Took some video here and there... Will post at some point, but it's time to go westbound and down. Still need to perform my civic duty and listen to Tres Hombres in Texas.
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 29 April 2013 10:05 (eleven years ago) link
"while driving through Texas" I mean.
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 29 April 2013 10:06 (eleven years ago) link
First announcement for 2014 is pretty great:
http://noisey.vice.com/blog/get-psyched-for-austin-psych-fest
Headliners are fine and all, but imo this poster surges in the middle and finishes strong.
http://assets.noisey.com/content-images/contentimage/21040/APF2014-WEB.jpg
― alpine static, Wednesday, 4 December 2013 17:46 (ten years ago) link
missin' the stank, but otherwise looks solid!
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 4 December 2013 17:47 (ten years ago) link
That is a nice variety.
― Trip Maker, Wednesday, 4 December 2013 17:48 (ten years ago) link
The Golden Dawn!!!!
― sleeve, Wednesday, 4 December 2013 17:49 (ten years ago) link
there is a small chance (depending on gf's grad school application results) that i may be living in austin in May, so i'd be pretty pumped to attend if i could!
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 4 December 2013 18:00 (ten years ago) link
Going again! Had such a great time at the last one.
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 4 December 2013 20:17 (ten years ago) link
http://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2014-02-07/playback-unlocking-infest/
Psych Fest's Second MovementThe Reverberation Appreciation Society confirms a second wave of acts performing at the seventh annual Austin Psych Fest May 2-4 at Carson Creek Ranch. Headliner Primal Scream has fallen off the bill following news last week that the Scottish rockers canceled their U.S. tour. "The cancellation of a top-billed artist is quite a blow for a small independent festival like Austin Psych Fest," admits festival organizer Rob Fitzpatrick. "While we did our best to try and keep them on the bill after the tour got scrapped, the band couldn't make it work." In their place, the Brian Jonestown Massacre, which headlined Psych Fest two years ago, and Dandy Warhols, the former act's co-stars in essential rock doc Dig! This second vetting, which comes in the wake of the APF's initial Dec. 4 announcement, heralds the return of Nigerian guitar slinger Bombino, who pairs nicely with fellow Saharan desert rockers Terakaft. Other notables joining previously announced psych festers Loop, the Zombies, the Horrors, Of Montreal, Black Lips, and Black Angels include garage-pop idol Mikal Cronin, Swedish retro-metallers Graveyard, and TV on the Radio side project Higgins Waterproof Black Magic Band. The Octopus Project leads a list of new locals: Pure X, Holy Wave, Roger Sellers, and Mirror Travel. Other new additions include Temples, Night Beats, Warlocks, Peaking Lights, Pink Mountaintops, the Fresh & Onlys, Bardo Pond, Asteroid #4, Sleepy Sun, Cosmonauts, Indian Jewelry, Elephant Stone, Golden Animals, Morgan Delt, Mark McGuire, Secret Colours, Doug Tuttle, and Les Big Byrd. "We know it will be the best year yet," enthuses Fitzpatrick, "regardless of this bump in the road."
The Reverberation Appreciation Society confirms a second wave of acts performing at the seventh annual Austin Psych Fest May 2-4 at Carson Creek Ranch. Headliner Primal Scream has fallen off the bill following news last week that the Scottish rockers canceled their U.S. tour. "The cancellation of a top-billed artist is quite a blow for a small independent festival like Austin Psych Fest," admits festival organizer Rob Fitzpatrick. "While we did our best to try and keep them on the bill after the tour got scrapped, the band couldn't make it work." In their place, the Brian Jonestown Massacre, which headlined Psych Fest two years ago, and Dandy Warhols, the former act's co-stars in essential rock doc Dig! This second vetting, which comes in the wake of the APF's initial Dec. 4 announcement, heralds the return of Nigerian guitar slinger Bombino, who pairs nicely with fellow Saharan desert rockers Terakaft. Other notables joining previously announced psych festers Loop, the Zombies, the Horrors, Of Montreal, Black Lips, and Black Angels include garage-pop idol Mikal Cronin, Swedish retro-metallers Graveyard, and TV on the Radio side project Higgins Waterproof Black Magic Band. The Octopus Project leads a list of new locals: Pure X, Holy Wave, Roger Sellers, and Mirror Travel. Other new additions include Temples, Night Beats, Warlocks, Peaking Lights, Pink Mountaintops, the Fresh & Onlys, Bardo Pond, Asteroid #4, Sleepy Sun, Cosmonauts, Indian Jewelry, Elephant Stone, Golden Animals, Morgan Delt, Mark McGuire, Secret Colours, Doug Tuttle, and Les Big Byrd. "We know it will be the best year yet," enthuses Fitzpatrick, "regardless of this bump in the road."
