Austin’s Levitation Festival—formerly the Austin Psych Fest—is one of the gems in the Austin festival calendar. It brings big-name headliners in a low-pressure environment, and this year, with the fiftieth-anniversary reunion performance of the legendary psych-rock band the 13th Floor Elevators, it will be an international attraction.
But if you needed another reason to get excited about the festival, they’ve got an exclusive mixtape that blends the big names at the top of the bill—the Flaming Lips, Austin’s Black Angels, Mac Demarco—with some of the down-ticket acts fans may not know. “Since 2012, we’ve been commissioning San Francisco producer Al Lover to create mix tapes for our festival lineups, and they’re a great way to discover new music and bands on the lineup that you might not be familiar with,” said Rob Fitzpatrick of the Reverberation Appreciation Society, the record label behind the festival.
Levitation takes place at the Carson Creek Ranch May 8-10. The full lineup and schedule info can be found here. Take a listen to the mixtape above, and check out the full track listing:
The Black Angels – Diamond Eyes
The Goastt – Too Deep
Fuzz – Fuzz’s Fourth Dream
Fat White Family – I Am Mark E Smith
Dallas Acid – The Battle of Zama
The Flaming Lips – Look… The Sun Is Rising
The 13th Floor Elevators – Levitation
A Place to Bury Strangers – We’ve Come So Far
Nothing – Bent Nail
Mac DeMarco – Chamber of Reflection
Baby Robots – Hallowedwiener
The Myrrors – Dome House Music
Eternal Tapestry – Echo Sounder
Tele Novella – Trouble in Paradise
Melody’s Echo Chamber – You Won’t Be Missing That Part of Me
The Paperhead – Eye for Eye
Follakzoid – Feuerzeug
Samsara Blues Experiment – Army of Ignorance
ZZZ’s – Drippin’
Mugstar – Technical Knowledge as a Weapon
Los Mundos – Como Si Importara
Ryan Sambol – A Human Being
