Levitation Austin artist spotlight: The Golden Dawn

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The Golden Dawn are one of those legendary bands who put out one great record and then disappeared.  They formed in Austin, Texas around the same time as The 13th Floor Elevators and released their lone record, The Power Plantbefore breaking up in 1968.  Everything I’ve heard off The Power Plant is great, with a heavier edge than 13th Floor Elevators material.  I missed these guys at Levitation Austin in 2014, so I’m keen to see them at the Thursday night pre-festival kick-off party at Empire Garage.

Keep your mind open.

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Nik Havert

I've been a music fan since my parents gave me a record player for Christmas when I was still in grade school. The first record I remember owning was "Sesame Street Disco." I've been a professional writer since 2004, but writing long before that. My first published work was in a middle school literary magazine and was a story about a zoo in which the animals could talk.

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