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'

"...Austin Psych Fest turns back the clock this spring, reviving..."

Jan. 26, 2023 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

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

A second Japanese twofer pilots the APF mothership

"...Reverberation ... reached: Electrocution by Austin Psych Fest closer Loop. Levitation – also achieved: Earthless..."

May 5, 2014 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Austin Psych Fest Announces Lineup

APF 7 goes global

"...stash box just now to reveal 43 acts playing Austin Psych Fest 7 at Carson Creek Ranch May 2-4...."

Dec. 4, 2013 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Austin Psych Fest Live (Sunday): Holy Wave

Curses, the sun’s still up!

"...Holy Wave made its second appearance at Austin Psych Fest after a year of substantial growth and..."

April 29, 2013 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Austin Psych Fest: The Rain Parade

Kick-off headliners had a line around the block at Red 7

"...a group that epitomizes its post-punk take on Sixties psychedelia, it was the Rain Parade. The crush to get..."

April 26, 2013 Music Post by Michael Toland

Austin Psych Fest: Metz

First night fits and dizzy spells

"...Last night at Mohawk for one of two Austin Psych Fest “kick-off parties,” the mid-slot headliners proved one..."

April 26, 2013 Music Post by Luke Winkie

Billy Gibbons’ Moving Sidewalks Confirm for Austin Psych Fest

ZZ Top frontman reunites Sixties psych act here in April

"...Austin Psych Fest 2013 scooped me. In my working up..."

Feb. 5, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Austin Psych Fest Live (Sunday): No Joy

Montreal gals get lost in the fray

"...for the number of guitars played at this year’s Austin Psych Fest. It could be broken down into subcategories:..."

April 29, 2013 Music Post by Luke Winkie

The Best Things We Saw at Austin Psych Fest 2023

Toro y Moi, Automatic, and more highlight homegrown festival’s return

"...Considering Austin’s inclement weather and the precarious state of national touring..."

May 1, 2023 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Austin Psych Fest in Angers

Levitation France debuts in our sister city

"...Though Psych Fest 2013 might be a case of déjà vu..."

Sept. 19, 2013 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Austin Psych Fest Live (Sunday): Think No Think

Whoever managed the Levitation Tent did these psychs no favor

"...Levitation Tent ran 15-20 minutes early all weekend at Psych Fest remains anyone’s guess. Three stages otherwise perfectly pyramided..."

May 5, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Austin Psych Fest Live (Saturday): Bombino

African guitarist whips up a sandstorm

"...up this weekend inside a dust bowl in Southeast Austin...."

May 4, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Austin Psych Fest Live (Sunday): Dead Skeletons

Icelandic aggression and attrition

"...a forthcoming EP titled Buddha-Christ, and a set at Austin Psych Fest in front of a spotlight-enhanced Colorado River...."

April 29, 2013 Music Post by Michael Toland

Austin Psych Fest Live: Bass Drum of Death/Besnard Lakes

Day one at Carson Creek Ranch: tentative, muggy

"...pairs nastily with the first few hours of a festival. Walking into day one of Austin Psych Fest on..."

April 27, 2013 Music Post by Luke Winkie

Austin Psych Fest Live (Thursday): Flamin’ Groovies

Sold-out APF opener boasts reunited S.F. cults icons

"...night at Red 7 for the first night of Austin Psych Fest...."

May 2, 2014 Music Post by Scott Schinder

Austin Psych Fest: Rain Parade

Q&A with headliner/bandleader Matt Piucci

"...O’Clock’s Coachella appearance earlier this month and Rain Parade’s Austin Psych Fest show tonight at Red 7 – 12:15am..."

April 25, 2013 Music Post by Greg Beets

Olivia Tremor Control Headlines Austin Psych Fest

OTC leader Bill Doss speaks as warmly as his band's music

"...questions in long, detailed pathways. He of the reunited Austin Psych Fest Saturday headliners is far more forthright than..."

April 26, 2012 Music Post by Luke Winkie

Austin Psych Fest 2023

"...Austin Psych Fest turned back the clock, reviving its classic..."

May 1, 2023 Photo Gallery

2013 Austin Psych Fest

April 28, 2013. 85 photos.

"...Metz at Austin Psych Fest 2013 on April 25, 2013..."

April 29, 2013 Photo Gallery

Playback: Austin Psych Fest Peaks

The sixth annual Austin Psych Fest preps for a peak head trip

"...The musical head trip known as Austin Psych Fest finds a new home Friday through Sunday:..."

April 26, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Austin Psych Fest Interview: Vieux Farka Touré

Legacy blues scion talks Malian music and Khruangbin collaboration

"...Austin Chronicle: How did the Khruangbin collaboration come about?..."

April 21, 2023 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Austin Psych Fest Interview: Automatic

Los Angeles trio infuses noise-pop with biting social commentary

"...Automatic plays Austin Psych Fest at the Far Out Lounge on Friday,..."

April 21, 2023 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Live Shot: Austin Psych Fest

"...Austin Psych FestCarson Creek Ranch, April 26-28..."

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..."

April 28, 2013 Music Post by Michael Toland

Austin Psych Fest Live (Sunday): Panda Bear

Again, no Animal Collective!

"...What it is about those Animal Collective kids? Maybe..."

May 5, 2014 Music Post by Luke Winkie

Austin Psych Fest Live (Saturday): Medicine

Reunited noise rockers squall, if only briefly

"...long enough for reunions to be major occurrences? Medicine’s Psych Fest set Saturday night in the Levitation Tent seemed..."

May 4, 2014 Music Post by Michael Toland

Austin Psych Fest Live (Friday): Liars

Call the noise trio Throbbing Gristle but not antisocial

"...a moment last night at Carson Creek Ranch for Austin Psych Fest that it all made sense. A notoriously..."

May 3, 2014 Music Post by Luke Winkie

Austin Psych Fest Live (Friday): Terakaft

Taureg guitarists induce a dust cloud of dancing

"...in Mali and made it all the way to Austin,” percussionist Brahim Fribgane grinned at the onset of the..."

May 3, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Austin Psych Fest Live: Silver Apples

Oscillations from a ‘psychodelic’ grandfather

"...quarters of a century of existence than by hitting Austin Psych Fest on Friday night under the Silver Apples..."

April 27, 2013 Music Post by Michael Toland

Austin Psych Fest Live (Saturday): The Black Ryder

Eerie but apt scenes from a moonsoon

"...Daltrey of UK pastoralists Kaleidoscope for Saturday night’s late-hour Psych Fest storm. An hour or so earlier, he sunnily..."

April 28, 2013 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

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