Posts Tagged ‘Austin City Limits Festival’
FESTIVAL RECAP: Austin City Limits Festival 2012
Review by Mark Wheeler || Photos by Michael Wren Like any of the behemoth American festivals dotting the calendar from April to October, the annual Austin City Limits Festival is a bear to take in, requiring a number of tough decisions to take in as much of the magic as possible.... more
@LMBNOLA: 2011 Austin City Limits Festival Wrap
Austin City Limits served as the ultimate break from the status quo, an ephemeral voyage to a utopia far removed from normative daily life, embedded in the heart of one America’s most interesting cities. Also, the extended weekend was a long overdue first trip to Austin, TX for me personally,... more
PHOTOS / VIDEOS: Skrillex @ ACL Fest 2011 (DAY TWO)
One of the most highly anticipated sets of the entire ACL Fest 2011 weekend (judging from the size of the swelling mid-day crowd) was young up-and-comer Skrillex, who's going to be gracing the cover of Spin's next issue. The set was insane and the crowd got so bad even... more
VIDEOS: Iron and Wine @ ACL Fest 2011 (DAY TWO)
After an absolutely blow-out Day One at ACL Fest and tons of amazing photo opportunities for yours truly, Saturday seemed to present a few new set of challenges at the festival that I wasn't fully prepared for. First and foremost, the rain was threatening and it was starting to... more
VIDEOS: Official ACL Fest 2011 Recaps
Happy Monday, everyone. It's been a busy weekend for us here at LMB HQ (as you can see with the ton of posts over the weekend). Me and Wes have been partying it up at Austin City Limits Music Festival down here in Austin, TX and covering some... more
PHOTOS: Roundup from ACL Fest 2011 (DAY TWO)
For my second day of Austin City Limits Music Festival, I was psyched to be greeted with some rain and an amazing set from Iron and Wine, more rain and some serious whomp-ass dubstep from Skrillex, a sexy set (with amazingly sexy backing band) from Cee Lo, beautiful noise from... more
@LMBNOLA: ACL Saturday (MMJ, Phosphorescent, Wanda Jackson & more)
As far as the weather goes, the second day at Austin City Limits was a godsend. Most of the day was committed to Americana, folk, roots and country music (with a brief stop at Skrillex out of pure curiosity) and My Morning Jacket rounded out another excellent day in Zilker... more
PHOTOS / WORDS: Kanye West @ ACL Fest 2011 (DAY ONE)
To finish off our first day at Austin City Limits Music Festival, we raged hard at the Kanye West set through all three acts and every bit of over-production that you'd want and expect from Kanye. The words that follow were written up by Cassidy Blackwell of Natural Selection,... more
PHOTOS: Coldplay @ ACL Fest 2011 (DAY ONE)
Coldplay was an unbelievable cool band to get to shoot. Seeing the band play "Yellow" and really kick up their stage theatrics was exactly what I had hoped to see and it came out in the second slot of the set. The crowd really ate it up and... more
PHOTOS / VIDEOS: Pretty Lights @ ACL Fest 2011
As my first day of Austin City Limits Music Fest rolled on, I left Santigold early to go shoot Pretty Lights, but upon arriving to the pit promptly as "I Know The Truth" began, the security informed me that I needed a special armband proving my photo pit status for... more
PHOTOS: Santigold @ ACL Fest 2011 (DAY ONE)
Yesterday was the first time I've ever seen Santigold live; her set at Austin City Limits Music Festival was mid-evening and a perfect time to get people into some of the bigger names coming up following her show... I was totally blown away. I liked her style, voice and beats... more
PHOTOS: Foster The People @ ACL Fest 2011 (DAY ONE)
Foster The People are a band that I've heard quite a bit about but I had no chance of seeing them live or really diving into their catalog before this year's ACL Fest. Their set on the Google+ stage was nothing but triumphantly, eclectic indie rock and everyone in... more
@LMBNOLA: ACL FRI – Kanye, FUTUREBIRDS, Big Boi, Reptar, Santigold & More…
Top 5 Shows of the Day – Friday 1. Santigold 2. Reptar 3. Big Boi 4. Kanye West 5. FUTUREBIRDS
PHOTOS: Big Boi @ ACL Fest 2011 (DAY ONE)
Yesterday at ACL Fest, Big Boi did exactly what he did not do at this year's Outside Lands Music Festival -- he showed up. With a backing band and a greatest hits catalog that any artist at yesterday's first day of ACL would have been envious of, Big Boi by delivering... more
PHOTOS / WORDS: James Blake @ ACL Fest 2011 (DAY ONE)
Yesterday was an amazing first day out at Zilker Park in Austin, TX for this year's 10th running of the Austin City Limits Music Festival. I caught a few sets to warm up the day, with my first exposure to both Delta Spirit and Fool's Gold leaving me nicely... more
ACL Fest: It Begins!
