For ten years now, Chicago Psych Fest has been warping minds. Organized by musician and artist (and longtime Reader contributor) Steve Krakow and local artist Matt Ginsberg, the three-day-long festival is much like the classic shows held at the Fillmore (in San Francisco and NYC), the Kinetic Playground (in Chicago), the Grande Ballroom (Detroit), and the Boston Tea Party (guess) during the genre’s earliest days, featuring combinations of younger acts, veteran bands, and even influences outside of fuzz-tone rock.…
For ten years now, Chicago Psych Fest has been warping minds. Organized by musician and artist (and longtime Reader contributor) Steve Krakow and local artist Matt Ginsberg, the three-day-long festival is much like the classic shows held at the Fillmore (in San Francisco and NYC), the Kinetic Playground (in Chicago), the Grande Ballroom (Detroit), and the Boston Tea Party (guess) during the genre’s earliest days, featuring combinations of younger acts, veteran bands, and even influences outside of fuzz-tone rock.…