Customer Reviews

Austin City Limits Music Festival 2005

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People always complain that their favorite artists aren't on the ACL Fest DVDs, but this set has a great selection of songs and artists. (Hey, if you want to see Coldplay you can turn on MTV). Disc 1 opens with a riveting Jet performance. Other good performances include The Bravery, The Decemberists, Bloc Party, and Rachael Yamagata. A bit heavy on the British artists, though.

My only complaint is that the DVDs don't capture the essence of ACL Fest other than a few time-captures and interviews on the second set. Perhaps the producers wanted to hide all evidence of the incredible heat this past year (108 in the shade) and the dust storm. But in a lot of ways I think this makes it cool -- the crowds hung with it despite the horrible conditions.

Bottom line - a great music DVD

This probably does not do justice to these events. But ... it is as close as maybe. Good musicians, one heck of a lot more comfortable than being there.

Lot's of samplers from startup bands. Mostly daytime (small unknown bands). Disjointed concert DVD. The Bonus disk is a joke. Get Austin City 2004 instead.