Here is my ranked schedule from Friday through Sunday in order of appearance. This should make it easier to review each band before they go on stage. Click the name to see the preview. To see the spreadsheet in full-page click here.
Here is a playlist from Youtube of all the bands in order as well.
Sunday at 7pm. Nothing makes me feel old like looking at the top billed acts at ACL and not recognizing them. Yes, ACL is catering to a younger audience. Plus, the bands at the top are genres I don't really follow. Ok maybe I don't feel so old after all. They do have Marcus Mumford and RHCP.
Three acts at this time. Marcus Mumford, techno-dance producer Zhu ("Faded" has 129M views!) and this jam band out of Connecticut. They are compared to Phish and Umphry's McGee. They call themselves "indie groove".
They sold out Stubb's for ACL Nights on Saturday Oct. 8th. They also played Red Rocks. Check out their cover of this The National song. Two drummers!
Sunday at 6pm on the Tito's stage. This timeslot on this day is usually saved for something special. One year it was Richard Thompson. Last year was Trixie Mattel. This year it's this legendary jazz musician. I can't even get into all the accolades and collaborations. Read his Wikipedia page if you want to get worn out.
The other options are rock band Paramore and rapper 6lack.
The Statesman says: "If your festival won’t be complete without some truly mind-boggling musical mastery, the jazz titan from Houston is here to oblige."
Sunday at 5pm. Synthpop now based in L.A. From Wikipedia:
The band is named after its lead singer María Zardoya who was born in Puerto Rico and raised in Atlanta, Georgia...The Marías are an American indie pop band from Los Angeles, California. They are known for performing songs in both English and Spanish, as well as infusing their music with elements like jazz percussion, guitar riffs, smoke-velvet vocals, and horn solos.
The Statesman says: " Enjoy a bilingual synth pop interlude as you escape the heat of the day under the shade trees that form the far edge of this stage area." They are playing the Barton Springs stage.
They are touring with Halsey.
"I Don't Know You" is a nice mellow tune.
This was their first hit. It's gotten airplay on the radio.
Sunday at 5pm. Japanese Breakfast is on at this time. So is Eric Tessmer on the BMI stage. Two other options. First is producer, composer, vocalist and instrumentalist Jackson Stell. From Wikipedia:
Stell began his music career as a hip-hop beat producer, known as J Beatz, in his native Massachusetts at the age of 14. Stell graduated from Northeastern University and worked as a composer for an advertising agency before moving to Los Angeles, where he switched his focus to producing electronic music and singing under the moniker Big Wild.
File it under the electronic/dance genre.
This was his first hit.
