Friday ACL Fest 2018 Picks

Handicapping ACL's first Friday plus a handful of locals

"...for visual effect. Three albums in, Odesza is peak festival. – Christina Garcia Friday Local Limits..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Music Feature

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 (Second Weekend): Lissie

Stevie Nicks for the Kid Cudi generation

"...capable of transcending bitterness into defiant release. Saturday afternoon’s ACL Fest set, however, was downright joyous, as the Illinois..."

Oct. 13, 2013 Music Post by Doug Freeman

ACL Live Shot (Second Weekend): My Jerusalem

Local bad seeds steamroll their ACL debut

"...My Jerusalem leader Jeff Klein during his band’s debut ACL Fest. Given the Austin quintet’s penchant for brooding rock..."

Oct. 13, 2013 Music Post by Michael Toland

ACL Live Shot (Second Weekend): Widowspeak

Ethereal Brooklyn duo proves itself on the main stage

"...skeptical of the Brooklyn duo’s ability to capture a festival crowd, especially on one of ACL Fest’s bigger stages...."

Oct. 12, 2013 Music Post by Michael Toland

ACL Live Shot: the National

Loving our age’s terror, dread, drama

"...The National delivers catharsis in the most traditional sense:..."

Oct. 7, 2013 Music Post by Doug Freeman

ACL Live Shot: Noah & the Whale

More Mumford than Barenaked Ladies and endearingly so

"...for the band’s Zilker coming-out party on Sunday at ACL Fest...."

Oct. 7, 2013 Music Post by Michael Toland

ACL Live Shot: Grimes

Claire Boucher, Top 5 moment 2013, Top 3 in 2016

"...first weekend of the 2013 Austin City Limits Music Festival that I could actually start to convince myself that..."

Oct. 6, 2013 Music Post by Luke Winkie

ACL Live Shot: Purity Ring

Canadian duo unfazed by Depeche Mode’s audio bleed

"...Woe are the festival artists strapped with set times overlapping legends. Fifteen minutes..."

Oct. 5, 2013 Music Post by Abby Johnston

ACL Live Shot: Fidlar

Wake! Bake! Skate!

"...never been in a rush to catch a 40-minute festival set before the sun starts setting, but here I..."

Oct. 5, 2013 Music Post by Luke Winkie

ACL Interview: Haim

‘Oh my God, Lionel Richie? I’m going to cry.’

"...tour with Phoenix and Saturday’s Haim Homie Day at ACL...."

Oct. 3, 2013 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Last Chance to win an ACL Music Fest Wristband!

you know you want it.

"...Ahhhh ACL... What started as a modest little event to promote..."

Sept. 24, 2009 Events Post by Logan Youree

ACL: The Bloc Party

The ACL Aftershows.

"...go home at 10pm in Austin. As the annual ACL Festival continues to rise in national prominence, so have..."

Sept. 13, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

ACL Fest Saturday Interviews

"...AC: And now you're back for the ACL Festival, which you've played before...."

Sept. 14, 2007 Music Feature by Andy Langer

ACL Fest Opening Delayed Due to Overnight Weather

Gates pushed back to 3pm, schedule updates to come

"...After much concern over the stormy forecast for ACL Fest’s first weekend, the event faces weather delays on..."

Oct. 1, 2021 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Artists Guaranteed to Turn Heads at ACL Fest

Six unique acts that'll blow your mind before the sun sets at the festival

"...many rising heavyweight voices of indie exuberance on the ACL lineup, like Girl in Red and Claud and Dayglow,..."

Oct. 1, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

ACL Live Review: Billie Eilish

Superstar teen proves she should’ve been a headliner

"...Sunday ACL ticket holders should consider themselves lucky that music festivals..."

Oct. 6, 2019 Music Post by Libby Webster

ACL Fest Interview: Shakey Graves

Native Austinite looks to schmooze his inspirations at ACL

"...Following his headlining performance at Oregon's Pickathon Festival in August, Shakey Graves stayed up all night, drinking..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

ACL Review: Gorillaz

Damon Albarn’s cartoon supergroup transcends

"...were the only band during the first weekend of ACL Fest 2017 that made me forget where I was...."

Oct. 9, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Inside Full Service Circus’ Musical Festival

Can’t get on the bill at ACL? Start your own backyard fest.

"...they're preparing the third Full Service Circus, a weekend-long "festival" organized entirely by the band that draws hundreds of..."

Oct. 14, 2016 Music Feature by Bryan Rolli

ACL Live Shot: Sam Smith

Londoner delivers a “holy shit” audience and moment

"...Smith had the biggest crowd I’ve ever seen at ACL Fest. Not the biggest crowd in ACL’s dozen years,..."

Oct. 4, 2014 Music Post by Luke Winkie

ACL Fest’s Danceability Matrix

Sweaty dance pits to lawn-chair toe tappers

"...When ACL Fest revealed its 2014 lineup Tuesday, the collective social..."

April 24, 2014 Music Post by Abby Johnston

ACL Fest Cancels Sunday

Th-th-that’s all folks! Thank you, and good night!

"...This just in from ACL Fest: “Austin – October 13, 2013: Due to current..."

Oct. 13, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

ACL Live Shot: Vampire Weekend

Next ACL, these guys are headliners for sure

"...Shouldn’t Vampire Weekend be headlining this festival? They’ve got a trio of critically beloved and commercially..."

Oct. 5, 2013 Music Post by Luke Winkie

ACL Live Shot: Latasha Lee & the BlackTies

Austin rhythm and soul upstart leaves ’em talking

"...three shows of the 2013 Austin City Limits Music Festival on Friday...."

Oct. 5, 2013 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Complaints About ACL

"...Dear Editor, While this ACL Festival rocked just as hard as its predecessors, I..."

Sept. 29, 2005 Postmarks

ACL Interview: Country Rebel Tanya Tucker Reflects on Her Career Resurgence

“I’m not done yet. I might have a few more years, and I’m ready.”

"...Following her double weekend appearance at ACL Festival, Tanya Tucker will head to Nashville for induction..."

Oct. 6, 2023 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

How to Run a TV Festival in a TV Strike

ATX TV Festival respects writers as they work and protest

"...2023 was supposed to be ATX TV Festival's big reboot. After two years of pandemic-era online programming,..."

June 2, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Jon Batiste Closes Down ACL Fest with Musically Elastic, Spiritually Ecstatic Revue

A vibrant soundtrack to life coming back

"...come back to me this weekend and last at ACL Fest...."

Oct. 11, 2021 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Frances Forever Gets the Wallflowers to Dance at ACL Fest

TikTok's “Space Girl” breakout charms on their biggest stage yet

"...“Depression,” though the singer was all smiles throughout their ACL Fest slot...."

Oct. 10, 2021 Music Post by Alyssa Quiles

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