Levitation (formerly Austin Psych Fest) is an annual 3-day

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developed and produced by

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. Since its sixth year in 2013 it has been held at Carson Creek Ranch in

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. Inspired by the creative explosion of the 1960s, as well as by festivals such as

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and Primavera Sound, they set out to create their vision of a music festival. Over the years, this independent festival has grown to an internationally acclaimed, full weekend event that attracts attendees from all over the world. In 2015 Austin Psych Fest was renamed "Levitation" in honor of Austin's

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rock pioneers The 13th Floor Elevators. The Reverberation Appreciation Society is a creative collective composed of Rob Fitzpatrick, Oswald James, and Christian Bland and Alex Maas of The Black Angels. In addition to the festival in Austin, the group has branched out into other cities beginning in 2013 with Levitation

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and in 2015 with Levitation

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and Levitation

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. The group also runs The Reverberation Appreciation Society record label and has curated events at Austin's

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, The Netherlands'

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, NYC's

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and NRMAL in

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Levitation Austin

The inaugural Austin Psych Fest was held on Saturday 8 March 2008 at The Red Barn in north

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, featuring performances by The Black Angels, Ringo Deathstarr Horse + Donkey among others. In 2009, the festival was extended to three days and was held from March 13–15 at the Radio Room, a short lived venue on Sixth Street.

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' Sky Saxon performed with Shapes Have Fangs as his backing band and Austin psychedelic legends The Golden Dawn performed their 1968 album "Power Plant" in its entirety. The lineup included modern psychedelic heavies

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, A Place to Bury Strangers, Wooden Shjips, The Warlocks, and The Black Angels. The third Austin Psych Fest was held April 23–25, 2010 at The Mohawk, a multi-stage venue on Red River. 41 acts performed, among them, The Raveonettes, Warpaint,

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, The Black Angels and 1960s legends Silver Apples. The 2011 festival was held on April 29-May 1 at the 1950s

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Seaholm Power Plant, a decommissioned steam power plant on the bands of Lady Bird Lake in downtown Austin that had been made temporarily available for events. Due to changes in city ordinances and construction plans, the festival changed venues 3 times before landing back at its originally intended location, The Seaholm Power Plant, and the festival would be the last concert held within the plant's walls. The 63 band bill was topped by

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of The 13th Floor Elevators, Spacemen 3 offshoot Spectrum, Omar A Rodriguez group playing as The Mars Volta lineup,

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, the first performance from Black Moth Super Rainbow in several years, and The Black Angels. Austin Psych Fest 2012 was held April 27–29 at the east-side location of legendary music venue Emo's in conjunction with the Beauty Ballroom. The 5th annual festival featured a 61 band lineup including The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Black Angels, and the Black Lips along with Meat Puppets, The Olivia Tremor Control,

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, and Bombino, among others. The 2013 and 2014 festivals were held at Carson Creek Ranch in Austin, Texas, located on the

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. The 2013 festival, the 6th annual festival, held April 26–28, was the first year for the festival to be held at a completely outdoor venue, as well as the first year to have 3 stages of music, camping, and a poster series featuring US and international artists. The seventh annual festival, held May 2–4, 2014, included 1960s legends The Zombies, as well as

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, The Horrors,

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, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, of Montreal, The Dandy Warhols, The Black Angels and many more. In late 2014

changed the festival's name from Austin Psych Fest to Levitation, titled after a track by Austin

legends The 13th Floor Elevators. The 2015 festival was held May 8–10 at Carson Creek Ranch. The lineup included

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, The Jesus and Mary Chain,

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, Spiritualized, Tame Impala as well as a reunion performance by The 13th Floor Elevators, the band's first performance in 45 years. The dates for the 2016 festival were April 29 - May 1, 2016, and the lineup featured Brian Wilson performing Pet Sounds, Ween, Animal Collective, Caribou, Flying Lotus, Slowdive, Courtney Barnett, Sleep, The Arcs, Brian Jonestown Massacre and many more. The 2016 festival at Carson Creek Ranch was cancelled due to severe weather which caused significant damage to the festival grounds and infrastructure. In response over 20 concerts were organized in downtown Austin hosting the lineup and attendees. In November 2016, festival organizers announced that the festival would not be held in 2017, but would return in 2018. Due to the

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, the festival went on hiatus in 2020. The next year saw the hiatus extended by a year. Leviatation resumed with it’s anticipated 2022 lineup

Levitation hosted

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for their last tour in the USA.

