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Doja Cat performs during Weekend 1 of the Austin City Limits Music Festival on Oct. 3.

ACL Liveshot: Doja Cat flies audience to Planet Her

Fiza Kuzhiyil, Life and Arts Editor October 3, 2021

Under the Austin skyline, thousands of fans gathered at Lady Bird Stage six hours ahead of Doja Cat’s performance. As her crew set her stage with artificial plants, stragglers flowed in from the rest...

Billie Eilish performs during Weekend 1 of the Austin City Limits Music Festival on Oct. 3.

Billie Eilish brings hits of past and present with mesmerizing stage presence

Noah Levine, Life and Arts Film Columnist October 3, 2021

“BILLIE! BILLIE! BILLIE! BILLIE!”  Cheers rang out from the crowd as the lights dimmed in anticipation for Billie’s highly anticipated return to Austin City Limits. As if the repetition of the...

ACL day 2 came stacked

ACL day 2 came stacked

Morgan-Taylor Thomas, Life and Arts Associate Editor October 3, 2021

What started as heavy overcast, plagued with thick rain clouds and a crisp breeze quickly turned into coma-inducing heat waves of humidity and dehydration. Although only 82 degrees, Zilker Park melted...

A crowd gathers at Weekend 1 of the Austin City Limits Music Festival on Oct. 1.

ACL Weekend 1 brings energy and large crowds, despite inclement weather

Fiza Kuzhiyil, Life and Arts Editor October 2, 2021
Live music has continued to make its return with the start of the ACL 2021.
Miley Cyrus performs during Weekend 1 of the Austin City Limits Music Festival on Oct. 1.

ACL Liveshot: Miley Cyrus ‘Can’t Be Tamed’

Fiza Kuzhiyil, Life and Arts Editor October 2, 2021
Miley Cyrus brings energy and nostalgia to her ACL Weekend One set.
Sasquatch, Courtesy from Hulu

‘Sasquatch’ director Joshua Rofé talks Sasquatch culture, inspiration behind the series

Thomas Casler March 15, 2021

“Sasquatch” is a new docuseries about an investigative journalist who visits a cannabis farm that’s supposedly been attacked by Sasquatch. The docuseries from Duplass Brothers Productions...

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ACL Weekend Two was really all about Childish Gambino, Lizzo

Brooke Sjoberg October 15, 2019

The second weekend of the Austin City Limits Music Festival had a frosty start, with temperatures dropping as low as 47 degrees Friday, Oct. 11. Festivalgoers braving the cold arrived in all forms of cold...

Q&A: Austin band Ley Line talks touring via public transportation

Brooke Sjoberg October 12, 2019

While touring in Brazil, Austin band Ley Line had their van break down not once, but twice.  They ended up using public transportation to get from one show to another as they traveled between Latin...

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Savannah Conley Q&A: ‘There has to be a time where we can do what we want.’

Brooke Sjoberg October 11, 2019

Raised by a guitar player and a background singer, Savannah Conley has hopped from genre to genre throughout her journey as a musician.  With two EPs under her belt, the country-pop-folk singer...

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Mahalia talks inspirations for ‘Love and Compromise,’ honesty, authenticity at ACL

Brooke Sjoberg October 11, 2019

Since writing her first song at age eight and signing with a record label at 13, English artist Mahalia has been making music by and for the heart.  Largely focusing on relationships, Mahalia’s...

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How to document ACL without depleting your phone battery

Meghan Holland October 11, 2019

The music blares, the crowd screams and a student raises their phone to record the scene and post it on their Instagram story. And then their phone dies.   To avoid this Austin City Limits...

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ACL puts emphasis on sustainable practices

Ariana Arredondo October 11, 2019

A crowd of vibrantly dressed festival attendees stand in line at a hydration station at Austin City Limits Music Festival. They clutch their hydroflasks as they anxiously wait to fill their...

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