Meat Puppets @ Mercury Lounge (more by P Squared)

The Meat Puppets played a show or three at SXSW and just finished up a tour that hit NYC for two nights and now has them back in Austin in time for the release of their new record Rat Farm which will be celebrated with free show Tuesday, 4/16, at 5pm at Waterloo Records. Listen to "Down" from the new LP below and pick one up at the show...

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photos by @griffinshot - Tim Griffin

Thee Oh Sees at Psych Fest 2012 @ Emo's on 4/29

We already posted pictures of the Brian Jonestown Massacre's capper to this year's Austin Psych Fest, but here's the rest of our Sunday (4/29) coverage from the Emo's stage, including Thee Oh Sees (still bolstered by The Intelligence's Lars Finberg), Arizona legends' The Meat Puppets, Bombino, Wooden Shjips, Wall of Death, Blue Angel Lounge and more.

Check out pics from Day 1 and Day 2. More of Day 3 are below.

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Black Lips at Coachella (more by David Andrako)

Austin Psych Fest is finally here and like any festival with a large number of bands, it's not without its casualties:

Unfortunately the Intelligence had to cancel their tour, and will no longer be playing the festival. They will have a new album out in 2012, look out for it!

Due to a situation out of the band and festival's control, ... And You Will Know Us By The Trail of The Dead will no longer be able to perform their set at Austin Psych Fest. Our best wishes to the Trail of The Dead and hopefully we'll have them back for 2013, stay tuned...

While those cancellations are a bummer, the festival has since added names like Thee Oh Sees, Meat Puppets, and many more to their venerable roster. Check out the full schedule below, and order your tickets or weekend passes.

Austin Psych Fest officially kicks off on Friday (4/27) but had its first event, a screening, on Monday (4/23) and meanwhile has been hosting some pre-parties which continue tonight (4/26) with Indian Jewelry, Christian Bland and The Revelators, The Wolf, Slow Motion Rider, Cerise, Chief Nowhere, and Rishi at Red 7. Entry is free with your ASF week pass or $15 at the door.

Full schedule of Austin Psych Fest events is below.

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While the Mastodon-covering Feist, who recently played Coachella, is holding it down in Marfa tonight (4/25), her tour-mate and fellow Arts & Crafts-signed Canadians Timber Timbre will headline their own Austin show at Lamberts with Jesse Woods. Tickets are available.

Feist & TT reunite on Thursday for a sold out show at Stubb's, but not for long. From there Feist heads to New Orleans for Jazz Fest while TT plays shows in San Antonio and Denton with The Meat Puppets who then visit Austin to play Austin Psych Fest at Emo's East with Brian Jonestown Massacre on Sunday (tickets still available). Feist & TT then meet up again in Indiana.

All tour dates and a TT video, below...

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