Castle Rat – The Cosmic Clash

Live music review: Levitation 2025 ramble with Pavement, Mastodon, The Black Angels and more

October 2, 2025 Case Cockrell 1500 Views A Place to Bury Strangers, Blood Incantation, Built To Spill, Castle Rat, DAIISTAR, death metal, Frankie and the Witch Fingers, Fuzz Club, Hooveriii, Levitation, live music, Mastodon, metal, Model/Actriz, noisegaze, Pavement, prog rock, punk rock, Review, rock n roll, shoegaze, Skloss, space rock, stoner metal, The Armed, The Black Angels, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Wednesday

Levitation Festival 2025 took place September 26 – 28 and marked another successful installment in a new location, with more than 30 acts making their way to Austin for yet another Black Angels-sponsored party featuring talent from all over the world. With a new HQ at Palmer Events Center on Barton Springs Road, the convention center turned into Levitation’s psychedelic playground for three days over the last weekend. Each day of the event brought unique vibes that spanned the festival’s usual suspects, first-timers, and legacy acts, all of which helped bring the star-studded booked talent to life for the three-day, two-stage rager. The Cosmic Clash team made their way to the convention center for the weekend to capture the action and highlight every moment that stood out to us at Palmer.

Case Cockrell Live Music Preview

Live music preview: Seven must see bands at Levitation Festival 2025

September 17, 2025 Case Cockrell 3465 Views Blood Incantation, Boy Harsher, Castle Rat, DAIISTAR, death metal, doom metal, festival, garage punk, Hooveriii, Levitation, live music, Martin Rev, must see bands, preview, prog metal, psych-rock, punk rock, Suicide, The Black Angels, The Ravonettes, The Velvet Underground, Upchuck

Levitation Festival 2025 kicks off next week (September 25-28), with a new and improved location in tow and an array of artists to make this year’s installment one of the best yet. Festival organizers The Black Angels and famed booker and promoter Rob Fitzpatrick have chosen none other than Palmer Event Center to showcase the main festival programming, complete with two stages for the weekend of all-star cast performances. The festival will also feature late-night shows throughout the Austin area, including all the Red River Cultural District venues that have been part of the festival since transitioning to a multivenue format in 2018. The Cosmic Clash will be attending for the long weekend and has curated a list of must-sees for the weekend’s multi-genre music happenings. Night shows are sold separately, so move fast to avoid getting shut out of the post-Palmer programming. Set times can be found via the Levitation website. Hit the link at the top of the story to grab tickets. VIP passes are sold-out. There are still some GA tickets available.