23 bands across three days, June 7-9.
By Blurt Staff
Organizers are touting it as a gathering of “bold, mind-bending and manic” music for three “unhinged, unforgettable nights”: Raleigh, NC, Thursday, June 7 at Kings, Friday, June 8 at the Wicked Witch and Saturday, June 9 at the Pour House. That would be the Triangle Psych Fest, and it’s shaping up to be one of the most eclectic music fests all year.
As co-organized by Daniel Chavis, of Carolina psych/shoegaze legends The Veldt, the event will feature his band, the Floating Children, Dead Leaf Echo, Timothy Eerie, Giant Red Panda, Heaven, Dex Romweber and plenty more. Both veterans and newcomers will be showcased over the course of the three days. (Full schedule below.) Chavis, commenting on the music scene, noted, “For a long time there’s been a steady stream of left field pop and rock pioneers in North Carolina who haven’t been recognized and celebrated as a closely knit community and a vital part of our state’s musical legacy. People easily associate Athens with ‘jangle pop’ or Germany with ‘krautrock’ or San Francisco with ‘Summer of Love rock.’ We’re shining a long overdue spotlight on North Carolina’s ‘psych rock’ scene.”
Explained co-organizer Mike Allen, the event aims to “build cross-generational collaborations and reinforce the comradery between purveyors and fans of experimentation and discovery.” And fellow co-organizer Pierce Clawson added, succinctly, “We’re the festival that’ll free, blow and expand your mind — and do it year after year.”
Ticketing details are below as well.
Pre-Psych Party, Kings, 6/7
Doors 6:00 / Show 7:00 p.m.
Curtains 1:00 a.m.
Midnight – Politburo
https://politburo.bandcamp.com/
11pm – Your 33 Black Angels
10pm – Night Battles
9pm – Micah Gaugh
8pm – Charlie Horse
7pm – Stray Owls
Doors 8:00 p.m. / Show 9:00 p.m.
Curtains 2:00 a.m.
1:00am – Timothy Eerie
https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1049069141774824&ref=content_filter
Midnight – Giant Red Panda
https://m.facebook.com/giantredpandaband/
11:15pm – Lazaris Pit
https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=493949864134032&ref=content_filter
10:30pm – Tide Eyes
https://tideeyes.bandcamp.com/
9:45pm – Laser Witch Queens
https://m.facebook.com/LaserWitchQueens/
9pm – Andie L
DJ Pangean
https://m.facebook.com/DJPangean/
Doors 1:00 p.m. / Show 2:00 p.m.
Curtains 1:15 a.m.
Midnight – The Veldt
https://www.facebook.com/VeldtThe/
11pm – Dead Leaf Echo
https://deadleafecho.bandcamp.com/
10pm – Heaven
https://www.facebook.com/HeavenbandNYC/
9pm – Lacy Jags
https://www.facebook.com/lacyjagsnc
8pm – Eyeball
https://www.facebook.com/eyeball.ensemble/
7pm – Pretty Odd
https://www.facebook.com/prettyoddnc/
6pm – Floating Children
https://www.facebook.com/floatingchildren/
5pm – Morning Bells
https://www.facebook.com/morningbellsband/
4pm – Dex Romweber
https://www.bloodshotrecords.com/artist/dex-romweber
3 pm – The Quarter Roys
https://www.facebook.com/thequarterroys/
2 pm – Double Quarter Panda
https://www.facebook.com/doublequarterpanda/
Tickets:
Two-day passes
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/triangle-psych-fest-2-day-pass-tickets-43290523120
Special Pre-Party at Kings
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/triangle-psych-fest-pre-party-kings-tickets-43290437865
Night One – Wicked Witch
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/triangle-psych-fest-night-one-wicked-witch-tickets-43286163079
Night Two – The Pour House
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/triangle-psych-fest-night-two-the-pour-house-tickets-43286216238