Live music preview: Levitation lineup featuring Aussies Civic and UK post punks Warmduscher at Hotel Vegas Friday
It’s Levitation time again in Austin. The four-night fest rocks the socks off of the Capitol City each fall with
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Live music preview: Recommended bands to see at LEVITATION this week
Since 2008, Levitation has been a mainstay each year in Austin. Inspired by the creative psychedelic explosion in the 1960s
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Live music preview: Six must see acts Thursday and Friday at LEVITATION Festival 2023
Thursday, Austin’s most beloved music festival as far as the hipster crowd is concerned reconvenes in venues across the Red River Cultural District downtown along with this year’s venue additions, Far Out Lounge in South Austin and electronic music haven, Concourse Project. There are a ton of great performances slated so we’re going to distill it down to a select few shows that are considered must see acts at LEVITATION 2023. Our colleagues Case Cockrell and Brian Hillsman will weigh in with some other sets you should check out this week at the festival soon.
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Live music review: Frankie and the Witch Fingers unleashed psych and roll on an ecstatic Austin audience
For Los Angeles act, Frankie and the Witch Fingers, every record has been a step further to indie psych-rock royalty. Formed by frontman Dylan Sizemore as a solo project in Indiana before relocating to Los Angeles recently, Sizemore has assembled his group of rock and roll avengers, sculpting record after record of “psych and roll” material built to blow audiences away. Sizemore and his band did just that for a Thursday night Austin crowd at The Parish in the city’s famed East Side.
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Live music preview: Frankie and the Witch Fingers set to play Parish with Spoon Benders
Thursday evening at Parish LEVITATION veterans Frankie and the Witch Fingers are set to play with Portland’s Spoon Benders. The lineup is sponsored by the vaunted psych-rock festival, The Cosmic Clash and our favorite, Austin independent booking outfit, Resound Presents.
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Live music preview: LEVITATION expands for 2023 with stellar lineup
LEVITATION has stayed true to it’s roots, curating a lineup each year that is both reflective of past greats while spotlighting some of the best new bands of the Neo-psych-rock era and beyond. Besides festival founders, The Black Angels, the 2023 edition features cutting edge acts, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Neo-jazz outfit, BADBADNOTGOOD along with 80s new wave / Neo psych-rockers The Church and festival veterans The Dandy Warhols.
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Live music review: Austin Psych Fest successfully navigates storm opening night
On Friday, April 28, doors opened at 2 p.m. for the 2023 Austin Psych Fest at The Far Out Lounge and Stage on South Congress, put on by LEVITATION Festival organizers to celebrate the 15th Anniversary of the beloved mid-tier music festival.
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Live music review: Korean fusion group ADG7 thrilled Austin Psych Fest fans last weekend
It’s difficult to believe traditional Korean group Ak Dan Gwang Chil (ADG7) arrived within mere hours of their performance time at Austin Psych Fest on Sunday. The festival added ADG7 as a late addition to this year’s lineup on day three as an opener on the Willie (main) stage. On early arrival, onlookers curiously scoped out the unusual instruments set on stage before wandering back to Little Mazarn who was performing on the Janis stage.
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Video premiere: DAIISTAR drop new music video, announced Fuzz Club signing
Austin noise-pop band DAIISTAR released their music video “Tracemaker ” for their debut single as a precursor to Austin Psych Fest which begins today at Far Out Lounge and Stage.
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Live music preview: Austin Psych Fest returns for 15th Anniversary at Far Out
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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Interview: Mike Cosmic talks with Bonnie Bloomgarden of Death Valley Girls at LEVITATION
When we heard Death Valley Girls were on the bill at LEVITATION, Mike Cosmic immediately reached out to Bonnie Bloomgarden, founder and soul of the Los Angeles-based band that had become a Cosmic Clash favorite years ago. Bloomgarden apparently replied right away, letting our founder know their founder couldn’t wait to sit down and talk DVG music with us. The interview we recorded runs at just under ten minutes
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