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Antibalas Live at KUT Four Seasons Showcase
Antibalas performing at KUT's Four Season showcase. Photo by Sean Murphy. » read more
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ACL Fund Drive for Wildfire Relief
ACL Festival has announced a Fund Drive to aid the victims of the Central Texas Wildfires. Fueled by the collective efforts of around 70,000 people per day, ACL Festival will raise much needed funds for the Red Cross of Central Texas and the Texas Wildfire Relief Fund. More Info >>
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ACL FestivalBehind the Scenes ACL Video: GotyeWouter DeBacker's performance is one of the most eagerly awaited of ACL Fest weekend. What? Oh-- then perhaps you know of him simply as 'Gotye': the guy with one of the year's biggest singles. "Somebody That I Used to Know" may have reached #1 on the Billboard Top 100, yet the Belgian-born singer-songwriter has managed to maintain much of his indie-rock cred thanks to a depth of repertoire and an attention to songcraft that's drawn critical comparisons to Sting and Peter Gabriel. KUT's Jeff McCord talked with Gotye backstage at ACL Fest.
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ACL Festival, News
ACL Dollars Spent Generates Dollars fo...
The 75,000 people at ACL this weekend are expected to help the Austin economy by injecting $73 million. Only about half the crowd at ACL is from Austin.
Mike Summers lived in Austin for 10 years before moving back to Phoenix. But he’s back in Austin again for the festival. Summers says he...
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ACL Photos: The Secret Sisters, Sara H...
For those expecting a weekend in Zilker Park marked by hellish heat, long lines waiting for buses, choking clouds of dust or puddles of dillo dirt: we regret to report that based on our conversations, the 10th iteration of the Austin City Limits Music Festival will not be remembered for anything...
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ACL Festival, Music, Reviews
ACL Review, Photos: Theophilus London,...
Each day of ACL Fest, the earliest slots inevitably end up going to the artists least likely to draw big crowds. Or maybe ACL has a new scheduler. As the venerable Asleep at the Wheel did its annual opening day set of Western Swing before a typically modest but adoring morning crowd, all the way...
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ACL Review, Photos: Coldplay, Friday, ...
It’s fitting that before Coldplay took the stage for their Friday night headliner slot, the theme song from Back To The Future played over the AMD stage’s speakers. They’ve been recently quoted as wanting to move past their old sound and try to incorporate more modern elements into the songs,...
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ACL Festival, StoryboardAustin
Ruby Jane
Rarely here at Storyboard do we dabble in the ways of music, but when we heard Ruby Jane--fiddler, singer/songwriter and bandleader of The Ruby Jane Show--was going to perform at this year's ACL festival we couldn't help ourselves....
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ACL Festival, News
What A Few Drops Will Do
We're in the worst single-year drought in Texas history, and we actually got a little bit of rain. Austinites flocked to the internet tubes to show their excitement. ...
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ACL Festival, Song of the Day
Asleep At The Wheel: “It’s A Good Day”
In 2002, a brand-new music festival kicked off in Zilker Park with much fanfare but also with a lot of questions to be answered. Since that beginning, the Austin City Limits Music...
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ACL 2011 Photos: Death From Above 1979...
For those expecting a weekend in Zilker Park marked by hellish heat, long lines waiting for buses, choking clouds of dust or puddles of dillo dirt: we regret to report that based on our conversations, the 10th iteration of the Austin City Limits Music Festival will not be remembered for anything...
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ACL Festival, Music, Reviews
ACL Review, Photos: Foster the People,...
Foster The People have the hands-down runaway hit song of the year; their “Pumped Up Kicks” is everywhere, from extensive radio play to critics’ best-songs-of-summer lists. It’s even on the mind of a mother overheard telling her toddler to say “pumped up kicks” as she took his picture....
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ACL Review, Photos: Kanye West, Friday...
Hip-hop performances can suffer at large festivals because they’re largely dependent on the artist themselves to do the heavy lifting. Backing tracks might sound good, but it’s hard to beat a live band bringing live energy. If one artist can change this, it’s Kanye West. His music is...
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Emergency Preps At ACL
The City of Austin is asking people at the ACL Festival not to smoke in hopes of preventing fires. Seventy-five thousand people will pack into Zilker Park this weekend. Half of them are out-of-towners.
Marilyn Griggs has been to all ACL Festivals at Zilker Park except for one. She said she...
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Rain Greets ACL Attendees
People who come to ACL know you’ve got to be ready for any kind of weather. Today was a soft shower. The crowd rocking to the beat of rapper Theophilus London cheered as the rain briefly cooled the afternoon. Deepu Sudahakar says the crowd enjoyed the soft rain in silence, then broke into...
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Photo Essay: Friday at ACL Festival
Friday morning at ACL started out with a light drizzle. We were two places at once - at the Four Seasons for our ACL showcase, and at Zilker Park to catch the opening acts and interview some artists behind the scenes. Check out our photo essay of the ACL grounds, stages, artists, bands and more. ...
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ACL Smoking Ban May Be Loosely Enforce...
The city really, really doesn’t want you to smoke if you plan to attend the Austin City Limits music festival. Austin Parks and Recreation director Sara Hensley even said “please” during a news conference this morning. But there will be no parks rangers at the festival, and ACL organizers’...
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