AWM’s Guide to ACL

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Back from the dead, and what a month in which to resurrect! Austin’s major music festival, the Austin City Limits Festival, is headed for our town this weekend, and with so much amazing talent on the bill, it can be overwhelming choosing who to check out. Below, you’ll find our guide to the festival; we’re doin’ it the same way we did our South By Southwest guide, which is to post the name of the band, the time, day and place they’re performing, and a video that best encapsulates what they’re about musically. Check it out!

Sahara Smith
Friday, 11:20 a.m. – Noon, Austin Ventures

Ponderosa
Friday, 12:40-1:20 p.m., BMI

Ponderosa-”Wake Me Up” from Greg Hall on Vimeo.

Those Darlins
Friday, 1:20- 2:00 p.m., Austin Ventures

Miike Snow
Friday, 3:00-4:00 p.m., Honda

The Black Keys
Friday, 4:00-5:00 p.m., AMD

The Ettes
Friday, 4:40-5:20 p.m., BMI

Vampire Weekend
Friday, 7:00-8:00 p.m., ZYNC Card

Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horses
Friday, 7:15-8:00 p.m., Austin Ventures

Lissie
Saturday, 12:15-1:00p.m., ZYNC Card

The Very Best
Saturday, 12:30-1:30 p.m., Budweiser

Warm Heart of Africa

Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
Saturday, 12:30-1:30 p.m., AMD

Two Door Cinema Club
Saturday, 2:20-3:00 p.m., Austin Ventures

The Gaslight Anthem
Saturday, 2:30-3:30 p.m., Budweiser

Silversun Pickups
Saturday, 4:30-5:30 p.m., Budweiser

Local Natives
Saturday, 4:45-5:30 p.m., Austin Ventures

The Temper Trap
Saturday, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Honda

Monsters of Folk
Saturday, 6:00-8:00 p.m., Austin Ventures

Gogol Bordello
Saturday, 6:30-7:30 p.m., AMD

LCD Soundsystem
Saturday, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Budweiser

LCD Soundsystem “Home” from FUNWUNCE on Vimeo.

Deadmau5
Saturday, 7:30-8:30 p.m., ZYNC Card

Matt & Kim
Saturday, 7:30-8:30 p.m., Honda

M.I.A.
Saturday, 8:30-9:30 p.m., AMD

Muse
Saturday, 8:30-10:00 p.m., Budweiser

New Born

White Rabbits
Sunday, 12:30-1:15 p.m., AMD

Percussion Gun

Frank Turner
Sunday, 1:20-2:00 p.m., Austin Ventures

Devendra Banhart and the Grogs
Sunday, 2:00-3:00 p.m., AMD

MyNameIsJohnMichael
Sunday, 2:40-3:20 p.m., BMI

The Morning Benders
Sunday, 3:00-4:00 p.m., Honda

Yeasayer
Sunday, 4:00-5:00 p.m., AMD

Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
Sunday, 5:00-6:00 p.m., ZYNC Card

Home

Martin Sexton
Sunday, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Clear 4G

The Flaming Lips
Sunday, 6:00-7:00 p.m., AMD

Richard Thompson
Sunday, 7:00-8:00 p.m., Clear4G

The National
Sunday, 7:00-8:00 p.m., Honda