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 6 February 2014 19:18 (ten years ago) link
More to the point: BARDO POND!
Rightly so.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 6 February 2014 19:21 (ten years ago) link
oh man!!
― we slowly invented brains (La Lechera), Thursday, 6 February 2014 21:06 (ten years ago) link
I just bought tickets. Too many bands I've long wanted to see that won't be anywhere else near me.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 18 February 2014 19:24 (ten years ago) link
ugh you guys i want to go to this SOOO BAD
is the venue nice? are we talking multiple stages here? if so, how badly do the sets conflict?
that Doug Tuttle album is awesome
― alpine static, Wednesday, 12 March 2014 05:23 (ten years ago) link
Pictures above should give you an idea at least. Thought the venue was outstanding for what's basically a big park next to a river.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBS2G2zwj_Y
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 12 March 2014 08:24 (ten years ago) link
thanks for posting that video, it certainly seems to capture what it's like being there. huge help.
i wish more festivals spread their programming across multiple indoor venues in an urban settin as opposed to setting up stages in a giant field. like SXSW and MusicfestNW in Portland, although MFNW just changed from the former to the latter.
― alpine static, Wednesday, 12 March 2014 15:57 (ten years ago) link
oh Elvis, man, i just scrolled up. somehow i had totally missed your 2013 reports/pics/vids. wouldn't have even asked my question if i had seen 'em. thanks.
― alpine static, Wednesday, 12 March 2014 16:00 (ten years ago) link
The problem with multiple indoor venues are the lines to get in - makes stage-hopping very difficult if you have to keep waiting.
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 12 March 2014 21:26 (ten years ago) link
Medicine just added!
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 30 March 2014 06:48 (ten years ago) link
Also, there's some sort of pre-party going on with The Warlocks. More info as it comes in...
Anyone else here going?
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 30 March 2014 06:49 (ten years ago) link
I'm going. Won't catch the pre-show, but I'll be there for the fest itself.
― EZ Snappin, Sunday, 30 March 2014 07:24 (ten years ago) link
Daily Lineups are up. Loop closing the festival:
http://www.austinpsychfest.com/daily-lineups-and-single-day-passes-released/
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 2 April 2014 20:07 (ten years ago) link
Annoyed that I have to choose between Medicine, Acid Mothers Temple, and The Horrors on Saturday night.
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 24 April 2014 07:21 (ten years ago) link
medicine
― denial plan (electricsound), Thursday, 24 April 2014 10:24 (ten years ago) link
That's what I'm leaning towards even though I saw them last year.
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 24 April 2014 12:07 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, that's one of the worst overlaps. Leaning toward Medicine myself.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 24 April 2014 12:15 (ten years ago) link
acid mothers were kind of a letdown when i saw them, might of just been an off night though
― brio, Thursday, 24 April 2014 13:45 (ten years ago) link
So, I still detest festivals, but this was pretty amazing.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 16:35 (ten years ago) link
pretty bummed I wasn't able to go
― nitro-burning funny car (Moodles), Tuesday, 6 May 2014 17:26 (ten years ago) link
As I suspected, my favorite bands were the ones I had no clue about... La Femme's manic on-the-border-of-silly-but-totally-in-control garagesplatter mayhem. Kikagaku Moyo's utterly heroic transcendence (so badass they play the sitar standing up)
Loop was perfect. By Sunday, Psych Fest was in need of a serious Wire-like intensity to blow out the "hey man, keep Austin weird hippies" and Loop delivered. "Arc Light," "Mother Sky" and a light show the size of a drive-in movie theater was worth the drive and deficit spending to get out here.
