Austin Psych Fest

Last year, UK psychedelic outfit Loop reformed for ATP UK and stated that their reunion would continue in 2014. You already know that they’ll be playing Austin Psych Fest in May and an intimate NYC show beforehand…

Woods at Pitchfork 2013 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Brooklyn folk rockers Woods will head off on tour shortly after the April 15 release With Light and With Love, which will be out on Woods…

Acid Mothers Temple @ Knitting Factory, April 2013 We knew veteran Japanese psych band Acid Mothers Temple were coming to Austin Psych Fest again this year, and the band just announced that, like in 2013, they’ll be touring around that appearance with Boston band Perhaps…

Liars will release their seventh album, Mess, via Mute Records on March 25. That’s the cover art above and tracklist is below. Following 2012’s glitchy, introverted WIXIW, frontman Angus Andrew says this one is quite different:We are a reactionary, or maybe a better word is schizophrenic band…

Dead Meadow in NY in 2011 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) Dead Meadow, who released their sixth album, Warble Womb, back in November, are embarking on a North American tour that hits Texas twice: San Antonio on January 31 at Ten Eleven and Austin May 2 for Austin Psych F……

Austin Psych Fest 2013 (more by Tim Griffin) The 6th annual Austin Psych Fest happens from May 2-4 at the Carson Creek Ranch (where it took place last year), and this year’s lineup includes Primal Scream, Loop, The Black Angels, The Zombies, of Montreal, The Horrors, Black Lips, Temples, Avey Tare’s Slasher Flick, Liars, Mono, Destruction Unit, Oneohtrix Point Never, Moon Duo, TOY, Earthless, Shannon and the Clams, La Femme, Yamantaka // Sonic Titan, Quilt, Gap Dream, Circuit Des Yeux, and more…

Seattle’s Night Beats are back with a new album, Sonic Bloom, that’s out September 24 via Reverberation Appreciation Society. It’s thirteen tracks of groovy, garagey psych and perfect for your next head trip…

Sunday was also about giving credence to the forbears of pysch-rock. Roky Erikson put on an energetic show to a loving and enthusiastic audience…

Austin Psych Fest came to a close on Sunday (4/28) at Carson Creek Ranch with sets from pre-ZZ Top band Moving Sidewalks, Sweden’s Goat, local veteran Roky Erickson, local not-veterans but greats The Black Angels, and oth…

Deerhunter took a long time setting up, and a long time scuffling through a needlessly elaborate twinkle-rock atmospheric intro, but at their peak they’ve got an impeccably sharp sound that cuts through the self-conscious drone from the rest of the weekend…