The 2010 ACL Music Festival has announced it’s lineup and all and all it looks pretty solid.  Being a bad American and all I despise The Eagles so that’s a headliner I’m not too stoked about.  The other headliners include: Muse, Phish, The Strokes, M.I.A and the Flaming Lips. I wouldn’t mind seeing any of them.

The good thing about ACL is that they might not always score the best headliners, but they always have a killer mid-tier lineup and this year is no different.  Here are a few (maybe more than a few) bands worth noting:  LCD Soundsystem, Spoon, Vampire Weekend, Band of Horses, Monster of Folk, Sonic Youth, The National, The Black Keys, Broken Bells, Yeasayer, Beach House, The Sword, Matt and Kim, The xx, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Girls, Local Natives, Gaslight Anthem, Devendra Banhart and the Grogs, The Soft Pack, The Almighty Defenders, Mountain Goats, Midlake, The Morning Benders, David Bazan.

Head HERE for the complete lineup.

Feel free to let us know your thoughts on this years lineup.

It is an amazing week for new releases. There are no less than four albums out this week that will more than likely be in my top 25 of the year. First of all the new LCD Soundsytem is tremendous. I’m not ready to say it’s better than Sound of Silver, but I’m also not ready to say it isn’t. The new Band of Horses isn’t as immediate as their first two, but with multiple listens it really proves to be a fantastic album. Another pleasant surprise was the Black Key’s album Brothers. I’ve never been more than a casual Black Key’s fan, but this album is blowing me away. I don’t know if I just “got it” or what but the album floors me every time I listen. If you haven’t heard the new Beck produced Jamie Lidell album you are really missing out. His last album was pretty great but he seems to push it to the next level with this one. It really has kind of a Prince feel to it. I might be lambasted for that statement but I’m going to stand behind it. I’ve also been listening to the new self-titled Pearly Gate Music album. I had never heard of them before a couple of weeks ago, but it seems like this is now one of my go-to chill albums.

Anyways, it is a great week for new releases so get out their and spend some actual money.

New releases, album art, streams and MP3′s after the jump…

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