The New Zealand singer-songwriter returned to Austin City Limits 12 years after her debut at age 17.
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Suki Waterhouse just made it cool to fall in love. Her Saturday ACL performance set a new standard for lovergirls everywhere: romance can be dramatic, messy, and unapologetically badass.
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“Stranger Things” actor Finn Wolfhard escapes his child-star reputation by slinging guitars to a muddy ACL crowd.
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Austin native Elijah Delgado spent his youth attending Austin City Limits Music Festival as a festivalgoer; however, this year, Delgado returned to Zilker Park as a performer. His latest EP, “Wherever You Go, There You Are,” fittingly reflects the questions that accompany his transition to adulthood and his search for ways to stay present.
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At the end of each month, Afterglow presents a staff-picked list of new albums and singles that left a lasting impression on our ears.
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Some of cinema’s most unforgettable bands exist only on the screen. From the heart-thumping garage rock of The Wonders to the bright bubblegum of Josie and the Pussycats, these fictional bands capture the chaos and charisma of the musicians we know and love, with an added cinematic quality.
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The young Louisiana band is turning a college-party reputation into a launchpad to garage-rock stardom far from the traditional cover-band circuit.
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When my dad and I decided to read “The Uncool” by Cameron Crowe at the same time, it turned into more than a shared book — it became a means to revisit the way music shaped our relationship. Crowe’s early music journalism, which later inspired “Almost Famous,” helped me understand how the stories behind the songs can connect families as deeply as the music itself.
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Living alone in London pushed me into the deepest homesickness I’d ever known, but somewhere between the overheated flat and panic-filled Tube rides, I found an unexpected lifeline in the gentle reassurance of Labbi Siffre’s music.
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Button up your flannel and unravel your wired headphones for an autumn of slacking and sauntering, all with a backdrop of sleazing anthems.
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At the end of each month, Afterglow presents a staff-picked list of new albums and singles that left a lasting impression on our ears. For Hispanic Heritage Month, we are highlighting Hispanic artists with glowing releases in October.
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Role Model and Bon Iver may seem like an unlikely duo for distressed teens, yet both capture the same authentic inspirations, mellow self-discovery, and a nuanced understanding of modern relationships.
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The upcoming “Wuthering Heights” movie reimagines Brontë’s brooding classic through a Gen-Z lens. Prepare for the film and pair the novel’s extremes of love, rage, and despair with the stormy sounds of artists like Hozier and Kate Bush.
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Austin City Limits 2025 revives the indie-pop soundtracks of the 2000s and 2010s, uniting Gen Z and millennials under a wave of nostalgia.
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