ACL 2026: Weekend TWO: Sunday Schedule and Thoughts

Last Sunday was really great - you can go see my review of everything I watched here on the blog.  I know the weather was miserable, and the ground was disgusting, but at the same time, I saw some really fun things and had a great time.  Hope you do too.

I have tried to reduce some of the bloat in these schedule posts so that you can just get the goods. As usual, you can click the name link for each artist below to see my full post on them and find out more about each artist.

Here we go:

12:45 / 1:15

BMI (12:45)	Marzz: Back to the classic and uninteresting style of R&B
Tito's (12:45)	The Huston-Tillotson University Jazz Collective: Same as each other year - the name says it all.
T-Mobile (1:15)	Thomas Day: The #37 placekicker in America in 2021, who sings forgettable pop now
AmEx (1:15)	Rum Jungle: Prime chillaxed GenAlpha indie rock

I guess Rum Jungle, but I'm probably more likely to just stay at Billy's on Burnet eating overly large burgers, drinking pitchers that my wife wishes I had not ordered, and watching the NFL.

2:00

Miller Lite (2:00)	Joshua Jensen: One song, but it is a good indie rock track
BMI (2:00)	Chelsea Jordan: A more organic sounds R&B style that I enjoyed
Beatbox (2:00)	Kevin Atwater: Falsetto-fied, deeply confessional, indie pop
Tito's (2:00)	Paloma Morphy: Spanish language indie pop with some groove
Snapchat (2:00)	Sunday (1994): Lovely and unremarkable dream pop

I could hear Sunday (1994) from the bar last Sunday in between sets, and it was definitely unremarkable.  I guess I'd go to Morphy and groove around?  I wish I could just eat dinner at 2 and tell my body not to process it for four hours.  Can we please invent that?

2:45

T-Mobile (2:45)	Charlotte Lawrence: More pop schlock, this time with famous parents!
AmEx (2:45)	Ethan Regan: Folky, chill pop that feels like many things I have heard recently

Nah, bruh.  If forced to choose, I'll go with Regan.  Someone sent me a funny chart the other day (you know you are old when a chart can be considered funny) that broke down the language barriers for the different generations, and the youngest generation's words being complete nonsense made me laugh out loud.  

3:15 / 3:30

BMI (3:30)	Vwillz: Freaking yuck, man
Beatbox (3:30)	Bad Nerves: Excellent power punk pop from England
Miller Lite (3:30)	Claire Rosinkranz: More bedroom pop with a big TikTok tune
Tito's (3:15)	Calder Allen: Poor man's Ryan Bingham with a good pedigree

Bad Nerves for sure.  Calder Allen was fine, but I'd try something else rather than see it again.  I have no recollection at all of Vwillz, but my one liner up there speaks volumes about what I thought back in May.

4:30

T-Mobile (4:30)	Audrey Hobert: Clever lyricist with a Swiftian vibe
Tito's (4:30)	Rio Kosta: Smooth, funky grooves
AmEx (4:30)	Max McNown: A measure of cheesy country and an equal measure of scrubbed-up folk

Hobert was honestly great last weekend - very strange, purposefully odd - but I enjoyed myself.  Kosta is probably pretty fun too.

5:30 / 6:00

Miller Lite (5:30)	Saint Motel: Sunny pop rock purveyors who created "My Type"
BMI (6:00)	Sasha Keable: Perfectly fine London R&B singer
Beatbox (5:30)	Noga Erez: Dime store Billie Eilish (except better)
Snapchat (5:30)	Houndmouth: Shaggy southern rock goodness.

Saint Motel was fun last weekend, but I would definitely choose Houndmouth when given that choice.  I honestly think Erez might also be a good show, but she would still come third for me.

6:30

T-Mobile (6:30)	Geese: Wild NYC art rock with a few too much dissonance for my taste
Tito's (6:30)	Fcukers: Sexy electronic dance party
AmEx (6:30)	Sofi Tukker: Electronic dance music for the dumbing down of America

I saw two terrible songs by Tukker after I escaped the messed up weirdness of Geese.  I guess I'd suggest Geese again, but don't be mad at me when they occasionally play things that make you wish music didn't exist.

7:30

Miller Lite (7:30)	Parcels: 70's indebted funky dance pop, but sounds like the live show may just be EDM
Beatbox (7:30)	Blood Orange: Bummer R&B crooner over down-tempo synth beats
Snapchat (7:30)	The War on Drugs: Top notch indie rock band with a heavy touch of melancholy and classic rock flourishes

War on Drugs is the easy call for me here.

