Friday, March 6, 2026

ACL Live

Brian HillsmanLive MusicReview

Live music review: Atmosphere Winter Carnival at Moody Theater ACL Live was a hip hop showcase

Minneapolis legends, Atmosphere, brought a crew of hip hop elites to ACL Live at the Moody Theater on their Winter Carnival tour on February 6. The performance showcased prominent contemporaries of hip hop before the duo commanded the attention of each concertgoer in the room during their performance.

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Case CockrellLive MusicReview

Live music review: Portland act Portugal. The Man showed no creative bounds at ACL Live with La Luz

Alaska natives and Portland-based musical collective Portugal. The Man is an outfit that knows no creative bounds. Built by visionary John Gourley and rounded out by a laundry list of collaborators who have come and gone over the years, the Oregon vehicle has retained a creative streak that’s produced 10 full-length studio projects since forming in 2004. For the last stop on their run supporting new LP Shish, the Portugal company made their way to Austin’s premier venue ACL Live on Friday, December 12 for a headlining extravaganza that brought the new and old material, with a lot of new in rotation to celebrate the latest release.

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Case CockrellLive MusicReview

Live music review: Swedish metal legends Meshuggah packed ACL Live with Cannibal Corpse and Carcass

Heavy metal music doesn’t get the spotlight as much as it should in Austin. Multiple stacked tours skip Austin and opt for San Antonio and Houston. For a near-sold-out crowd that flocked to downtown Austin to see legendary Swedish players Meshuggah, the metal gods made an exception for the live music capital. For Tuesday night at Austin’s premiere venue, ACL Live, the unbridled barrage of extreme metal didn’t let up across all three performing acts

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Case CockrellLive MusicReview

Live music review: Flaming Lips celebrated 20 years of Yoshimi with three-hour spectacle at ACL Live

Oklahoma’s The Flaming Lips are a generational treasure. With frontman Wayne Coyne and his trusted associates going 40 years strong as of 2023, the band has nothing left to prove. That being said, The Oklahoma City act embodies rock and roll longevity. For the band’s latest outings, Coyne and company has been treating fans to a full-length presentation of their 2002 record Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots last Wednesday at ACL Live.

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Michael MalyReview

Live music review: Love and Rockets deliver timeless pop darkness at ACL Live

In the 15 years since the band Love and Rockets toured their live show, and almost 40 years since the band’s inception, much has changed in the world. Born from the ashes of the legendary post-punk, goth, avant-garde outfit Bauhaus, three of those four players arose in the form of Love and Rockets.

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Michael MalyReview

Live music review: Dinosaur Jr at ACL Live rocked it loud

Dinosaur Jr played Austin’s ACL Live Moody theater this past Sunday, a rescheduled appearance originally booked for late 2021. The show was rescheduled as a result of the live music thorn in the flesh, COVID. A relatively unknown, Ryley Walker opened the show with a somewhat offsetting style to Dinosaur Jr’s wall of sonic sludge. 

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Michael MalyReview

Live music review: Courtney Barnett and Here and There Festival at ACL Live

This past Thursday evening in Austin, found the Courtney Barnett curated, Here and There Festival planting it’s all female fronted bands version of the revolving lineup on the ACL Live Moody stage. While the constantly changing touring artists has featured the likes of Wet Leg, Fred Armisen, Lucy Dacus, Snail Mail, Japanese Breakfast, Bartees Strange, just to name a few of the many diverse artists making some of the most impactful music today, Austin fans were treated to support acts Ethel Cain and Indigo Souza on this night as they were warmed up the audience for the main act, Melbourne’s Courtney Barnett. 

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