ACL Fest weekend 1 day 2 in pics (The Cure, Kendrick Lamar, Wilco, Passion Pit, Haim & more)
photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin
The Cure / Kendrick Lamar / Passion Pit
Opening with a sluggish “Plainsong,” the band – led, as always, by founder Robert Smith – scanned tentative, with a chunky and worn-looking Smith seeming particularly unhappy. Yet the Cure founder emoted the follow-up “Pictures of You,” and by the time the band hit “Lullaby,” the entire group was more animated. Momentum established, the Cure could do no wrong.
Loosely dividing the concert into thirds, the band spent the first part on hits both massive and missed, from the jangly “High” and moody “Lovesong” to the funky “The Walk” and brooding “Fascination Street.” A buoyant “Just Like Heaven” indicated the band isn’t burned out on its biggest hit yet. [Austin Chronicle]
Austin’s 2013 ACL Festival kicked off on Friday (10/4), its first day of two consecutive weekends, and continued on Saturday (10/5). Day 2 gave us sets from The Cure, Kendrick Lamar, Wilco, Passion Pit, Haim and more. Pictures from the second day of the fest are in this post, and there’s another set at BV Austin.
The festival’s first weekend wraps up today (10/6) with sets from Atoms for Peace, The National, Phoenix, and more. Then it all happens again next week (10/11-10/13). If you haven’t been keeping up with our coverage, check out pics of day 1 here and more here.
Update: Day 3 pics are up now.
More day 2 pics below…
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Reignwolf
Haim
Junip
Wild Child
The Verve Pipe
Portugal. The Man
The Joy Formidable
Passion Pit
Wilco
The Weeks
Kendrick Lamar
The Cure
Kings of Leon