Levitation France

Created in 2013, Levitation France is held annually at Le Chabada in Angers,

. The first Levitation France was held on September 20–21, 2013, hosting a 17-band lineup including The Black Angels,

, Night Beats, Wall of Death, and The UFO Club. The second Levitation France festival was held September 19–20, 2014 and included

, Moon Duo, Woods, Allah-Las, La Femme, and Al Lover. Levitation France 2015 took place September 18–19, 2015.

Films

has released a number of concert films. ''I've Got Levitation'' documents the 50th anniversary reunion of The 13th Floor Elevators at the Levitation 2015 music festival, the band's first performance in 45 years. The documentary, directed by James Oswald and Jack Henry Robbins, offers an immersive glimpse into the festival with interviews and performances by The 13th Floor Elevators,

, The Black Angels, Jesus And Mary Chain, The GOASTT ( Sean Lennon),

, Fuzz ( Ty Segall),

Mac Demarco MacBriare Samuel Lanyon DeMarco (born Vernor Winfield MacBriare Smith IV; April 30, 1990) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. DeMarco has released six full-length studio albums, his debut ''Rock and Roll Night C ...

, Lightning Bolt, Night Beats, and others. The film premiered at Alamo Drafthouse on April 25, 2018. ''Austin Psych Fest: Beyond the Third Sound'' features footage from Austin Psych Fest 2013 and includes performances and interviews with The Black Angels,

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, Acid Mothers Temple, and

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, among others. Other concert films released include APF 2012, APF 2011 "Live at the Power Plant," and APF 3, which features footage from Austin Psych Fest 2010.

Austin Lineups

2016

Brian Wilson Brian Douglas Wilson (born June 20, 1942) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer who co-founded the Beach Boys. Often called a genius for his novel approaches to pop composition, extraordinary musical aptitude, and m ...

performing '' Pet Sounds'' *

Animal Collective Animal Collective is an American experimental pop band formed in Baltimore, Maryland. Its members consist of Avey Tare (David Portner), Panda Bear (Noah Lennox), Geologist (Brian Weitz), and Deakin (Josh Dibb). The band's work is characterized ...

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Flying Lotus Steven Ellison (born October 7, 1983), known by his stage name Flying Lotus or sometimes FlyLo, is an American record producer, Disc jockey, DJ, filmmaker and rapper from Los Angeles. He is also the founder of the record label Brainfeeder. Flyi ...

Slowdive Slowdive is a British rock band that formed in Reading, Berkshire, in 1989. The band consists of Rachel Goswell on vocals and guitar, Neil Halstead on vocals and guitar, Christian Savill on guitar, Nick Chaplin on bass and Simon Scott on drum ...

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Nicolas Jaar Nicolas Jaar (; ; es, Nicolás; born January 10, 1990) is a Chilean-American composer and recording artist based in New York. Among his notable works are the albums ''Space Is Only Noise'' (2011), ''Sirens'' (2016), and '' Cenizas'' (2020). H ...

* The Brian Jonestown Massacre * The Black Angels * Ty Segall *

Lee "Scratch" Perry Lee "Scratch" Perry (born Rainford Hugh Perry; 20 March 1936 – 29 August 2021) was a Jamaican record producer, composer and singer noted for his innovative studio techniques and production style. Perry was a pioneer in the 1970s development o ...

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* Super Furry Animals *

Royal Trux Royal Trux was an American alternative rock band active from 1987 to 2001, reuniting in 2015 but disbanded once again in 2019. It was founded by Neil Hagerty (vocals, guitar) and Jennifer Herrema (vocals). History While still a teenager, Hagerty ...

* Boris * Thurston Moore Band * Black Mountain * Allah-Las *

Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats (written as Uncle Acid and the deadbeats or simply Uncle Acid) are an English rock band, formed in Cambridge by Kevin Starrs. The band have released five albums – the most recent, ''Wasteland'', was released in Octob ...

Parquet Courts Parquet Courts is an American rock band from New York City. The band consists of Andrew Savage (vocals, guitar), Austin Brown (vocals, guitar, keyboard), Sean Yeaton (bass, vocals), and Max Savage (drums). History Band members Andrew Savage a ...