HEADLINERS

Tito's (8:00)	Silent Disco
T-Mobile (8:30)	The xx: Lovely indie pop that switches between groove and sorrow
AmEx (8:30)	Twenty One Pilots: Massive hits with a synth-heavy rap rock thing that seems to have gone out of style

Twenty One Pilots put on an excellent show.  I still don't really care for their blend of emotional poppy rock rap, but the show was a spectacle and the people around me made it very exciting. 

ACL 2026: Weekend TWO: Saturday Schedule and Thoughts

 I've given up on trying to upload YouTube videos.  Why does the Internet keep getting worse...  WHATEVER.  Today is the day to go jam out in real life and have some fun!

I have tried to reduce some of the bloat in these schedule posts so that you can just get the goods. As usual, you can click the name link for each artist below to see my full post on them and find out more about each artist.

Here we go:

12:45 / 1:00 / 1:15

BMI (12:45)	Macy Todd: Country-tinged folky pop for the heat of the day
Tito's (12:45)	Montclair: Maybe a local band made up of siblings grooving low key rock
T-Mobile (1:00)	Night Tapes: Whispery and Falsetto dream pop that is making me insane
AmEx (1:15)	Annie DiRusso: The sweet swagger of catchy rock and roll

I'd try out Annie DiRusso if I was there that early.

1:45 / 2:00

Miller Lite (1:45)	Temper City: One generic indie pop song, and yet on the 12th line.
BMI (1:45)	Damaris Bojor: Spanish language, and at least to my ear, pretty traditional
Beatbox (2:00)	Lluvii: Latin art rock with a little funk to it
Tito's (2:00)	Nat Myers: Spot-on old school blues
Snapchat (2:00)	Gabriel Jacoby: More flipping R&B, this one kind of like a rapper doing a hook but for the whole song

I guess I'd go see Nat Myers, but I also might just stay at the Tavern to watch the Red River Shootout.

2:30 / 2:45

T-Mobile (2:30)	Balu Brigada: Kiwi rockers with a little pop swagger
AmEx (2:45)	Finn Wolfhard: Another Stranger Things alum coming to the Fest

Balu is fun, I'd go check them out.  Wolfhard got panned by the Chronicle, sounds like he is not ready for the musical primetime.

3:15 / 3:30

Miller Lite (3:15)	Łaszewo: Regular ass EDM with lots of covers/remixes
BMI (3:30)	Common People: Cage the Elephant guitarist's pet project sounds like Cage
Beatbox (3:30)	Arcy Drive: Attic Rock is just another name for garage rock
Tito's (3:15)	Don West: Throwback soul from another Aussie
Snapchat (3:30)	Skye Newman: Brit R&B Belter following the Winehouse model

Arcy or Common, and I think I would lean towards Arcy.  Funny, now that I think of it, I didn't watch a single thing at BeatBox or Snapchat last Sunday.

4:15 / 4:30

T-Mobile (4:15)	Suki Waterhouse: Model and actress who went from forgettable bedroom pop to kinda funky indie pop
Tito's (4:30)	Rodrigo y Gabriela: Kings of the flamenco guitar do excellent instrumentals and covers
AmEx (4:30)	Young Miko: Puerto Rican reggaeton lady with lots of famous collabs

Take me to the Tito's tent and the talent.

5:15 / 5:30

Miller Lite (5:15)	Snow Strippers: More regular ass EDM
BMI (5:15)	Chloe Qisha: Pop that actually got me pulled in
Beatbox (5:30)	Ryan Beatty: A BROCKHAMPTON collaborator making truly pretty indie folk and pop
Snapchat (5:30)	It's Murph: Just in case you wanted more generic EDM, you are in luck!

Yikes.  I would likely go to the food court right about now.  But if I needed to choose, maybe try one of the EDM things and see what it is like?

6:15 / 6:30

T-Mobile (6:15)	Bleachers: Pop mastermind churning out eighties inspired pop bangers and some filler
Beatbox (6:30)	YØU$UK€ YUK1MAT$U: As far as I can tell, just a mixtape of other people's tunes
AmEx (6:30)	Lola Young: Strong voiced Brit singing hard-edged and confessional pop

That is a harder choice than most other things on this day.  My mind says that I would enjoy Bleachers the most, but my heart says that Lola Young is actually pretty great and maybe I should do something outside of my comfort zone.

