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Long Beach’s Magic Lantern have finally gone and released a new sonic document after what seemed like an eternity of waiting. Eagerly anticipated by those who have been biding their time waiting for the band to get on with their uber limited cassette only and CD-R releases (their Self-Titled CD-R was limited to 30), “High Beams”, the band’s latest opus [...]
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Friday, March 13th: Psych Fest 2 @ The Radio Room
Hey LA nerds heading to the SXSW Interactive conference (the tech one, it happens a week before the music one) going down March 13-17, you should go see Silver Lake’s Lower Heaven, along with The Black Angels, The Golden Dawn (performing their 1968 masterpiece Power Plant) and Woven Bones on the first night of the 2nd annual Psych Fest. Hell, you should probably just ditch the conference all together and just plant yourself at the Radio Room (508 E. 6th St.) all weekend, because Saturday and Sunday’s lineups are just as promising with bands like Dead Meadow, Wooden Shjips, Golden Animals, Indian Jewelry, A Place to Bury Strangers, The Vandelles, Miranda Lee Richards and a whole bunch more, scheduled to perform.
Lower Heaven who will stick around Austin for the following week have a couple more shows scheduled with their fellow Psych Fest performers, Dead Meadow and Golden Animals, as well as a SXSW show with Los Angeles’ Spindrift.
Releasing their debut full length, Ashes, earlier this year, Lower Heaven (whose musical backgrounds currently include; Spindrift, Languis, and Tristeza), have been steadily gaining attention with higher profile opening slots on shows with like-minded bands Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Black Angels, Dead Meadow and Darker my Love. Said to already be planning a sophomore release later this fall, Lower Heaven are wasting no time endearing themselves to audiences hungry for well executed psych-pop that doesn’t drown itself in drone.
MP3: Lower Heaven – Lose It All At Once
MP3: Lower Heaven – Knife
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