Dungen Dungen ("the grove", ) is a Swedish rock band based in Stockholm. Often classified as psychedelic rock, Dungen is also influenced by Swedish (and other) folk music, classic rock, progressive rock, garage rock and alternative rock. The band ...

Oneohtrix Point Never Daniel Lopatin (born July 25, 1982), best known as Oneohtrix Point Never or OPN, is an American experimental electronic music producer, composer, singer and songwriter. His music has experimented with tropes from various music genres and eras, s ...

* Shabazz Palaces * Woods *

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard are an Australian rock band formed in 2010 in Melbourne, Victoria. The band's current lineup consists of Stu Mackenzie, Ambrose Kenny-Smith, Cook Craig, Joey Walker, Lucas Harwood and Michael Cavanagh. They are ...

* Lee Ranaldo *

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* La Luz * Boogarins *

Heron Oblivion Heron Oblivion is an American psychedelic rock supergroup that first performed in April 2014, when they opened for the War on Drugs. Its members, all of whom were active in the psych-rock scene in the mid 2000s, are: singer and drummer Meg Baird ...

Imarhan Imarhan is an Algerian Tuareg desert rock quintet formed in 2006, in Tamanrasset Tamanrasset (; ar, تامنراست), also known as Tamanghasset or Tamenghest, is an oasis city and capital of Tamanrasset Province in southern Algeria, in the A ...

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*Quraishi *

Mild High Club Mild High Club is an American psychedelic pop group, led by the musician Alexander Brettin. History Brettin grew up in the Midwest, playing flute in his school band. He majored in jazz studies at Columbia College in Chicago, and started Mild H ...

Israel Nash Israel Nash (born January 5, 1981) is the recording and performing stage name moniker of American singer, songwriter, and guitarist Israel Nash Gripka. Career Originally from Missouri, Nash moved to New York City in 2006. Nash performed in clubs ...

*Fantasmes *

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Ultimate Painting Ultimate Painting were an English alternative rock band, formed in London in 2014. The band was composed of co-frontmen Jack Cooper and James Hoare, with a revolving cast of rhythm sections. The band were named after a painting made by the Dro ...

*Asteroid #4 *

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*La Mecanica Popular *Blondi's Salvation *

The Murlocs The Murlocs are an Australian rock band from Melbourne. They are composed of Ambrose Kenny-Smith on vocals and harmonica, Cal Shortal on guitar, Cook Craig on bass guitar, Tim Karmouche on keyboards, and Matt Blach on drums. They were formed in 2 ...

*Flavor Crystal *JJUUJJUU *Cellar Doors

2015

* The 13th Floor Elevators *

* Tame Impala *

* The Jesus and Mary Chain * Spiritualized * The Black Angels *

Mac DeMarco MacBriare Samuel Lanyon DeMarco (born Vernor Winfield MacBriare Smith IV; April 30, 1990) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. DeMarco has released six full-length studio albums, his debut ''Rock and Roll Night C ...

* Lightning Bolt * The Sword * The GOASTT * Earth * DIIV *

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* A Place to Bury Strangers * This Will Destroy You * Fuzz *

The Soft Moon Luis Vasquez is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer credited for creating The Soft Moon in Oakland, California, The Soft Moon has been described as post-punk, darkwave, minimal wave and industrial rock. History The band was fo ...

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* Hundred Visions *

Tamaryn Tamaryn Brown is a New Zealand songwriter and singer based in Los Angeles. Since 2008, Tamaryn has released four studio albums, an EP and several singles. Her multifaceted style melds various genres such as dream pop, shoegaze, post-punk, gothic r ...

* Night Beats * The Fat White Family *

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* Föllakzoid *

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* Ringo Deathstarr *

Indian Jewelry Studded Left, formerly Indian Jewelry, is an American band led by Houston-based artist Erika Thrasher and writer Tex Kerschen. The Rhapsody music service page dedicated to the band describes them thus: "Indian Jewelry are classic Lone Star State ...

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* The Myrrors * Mystic Braves *

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* Las Robertas * Holy Wave *

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* Willie Thrasher & Linda Saddlebeck *

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Mugstar Mugstar are an English rock band, influenced by kraut/psych/space/noise rock such as Oneida, Sonic Youth, Neu! and Hawkwind. Since 2003 they have issued several full-length albums, a split release with Mudhoney and two live albums performing ...