7:15 / 7:30

Miller Lite (7:15)	Levity: More dubstep EDM smush
Beatbox (7:30)	fakemink: Very bad rap over EDM-ish beats
Snapchat (7:30)	Lykke Li: An under-the-radar-feeling pop artist with some downbeat tunes

I guess Levity?  I do not really want to see any of these.

HEADLINERS

Tito's (8:00)	Silent Disco
T-Mobile (8:15)	Lorde: "Royals" and all downhill from there...
AmEx (8:30)	RÜFÜS DU SOL: Good dance house tunes from Sydney

Again, I guess Rufus?  I heard good things about their show last weekend, and I already know that I do not care for Lorde.

ACL 2026: Weekend TWO: Friday Schedule and Thoughts

 Last weekend's mud will hopefully be a hard crust by now, and the weather looks to be fantastic.  if you are going this weekend, I hope it is amazing!

I have tried to reduce some of the bloat in these schedule posts so that you can just get the goods. As usual, you can click the name link for each artist below to see my full post on them and find out more about each artist.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYOW5uoyKl0 (still can't freaking get YouTube to be my friend)

Here we go:

12:45 / 1:00 / 1:15

Tito's (12:45)	Almost Heaven: Another LCD Soundsystem-ish thing, but I like it
T-Mobile (1:00)	Happy Landing: Another indie folk band clapping and stomping their way into catchy tunes
AmEx (1:15)	Bridgette Calls Me Baby: 'member The Smiths? I 'member...

Depends on your mood for me - if I wanted to ease into the day, then Happy Landing.  If I wanted to kick it off with a boogie, then Almost Heaven.  And even though Almost Heaven might make you start singing John Denver, do not expect that vibe.

1:45 / 2:00

Miller Lite (1:45)	Radio Free Alice: Slight 80's influenced garage rock groove
BMI (1:45)	Leon Knight: Dave Chapelle copying Prince and Rick James at the same time
Beatbox (2:00)	S.G. Goodman: Americana leaning into lite rock and roll with great lyrics
Tito's (2:00)	Cassandra Coleman: Only a couple of songs, but promising folky indie rock with a great voice
Snapchat (2:00)	Dallas Wax: Pretty straight-forward, classic, guitar-forward rock and roll

Great hour where you really won't go wrong in my opinion.  I'd probably choose SG Goodman because I think she is genuinely talented, but I really liked all five of these artists.  I wish they could have spread them out throughout Saturday so that there was actually something good to see tomorrow.

2:30 / 2:45

T-Mobile (2:30)	Bella Kay: Confessional bedroom indie pop with good lyrics and a vocal style I dislike
AmEx (2:45)	Faouzia: Heavy vibrato pop

I guess go get another drink and a snack?  Very literally would not go to either of these.

3:15 / 3:30

Miller Lite (3:30)	Sienna Spiro: Another London girl power-belting pop-soul
BMI (3:30)	Girlfriend: R&B action and a very difficult to Google moniker
Beatbox (3:30)	World Famous Pets: New musical project featuring Edie Brickell and top-shelf session players
Tito's (3:15)	Bo Staloch: Local kid doing some low key indie/folk that keeps bringing the Lumineers to my mind
Snapchat (3:30)	LP: A billion stream track hiding here among the whistling and warbling

I watched three songs of World Famous Pets in Kentucky the other day - not great.  It wasn't bad or anything, but also not something I expect is about to take the world by storm.  I guess I'd go see Staloch and root for the local kid.

4:15 / 4:30

T-Mobile (4:15)	Jesse Welles: Modern protest music for the current moment
Tito's (4:30)	Natasha Bedingfield: "Unwritten" from that Glen Powell/Sydney Sweeney movie and other pop
AmEx (4:30)	Amyl and the Sniffers: Unmuzzled, brute-force punk and roll riffage (in a great way)

AMYL!!!  I think Jesse would be interesting and his lyrics are on point, but the opportunity to go bash my way through an Amyl set is too powerful.

5:15 / 5:30

Miller Lite (5:15)	Paris Paloma: A feminist anthem and some Florence and the Machine sounds
BMI (5:15)	Joe Jordan: Low key, DIY-feeling country and toothpicks
Beatbox (5:30)	Rusowsky: Latin Trap seems like genre to avoid
Snapchat (5:30)	BUNT.: EVEN MORE regular ass EDM

I think I'd choose Paris here, but none of these felt like must see items.

