\nThe Strokes perform at the Austin City Limits Music Festival in Zilker Park in Austin, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025. (Mikala Compton\/Austin American-Statesman)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\u201cOur only religion is quantum physics,\u201d he deadpanned. Whatever \u2014 the mix was bright and rich.<\/p>\n
And then he vocalized his internal monologue.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust block out the music,\u201d the rock star said while hearing fellow headliner Sabrina Carpenter across Zilker Park.\u00a0\u201cShould we go check out Sabrina Carpenter? Me and Fab are gonna be right back \u2014 we\u2019re gonna go check it out,\u201d Casablancas riffed.<\/p>\n
\u201cI always hate how they make you make a decision. I\u2019m not being political, I\u2019m talking about festivals,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s right. That does suck when two big acts play at once.<\/p>\n
A colleague who saw the band in Spain told me Friday that over there, the crowd soccer-chants along to the guitar parts of longtime Strokes\u00a0faves like \u201cReptilia.\u201d Here, the band is second fiddle to a former Disney actor.<\/p>\n
Casablancas seemed a little salty.<\/p>\n\n\nFans cheer as The Strokes perform at the Austin City Limits Music Festival in Zilker Park in Austin, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025. (Mikala Compton\/Austin American-Statesman)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\u201cWhat happens in Austin stays in Austin,\u201d he told\u00a0ACL Fest Saturday night at Zilker. Then he seemed to jokingly complain about his beer cup being empty, asking someone why it didn\u2019t contain beer.<\/p>\n
\u201cAustin tap waster: Drink it up,\u201d he added, possibly referring to our fair city\u2019s good drinking water. Or perhaps saying that Austin is a party town and beer is our tap water.\u00a0Either way, the rock frontman was animated. At least by his back-of-the-classroom standards.<\/p>\n
\u201cSweet city limits, whatever that means,\u201d he later said. \u201cSeems pretty central.\u201d<\/p>\n
Then he spit out pop-culture-dripped party banter.<\/p>\n\n\nThe Strokes perform at the Austin City Limits Music Festival in Zilker Park in Austin, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025. (Mikala Compton\/Austin American-Statesman)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\u201cShut up and dance with me,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cYolo,\u201d he also said.<\/p>\n
\u201cJitterbug!\u201d he later added with a Wham!-era affectation before \u201cSomeday.\u201d<\/p>\n
During the day, per a Statesman editor, a little girl held up a sign saying she loved the Strokes and needed three tickets. Her parents were nearby.
The fans kept bopping in place. All over. Kids on shoulders wrapped in glow sticks seemed to enjoy \u201cHard to Explain.\u201d Couples made out. People danced.<\/p>\n
From the Strokes\u2019 \u201cWhat Ever Happened?\u201d opener \u2014 another “Seinfeld”-ian song about nothing \u2014 Austin was theirs.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s always weird when you have a three-song encore planned and people say, \u2018one more song,\u2019\u201d Casablancas said after \u201cLast Nite.\u201d
But then he pierced the veil and got sincere, thanking us for hanging\u00a0out.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re probably musically exhausted,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Nah man, keep it going \u2014 that\u2019s all in your head. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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