Opinions on something like the ACL Musical Festival will never be unanimous. Every year, if you take more than about three temperatures on the lineup upon its release, you’ll find a wet blanket — no[…]
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ACL Day 3 Quick Recap: Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ fire is still intact; Yves Tumor is an eye-opening vibe; Labrinth’s badass ending
Through the entirety of ACL Weekend Two, no set I saw moved with the lightning speed of the one I anticipated more than any other. Yes, 16 years after I last saw them on a hot,[…]
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ACL Day 2 Quick Recap: Tove Lo low-key makes a mockery of Texas law; Foo Fighters, Tegan and Sara don’t disappoint
I’m sitting here with Texas’ infamous would-be ban on “sexually explicit performances” in front of me — the law so ridiculously bad that the latest judicial update is that an octogenarian, Reagan-appointed federal judge struck it down[…]
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ACL Day 1 Quick Recap: When the plane arrives on time, Kendrick is still the king; Ethel Cain brings a dude to tears
“Plane issues” was the reason given at ACL Weekend 1 as Kendrick Lamar arrived damagingly late for his Friday headlining set, then blitzed through as many songs as he could in half an hour before[…]
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Take it from a music-blogging Kansas City Chiefs fan: This Taylor Swift thing is a turn for the surreal
Jason Hanna/Getty Images Several weeks after it began … what is all this, really? Will we get an album from Taylor Swift in the next few years about what CTE does to a man?[…]
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Why yes, of course I have thoughts on the Black Pumas’ new single; plus, Grocery Bag and Half Dream
The first course is here, two months ahead of what can probably be safely characterized as the most widely anticipated main that Austin music has produced in some time. “First course” feels like a more apt[…]
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