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The Scene
Named after the venerable PBS series, the Austin City Limits Festival heads into its second decade stronger than ever. The traditional lineup announcement leads to a flurry of praise and criticism from the hip kids, but the love for this festival is so strong that ACL added a second weekend and continues to sell out.
2012 Artist Lineup
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Neil Young and Crazy Horse
- The Black Keys
- Jack White
- Florence + The Machine
- The Avett Brothers
- Iggy & The Stooges
- AVICII
- BASSNECTAR
- The Roots
- The Shins
- Weezer
- Gotye
- The Civil Wars
- M83
- Tegan and Sara
- Childish Gambino
- Two Door Cinema Club
- Thievery Corporation
- The Afghan Whigs
- Crystal Castles
- Andrew Bird
- Gary Clark Jr.
- Metric
- The Weeknd
- Band of Skulls
- Esperanza Spalding
- Alabama Shakes
- Delta Spirit
- M. Ward
- Randy Rogers Band
- Die Antwoord
- Rufus Wainwright
- NEEDTOBREATHE
- Big Gigantic
- Antibalas
- Steve Earle
- The War On Drugs
- Umphrey’s McGee
- Kimbra
- Barrington Levy
- Old 97’s
- Punch Brothers
- Bombay Bicycle Club
- A-Trak
- Trampled by Turtles
- Patterson Hood
- Michael Kiwanuka
- Big K.R.I.T.
- Oberhofer
- POLICA
- Tennis
- Zola Jesus
- Stars
- Black Lips
- Los Campesinos!
- Jovanotti
- Ben Howard
- Ruthie Foster
- Freelance Whales
- Civil Twilight
- The Whigs
- Dev
- The Lumineers
- Bad Books
- The Devil Makes Three
- Asleep at the Wheel
- First Aid Kit
- Patrick Watson
- LP
- Caveman
- Lee Fields & The Expressions
- Father John Misty
- The Wombats
- Dry the River
- The Boxer Rebellion
- Soul Rebels
- Thundercat
- Willis Earl Beal
- He’s My Brother, She’s My Sister
- Kishi Bashi
- The Features
- The Deep Dark Woods
- Moon Duo
- Kopecky Family Band
- River City Extension
- Quiet Corral
- Wheeler Brothers
- The Relatives
- Space Capone
- The Staves
- Native Run
- Nikki Lane
- Quiet Company
- Infantree
- Wild Child
- La Vida Bohème
- The Eastern Sea
- The Dunwells
- Kenny Vaughan Trio
- Justin Jones
- Sonámbulo
- Royal Teeth
- Noah Gunderson
- The Aaron Ivey Band
- The Mighty Sincere Voices
- G.S.T.
- Colorfeels
- Lera Lynn
- Megan McCormick
- Shields of Faith
- Stapletones
- The Baylor Choir
- Disciples of Joy
- Ralph’s World
- Orange Sherbet
- Big Don
- Rocknoceros
- Hullabaloo
- Jambo
- Peter DiStefano & Tor
- The School of Rock
- The Q Brothers