Austin psych fest

Instant-classic capture Locket introduced many to the ooey-gooey, surprising, psychedelic rock sounds of Crumb. Formed while students at Tufts University, the fourpiece's trick effects hang at the edge of fever dream and soothing swoon.

The band stayed independent for May album Ice Melt , finding streamlined experimentalism led by singer, guitarist, and songwriter Lila Ramani.

In the interplay of North Indian classical sounds and immersive ambient electronics, find Baltimore artist Ami Dang's elegant, meditative links. After performing a shabad or hymn at a Sikh family holiday last year, the producer conjured four devotional songs as Meditations Mixtape, Vol.

Mind-bending sitar and Dang's haunting vocals guide. The stirring collection of semiopaque scenes fuels upcoming dates with Shakey Graves ahead of a European tour. The dynamically raging and all-around inimitable force of Audrey Campbell propels Pleasure Venom. The purveyors of dogged hardcore punk, at work on a new album, previewed ferocious developments with singles "Fascist" and "We Get What You Deserve. Los Angeles songwriter Sasami 's latest finds metal as an ideal conduit for Daniel Johnston 's "Sorry Entertainer," a blowout on artistic desperation.

Recalibrating from a celebrated self-titled shoegaze venture, the singer plays a prankster babysitter from hell in her new video with comedian Patti Harrison. The very last, latest, probably delightfully sloppiest time slot of the weekend belongs to Sailor Poon. In a belated summer release party for Sailor Poon's First Album , the always gregarious punk troupe performed out of the back of pickup trucks in front of Kinda Tropical.

Next week, perhaps they'll play shriek-infused fest ode "Levitation" off 's Yeast Pigeon. Now more than ever, we need your support to continue supplying Austin with independent, free press. Support the Chronicle. Information is power. Support the free press, so we can support Austin. Siblings Sara and Sean Watkins have been playing music all their lives, starting as pre-teens in the string band Nickel Creek with mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile. If you heard the late Jerry Jeff Walker when he was first kicking up dust around Austin in the s, most likely you heard the Lost Gonzo Band as his backing crew.

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