Canadian shoegazers No Joy will be playing the Empire garage during Levitation Austin (April 28th at 11:10pm). They have a cool, heavy sound that I love. Their album Wait to Pleasure was one of my favorites of 2013 and their new collaboration with Sonic Bloom is outstanding.
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Shoegaze legends Slowdive return to Levitation Austin this year. Their live shows have been lauded ever since their reunion, and I missed them when they were at the crazy, cancelled festival in 2016. Their set will be like traveling back in time, both to the 1990’s and to just two years ago. They close Stubb’s BBQ on April 28th at 10:10pm.
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Another Austin band that will be melting minds at Levitation Austin this year is SURVIVE. They play a cool, creepy style of synthwave that pays great homage to John Carpenter and they’re well known for their work on the Stranger Things soundtrack. They’ll play the second set at Stubb’s BBQ on April 28th starting around 9pm. This will be the show to see if you’re in the mood for something spooky at the festival.
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Psychedelic supergroup MIEN will be making their live debut at Levitation Austin this year (April 27th at Stubb’s BBQ starting 7:30pm). The band consists of members of the Black Angels, Elephant Stone, the Horrors, and the Earlies. Their set will surely be one of the highlights of the festival, so don’t miss it.
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Another Chilean psych-rock band that will play Levitation Austin this year is the cosmic trio of Follakzoid. I first heard of these cats a few years ago and put them on a list of bands I wanted to research. Now I’ll get to see them live, which is the best research one can do on a new band. They’re closing Barracuda on April 27th with their 12:30am set. It’s sure to be a great cap on the evening.
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make music that is hard to describe. It lands somewhere between punk, garage rock, and noise rock. It’s full of fury and powerful riffs and their Levitation Austin set (April 27th at Barracuda, starting at 11:30pm) will surely be one of the loudest at the whole festival. I’m glad I have new earplugs.
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One of the many things I love about Levitation Austin is how it brings in bands from all over the world that I probably wouldn’t have discovered otherwise. One such band is Vuelveteloca from Chile. They’re part of the apparently large psychedelic rock scene there, and I’m keen on hearing these guys live. Psych rock is always a mind trip, and hearing it from unexpected places tends to make it trippier. They’re playing April 27th at 10:30 at Barracuda.
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Austin, Texas’ psych-funk playing, sun worshipping Golden Dawn Arkestra will be closing out a night of exciting world music jams at Levitation Austin on April 27th at Cheer Ups. GDA put on a wild set when I saw them in 2016 that had the whole crowd bouncing. I’m sure it will be another funky ritual this year.
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The first wave of lineup announcements for Levitation Austin 2018 has been released, and (as usual) it’s great.
The festival is no longer being held at the Carson Creek Ranch, but rather at multiple venues in downtown Austin like Stubb’s BBQ, Empire, Barracuda, and more. You can buy tickets for the individual shows, which vary in price. They offered full weekend passes for all shows for $400.00 (quite a price jump from previous years), but they sold out in minutes. Screw you, ticket buying robots!
Regardless, the first lineup already has many great artists on it. Rishi Dhir of Elephant Stone will be performing solo and with a new venture he has called Mien. Dead Meadow, Thee Oh Sees, Slowdive, the Black Angels, Electric Wizard, the Brian Jonestown Massacre, Ministry, Chelsea Wolfe, Ty Segall, Golden Dawn Arkestra, Imarhan, the Men, and Al Lover are all stand-outs.
Don’t wait too long to get tickets. Tickets to individual shows at the 2016 festival sold out quick and many tickets went to scalpers who flipped them at outrageous prices. More announcements are due in the early part of 2018, and that will only cause tickets to sell faster.
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