Also, I met EZ Snappin! Subtract another degree of ILX separation.
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 17:39 (ten years ago) link
Don't forget Zombie Zombie! No clue they'd be that much fun.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 18:08 (ten years ago) link
http://kinggizzardandthelizardwizard.com/album/float-along-fill-your-lungs
my coworker caught these guys, said they were amazing. this song is an entrancing behemoth.
― Hunt3r, Friday, 9 May 2014 19:35 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzTfiZ7a2JY
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 10 May 2014 02:25 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rDW3fCoUAQ
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 10 May 2014 02:27 (ten years ago) link
Nice!
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 10 May 2014 02:29 (ten years ago) link
EZ, Elvis, other Austin locals,
are any of you musicians with an interest in making some kind of psychedelic music on a casual level?
― nitro-burning funny car (Moodles), Saturday, 10 May 2014 15:06 (ten years ago) link
I would if I played anything, or at least anything vaguely well. Alas, I do not.
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 10 May 2014 15:40 (ten years ago) link
I'm always up for that, but I don't live in Austin. (I live in LA)
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 13 May 2014 09:26 (ten years ago) link
My rather long Psych Fest diary is up:
http://www.steelforbrains.com/post/85914798692/sfb-psych-fest
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 16 May 2014 14:49 (ten years ago) link
Black Ryder at APF a couple years ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPzgwRNf920
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 14 August 2014 06:39 (nine years ago) link
First round of bands for next year announced. Has about 10% of the appeal of the 2014 lineup, but I bet it'll sell more tickets:
http://www.austinpsychfest.com/2015-festival/levitation-2015-lineup/
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 3 December 2014 17:23 (nine years ago) link
That line up and "rebranding" makes it sound like Urban Outfitters took over. Why let The Flaming Lips on stage in the year 2015?
― Tomás Piñon (Ryan), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 21:15 (nine years ago) link
This confused me at first. So Levitation (which I think is a good name) is the new name of APF? Did they announce this and I missed it? In other words, this is the APF lineup, not a second event.
― alpine static, Wednesday, 3 December 2014 22:23 (nine years ago) link
correct. They've used Levitation overseas and want to unite the brands.
and this lineup is 90% suck.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 3 December 2014 22:54 (nine years ago) link
yeesh. looks like I missed the boat to go to one of these, then :(
― Lorde 2Pac Beck Mashup (crüt), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 23:23 (nine years ago) link
Some good bands in the middle-tier, but I'm going to sit this one out.
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 4 December 2014 00:26 (nine years ago) link
O RLY?
http://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/music/2015-02-12/13th-floor-elevators-to-reunite-at-levitation-festival/
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 13 February 2015 20:09 (nine years ago) link
Yeah this smells like a road trip!
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 13 February 2015 20:36 (nine years ago) link
There's going to be spin-off Levitation/APF in Vancouver BC in the first week of June. No line-up announced yet except Black Mountain (and yeah they are from here & have played a million times so big deal really).
― everything, Friday, 13 February 2015 23:12 (nine years ago) link
One good day. Might head down on Sunday but man are Friday and Saturday not my thing.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 13 February 2015 23:13 (nine years ago) link
and all the backup shows sold out instantly
― Check Yr Scrobbles (Moodles), Friday, 29 April 2016 21:28 (eight years ago) link
Pictures from the Sleep, Boris, SunnO show show amplifier stacks worthy of MBV if not more. Worth searching instagram for picts.
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 1 May 2016 00:42 (eight years ago) link