Ty Segall
photo by Matt Lief Anderson
Acid Mothers Temple
photo by Matt Lief Anderson
Christian Bland and The Revalators
photo by Matt Lief Anderson
Christian Bland
photo by Matt Lief Anderson
photo by Matt Lief Anderson
photo by Matt Lief Anderson
Dan Deacon
photo by Matt Lief Anderson
Dan Deacon
photo by Matt Lief Anderson
Dead Meadow
photo by Matt Lief Anderson
DIIV
photo by Matt Lief Anderson
Geologist
photo by Matt Lief Anderson
Holy Wave
photo by Matt Lief Anderson
Hurray for the riff Raff
photo by Matt Lief Anderson
Hurray for the riff Raff
photo by Matt Lief Anderson
Hurray for the riff Raff
photo by Matt Lief Anderson
Lou Rebecca
photo by Matt Lief Anderson
Lou Rebecca
photo by Matt Lief Anderson
MIEN
photo by Matt Lief Anderson
No Joy
photo by Matt Lief Anderson
Omni
Omni (photo by Matt Lief Anderson)
Parquet Courts
photo by Matt Lief Anderson
Relaxer
photo by Matt Lief Anderson
Ron Gallo
photo by Matt Lief Anderson
Sailor Poon
photo by Matt Lief Anderson
Sextile
photo by Matt Lief Anderson
Sextile
photo by Matt Lief Anderson
Slowdive
photo by Matt Lief Anderson
Stonefield
photo by Matt Lief Anderson
SUUNS
photo by Matt Lief Anderson
Tajak
photo by Matt Lief Anderson
The Black Angels
photo by Matt Lief Anderson
The Garden
photo by Matt Lief Anderson
The Make-Up
photo by Matt Lief Anderson
The Men
photo by Matt Lief Anderson
The Men
photo by Matt Lief Anderson
photo by Matt Lief Anderson
Oh Sees
photo by Matt Lief Anderson
Oh Sees
photo by Matt Lief Anderson
The Well
photo by Matt Lief Anderson
Ty Segall
photo by Matt Lief Anderson
Ty Segall
photo by Matt Lief Anderson
Ty Segall
photo by Matt Lief Anderson
Ty Segall
photo by Matt Lief Anderson
Waxahatchee
photo by Matt Lief Anderson
Waxahatchee
photo by Matt Lief Anderson
Waxahatchee
photo by Matt Lief Anderson
Wooden Shjips
photo by Matt Lief Anderson
Wooden Shjips
photo by Matt Lief Anderson
After getting rained out in 2016 and taking 2017 off, Levitation festival returned to downtown Austin this past weekend (April 26-29) with artists across the spectrum of what gets called psych. The weekend included The Black Angels, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Oh Sees, Electric Wizard, Slowdive, Waxahatchee, S U R V I V E, the live debut of supergroup MIEN (which live included a few extra members like Thor Harris), plus Dan Deacon, Parquet Courts, DIIV, Bedouine, Suuns, Follakzoid, Wooden Shjips, Acid Mothers Temple and lots more. Check out pictures from Levitation, including live shots and portraits, in the gallery above.
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photos by Matt Lief Anderson