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* The Blank Tapes * Fever the Ghost * Mr. Elevator & The Brain Hotel * ZZZ's * Eternal Tapestry * Samsara Blues Experiment * Paperhead * White Manna * Gourishankar Karmakar & Indrajit Banarjee * Jeff Zeigler & Mary Lattimore * Chui Wan * SURVIVE * Los Mundos * LA Witch * Heaters * Sungod * The Holydrug Couple * Creepoid * Ex Cult * The Well * Tele Novella * Ryan Sambol * Dallas Acid * Baby Robots * Hollow Trees

2014

* The Brian Jonestown Massacre * The Dandy Warhols * The Zombies * The Black Angels * Black Lips * Acid Mothers Temple * Graveyard * Shannon and the Clams * King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard *

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* Liars * La Femme * White Hills *

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* The Horrors * Unknown Mortal Orchestra *

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* Bombino *

* The Golden Dawn *

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* Boogarins * Of Montreal *

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's Slasher Flicks *

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The War on Drugs The War on Drugs is an American rock band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, formed in 2005. The band consists of Adam Granduciel (vocals, guitar), David Hartley (bass guitar), Robbie Bennett (keyboards), Charlie Hall (drums), Jon Natchez (saxopho ...

* Mikal Cronin *

The Young The Young are an indie rock band from Austin, Texas. They released their first album, ''Voyagers of Legend'', in 2010 on Mexican Summer. Afterwards they signed with Matador Records, through whom they released the albums ''Dub Egg'' (2012) and ''C ...

* Pink Mountaintops * Sleepy Sun * Joel Gion & The Primary Colours *

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Bo Ningen Bo Ningen are a Japanese four-piece noise rock and alternative rock band, consisting of Taigen Kawabe (bass/ vocals), Yuki Tsujii (guitar), Kohhei Matsuda (guitar) and Monchan Monna (drums). Though they come from Gumma, Tajimi, Nishinomiya, and T ...

* Earthless * Toy *

Guardian Alien Guardian Alien is a music project started by drummer Greg Fox. There have been many collaborators since the project's inception in 2010, and it is currently the duo of Fox and Alexandra Drewchin. Background Guardian Alien was formed in 2010 by ...

* Steve Gunn * Woods * Gap Dream * Hollis Brown * Brown Sabbath * Terakaft * Bone Fur & Feathers * Peaking Lights * Aqua Nebula Oscillator * Roger Sellers * The Eagle's Gift * Morgan Delt * Pure X * Residuels * Mirror Travel * Jacco Gardner * Barn Owl * Mark McGuire * Circuit Des Yeux * Mono * Moon Duo * Destruction Unit * Dahga Bloom * Perhaps * Cosmonauts * Christian Bland & The Revelators * Charlie Magira * Chris Catalena & The Native Americans *

* Doug Tuttle * Greg Ashley * Fantasmes * Mind over Mirrors * Higgins Waterproof Black Magic Band * Secret Colours * Lorelle Meets the Obsolete * Arrington De Dionyso * Golden Dawn Arkestra * Think No Think

2013

* The Black Angels *

* The Moving Sidewalks * Silver Apples *

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* Acid Mothers Temple * Kaleidoscope * Bass Drum of Death *

The King Khan and BBQ Show The King Khan & BBQ Show is a Canadian garage rock duo from Montreal, Quebec, Canada, who mix doo-wop and punk. The band is composed of former Spaceshits bandmates Mark Sultan and Blacksnake, alias King Khan. Mark Sultan, under the pseudonym BB ...

* Om * The Raveonettes * Warpaint * Black Rebel Motorcycle Club *

* The Growlers *

Deerhunter Deerhunter is an American indie rock band from Atlanta, Georgia, formed in 2001. The band currently consists of Bradford Cox (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Moses Archuleta (drums, electronics, sound treatments), Lotus Plaza, Lockett Pundt (guitar, ...

