ACL

Even though I have lived in Austin, Texas my whole life, I have never once attended ACL. It is kind of embaressing that I have never been. There are many times I have wanted to go, I just haven't been, I guess "motivated" enough to find or buy tickets. People always tell me how amazing it is, but honestly I don't know what would be fun about being hot and sweaty, next to people smoking loads of marijuana, and being far away from performances. Even though I have these doubts/complaints, I still would love to at least experience it once. If I were to have gone this year, some artists I would really love to see are:

1. Florence + the Machine- I love her songs so much, but then someone told me she sucks live, so I don't know how I feel about here anymore.

2.AVICII- He has a really neat, upbeat sound and I love anything that can make me get up and dance.

3. Metric- I don't know many of their songs, but I love "Help I'm Alive." It has a great eerieness that is just... I don't even know.

4. Two Door Cinema Club- Great band, with a great sound. I would really love to see them live sometime. They have put out some great songs. i.e. "Something Good Can Work " and "What You Know" are awesome.

5. M83- I love a couple of their songs, but because they are so electronic-y sounding, I don't know how they would be live.

6. Tegan and Sara- They seem like a neat duo. I have heard one of their songs and I really enjoyed it.

7. Dev- I think she would put on a really great and wild concert; the kind that even if the music isn't that good, the concert makes up for it because it is so fun.

8. The Lumineers- I used to like "Ho Hey" but I got kind of sick of it, so I don't know if I would want to see them.

In previous years, I would have loved to see:

2011: Coldplay, Awolnation (mainly because of Sail), Arcade Fire-- I didn't know many of the bands this year.

2010: Muse, Vamipre Weekend, The xx, Broken Bells, Miike Snow-- I find it interesting that some of the bands that played in previous years as lower artists come back as better known artists and they are higher up in the rankings.

2009: Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs, Phoenix, Passion Pit

2008: Foo Fighters, MGMT

2007: Bjork, The Killers, Muse, Arcade Fire, Blue October, Regina Spektor, Peter Bjorn and John