The Austin City Limits Music Festival just began! I'm freshly lathered in sunblock and I've got a cheap poncho on the way to make sure I can shoot the festival with no exception, and our buddy Wes is already on the scene and caught a (likely) raucous set by... more
ACL THURS: FUTUREBIRDS, J. Roddy Walston & The Business and Delta Spirit @ Emo’s Outside – 9/15/11
Last night at Emo’s Outside I re-realized why I’m such a big Delta Spirit fan and have been since the the release of their rookie record Ode To Sunshine. In short, these guys know how write good songs and deliver them on the live stage every time. Like the great... more
ACL Festival 2011 Webcast Schedule Announced
http://youtu.be/Er4vugx4n4o The ACL Festival kicks off this weekend, and we'll have some official coverage here on LMB as well as LMB NOLA (you can check out our preview coverage here and over on LMB NOLA). But if you're not lucky enough to be heading down to Zilker Park in Austin this... more
@LMBNOLA: 510 Miles & 2 Days 2 ACL: 3 Must-See Artists @ ACL 2011 on Day 3
It’s almost time to pack it up — ACL is now a mere two days away. With Gary Clark Jr.’s amazing show last night at House of Blues and tomorrow night’s FUTUREBIRDS/J. Roddy Walston and the Business bill at One Eyed Jack’s, the mini-ACL that goes on here in New... more
510 Miles & 16 Days 2 ACL: 4 Must-See Artists @ ACL 2011 (Day 2)
The countdown to ACL continues and the starting line for the 10th Annual Austin City Limits Festival is now within sight. We’re beyond psyched to see My Morning Jacket headline another 2011 mega fest and those who haven’t had the chance to see Stevie Wonder should definitely go see the... more
@LMBNOLA: 510 Miles & 57 Days 2 ACL: 3 Must-See Artists (Day 1)
Futurebirds - 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Get out there early kiddies. Athens, GA's Futurebirds will be the first band performing at Zilker and will be gearing it up before noon. The 'Birds are nothing new to the lofty responsibility of cutting a stage's ribbon at a major festival after kicking things off... more
LMB Austin? We’re Heading to ACL Fest 2011!
A few weeks back I wrote up some thoughts on this year's Austin City Limits Music Festival lineup and the bands I wouldn't want to miss if I was able to attend this year. And while a music festival can be a solid wonderment of new artist discovery and seeing those... more
Five Artists to “Discover” @ 2011 Austin City Limits Music Festival
I'm hopping a flight later today for Austin to take part in this year's Austin City Limits Music Festival, my first time down there for this big event. The lineup is friggin' stacked and I'm seeing so many good bands that I haven't seen before, which will be the... more
2011 Austin City Limits Music Festival Lineup Announced
The lineup was just announced for the 10th anniversary of Austin City Limits Festival, which will feature headliners Stevie Wonder, Arcade Fire, Kanye West, Coldplay, along with My Morning Jacket, Fleet Foxes, Pretty Lights, TV on the Radio, Cee Lo and more. Single-day tickets will go on sale tomorrow... more
Watch: Phish @ Austin City Limits Festival Live on iClips Tonight!
Last night during the Phish set at Austin City Limits Festival, there was a ton of chatter about getting their set rebroadcast on iClips.net to fill in one of the main TBA slots that was still listed on their schedule. I didn't think it would happen, but Phish approved... more
Watch: Austin City Limits Festival Webcast
Not going to Austin City Limits Festival today? Neither are we, but we hope to catch a lot of the good stuff via the iClips.net webcast of the event. We've set up a page where you can watch the webcast here on LMB, so head on over livemusicblog.com/acl... more
ACL Festival 2010: Aftershows Announced
The 2010 ACL Festival aftershows have been announced with a seriously ferocious set of shows following this year's sold-out music fest. They're even throwing in a few pre-shows including The Strokes @ Stubb's, Spoon @ Mohawk, Neon Indian @ La Zona Rosa and a few more really solid warmups... more
Austin City Limits Music Festival Schedule Released
The schedule for the Austin City Limits Festival has been posted. I'm not sure they got the supporting acts right for Phish's headlining set -- I would rather see The Black Keys and Beach House over there than say, Slightly Stoopid -- but the lineup is diverse and Phish... more
Phish Update: Tour Starts Soon, Mailorders Arriving, No Indio Festival in 2010, ACL Tickets Sold Out
It's June 1st and we're less than two weeks away from the Phish Summer Tour opener in Chicago at Toyota Park. My mail-order tickets have already shipped and should be arriving at my doorstep any minute now, but I'm bummed to report that I can't go to Chicago even... more
Austin City Limits Festival: 2009 Webcast Schedule Announced
iClips has announced the webcast schedule for this weekend's Austin City Limits Festival. As we noted early this week, the festival broadcast will also be available on Hulu. They've included time slots for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. For Monday's schedule Dave Matthews Band is all that has been confirmed thus... more
Austin City Limits Festival Live Stream on Hulu
It looks like Hulu will be streaming live from the Austin City Limits festival this weekend. You may remember iClips.net also announcing a live stream for ACL fest. As such, I thought for a minute that these might have been two separate streams. But I've just confirmed with Nate at... more
