Pitchfork: Pixies, Modest Mouse to Play Austin City Limits Fest

Pixies, Modest Mouse to Play Austin City Limits Fest
Palm Elementary Choir to tear the roof off with unexpected "Music Is Fun" encore

You've seen Billy Bragg, Wilco, Ben Kweller, Jonny Lang, Beck, Spoon, and dozens (maybe hundreds?) of others grace the stage on PBS's long-running TV series, Austin City Limits. Now, dozens (pretty fucking close to hundreds, actually) of truly excellent bands have signed on to perform at this summer's Austin City Limits Festival. It's like, synergy, man.

The only details released so far are the dates and the bands, but among the mob of festival-confirmed artists are The Beta Band, Cat Power, Neko Case, The Pixies, Wilco, and Spoon. Oh shit, and also, Broken Social Scene, Modest Mouse, My Morning Jacket, Calexico and Centro-Matic. Oops-- don't forget American Analog Set, Franz Ferdinand, and... oh, just read the damn list for yourself. Set to run from September 17th through the 19th at Zilker Park in Austin, Texas, the ACLF is pretty much a guaranteed combination in quality and quantity. It's a veritable 69 Love Songs of a festival: too long, too eclectic, too hott. Here, in convenient alphabetical-type style, is the list of bands scheduled to perform:

American Analog Set
Terry Allen
Trey Anastasio
Anthropos
Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra
Asleep at the Wheel
Marcia Ball
Bobby Bare, Jr.
The Bells of Joy
The Beta Band
Big Head Todd & The Monsters
The Biscuit Brothers
The Blind Boys of Alabama
Broken Social Scene
Doyle Bramhall
Marc Broussard
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
Solomon Burke
The John Butler Trio
Cake
Calexico
Cat Power
Troy Campbell
Neko Case
Centro-Matic
Cooper's Uncle
Sheryl Crow
Kacy Crowley
Dashboard Confessional
Howie Day
Deadman
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Drive-By Truckers
The Durdens
Electric Church
Joe Ely
Endochine
Franz Ferdinand
Guy Forsyth
Donavon Frankenreiter
David Garza
The Gospelaires
The Gourds
The Greencards
G. Love & Special Sauce
Gomez
John Dee Graham
Pat Green
Patty Griffin
Butch Hancock
Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals
Earl Harvin Trio
Terri Hendrix
The Holmes Brothers
Jack Ingram
Mason Jennings
Jack Johnson
The Killers
Dayna Kurtz
Ben Kweller
Los Lonely Boys
Ray Lamontagne
Tucker Livingston
Louque
Shelby Lynne
Joe McDermott
Willy Mason
Medeski Martin & Wood
Lucas Miller
The Mighty Sincere Voices of Navasota
Monte Montgomery
Abra Moore
Modest Mouse
Mofro
Trish Murphy
My Morning Jacket
New Monsoon
North Mississippi Allstars
Old 97's
Ollabelle
Palm Elementary Choir
Papa Mali
Particle
Patrice Pike
The Pierces
The Pixies
Davis Raines
Rebirth Brass Band
Reckless Kelly
Bruce Robison
The Roots
Rose Hill Drive
Josh Rouse
The Shields of Faith
The Slip
The Soundtrack of Our Lives
Slightly Stoopid
Sloan
Mindy Smith
Spoon
Samantha Stollenwerck
Star Kid's Yoga
The Legendary Soul Stirrers
Tea Leaf Green
Toots & The Maytals
J.T. Van Zandt
Warrior
The Wailers
Walter "Wolfman" Washington
Dale Watson
Jason White
Holly Williams
Kelly Willis
Wilco