ACL: Day 2

 

BK & Mr. E at the Music Lounge. Photo by Holly Aker.

 

For my second day at Austin City Limits, my friend and I spent a good part of the day at The Music Lounge. We had no must-see bands until later in the afternoon, so we figured we’d chill at the lounge and see what free swag we could score.

When we got to The Music Lounge, they were handing out  drinks again along with food from Frank, an Austin hot dog restaurant. After enjoying our lunch, my friend and I got a free makeover from Bare Minerals and then snatched a great spot on the lawn to watch BK & Mr. E, an electropop duo from Austin who don marching band uniforms for shows. Rayon Beach, a psychedelic pop group from Austin, followed the group.

 

Monsters of Folk played the Austin Ventures stage. Photo by Holly Aker.

 

We headed back to the festival to catch the tail end of Spoon and then Broken Bells. After dinner we caught the chill tunes from Monsters of Folk, the indie folk brain child from M. Ward and members of Bright Eyes and My Morning Jacket. Next on the agenda was Deadmau5, one of the shows I was looking forward to the most. Deadmau5, an electro-house DJ, had one of the most exciting shows of the weekend. With his on-the-spot mixes and amazing light show, Deadmau5 had the whole audience thumping along to the beats.

We finished up the night with electro-rapper M.I.A. I had pretty high expectations from M.I.A. going into the show since everyone I’ve talked to has only had good things to say about her shows. Unfortunately, I was a little disappointed. While her show was really fun, it was nothing too exciting. She also ended her set about seven minutes early, which outraged tons of people.