music festival – The Cosmic Clash

Live music preview: Six acts to see at Austin Psych Fest as it gears up for 2024 with special events and late night shows

April 1, 2024 Case Cockrell 604 Views Austin Psych Fest, Caramelo Haze, Courtney Barnett, Frankie and the Witch Fingers, Golden Dawn Arkestra, Hooveriii, Levitation, Levitation Room, live music, music festival, preview, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, The Black Angels, WITCH

LEVITATION’s Austin Psych Fest will return to Far Out Lounge & Stage in 2024, coming with a stacked lineup April

Case Cockrell Live Music Preview

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

October 25, 2023 Case Cockrell 793 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

Case Cockrell Live Music Review

Live music review: Eclipse Utopiafest brought eclectic music and community to Central Texas this month

October 18, 2023 Case Cockrell 939 Views !!! (chk chk chk), Andrea Magee, Eclipse Utopia, live music, Megafauna, Money Chicha, music festival, Review, The Octopus Project, Tomar and the FCs, Trouble in the Streets, Uotpiafest, Viben and the Submersibles

Utopia Festival organizers Travis Sutherland and Wayne Dalchau have spent over the past decade working tirelessly to craft a small cap music festival that stresses the importance of expanding any music fan’s horizons while cultivating a community that keeps fans of the festival coming back year after year. For this Fall’s edition of the festival, the Utopia team celebrated the solar eclipse with an eclectic lineup that brought an array of diverse musicians that take the Utopia Festival mission to heart.

Christopher Alvarez Review

Live music review: Desert Daze 10 took place in California last weekend

October 5, 2022 Christopher Alvarez 962 Views Beach House, Desert Daze, Frankie and the Witch Fingers, Fuzz, King Gizzard, live music, music festival, Review, Surfbort, Tame Impala, Viagra Boys

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Tame Impala and Beach House topped the 10th edition of The Desert Daze Festival in Perris, Californa last weekend. High spirits, favorable weather and a lineup which had music for almost anyone’s taste drew thousands out to Moreno Beach for three days.

Greg Ackerman Preview

Live music preview: ATX Queer Music Fest set for August 6 at Lustre Pearl South

August 3, 2022 Greg Ackerman 362 Views ATX Queer Music Fest, Caleb De Casper, LBGTQA+, live music, Lord Friday the 13th, Mama Duke, music festival, preview

This weekend provides a myriad of opportunities for Austin music fans to catch some great live music but perhaps there is none better than ATX Queer Music Fest set for Saturday, August 6 at Lustre Pearl East. The lineup organizers put together is impressive, featuring a who’s who of Austin LBTGTQA+ music with the addition of LA-based musician, activist and actor Ryan Cassata(first openly gay performer on Vans Warped Tour).

Greg Ackerman Preview

Live music preview: Primavera Sound L.A. finally gets a day in the sun

August 1, 2022 Greg Ackerman 284 Views Arctic Monkeys, live music, Lorde, music festival, Nine Inch Nails, preview, Primavera Sound, Primavera Sound L.A.

One of Europe’s most loved music festivals. Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona has expanded to America. I This year’s Los Angeles dates for Primavera Sound L.A. take place September 16-18 at L.A. Historic State Park.

Greg Ackerman Preview

Live music preview: LEVITATION Fest 2022 lineup features King Gizzard, Osees and more

June 29, 2022 Greg Ackerman 299 Views Jesus and Mary Chain, King Gizzard, Levitation, lineup announcement, music festival, Osees, preview, psych-rock, The Black Angels

Today LEVITATION dropped a doozy of a lineup and put tickets on sale for the festival which takes place October 27-30 in various downtown Austin venues featuring headlining sets from King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Osees and Jesus and Mary Chain. Cosmic Clash favorite, Osees (formerly Thee Ohsees) is playing all four nights of the festival, which is music to our ears.

Michael Maly Review

Live music review: Oblivion Access Festival slayed Austin last weekend

May 20, 2022 Greg Ackerman 403 Views A Place to Bury Strangers, Blonde Redhead, Danny Brown, live music, Metz, music festival, Ovlivion Access, Review

Just when you think that there isn’t any room for another music festival in Austin that has the strength and originality to be taken seriously, enter Oblivion Access Festival. Formerly known as Austin Terror Fest, Oblivion Access Festival took over six venues in the downtown area over the course of four days last weekend and provided a diverse lineup that showcased some of the best artists of metal, hardcore, shoegaze, rap, electronica, experimental and DJ.

Drew Doggett Review

Live music review: black midi brought jazzy, math-rock to LEVITATION

October 31, 2021 Drew Doggett 649 Views black midi, jazz, Levitation, live music, mohawk, music festival, neo-jazz, Review

At Mohawk on October 29th, black midi displayed their sky-high musical endurance and tested the audience’s as well at the 2021 verison of LEVITATION Fest.

Greg Ackerman Review

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

October 29, 2021 Greg Ackerman 218 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

Greg Ackerman Music News

LEVITATION announced 2021 lineup today and it is dope

June 29, 2021 Greg Ackerman 284 Views A Place to Bury Strangers, Austin Psych Fest, Blushing, Japanese Breakfast, Levitation, lineup announcement, music festival, music news, Ringo Deathstarr, The Black Angels, The Octopus Project, Thundercat

LEVITATION Festival announced the psychdelic rock music event’s 2021 lineup today and it is dope. Besides the assumed performance by festival founders, The Black Angels, a ton of great acts have been invited to perform including: Thundercat, Japanese Breakfast, Fuzz, A Place to Bury Strangers, The Hives and Kikagaku Moyo among others.

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