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Live Music Preview: Austin Music Awards at Antone’s will benefit SIMS Foundation

February 10, 2024 Case Cockrell 1355 Views Antone's, Austin Music Awards, DAIISTAR, live music, Pussy Gillette, SIMS Foundation, SL Houser, Walker Lukens

The 42nd annual Austin Music Awards will take place at Antone’s Nightclub on Sunday, February 25, in downtown Austin. The Austin Chronicle event will feature talent from a massive array of genres from across the local music scene. The awards are chosen by 15,000 music fans in Austin and beyond, all of which will be revealed in the February 23 issue of The Austin Chronicle, with winners being celebrated at the ceremony the following Sunday.

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Neo-psych lives on through the generations: A deep dive into the psych-punk antics of Grocery Bag

February 2, 2024 Case Cockrell 1294 Views feature, garage rock, Grocery Bag, Interview, King Gizzard, neo-psych, new music, Osees, psych-rock, punk rock

You know you’re in Austin’s West Campus when you see someone tear their entire car bumper on the curb. For Austin band Grocery Bag, it’s their sanctuary. In the Austin College Co-Op scene, it feels like anything is possible

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Live music review: The best of LEVITATION Festival 2023

November 1, 2023 Case Cockrell 1784 Views 13th Floor, DAIISTAR, Death From Above 1979, Far Out Lounge, Fuck Money, Levitation, mohawk, Nolan Potter's Nightmare Band, The Black Angels, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Dandy Warhols

For 2023, Levitation, founded by Austin psych-rock wizards The Black Angels and festival organizer Rob Fitzpatrick, brought the goods for this year’s installment. From garage rock overlord Ty Segall to EDM titan Flying Lotus to the neo psych-rock of Black Angels, Dandy Warhols and The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Levitation brought a vast array of elements that makes festival’s Austin takeover something special for fans and performing artists alike

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Live music preview: Recommended bands to see at LEVITATION this week

October 25, 2023 Case Cockrell 1051 Views Brian Jonestown Massacre, Dandy Warhols, Death From Above 1979, Flying Lotus, Levitation, live music, music festival, preview, psych-rock, The Black Angels, Ty Segall, Uncle Acid and the Dead Beats

Since 2008, Levitation has been a mainstay each year in Austin. Inspired by the creative psychedelic explosion in the 1960s

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Video Premiere: Exotic Fruitica continues release cycle with new track Cowboy

August 4, 2023 Case Cockrell 1242 Views DAIISTAR, Exotic Fruitica, hard rock, new music, OFF!, post-punk, video premiere

Austin noisemakers Exotic Fruitica are ramping up their upcoming EP release with a new track and video that pushes the band’s noisy antics to 11. For the Austin act, they’ve been releasing one song after another that always go the deafening distance. Choosing sun-baked hooks and fuzzy guitars to sculpt their catchy yet chaotic approach, the Austin noise act has been making a mission statement to rattle listeners into blown-out exhaustion. To celebrate the release of “Cowboy,” They have also dropped a video that embodies the same chaos that the music evokes. Directed by Cameron Kisel, Exotic Fruitica is quickly catching fire as one of Austin’s most exciting bands.

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Live music review: Hot Summer Nights 2023 delivered FOMO-worthy lineup to Austin music fans

August 3, 2023 Case Cockrell 2073 Views Big Bill, Hot Summer Nights, John Dwyer, live music, Marry Cherry, Nolan Potter's Nightmare Band, Nuclear Daisies, Osees, Queen Serene, Red River Cultural District, Review

Red River Cultural District’s Hot Summer Nights 2023 returned July 20-23 with a bill that was too hot (figuratively and literally) to pass up. With bands such as Exotic Fruitica, Grandmaster, Nolan Potter’s Nightmare Band, and Nuclear Daisies all rounding out the lineup, HSN delivered a FOMO-worthy event that was not to be missed for local fans of a wide variety of musical genres from heavy to mellow.

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Live music preview: Austin Psych Fest returns with some cool new wrinkles

April 19, 2023 Greg Ackerman 798 Views

April 27-30, Austin Psych Fest will make its official return on the 15th Anniversary of the inaugural event. Today, the festival has rebranded LEVITATION in order to take the pysch-rock festival beyond Austin. That event is now hosted at various music venues throughout the Red River Cultural District on Halloween weekend. The return of APF signals a return to the smaller format of the original fest at Far Out Lounge and Stage in South Austin

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Interview: Club X founders Michele Mas and Misti Watts talk booking in Austin

February 8, 2023 Christina DeStefano 1071 Views 13th Floor, Club X, DAIISTAR, Dead Coats, Interview, live music, Mas Music, Michelle Mas, Misti Hamrick, Transy Warhol

The Cosmic Clash sat down with local event promoters Michele Mas and Misti Hamrick who produce Club X, happening every second Sunday at The 13th Floor Bar downtown.

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Live music preview: Austin Psych Fest returns for 15th Anniversary at Far Out

January 26, 2023 Greg Ackerman 657 Views Austin Psych Fest, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Far Out Lounge, Levitation, psych-rock, Resound Presents, The Black Angels, Yves Tumor

On Monday, LEVITATION and Resound Presents announced the return of Austin Psych Fest on the 15th Anniversary of the event’s inception at Far Out Lounge and Stage.

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Live music review: LEVITATION Fest got off to a visually psychedelic start Thursday

October 29, 2021 Greg Ackerman 541 Views Crumb, Fuzz, Levitation, live review, music festival, The Black Angels, The Octopus Project, The Well

After almost two years of uncertainty and turmoil in the music festival sector, one of Austin’s most beloved mid-tier music fests returned Thursday to venues primarily located in the downtown-adjacent Red River Cultural District. The music festival that began as Austin Psych Fest has since rebranded to LEVITATION to expand to other markets

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