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Austin Shines On: Levitation 2022
Janky Smooth Central Command
November 18, 2022
Words by: David Lacroix Photos by: Grace Dunn On a Halloween weekend, concert aficionados from around the world packed clubs in Austin’s Red River district to the brim for 4 long nights of Neo-psychedelic music. Founded as Austin Psych Fest 15 years ago, Levitation curates compelling artists ranging from intimate performances by pioneers like desert-tinged rockers, Los Dug Dug’s and post-punk godfathers, the Jesus and Mary Chain. No festival on earth presents the pilgrim with the enviable problem of too many fantastic concerts to choose from like Levitation. The city’s culture lends Levitation much of its character, with the festival mostly spread around a few city blocks in the Red River district. All venues paint the skies with vivid projection light artwork. Levitation has long celebrated concert visuals; most shows featured either the twisted liquid light of Mad Alchemy or protégés of neo-psych visuals from Bob Mustachio, previous live visual artist for The Black Angels. With a multi-venue format, the festival fell across half-a-dozen or so venues within a short walking distance. The crowd took some time before arriving at Stubb’s but showed up in full-force for headliners, Jesus & Mary Chain. With guitar tones crushing like waves, Jesus and
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Spooky Psych Sounds: Levitation 2021
Grace Dunn
November 24, 2021
Words by: Scott Urian and Grace Dunn Photos by: Grace Dunn I had no idea what to expect on my way to Levitation 2021. It was my first Levitation experience. Damn – it was also the first time I had been on an airplane, travelled out of state, or seen a single show with a crowd of more than a hundred people in the past two years of surprises and confusion. My overall takeaway from this experience was more surprises, more confusion, and absolutely no doubt that I will be back next year. My navigator of all things bizarre in Austin was none other than Grace Suzette. Photographer of the psychotic, Levitation veteran, and devout member of all things loud. With her confidence and my wide eyes began a four day melee of music at various venues in the Red River District that would have killed me had I not been having so much fun. related content: Psych & Fury: Levitation 2019 Thursday Angelica Garcia at Stubb’s Angelica’s deserved a much denser crowd. Those who planned their night around Crumb can’t be blamed, but missed out on a showcase of pure talent that started the momentum of the whole weekend.
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Psych & Fury: Levitation 2019
Janky Smooth Central Command
November 22, 2019
Is Austin, Texas’ Levitation the best psychedelic music fest in America? The World? With four days and nights of stacked lineups that get rockers moving from venue to venue, filling the streets with all sorts of strange for indoor and outdoor shows, it’s hard to argue the contrary. We sent psych rock aficionado, Suzette Subliminal out there to capture slices of the sublime and as you can see below, every act seemingly performed sets that were as transcendant as they were transformative. The likes of Dinosaur Jr., Kurt Vile, John Cale, Tobacco, and A Place to Bury Strangers made this year’s festival one for the ages. Check out the pics below! Photos by: Grace Dunn related content: Silver Lake Perris: Desert Daze 2019 A Place To Bury Strangers Tobacco Christian Bland and the Revelators Cryogeyser Deantoni Parks Dinosaur Jr. Guerilla Toss JJUUJJUU John Cale Kurt Vile Numb.er Ringo Deathstarr The KVB
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