{"id":609701,"date":"2026-05-29T04:46:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T04:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/609701\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T04:46:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T04:46:16","slug":"bikini-kill-los-thuthanaka-smerz-set-for-levitation-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/609701\/","title":{"rendered":"Bikini Kill, Los Thuthanaka, Smerz Set for Levitation 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/levitation.fm\/?srsltid=AfmBOooSyhDurHEFmeIIvTx9nClbbnI1YT2rblWJqvahBjjQTKeTTMpe\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/levitation.fm\/?srsltid=AfmBOooSyhDurHEFmeIIvTx9nClbbnI1YT2rblWJqvahBjjQTKeTTMpe&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/levitation.fm\/?srsltid=AfmBOooSyhDurHEFmeIIvTx9nClbbnI1YT2rblWJqvahBjjQTKeTTMpe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Levitation<\/a> festival returns to Austin this September with a lineup featuring <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/349-bikini-kill\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bikini Kill<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/smerz\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Smerz<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/molchat-doma\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Molchat Doma<\/a>. Revolving around a two-stage hub at the Radio\/East venue, the fest will also sprawl through the Red River District with a slate of club shows. Stubb\u2019s will host headline concerts from American Football, the Garden, and Angine de Poitrine, while Los Thuthanaka and Nitzer Ebb are among the Elysium bookings. The Sunday-night headliner for Radio\/East is, for now, a secret.<\/p>\n<p>Also on the lineup are Peter Hook and the Light; Cabaret Voltaire; a Bikini Kill bill featuring Die Spitz, Sweeping Promises, and Melt-Banana; a 29th Street Ballroom set from Takuya Nakamura; and the Animal Collective side project Croz Boyce. The festival takes place from September 10-13.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image may contain Advertisement Poster and Text\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-dkeESL cQPiWi responsive-image__image\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/unnamed%20(75).jpg\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Levitation festival returns to Austin this September with a lineup featuring Bikini Kill, Smerz, and Molchat Doma.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":609702,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,10923,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-609701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-festivals","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=609701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609701\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/609702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=609701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=609701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}