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A Different Kind of Music Fest: Park City Song Summit Labs featured Jim James with Danny Clinch and Steve Poltz with Jay Blakesberg

August 22, 2024 Greg Ackerman 2440 Views alternative rock, blues rock, Danny Clinch, Jay Blakesburg, live music, mental health, music festival, My Morning Jacket, Park City Song Summit, PCSS, Review, rock n roll, soul, Steve Poltz, Summit Labs, Trombone Shorty Academy

Last weekend musicians, music industry members and fans gathered at Canyons Village in Park City for the fifth edition of the Park City Song Summit which took place August 15-17. The small capacity festival provided an intimate and gorgeous setting for fans to engage in Summit Labs sessions that included performing artists discussing various aspects of music as it relates to mental health and wellness. Programming included a presentation by Canadian singer-songwriter, Steve Poltz and photographer Jay Blakesburg as well as a session that included, My Morning Jacket band leader, Jim James and longtime MMJ photographer, Danny Clinch. The festival offered daytime performances by various acts with headlining shows in the amphitheater situated on the adjacent Canyons Village ski slope which provided top-tier sound and lighting throughout the weekend. It was evident that this was a different kind of music fest than most fans are accustomed to.

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Live music preview: LEVITATION 2024 music festival lineup and schedule is out

July 3, 2024 Case Cockrell 3217 Views 13th Floor, A Place to Bury Strangers, Boogarins, Death Valley Girls, Hotel Vegas, Kingdom, Levitation, live music, Mdou Moctar, Meatbodies, mohawk, music festival, Osees, Phantogram, preview, psych-rock, Slift, Stubb's, The Black Angels, The Jesus Lizard, The Sword, Wine Lips

Austin-based psychedelia collective Levitation has announced the 2024 edition lineup and schedule of their multi-venue festival to take place in downtown Austin over Halloween weekend. The festival will retain its four-day format, featuring venues in the Red River Cultural District and other parts of Austin. The event runs from October 31 – November 3. Each day of programming will contain multiple shows at various locations throughout its duration, including; Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheatre, Mohawk, Empire Garage & Control Room, Elysium, The 13th Floor, and the new addition of downtown EDM favorite, Kingdom.

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Live music review: Kilby Block Party days two and three featured LCD Soundsystem, The Postal Service with Jenny Lewis

May 16, 2024 Greg Ackerman 3592 Views Belle and Sabastian, CSS, dance punk, Deathcab for Cutie, Dinosaur Jr, Guided By Voices, indie music, indie pop, indie rock, Jenny Lewis, Kilby Block Party, LCD Soundsystem, live music, music festival, Pond, Review, rock n roll, S&S Presents, Santigold, The Postal Service

The fifth Kilby Block Party celebrating 25 years of Salt Lake City’s most beloved DIY venue, Kilby Court was as good as billed last weekend as the upstart music festival concluded days two and three with standout performances not only by headliners LCD Soundsystem and The Postal Service with Jenny Lewis but scene-stealing sets by Belle and Sebastian, CSS, Pond and Santigold. Not since Austin’s Fun Fun Fun Fest has there been a mid-tier sized festival as well run, booked and executed.

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Live music review: Kilby Block Party on day one featured Vampire Weekend and a host of gifted female performers

May 11, 2024 Greg Ackerman 3066 Views Alvvays, Andy Shauf, Blondshell, Courtney Barnett, Ezra Koenig, indie rock, Joanna Newsom, Kilby Block Party, live music, music festival, prog rock, Review, rock n roll, Ty Segall, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Vampire Weekend

In Salt Lake City one of the most beloved and revered music venues is Kilby Court, the tiny, DIY performance space for which the Kilby Block Party music festival is named. Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the legendary club, organizers and venue operators, S&S Presents are also marking the fifth year of the festival with another stellar lineup that attracted fans from all over the country to the Utah State Fairpark for what is turning out to be an incredible weekend of musical performances. Friday’s lineup included Vampire Weekend and a host of gifted female performers including; Joanna Newsome, Courtney Barnett, Alvvays and Blondshell among others.

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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 3553 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

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

October 25, 2023 Case Cockrell 2485 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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Live music review: Eclipse Utopiafest brought eclectic music and community to Central Texas this month

October 18, 2023 Case Cockrell 3222 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.

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

October 5, 2022 Christopher Alvarez 2720 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.

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

August 3, 2022 Greg Ackerman 1518 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).

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

August 1, 2022 Greg Ackerman 1486 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.

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

June 29, 2022 Greg Ackerman 1678 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.