Follow the bouncing music fans as we run around this great music festival and events all over the Live Music Capital of the World.
If you've never been to Austin, Texas, this is a great time to go - the annual fall weekend full of world-class music in Zilker Park. Reporting via Twitter and Flickr below.
Friday Highlights:
Phish
The Strokes
Spoon
Vampire Weekend
Sonic Youth
The Black Keys
Slightly Stoopid
Beach House
Miike Snow
Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses
Amos Lee
Robert Randolph & The Family Band
The Mountain Goats
JJ Grey & Mofro
Charlie Mars
Sarah Harmer
Cory Chisel
Saturday Highlights:
Muse
M.I.A.
LCD Soundsystem
Monsters of Folk
Gogol Bordello
Broken Bells
The xx
Silversun Pickups
Matt and Kim
The Temper Trap
Local Natives
The Gaslight Anthem
Pete Yorn
Ozomatli
Mayer Hawthorne & The County
Kinky
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
Two Door Cinema Club
Lissie
Sunday Highlights:
The Eagles
The Flaming Lips
Norah Jones
Band of Horses
The National
Robert Earl Keen
Yeasayer
Portugal. The Man
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
Devendra Banhart and the Grogs
Richard Thompson
Martin Sexton
Midlake Foals
Cage the Elephant
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
White Rabbits
Trombone Shorty
Dawes
Photos fresh from the scene
From our Flickr stream
Here's Janeen's ACL report on the FUV Blog
WFUV's Twitter Feed: @wfuv/fest
From Austin
RitaHoustonWFUV: Spending money in Austin! I feel some new boots coming on
10 Oct
wfuv: FUVblog: Austin City Limits Music Festival 2010: Sold out for three days (that's 100,000 tickets PER DAY). Perfect... http://bit.ly/d90p6E
10 Oct
RitaHoustonWFUV: I was afraid I'd eat your brains
10 Oct
RitaHoustonWFUV: And now the band we've been waiting for - The National. They just introduced 'conversation 16' as being about marriage and cannibalism.
10 Oct
RitaHoustonWFUV: Trombone Shorty does 'let's get it started'!
10 Oct
RitaHoustonWFUV: But first Yeasayer, Midlake, Trombone Shorty and Martin Sexton
10 Oct
RitaHoustonWFUV: ACL today is all about #thenatiomal and not at all about the eagles
10 Oct
RitaHoustonWFUV: Muse covers Nina Simone, MIA did Roadrunner, matt n Kim did biz markie and now Lissie covers kid cudi. Still no Lennon tho.
10 Oct
RitaHoustonWFUV: Beats Antique! Lovin this dance based/electro stuff. Must get them on the whole wide world. San Fran based. Karl Denson just came onstage
9 Oct
RitaHoustonWFUV: Backstage at Gogol Bordello. MIA is up next here. We off to Matt and Kim first.
9 Oct
RitaHoustonWFUV: And now the xx. A bit incongruous in the blazing afternoon sun. Their songs are sooo good
9 Oct
RitaHoustonWFUV: U just don't find a watermelon aqua fresca like this in nyc http://yfrog.com/i3rmvxj
9 Oct
RitaHoustonWFUV: Kinky doing a cover of Mexican Radio. #aclfest
9 Oct
RitaHoustonWFUV: Beats Antique now w a belly dancer who is also busting some robot moves. Hybrids abound
9 Oct
RitaHoustonWFUV: From backstage lounge at ACL. Love me some black velvet art http://yfrog.com/47sqmdj
9 Oct
RitaHoustonWFUV: Just saw a band w the sons of both Harrison Ford and Gabriel Byrne. Cool old timey stuff, The Dough Rollers
9 Oct
RitaHoustonWFUV: Question...is there anything less cool than covering U2? I think not
9 Oct
RitaHoustonWFUV: Two Door Cinema Club, young Irish band great set! If u like phoenix ...
9 Oct
RitaHoustonWFUV: Migas!
9 Oct
wfuv: Migas!
9 Oct
RitaHoustonWFUV: We were just recalling great @citizencope show here last year. #aclfest
9 Oct
RitaHoustonWFUV: Lissie, Beats Antique, Local Natives, Gaslight Anthem, Temper Trap, xx, Matt and Kim, #Ozomatli, Kinky, Monsters of Folk and MIA. #aclfest
9 Oct
RitaHoustonWFUV: I'm on the air soon, talking to a guy from France, while I'm in Austin sunset soaking up some new Amos Lee. #aclfest
8 Oct
RitaHoustonWFUV: Kings Go Forth, w dirty retro soul, are living the dream here at ACL, taking a break from their day jobs as lawyers, etc. Grt set #aclfest
8 Oct
RitaHoustonWFUV: So far Austin and ACL is a great hang. Easy, fun, and sunny. Much music ahead. I shall keep u posted of the happenings here.
8 Oct
RitaHoustonWFUV: Wonder who will honor John Lennon today at #aclfest. Maybe Phish? Vampire Weekend?
8 Oct
RitaHoustonWFUV: Phish, Cory Chisel, Kings Go Forth, Beach House, Nortec C, and especially psyched for Amos Lee who will be playing some new songs. #aclfest
8 Oct
RitaHoustonWFUV: Good mornng Austin! Here we come #aclfest
8 Oct
LauraWFUV: Landed in Austin, the guy directing the plane to the gate was wearing shorts. Nice. Time to make the @ACL plan of attack.
8 Oct
