The Bright Light Social Hour is currently on tour following the release of their new LP, Emergency Leisure but the band made a pitstop in their hometown last Saturday night, playing The Mohawk before a throng of loyal, exuberant fans.
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When a band in Austin gets to make a record after playing their material for local audiences for months, sometimes years on end, it’s worthy of multiple rounds of applause. For Austin shoegaze/noise-pop act Daiistar, it’s been a long time coming. To celebrate the release of Daiistar’s new album Good Time, the rising Austin act enlisted the help of Seattle-born, now Texas-based band Night Beats, who are on a new album cycle of their own.
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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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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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On Saturday, August 19 at Hotel Vegas, Holy Wave and Queen Serene celebrated their new releases with an evening of live music at the iconic East-Sixth venue’s outdoor stage.
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Fans of The Bright Light Social Hour have been waiting patiently for their new album, Emergency Leisure (Escondido Sound) to drop ever since it was announced earlier this spring. It’s been three years since the release of their last LP, Jude Vol. II, and a lot has changed with the band since then.
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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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Sunday, Club X (Mas Music and Misti Watts) and The Cosmic Clash presents Como Las Movies at 13th Floor this Sunday, June 11 at 8 p.m. with Nemegata and Alex Cosmico with DJ Ed Gonzalez (Fading Yellow).
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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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The 13th Floor Bar on Red River has put together a dream psych-rock lineup for New Year’s Eve featuring Holy Wave, Black Angels’ guitarist Christian Bland and Hidden Ritual for local music fans.
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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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