Guardian Music — Pontins Holiday Park, PrestatynDespite organisational problems, acts such as the Fall, Roky Erickson, Sleaford Mods and Ex-Easter Island Head made the seaside festival the place to be for fans of the avant garde, esoteric or outsiderOnce the alternat... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Kenneth Bachor TVOTR / Roky Erickson / Moon Duo The second day of Raleigh, NC's Hopscotch Festival happened on Friday (9/11) after kicking off on Thursday with plenty more great shows around the city's downtown area. We caught... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Raleigh, NC's annual Hopscotch Music Festival returns this year from September 10-12, and today the lineup was announced. It includes Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Godflesh, X, TV on the Radio, Deerhunter, Battles, Roky Erickson, Old Man Gloom, Le1f, ... more info

Stereogum — At Austin’s Levitation festival this past weekend, Texan psych legends the 13th Floor Elevators reunited to play their first show in 47 years. The band was only together for a few years in the first place, and given the mental health problems that ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Will Sheff getting ready to drone at Death by Audio in October (via BV Instagram) Okkervill River frontman, former Shearwater member, Roky Erickson collaborator, Rock*A*Teens superfan, and all around cool guy Will Sheff will play a one-off NYC show T... more info

NME — Band laid down original cover to celebrate 40 years of 'Austin City Limits' more info

Stereogum — Foo Fighters participated in the upcoming season of Austin City Limits. To mark the occasion they covered “Two Headed Dog (Red Temple Prayer)” by Roky Erickson, whom Dave Grohl described as “one of Austin’s greatest heroes.” Watch them rawk... more info

Chicago Tribune — AUSTIN, Texas -- The Texas capital has been an epicenter of psychedelic rock since Roky Erickson virtually invented the genre here in the '60s, and Thursday the sound was carried forward by bands from Japan to the Pacific Northwest. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by P Squared Photography Black Angels / Roky Erickson '60s psych lovers The Black Angels and an actual '60s psych legend Roky Erickson recently kicked off a tour together that brought the fellow Austinites to NYC for a free... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Roky Erickson @ Chicago's Wicker Park Fest 2013 (more by Lindsay Best) Pharmakon @ Saint Vitus 2013 (more by Fred Pessaro) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... The... more info