Series: Preview ACL Festival

Next up in our series previewing the ACL Festival is The Eli Young Band. Six years after Mike Eli and James Young formed Eli Young at North Texas, Eli Young has become one of the hottest band in Texas. It's been since 2005 release of the hit CD "Level" that they have released a new studio album but on September 16th that will change with the release of "Jet Black & Jealous".
Check out thier latest video "When It Rains"



The Eli Young Band plays on Fiday September 26th at 6:30pm on the Austin Ventures stage be sure to check them out.

For more info check out Eli Young Band here:
Web Site
MySpace
ACL Discovery

Previously: Series: Preview ACL Festival:
Okkervil River
Bobby Bare Jr.
Asleep At The Wheel
Ryan Bingham
Shooter Jennings
South Austin Jug Band
Band of Heathens
Scott H. Biram

Tampa or Bust

Football season is officially here as the Dallas Cowboys begin training camp on Friday. The Cowboys no question about it are the NFC's best team. So this year for the Cowboys it's all about the Super Bowl in Tampa Bay, anything less will be disappointing. They bring back all 13 pro bowl players and add talented draft picks RB Felix Jones and CB Mike Jenkins as well as troubled pro bowl caliber CB Adam Jones.

Mile High Music Festival

This past weekend I was in Denver for the first Mile High Music Festival. While a 2 day festival I only went the last day which was Sunday. While the Black Crowes were the highlight of the day, there are a couple bands that impressed me: Tea Leaf Green, Leftover Salmon, and Flogging Molly.
The Black Crowes were awesome this was my 3rd time to see them and I think gets better each time. They played about 90 minutes and played stuff from the new album Warpaint to classic Crowes songs. Here is the set list:
Movin' On Down The Line
Goodbye Daughters Of The Revolution
GoneJealous Again
Oh Josphine
Poor Elijah - Tribute To Johnson (Medley)
God's Got It
Wiser Time
Wee Who See The Deep
Thorn In My Pride
Soul Singing
Remedy
Wounded Bird
Twice As Hard

Upcoming Releases

Here are a few album releases I am looking forward to.

7-29-08
Britt Llyod Band - Ink
Micky & the Motorcars - Naive

08-05-08
Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst

8-19-08
Chris Knight - Heart Of Stone

8-26-08
Jason Boland & the Stragglers - Comal County Blue
The Lost Trailers - Holler Back

9-02-08
Brian Wilson - That Lucky Old Sun
Rodney Crowell - Sex & Gasoline

9-09-08
Calexico - Carried to Dust
Okkervil River - The Stand Ins
Ray LaMontagne - Gossip In The Grain

9-23-08
Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night

9-30-08
Rich O'Toole - TBA

Also upcoming releases TBA by Pat Green, Zack Walther & the Cronkites,

Blue October - Meridianwest at Whitewater

Last night a friend of mine took me to see Blue October play at White Water Amphitheater. This was a night of firsts. First while I had heard of them I had never listened to any of their stuff. Well after last night I am now a fan and will be going out to get some of their stuff. Their songs are deep and dark, the music is original and very cool. If you have never seen them they play again tonight.

The second of the firsts for me was going to White Water. In it's second year of operation my first impression was wow what a cool place. It is located off the Guadalupe River and has sort of the ambiance that Red Rocks in Colorado has. This in my opinion will become the premier outdoor live music venue.

The band that opened last night was Meridianwest, a band out of Austin, TX, is a band to watch out for. They are a tight 3 piece band that just sign a record deal with Sony. So be on the look out for them.

Check them out here!

Blue October

Meridianwest

White Water