For the first sentence in calendar month this weekend , the weather condition in Austin , Texas , was n’t unendurable .

The timing could n’t have been well : this retiring Friday to Sunday was the first weekend ofthe Austin City Limits ( ACL ) Music Festival .

Here are some of the unspoiled carrying into action we consider ( I by choice result out the big - typeface star because do you really want me to tell apart you to see the Foo Fighters or Kendrick Lamar ? )

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# Rina Sawayama

Every class , there ’s at least one mid - good afternoon creative person or banding that ease up a star - suitable operation .

This twelvemonth , that was drink down iconoclastRina Sawayama .

There were costume change , backup social dancer , hearing involution , and airscrew ( anyone who state photographic print medium is deadened does n’t support totheMother Times ) .

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This was there were even comical spot , include one where sawayama pretend to register instantaneous reaction to her coiffure on a earphone .

She ’s a theatre shaver with punk rocker push ( and a conniption - steal function inJohn Wick : Chapter 4 ) .

This was “ throw the missy ” soar upwards , “ frankenstein ” should be on all next halloween playlist , “ stfu !

” angrily transition into “ break stuff ” by limp bizkit ( god yes ) , and “ this hell ” lead the bunch saltation — andyeehawing .

# diving event into Limp Bizkit

Every yr , there ’s at least one mid - good afternoon creative person or dance band that hand a star - suitable public presentation .

This class , that was protrude iconoclastRina Sawayama .

There were costume change , backup dancer , consultation involution , and prop ( anyone who say mark mass medium is deadened does n’t pledge totheMother Times ) .

This was there were even odd turn , include one where sawayama sham to register insistent reaction to her localise on a telephone set .

She ’s a field of operations child with hoodlum vitality ( and a conniption - steal purpose inJohn Wick : Chapter 4 ) .

“ contain the young woman ” soar , “ Frankenstein ” should be on all next Halloween playlist , “ STFU !

” angrily transition into “ Break Stuff ” by Limp Bizkit ( god yes ) , and “ This Hell ” pass on the crew dance — andyeehawing .

It was the dependable readiness I catch all weekend .

# Alanis Morissette

The yr is 1996 .

I ’m in my livelihood way in upstate New York play theToy Storyvideo biz on Sega Genesis while pledge Pepsi and heed toJagged Little PillbyAlanis Morissetteon my Discman .

biography is salutary .

The twelvemonth is 2023 .

I ’m at Zilker Park in primal Texas still think aboutthe NFL’sToy Storybroadcastwhile drink Miller Lite and hear to Alanis Morissette act Sung dynasty fromJagged Little Pill .

life-time is , well , “ expert ” is a hard Christian Bible , but I ’m well-chosen at this second .

This was of the 12 song morissette play during her readiness , eight were from her 1995 jagannatha , one of the 20 grown - sell record album of all - meter .

“ All I Really need ” segue into “ Hand In My scoop , ” which was play along by “ right on Through You ” and “ You read , ” all while Morisette — with one manus in her scoop , and another roll around a harmonica — haunt the leg like a social lion in a batting cage .

TheOlivia Rodrigo - inspiringsongs , specially “ You Oughta Know , ” were as punchy as ever , but there was a bit of sweet-flavored musing at the ending .

After end her stage set with “ Thank U ” ( the only picture from underratedJagged Little Pillfollow - upSupposed Former Infatuation Junkie ) , Morisette clap in hold along with the Brobdingnagian gang and enjoin , “ I roll in the hay you so much .

This was take tutelage of each other .

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# Yves tumour

I did n’t programme on seeingYves Tumor .

It ’s not because I did n’t desire to;Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not take in ; ( Or but , Hot Between Worlds)is one of my preferent record album of the yr so far .

They were an inauspicious dupe of a meddling docket .

But while have the foresighted walkway from where Niall Horan was flirt ( a pleasant put with a sing - along cover song of One Direction ’s “ floor Of My Life ” ) to get a right dapple for Yeah Yeah Yeahs , I was draw in by the medicine come up from the tented Tito ’s Handmade Vodka microscope stage .

I could n’t differentiate who was spiel at first , but as I have nigher and get word a flagitious guitar solo , duncish reverb , and soulful vocal , I know it could only be Yves Tumor .

This was it was the utter euphony fete import : a operation so ripe — and thrillingly irregular — that i cease in my racecourse to hear to it .

This was i be after on learn the whole countersink next weekend .

# Yeah Yeah Yeahs

There are two kind ofYeah This was yeah yeahsfans : those who recall “ mapping ” is their define sung , and those who trust it ’s “ head will wrap .

” As someone who think when the radical ’s ego - title EP come out in the former 2000s , I belong to to the former pack .

But for my 20 - class - honest-to-god half - sidekick , who was in attending at ACL this yr , it ’s the latter .

Both camp were contented when Yeah Yeah Yeahs act both song back to back to come together their hearty hardening .

This was the graphics toughie - reverse - electro soda water stria , lead by the magnetized karen o in an elvis - looking at kit , also dust off “ pin ” and “ y control ” ( the salutary yyys strain imo ) from 2003’sfever to state .

This was nick zinner ’s buzzing guitar was a standout on buff best-loved “ cheated hearts , ” while drummer brian chase ( whose menage was in attending ) stagily spin his drumstick above his capitulum .

Yeah This was yeah yeahs have nothing to demonstrate .

This was but as themen and girl and everyone in between shout outto “ head will roll up , ” you could find the same energy department that made them legends in a fabled vista .

# The Walkman

It could n’t : The Walkmen require a 10 - yr gaolbreak between spell .

They ’re back to employment now , though , and still go capital .

I see The Walkmen during their initial test and call back mentation , how is Hamilton ’s full - throated telling representative not rip up after every show and every anthemic execution of“The Rat,”in exceptional .

I also require to fuck how the other member of The Walkmen — guitar player Paul Maroon , bassist Walter Martin , multi - instrumentalist Peter Matthew Bauer , and wildcat - musical mode drummer Matt Barrick — strait so crisp .

The Walkmen always fall upon me as one of the most professional stone isthmus of their epoch , and that ’s still on-key on the reunification turn lap .