Austin Psych Fest Photo Essay (2013)

by Anna · Published May 19, 2013 · Updated May 8, 2015

On the Friday night of Austin Psych Fest, 2013, the weather was perfect and the bands were groovy.
The first band I saw after driving straight from Houston was the middle-eastern sounds of Tinariwen.

Tinariwen

Then I saw people blowing bubbles in the perfect spring weather.

This was followed by a blistering performance by the Suuns, which was just as intense as their show during SXSW 2013.

Suuns

Then there was a set from the all-girl band Warpaint

Warpaint

The Raveonettes

Black Rebel Motercycle Club

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

Saturday night at Austin Psych Fest started with Man or Astroman, complete with space-ready jumpsuits:

Man or Astroman

After Man or Astroman played, the sky fell. Buckets of rain. Cats and dogs falling from the sky. It’s the wettest I’d ever been when I haven’t been at a waterpark.
Still, after a long delay and a quick relocating of gear, Os Mutantes went on with the show.

OS Mutantes

After walking around in the mud, it was time for a tasty doughnut.

After the rain, Deerhunter played.

Deerhunter

When we managed to escape the mud of the parking lot and got home, this is what our mudproof boots looked like. We’d actually scraped a lot of mud off before we got into the car.

On Sunday, the sun was back out and the field was dry. People were in a party mood, while there was still a bit of evidence from the night before’s epic disaster.

Making a backstage pyramid.