by Mike Breen
10.19.2012
Inaugural music festival celebrates the resurgence of Psychedelic Rock
Saturday night at Northside's Mayday is the debut of the Cincy Psych Fest, a multi-band event inspired by the popular Austin Psych Fest, a six-year-old event that showcases the current state of Psychedelic/Garage Rock and Pop, led by artists like The Black Angels, The Warlocks and Dead Meadow. The Cincy Psych Fest is the brain child of Laura Dolan, Laura Skaggs and creative local commercial arts enterprise We Have Become Vikings. The team has assembled a great first-year lineup of national, regional and local acts inspired by the sounds of ’60s Psychedelia and Garage. The fest will present bands on Mayday’s indoor stage as well as on an outdoor, second-floor stage. Tickets are $10 (advanced ones are available through ticketfly.com here) and the fest begins at 6 p.m. Here are some samples from the various artists. Click the band name for more info on each.The People’s Temple (Lansing, Mich.)Mondo Drag (Davenport, Iowa)Outer Minds (Chicago)Always in my head by Outer MindsHeaven’s Gateway Drugs (Ft. Wayne, Ind.) CPF Cassette by Heaven's Gateway Drugs
Hickory Robot, Big Rock Club and Why? promote new LPs, plus Northside hosts Psych Fest and Savages
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Local bands Why?, Big Rock Club and Hickory Robot promote their latest releases this week. Plus, Barrence Whitfield & the Savages return to Cincinnati to play a few shows and record a new album and things get trippy in Northside with the inaugural Cincy Psych Fest at Mayday Saturday.