Spoon

Pretty much everyone who reads this blog is a music fan like me (unless you're my family... Hi Mom!) so you should know by now that the ACL line up has been announced. Woohoo right? That depends on who you ask...

Now I've been to ACL before and frankly, I wasn't all that impressed. Huge crowds. Uncomfortable weather (so glad I wasn't part of the dillo dirt extravaganza last year). Expensive EVERYTHING. Bad.idea.all.around. However, when I read the upcoming line up, I couldn't help but be a little excited.

Not only do I recognized some of these names for a change, I've seen some of these bands live and LIKED them. What does that mean? Am I turning into a blogging hipster? Have I found the error of my uncool journalistic ways and turned to the elitist dark side? I do own a pair of skinny jeans. Good god. I blame Ian and Ajay for this. What makes this worse is that I might actually want to put up with the large crowd, expensive food and awful weather, just to see some of these bands live. What is happening to me?

If I start finding a way to make it all about me when I'm plugging a band with no substance and disregarding the AP stylebook, please strip away my press badge and called me a "blogger." *shudders*

So who are these people that are responsible for my erratic behavior? Let's see...

Broken Bells - Frankly, I want to see this band because of all the buzz they caused on Twitter during SXSW. People climbed fences and waited in line for hours just to see this band perform. What is the big deal besides the two people who make up this band?

Cage the Elephant - I saw them back in December but only caught a little bit of the set (as I was interviewing another band), but from what I remember, I was somewhat impressed.

Lissie - Ian loves this girl. He talks about her a lot. I finally heard some of her stuff, especially her Lady Gaga cover. She won me over. I want to experience her amazing voice live.

M.I.A - Dude, it's M.I.A. I'm just sad that I won't witness her performing around stage while nine months pregnant on the edge of popping out a baby at any moment.

Muse - I don't care what people say or that it doesn't make me cool (because we all know I'm really not). I freaking love Muse.

Portugal. The Man - I saw them the same night I saw The Dig opened for them and some of the songs were pretty awesome. I think I would have enjoyed the rest of the songs if I was as high as the rest of the crowd that night though.

SPEAK - Um yeah, this doesn't need an explanation.

Spoon - After I wrote that lengthy review on this band for Accent, I'm somewhat a walking talking Spoon wikipedia page who's heard the entire discography way more than I wanted to.

Switchfoot - Wow, hello 2003. Nice to see you again.

The Eagles - Ok, I know everyone is calling them a dad band, but hello, our dads, especially mine, raised me on this band. I want to watch them as a tribute to my childhood and have something music-related I can talk to my dad about. And if they play "Desperado," I'm seriously gonna cry. Now loosen up your tight jeans so the blood will flow freely and you'll stop being so uptight.

The Soft Pack - Andy Langer mentioned this band in a tweet once and his recommendations are usually concurrent with my taste. This band is just good. I really want to see them live.

The Sword - My bro is usually the metal guy and again, Ian kept talking about this band so I decided to see them for myself during Fun Fun Fun Fest and have won me over ever since.

The Temper Trap - I have the album on my iPod which means I like it as I have a whole filtering process when it comes to loading music on my iPod. Did I mention I'm a little bit weird? Anyway, the album is pretty decent which means the live show will either be really awesome or really bad. Either way, I would like to find out for myself.

The Verve Pipe - Am I the only one out there that remembers "The Freshman?" I seriously only remember that song because it came out when I was a freshman in high school and I really thought that made me cool. See? This nerdiness has been around for ages.

Vampire Weekend - I'd admit it. Vampire Weekend is a guilty pleasure. Sarah had a guilty pleasure? What? The same girl that proudly admits she likes High School Musicial and Glee? This band is just sometimes too adorable for me. I know, that's pretty bold to say, however, I wouldn't mind bobbing my head with the rest of the crowd who doesn't give a shit.

White Rabbits - Man, every since I saw this band live, I can't get enough of both of their albums. Such amazing stuff. So amazing that I actually paid the $15 cover to see them live a while back. And for those that know what a cheapskate I am know what a big deal that is. I want to see this amazement again.

Balmorhea, Band of Heathens, Band of Horses, Devendra Banhart and the Grogs, Local Natives, Lucero, Manchester Orchestra, The Black Keys, The Constellations, The Morning Benders, The Mountain Goats, The National, The xx, Yeasayer - These are what I like to call blogger bands or also "hyped bands" so that means I want to see why these bands have recieved said hyped.

photo by Jorge Solares

Spoon has been one of Austin’s hometown heroes for years. After vocalist Britt Daniel initially teamed up with drummer Jim Eno in 1993, the band quickly started earning critical praise from press and music fans for their easily accessible hybrid of indie and post-punk rock.

Spoon achieved commercial success as songs from their 2005 album, Gimme Fiction, provided the soundtrack to a variety of movies and TV shows. The involvement with popular TV shows like The O.C. and Veronica Mars, and movies such as 17 Again and Cloverfield attracted even more aficionados to Spoon’s minimalistic rock.

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