Results tagged “attblueroomstage”

After having already enjoyed CSS’ set at the AT&T Blue Room, we waded through a sea of people to return to our spot for the electro-psychedelia of Brooklyn’s MGMT. The excited audience patiently clapped along during the first track “Pieces Of What” and came alive when “Electric Feel,” complete with the stellar falsetto chorus, sent bolts of funk through north west Zilker.

As the sun began to head west and the evening rolled in, London's Hot Chip played their endearing brand of creative and awkward dance-rock to a truly massive crowd on the AT&T Blue Room stage. The band focused heavily on material from this year's release Made In The Dark, which traded in the beat-heavy laptop pop of 2006 LP The Warning for a full band sound. The songs generally played better live than on record, and the group turned up the keyboards and drums to maximize their sonic power. Co-founder and second vocalist Joe Goddard kept the crowd happy with banter and a surprise announcement about DJing a house party later in the evening, while lead vocalist Alexis Taylor kept quiet but delivered a pleasing and energetic set. The band also rewarded longtime fans with older tracks like "Down With Prince," "Boy From School," and a cover of Prince's "Nothing Compares To U." The fact that a band as eclectic as Hot Chip can now play a late afternoon slot at a mainstream festival is surprising enough...but what impressed us most was how surely they belonged there. This was a day one highlight, and the crowd danced with abandon and walked away happy.

After enjoying a number of quality acts on Day One at the AT&T Blue Room Stage, head back there because Day Two is just as inviting. The Austin City Limits Music Festival continues to bring in respectable artists from all over the world and you can start your second day at the fest with a smorgasbord of sounds courtesy of Iceland’s Mugison (a.k.a. Örn Elías Guðmundsson). The son of a karaoke singer, and in the past, a one man show in concert, Mugison’s has favored a full band of late as compared to his earlier days behind his laptop. Either way, a variety of genres, and pure entertainment is the result.

As another Austin City Limits Music Festival approaches, all attendees get an opportunity to check out acts they may already be fans of, or discover music that could be the new soundtrack to their lives. The AT&T Blue Room Stage boasts considerably diverse line-ups on all three days and we're here to prep you for the barrage of live music that can be expected on that stage. Austin based Dan Dyer has been compared to legends like Stevie Wonder and Al Green, and he kicks things off on Friday at 11:45 a.m. on Day One with soothing soul music, tinged with elements of gospel and blues.