Day 2 Psych Fest Lineup Announced
You’ve been patiently waiting…….
Dead Meadow….Hell Yeah!
Sky Sunlight Saxon of The Seeds | 12:15pm
The Seeds raw style defined 60s garage rock alongside contemporaries The Kinks, The Sonics and a host of others. Front man Sky Sunlight Saxon, who has been known as the King of Garage and the sole remaining member of the original lineup, will be performing Seeds classics backed by Austin’s garage disciples Shapes Have Fangs.
skysunlightsaxon.com | myspace.com/theseeds
Dead Meadow | 11pm
Since the beginning of this decade Dead Meadow have permeated the rock and roll scene with thick grooves and brilliant songwriting last seen since the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Black Sabbath, the Elevators, and Spacemen 3. Bringing together stoner rockers and indie rockers, giving the former a reason to rejoice with each new album of hard-rocking psych, and the latter an excuse to indulge their dark ‘70s pleasures, Dead Meadow have humbly set the tone for modern Psychedelia.
deadmeadow.com | myspace.com/deadmeadow
Wooden Shjips | 10pm
San Francisco’s Wooden Shjips provide a more infectious motoric groove to a deeply riff heavy and formerly monotonous genre. They are a band to be truly experienced with an honest, primitive mind. Those willing to let go will be rewarded with a constant driving aural trip. A few weeks after a recent under-the-radar SXSW performance, Wooden Shjips won the praise of Rolling Stone magazine and were quickly grabbed by Sub Pop Records.
woodenshjips.com | myspace.com/woodenshjips
Golden Animals | 9pm
The Golden Animals combine impeccable craft with enough diversity of influences and techniques – ‘50s rock, electric slide blues, late ‘60s psych – to satisfy fans of a multitude of genres. These minstrels sound as if they’d be equally at home entertaining a boxcar full of tramps as they would a festival of thousands. Let them regale you and your weary traveling companions with tales of the road and songs of the south.
Daughters of the Sun | 8:00pm
Minneapolis imports Daughters of the Sun bring to mind grainy polaroid images of summer afternoon jam sessions: blissful percussion-driven psychedelic rock with a nod to 60s psych folk.
Indian Jewelry | 7:00pm
The trio bring gritty reverb-drenched garage and shoegaze to the stage to kick things off. The buzz behind the few recordings they’ve released and acclaim for their live shows has us betting they’ll be hitting the road soon, spreading their dirty lo-fi grooves nationwide.
Shapes Have Fangs | 6:00pm
The trio bring gritty reverb-drenched garage and shoegaze to the stage to kick things off. The buzz behind the few recordings they’ve released and acclaim for their live shows has us betting they’ll be hitting the road soon, spreading their dirty lo-fi grooves nationwide.
The Shine Brothers | 5:00pm
Shine Bros is the fruits of life long collaboration between Nate of the Black Angels and his brother Collin. Kyle from the Angels backs the brothers up on bass and together they provide a new element to the catalogue of music the extended Black Angels family is giving the Austin scene.
Astronaut Suit | 4:00pm
The Astronaut Suit is your vessel between the Temporal and the Eternal states, their music coming “not from the body, but through it.” Weaving together elements as disparate as Delta blues, Native Americana, and experimental Soul, the Suit forges haunting lyrical and sonic vistas. Buoyed by front man Jess Farr’s allusive vocals, come experience the science of the Groove.
theastronautsuit.com | myspace.com/theastronautsuit
The Tunnels | 3:00pm
The Tunnels reference 60’s pop while being under the influence of the many modern takes of the same aesthetic. The Tunnels allow you to get lost in their crystalline chime and send you on your way down a hallway of long cavernous reverb.
myspace.com/theastronautsuit
Smoke and Feathers | 2:00pm
These bearded booze hounds bring a 5th of whiskey to the psychedelic brew, creating long-grooving jams filled with intricate guitar and hazy vocals.
PJ and the Bear | 1:00pm
Vintage meets voltage in this Chuck Berry-esque rock ‘n’ roll massacre that tackles retro swagger with renewed vitality. Delivering on showmanship as much as songwriting, their live show never fails to get people moving and stomping to their sexually-charged anthems. Brash, entertaining fun, PJ and the Bear take nothing too seriously except their rocking.
OK, after seeing the first two days announced…I’m in, 100%. If you haven’t heard Wooden Shjips, you’re in for a treat. They’re one of my favorite Bay Area bands.
Dead Meadow’s show last year at Emo’s (with the outstanding Black Mountain) was one of the year’s best….
Me and 3 friends are flying from New York to support our locals – A Place to Bury Strangers and of course enjoy the rest of this AMAZING lineup! it Will be the 1st time in Texas for all of us and we cant wait! Bring on the Drone!