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

Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Flying Lotus, and Oneohtrix Point Never to Play Levitation 2023 on Halloween Weekend

The multi-venue Austin music festival expands, October 26-29

"...Alongside the April relaunch of joint event Austin Psych Fest, Levitation continues to hold down its Halloween weekend..."

June 28, 2023 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Unofficial Parties & Free Shows to See During South by Southwest

The Chronicle’s recommended concerts for the coming week

"...year’s doomtastic Land of Sleeper. Orchestra Gold’s spiritual Malian psych-funk doesn’t quite fit the bill, but that’s probably for..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Friday Free Week Stoner Jam: Duel

“Free Week is a magic window of time”

"...stoner shows mostly for fun and to strengthen our heavy music scene. It’s been a blast! There are so..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Doom Rockers Duel Conjure a Masterwork of Otherworldly Omnipresence

Locals work their black magic on new album Valley of Shadows

"...grindhouse pulp. All three discs originate on Italian hothouse Heavy Psych Sounds, home to San Marcos' Southern shredders Crypt..."

May 17, 2019 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

Chronicle Critics Choose Their Top 10 Local Albums

10 lists by 10 of our music writers

"...5) Duel, Valley of Shadows (Heavy Psych Sounds)..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Music Feature by The Music Staff

What We're Listening to Right Now

Duel, Cactus Lee, Kady Rain, Sweetfeed, Startographers, and the You're Gonna Be Great 2 comp

"...fourth studio billet, In Carne Persona for Roman fanatics Heavy Psych Sounds follows up by quenching yet another finals-worthy..."

Oct. 15, 2021 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Top 100 Austin Records of 2019

Kevin Curtin unveils his third annual list of local releases

"...9) Duel, Valley of Shadows (Heavy Psych Sounds)..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Witness a Live Duel!

Metallic heshers test Electric Church’s new mobile studio

"...carpet and a drop ceiling, and it kind of sounds almost like a recording studio. It’s not quite so..."

Jan. 26, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Drank the Lemonade

As album sales give way to streaming services, how much longer will we be able to purchase music?

"...4) Riverboat Gamblers, Massive Fraud (End Sounds)..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

In My World of Disorder, the Top 100 Austin Records of 2021

Kevin Curtin ranks his favorite local releases of the year

"...79) Duel, In Carne Persona (Heavy Psych Sounds)..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Duel Album Review

Valley of Shadows (Heavy Psych Sounds)

"...snake bleeding down an obelisk into a skull mortar. Psychedelic – conceptually, not sonically – Valley of Shadows transforms..."

May 17, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Crypt Trip Falls on “Hard Times” With New Single

San Marcos classic rockers tease Haze County with audio premiere

"...January’s bow Rootstock drops March 8 on Italian outpost Heavy Psych Sounds (Brant Bjork, Duel, Nebula). Playing out Seventies..."

Feb. 25, 2019 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Playback – Now Hiring: Austin Music Office

Austin’s top governmental job in music is up for grabs

"...incantations on Witchbanger, out Friday on Italian indie imprint Heavy Psych Sounds, arrive in such stunning hi-fi it's hard..."

April 28, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback

Are Red 7 and Red Eyed Fly merging? That and whatever happened to the Strange Boys answered in this week's music news.

"...Duel Has Inked a record deal with Germany's Heavy Psych Sounds, confirmed guitarist/vocalist Tom Frank. Formed locally last..."

July 24, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Thursday Sleepers

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...over, but this technicolor Boston trio does the Sixties-pop psychedelic sugar-rush so well, it's a shame there are so..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

Levitation Announces 2019 Fall Lineup

John Cale, Angel Olsen, and Kurt Vile highlight fall fest

"...Announcing 41 acts spanning psych, metal, indie, experimental, and world music, Levitation today begins..."

April 24, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Temple Stone

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

"...an ancient naturalism that imports elements of West Coast psychedelia and the British folk revival but remains grounded in..."

May 15, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...where his breathy vocals fall over shades of tropicália, psychedelia, and layered soundscape grooves...."

Jan. 8, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Off the Record

All the fun fun fun that fits

"...Williams. "This way it's the best of both worlds." Heavy Rock Hits..."

Nov. 4, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Mothers of Reinvention

White Denim's Fits of maximum R&B

"...Terebecki – has honed its compact juggernaut of grimy, psychedelic soul and maximum R&B. That's the comfort afforded by..."

Oct. 23, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Overhang Party

Manic Nirvana

"...and White Heaven ushered in a second wave of heavy psych on the island country. Overhang Party were late..."

Aug. 16, 2013 Music Review by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Playing in Traffic with Los Lonely Boys, Daniel Johnston, Roky Erickson's Ice Cream Social, and Dan Auerbach

"...Mojo magazine chronicles U.S. psych and gives a glowing five-star review of the 13th..."

March 20, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Playback: ACL Fest's First Weeknd Moves Mountains

ACL Fest 2015 weekend one wrap

"...then paused in a moment of self-reflection. "Man, that sounds like such a Drake thing to say!"..."

Oct. 9, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Off the Record

SXSW News and Carryings-On

"...Lick in lieu of a red carpet. While still heavy on major-label fodder, there were breakout performances well before..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Die Spitz, Red Axes, Fiddlehead, Albert Lee, Elsa Cross, and more recommended shows

"...floor. Through creative use of old-school trance, spaghetti Western sounds, and live cowbell, Red Axes are sometimes tagged "leftfield"..."

July 8, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Girls

"...GirlsFather, Son, Holy Ghost (True Panther Sounds)..."

Nov. 4, 2011 Music Review by Austin Powell

Grupo Fantasma

"...overall intensifies that Mothership Connection, delving into the liquid psychedelia that's become a hallmark of Grupo's mostly instrumental offshoot..."

May 7, 2010 Music Review by Austin Powell

ACL Music Fest Sunday Reviews

"...Jack White, Horehound stirs an ambitious witch's brew of heavy psych ("New Pony"), Western noir ("Rocking Horse"), and backwoods..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

100 Local SXSW Music Acts

A-Z list of 100 Austin acts showcasing at the Fest

"...continue to stoke the fires of hard rock and heavy blues, taking a louder and dirtier approach to the..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by The Music Staff

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