Black Ryder at APF a couple years ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPzgwRNf920
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 14 August 2014 06:39 (ten 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
In some alt. universe where I could actually attend this I'd probably at least try to catch Sungod's set on Saturday, and maybe Eartj, but yeah Sunday def has the most solid lineup.
― the saer returns (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 14 February 2015 14:28 (nine years ago) link
*obv I meant Earth
― the saer returns (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 14 February 2015 14:30 (nine years ago) link
Anyone planning on going to Levitation (formerly Austin Psych Fest) this year? I don't usually do these things, but there are just way too many acts I'm excited about.
http://levitation-austin.com/
― Check Yr Scrobbles (Moodles), Thursday, 25 February 2016 13:48 (eight years ago) link
I'll be there! The lineup is pretty incredible compared to most of the other big ticket festivals, which have become super lame imo. I was originally planning to go to Shaky Knees in Atlanta again this year, but I was betrayed by this year's lineup- So Austin here I come.
― crunchytunes, Monday, 29 February 2016 21:40 (eight years ago) link
arrrrrggghhh!!!!!
festival canceled, very disappointed
― Check Yr Scrobbles (Moodles), Thursday, 28 April 2016 23:23 (eight years ago) link
friend of a friend just arrived from England for this :(
― the 'major tom guy' (sleeve), Thursday, 28 April 2016 23:31 (eight years ago) link
that sucks. I'm keeping an eye out for any good replacement shows over the weekend. Would still really like to see Flying Lotus, OPN, and Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith in particular.
― Check Yr Scrobbles (Moodles), Thursday, 28 April 2016 23:32 (eight years ago) link
FWIW there's shitty weather coming in (rain with possible flooding), and this event didn't seem ready to handle that.
― Now I Know How Joan of Arcadia Felt (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 28 April 2016 23:51 (eight years ago) link
It's the venue that is the issue, not the event organizers or anything they can control. It's a big open field by a river. The parking lot is a field. It'd be impassable in minutes with rain, and there's no cover for hail,tornados, etc.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 28 April 2016 23:57 (eight years ago) link
that's a huge bummer for folks who came in from out of town for this... but you really, really don't want to be caught in a giant crowd in a flood-prone area during a flash flood here. I feel even worse for the organizers, because if the storms don't materialize, they're going to get (unfairly) savaged.
bright side: I now have a fighting chance to see Slowdive if they manage to rebook at another local venue!
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Friday, 29 April 2016 00:37 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, it seems like when a big selling point of your event is on-site camping, cancelling on those grounds is a no-brainer.
This could be a boon for other venues in Austin and surrounding markets if they could pick up some of the acts (although I don't know how much contract dodging that would entail).
― Now I Know How Joan of Arcadia Felt (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 29 April 2016 00:43 (eight years ago) link
And by "event not being ready to handle that", I meant having back-up venues in town or another--perhaps indoor--site ready, but otoh that is kind of nuts.
― Now I Know How Joan of Arcadia Felt (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 29 April 2016 00:46 (eight years ago) link
The logistics of a "just in case" backup for an event with three simultaneous stages and 10-15,000 fans is basically impossible. Would be nice, and I feel horrible for the promotors and the people that have traveled from all over the globe.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 29 April 2016 00:55 (eight years ago) link
probably the tornadoes and extensive straight-line wind damage from tuesday night's storms made the county a little more conservative in their judgement... same conditions are forecast for friday night and the ground is pretty saturated.
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Friday, 29 April 2016 01:03 (eight years ago) link
bummer. i was contemplating heading out to at least one day of this. i think they obviously made the right decision.
― ryan, Friday, 29 April 2016 01:08 (eight years ago) link
XPS Wow, did not realize they were drawing that much. A just in case scenario there would only work if they were at a venue were they could just move everything inside and, you know, wasn't a three-day deal. (Many years ago a Houston date of the Warped tour got hampered by a huge rainstorm. The venue was the then-new Reliant Park--they were gonna do a half and half indoor outdoor setup but had move everything inside and just made the end time much much later (from 8:00 PM to 11-12-ish). Perhaps the venue took exception, because the a similar weather thing happened to the event a couple years later, and it was cancelled outright.
― Now I Know How Joan of Arcadia Felt (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 29 April 2016 01:18 (eight years ago) link
it seems like the brunt of the bad weather will be tomorrow evening, I'm surprised they didn't try to run on Sat. and Sun.
― Check Yr Scrobbles (Moodles), Friday, 29 April 2016 01:25 (eight years ago) link
on the website they explain that they had to clear out of the grounds and wont have time to set up again.
― ryan, Friday, 29 April 2016 01:26 (eight years ago) link
Plus the grounds themselves will be muddy as fuck--not a problem for hippies, natch--but they'll have to re-sod the whole place afterwards (a similar thing happened to Zilker Park after an ACL Fest iirc).
― Now I Know How Joan of Arcadia Felt (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 29 April 2016 01:36 (eight years ago) link
i was at that ACL, got there early because i was volunteering and got to watch the grass slowly turn to sludge throughout the course of the day. it was pure mud -- i remember everyone walking around barefoot and thinking it was a bad idea and low and behold a good number of people got some weird skin condition!
― ryan, Friday, 29 April 2016 01:38 (eight years ago) link
two friends just flew down for this from NY...
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Friday, 29 April 2016 01:39 (eight years ago) link
all that scary weather everyone was panicked about is looking less and less likely to materialize, very typical Austin weather paranoia
― Check Yr Scrobbles (Moodles), Friday, 29 April 2016 20:11 (eight years ago) link
All the scary weather went up I-35 to DFW.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 29 April 2016 21:14 (eight 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