With increasing popularity and the addition of more bands to the bill, the AUSTIN PSYCH FEST now celebrates year number five of bringing together numerous psych-rock, garage, pop, experimental and drone music artists for one of the biggest celebrations of its kind. Founded by The Black Angels and The Reverberation Appreciation Society in 2008, it began simply as a project stemming from their own love of psych. The focus was on connecting modern players with the roots of the sound. The fest continues its tribute to the original psych movement of the late ’60s while highlighting contemporary bands influenced by that musical heritage and the...
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Songwriters are more often than not obscured by the artists that make their songs famous, but that's not the case with Chip Taylor. You know him as the writer of "Wild Thing" and "Angel of the Morning," and his songs have been recorded by Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, Aretha Franklin, and Frank Sinatra. Yet Taylor has become a household name not just through his songwriting, but also as a singer and performer himself....
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