The Black Angels – The Cosmic Clash

Live music review: Day one and two of Levitation brought world’s best independent acts to Austin

November 3, 2024 Case Cockrell 377 Views A Place to Bury Strangers, Boris, Empire Garage, Far Out Lounge, hard rock, Leviation, live music, Mdou Moctar, Meatbodies, neo-psych, Pissed Jeans, post-punk, psych-rock, punk rock, Review, rock n roll, Slift, Stubb's, The Black Angels, The Jesus Lizard

The first two days of Levitation Festival 2024 featured multiple stacked bills for a plethora of packed venues in the downtown Austin area and beyond. The Cosmic Clash team was in attendance to capture the action and highlighted some of our favorite acts that made their way to Austin for the action-packed Halloween weekend. From the Red River Cultural District to South Austin, the carefully curated talent brought their best for the masses that flock to the local music joints to watch the coveted Black Angels produced weekend with some of the independent music world’s best acts.

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Live music preview: Six bands to see at LEVITATION 2024

October 14, 2024 Case Cockrell 496 Views A Place to Bury Strangers, Austin Psych Fest, Boris, doom rock, Levitation, live music, Mdou Moctar, music festival, Pissed Jeans, progressive rock, psych-rock, Review, stoner rock, Swift, The Black Angels

World-renowned psychedelic Austin musician Roky Erickson once said, “At one time, I had it notarised that I was from another planet. By a lawyer.” Regardless of whether that makes sense or not, Erickson’s legacy still holds true in the city of Austin, Texas. We’re decades removed from the 60s, but folks like Austin’s The Black Angels and their proxies have kept his legacy alive by delivering endless programming of neo-psych rock utopia. Festival founders Rob Fitzpatrick and The Black Angels’ Levitation is back this Halloween weekend for yet another multi-venue installment, and the booked talent continues to deliver a factor of “Wow.” The Cosmic Clash team will join the festivities yet again and is here to prescribe another list of bands you need to see for the end-of-October festivities. All set times can be found on the Levitation website.

Case Cockrell Live Music Review

Live music review: The Black Angels rocked the new Stable Hall in San Antonio last week

July 6, 2024 Case Cockrell 1132 Views Alex Maas, Christian Bland, concert, DAIISTAR, Jake Garcia, Levitation, live music, Misti Hamrick, psych-rock, Review, rock n roll, Stabile Hall, Stephanie Bailey, The Black Angels

The Black Angels headed to San Antonio to give their Central Texas fans a blueprint of what will come in their 20th year. The Black Angels have stayed plugged into the depths and hardliners of the indie scene, and their relevance and expertise in the underground music sphere have been an inspiring force due to their many years in the business. The Black Angels delivered a smoking set at Stabile Hall on Friday, June 28 in San Antonio for their Central Texas fans, which saw Austin and local SATX supporters alike flocking to the new(ish) Stable Hall venue to witness a masterclass in Texas Psychedelia.

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

July 3, 2024 Case Cockrell 963 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: Eclectic Austin Psych Fest returned to Far Out Lounge last weekend

May 3, 2024 Case Cockrell 1228 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 preview: Seven more acts to see at Austin Psych Fest this weekend

April 24, 2024 Case Cockrell 1268 Views All Them Witches, APF, Austin Psych Fest, Dead, Earthless, Ghostwoman, indie rock, live music, Minami Deutsch, preview, psych-rock, The Black Angels, Tropa Magica

The second edition of the revived Austin Psych Fest is coming up fast. With an all-star lineup from all over the psychedelic and indie rock spectrum, different acts from all over the world will make their way to South Austin at Far Out Lounge & Stage’s massive backyard for a two-stage, no-overlap, three-day rock and roll shindig. With more than 25 artists performing over the weekend of April 26-l28, there will be no shortage of music to discover while including Levitation mainstays such as festival founders, The Black Angels, West Coast psych punk berserkers Frankie & The Witch Fingers, Aussie shredders Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, and more. Here are seven more acts The Cosmic Clash team has handpicked as must-sees for the end-of-April festivities. Tickets and set times can be found via the Levitation website here.

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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 1741 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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SXSW live review: The Black Angels performed at Marshall Fun House party and it ruled

March 20, 2024 April Riggs 1888 Views live music, Mc5, Parish, Review, Rocky Erickson, SXSW, The Black Angels, The Grateful Dead, The Velvet Underground

Fast forward to SXSW 2024 and asking Greg why in all these years he’s never asked me to write for TCC and him finding out that I’ve seen The Black Angels (give or take) 40 times since that fateful night back in 2006. And here we are – you’re here to get a recap of Friday’s SXSW show at The Parish for the Marshall Fun House and I’m giving my brief history with the band as it pertains to writing about them.

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SXSW preview: Seven Day Parties to put on your must see list

March 7, 2024 Case Cockrell 1919 Views 13th Floor, Andrew Cashen, Cavalier, day parties, Hotel Vegas, live music, Parish, Pink Fuzz, Play to the Plants, preview, RSVP, South by Southwest, Stubb's, Sx, SXSW, The Black Angels, The Cosmic Clash, The Lost Well

What’s South By Southwest without daytime shenanigans? For every year’s SXSW installment, different activations pop up all over the city

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Live music review: The best of LEVITATION Festival 2023

November 1, 2023 Case Cockrell 1782 Views 13th Floor, DAIISTAR, Death From Above 1979, Far Out Lounge, Fuck Money, Levitation, mohawk, Nolan Potter's Nightmare Band, The Black Angels, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Dandy Warhols

For 2023, Levitation, founded by Austin psych-rock wizards The Black Angels and festival organizer Rob Fitzpatrick, brought the goods for this year’s installment. From garage rock overlord Ty Segall to EDM titan Flying Lotus to the neo psych-rock of Black Angels, Dandy Warhols and The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Levitation brought a vast array of elements that makes festival’s Austin takeover something special for fans and performing artists alike

Case Cockrell Live Music Preview

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

October 25, 2023 Case Cockrell 1048 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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