6:15 / 6:30

T-Mobile (6:15)	Turnstile: One of my favorite recent bands - a little hardcore, a lot awesome
Beatbox (6:30)	Steve Aoki: Techno remix king
AmEx (6:30)	Labrinth: Squawky, glitchy R&B with infrequent forays into rap-ish squawks. Squawk.

I heard great things about both Aoki and Turnstile last weekend, but for me, it is still Turnstile all day and twice on Fridays.  If you really want to groove to Aoki and maybe get hit with the cake, maybe you skip the 5:15 hour and go sneak up close in the Tent.

7:15 / 7:30

Miller Lite (7:15)	Leon Thomas: Former child actor turned R&B crooner
Beatbox (7:30)	Live: Holy crap, this is really that band, the Live from the mid-90's that was one of my favorites.
Snapchat (7:30)	The Chainsmokers: EDM, just like you've heard so many times before.

My daughter's favorite show of last weekend was the Chainsmokers, so take that for what you will.  I saw Live two weeks ago at Bourbon and Beyond and they still sound exactly the same.  I generally liked it, even if "The Dolphins Cry" is a dumb song.

HEADLINERS

Tito's (8:00)	Silent Disco
T-Mobile (8:15)	Kings of Leon: Excellent rock and roll still lives
AmEx (8:40)	Charli xcx: Forgettable pop at the top of the pile

KOL for me.

ACL 2026: Sunday of Weekend One

We got back into town from College Station around lunchtime, and I shoveled in some lunch before getting all geared up for the MudFest.  As sweet Amy drove me down to the Austin High entrance, by myself, in the steady drizzle, she asked me to play the band that I was so excited to get there early to see.  Which was hilarious, because her reaction was truly visceral.  She couldn't wait for me to get out of the car so that she could go back to something quiet and gentle.  And as she looked up at the sky before she dropped me off, she said something to the effect of "you just really must love music for this to make any sense."  Which, uh, yeah.

Villanelle.  This was the thing I was most excited to catch, and why I went into the park while there seemed to be less than a hundred people in there.  This is the band fronted by the son of one of the Oasis guys, so that it sounds a little like if Oasis and Nirvana had made a Stone Temple Pilots song together.  And it freaking ruled in person.  Maybe a hundred people there to see it, and most of them were dressed up in their weird Twenty One Pilots duct tape and tour t-shirts and woolies, but the dudes absolutely jammed it out.  I think my favorite part was the drummer, which became a theme of this day, because he absolutely bashed the living daylights out of his kit.  After a song or two, he stripped off his short to show a massive bull skull tattoo that was very fitting.  I just found myself grinning like an idiot throughout the show - it was exactly what I wanted it to be.  Also, "Placebo" is a jam.  Funny moment too, as the rain continued to spit down on us and combine with the smoke effects from the stage, the singer mentioned that it felt like he was back in England.

Aaron Rowe.  I had fully intended to watch about half of this one at the BMI stage and then make my way over to Jess Williamson to catch the tail end of her show.  But I couldn't walk off from him.  Endearingly earnest, both in his songs and in between as he talked to the crowd and acknowledged his sister from Dublin in the audient (awwww!) and the folks stubbornly holding up an Irish flag throughout the show.  Very good performer, even if, again, there were less than a hundred there for this one.

Dexter and the Moonrocks.  As you can tell, I am a fan of the 90's alt rock renaissance and anyone who will bring that to me.  Just before the show, I was chatting up a guy next to me because he had a large lemon-shaped drink holder strapped to his jacket that looked like a clever way to keep your hands free while also imbibing.  He asked if I smoked, I told him that I was good and expected to go find my daughter in the crowd later, and he said "aw man, that's so wholesome."  I did not have being called "wholesome" on my bingo card, but I guess I am aging into something new.  These dudes brought the thunder - pretty straight-forward pummeling rock and roll show - and encouraged a pretty legit mosh pit right in front of me.  My memories of a lot of the mosh pits of my youth were not nearly as happy and exuberant as this one was.  It made me really happy, just a bunch of dummies smiling widely and bouncing off of one another in time to the music without any jerk trying to take potshots or prove himself.  Added to the show IMO.  Also, again, the drummer was a freaking maniac.

