ACL Fest: Band of Horses Echoes Across The Park

Band of Horses have come a long way in a very short amount of time, and the enthusiastic crowd that gathered in front of the Dell stage at 7:30 was a good indicator of just how far. The group played plenty of songs from their latest record as well as a few from 2006’s Everything All the Time, and it seemed as if every track they played was a favorite of someone in the crowd and they sang along loudly. With four guitars, keys, drums and singer Ben Bridwell’s echoey vocals, Band of Horses powered through some rather haunting, ethereal indie rock songs like “The Funeral,” “Is there a Ghost” and “No One’s Gonna Love You.” The band took a little time between songs to wish happy birthday to someone on the side of the stage, sing Gillian Welch’s praises and tell the crowd they loved them. The group even played a brand new song going to be released on their next album. It was a slow and sentimental tune written and sung by keyboardist Ryan Monroe. He sounded a lot like Bridwell, who sang backup and played the melodica during the song.

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By william_mills in Arts & Entertainment on September 29, 2008 2:55 PM 0 Comments

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davetx

Seriously, that's on par with keeping the baseball that you caught on-the-bounce off someone's noggin.

JohnM

Nope, no stick. I didn't really think about it too much as the blood was dripping down my face. The people behind me, who wrestled over the stick, stared at me, horrified, so surely they could have been generous enough to offer it up. Assholes.

davetx

Did you at least get the damn stick, or did someone thoughtlessly wipe the blood off and take it with them?

JohnM

Yep, he completely owned me. I was pretty far back...I didn't see it coming towards me, but he must have a good arm.

dp2win

Are you serious? Did the stick hit you? I was on the left side of the stage and I watched the stick fly into the crowd and though, "damn, that's a pretty serious throw." Not, like a nice high arc.

They kicked ass like they always do. One of the best bands playing today.

JohnM

It was a great set - but before the last song, Ben threw a drumstick into the crowd, and it hit me right in the head...I bled profusely, and ended up getting stitches (well, staples) put on the gash. It was pretty intense.