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One of our favorite times of year is about hera : the Austin City Limits Music Festival ! Celebrating its 15th year right here in our backyard, ACL features all kinds of music and the prospect to not only hear your favorites, but to besides hear from some new-to-you artists. In shell you missed it, we posted our Ultimate Guide to ACL 2016, which you can read hera and which tells you everything you need to know before you go, including what to bring, what to wear, how to get there and more. We ’ ve listened to all the bands and think you should put these on your schedule :

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30th

11:30am – VHS Collection ( HomeAway ) is kicking things off with some music that will transport you second to the 80s. The synth pop music three-piece from NYC have been friends since childhood, and there is no doubt in my mind that if you listen to “ Lean ” a few times, you ’ ll be hooked .
12:15pm – Liza Anne ( BMI ) did an excellent cover of “ Wrecking Ball ” and you ’ re likely to have heard “ Take It Back ” on the radio. Her adorable articulation is showcased aboard easy, folk-infused melodies. If you aren ’ triiodothyronine convinced, split the set with Eliot Sumner ( Samsung ), who is Sting ’ second child. Eliot ’ mho music sounds industrial, experimental and a morsel haunting at times. “ Information ”, the entitle track to Eliot ’ s newest album, marks a raw chapter for the former I Blame Coco lead singer .
1pm – Frightened Rabbit ( Miller Lite ) is a scots indie rock ‘n’ roll band which recently released their fifth album, Painting of a Panic Attack. If the ring ’ randomness sung “ Get Out ” reminds you of The National, you may not be surprised to hear that the two bands parcel a producer and a studio .
2pm – The Front Bottoms ( Honda ), a New Jersey-based punk rock rock ‘n’ roll band, is making the rounds on the festival circuit, having played earlier in the year at Coachella. Having been on the road most of the past seven years, the band has a patriotic following, as you can see from this nip from their fan favored “ Au Revoir ”. The Front Bottoms bring the perfect energy for an outdoor festival like ACL .
3pm – practically everyone knows all the words to “ Spirits ”, The Strumbellas ‘ ( Miller Lite ) break reach, so that song is certain to be a massive singalong. “ Spirits ” was the leave individual from the Canadian band ’ mho album, Hope, which was released in April. The songs on the new album continue combining serious themes with catchy melodies, as in the recently-released “ We Don ’ t Know ” video, which addresses keeping up the religion when promise seems lost .
4pm – Oxford-based Foals ( Samsung ) is coming off the high of playing a headline spot at the Reading and Leeds Festivals. The latest album, What Went Down, explores weighty themes, including life and death, loneliness, wrath, love and world. You may besides want to leave a act early to hear a piece of the fabulous Gina Chavez ‘ mho ( Tito ’ sulfur ) place, which begins at 4:45pm .
5pm – By this time in the day, you ’ ll be cook to dance ! Jean-Philip Grobler aka St. Lucia ( Miller Lite ) and his ring will bring their infectious pop anthems like “ Dancing on Glass ” and “ Elevate ” to one of the main stages. adjacent door at the Cirrus Logic stage is Cold War Kids, a long-standing indie rock group that ’ south merely released their fifth album .
6pm – Julien Baker ( BMI ) may have just turned 21, but she is getting the attention of music fans across the country who are captivated by her heart-wrenching songs about growing up in a very christian part of the area and wrestling with coming out of the closet to her family. Her travel from aloneness to acceptance and the bumps along the way keep crowd in other cities hushed during her shows. We ’ ll see if that happens at ACL angstrom well .
7pm – Of course, we have a soft spot for other parents, and then we liked Band of Horses ( Miller Lite ) even more after reading this article about how things have changed for the collapse and spark advance singer since he became a dad. Why Are You o is the band ’ mho fifth album, and songs like “ Casual Party ” seem sew made for an outdoor concert with tens of thousands of your closest friends .
8pm – Festival organizers have been trying to book Radiohead ( Samsung ) since the very beginning, and the stars have ultimately aligned for that to happen. The band ’ south latest album, A Moon Shaped Pool, is their best in holocene years, and from reviews from the road, this enlistment has been a bang-up mix of newly songs and previous favorites .

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1st

12:30pm – Yeah, we know that Kupira Marimba ( Austin Kiddie Limits ) is playing in the kids ’ area, but the high-octane dance music seems like the perfect way to start off Day Two. Whether you are taking your kids or need to borrow a friend ’ s ( or precisely pretend your kids wandered off ), the Austin-based ensemble will get you warmed up for a sidereal day of music .
12:45pm – nothing But Thieves ( Honda ), a five-piece alt-rock ring from Essex, had their foremost No. 1 single on Billboard ’ s Alternative Songs chart in March of this year with “ Trip Switch ”. The band ’ s self-titled introduction has established the isthmus in the UK, and from the looks of it, fans here in the U.S. are catching on, excessively. Matt the Electrician is another firm stake during this time slot, although us golden Austinites can see him perform in other venues around town .
1:30pm – Caveman ( Miller Lite ) is bringing a more mainstream sound to fans their one-third time around with their latest album, Otero War. The first single, “ Never Going Back ”, is indeed “ blending Springsteen and Wilco ’ s polished roots rock with the soaring emotional drama of Tears for Fears and the Human League ”, as the band ’ sulfur bio describes frontman Matthew Iwanusa ’ sulfur imagination.

