Do you ever watch the crowd catch their breath collectively as one shared breath? Ribs rising towards the stage as heads rear back to thrust forward in one unified head bang? That definitely happened as Psychedelic Porn Crumpets performed a sold out show at Mohawk with Acid Dad last Friday.
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The first night of Levitation Festival 2022 hosted counterculture pioneers W.I.T.C.H. (We Intend to Cause Havok) and Brazilian legends Os Mutantes on the the outdoor Garage Stage with a packed house of fans on October 27.
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One thing LEVITATION fans can count on is for things to get weird. Halloween, costumes, trippy psychedelic music, mind enhancing drugs, it’s a cocktail for weirdness. Friday evening’s presentation of pioneering instrumental post rock band, Godspeed You Black Emperor on the Garage Stage followed by The Legendary Pink Dots inside the Control Room
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Saturday evening’s LEVITATION late night show at Antone’s presented by The Cosmic Clash featured Meatbodies, Austin’s The Well and Portland act, Spoon Benders. A packed club witnessed impactful garage rock, psych and heavy guitar rock from a trio of talented bands.
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Austin cooled off quite a bit on Friday evening, just in time for night two of LEVITATION, and Osees were at Hotel Vegas for the second of a four-show run. On this night, the opener was Los Angeles duo, Warm Drag.
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Clouds rolled in not too long after doors opened at Stubb’s on Thursday, October 27 for the opening night of LEVITATION 2022. The smell of bar-b-que flooded the air as fans began filing in to see Automatic, Protomartyr, and the night’s headlining act, The Jesus and Mary Chain.
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Indie-rock constants for decades, Guided By Voices played Austin’s Mohawk on October 22 for a 3-hour long set that just scratched the surface of the depth of the material that the band has produced in its 30+ year history.
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Self-proclaimed bedroom pop sibling duo Solo Solo arrives on the Austin music scene with debut track “No Sleep”. Released in late September, the song was recorded in a storage unit in Austin over quarantine.
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I saw The María’s back in 2019 at Washington, DC’s Union Stage, a smaller, 700-person space. Given the ferocious sold-out crowd at Austin’s Stubb’s October 14.
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Last Saturday, indie-pop act Japanese Breakfast played a sold-out Stubb’s BBQ with Dehd, a rising three-piece indie-rock outfit from Chicago. The performance was an official Austin City Limits Music Festival Late Night show.
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Last week, Spoon performed at ACL Live for an Austin City Limits Music Festival (ACL Fest) Late Night show that included Andrew Cashen (A Giant Dog, Sweet Spirit) performing solo along with up and coming act, Glove.
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