Austin City Limits Music Festival

Crossroads Audio's Ed Spoto: "It's Horrible To Go To A Concert With An Audio Engineer"

Ed Spoto helms Crossroads Audio, which provides many of the mics, PAs, lighting systems and rigs you see at local shows and festivals. Locally, his client list includes acts like Bowling For Soup, Erykah Badu, The Denton Blues Festival and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Nationally, Spoto, his wife ... More >>

ACL 2012 Announced: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Neil Young, Iggy & the Stooges and More

The Austin City Limits Music Festival line-up was announced at midnight, and I'm kind of miffed that RHCP are billed above Neil Young. Beyond that, you've got the usual ACL formula: the top tier of tried and true go-to festival acts (no surprise seeing the Black Keys or Jack White on this bill).Then ... More >>

Keep Austin Fun Fun Fun

Austin's little fest has grown big and sponsored--and that's fine by us

Ruby Jane Gets Inspired

Young the Giant Grows Into Its Name

The Sword, Kyuss Lives!, Monstro

Sunday, October 2, at South Side Music Hall

Austin City Limits Goes Mainstream

Last Night At ACL: The Arcade Fire Bids the Crowd Farewell "For a Couple of Years"?

Arcade Fire Austin City Limits Music Festival September 18, 2011 Better than: having to sit through an Eagles set at the end of ACL. James BrickerArcade Fire at ACL​​On Sunday Night at Zilker Park, the largest crowd of the weekend converged on the Bud Light stage, where Arcade Fire wa ... More >>

ACL Stage Banter: The Weekend's Funniest and Most Interesting On-Stage Quotes

Marco TorresAnd the award for ACL 2011's best stage banter goes to Kanye West.​Now that Austin City Limits Music Festival is in the rear view mirror, all we have are the memories. That is, unless you spent the weekend drunk and high, in which case you might not even remember who performed, let alo ... More >>

Last Night at ACL: My Morning Jacket Got a Little Weird, But Still Rocked

My Morning JacketAMD Stage -- Austin City LimitsSeptember 17, 2011Better than: about 99 percent of any other concerts I've ever seen.Jim BrickerMy Morning Jacket. More photos of the fans in our slide show​Is My Morning Jacket the best live band on the planet? In the universe? They sounded like it ... More >>

ACL Capsule Reviews: Young the Giant, Tyler Morris & The Hearts of Worship, Alexander, Daniel Lanois' Black Dub and Iron & Wine

​It's tough to complain too much about the sporadic rain that's literally watering down the second afternoon of the 2011 Austin City Limits Music Festival. Texas needs to drink, y'all.  No, it's not all bad. Another upside: The wet ground makes you feel like less of a jerk for sparking up. So ... More >>

Good Friday: TV On The Radio, Broken Social Scene, the Rest of This Weekend's Shows

TV On The Radio​This weekend, Dallas benefits heavily from the Austin City Limits Music Festival spillover effect, which has some of the best bands in the world looking for a place to play in and around town. There are a whole bunch of these shows, as well as a few others, making this weekend an e ... More >>

Welcome to ACL '11: Zilker Warms Up For A Big First Night; It's Already Buzz-Thirty, Dudes.

Pete FreedmanCold War Kids tear down that first-day ACL wall.​Off in the distance, the song of the summer, Foster the People's can't-stop-won't-stop "Pumped Up Kicks," is blasting away over Zilker Park, blaring from the P.A. over at the Google (nee Dell) Stage. There's a marvelous tag-team effort ... More >>

Austin City Limit Day One: Kurt Vile's Small Reception Makes for a Brilliant Performance

Kurt Vile​The first day of Austin City Limits Music Festival was a surprise to say the least. Having never been to one of these outdoor music festivals, I wasn't sure what to expect. I had a hunch that getting close the stage at any act I wanted to see would be tough. For the most part, I was ... More >>

Ten Things You Can Expect to See At Austin City Limits 2011

Spillover: ACL Festival Artists Booked to Perform Shows in North Texas This Week

​There are a good many reasons to skip this year's installment of Austin City Limits Music Festival down in Austin.For starters, the weather is supposed to sunny with a high of 98 degrees on all three days. in a giant field with no air conditioning, teeming with thousands of warm bodies, it won't ... More >>

Spiral Diner: Vegan That Doesn't Suck. And we're not full of baloney. At least today we're not.

Tomorrow, ACL Announces Its 2011 Lineup. Today, We Share Our Best Guess On The Bill.

​Tomorrow, we've been promised, the folks behind the Austin City Limits Music Festival will unveil the lineup of bands playing their 2011 offering, which, this year, for its 10th anniversary, will take place in Austin's Zilker Park on the third weekend of September.And credit where it's due: The o ... More >>

Good Friday: Festival At The Switchyard, Free Energy, Los Campesinos, Dawes, Valient Thorr, The Thermals, AC Slater, Bush, Paul Oakenfold, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, and More!

