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ACL 2010 Day 2 in pics (Monsters of Folk, M.I.A., LCD Soundsystem, Broken Bells, deadmau5, Muse & more)

photos by Tim Griffin

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Night fell down on Austin Town and it figured it’d be a busy night. And with The xx and Temper Trap setting the table for LCD Soundsystem, Gogol Bordello, Monsters of Folk, Deadmau5, Matt & Kim, MIA and Muse, Saturday did indeed set it self up to be remembered as ACL 2010’s strongest.

Except for the part where MIA screwed things up during her set…

…M.I.A.’s set saw plenty of anticipation on the west end of the fairgrounds, but little payoff: The first song saw didn’t even see Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam on stage, and, though she came out for the second, that first song worked as a fitting metaphor for her entire mumbled performance.

Here’s the thing about performing in festivals, especially on a main stage: Very few people actually see the performers; they rely on the accompanying video screens to share the visual side of the performance. But rather than the performer (or any of her five packing dancers or DJ) , M.I.A.’s screen showed illustrations. M.I.A., meanwhile, spent minimal time in her set’s early going on stage, instead opting to interact o the grass in front of her closest fans. An admirable offering, perhaps, but it left the rest of her crowd in the dark, straining their necks to see her dancers or maybe just the neon “Maya” sign that served as her backdrop.

Her vocals weren’t helping matters, either. They were already mixed too low, and Maya, for the most part, mumbled her way through the proceedings. Audiences thinned out–only to be pulled back in once the video screens finally–mercifully–showed the performer stalking the stage, and performing her biggest hit, “Paper Planes.” [Dallas Observer]

Friday pictures HERE. Lucero HERE. The xx HERE. Mayer Hawthorne HERE, and the rest of the Saturday (10/9) pictures continue, with some setlists, below…

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Grace Potter and the Nocturnals Concert at Austin City Limits Music Festival, Austin, TX, USA Setlist on October 9, 2010
Hot Summer Night
Oasis
Apologies
Only Love
Goodbye Kiss
One Short Night
(Unknown)
Tiny Light
White Rabbit (Jefferson Airplane cover)
Paris (Ooh La La)
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Two Door Cinema Club Concert at Austin City Limits Music Festival, Austin, TX, USA Setlist on October 9, 2010
Cigarettes In The Theatre
Undercover Martyn
Do You Want It All?
Something Good Can Work
This Is The Life
You’re Not Stubborn
What You Know
Eat That Up, It’s Good For You
Come Back Home
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LCD Soundsystem Concert at Austin City Limits Music Festival, Austin, TX, USA Setlist on October 9, 2010
Dance Yrself Clean
Drunk Girls
I Can Change
All My Friends
You Wanted A Hit
Tribulations
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Broken Bells Concert at Austin City Limits Music Festival, Austin, TX, USA Setlist on October 9, 2010
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Everlasting Light (The Black Keys cover)
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Muse Concert at Austin City Limits Music Festival, Austin, TX, USA Setlist on October 9, 2010
Uprising
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Feeling Good (Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley cover)
Undisclosed Desires
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