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“Austin
City Limits: Music Festival”
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Reviewed
by: |
Wayne A. Klein |
| Genre: |
Music |
| Video: |
1.78:1 Anamorphic
Widescreen |
| Audio: |
Dolby Digital
5.1 |
| Languages |
English
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| Subtitles |
English
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| Length |
120 minutes
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| Rating |
NR |
| Release Date |
August 30,
2005 |
| Studio |
Warner Brothers
Home Video |
| Commentary:
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None |
| Documentaries:
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None |
| Featurettes:
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None |
| Filmography/Biography:
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None |
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Interviews: |
None |
| Trailers/TV
Spots: |
None |
| Alternate/Deleted
Scenes: |
None |
| Music
Video: |
None |
| Other:
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None |
| Cast
and Crew: |
Neville Brothers,
Los Lonely Boys, Pixies, Fraz Ferdinand, The Blind Boys of Alabama,
Sheryl Crow, The Soundtrack of Our Lives |
| Written
By: |
Neville Brothers,
Los Lonely Boys, Pixies, Fraz Ferdinand |
| Produced
By: |
Not listed |
| Directed
By: |
Not listed |
| Music:
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Neville Brothers,
Los Lonely Boys, Pixies, Franz Ferdinand, Sloan, the Blind Boys
of Alabama, The Soundtrack of Our Lives, The Pixies, Phish,
Jack Johnson, Drive by Truckers, Cake and others |
| The
Review: |
Austin City Limits has broken barriers
in popular music since 1976. Presenting a wide variety of
talented artists from the fringe (Richard Thompson), to cult
artists (John Hiatt, The Neville Brothers) and top 40 (Bonnie
Raitt) throughout the years. It’s no surprise that their “Austin
City Limits Music Festival” continues that popular tradition.
Featuring the bluesy Ben Harper to the gospel sound of the
Blind Boys of Alabama to Franz Ferdinand’s popular brand of
rock, this set gives diversity a good name. There are also
some great artists here that will be brand new to music fans
and a delight to discover for the first time such as Rachel
Yamagata and a variety of new musical movements as well. Recorded
over three days in September at Zilker Park in Austin it’s
a great show to dig into during a hot night or rainy, lazy
Sunday. ---
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| Image
and Sound: |
A top-notch
transfer overall although there is the occasional bit of video
noise that prevents the picture from being perfect, “Austin
City Limits” looks extremely good as presented here. --- |
| The
Extras: |
No extras
here just two DVDs packed with 30 musical performances by
The Blind Boys of Alabama, Rosanna Cash, Sloan, Broken Social
Scene, Franz Ferdinand and others. I was particularly happy
to have a performance of The Soundtrack of Our Lives performing
“Surround Sister” one of my favorite bands and songs from
a couple of years ago.
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| Commentary:
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None whatsoever.
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| Final
Words: |
A great
sampler of the three day festival and a better bet than the
CD which only collects 16 songs, “Austin City Limits Festival”
is a fun dip into a pool music on a very hot trio of days in
September. My only complaint is that some of these bands I hadn’t
heard of were so intriguing that I wanted to see a full concert
performance by them. I suppose I’ll just have to wait for individual
releases by these artists. It certainly introduced me to some
interesting music and prompted me to purchase CDs I might not
otherwise have heard. |
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