Levitation 2023 Reveals Lineup Additions
Levitation 2023 has expanded with the addition of two of Austin’s newest independent venues: electronic music destination The Concourse Project, and South Austin’s outdoor, multi-stage event center The Far Out Lounge, where Austin Psych Fest was held in April. These new locations are in addition to the festival’s traditional Red River and East Side venues, including the festival’s downtown main stage Stubb’s, and Red River and Eastside staples Mohawk, Empire, Hotel Vegas, Elysium, Parish, Antone’s and 13th Floor.
New additions include BADBADNOTGOOD and DJ Shadow joining forces on the Sunday night, headlining a two stage lineup featuring Armand Hammer, Fat Tony + more. The Saturday lineup at Empire has been announced, with Pelican, King Woman, Uniform, Skeleton and Glassing tearing up two stages presented with Austin heavy and experimental music specialists Oblivion Access.
Other highlights include: A 20-year celebration of indie label Numero Group featuring Unwound, Codeine, Karate and Chisel. A 15-year anniversary celebration of Flying Lotus’s Brainfeeder label, featuring Fly Lo, Hannibal Buress’s Eshu Tune, Salami Rose Joe Louis and more. A psych-rock fever dream featuring The Brian Jonestown Massacre, fest founders The Black Angels, Dandy Warhols, and more across two stages at Far Out. Friday at Far Out brings Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Panda Bear + Sonic Boom, Allah-Las, Tanukichan and more. An epic heavy metal Halloween nightmare topped off with Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats and High On Fire celebrating their 25th anniversary as a band. If you’re not planning out your costume already for this 4 day Halloween music feast – how about a stacked punk bill with Amyl & The Sniffers, Militarie Gun and Die Spitz? Also on the menu: a West Coast psych/garage dream bill with Ty Segall & Freedom Band, Shannon & The Clams, and Ripley Johnson’s twangy trip Rose City Band. More you ask? West Coast psych sister-festival Desert Daze presents Altin Gün, Say She She, Pachyman, JJUUJJUU and more on Sunday evening. International stoner metal collective Heavy Psych Sounds presents Dead Meadow, Ecstatic Vision, 1000mods and more. LA darkwave destination Substance presents their own showcase with Twin Tribes, Nuovo Testamento, Sacred Skin and Vosh.
Other lineup highlights, include Oneohtrix Point Never, Durand Jones, The Church, Blonde Redhead, Mercury Rev’s Clear Light Ensemble performing a live score to the 1932 classic horror / noir film Vampyr, Death From Above 1979, the return of Alan Palomo (Neon Indian), Jockstrap and many, many more.
ADDITIONS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER:
ALEXALONE, ARIEL & THE CULTURE, BATHS, BLACK MARACAS, BUCK BILOXI, BUTCHER BEAR + SOUNDFOUNDER (EXPLODED DRAWING), CHIEF CLEOPATRA, COCO MARIA, COMMUNION, DEMOB HAPPY, DJ SHADOW, EL KHAT, FAT TONY, FEARING, FLAT WORMS, FUCK MONEY, GIRL RAY, GLASSING, KALU & THE ELECTRIC JOINT, KING WOMAN, MAGNA CARDA, ON BEING AN ANGEL, PELICAN, PORCELAIN, QUEEN SERENE, SASAMI, SITTING ON STACY, SKELETON, THE VELDT, THEY/LIVE, UNIFORM, VIDEO AGE
LINEUP BY DAY:
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26
UNWOUND • ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER
TY SEGALL & FREEDOM BAND • SHANNON AND THE CLAMS
THE CHURCH • CODEINE • JOCKSTRAP • YEULE
DEAD MEADOW • KARATE • CHISEL • SLOW PULP • TWIN TRIBES
ROSE CITY BAND • JONATHAN BREE • WATER FROM YOUR EYES • SASAMI • LSD AND THE SEARCH FOR GOD • NUOVO TESTAMENTO • ECSTATIC VISION • FLAT WORMS • 1000MODS • SACRED SKIN • VOSH • BABEHOVEN • SKULL PRACTITIONERS • ANNABELLE CHAIRLEGS • FCUKERS • MARION RAW • FONT
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27
UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA • FLYING LOTUS
PANDA BEAR + SONIC BOOM • UNCLE ACID AND THE DEADBEATS
HIGH ON FIRE • BLONDE REDHEAD • ALLAH-LAS • ALAN PALOMO (NEON INDIAN) • ESHU TUNE (HANNIBAL BURESS) • BULLY • CRACK CLOUD • TEEBS • TANUKICHAN • WARMDUSCHER • CIVIC ULRIKA SPACEK • HOLY WAVE • SALAMI ROSE JOE LOUIS • GANSER • GIRL RAY • THE WELL • BUCK BILOXI • FEARING • BLUSHING • MONEY CHICHA ARIEL & THE CULTURE • COCO MARIA • AMULETS • SAM BURTON • QUEEN SERENE • PORCELAIN • ON BEING AN ANGEL
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28
THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE • THE BLACK ANGELS
AMYL & THE SNIFFERS • DURAND JONES
THE DANDY WARHOLS • MERCURY REV’S CLEAR LIGHT ENSEMBLE
PELICAN • KING WOMAN • THE VELDT • SPEEDY ORTIZ
DUMBO GETS MAD • SONIDO GALLO NEGRO • UNIFORM • PALEHOUND
MILITARIE GUN • LORELLE MEETS THE OBSOLETE • DIE SPITZ
KALU & THE ELECTRIC JOINT • GHOST FUNK ORCHESTRA • BATHS
GLASSING• SKELETON • GIO CHAMBA • EL COMBO OSCURO
BLACK MARACAS • ALEXALONE • COMMUNION • CHIEF CLEOPATRA
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29
BADBADNOTGOOD • BEACH FOSSILS • DJ SHADOW
ALTIN GÜN • TURNOVER • DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979
ARMAND HAMMER • PIGS X7 • SAY SHE SHE • PACHYMAN • EL KHAT JJUUJJUU • MUSTARD SERVICE • VIDEO AGE • FAT TONY • FXXK MONEY • RICKSHAW BILLIE’S BURGER PATROL • NOLAN POTTER’S NIGHTMARE BAND • DJUNAH • DEMOB HAPPY • MAGNA CARDA • THEY/LIVE • SITTING ON STACY
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