* Os Mutantes * Boris *

* The Warlocks * Wall of Death *

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* Dead Skeletons *

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's Brain Pulse Music *

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* Black Mountain * Vinyl Williams *

* Night Beats * Elephant Stone *

Deap Vally Deap Vally are an American rock duo, formed in Los Angeles, California in 2011. The group consists of Lindsey Troy (guitar, vocals) and Julie Edwards (drums and vocals). They have released three albums, an EP and a number of singles. Both album ...

Quintron Quintron (real name Robert Rolston; born c. 1967 in Germany) is an American musician and leader of the eponymous one-man-band, "Quintron". He is a nightclub organist and inventor, who has patented a number of his own inventions and often perfor ...

and Miss Pussycat *

Young Magic Young Magic is an American electronic music group from Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2010. The project consists of multi-instrumentalists and producers Melati Malay and Isaac Emmanuel. The group is known for their percussive musical style, often ...

* The Laurels * The Besnard Lakes * Lumerians * Spectrum * The Holydrug Couple * Holy Wave * Golden Animals * The Cult of Dom Keller * No Joy * Ride Into the Sun * The Wolf * Hollow Trees * Kay Leotard * Tjutjuna * The Shivas * Capsula * Black Bananas * Woodsman * TTotals * Jackson Scott * JJUUJJUU * St. James Society * Hearts in Space * Dreamtime * LSD and the Search for God

2012

* The Brian Jonestown Massacre * The Black Angels * Black Lips *

* The Golden Dawn * Bombino * Meat Puppets * The Telescopes *

Dead Confederate Dead Confederate was an American alternative rock band, formed in Augusta, Georgia and based in Athens, Georgia. The band's sound was described as a mix of alternative country, psychedelic rock and grunge, and has drawn comparisons to Nirvana and ...

* Night Beats *

* Black Lips * Pink Mountaintops *

The Entrance Band The Entrance Band (formerly called Entrance) is a band started by Guy Blakeslee (born April 29, 1981). Their style of music has been described as psychedelic rock or stoner rock. Blakeslee was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland and first ga ...

* Disappears * Allah-Las * Wooden Shjips * Ringo Deathstarr * Singapore Sling *

Sun Araw Cameron Stallones, better known as Sun Araw, is an American musician. Previously a member of the band Magic Lantern, he has released several albums of experimental music, including a collaboration with Jamaican reggae group The Congos. He has als ...

Prince Rama Prince Rama (previously Prince Rama of Ayodhya) was a two-piece "now age" psych- dance band based in Brooklyn, New York, founded by sisters Taraka Larson and Nimai Larson. Discovered by Animal Collective's Avey Tare in a Texas dive bar in 201 ...

* Psychic Ills * The Olivia Tremor Control * Wall of Death * Woods *

The Stepkids The Stepkids are an American psychedelic soul band composed of Tim Walsh, Jeff Gitelman, and Dan Edinberg. Their early live performances were characterized by kaleidoscopic projections by experimental video artists David Pond and Jesse Mann, cons ...

* Federale *

The Vacant Lots The Vacant Lots are an American post-punk electro band based in Brooklyn, New York. History The Vacant Lots are a two-piece post-punk electro band formed by Jared Artaud and Brian MacFadyen in Burlington, Vermont. The group is now based out ...

Quest for Fire ''Quest for Fire'' may refer to: * ''The Quest for Fire'', a 1911 novel by J. H. Rosny * ''Quest for Fire'' (film), a 1981 film adaptation of the 1911 novel * "Quest for Fire", a song by Iron Maiden from 1983's ''Piece of Mind'' * ''Quest for Fir ...

* Feathers * Moon Duo * MMoss * Acid Baby Jesus * The UFO Club * Holy Wave * The Meek * Strangers Family Band * Cosmonauts * The Orange Revival * Al Lover * Feeding People * Peaking Lights * Sleep Over * Lotus Plaza * Mind Spiders * The Astroid #4 * Smoke and Feathers * Paperhead * High Wolf * Amen Dunes * Pure X * The Ripe * The Blue Angel Lounge * Ancient River * Secret Colours * The Cush * New Fumes * Brooklyn Raga Association * Headdress * The Band in Heaven

2011

* The Black Angels *

* Black Moth Super Rainbow *

* A Place to Bury Strangers * The Growlers * This Will Destroy You *

Atlas Sound Bradford James Cox (born May 15, 1982) is an American singer-songwriter and musician, best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the indie rock band Deerhunter. He also pursues a solo career under the moniker Atlas Sound. Cox formed Deerh ...

