van Halen asked for Brown M&Ms

Finally, Furthur / RatDog keyboardist Jeff Chimenti has scored a medical hit by creating a device to help people suffering from sleep apnea. Reuters profiles Chimenti’s product and explains how the keyboardist came up with the Gecko nasal pad.

The next batch of artists set to participate in legendary TV show Austin City Limits’ 38th season has been announced and includes Radiohead, one of the biggest bands in the world. Radiohead was already set to visit Austin on March 7 for a show at the Frank Erwin Center. No details about the taping, which is expected to take place at the Moody Theater, have been revealed. For a chance at a “golden ticket,” be sure to follow ACL’s Facebook page.

Other acts set to tape performances for this season of ACL include The Shins, the Civil Wars and Rodrigo y Gabriela and C.U.B.A. The 38th season is shaping up to be among the best in the influential program’s history. Musicians appreciate the chance to play more than the one song they’re allotted on late night shows and respect the program’s legacy. ACL’s move into a high-tech venue that holds more people doesn’t hurt either.

[Prefix Mag via CoS]

Back in March, jam titans Widespread Panic taped their third performance for Austin City Limits’ PBS TV show. This weekend, that episode will hit the airwaves as part of ACL’s 37th season. The folks at Austin City Limits have shared a preview of this weekend’s episode. Take a look as Widespread Panic performs the Free Somehow track Up All Night…

Widespread Panic – Up All Night

PBS music program Austin City Limits’ 37th season kicks off this fall featuring a new setting. ACL’s upcoming season comes to us from the new ACL Live at The Moody Theater venue in downtown Austin.

As usual, the show’s producers have put together an eclectic lineup of talented performers and today they announced the dates and artists for six upcoming tapings at ACL Live. Harpist Joanna Newsom kicks things off on August 1, Portland’s The Decemberists and chanteuse Gillian Welch take the stage on August 9, actor Jeff Bridges shows his musical chops on August 10, Canadian megastars Arcade Fire return for more ACL action on September 17, while two-time Academy Award-winning songwriter Randy Newman finishes off this batch to tapings on September 19.

Keep your eyes on the ACL blog for a chance to attend all of these performances and for information on when these episodes of Austin City Limits will air this fall on your local PBS channel.

Following five days of buildup and official “leaks” through a clever scratcher stunt, the organizers of the Austin City Limits Music Festival have revealed an impressive lineup for the event’s tenth anniversary that features headliners Kanye West, My Morning Jacket, Arcade Fire, Coldplay and Stevie Wonder along with HT faves Chromeo, Allison Krauss & Union Station, Fleet Foxes, Cee-Lo Green, J. Roddy Walston & the Business and Mavis Staples.

Austin City Limits takes place at Austin, TX’s Zilker Park from September 16 – 18. While three-day passes sold out weeks in advance of today’s announcement, single-day tickets to each of the event’s three days of action go on sale at 10AM CDT for $90 and are expected to go quickly.

Click on the image below for the full lineup…

Phish makes a rare festival appearance this evening at the 2010 Austin City Limits Festival. The band is slated to play one two-hour set starting at 8PM CDT. While Phish’s performance won’t be broadcast tonight you can watch other ACL Festival acts via this i Clips webcast.

Austin resident Mike Hanley will be reporting live from ACL for @YEMblog, so follow along for commentary from Zilker Park. READ ON for tonight’s setlist…

iClips’ Austin City Limits webcast started a few hours ago and will be providing broadcasts from a diverse roster of artists all weekend long. If you’re looking for advice on what sets to catch, we’ll be watching MMW (9:30PM EDT), Alberta Cross (Tomorrow – 1:30PM EDT), Bon Iver (Tomorrow – 6PM EDT) and Jack White’s The Dead Weather (Sunday – 9PM EDT).

