White Fence
Cate Le Bon & White Fence's Tim Presley form new duo Drinks; debut album out in August (watch a video)
If you saw White Fence on their fall 2014 tour, you may have noticed Cate Le Bon playing in the band. Cate, who left Wales to live in LA, was filling in for her boyfriend Huw Gwynfryn Evans who usually plays live in White Fence (and in Cate’s band and makes music as H…
LEVITATION is coming, 13th Floor Elevators & kick off parties included (May 7-10 in Austin, TX) #psychfest
LEVITATION (fka Austin Psych Fest), one of the best festival lineups of 2015, is now less than a month away. Happening May 8-10, 2015, the 8th annual festival will feature performances by the 13th Floor Elevators (50 year anniversary reunion), The Flaming Lips, Tame Impala, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Spiritualized, Primal Scream, The Black Angels, Thee Oh Sees, Mac Demarco, and many more…
Castle Face, Famous Class & In the Red auctioning off test pressings for charity (Thee Oh Sees, Ty Segall & lots more)
Indie labels Castle Face, Famous Class and In the Red (which have all released records and Ty Segall) are teaming up to auction off rare vinyl test pressings to raise money for charity…
All four current Grateful Dead members playing Jerry Garcia tribute; Alex Bleeker playing Dead set at Woodsist Fest
There’s already insane demand for the three Chicago shows that surviving Grateful Dead members Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann are reuniting for, so perhaps some of that excitement will carry over into this Jerry Garcia tribute happening two months earlier in Maryl…
Simon Joyner releasing new LP (stream a track), playing 2015 Woodsist Fest w/ Real Estate, Woods, White Fence & more
A folk contemporary of John Darnielle, Will Oldham, and Smog, and seen by some as the forefather of the Omaha scene that spawned Bright Eyes and others, Simon Joyner has been making records since the early ’90s…
H Hawkline releasing album produced by Cate Le Bon (listen)
You may recognize Huw Gwynfryn Evans from playing guitar in Cate Le Bon’s band and White Fence. Huw makes his own music under the name H Hawkline and will release In The Pink Of Condition, his first album for Heavenly Recordings, on February 2…
Weezer, Bone Thugs, Gang of Four, J Mascis, Ty Segall, Black Lips, Ariel Pink & more playing Burgerama Four (lineup)
Man, Burger Records is really feeling the Angus Soundtrack ’90s kids lately. First they signed The Muffs and now they’ve booked Weezer for their fourth Burgerama festival happening March 28-29 at The Observatory in Santa Ana,…
Ultimate Painting give us their Top 10s of 2014, touring with Twerps around SXSW (dates)
Ultimate Painting @ CMJ 2014 (more by Amanda Hatfield)
Ultimate Painting, aka Jack Cooper from Mazes and James Haore from Veronica Falls, released their appealing debut album this year via Trouble in Mind and were last in the U…
Austin Psych Fest now called 'Levitation': 2015 initial lineup / tix (Flaming Lips, JAMC doing 'Psychocandy,' Spiritualized, Primal Scream, Tame Impala, Oh Sees, Mac DeMarco, more)
Austin Psych Fest 2014 (more by Tim Griffin)
The annual Austin Psych Fest, which they’ve renamed “Austin Psych Fest presents Levitation” (more on that below), happens this year from May 8-10 at the Carson Creek Ranch…
Austin Psych Fest 2015 initial lineup announced, tix on sale
Austin Psych Fest 2014 (more by Tim Griffin)
Austin Psych Fest is returning for its eighth year in 2015 from from May 8-10 at the Carson Creek Ranch…
