Neil Young

The Austin City Limits Music Festival line-up was announced at midnight, and I'm kind of miffed that RHCP are billed above Neil Young & Crazy Horse. Beyond that, you've got the usual ACL formula: the top tier of tried and true go-to festival acts (no surprise seeing the Black Keys or Jack White on this bill).Then there's the acts I barely know (AVICII, who is possibly the "new" Skrillex?) stacked higher on the list than actual talent (Gary Clark Jr.). You've got the one-hit wonder contingent (Gotye, I hope for your sake, you're still relevant in five months) and then the odd assortment of emerging artists towards the end that are far more interesting (Zola Jesus, Father John Misty, Big K.R.I.T.).

The whole line-up is below. Who are you excited about? Who were you hoping for?

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Marco Torres

Elbow guitarist Mark Potter onstage at ACL.

​For nearly two decades, cinematic Manchester act Elbow have been fairly silent in the U.S., despite drawing comparisons to Coldplay, Doves, and Radiohead. Meanwhile, their five records have earned critical acclaim back in the U.K. Their last two -- Build A Rocket Boys! and The Seldom Seen Kid, were both nominated for the coveted Mercury Prize. The Seldom Seen Kid actually won it.

And yet, even with all this attention overseas, they've managed to miss the boat on several British invasions of the states. In fact, they've never performed in North Texas before. But, interestingly, that hasn't stopped North Texas music from having an influence on them.

Over the weekend, the band performed at Austin City Limits Music Festival. Their slow building songs and affable onstage banter -- singer Guy Garvey charmed the pants off of about 3,000 onlookers -- easily made their set one of the best of the festival. And, before they performed on Sunday, we had the chance to sit down and talk with guitarist Mark Potter, Keyboard player Craig Potter and drummer Richard Jupp about their stateside prospects and their intriguing North Texas ties.

Hit the jump to read our interview.

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Pete Freedman

Kanye West at his ACL '11 performance. Swag?

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Arcade Fire played a familiar set to end Austin City Limits 2011. But it was still thrilling.

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Pete Freedman

The sweet, sweet ACL crowd.

​Before this weekend, I'd never been to Austin City Limits Music Festival. Actually, I'd never been to any outdoor music festivals the scale of ACL. I've probably been to eight or nine South By Southwests, and, before heading down to Austin this weekend, I hypothesized that ACL wouldn't be my thing.

In many ways, I was right.

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Marco Torres

And the award for ACL 2011's best stage banter goes to Kanye West.

​Now that Austin City Limits Music Festival is in the rear view mirror, all we have are the memories. That is, unless you spent the weekend drunk and high, in which case you might not even remember who performed, let alone what they said between the songs.

Lucky for you, we here at DC9 kept a running list of the choicest on-stage banter at the festival. Not surprisingly, a lot of it had to do with the weather. The Walkmen riffed on the heat and Elbow claimed to have brought the rain with them from Manchester.

It wasn't all lighthearted small talk or offhanded jokes, though. Kanye parodied himself, and a small handful of bands got political. Hit the jump to read the entire list.

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Marco Torres

Elbow brought the Manchester rain.

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Pete Freedman

Dallas-born 16-year-old Ruby jane kicked off Saturday's proceedings in fine fashion.

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TV on the Radio's Tunde Adebimpe, possibly among those disappointed in what would later happen with Stevie Wonder's set.

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