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Life & Arts staff writers and editors pick the best artists to see at ACL this weekend

  FRIDAY Underrated band: Savages Stage: Honda Time: 1 p.m. This young all-female post-punk quartet from London might be the most talented and electrifying act of the weekend.   Local...

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ACL Aftershows offer opportunities for festival forgoers to enjoy live performances

Lauren L'Amie October 4, 2013

Whether you are one with the masses at Zilker Park this weekend or you find yourself ticket-less, there will be no shortage of live music outside of the festival grounds. Despite complaints about ACL...

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Artists bring their own talents to ACL festival

Elizabeth Williams October 4, 2013

Go for the music, stay for the hand-printed T-shirts and pistol-shaped belt buckles. Austin City Limits Music Festival brings more than just musicians together. ACL’s Art Market will play host...

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The impact of the Austin City Limits Music Festival

Amanda Voeller and Shane Miller October 3, 2013

Editor's note: the two stories below run side-by-side but were reported individually. Each story continues on one side of the page.                                  

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ACL’s additional weekend will have little impact on city transportation

Amanda Voeller October 3, 2013

Austin City Limits Music Festival will extend to two weekends this year, and though the influx of an expected 225,000 visitors will necessitate road closures and increased shuttle bus service, city officials...

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ACL has punk rock bands on this year’s bill

David Sackllah October 3, 2013

Between South By Southwest, Chaos in Tejas, Fun Fun Fun Fest and weekly shows at clubs such as Red 7 or Mohawk, punk shows are as common in Austin as 5 p.m. traffic on Lamar Boulevard.  And while...

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Conservation meets celebration at Austin City Limits festival

Kritika Pramod Kulshrestha October 3, 2013

From West Texas to the Rio Grande Valley and from the High Plains to the vast expanses of East Texas, The Nature Conservancy has left an indelible mark on Texas.  The conservancy, a solution-oriented,...

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Two-weekend ACL brings more music and money

Shane Miller October 3, 2013

Two weekends of Austin City Limits makes the festival easier to attend but harder for locals to avoid.  Following a unanimous decision by Austin City Council, C3 Presents — the independent...

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From music charts to middle parts: ACL bands sport some wild hair styles

Hannah Smothers and Sarah-Grace Sweeney October 3, 2013

Austin City Limits Music Festival is a visual feast. College students walk around Zilker Park in cutoffs and bikini tops, the Austin skyline stands out against the violet sunset in the evenings and...

ACL 2013: an early follower’s guide

Kelsey McKinney September 11, 2013

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The world’s first and only heavy metal mariachi band performs in Austin

Jourden Sander April 3, 2013

With a communal love for sombreros, Spanish, chi-chis and Black Sabbath, Metalachi was born under the marriage of mariachi and metal to become the world’s first and only heavy metal mariachi band. El...

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Justin Timberlake’s eye-opening 20/20 Experience reviewed

Shane Miller March 19, 2013

First he was a child star, then the breakout singer of a multi-platinum boy band, then a solo artist, actor and entrepreneur.  Now, in 2013, we find the 32-year-old Justin Timberlake in an R&B/pop...

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