Austin Psych Fest

[progholio]

Anyone going to this?

http://www.austinpsychfest.com/2014-...f-2014-lineup/

[Blah_Blah_Woof_Woof]

There are some cool bands at this. It's comin' up very soon!

[JohnTG8]

Thought about going to it til I realized I already had tickets to Rosfest. Amazing lineup of just the bands I've heard of. Thre's quite a few I haven't heard of.

[progholio]

The upshot for us here in the midwest is that a lot of these bands are doing club shows either on their way to or from the Psychfest gig (damn, no Zombies).
Going to see Temples tonight in fact.

[spacefreak]

Our repress of the Kikagaku Moyo debut LP will...


Impressive line-up by the way.

[Yves]

That's A LOT of bands! There's at least 8 bands there I'd love to see! Hopefully some of them will play closer to home.

[Scrotum Scissor]

That's A LOT of bands! There's at least 8 bands there I'd love to see!

I'd love to see a whole bunch of bands that I've never even heard of here

Seems like a great event for sure, and for all the lineup acts that I actually HAVE heard of, they pretty much cover the entire psych vocabulary.

[Just Eric]

Killer line-up of the dozen or so bands I've heard of!

[Yodelgoat]

Are these well known bands? I haven't heard of any of them - except the Zombies. I'm only a couple hours out of Austin, but would I be likely to see any of these bands anywhere else?

[Yves]

Some of these bands may be touring, possibly together on the same bill. Here's a list of bands from there that I know and would love to see:

Black Angels- Saw them in 2010 with Black Mountain. They're a little reminiscent of The Doors darker sound, though they've been moving more towards poppier stuff of late.

Graveyard- Retro hard rock with a Zeppelin influence, primarily from the I and II era.

Dead Meadow- Dark, indie rock flavoured psyche with an occasional harder edge.

Earthless- Instrumental trio with a guitarist who really tears it up in a heavily Hendrix-influenced way!

Acid Mother Temple- I have yet to see these guys. Apparently their live show is powerful!

Kadavar- Loved the first album as it had heavier stoner moments. Second one seems more streamlined and uninspired.

Sleepy Sun- Band from San Francisco iirc that has that West Coast pyche feel of the 60s. Reminiscent of Black Mountain and The Besnard Lakes. Male/female vocals, can be very pastoral at times and noisy at others...

[BrianG]

It looks like a South by Southwest reunion. A few genuine African bands as well:

Bombino - tasty westernized electric folk from Niger. Latest album out on major label Nonesuch is very enjoyable.

Terekaft- well traveled band from Malian desert with at least three albums out. Blues-based electric based on folk melodies.

[WHORG]

Fantastic festival - - - I have always wanted to attend this one !!!

[JKL2000]

Austin Psych Fest, baby!

I hear Dixie Normous will be there.

[progholio]

Went to see Temples last night, highly recommended if your into retro psych like The Black Angels. I actually liked them just slightly better than a recent BA concert i went to (which is saying a lot, i love TBA's)

Here's one of their encore songs which is infectious as all hell



opening was another Psychfest band Boogarins from Brazil. Not often we get a Brazillian psych band rollin' through these parts. Most excellent.




Next week we have The Dandy Warhols and The Flamin Groovies stopping through at different venues on the same night and i can't go do to a business engagement