THIS WEEKEND: Instant Pleasure Psych Fest At Strange Matter

by | Sep 21, 2011 | MUSIC

It’s time to break out the electric Kool Aid because The Instant Pleasure Psych Fest is coming to Strange Matter this Friday and Saturday. In what will be two days of heavy vibes and ample sonic dosage, some of the region’s most freaked and fuzzed out acts will be performing in a trans-dimensional marathon of eclectic sights and sounds. Richmond favorites like the Diamond Center, Gull, and Caves Caverns will be performing, along with heavy-hitting out of town acts like Baltimore’s the Flying Eyes, DC’s Dark Sea Dream, Belgium’s Black Box Revelation, and Australia’s The Morning After Girls. The full line up and schedule for this weekend’s psych fest is listed after the jump.


It’s time to break out the electric Kool Aid because The Instant Pleasure Psych Fest is coming to Strange Matter this Friday and Saturday. In what will be two days of heavy vibes and ample sonic dosage, some of the region’s most freaked and fuzzed out acts will be performing in a trans-dimensional marathon of eclectic sights and sounds. Richmond favorites like the Diamond Center, Gull, and Caves Caverns will be performing, along with heavy-hitting out of town acts like Baltimore’s the Flying Eyes, DC’s Dark Sea Dream, Belgium’s Black Box Revelation, and Australia’s The Morning After Girls. The full line up and schedule for this weekend’s psych fest is listed after the jump.

REVOLT OF THE APES.com presents: INSTANT PLEASURE- RVA PSYCH FEST 2011

—————————DAY 1——————————

Doors at 8:00 pm

Equinox occurs at 9:04pm- introduction and welcoming

9:10-9:30 Frailty of Angels
9:40-10:00 Flesh Control
10:10-10:40 PJB (DC)
10:50-11:15 Borborites (DC)
11:25-12:00 Dark Sea Dream
12:15-12:40 Caves Caverns
12:40-1:40 DJ Shravnasty/+?

———————–DAY 2————————–

Doors at 5:00 pm

6:00-6:30 Palindrone
6:50-7:20 MUTWAWA
7:40-8:10 Last Remaining Pinnacle (Virginia Beach, VA)
8:30-9:00 The Flying Eyes (Baltimore, MD)
9:20-9:50 Gull
10:10-10:40 The Sky Drops (Wilmington, Delaware)
11:00-11:30 Black Box Revelation (Belgium)
11:50-12:20 Morning After Girls (Australia)
12:50-1:20 The Diamond Center

Soundscapes provided by REVOLT OF THE APES

Admission for IPF-DAY 2 is ONLY $10 at the door.

*follow INSTANT PLEASURE on twitter- @INSTNTPLSUREFST

*contact INSTANT PLEASURE at instantpleasurefest@gmail.com

Marilyn Drew Necci

Marilyn Drew Necci

Former GayRVA editor-in-chief, RVA Magazine editor for print and web. Anxiety expert, proud trans woman, happily married.




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