Tim DeLaughter and The Polyphonic Spree perform at Festival At The Switchyard on Friday.​Well, we've finally recovered from our Austin City Limits Music Festival hangover--and just in time, too. This weekend's Festival At The Switchyard in Carrollton is yet another suburban rock fest featuring som ... More >>

New Additions to the 2010 Fun Fun Fun Fest Lineup Includes One Act With Dallas Ties

John Dufilho & Apples In Stereo​We've been doing lots of talking about this year's installment of Austin's Fun Fun Fun Festival--and with good reason. It's looking like everything good about SXSW and Austin City Limits Music Festival combined into one big party in Waterloo Park on November 5, ... More >>

Rogue Wave To Sweep Across The U.S. With Midlake

Midlake​In a presumed attempt to prove that they do, in fact, deserve the recent MOJO award for "Best Live Act," and, uh, the even more recent Dallas Observer Music Award for Best Indie Rock Act, Midlake has announced yet another world tour. This time they'll be visiting three continents (North Am ... More >>

Austin City Limits Announces 2010 Lineup...

​It's that time of year, again. The Austin City Limits Festival line-up was unveiled early this morning via the fest's official website. There isn't any question: This year's docket will have people gabbing--whether it's vitriolic hate or nostalgic, warm-fuzzies. Sure, for many, bashing on the cho ... More >>

Toadies, LIONS, Descender

Wednesday, December 30, at Trees

Jonathan Tyler and the Northern Lights Made the Best of a Rainy Saturday at ACL.

Sarah Jaffe, Neon Indian Earn Rolling Stone Blog Mentions For ACL Performances

​OK, so, admittedly, we're a little behind on this note (been busy with our own coverage, sorry), but it still bears mentioning: Both Sarah Jaffe and Neon Indian found themselves earning positive reviews over the weekend as part of Rolling Stone's blog coverage of the Austin City Limits Music Fest ... More >>

ACL '09: Pearl Jam Regains Its Rightful Place Atop The Rock World

Photos by Patrick Michels​It had been 15 years--according, at least, to one of Eddie Vedder's asides during the closing set of this weekend's Austin City Limits Music Festival--since Pearl jam had played what he called "The Live Music Capital of the Nation." And, as such, Vedder promised the mud-c ... More >>

ACL '09: Weather Rains Reigns Over Day Two.

All photos by Patrick Michels In short, the weather made​ for a rather miserable day on Day Two of the 2009 Austin City Limits Music Festival.Gray skies hovered from the day's start--and it didn't take long for the clouds to unleashed their fury. Shortly after 2:30 p.m., the day's first pou ... More >>

ACL '09: The Rain's Stopped (For Now) As Crowds Wait For Pearl Jam--And Maybe The Toadies?

​The early outlook here on the Day Three of the 2009 Austin City Limits Music Festival isn't too bad. The sun has peeked out from behind the clouds here and there, and, for the time being, the rain has held off. Forecasts appear to indicate more rain as the day continues, though, and, surely ... More >>

Fun Fun Fun Lineup Includes VEGA

Doesn't he look like he's having fun, fun, fun?​Along with Les Savy Fav, Atlas Sound, GZA and (deep breath) The Jesus Lizard, The Fun Fun Fun Fest November 7 and 8 in Austin will include one local boy-turned-Austinite: former Ghosthustler Alan Palomo's second-newest project, VEGA.Though the former ... More >>

Festival News from Austin City Limits: Bands Wanted

​The lineup for this year's Austin City Limits Music Festival is being set and worthy bands are being encouraged to sign up for something called The Sound and The Jury competition.Here's the scoop that got sent to me via email this morning: "Round One is live now and bands can upload their music a ... More >>

Let Me Ask to Speak With the Sportatorium

Steal from Channel 8's old Let Me Speak To the Manager and The Ticket's old Ask the Hard Line and what do you get? A Tuesday variably recurring time-waster featuring a bunch of people asking questions and one poor schmuck doing all the answering. Q: Who do you consider the most knowledgeab ... More >>

The Winners and Losers of ACL Fest 2008

The Black Keys, Jessica Lea Mayfield

Friday, September 26, at the Granada Theater

Car Stereo (Wars), Sydney Confirm, Genova Vs. Indo

Saturday, May 10, at The Cavern

Dallas Man Putting on "Highest Concert Ever." But It's For a Good Cause, Swear.

Score ACL 2008 Tickets for $135

Austin City Limits: On Fire!

A Saint in the City

Festivus for the Rest of Us

No need for ACL--there was plenty to see within Dallas city limits

Really, Nobody Wants Free Flaming Lips Tickets? Shame.

The Lazarus Effect

Homecomings and familiar faces could be the start of Deep Ellum's resurrection

Austin City Limits: You Read It Here First

Eisley

Saturday, May 6, at the Granada Theater

Pain in the ACL

Odds & Ends

How 2005 wound up not being the year of Eisley

Odds & Ends

Why the Austin City Limits Music Fest is stupider than a big bowl of dust

Rain or Shine

We drove to the Austin City Limits Music Festival in ponchos, but we left wearing surgeon's masks

Odds & Ends

Who says you need to go to Austin this weekend for a good concert or four?

Odds & Ends

ACL Music Festival, Chaz's Live and Local Show and an interview with David "Fathead" Newman

Busy Schedule

NextStage has a full dance card