Kendrick Lamar’s Perfect Decade at ACL Fest Snags With Delayed, Cut-Off Performance

“I heard y’all have a curfew… I told them they’d have to shut off my mic”

"...Kendrick Lamar has been the defining artist of ACL Fest’s past decade...."

Oct. 7, 2023 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Most Memorable Moments of Saturday’s ACL Fest

Adrian Quesada, Big Boi, and painting the town P!nk

"...found much to love. Here are some highlights from ACL Fest day two...."

Oct. 9, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Saturday ACL Fest 2018 Picks

Handicapping ACL’s first Saturday plus a handful of locals

"...The Wombats2:15pm, American Express stage 2006-07: The Wombats emerge from Britain's post-Libertines guitar pop boom..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Music Feature

UPDATED: Lil Wayne, Phoenix Added to ACL Fest Lineup

French quartet and rapper to take sting off Childish Gambino departure

"...Wayne has been announced for weekend two of the ACL Festival. He joins Phoenix (see previous update below) as..."

Sept. 27, 2018 Music Post by Kimberley Jones

ACL Fest 2016 Lineup

Radiohead, Kendrick Lamar, Mumford & Sons, LCD Soundsystem

"...On Wednesday, the Austin City Limits Music Festival teased its 2016 lineup with sign spinners around town..."

May 5, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Saturday ACL Fest 2018 Picks

Saturday, in the park, I don't think it was the Fourth of July

"...The Wombats2:15pm, American Express stage 2006-07: The Wombats emerge from Britain's post-Libertines guitar pop boom..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Music Feature

Lil Yachty’s Whiplash Catalog Run and More Highlights From Friday at ACL Fest

Maggie Rogers, Little Simz, and more kicked off at Zilker Park

"...The kickoff to Austin City Limits Music Festival sustained quite a few hits...."

Oct. 7, 2023 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Playback: Everyone Keeps Asking Me for ACL Fest Passes

Here's why ...

"...any chance you can score me a pass to ACL Fest?"..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

As Charlie Jones Exits C3, He Traces His Journey From College Station to Founding ACL Fest

Leaving the music promotions empire he helped build, Jones begins his new events company, Four Leaf

"...the wall in his office of Earth Day, the festival he produced. Those posters inspired me. I would point,..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Kendrick Lamar, Ethel Cain, and More Highlights From Friday at ACL Fest

Homegrown acts Font, We Don’t Ride Llamas debut on big stages

"...the argument for round two of Austin City Limits Festival – as well as second-weekend-only acts like Tegan &..."

Oct. 14, 2023 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Sudan Archives, Ben Kweller, and More Highlights From Saturday at ACL Fest

Texans Angel White, Blakchyl stood out under an annular eclipse

"...perfectly aligned with Saturday of Austin City Limits Music Festival. Alongside Los Angeles-based Sudan Archives and Vancouver-hubbed Tegan &..."

Oct. 15, 2023 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Welcome to the Jungle: Guns N’ Roses Will Headline ACL Fest 2019

Plus Childish Gambino, Billie Eilish, Cardi B, the Cure, and Mumford

"...Austin’s most anticipated, prognosticated, and deliberated annual festival announcement materialized this morning. Guns N’ Roses, Childish Gambino,..."

April 30, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Five Arts Events Beyond (but Near) ACL Fest

Who says we can't be the other-than-live-music capital of the world, too?

"...So near to ACL Fest's Zilker Park epicenter, the Umlauf's famed garden features..."

Oct. 7, 2022 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Chicks Take on Their “Bad Reputation” at ACL Fest

Politically weighted Zilker debut ends free and unfettered

"...So for the Friday ACL Fest crowd, and throughout much of their sporadic touring..."

Oct. 8, 2022 Music Post by Abby Johnston

ACL Fest Saturday Picks

"...ballot box in 2004 with "No Time Flat," former Miracle of '86 frontman Kevin Devine looked like a new..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Music Feature

ACL Fest Sunday Picks

"...and Krist Novoselic as a reunited Nirvana at SXSW 07. The irony is that with his self-titled third LP,..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Music Feature

ACL Live Review: Lizzo

Crowning the queen of ACL Fest 2019

"...one word on everyone’s lips after weekend one of ACL Fest: Lizzo...."

Oct. 14, 2019 Music Post by Isa Jones

ACL Interview: True Believers (Part I)

Reunited with blood fury and dedicated to Brent Grulke

"...the Troobs (as loyal fans call them) before their ACL Fest set last Saturday, calling them one “of the..."

Oct. 10, 2013 Music Post by William Harries Graham

ACL Live Shot: True Believers

Raucous, but truncated, and back next week better than ever

"...Believers, Austin’s best guitar army ever, continues, though Saturday’s ACL set found the fivepieve severely wounded. Their scheduled hour-long..."

Oct. 6, 2013 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Fun Fun Fun Fest: Chvrches

Glaswegians smooth out most of the electro kinks

"...to closing the first day of Fun Fun Fun Fest, Glasgow electronic outfit Chvrches performed the final date of..."

Nov. 7, 2015 Music Post by Abby Johnston

ACL Review: Kendrick Lamar

Superstar MC grapples with superstardom in real time

"...Amidst a sea of ACL Festival-goers watching his Saturday night headlining set at the..."

Oct. 2, 2016 Music Post by Bryan Rolli

ACL Review: Leon Bridges

Texan soul great can do no wrong

"...ACL Fest makes mainstage acts. Shins, Kendrick Lamar, Gary Clark..."

Oct. 3, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

ACL Live Shot: Queens of the Stone Age

Josh Homme and company by the metric ton

"...Queens of the Stone Age’s first album in six..."

Oct. 5, 2013 Music Post by Austin Powell

ACL Interview: The National

Not-so-moody frontman on touring, recording, and family

"...National frontman Matt Berninger opens up about the Brooklyn..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Music Post by Doug Freeman

ACL Interview: Dynamites feat. Charles Walker

Nashville Northern soul combo’s epic journey

"...In addition to their ACL Fest set today at 6:30pm (BMI stage), Walker and..."

Oct. 11, 2013 Music Post by Greg Beets

ACL Teaser: Shakey Graves

Why is the local one-man-band in the new Pixies video?

"...footage comes from his weekend at Pickathon, a music festival outside Portland, Ore., that he played in early August...."

Oct. 9, 2013 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

ACL AggreGAYtion, Part I

It's heavy, man, like forreal heavy, for sure.

"...What is a mega-massive music fest, if not an opportunity to become more fully MEMORY..."

Oct. 6, 2013 Qmmunity Post

ACL Review: Margaret Glaspy

Rawer fruit of songwriting labors

"...Glaspy launched with the title track from her debut,..."

Oct. 9, 2016 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Page Two: Knocked Out, Loaded

On the limits of imagination, the brilliance of ACL Fest, and the purifying power of The Hottest State

"...Presents does putting on the Austin City Limits Music Festival. I'm not really referring to the music; standing in..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Column by Louis Black

Lionel Richie

Commodore spotting at Justine’s

"...Two days into the second week of ACL Fest and I’m already 0-for-2. My “Dancing On the..."

Oct. 8, 2013 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

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