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 ATP 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' Le Guess Who?, NYC's CMJ 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 Dead Meadow, A Place to Bury Strangers,

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, 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,

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, Warpaint,

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, The Black Angels and 1960s legends

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. 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,

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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

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, as well as

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, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, of Montreal,

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, 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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, 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 Kikagaku Moyo for their last tour in the USA.

Levitation France

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

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

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, 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 (

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, Fuzz (

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, Lightning Bolt,

, 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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, White Fence, Acid Mothers Temple, and Tinariwen, 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

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performing '' Pet Sounds'' *

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* Flying Lotus *

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* The Brian Jonestown Massacre * The Black Angels *

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* Sunn O))) *

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* 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 * Oneohtrix Point Never *

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* Woods * King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard * Lee Ranaldo *

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* La Luz * Boogarins * Heron Oblivion *

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* Purson *Quraishi *

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*Fantasmes *

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*Asteroid #4 *

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*La Mecanica Popular *Blondi's Salvation *

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*Flavor Crystal *JJUUJJUU *Cellar Doors

2015

* The 13th Floor Elevators *

* Tame Impala *

* The Black Angels *

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* Lightning Bolt *

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* The GOASTT * Earth * DIIV *

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* A Place to Bury Strangers *

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* Fuzz *

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* White Fence * Hundred Visions * Tamaryn *

* The Fat White Family * Mini Mansions * Föllakzoid *

The Black Ryder The Black Ryder is songwriting duo Aimee Nash and Scott Von Ryper, who originate from Sydney, Australia. Their debut album ''Buy The Ticket, Take The Ride'' was released through their own label ''The Anti-Machine Machine'' / EMI Music Australia ...

* Ringo Deathstarr * Indian Jewelry * Nothing * The Myrrors * Mystic Braves * Spindrift * Las Robertas * Holy Wave * Vaadat Charigim * Willie Thrasher & Linda Saddlebeck * Ryley Walker * Mugstar *

The Flowers of Hell The Flowers of Hell are a transatlantic experimental orchestra made up of a revolving line-up of 16 or so independent musicians based in Toronto and London. Their mostly instrumental sound builds bridges between classical music and post-rock, sh ...

* 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 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 (band), White Hills * Kadavar *

* Unknown Mortal Orchestra * Temples (band), Temples * Bombino * Dead Meadow * The Golden Dawn * Bardo Pond * Boogarins * Of Montreal * Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks * Medicine (band), Medicine * The Octopus Project * Zombie Zombie (band), Zombie Zombie * Yamantaka // Sonic Titan *

* The War on Drugs (band), The War on Drugs * Mikal Cronin * The Young * Pink Mountaintops * Sleepy Sun * Joel Gion & The Primary Colours * Tobacco (musician), Tobacco * Bo Ningen * Earthless * Toy (English band), Toy * Guardian Alien * Steve Gunn (musician), 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 * Kikagaku Moyo * 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 *

* Goat (band), Goat * Acid Mothers Temple * Kaleidoscope (UK band), Kaleidoscope * Bass Drum of Death * King Khan (musician), The King Khan and BBQ Show * White Fence * Om (band), Om *

* Warpaint * Black Rebel Motorcycle Club * Tinariwen *

* The Growlers * Deerhunter * Os Mutantes * Boris *

* Wall of Death * Man or Astro-man? * Dead Skeletons * Masaki Batoh's Brain Pulse Music * Tamaryn * Gary War * Suuns * VietNam (band), VietNam * Black Mountain * Vinyl Williams * Indian Jewelry *

* Elephant Stone (band), Elephant Stone * Deap Vally * Quintron and Miss Pussycat *

* Young Magic * The Laurels (band), 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 * Dead Meadow * The Golden Dawn * Bombino * Meat Puppets * The Telescopes * Dead Confederate *

* Black Lips * Pink Mountaintops * Spindrift * Entrance (musician), The Entrance Band * Disappears * Allah-Las *

* Ringo Deathstarr * Singapore Sling (band), Singapore Sling * Sun Araw * Prince Rama *

* Psychic Ills (band), Psychic Ills * The Olivia Tremor Control * Wall of Death * Woods * The Stepkids * Federale (band), Federale * The Vacant Lots * Quest for Fire (band), Quest for Fire * Feathers (American band), 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 * Tobacco (musician), Tobacco *

* A Place to Bury Strangers * The Growlers *

* Atlas Sound *

* Dirty Beaches * Pontiak * The Quarter After *

* Bass Drum of Death *

* Sleepy Sun * Prefuse 73 * ST37 *

* Indian Jewelry * Beach Fossils * The Vacant Lots * Lumerians * White Hills (band), White Hills * ZAZA * Radio Moscow (band), Radio Moscow * Pete International Airport – Members of

and The Upsidedown * Crocodiles (band), Crocodiles * Wall of Death * Cloudland Canyon (band), 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 *

* Warpaint * Spindrift *

* Ringo Deathstarr * Pink Mountaintops * Indian Jewelry *

* 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 Saxon, Sky "Sunlight" Saxon of

* Dead Meadow *

* The Golden Dawn * Indian Jewelry *

* 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 * Spindrift * The Strange Boys * Acid Tomb * The Quarter After * Ringo Deathstarr * The Upsidedown * Horse + Donkey * The Tunnels * Astronaut Suit * Cavedweller

Angers, FR Lineups

2014

* Joel Gion * Woods *

* Kadavar * The GOASTT * Zombie Zombie (band), Zombie Zombie * Allah-Las *

* Spindrift * White Hills (band), White Hills * La Femme * Ben Frost (musician), Ben Frost * 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 * Dead Meadow * Wall of Death * The Telescopes * Dead Skeletons * Tamikrest * Temples (band), Temples * Elephant Stone (band), Elephant Stone *

* Damo Suzuki * Beak (band), Beak> * Strangers Family Band * Lonely Walk * Camera * Lola Colt * Blondi's Salvation *Mars Red Sky

Chicago Lineups

2016

* Lightning Bolt (band) * Chelsea Wolfe * Health (band) * Oneohtrix Point Never * Earthless *

* Faust (band) * Gary Wilson (musician), Gary Wilson * Ryley Walker *

* Blanck Mass * Rangda * Eartheater * Vaadat Charigim * Circuit Des Yeux * Bitchin Bajas * Night Fields * Methyl Ethel

2015

* Swervedriver * Viet Cong (band), Viet Cong * Atlas Sound * 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 * A Place to Bury Strangers * Dead Meadow *

* Joel Gion * Black Mountain * Black Lips * Witch (band), Witch * Drenge (band), Drenge *

* Elephant Stone (band), Elephant Stone * Tobacco (musician), Tobacco * Atlas Sound * Ryley Walker * King Tuff * Willie Thrasher & Linda Saddlebeck * Jonathan Toubin's Soul Clap * Shigeto (electronic musician), 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 * Mamiffer * The Backhomes * Twin River * Ancients * Biblical * White Poppy * Dada Plan * Black Wizard * Gateway Drugs * Blackbird Blackbird * Three Wolf Moon * The Shrine * All Them Witches

References

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