Calder Allen.  To be completely honest, I was a little bored during part of this set.  My comparison to Ryan Bingham was holding true and I found myself looking at the schedule to see if there was something else I could hunt down.  There was not.  But I am glad I stayed, because by the end, he and Charlie Sexton turned the Tito's tent into a freewheeling jam that get my head bobbing.  I don't know that I would go see him at a solo show, but he's a good hang in the festival context.  Also, the rain finally stopped now, so that was cool.

Audrey Hobert.  Exactly what I was expecting and what I needed.  First thing, she came out in a ten-foot-tall trench coat, which was hung over her arm in an odd way until she could climb into a ladder and let it fall down to the ground.  She then put on a Groucho mask and started playing the banjo while kicking in the first song.  She kept it very weird throughout the set - a fake fight with her cousin, a mini-trampoline - but also her songs sounded great.  I love her lyrics - "Bowling Alley" is a favorite - and her little spoken asides and self-deprecating bits.  She is completely weird, but in these days of perfectly curated stars, I dig it.

Saint Motel.  They know how to make an impression, kicking off the set with their best song and getting everyone super hyped up.  "My Type" was awesome.  Then, it took a while to find that same footing for me.  They're an odd band - they got the 5:20 slot at Miller Lite and therefore should be understood as a larger band, and their set was funky and fun, but I feel like if I asked just about anyone I saw today if they had heard of them, the answer would be no.  I think they are the perfect festival band - like a Fitz and the Tantrums - where you can dance and enjoy and then immediately forget everything about them.

Geese.  I appreciate them for staying true to themselves.  They just do not seem to give a rat's ass if you enjoy their show.  And for the first few songs, I was like, okay, maybe they are going to try to make music that people can listen to without wishing for death?  And then they said, "haha, up yours Jack."  I don't get it - they have all the pieces to be a really good rock band.  I love when the lead singer sounds like Thom Yorke.  Each of the players in the band can be excellent at their instruments - I really liked when they focused on the guitarist and she made some really nice riffs - but then they just get discordant and annoying.

Sofi Tucker.  I only saw two songs of this as I tried to get close for Twenty-One Pilots, but I really did not enjoy that experience.  99% sure the dude singer was not actually singing, and while I enjoyed looking at the female singer play guitar and strut around like a model, those songs were just not good.

Twenty One Pilots.  I don't generally care for this band.  I know the words to a few of the most popular singles, but they would never be a band that I would seek out to hear.  But they can put on a SHOW.  Lots of explosions and flames, a portion where the drummer crawled up on top of the video screen to the left and played from up there, several moments where the singer jumped onto a large plastic disc in the crowd being held up by the crowd to sing and dance.  Also, when you are shoved up into the crowd, for a band where everyone around you knows every word and LOVES it, that makes for a really great show.  Before the show started, I was chatting with a kid from Vegas who had come to Austin just for this show, a gift from his parents for his birthday, because 21P are his favorite band.  It sounded like a major sacrifice for his parents to spend the money and make the trip, but he was PUMPED to see the show.  I'm still not going to go listen to their music on a normal basis, but I will absolutely admit that this was a fun show.  Although the young women near me who needed to jump a lot during their favorite songs, where the ground under their feet was a soup of poop, that was not very cool.

Good times!  I wish I could have seen the Turnstile show on Friday, but this was a pretty good day of music in spite of the weather.

ACL 2026: Weekend One: Sunday Schedule and Thoughts

Feels like if you are looking at the Sunday schedule then you really love to be knee deep in mud and jumping around to the sweet EDM of the Fest  Also, you should look up what goes into Dillo Dirt  I hope to actually be out there today, too!

I have tried to reduce some of the bloat in these schedule posts so that you can just get the goods. As usual, you can click the name link for each artist below to see my full post on them and find out more about each artist.

Here we go:

12:45 / 1:15

BMI (12:45)	Rubio: Spanish language dark electronica
T-Mobile (1:15)	Solya: Dreamy, torchy, Americana and indie tunes from Abilene, of all places
Tito's (12:45)	The Moriah Sisters: Gospel action!
AmEx (1:15)	Villanelle: The nostalgia rocks Gods have spoken and present to you - An Oasis in Nirvana!

VILLANELLE!!!  Go and do it.

