Weekend One of Austin City Limits Music Festival finished strong on Sunday, Oct. 4, with performances from Solya, Sunday (1994), Stella Lefty, underscores, Audrey Hobert, Cannons, Geese, Blood Orange, and The xx.
Photos by Makenna Morgan
West Texas-based artist Solya performs “Tell Me It’s Over” from her debut album Queen of Texas.
West Texas-based artist Solya performs “Tell Me It’s Over” from her debut album Queen of Texas.
West Texas-based artist Solya performs “Tell Me It’s Over” from her debut album Queen of Texas.
West Texas-based artist Solya performs “Tell Me It’s Over” from her debut album Queen of Texas.
Guitarist Lee Newell of English-American dream pop band Sunday (1994) rocks out on the guitar while performing “Rain.”
As rain hits the stage, Sunday (1994) lead singer Paige Turner sings the longing lyrics of “Rain”: “If I don't have you, then I've got nothing to lose, it's true / Did it even happen if you didn't see it too? / Now, the rain starts to fall.”
As rain hits the stage, Sunday (1994) lead singer Paige Turner sings the longing lyrics of “Rain”: “If I don't have you, then I've got nothing to lose, it's true / Did it even happen if you didn't see it too? / Now, the rain starts to fall.”
Turner runs her hand down Newell’s chest as they perform “Stained Glass Window” from Sunday (1994)’s 2024 self-titled album.
Turner makes a stabbing motion as she performs “Stained Glass Window”: “You're so bad for my health / But I don't want anybody else / The preachers say that I'll go to Hell / But I don't want anybody else.”
Country-pop artist Stella Lefty starts her set with “Thinking ’bout You” from her debut album Long Way Home.
A fan admires Lefty as she performs “Thinking ’bout You.”
Lefty sings the romantic track “Why Wouldn’t We”: “I've got a heart and you've got the key / Don't make it harder than it has to be / If I want you and you want me / And we go together, why wouldn't we?”
Lefty sings the romantic track “Why Wouldn’t We”: “I've got a heart and you've got the key / Don't make it harder than it has to be / If I want you and you want me / And we go together, why wouldn't we?”
Lefty sings the romantic track “Why Wouldn’t We”: “I've got a heart and you've got the key / Don't make it harder than it has to be / If I want you and you want me / And we go together, why wouldn't we?”
Hyperpop artist underscores points toward the crowd as she begins her set with “Point A.”
underscores dances around the stage as she sings the glitch-pop song “Locals (Girls like us).”
underscores dances around the stage as she sings the glitch-pop song “Locals (Girls like us).”
underscores smokes a cigarette while singing “The Peace”: “Yeah, I don't speak unless I'm spoken to / And I won't smoke unless you're smoking too / Uh, yeah, I just wanna keep the peace with you, yeah.”
Indie pop artist Audrey Hobert throws her prop glasses while singing “I like to touch people.”
Hobert sings the end of “I like to touch people”: “Well, I'd pretend to think, then I'd say / ‘I like to touch people.’.”
Hobert moves rapidly across the stage as she performs “Drive” from her debut album Who’s the Clown?
Hobert slows down for “Wet Hair”: “And you pull me in / Only to pull away / Did you have a clue we'd end up in bed / With you begging me to stay? (Ooh, ooh, uh).”
Hobert slows down for “Wet Hair”: “And you pull me in / Only to pull away / Did you have a clue we'd end up in bed / With you begging me to stay? (Ooh, ooh, uh).”
Frontwoman of indie-pop band Cannons Michelle Joy holds up her hands as she sings “Loving You.”
Frontwoman of indie-pop band Cannons Michelle Joy holds up her hands as she sings “Loving You.”
Frontwoman of indie-pop band Cannons Michelle Joy holds up her hands as she sings “Loving You.”
Joy sings the vulnerable lyrics of “Starlight”: “Lift me up, don't let me fall / Catch me when I've lost it all.”
Joy and guitarist Ryan Clapham perform “Hurricane” from Cannons’ 2022 album Fever Dream.
Fans cheer as alt-rock band Geese comes on stage to start its set with “Husbands.”
Geese’s lead vocalist Cameron Winter sings the gut-wrenching lyrics of “Husbands”: “And if my loneliness should stay / Well, some are holiest that way / Falling apart, falling apart.”
Geese’s lead vocalist Cameron Winter sings the gut-wrenching lyrics of “Husbands”: “And if my loneliness should stay / Well, some are holiest that way / Falling apart, falling apart.”
Geese’s lead vocalist Cameron Winter sings the gut-wrenching lyrics of “Husbands”: “And if my loneliness should stay / Well, some are holiest that way / Falling apart, falling apart.”
Winter performs “Half Real” from Geese’s latest album Getting Killed.
Dev Hynes, also known as Blood Orange, starts his set with the bedroom-pop track “Somewhere in Between.”
Hynes holds his hand up as he sings “Somewhere in Between.”
Hynes plays the cello as he covers Björk’s “All Is Full of Love.”
Hynes plays the cello as he covers Björk’s “All Is Full of Love.”
Hynes plays the cello as he covers Björk’s “All Is Full of Love.”
Indie rock headliner The xx begins its set silhouetted against the smoke with “Crystalised” from its 2009 album xx.
Lead singers and guitarists Romy Madley Croft and Oliver Sim get close during “Crystalised.”
Sim shreds on the guitar as the band performs “Say Something Loving.”
Croft encourages the crowd to clap their hands while The xx performs “Say Something Loving.”
Croft flips her hand during the chorus of “Say Something Loving.”
Croft holds up her guitar as she finishes singing “Islands”: “I am yours now (I am yours now) / So now I don't ever have to leave (ever have to leave) / I've been found now (been found now) / So now I'll never explore.”