Stoned From the Underground 2023 Makes First Lineup Announcement
You’ve got the forerunners of Greek heavy rock in 1000mods as a headliner and Black Rainbows who should have a new record in the can by then, Dutch out-there-searchers Temple Fang and burly Osnabrückian sludge metallers Iron Walrus, Gnome who are frickin’ everywhere right now, Acid Mammoth who crush and I hope have a new LP out this year, Mother Engine, dreamy Darmstadt instrumentalists Lucid Void, plus the eternally weird Beehoover and DŸSE, and did I miss anybody? I don’t think so. In any case, this is pretty strong first announcement from the venerable and long-running Stoned From the Underground Festival in Germany. Set to take place July 13-15, it’s always a spot on the summer’s heavy circuit and an event I’ve admired from afar for a long time even if I haven’t always necessarily covered it. I don’t have an excuse, I’m only one person and I think more than 20 years on from when they started out, the fest needs me to write words about it not in the slightest. They are an institution.
In any case, it’s already a solid assemblage and obviously there’s more to come. Earlybird tickets seem to be on sale now, so if you know you’re going to be in the neighborhood or if you’re putting yourself there for the festival, traveling, etc., you might as well get the bargain. For the rest of us, a bit of daydream fodder:
Dear Stoned community,
So far we’ve been holding back on band announcements, but now we’re really getting started. Enjoy with us:
1000mods
BLACK RAINBOWS
Temple Fang
Acid Mammoth
Mother Engine
DŸSE
Gnome
Beehoover
IRON WALRUS
Swan Valley Heights
Lucid Void
…and more
Daniela Uhlig is already working at full steam on our new artwork for 2023, which will follow in the next few days – stay tuned!
Stoned from the Underground 2023 (Onlineticket): https://events.design-erfurt.de/produkt/sftu-2023/
https://www.facebook.com/stonedfromtheundergroundfestival
https://www.instagram.com/stonedfromtheunderground
http://www.sftu.de/
When I last was there, 2013, Mother Engine played a clandestine, generator-powered show at the campsite. That was pretty cool. Makes me happy to see that they’re still going strong and made it to the bill now.