Sunday ACL Fest Picks

The first weekend of ACL Fest closes with highlights galore

"...7pm, HomeAway stage Sister trio Haim returns to the ACL stage after melting faces on a 2013 debut. There's..."

Sept. 30, 2016 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): The Cure

Robert Smith summons the rain

"...exquisitely poetic and proper about the Cure closing Saturday’s ACL Fest headlining set in the rain. For an hour..."

Oct. 13, 2013 Music Post by Doug Freeman

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): Depeche Mode

Staring down the synth void

"...things meant I was going into Depeche Mode’s second ACL Fest co-headlining set Friday somewhat handicapped...."

Oct. 12, 2013 Music Post by Luke Winkie

ACL Live Shot (Second Weekend): Holly Williams

Coming into the family name and legacy

"...Holly Williams debuted at ACL Fest appearance nearly a decade ago, supporting an introductory..."

Oct. 12, 2013 Music Post by Doug Freeman

ACL Live Shot (Second Weekend): Thao & the Get Down Stay Down

Feminist folk-punk Thao Nguyen calls the shots

"...Thao & the Get Down Stay Down’s Friday afternoon ACL Fest performance was a sex-positive post-feminist manifesto. If Barry..."

Oct. 12, 2013 Music Post by Melanie Haupt

ACL Live Shot (Second Weekend): Widowspeak

Ethereal Brooklyn duo proves itself on the main stage

"...to capture a festival crowd, especially on one of ACL Fest’s bigger stages. Aided by a rhythm section and..."

Oct. 12, 2013 Music Post by Michael Toland

ACL Live Shot (Second Weekend): Sons of Fathers

Cauthen and Beck’s piercing howls

"...With ACL’s second weekend already being dubbed the locals’ Fest, Austin..."

Oct. 12, 2013 Music Post by Doug Freeman

ACL Interview: True Believers (Part II)

Alejandro Escovedo wants to cut a representative Troobs LP

"...Last Saturday’s True Believers show during ACL Fest was cut short when drummer Rey Washam cut..."

Oct. 10, 2013 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

ACL Live Shot: Phoenix

Phoenix has come a l-o-n-g way since ACL 2009

"...genuine disbelief as he surveyed the afternoon crowd at ACL Fest’s AMD stage. He gathered himself, jumped off of..."

Oct. 7, 2013 Music Post by Abby Johnston

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: Franz Ferdinand

Chic meets the Clash in Glasgow

"...Going by evidence presented all weekend at ACL Fest, of all the bands of their generation, Franz..."

Oct. 7, 2013 Music Post by Tim Stegall

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: The Cure

Robert Smith still slays

"...youthfulness of its crowd for the first of two ACL headlining sets was surprising...."

Oct. 6, 2013 Music Post by Michael Toland

ACL Live Shot: Vintage Trouble

Hollywood quartet plies powerhouse soul rock

"...a couple of years. Given Saturday’s visceral reaction from ACL, that status won’t remain valid for long...."

Oct. 6, 2013 Music Post by Michael Toland

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

ACL Live Shot: Autre Ne Veut

Crooner shouldn’t become a psychologist just yet

"...psychology. If you saw him live on Saturday at ACL, you’ll understand why...."

Oct. 6, 2013 Music Post by Abby Johnston

ACL Live Shot: Max Frost

First look at major label local

"...his rock roots at the forefront on Saturday at ACL...."

Oct. 6, 2013 Music Post by Abby Johnston

ACL Live Shot: Purity Ring

Canadian duo unfazed by Depeche Mode’s audio bleed

"...Woe are the festival artists strapped with set times..."

Oct. 5, 2013 Music Post by Abby Johnston

ACL Live Shot: Depeche Mode

Depeche Mode hits all its marks and then some

"...Reagan got elected President – 1980 – Friday night’s ACL headliner fun was anticipating which of their dozens of..."

Oct. 5, 2013 Music Post by Melanie Haupt

ACL Live Shot: Muse

Epic UK trio won’t be shut down

"...At the very start of Muse’s third appearance at ACL Fest, bandleader Matt Bellamy hit maybe three chords before..."

Oct. 5, 2013 Music Post by Michael Toland

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

The Man-Machine: Kraftwerk Materialize at ACL Live ... Or Did They!?

German synthesizer pioneers pop in 3-D

"...On a night streaked with lightning, Kraftwerk proved at ACL Live that the curve they set might never be..."

June 28, 2022 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

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

ACL Live Review: Rosalía

Spanish flamenco queen makes a splash

"...Last ACL Fest, in a potent and populist weekend tag team,..."

Oct. 7, 2019 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

ACL Live Review: Childish Gambino

Donald Glover is now covered with bits of Austin’s great lawn

"...“Austin, I broke my foot last year, but I..."

Oct. 6, 2019 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

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

« 1    ‹ BACK    1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10     NEXT ›    34 »