Dirty Beaches Alex Zhang Hungtai (born September 4, 1980 in Taipei) is a Taiwanese-born Canadian musician and actor. In addition to his given name, he makes music under the names Last Lizard and Dirty Beaches. Zhang released several EPs and three albums as D ...

* Pontiak *

The Quarter After Rob Campanella is a musician, best known as a Los Angeles producer, engineer, and member of The Quarter After. Music career Producer and engineer Campanella has produced and engineered albums for his own band The Quarter After, and for cli ...

* Bass Drum of Death *

* Sleepy Sun * Prefuse 73 * ST37 * Night Beats *

* Beach Fossils *

* Lumerians * White Hills * ZAZA * Radio Moscow * Pete International Airport – Members of The Dandy Warhols and The Upsidedown * Crocodiles * Wall of Death * Cloudland Cayon * Christian Bland * Shapes Have Fangs * Omar A Rodriguez playing as The Mars Volta lineup * The Shine Brothers * Spectrum * Holy Wave * Daughters of the Sun * Chris Catalena * The Meek * The Cult of Dom Keller * Lower Heaven * No Joy * The Blue Angel Lounge * Zechs Marquis * Hellfire Social * Sky Drops * Beaches * Woodsman * Ghost Box Orchestra * Tjutjuna * Young Prisms * Weird Owl * Diamond Center * Black Hollies * Sound Mass * Cold Sun

2010

* The Black Angels * Silver Apples * The Raveonettes * Warpaint *

* The Warlocks * Ringo Deathstarr * Pink Mountaintops *

* Night Beats * Daughters of the Sun * Christian Bland & The Revelators * Golden Animals * Shapes Have Fangs * The Tunnels * Smoke and Feathers * Headdress * Von Haze * PJ and the Bear * Sisters of Your Sunshine Vapor * The Vandelles * Greg Ashley * The Meek * The Frequency * Screen Vinyl Image * Cry Blood Apache * City Center * Telepathik Friend * Tia Carrera * Ancient River * Sky Parade * Mondo Drag * Voices Voices * Yellow Fever * Pure Ecstasy * Rayon Beach * Strangers Family Band * Ghost Songs * All in the Golden Afternoon

2009

* The Black Angels * Sky "Sunlight" Saxon of

* The Warlocks * The Golden Dawn *

* Wooden Shjips * A Place to Bury Strangers * The Strange Boys * The Upsidedown * Miranda Lee Richards * Shapes Have Fangs * Christian Bland & The Revelators * Daughters of the Sun * Cavedweller * Woven Bones * Lower Heaven * Golden Animals * Smoke and Feathers * Cartright * Astronaut Suit * The Astroid #4 * The Tunnels * PJ and the Bear * The Shine Brothers * The Vandelles * Forever Changes

2008

* The Black Angels *

* The Strange Boys * Acid Tomb *

* Ringo Deathstarr * The Upsidedown * Horse + Donkey * The Tunnels * Astronaut Suit * Cavedweller

Angers, FR Lineups

2014

* Joel Gion * Woods *

* The GOASTT *

* Allah-Las *

* White Hills * La Femme *

Ben Frost Ben Frost (born 1980) is an Australian-Icelandic musician, composer, record producer, sound designer, and director. Life Born in Melbourne, Australia, and based in Reykjavík, Iceland, since 2005, Frost composes minimalist, instrumental, a ...

* Christian Bland & The Revelators * Moon Duo * Amen Dunes * J.C. Satan * Aqua Nebula Oscillator * Orval Carlos Sibelius * The Astroid #4 * Holy Wave * POW! * High Wolf * Al Lover * The Eagle's Gift

2013

* The Black Angels *

* Wall of Death * The Telescopes * Dead Skeletons *

Tamikrest Tamikrest (Tamashek for ''junction, alliance, the future'') is a group of musicians who belong to the Tuareg people. The band was founded in 2006 in Kidal, Mali. They mix traditional African music with Western rock and pop influences and sing in T ...