2:00

Miller Lite (2:00)	Jess Williamson: Nice Americana from a past Austinite
BMI (2:00)	Aaron Rowe: I'm a sucker for an Irish singer/songwriter type...
Beatbox (2:00)	Britton: Generic R&B-ish pop
Tito's (2:00)	Paloma Morphy: Spanish language indie pop with some groove
Snapchat (2:00)	Sunday (1994): Lovely and unremarkable dream pop

I guess I'd do Aaron Rowe here, but Jess is nice too.

2:45

T-Mobile (2:45)	Stella Lefty: Unremarkable pop that borders into country
AmEx (2:45)	Dexter and the Moonrocks: Sloppy, bashing, raucous rock and roll action

For me, easy decision to do Dexter, I really like them.  I know that the kiddies will want their Stella so they can sing along with the copycat Stick Season tune.

3:15 / 3:30

Miller Lite (3:30)	Claire Rosinkranz: More bedroom pop with a big TikTok tune
BMI (3:30)	Fancy Hagood: A pop & country mix that leans a little into Leon Bridges-style soul pop
Beatbox (3:30)	Underscores: Just in case you wanted more weird EDM, you are in luck!
Tito's (3:15)	Calder Allen: Poor man's Ryan Bingham with a good pedigree

I guess I'd go to the tent and see Calder.

4:30

T-Mobile (4:30)	Audrey Hobert: Clever lyricist with a Swiftian vibe
Tito's (4:30)	Rio Kosta: Smooth, funky grooves
AmEx (4:30)	Max McNown: A measure of cheesy country and an equal measure of scrubbed-up folk

I think I'd go see Audrey.  I know her Tiny Desk got shredded, but I think her lyrics are clever and her offbeat vibe is a good thing.  But Rio Kosta is pretty cool too.

5:30

Miller Lite (5:30)	Saint Motel: Sunny pop rock purveyors who created "My Type"
BMI (5:30)	Lauren Sanderson: Generic pop now veering into Limp Bizkit
Beatbox (5:30)	Noga Erez: Dime store Billie Eilish (except better)
Snapchat (5:30)	Cannons: 80's tinged synth pop formed from Craiglist

I normally would have said Saint Motel in a landslide, but Noga actually intrigues me a little bit.  Her tunes keep popping up in my feed after doing this year's listening, and I dig it.

6:30

T-Mobile (6:30)	Geese: Wild NYC art rock with a few too much dissonance for my taste
Tito's (6:30)	Fcukers: Sexy electronic dance party
AmEx (6:30)	Sofi Tukker: Electronic dance music for the dumbing down of America

Yuck.  I guess its Geese.

7:30

Miller Lite (7:30)	Parcels: 70's indebted funky dance pop, but sounds like the live show may just be EDM
Beatbox (7:30)	Blood Orange: Bummer R&B crooner over down-tempo synth beats
Snapchat (7:30)	The War on Drugs: Top notch indie rock band with a heavy touch of melancholy and classic rock flourishes

War on Drugs!  They sounded fantastic last week at the Bourbon and Beyond festival!

HEADLINERS

Tito's (8:00)	Silent Disco
T-Mobile (8:30)	The xx: Lovely indie pop that switches between groove and sorrow
AmEx (8:30)	Twenty One Pilots: Massive hits with a synth-heavy rap rock thing that seems to have gone out of style

I mean, this goes against so many things that I have written and much of my normal thoughts, but 21 Pilots put on a pretty great show from what I can tell.  I guess I'd go jam out with those weirdos.

ACL 2026: Weekend One: Saturday Schedule and Thoughts

Saturday!  The only announced morning games that day are lame - Navy/ Air Force, Syracuse/UConn - but who knows what you might get by then.  I will be either at the Arkansas/A&M game or at a tailgate nearby it, and dreaming of seeing some of these bands.

I have tried to reduce some of the bloat in these schedule posts so that you can just get the goods. As usual, you can click the name link for each artist below to see my full post on them and find out more about each artist.

Here we go:

12:45 / 1:00 / 1:15

BMI (12:45)	FIGHTMASTER: Cool, chill indie rock vibes from an ex-Gray's Anatomy (minor) actor
Tito's (12:45)	Left Lucid: More EDM stuff! Woohoo!
T-Mobile (1:00)	Night Tapes: Whispery and Falsetto dream pop that is making me insane
AmEx (1:15)	Annie DiRusso: The sweet swagger of catchy rock and roll

Straight up, I like Fightmaster a lot.  Their tunes have popped back up in my algorithm since I listened for this project, and they sound really good.  But, also, Annie DiRusso jams.  If I were in the house that early on Sat., then either of those would be really good.  I think DiRusso will be heavier, but both are good.

