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Inside the 2024 Austin City Limits lineup: Blink-182, Dua Lipa, and more

The 2024 lineup is out, and people have feelings about how many names they recognize.

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For the past few years, the Austin City Limits Music Festival lineup has been making people feel old. It doesn't look like that feeling is going away in 2024 — in fact, it may be intensifying, with an even more prominent platforming of new and young artists. The festival is returning October 4-6 and 11-13 with more than 100 acts on nine stages.

Starting with headliners, who usually include at least one legend from decades past, things are looking fairly youthful. Blink-182, the clear nostalgic pick, will definitely be taking attendees back to their Warped Tour days. That's not to say some of the other headlines haven't had long careers, but most are not catapulting attendees back into their memories the way George Strait did in 2021, or The Cure in 2019.

Also headlining are Dua Lipa, having reached new heights thanks to Barbie (get ready to see lots of pastel 'fits); Tyler, the Creator, the eclectic rapper who will likely have something political to say; Chris Stapleton, the velvet-voiced country crossover singer; Sturgill Simpson, another country singer more firmly in the outlaw camp; Pretty Lights, the EDM producer known for chill grooves and tasteful samples; Khruangbin, the psychedelic funk rock trio from Houston; and finally Leon Bridges, the soulful R&B singer from Fort Worth who brings the genre back to its roots, (and who appears on Khruangbin's "Texas Sun" — who will appear on whose stage this year?).

Much of today's lineup reveal won't be a surprise to Austinites, who lined up at Zilker Park on Saturday, May 4, to listen to spoken messages delivering hints via pay phone. Several commenters joked that Marcus Mumford, who has played ACL Fest four times, was on the other line.

Here's where you might start feeling your age — whether because you've fallen out of touch, or you remember when these bands were new. Outside of the headliners, folks on social media were especially excited about:

Foster the People, an eternally indie pop group that dominated the 2010s with buoyant hits
Chappell Roan, a queer, theatrical performer whose bimbofied and drag looks are frequently sweeping social media
Orville Peck, a dark country crooner who has subverted the genre with an always-masked face and overt gay sex appeal
Still Woozy, a very funky solo project with an aptly psychedelic name and lots of laid-back grooves
Catfish and the Bottlemen, a Welsh indie band from the aughts with slightly heavier instrumentation than many of 2024's indie picks
Jungle, so far a one-hit-wonder for the spectacularly choreographed "Back On 74" music video which inspired countless fan attempts
Something Corporate, a lightly emo pop-punk group featuring Andrew McMahon of Jack's Mannequin
Grand Funk Railroad, an arena rock group formed in 1969, singlehandedly upholding ACL's annual dabbling in classic rock

Fans were disappointed not to see Sabrina Carpenter, The Killers, or Deftones on the lineup. They aired general grievances about a lack of rock picks and not recognizing most of the lineup — complaints that come up increasingly often as ACL moves away from long-established classics in favor of what's getting streams nowadays. Some also pointed out a proliferation of acts only appearing on one weekend.

The full lineup is as follows:

If you know a majority of acts here, go brag about it on Reddit.Photo courtesy of Austin City Limits Music Festival

Three-day tickets (starting at $360) go on sale May 7 at noon via aclfestival.com. Among ACL Fest's usual offerings, including VIP passes and hotel discounts, are private "bungalows" near the Honda Stage — interestingly, not the main headliners' stage, but the secondary one that faces away from the city and shuts down slightly earlier.

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a beautiful mind

Houston Health Museum's new exhibit shines a light on dyslexia

Sarah Sudhoff created "The Reading Brain" in honor of her son.

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"The Reading Brain" replicates neuron activity in a dyslexic brian while reading

No, "The Reading Brain" isn't the title of a B-horror film from the 1960s. It's a brand new installation at the Houston Health Museum that explores dyslexia.

The piece was created by Houston-based artist Sarah Sudhoff, in partnership with Dr. Guinevere Eden, Director of the Center for the Study of Learning at Georgetown University. Hanging from the ceiling of the Health Museum, it uses light-up colored circles to represent the frontal lobe activity of a dyslexic person while reading. MRI scans of dyslexic brains formed the foundation of the light activity. Sudhoff's own son has dyslexia, and she had to adapt her homeschooling of him to account for his neurodivergence. As much as 20 percent of the American population is dyslexic.

"The Reading Brain" grew out of a similar exhibit at the DoSeum in San Antonio. "Beautiful Minds: Dyslexia and the Creative Advantage" challenged visitors to see dyslexia not as a learning disability but as simply a different way some human brains work. The exhibit featured videos, stories, and art work by dyslexic individuals that show how they succeed and create, as well as a selection of brain puzzles used to teach dyslexic people.

“Even though your brain works differently, it still lights up and is beautiful to watch, a wonderful machine you have. It just means you have to navigate and pivot a little differently,” Sudhoff said.

Sudhoff's innovative bridge between science and art is a permanent part of the Health Museum's MindWorks exhibit. Like "The Reading Brain," MindWorks maps out thinking processes through light and hands-on activities. The exhibit will close on January 5, meaning visitors have a very short time to see Sudhoff's piece.

The Health Museum is a hidden gem in Museum District located a block away from the Children's Museum. It houses a variety of exhibits about the human body, such as a giant plastic colon that kids love to run through. Since opening in 1969, the museum has helped Houstonians and visitors from around the world learn about the way the body works as well well as public health protocols. As the only Smithsonian Affiliate Museum in the Houston Museum District, it has a high educational pedigree despite it's colorful and often whimsical offerings.

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