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4.0 out of 5 stars
Great cross selection of performers, September 25, 2005
This review is from: Austin City Limits Festival 2004 (DVD)
Austin City Limits has broken barriers in popular music since 1976. Presenting a wide variety of talented artists from the fringe (Richard Thompson), to cult artists (John Hiatt, The Neville Brothers) and top 40 (Bonnie Raitt) throughout the years. It's no surprise that their "Austin City Limits Music Festival" continues that popular tradition. Featuring the bluesy Ben Harper to the gospel sound of the Blind Boys of Alabama to Franz Ferdinand's popular brand of rock, this set gives diversity a good name. Artists on this two disc set include the following: Neville Brothers, Los Lonely Boys, Pixies, Franz Ferdinand, Sloan, the Blind Boys of Alabama, The Soundtrack of Our Lives, The Pixies, Phish, Jack Johnson, Drive by Truckers, Cake, Neville Brothers, Sheryl Crow,Rachel Yamagata, Sloan, Broken Social Scene. There's only one or two songs by each performer but there's still a good solid two hours plus of great music here. Recorded over three days in September at Zilker Park in Austin it's a great show to dig into during a hot night or rainy, lazy Sunday.
A top-notch transfer overall although there is the occasional bit of video noise that prevents the picture from being perfect, "Austin City Limits" looks extremely good as presented here. The 5.1 soundtrack sounds flawless with great detail and vibrant.
A great sampler of the three day festival and a better bet than the CD which only collects 16 songs, "Austin City Limits Festival" is a fun dip into a pool music on a very hot trio of days in September. My only complaint is that some of these bands I hadn't heard of were so intriguing that I wanted to see a full concert performance by them. I suppose I'll just have to wait for individual releases by these artists. It certainly introduced me to some interesting music and prompted me to purchase CDs I might not otherwise have heard.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Track Listing, June 1, 2011
This review is from: Austin City Limits Festival 2004 (DVD)
DVD 1:
01. Gold in the Sunset - Bob Schneider
02. Walk in Jerusalem - Blind Boys of Alabama
03. Seven Year Ache - Rosanne Cash
04. I am the Cancer - Sloan
05. Anthem for a 17 Year Old Girl - Broken Social Scene
06. Darts of Pleasure - Franz Ferdinand
07. Crazy Dream - Los Lonely Boys
08. Light in your Eyes - Sheryl Crow
09. Sister Surround - The Soundtrack of our Lives
10. It's the Nighttime - Josh Rouse
11. The New Kid - Old 97s
12. Ghost - Howie Day
DVD 2:
01. The Way That He Sings - My Morning Jacket
02. Streets Are Callin' - The Neville Brothers
03. First Tube - Trey Anastasio
04. Debaser - Pixies
05. Be Be Your Love - Rachael Yamagata
06. Alone Again or - Calexico
07. Your Lies - Shelby Lynne
08. Wasting Time - Jack Johnson
09. The Day John Henry Died - Drive-By Truckers
10. The One Thing - Pat Green featuring Jack Ingram
11. Wheels - Cake
12. Brown Eyed Blues - Ben Harper
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Good Music is Good Music, October 26, 2010
This review is from: Austin City Limits Festival 2004 (DVD)
This probably does not do justice to these events, but it much more comfortable inmy living room. Great music.
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