Future Islands Recap

Future Islands makes Austin City Limits debut to eager crowd

Future Islands

Photo by Chad Wadsworth

Rolling in to town for the third time this year, indie darlings Future Islands took to the Austin City Limits stage for their debut taping of the PBS show. Lifelong friends with North Carolina roots, the band plied their southern charms on a studio audience ready to dance along with the band’s wildly entertaining and charming front man, Samuel T Herring.

The group generated considerable buzz earlier this year with a performance of their single “Seasons” on Late Show with David Letterman, but as Herring likes to remind his audience, the band has been around a long time. With four studio albums under their belt, last night’s performance dug deep into their archive and satisfied both the loyalists and fans of their latest album, Singles.

Rolling into town for the third time this year, indie darlings Future Islands took to the Austin City Limits stage on Thursday night for their debut taping of the PBS show. Lifelong friends with North Carolina roots, the band plied their southern charms on a studio audience ready to dance along with the band’s wildly entertaining and charming front man, Samuel T. Herring. The group generated considerable buzz earlier this year with a performance of their single “Seasons” on Late Show with David Letterman, but as Herring likes to remind his audience, the band has been around a long time. With four studio albums under their belt, Thursday night's performance dug deep into the band's archive to satisfy both loyalists and fans of their latest album, Singles.

Photo by Chad Wadsworth

Rolling into town for the third time this year, indie darlings Future Islands took to the Austin City Limits stage on Thursday night for their debut taping of the PBS show. Lifelong friends with North Carolina roots, the band plied their southern charms on a studio audience ready to dance along with the band’s wildly entertaining and charming front man, Samuel T. Herring. The group generated considerable buzz earlier this year with a performance of their single “Seasons” on Late Show with David Letterman, but as Herring likes to remind his audience, the band has been around a long time. With four studio albums under their belt, Thursday night's performance dug deep into the band's archive to satisfy both loyalists and fans of their latest album, Singles.

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Editor's note: The word of the week in Austin is growth. Whether it's fast-growing cities, the city's highly anticipated inclusion in the Michelin Guide, or an updated H-E-B ready to re-anchor the neighborhood, things are always reshaping and Austinites are keeping up online. Here are our most-read stories over the past week. Looking for things to do this weekend? Our top picks are here.

1. Austin neighbor saw 4th biggest population boom in U.S. for 2023.The Austin-area suburb of Georgetown has proven it's not just a laid back destination for tourists, but one of the fastest-growing cities in the nation.

2. Michelin Guide plates up first Texas picks, with 7 stars in Austin.The first Michelin Guide in Texas has finally made its picks known. At a black-tie event in Houston on November 11, the guide announced that 47 Austin restaurants have won recognition.

3. New South Congress H-E-B is finally opening at the end of 2024. After roughly two years of construction, H-E-B announced its 145,000-square-foot building on South Congress Avenue and East Oltorf Street will open to shoppers starting December 4.

4. Bubbly Austin brunch spot Irene's closing after 8 years. Despite the ever-increasing number of Austin brunches, the scene is losing a classic. Irene's on West 6th Street announced November 12 that it will be closing at the end of its lease this month.

Irene's Austin cocktail One of Austin's most popular brunch spots is throwing in the towel when its lease ends.Irene's/Instagram

5. $15.2 million Austin sanctuary is in the middle of a nature conservancy. The Sanctuary on Barton Creek is a 24-acre estate completely surrounded by a 4,100-acre nature conservancy to provide a peaceful and private escape from city life.