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2:30pm – There are respective bang-up bands in this time slot, but ultimately, Saint Motel ( Honda ) is probable to be a very fun dress, with their songs which sound surprisingly retro and modern at the same time. If the dance band ’ second name doesn ’ triiodothyronine good familiar, it ’ s likely that the summer hit “ My Type ” will. Lucy Dacus ( BMI ), who recently made a break into NPR for a Tiny Desk Concert, is another choice at a smaller stage.
3:30pm – Andra Day ( Miller Lite ) was anointed as “ America ’ s Next Great Soul Singer ” by New York Magazine, and her unmarried “ Rise Up ” will serve as the theme birdcall for a forthcoming film produced by CNN Films, called We Will Rise : Michelle Obama ’ s Mission to Educate Girls Around the World. Day ’ s jazzy.soulful voice caught the attention of Steve Wonder ’ sulfur wife, who shared it with her conserve, who connected Day with diligence veteran Adrian Gurvitz, who co-produced her debut album .
4:30pm – Welsh indie rockers Catfish and the Bottlemen ( Honda ) won British Breakthrough Act in the 2016 BRIT Awards, beating out James Bay, Jess Glynne, Wolf Alice and Years & Years. The band aspires to reach the critical success of Oasis, arrant with plenty of hooks and lots of energy, which will be great for an outdoor festival like ACL .
5:30pm – The Naked and the Famous ( Cirrus Logic ) are back after a biennial absence with a new LP, Simple Forms, which the band crafted with the intent to make a pop record. During the time off, Alisa Xayalith and Thom Powers ended their relationship, although the album showcases “ their bent for earworm melodies, and those soaring singalong choruses, while introducing an on-trend, high flashiness, pop-production style ”, as one review put it .
6:30pm – The recently-released video of “ Soy Yo ” by Bomba Estéreo ( Tito ’ mho ) has gone viral, with everyone from NPR to the Guardian singing its praises. The colombian hip hop duet is certain to bring an infectious energy that will keep everyone moving .
7:30pm – irish three-piece Two Door Cinema Club ( Cirrus Logic ) will release a new album, Gameshow, on October 14 after taking a suspension during which the bandmembers struggled with dipsomania and depressive disorder. The group ’ second reasoned has evolved and become more varied, based on more holocene releases .
8:30pm – The fecund Kendrick Lamar ( Samsung ) started his career at the advanced senesce of 16. now, at 29, he is headlining ACL. Which of these 20 songs will he play Saturday night ?

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2nd

11:30am – LA-based four firearm The Shelters ( Cirrus Logic ) were “ discovered ” by Tom Petty, who was thus impressed by the band at a appearance that he ended up co-producing the ring ’ second introduction EP and their foremost full-length album. The lead unmarried, “ Rebel Heart ”, is a dateless sung clayey on guitars and a passing from the electronic music which is prevailing in the ACL lineup .
12:30pm – The School of Rock ( Austin Kiddie Limits ) teaches students confidence through lessons and live performances. Students who have performed before can try out for The School of Rock AllStars, the cream of the snip who travel across the country to perform at large festivals like ACL and Lollapalooza. Each year is a different determined of performers who give you a glance into what the future of rock and roll will look like .
1pm – Hometown group Wild Child ( HomeAway ) is centered around the congress of racial equality duet of Kelsey Wilson and Alexander Beggins. The band ’ s most late album, Fools, with its catchy title track with received a batch of radio receiver play. Their latest attempt is a break-up album of sorts, as Kelsey rip from her fiancé of 5 years, and her parents divorced, during the writing of the LP .
2pm – Texas-born Country music singer and songwriter Kacey Musgraves ( Samsung ) started writing songs at the good age of 9, but it was years late that Musgraves was signed after competing on the whistle competition Nashville Star in 2007. Her show mix her original songs with covers, but hopefully she will grace the ACL crowd with “ Follow Your Arrow ”, one of her acme hits which she happened to play on NPR ’ s Tiny Desk Concert on the day the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that all states must allow same-sex marriage .
3pm – Pete Yorn ( Miller Lite ) became a dad stopping point year and is back with a new album, Arranging Time, after a six class absence. The laid-back guitar dad is considered by many critics to be a return to his roots. See the video for “ Lost Weekend ” here .
4pm – Unlike some of the newer acts at the Festival, Local Natives ( Honda ) has been together for 13 years. The band members worked together on the latest release, Sunlit Youth, which began as 50 to 60 songs and was whittled down to a twelve carefully crafted tracks .
5pm – Oh Wonder ( Miller Lite ), a London-based electro-pop couple, is a testament to how the music industry is changing. The group sold out shows in London, Paris, Amsterdam, Los Angeles and New York without ever performing alive ahead. What started as a side project, which was to self-produce a song each calendar month and plowshare it on SoundCloud, blossomed into a enlistment a year after the first single was released on-line. The slow, R & B-influenced sounds like in “ Without You ” will ease you into the last flush of the festival .
6pm – “ Genghis Kahn ” by Miike Snow ( Honda ) may very good be one of the catchiest songs in late memory. The swedish indie pop band pepper falsetto vocals and piano into their music and have some hilarious videos which look plucked out of James Bond meets Austin Powers ( check out newly free “ My Trigger ” hera ).