Live music review: The best shows we saw at ACL Festival on Weekend One
Austin City Limits Music Festival (ACL Festival) took place October 4-6 and again this weekend at Zilker Park in Austin
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Live music review: Best shows we saw at ACL Festival 2023 weekend one on Saturday
Saturday’s best shows we saw at ACL Festival during weekend one were all acts that ruled the 90s; Tanya Tucker, Alanis Morrisette and main stage headliners, Foo Fighters.
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Live music review: Kendrick Lamar shocks ACL Festival with 65-minute delay, abbreviated 31-minute set
Compton’s Kendrick Lamar is billed as the headliner for each Friday of the 2023 Austin City Limits Music Festival (ACL Festival), a big draw for most attendees at Zilker Park on Friday night. Upon approaching the stage, fans were told on the American Express Stage’s screens that Lamar’s set would be delayed due to “Plane Issues.”
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Live music review: The best shows we saw at ACL Festival 2023 weekend one on Friday
We’re not here to talk about the weather though, we’re ready to discuss the best shows we saw at ACL Festival, weekend one on Friday. Standout performances were turned in by The Mars Volta, Alanis Morrisette, Foo Fighters, The Breeders and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs to name a few. And yeah, those artists represent much of what was good about American music during the 1990s making the entire festival feel like a giant throwback to that era. Even the popular fashions at the festival reflected a late 80s and 90s influence.
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Live music preview: 11 bands to see at ACL Festival 2023 weekend one
As the 22nd version Austin City Limits Music Festival (ACL Fest) is poised to begin on October 6 at Zilker
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Live music review: The Marías seduce Stubbs’ sold-out crowd at ACL Fest Late Night show
I saw The María’s back in 2019 at Washington, DC’s Union Stage, a smaller, 700-person space. Given the ferocious sold-out crowd at Austin’s Stubb’s October 14.
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Live music review: Japanese Breakfast and Dehd sold-out ACL Festival Late Night show
Last Saturday, indie-pop act Japanese Breakfast played a sold-out Stubb’s BBQ with Dehd, a rising three-piece indie-rock outfit from Chicago. The performance was an official Austin City Limits Music Festival Late Night show.
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Live music preview: Blockbuster October shows in store for Austin music fans
It’s going to be a blockbuster October for Austin shows fans with Austin City Limits Music Festival and LEVITATION Festival bracketing the beginning and end of the month. Besides two very Austin music festivals, Smashing Pumpkins, Pavement, The Black Keys with TCC alumni, The Velveteers, Indigo Girls and Interpol are all on tap this month. If you’re not going to see live music in Austin this month, you might be doing it wrong.
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Live music review: Caroline Rose rocked BMI’s ACL Fest party last week
Last Thursday at BMI’s Howdy Texas extravaganza leading into weekend two of Austin City Limits Music Festival (ACL Fest), venue host, Yeti Flagship store had a lyrical sharpshooter ready to give a playful greeting to Texas locals and visitors in Austin’s music capitol. As the windy October night cooled down, the music-loving crowd warmed to Caroline Rose gradually like the ice melting in the chilled mixed drinks silently swirling together.
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Festival Review: Iconic artists mix with future stars at Austin City Limits Festival
Last weekend’s Austin City Limits Music Festival (ACL Fest) featured legacy acts Paul McCartney, David Byrne and Metallica along with upcoming stars, Janelle Monae, St. Vincent and Austin’s own Shakey Graves. We’re partial to female-fronted acts and we’ll take this opportunity to point out it was the many talented female fronted acts along with legends Sir Paul and Byrne who garnered the most attention over the three-day event held at Austin’s Zilker Park.
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