Organizers of the Austin City Limits Music Festival have dropped a bomb. More like “the bomb.” This lineup is so incredible. If you live nowhere near Austin, Texas like me, start saving every penny right now and book your hotels and flights asap. Unfortunately three day passes are already sold out, but daily tickets still remain, although they probably won’t be around for long. My top picks are in bold.
The Eagles
Muse
Phish
The Strokes
M.I.A.
Flaming Lips
LCD Soundsystem
Spoon
Vampire Weekend
Norah Jones
Band of Horses
Monsters of Folk
Deadmau5
Sonic Youth
Gogol Bordello
The National
Robert Earl Keen
The Black Keys
Broken Bells
Slightly Stoopid
Yeasayer
Pat Green
Rebelution
Beach House
The Sword
Matt and Kim
The xx
Portugal. the Man
The Temper Trap
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
Girls
Ryan Bingham and the Dead Horses
Local Natives
Gaslight Anthem
Lucero
Devendra Banhart and the Grogs
Blues Traveler
Pete Yorn
The Soft Pack
Gayngs
Amos Lee
Robert Randolph and the Family Band
Ozomatli
Richard Thompson
Martin Sexton
Manchester Orchestra
The Almighty Defenders
Miike Snow
Mountain Goats
Bear in Heaven
Mayer Hawthorne
Midlake
Foals
Switchfoot
Cage the Elephant
JJ Grey and Mofro
Kinky
Angus and Julia Stone
The Morning Benders
Hockey
White Rabbits
David Bazan
Asleep at the Wheel
Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue
Nortec Collective
The Very Best
Beats Antique
The Henry Clay People
Blind Pilot
GIVERS
Dawes
Band of Heathens
Charlie Mars
Two Door Cinema Club
Lissie
Sarah Harmer
The Constellations
T. Bird and the Breaks
Chief
Frank Turner
Those Darlins
Carolyn Wonderland
TEACHERS
Kings Go Forth
The Relatives
The Ettes
Qbeta
The Dough Rollers
MyNameIsJohnMichael
Basia Bulat
Balmorhea
Dan Black
The Jane Shermans
The Kicks
Ponderosa
Two Tons of Steel
Caitlin Rose
SPEAK
Run With Bulls
Maxim Ludwig
Gospel Stars
Heavenly Voices
Wesley Bray and the Disciples of Joy
Jones Family Singers
Ashley Cleveland and Kenny Greenberg
Buddy and the Straight Way Travelers
Ruby Jane Smith
The Verve Pipe
Frances England
The Jellydots
Elizabeth Mitchell
Okee Dokee Brothers
Tom Freund
School of Rock
Q Brothers