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Live music review: Eclectic Austin Psych Fest returned to Far Out Lounge last weekend

May 3, 2024 Case Cockrell 1338 Views Alex Maas, Alvvays, Austin Psych Fest, Brainstory, Chicano Batman, Courtney Barnett, Frankie and the Witch Fingers, indie rock, J Mascis, King Tuff, Kurt Vile, Levitation, live music, Metz, Minami Deutsch, prog rock, psych-rock, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, Review, rock n roll, The Black Angels, WITCH

The Spring installment of Austin Psych Fest returned last weekend to the Far Out Lounge & Stage for a three-day, two-stage, no-overlap experience that brought over 30 acts to Texas for an eclectic weekend of music from all across the trippy psychedelic spectrum. Event organizers, Levitation was, in part founded by local psych rock revivalists, The Black Angels, but the local organization has become much more over the years.

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Live music review: Built to Spill Slays, Shreds, Sells Out Mohawk Austin

April 19, 2023 Drew Doggett 1827 Views Built To Spill, Doug Martsch, indie rock, Isaac Brock, J Mascis, live music, Mohawk Austin, Review

One band she loved was Built to Spill. “Hey, play that song about going out of your mind,” she’d request. Translated from mom-speak, that was the band’s standout ‘Goin’ Against Your Mind.’ At Austin’s Mohawk on April 8, I thought about the drives with her as the drums launched into the 10-minute six-string odyssey.

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