We are gonna have to attend a music festival one of these days.  Oh, right, a week from today at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival.  Can’t wait.

In the meantime check out some of our favorite vignettes from last week’s ACL Festival and then go HERE if you want to check out scads more from ACL 2011.

First check out Young the People performing My Body.  Now that’s how to rile up a crowd. Almost gleams like Glastonbury.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zuv8tncXBNQ&feature=related

Then check out the fab Iron & Wine doing their revelatory Walking Far From Home in near-acappella mode (with Rosie Thomas and Marketa Irglova, of movie “Once” fame, killing).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aV9YmaZZTU

And then check the ubiquitous The Head and the Heart doing their song, Rivers and Roads.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aojUSESZxRo

In case you missed Brandi Carlisle when she opened recently at the Bowl for Ray LaDisstagne, check out her rendering of The Story below.  Girl’s got pipes.

And then check out the Cults doing their breakout song, Go Outside.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aqyf2aYR1pQ

And just for “kicks” check out the worst cover band ever doing the great song Pumped Up Kicks. Oh wait, sorry, that’s actually Foster the People.   A shame about them live.  We’s prefer Weezer’s cover by far.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZmP4xsWKt4&feature=relmfu