Shoegaze- and Psychfest – The Asteroid No.4 / Dead Leaf Echo / Acid Rooster / Van Elst – U-Rock – Holzminden

Der Muckefukk-Herbst startet mit einem Leckerbissen für alle Shoegaze-, Dreampop- und Psychedelic-Rock-Fans.

Gleich vier hochkarätige internationale Acts werden uns bereits ab 19 Uhr einen unvergesslichen Abend bereiten.

The Asteroid No.4 is an American psych/shoegaze band based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Originally formed in Philadelphia in the late 1990s, the band began its gradual relocation to the West Coast in 2011.

Known for their immersive live performances-melding multi-layered guitars, reverb-heavy vocal harmonies, and a driving rhythm section-The Asteroid No.4 has built a dedicated following within the underground psychedelic community. Their prolific output has been central to their reputation: thirteen full-length albums, numerous compilation appearances, digital rarities, singles, and EPs. With each release, the band continues refining a sound that is distinctly their own.

Often described as 'a hypnotic hybrid of genres filtered through the kaleidoscope of all things psychedelic,' their music spans shoegaze,

12-string-driven folk-rock, Kosmische Musik, and even the occasional detour into cosmic country. The group embraces its influences openly, carrying forward the spirit of the artists who shaped their sonic identity while continually evolving their approach.

Formation

The Asteroid No.4 was founded by childhood friends Scott Vitt and Eric Harms, who had spent years playing together in punk, hardcore, and even a Smiths cover band throughout high school and college. Drawn increasingly toward the emerging UK shoegaze scene of the early 1990s, the pair began writing material that would define the band's early sound.

After months of basement rehearsals, the lineup solidified in the late '90s with the addition of bassist Gregg Weiss and drummer Bill Reim. The group's debut release, the 'Mellow Beach' b/w 'CIA Took My Dog Away' 7-inch, arrived on their own imprint, Lounge Records.

The band's name pays homage to Vesta, the brightest asteroid in the solar system, as well as to the legendary UK psychedelic band Spacemen 3, one of their earliest and most enduring influences. Their cover of Spacemen 3's 'Losing Touch with My Mind,' featured on Rocket Girl Records' 1998 tribute compilation, was singled out by Sonic Boom (Pete Kember) himself as a standout track in Magnet Magazine.

https://theasteroidno4.bandcamp.com/music

Dead Leaf Echo, unsere alten Bekannten aus Brooklyn/ NYC haben sich bereits zwei Mal sehr wohl auf dem Horstberg gefühlt, so dass sie es sich nicht nehmen lassen auch auf ihrer diesjährigen Europatour einen Abstecher nach Holzminden zu machen.

Dead Leaf Echo veröffentlichten seit 2006 bereits zahlreiche Platten auf verschiedenen Labeln und Mix aus New Wave, Shoegaze, Dreampop und Ambient macht ihren Sound einzigartig und abwechslungsreich.

Der Leaf Echo blicken auf eine langjährige Erfahrung an Livekonzerten zurück. Sie teilten die Bühne mit Bands wie Jesus And Mary Chain, Chapterhouse, Ringo Deathstarr, First Aid Kit, Gotye und The Wombats um nur einige zu nennen.

https://linktr.ee/deadleafecho?utm_source=linktree_profile_share

ACID ROOSTER: Mit einem Sound, der den Geist der deutschen Kraut- und Psych Rock Pioniere heraufbeschwört, zelebrieren die drei fränkischen Wahl-Leipziger auf ihren teilweise geschriebenen und improvisierten Songs spannungsgeladene, freidenkende Instrumentalmusik und haben sich international in der Szene einen festenPlatz erspielt. So kommt ihr neue Album über die

drei Labels TONZONEN (EU), CARDINAL FUZZ (UK) und LITTLE CLOUD RECORDS (US) heraus.

https://linktr.ee/acidrooster?utm_source=linktree_profile_share

VAN ELST: Last seen opening for Bauhaus with his previous

band Desert Mountain Tribe, VAN ELST has learned a thing or two from the legends about writing emotional ethereal songs. His music absorbs the listener into an already authentic sonic landscape, touching on themes of loss and healing, through his unique mix of melancholic synths lines, heavy electronics and atmospheric dreamy vocal melodies.

Artist/producer VAN ELST his live shows are sensory journeys of dreamy visuals, live loops, melancholic synths, heavy electronics, and atmospheric vocal melodies. With influences like Tycho and Oscar and the Wolf, he creates a sincere, intimate sonic world. Most recently, he brought this universe to the iconic Paradiso stage, supporting the Danish electronic music sensation ROYA.

https://linktr.ee/vanelst?utm_source=linktree_profile_share

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U-Rock: die nächsten Veranstaltungen

Samstag, 03. Oktober 2026

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Samstag 03. Oktober 2026

The Asteroid No.4 / Dead Leaf Echo / Acid Rooster / Van Elst • »Shoegaze- and Psychfest«

18:00 Uhr | Konzert / Festival in Holzminden, U-Rock
Genre: Shoegaze Psychedelic-Rock Indie Electronic
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