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Fastball Celebrate Two Decades Since Breakthrough Album and "The Way"

By Bob Ruggiero

Dec 4, 2018

The members of Fastball are in a pretty good mood these days. The Austin-based band have just released a 20th anniversary reissue of their breakthrough album All the Pain Money Can Buy that includes the original album’s 13 tracks, plus 9 more rarities, demos, and outtakes. “We wanted to mark...

Nobody's Girl is Grace Pettis, BettySoo, and Rebecca Loebe

Nobody's Girl Launches Country-Folk-Pop Band of Sisters

By Bob Ruggiero

Sep 21, 2018

In the comic book world, a familiar storyline move is to put heroes who have established their own books and storylines together at some point to form a super team (think the Avengers or Justice League of America). When it comes to Texas-based contemporary folk and country bands, three of...

Ben Dickey being directed by Ethan Hawke on the set of Blaze.

Ethan Hawke's Blaze Tells Turbulent Tale of the Duct Tape Messiah

By Bob Ruggiero

Aug 15, 2018

Ethan Hawke loves music. And he enjoys being in Houston, having filmed large portions of the movies Reality Bites and Boyhood here. But sitting onstage recently at Rockfeller’s nightclub for an invite-only concert/fireside chat/Q&A about his new movie, he does have an issue with film biographies about musicians. Which is...

What time do you get to the stage to get a good vantage point to see Sir Paul?

Breaking Down the ACL Festival 2018 Daily Lineups

By Cory Garcia

Aug 1, 2018

The time is not quite here for the tough decisions of which stages you’ll be at when two of your favorites are playing at the same time, but the 2018 Austin City Limits Festival schedule did become a little clearer this week as the festival announced which acts were playing...

Sue Foley: The "Ice Queen" looks like she wants to get back to Texas!

"The Ice Queen" Sue Foley Returns With Some Texas Blues All Stars

By Bob Ruggiero

May 15, 2018

Growing up in Canada, Sue Foley found herself compellingly drawn to a type of music that emanated from her land mass neighbor to the south. She just didn’t know quite what that type was just yet. “I was born in the late ‘60s. I just turned 50, and I grew...

The String Cheese Incident will headline all three days of Waterloo Fest.

Waterloo Fest Drops Groovy First Year Lineup

By David Garrick

May 8, 2018

If you're starting a music festival today, you better stand out a bit. Now with festivals hosting many of the same names across multiple cities, it's hard to tell one from the other. However, with the newly announced Waterloo Fest, Austin will get a little closer to how the city...

Mondo Cozmo delivered a set that bordered on spiritual at ACL Fest last weekend.

ACL Fest Sensation Mondo Cozmo Gives Houston Some "Shine"

By Jesse Sendejas Jr.

Oct 13, 2017

"The songs on this record saved me and took me out of the dark and into the light."

Astros fans in Zilker Park represented the AL West champions hard all weekend long.

Houston Makes Its Mark on ACL Fest's Weekend 1

By Jesse Sendejas Jr.

Oct 11, 2017

Houstonians at Zilker Park didn't have to go far to find little reminders of home.

Logan Cassidy marches "so people aren't afraid to live their lives and do the things they love."

ACL Fest Artists and Audiences Stand Against Terror

By Jesse Sendejas Jr.

Oct 10, 2017

"For eight hours a day, people put their differences aside; they all stand in the same crowd and watch people that they love."

Brothers Stevie Ray and Jimmie Vaughan during the recording of the Family Style album in 1990. It is Mark Proct's favorite of the thousands of photos he took over 40-plus years.

Mark Proct's Camera Captures Four Decades of Texas Music History

By Bob Ruggiero

Jul 10, 2017

"I wanted to take people to places they would not necessarily get the chance to see," says the longtime Austin insider.

A Seat at the Table: Houston's own Solange will perform at both Free Press Summer Fest and Austin City Limits this year.

Chili Peppers, Chance the Rapper, Gorillaz Top ACL Fest 2017 Lineup

By Chris Gray

May 4, 2017

More than 100 performers from all sorts of genres will converge on Zilker Park October 6-8 and 13-15.

Top 10 Moments of ACL 2016 Weekend Two

By Marco Torres

Oct 10, 2016

The annual Austin City Limits Music Festival culminated over the weekend at Zilker Park in the heart of our sister city down the road. Most of the lineup carried over from the previous weekend, although a handful of artists opted only to perform on Weekend Two, with the most beloved...

The Best Things We Overheard at ACL's First Weekend

By Cory Garcia, Jack Gorman and Marco Torres

Oct 3, 2016

"This lady is trying to listen to Radiohead and all she can hear is your story about the urinal." “USA! USA! USA!” — So, I’m not entirely sure what the group of bros chanting this was trying to accomplish by jumping up and down and yelling during The Naked and...

The Best and Worst Acts of ACL Fest's First Weekend

By Cory Garcia, Jack Gorman and Marco Torres

Oct 3, 2016

THE BEST LL COOL J & DJ Z-TRIP There are plenty of rappers-turned-actors in the world of entertainment. The same charisma and attitude that makes Ice Cube, T.I., and Ludacris successful lyricists translate over to decent, sometimes very good acting jobs. But the OG of them all, a pioneer of...

10 Local Musicians Who Should Play ACL Fest

By Clint Hale

Sep 28, 2016

Over the past decade, the Austin City Limits Music Festival has grown from a modest, regional festival into a full-blown national entity – one that takes place over two weekends and features some of the biggest pop, rock and hip-hop acts in the world. A festival that once took place over...

Non-Headliners to Watch at ACL Fest 2016

By Clint Hale

Sep 27, 2016

Any major music festival is only as good as its headliners. It’s a lesson Free Press Summer Fest has learned the hard way in recent years. Austin City Limits Music Festival, however, has traditionally delivered on major, name-brand headliners; in the past few years alone, ACL headliners have included Drake,...

Radiohead Returns to Top ACL 2016 Lineup

By Chris Gray

May 5, 2016

Radiohead will headline the 15th edition of the Austin City Limits Music Festival, scheduled for the weekends of September 30-October 2 and October 7-9 in Austin’s Zilker Park, promoter C3 announced this morning. Other top acts include Mumford & Sons, Kendrick Lamar, LCD Soundsystem, the Chainsmokers, M83, Willie Nelson, and...

ACL Fest Weekend 2: The Good, the Bad & the Weird

By Cory Garcia and Jack Gorman

Oct 13, 2015

THE GOOD BRAND NEW After reading multiple reviews earlier this week complain about how the band never plays "The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows," you can imagine my surprise when all of a sudden I recognized the song starting over the PA. Brand New have never been one...

Can't Feel My Feet, but ACL Fest Weekend One Felt Just Fine

By Marco Torres

Oct 6, 2015

Austin City Limits Music Festival, Weekend One Zilker Park October 2-4, 2015 Since 2002, the fall music festival held inside Austin's Zilker Park has been a ritual for many Texans. This is our Lollapalloza, our Coachella. Maybe not as hip or cool, but that's all right with us. This is...

The Five Best and Worst Acts of ACL 2015

By Corey Deiterman

May 6, 2015

This year's Austin City Limits Music Festival lineup is finally here, so now we can begin endlessly dissecting it until October. Should be fun, right? This year's lineup is, as ever, a mixed bag, filled with all sorts of highs and lows. ACL has grown so dramatically away from its...

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