1:45 / 2:00

Miller Lite (1:45)	Temper City: One generic indie pop song, and yet on the 12th line.
BMI (1:45)	Emma Ogier: Really nice Americana-ish tunes
Beatbox (2:00)	Cure for Paranoia: Up and coming rapper who won the Tiny Desk contest this year
Tito's (2:00)	DJ Cassandra: Remixes of other people's music
Snapchat (2:00)	Rochelle Jordan: Another R&B singer lady

I would have said Emma Ogier after listening to her, but I have heard that Cure for Paranoia track a few more times on the radio since writing about it, and that dude is catchy as hell.  Either one will be good, if you came to the fest for rap, then you got screwed.

2:30 / 2:45

T-Mobile (2:30)	Balu Brigada: Kiwi rockers with a little pop swagger
AmEx (2:45)	Finn Wolfhard: Another Stranger Things alum coming to the Fest

Balu is the right choice here.  Finn is fine, but if he wasn't already famous I wouldn't have noticed him.

3:15 / 3:30

Miller Lite (3:15)	Arcy Drive: Attic Rock is just another name for garage rock
BMI (3:30)	Coleman Jennings: Old school classic country by a young UT student
Beatbox (3:30)	Ryan Beatty: A BROCKHAMPTON collaborator making truly pretty indie folk and pop
Tito's (3:15)	Don West: Throwback soul from another Aussie
Snapchat (3:30)	Skye Newman: Brit R&B Belter following the Winehouse model

Arcy Drive is the buzzy one in this group, that is what I would go see.

4:15 / 4:30

T-Mobile (4:15)	Suki Waterhouse: Model and actress who went from forgettable bedroom pop to kinda funky indie pop
Tito's (4:30)	Rodrigo y Gabriela: Kings of the flamenco guitar do excellent instrumentals and covers
AmEx (4:30)	Young Miko: Puerto Rican reggaeton lady with lots of famous collabs

I think that Suki will draw the bigger crowd, but I think RyG in the Tito's tent sounds like a magical experience.

5:15 / 5:30

Miller Lite (5:15)	Snow Strippers: More regular ass EDM
BMI (5:15)	Fai Laci: Solid Boston rock band now working with Dan Auerbach
Beatbox (5:30)	Palace: Pretty chilled out alt rock that works
Snapchat (5:30)	It's Murph: Just in case you wanted more generic EDM, you are in luck!

They have so much EDM that they have to pit them against each other!  Palace is probably the more popular of these two rock bands, but I really liked the Fai Laci sound and would go to hear them do the "Elephant" song.

6:15 / 6:30

T-Mobile (6:15)	Bleachers: Pop mastermind churning out eighties inspired pop bangers and some filler
Beatbox (6:30)	YØU$UK€ YUK1MAT$U: As far as I can tell, just a mixtape of other people's tunes
AmEx (6:30)	Lola Young: Strong voiced Brit singing hard-edged and confessional pop

This is a rude conflict.  Move Bleachers to the next hour so that everyone can see both Lola Young and Bleachers!  That is how this should work.  Because the next hour is a wasteland.  Forced to choose, I'm going Bleachers, but I think Young is going to be a great show.

7:15 / 7:30

Miller Lite (7:15)	Levity: More dubstep EDM smush
Beatbox (7:30)	fakemink: Very bad rap over EDM-ish beats
Snapchat (7:30)	Lykke Li: An under-the-radar-feeling pop artist with some downbeat tunes

[shudders] uh, yeah, ummmmm, I guess I'd go to Levity and drop a bunch of acid and tear my Achilles by jumping over people and ruining everyone else's time by yelling about them being industry plants?  I sure sound like fun, don't I?

HEADLINERS

Tito's (8:00)	Silent Disco
T-Mobile (8:15)	Lorde: "Royals" and all downhill from there...
AmEx (8:30)	RÜFÜS DU SOL: Good dance house tunes from Sydney

Yeah, it's Rufus for me, but that is like if you asked me whether I would like to break my thumb or my nose.  But at least I could stay way in the back of Rufus and chat with friends while we vaguely bob our heads to the sweet beats.