#ACLFest Bands I Saw, the Ones I Missed, & My Wishlist for 2015

Photo taken by me :D

Woo, I went to the Austin City Limits Music Festival again this year!!! I thought it'd be fun to do a post about bands I was able to see compared with the bands I was actually able to see for both this year and last year, plus I made a wish list for next year. 

Click here to be taken to the official website and see the entire lineup for the weekend.

I have more posts about ACL Fest coming up including lessons I learned from going last year (like take water with you on the walk to the festival!!! can't stress that enough), and posts for each day describing the bands I saw with some pics. So this is just the first of a series of ACL goodness. ;D

There's something about going to a concert where I feel at one with everyone around me. After a Green Day concert when they were touring for their American Idiot album, my husband commented that going to a concert is almost like having a religious experience, and I think that's a perfect way to describe it. 

Now imagine getting THREE DAYS of that feeling, and you'll get an idea of how awesome the ACL Fest is. I feel like I spend all year preparing for it, lol. It's so worth it!! Here are my lists below! 

~ Bands I Wanted to See ~ 
ACL 2014

• Pearl Jam
• Beck
• Outkast
• Skrillex
• Foster the People
• Spoon
• The Head and the Heart
• Interpol
• CHVRCHES
• St. Vincent (never thought I'd list this one, lol)
• Phantogram
• AFI
• Icona Pop
• Jenny Lewis
• Real Estate
• Bleachers
• Cults
• Miniature Tigers
• Black Pistol Fire
• Childish Gambino - (Did you know that Donald Glover from the TV show Community IS Childish Gambino?? Me neither!)

~ Bands I Saw ~

ACL 2014

• Pearl Jam - caught the beginning 
• Beck
• Outkast - caught the end 
• Skrillex
• Eminem - caught the beginning, lol
• Foster the People - heard them across the way while waiting for another band
• Belle & Sebastian
• Spoon
• Interpol
• CHVRCHES
• St. Vincent
• AFI - caught the end 
• Caught part of Icona Pop - the bass was BOOMING - I was far, far away buying t-shirts, & my ears were suffering in a major way!
• Caught the last few songs of Real Estate
• Bleachers
• Cults
• Lana Del Rey
• Major Lazer - on the TV in the VIP area but could hear them live on stage nearby
• Lorde - on TV, but could hear her on stage close by
• Chromeo - on TV but stage nearby

~ Bands I Wanted to See ~
ACL 2013 

• Depeche Mode
• The Cure
• Muse
• Atoms for Peace
• Phoenix
• Wilco
• Vampire Weekend
• Passion Pit
• Queens of the Stone Age
• Arctic Monkeys
• Fun.
• Franz Ferdinand
• Tame Impala
• Silversun Pickups
• The Joy Formidable
• Grouplove
• The Black Angels

~ Bands I Saw ~

ACL 2013

• The Cure
• Muse
• Atoms for Peace
• Passion Pit
• Queens of the Stone Age - heard them while waiting for Muse
• Arctic Monkeys - heard them while in the VIP area
• Fun.
• Franz Ferdinand - saw them side stage!!
• Local Natives
• Tame Impala
• Silversun Pickups
• The Black Angels - heard them from the VIP area

~ My Wish List for ACL 2015 ~

• Alanis Morissette
• Green Day 
• U2
• Radiohead
• Weezer - shocking I've NEVER seen them live!
• R.E.M.
• Coldplay
• MGMT
• Foo Fighters
• Lady Gaga
• Eels
• Delta Spirit
• Florence & the Machines
• Arcade Fire
• Geographer
• Animal Collective
• Alcoholic Faith Mission
• M83
• Imagine Dragons
• Passion Pit - would it be too much to ask to see them again??
• Sleigh Bells
• Generationals
• The Temper Trap
• Kasabian
• The Knife
• Goldfrapp

Don't worry...I'm going into detail in my next posts - one for each day of the festival. These lists are helping me get organized for those posts. Plus, I've been wanting to make a wish list forever! I'm also going to post about what I did in Austin besides go to the festival. I stayed a few extra days this year and got to see and do some more stuff. 

And I'm totally going back next year. Already saving up for the trip. :D Until next time party people...