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AMM Oct. 28 2023: LEVITATION Saturday & Sunday.

Right. Do the hydrating. Get your caffeine on. There’s much more ahead at LEVITATION this weekend, and your AMM has a smidge of recommendations, if you’re so inclined. Make sure to check Levitation’s website for the full schedule. Let’s go.

For tonight, Saturday Oct. 28: Mexico City’s Sonido Gallo Negro headlines at Hotel Vegas, with an afterparty featuring Como Las Movies and Trejo; Palehound and Speedy Ortiz are on the line-up at The Parish, with Baths and Alexalone; AMM fave Glassing plays Empire Control Room, opening for Uniform with Skeleton; Die Spitz is the perfect fit for the chaos at Stubb’s with Amyl & The Sniffers and Militarie Gun; a major line-up at Mohawk with headliner Durand Jones featuring Austin artists Kalu & The Electric Joint, Adrian Quesada, and AMM fave Chief Cleopatra; and the Far Out Lounge and Stage is the magic spot for a momentous occasion with The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Veldt, The Black Angels, Lorelle Meets The Obsolete, The Dandy Warhols, and KUTX October Artist of the Month Daiistar. Holy. Hell.
Levitation wraps up tomorrow, Sunday Oct. 29 with Miami-based band Mustard Service at the Parish; Spaceflight Records artists Big Bill, Billy King and The Bad Bad Bad, and Nemegata take over The 13th Floor; AMM fave Magna Carda starts out the evening at Far Out Lounge and Stage; Altin Gün at Empire Garage; and quite possibly one of the most GARGANTUAN ways to open a show – the inimitable Fuck Money annihilates the Mohawk stage ahead of Death From Above 1979, with Demob Happy on the bill.

Go forth for some quality not-behaving.

AMM Oct. 27 2023: A few AMM picks for LEVITATION Fri/Sat.

In addition to hosting performances at venues along Red River, downtown, and South Austin, LEVITATION has a new central wind down hub, Levitation Lounge at 809 E. 6th, where festival goers can take a break and maybe catch a few Levitation artists doing DJ sets. You’re gonna need it during this busy weekend. And you know how the AMM does this thing – here are a handful of picks for tonight, Friday Oct. 27, and Saturday, Oct. 28. So much going on that it hurts:

Tonight – Recent Studio 1A guest Alan Palomo at Empire Garage on E. 7th (“La Madrinleña” from World of Hassle is featured on today’s AMM); Allah-Las at Far Out Lounge and Stage in South Austin; the incomparable Flying Lotus takes over the room at The Concourse, 8509 Burleson Rd.; Bully is back in Austin for a performance at The Parish, 501 Brushy St.; celebrating more than 10 years of Sorrow and Extinction, Pallbearer reigns with doom at The 13th Floor on Red River; and celebrating their new self-titled LP, Queen Serene starts out the evening for Ulrika Spacek at Antone’s, with Holy Wave.
Saturday’s hot spots – Amyl & The Sniffers at Stubb’s; Mercury Rev’s Clear Light Ensemble presenting a live score for the 1932 horror classic Vampyr at Elysium; Kris Esfandiari‘s heartstopping King Woman performs at Empire Garage, and with new music from Wait Til I Get Over, Durand Jones headlines at Mohawk.

More LEVITATION selections from the AMM coming up tomorrow. Stay tuned.