Mystery Lights

Like Levitation 2024 before it, the Black Angels’ annual celebration of psychedelic music has expanded its genre constraints to spotlight the best of all things alternative, from indie rock legends (Kim Gordon plays solo on Saturday, while Yo La Tengo and Dinosaur Jr. wrap Sunday) to post-punk contemporaries (Day 2 act Wombo) to post-rock torchbearers (Godspeed You! Black Emperor and locals Explosions in the Sky both top Friday’s bill). Of course, the festival’s hazy origins remain thanks to consciousness-raising, generation-spanning acts like Blackwater Holylight, Holy Wave, and Angels singer Alex Maas. More affordable than most fests with such stacked lineups, day tickets go for $75 while weekend passes request $200. – Carys Anderson