Let’s take a look at some other noteworthy stories…

• Wilco will perform on A Prairie Home Companion this weekend

Coming to you this week on A Prairie Home Companion, we’re broadcasting from the Fitzgerald Theater. Special guests Jeff Tweedy and the alt-rock boys of Wilco will bring the noise while bluegrass belle Patty Loveless will lend us her mountain soul. Also with us, The Royal Academy of Radio Actors; Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Tom Keith, the Guy’s All-Star Shoe Band, and The News from Lake Wobegon. [Prairie Home]

• Rob Mattson will sub for DSO’s John Kadlecik in November

Zen Tricksters founder and Donna Jean Godchaux Band guitarist Jeff Mattson will perform with Dark Star Orchestra this November. Mattson will sub for DSO guitarist John Kadlecik while he is on the road with Phil Lesh and Bob Weir’s new band Furthur. Mattson will also continue to perform with Donna Jean. In related news, 1970s Donna Jean Band keyboardist Devin Greenwood recently joined the former Grateful Dead singer and her current band for a series of shows. [Jambands.com]

READ ON for six more links to keep you busy this weekend…

Tickets for this year’s Austin City Limits Festival sold out weeks ago, but those willing to work can exchange three five-hour shifts & a $15 application fee for a weekend pass to the event. Visit workexchangeteam.com for more details and to apply for the ACL and/or Festival 8 teams.

In other ACL news, the schedule for the festival – which takes place in Austin’s Zilker Park on October 2 – 4 – has just been released.

Let’s take a look at some other stories we’ve missed this week…

• Paul McCartney will put out a live album on November 15

This album will be a “live summary” of the concerts given by the ex-Beatle in July, while he played for the very first time at the Citi Field Stadium in New-York City for three memorable nights, on July 17th,18th and 21st 2009.

This CD album is likely to be sold in a box set containing not only a live album but also the DVD of the concert. [via maccablog]

• Celebrate Brock Butler’s 30th birthday by buying his new EP

Pedro Loopez is a short collection of tracks assembled by Brock, reminiscent of his previous release “Instrumentals & Incidentals,” this collection is a bit more natural sounding with less midi and more cowbell. The original track files will be offered up as well during the coming weeks so Brock’s fans can assemble their own creations to listen to. Look for an announcement about that soon. [via TheRevButler]

• Benjy Eisen talks to Roseanne Cash about singing with Tweedy

“I know Jeff just a little bit,” Cash tells Spinner. “I’ve met him a few times and I’m a huge fan of not only Wilco but Golden Smog and all the rest of it, and it was just a great honor for him to do this.”

Tweedy duets with Cash on ‘Long Black Veil,’ a country standard originally performed by Lefty Frizzell and composed by Danny Dill and Marijohn Wilkin. [via Spinner]

• Check out the cool Easter Egg clips on the Clifford Ball DVDs
• Expect plenty of Jimi Hendrix archival releases to come out
• String Cheese Incident to release a Halloween-themed box set

Finally, anyone who thought guitarist John Kadlecik’s successful stint with Bobby and Phil as part of last weekend’s Furthur shows would take away from Dark Star Orchestra’s never-ending touring schedule needs to think again. The DSO are playing a full slate of shows starting tomorrow night in Seattle and running through the just announced New Year’s Eve show at Ram’s Head Live in Baltimore. READ ON for more details…

It’s hard to think about the holiday season when temperatures have been soaring above 90 degrees of late, but news surfaced last week that Bob Dylan had headed into the studio to record material for – of all things – a Christmas album. Dylan, who is no stranger to Christian rock, has already laid down renditions of Must Be Santa, Here Comes Santa Claus, I’ll Be Home For Christmas and O Little Town of Bethlehem. Nothing like scaring the hell out of your kids with Zimmy’s renditions of these holiday classics.

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Finally, the folks at the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame will honor the landmark long-running television show Austin City Limits by designating their studios as a historic rock and roll site. The studio will join nine other rock and roll landmarks around the country including the Whiskey-A-Go-Go and WJW Radio in Cleveland where Alan Freed was credited with popularizing the term “rock and roll.” Austin City Limits will kick off its 35th season on October 3 with a recently recorded Dave Matthews Band performance.