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Live music review: A Funky Levitation Full of Surprises or How April Spent the Fest

October 3, 2025 April Dawne 1964 Views A Place to Bury Strangers, APTBS, Boy Harsher, Destroyer, Diles Que No Me Maten, Frankie and the Witch Fingers, fusion, indie rock, jam rock, La Femme, Mdou Moctar, music festival, Olliver Ackermann, Palmer Events Center, Population II, psych-rock, punk rock, rock n roll, Rose City Band, Secret Chiefs 3, Swervedriver, synth wave, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Raveonettes, TV on the Radio, TVOTR, Unknown Mortal Orchestra

Adulting is mostly a bummer, and Levitation weekend (September 26-28) coincided with a very important work event happening all day Saturday. Thankfully, the big boss sent an email to the team instructing us to do what we needed to do for self-care, leading up to Saturday. Perfect! I consider live music to be something that can soothe the beast, and from Tuesday through Sunday, I got my fill. It was a funky Levitation that was full of surprises.

Greg Ackerman Live Music Preview

Live music preview: The Levitation 2025 schedule dropped with lots more artists

August 19, 2025 Greg Ackerman 3658 Views Good Looks, Laveda, Levitation, live music, Mastodon, night shows, Palmer Events Center, Pile, post-punk, preview, psych-rock, Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol, schedule announce, Skloss, The Black Angels, TV on the Radio

Last Friday, the original psych-rock focused music festival, Levitation dropped their 2025 daily schedule along with a couple of additions to the bill in for the main fest programming at Palmer Events Center and 14 acts were added to the Night Show bills. Austin bands, Daiistar, Skloss, Good Looks and Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol joined the party as did Cosmic Clash show veterans Laveda (NYC). The humble Austin music fest that began as Austin Psych Fest in 2008, rebranded in 2016 as Levitation eventually expanding to four days of cutting-edge programing at venues throughout Austin.

Greg Ackerman Live Music Preview

Live music preview: Six bands to see at Kilby Block Party 2025

May 14, 2025 Greg Ackerman 4256 Views Bui, Built To Spill, indie rock, Justice, Kilby Block Party, Kilby Court, live music, music festival, Nation of Language, New Order, preview, Rilo Kiley, rock n roll, S&S Presents, TV on the Radio, Utah State Fairpark, Weezer

he DIY spirit of Kilby Court runs through the heart of the SLC music scene culminating each May with Kilby Block Party at the Utah State Fairpark. This year’s edition has expanded to a fourth evening on Thursday, May 15. The fest runs through Sunday, May 18 with a lineup of bands that stands out among American music festivals this year. The added day was to accommodate the schedule of New Order who haven’t played Utah in 35 years. The rest of the lineup is mind blowing with acts like Beach House, Weezer and Justice who will perform in Salt Lake for the first time. Four-day passes and single day tickets are still available here. Read on to learn more about six bands to see at Kilby Block Party in 2025.