* Elephant Stone * Night Beats * Damo Suzuki * Beak> * Strangers Family Band * Lonely Walk * Camera * Lola Colt * Blondi's Salvation *

Mars Red Sky Mars Red Sky is a stoner rock band from Bordeaux, France. Background Formed in 2007, Mars Red Sky originates in Bordeaux, France, and is made up of Julien Pras (guitar, vocals), Jimmy Kinast (bass, vocals), and Mathieu Gazeau (drums). Their m ...

Chicago Lineups

2016

* Lightning Bolt (band) * Chelsea Wolfe * Health (band) *

* Earthless *

Faust (band) Faust (English: "fist") are a German rock band from Hamburg. Formed in 1971 by producer and former music journalist Uwe Nettelbeck, the group was originally composed of Werner "Zappi" Diermaier (b.1949), Hans Joachim Irmler (b.1950), Arnulf M ...

* Gary Wilson *

* Night Beats *

Blanck Mass Blanck Mass is a British electronic solo project by Ivor Novello Award-winning composer Benjamin J Power. He is a founding member of Fuck Buttons. In 2022 Power announced he joined Editors as a full-time member. Career His track "Sundowner" wa ...

* Rangda *

Eartheater Geophagini is a Tribe (biology), tribe of cichlids from the subfamily Cichlinae, the American cichlids. It is the sister taxon to the clade which includes the Cichlasomatini and Heroini. Fishes in the Geophagini are distributed from Panama south ...

* Circuit Des Yeux *

Bitchin Bajas Bitchin' Bajas is a band operated as a side-project by Cooper Crain, who is also guitarist/organist of the band Cave. The other members are Dan Quinlivan and Rob Frye. Their first album, ''Tones & Zones'', was released in 2010. They have recor ...

* Night Fields * Methyl Ethel

2015

* Swervedriver * Viet Cong *

* Oren Ambarchi * Lumerians * Destruction Unit * Mind over Mirrors * Jeff Zeigler & Mary Lattimore * Heaters * The Pop Group * Noveller * Camera * Heat Leisure * Vision Fortune * Christines * Gateway Drugs

Vancouver, BC Lineups

2015

* The Black Angels *

Dead Moon Dead Moon was an American punk rock band active from 1987 to 2006, formed in Portland, Oregon. History Fronted by the singer/guitarist Fred Cole, the band also included the bass guitarist Toody Cole and the drummer Andrew Loomis. Veterans ...

* A Place to Bury Strangers *

* The Warlocks * Joel Gion * Black Mountain * Black Lips *

Witch Witchcraft traditionally means the use of Magic (supernatural), magic or supernatural powers to harm others. A practitioner is a witch. In Middle Ages, medieval and early modern Europe, where the term originated, accused witches were usually ...

Drenge Drenge may refer to: * ''Boys'' (1977 film), a 1977 Danish film, originally ''Drenge'' *Drenge (band) Drenge are an English three-piece rock band made up of Eoin Loveless, on guitar and vocals, his younger brother Rory, on drums, and Rob Grah ...

* Night Beats * Elephant Stone *

* King Tuff * Willie Thrasher & Linda Saddlebeck *

Jonathan Toubin Jonathan Toubin (born July 29, 1971) is an American DJ, record producer, musician, writer, and historian. He is the founder and proprietor of the New York Night Train event production company. Heralded "The most-liked man in the soul music scene ...

's Soul Clap * Shigeto * Mystic Braves * Al Lover * Peregrine Falls * Circuit Des Yeux * Waingro * JJUUJJUU * The Shivas * Sun Ra Star System * Mr. Elevator & The Brain Hotel * Amen Dunes * LA Witch * Cosmonauts * Tacocat * La Luz * Dead Ghosts * Dead Quiet *

Curtis Harding Curtis Harding (born June 11, 1979) is an American singer and songwriter. Primarily a soul artist, his "slop 'n' soul" style carries the influence of genres including blues, gospel, psychedelia, R&B, and rock. His first album, ''Soul Power'' (201 ...

Mamiffer Mamiffer is an American band based in Seattle, Washington. It started out as a solo project for former Pyramids and Everlovely Lightningheart member Faith Coloccia that later saw several session musicians and collaborators, most consistently Aaro ...

* The Backhomes * Twin River * Ancients * Biblical * White Poppy * Dada Plan * Black Wizard * Gateway Drugs * Blackbird Blackbird * Three Wolf Moon * The Shrine * All Them Witches

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