Sunday at 2:45pm. This band from Abilene played ACL in 2024. Preview here. I thought they sounded grunge and were similar to Pearl Jam.
Since then they have had a major hit and played on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. Here it is:
'"Freakin' Out"
"Ritalin" is from their last album. Very clever video.
This is pretty good. It's their latest single. It resonated with the commenters, too.
Sunday at 2:45pm. I guess she doesn't need much of an introduction as the hype and the backlash have preceded this. Savingcountrymusic has been covering her as she leans country. Some of his articles:
"Making Sense of Stella Lefty and New Song “Boston”"
"The More They Say Stella Lefty Isn’t a “Nepo Baby,” The More I Think She Is"
Nepo Baby because her dad is a billionaire.
Then there were the song theft accusations. From Rolling Stone:
"Stella Lefty Hit With Another Plagiarism Accusation"
If you didn't read the article that's the 5th song accused of being plagiarized.
I won't rehash it all.
"Boston" was her breakout hit. She had to add Noah Kahan to the song credits after she admitted it borrowed liberally from "Stick Season". First comment under the video: "You cannot convince me this girl has ever been on a public train." haha.
"Thinking 'bout You" is pop country. Catchy.
"I Know I Know" is nice. As SavingCountryMusic says:
Stella Lefty’s music itself is fine and inoffensive. It’s not that especially great, and it’s not that especially country either. But it’s also not bad. It just kind of “is.”
This is a good country song. Cute video, too.
Sunday at 2pm. Per Wikipedia:
Sunday (1994) is an English-American dream pop band based in Los Angeles, California. The group consists of Paige Turner from Los Angeles, California, Lee Newell from Slough, England and Jason Puma from Lima, Peru.
"Shame" is their most recent release. Reminds me of a more poppy Neko Case.
"Rain" is pretty good.
This is their most streamed song.
Sunday at 2pm on the Tito's stage. Per Wikipedia:
Andrea Paloma Barrios Gomez Álvarez Morphy (born Mexico City, 2000), known professionally as Paloma Morphy, is a Mexican songwriter and singer. Morphy won the 2025 Latin Grammy Awards Best New Artist award. Rolling Stone en Español named her an Artist you should know in may 2024 and Billboard named her the November 2025 "Latin Artist on the Rise".
It also says:
Paloma Morphy worked as a lawyer before she left her legal career to pursue music.
"pijama" is alt-pop. I like it.
"SEB" is good, too. Good afternoon chill music. The end has The XX feel.
"la mexicana" is nice. From this interview:
“I wrote this song because, during my time working at the prosecutor’s office, I realized how many reports of gender-based violence never even reached the investigation stage. From that perspective, I wrote a song to Mexico as if it were a person I love, because I love my country; it’s beautiful in so many ways, but in this song, I ask Mexico: Why don’t you love me the way I love you? It’s truly my way of raising my voice, and it’s made me reflect on how we can truly make a difference.”
This is her most streamed song.
Sunday at 2pm on the Beatbox stage. There are 3 acts that go by the name Britton. I started looking at this article about an alt-pop artist from Los Angeles. But there's also a Britton from San Antonio that was on The Voice. According to bandsintown this is who is playing ACL.
DJ, producer, and audio engineer Britton is a West Coast tour de force known for his dark minimal driving style of techno. Inspired by SoCal’s underground collectives and full moon gatherings, Britton has developed his own ominous and sinister sound that compliments warehouse and outdoor environments alike.
But then I looked on Instagram and found a fan page saying the actual Britton playing ACL is the alt-pop artist from Los Angeles. I had to download the bloated Festiverse app to see what band is actually playing ACL. It's the alt-pop artist. So bandsintown is wrong.
Her full name is Ashlee Britton Robinson and it appears she's originally from Toledo, Ohio. There aren't many articles about her and a Wikipedia page didn't come up, either. She has 700 thousand monthly users on Spotify, though.
"To My Younger Self" is one of her original singles.
"Who Am I?" has some bleak lyrics. One comment: "I've never heard someone express depression as well as Britton". Another: "First artist to hit me and read my mind like lana del rey does."
This is one of her newer songs. She wears a huge cross necklace just like Solya. Is that a new fashion thing?
