Austin Psych Fest Live (Saturday): Mono/Acid Mothers Temple

A pair of Japanese guitar storms

"...blowing at midnight. Mono soothed until it roared, and Acid Mothers Temple literally combusted...."

May 4, 2014 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Austin Psych Fest Live: Acid Mothers Temple

‘Dark Stars in the Dazzling Sky’

"...The insanely prolific Japanese ensemble Acid Mothers Temple built a reputation in underground circles for..."

April 27, 2013 Music Post by Michael Toland

Spotlights: Acid Mothers Temple/Mono

Two Japanese noise-rock bands descend on SXSW

"...This year, SXSW brings two similarly challenging Japanese acts: Acid Mothers Temple, who've garnered a reputation for their unpredictable..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

Levitation Review: Wooden Shjips, Acid Mothers Temple, ST 37, Yoo Doo Right

The ABCs of psychedelia

"...flyer since the bygone days of Austin Psych Fest, Acid Mothers Temple may well have played Levitation more times..."

April 30, 2018 Music Post by Michael Toland

Temple Stone

Japanese psych warlords Ghost won't be as illusive as their name suggests after Saturday's show at Mohawk

"...so many of these groups, most notably High Rise, Acid Mothers Temple, and Boris (see "Mabuta no Ura," June..."

May 15, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...is led by master drummer and Austin native Brannen Temple. Equally comfortable in funk and jazz, Temple has played..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature

Austin Psych Fest Announces Lineup

APF 7 goes global

"...the initial names, like the Japanese contingent of Mono, Acid Mothers Temple, and Tokyo acid-folk band Kikagaku Moyo. A..."

Dec. 4, 2013 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Austin Psych Fest Live (Sunday): Kikagaku Moyo/Bo Ningen

A second Japanese twofer pilots the APF mothership

"...slot between 1:15pm openers Mirror Travel and tertiary closer Acid Mothers Temple putting out fires just before midnight matter,..."

May 5, 2014 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Ether Ore

Ether Ore

"...never has... In another exercise of maximized minimalism, the Acid Mothers Temple have released In C (Squealer), a predictably..."

Aug. 16, 2002 Music Review by Michael Chamy

Levitation Materializes 2018 Lineup

Slowdive, Electric Wizard, Black Angels, etc. à la carte

"...The 15-show blowout also imports noisy Japanese destroyers Acid Mother’s Temple, Algerian desert rock tribe Imarhan, Alynda Segarra’s..."

Dec. 7, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

99th Floor

Austin Psych Fest boldly goes where no local music trip's gone before.

"...Acid-tinged garage rock with one foot in Detroit and the..."

April 26, 2013 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Acid Mothers Temple

"...Acid Mothers TempleCrystal Rainbow Pyramid Under the Stars (Important)..."

April 26, 2013 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Austin Punk Pioneer Steve Marsh Climbs the Star Ladder

Ex-Terminal Mind vocalist explores outré galaxies in Evil Triplet

"...outside of El Paso a year ago, its dense acid shriek gained international buzz via internet-leaked tracks "Star Ladder"..."

Feb. 10, 2017 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Playback: Holy Mountain and Red 7 in Danger of Losing Leases

Could the Red River Cultural District be losing two of its landmark live music venues?

"...the audience while tapping an index finger to his temple as if to say, "Unlock your brain."..."

May 15, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Japanrocksampler

"...Acid Mothers Temple (Sat., 10:15pm, Elevation Amphitheatre) Osaka krautrocker Kawabata..."

May 2, 2014 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Playback: Screamadelica

Austin Psych Fest 2014 drops its lineup

"...scheduled for Carson Creek Ranch May 2-4, hits like acid on our tongue...."

Dec. 6, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Your Satori Mind

Japanese guitarist and Boris collaborator Michio Kurihara, 'a mixture of science and feeling'

"...permanent home on Chicago's venerable Drag City Records (see "Temple Stone," May 15, 2009). White Heaven wasn't as fortunate...."

July 23, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Austin Psych Fest Turns Back the Clock: Toro Y Moi, Cuco, and Levitation Favorites Headline Spring Gathering

Yves Tumor, Mdou Moctar, Melody’s Echo Chamber also psychin'

"...great Ali Farka Touré. Guitar-burning Japanese psychedelic space rockers Acid Mothers Temple return as a longtime APF/Levitation favorites, a..."

Jan. 26, 2023 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...one of the many lysergic faces of Levitation vets Acid Mothers Temple. Instrumental flourishes abound, guided by flute, violin,..."

May 21, 2021 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

Playback: Headhunters Closes

Headhunters shuts down, Psych Fests both successful and contentious, and Wayne 'The Train' Hancock recuperates while Sons of Fathers call it a day

"..."Oh Lord," through Saturday's mind-blowing Dead Meadow and fire-starting Acid Mothers Temple performances, and Sunday's closing with reunited UK..."

May 9, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Live Shot: Austin Psych Fest

"...perfect, but didn't generate near the frenzy of Japan's Acid Mothers Temple in the Levitation tent, capping the Friday..."

May 3, 2013 Music Review by Kevin Curtin

Austin Psych Fest Live (Saturday): Boris/Masaki Batoh’s Brain Pulse Music

Mad scientists and psych-rock hurricanes

"...Japan hits Psych Fest hard this year, with Acid Mothers Temple on Friday and this double-whammy yesterday...."

April 28, 2013 Music Post by Michael Toland

Billy Gibbons’ Moving Sidewalks Confirm for Austin Psych Fest

ZZ Top frontman reunites Sixties psych act here in April

"...Mountain, Spectrum, Man or Astroman?, Japanese sorcerers Boris and Acid Mothers Temple, and much more. Full list at the..."

Feb. 5, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Psych Fest 2013 Drops, er, Lineup

Black Angels, Bananas, Ryder, and Rebel Motorcycle Club confirmed

"...Acid Mothers Temple The Black Angels Black Bananas Black Mountain..."

Nov. 13, 2012 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Rapture Schmapture

Party 'til you puke this weekend!

"...Picacyu-Makoto, featuring members of Acid Mothers Temple and Afrirampo, collide with locals Reverse X-Rays,..."

May 19, 2011 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

SXSW Friday Picks & Sleepers

Friday night blurbage of SXSW

"...and never turn back. While they're as prolific as Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O., last year's..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

Graveyard: Ungrateful Are We the Dead

Graveyard

"...know Stephen Malkmus really likes them. They’ve toured with Acid Mothers Temple. They’re in their 60s now, like drone-y..."

Sept. 9, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Cardinale

Record review

"...of Cardinale: the guitars hit somewhere between Isis and Acid Mothers Temple, the drums trip in color, but the..."

May 12, 2006 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

Rubble, Green Milk From the Planet Orange, Gary Floyd's Buddha brothers

Live shot

"...of guitars. Coffey's masterful thumps aside, Rubble sounded like Acid Mothers Temple on Robitussin – sonic gas without discernible..."

June 17, 2005 Music Review by Martin de Leon II

Terrastock 5

Live Shot

"...Green Monster. Following Kinski and Bardo Pond, Japan's rambunctious Acid Mothers Temple capped things off by hurling splintered guitar..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Music Review by Michael Chamy

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