Photos: Desert Daze Festival 2016 Day 1 Including Deerhunter, Toro y Moi, The Sonics and More

Mauricio Alvarado October 20th, 2016 - 5:16 PM

Deerhunter

The 5th annual Desert Daze festival took over The Institute of Mental Physics of Joshua Tree this past weekend, and featured a wide range of up-and-coming artists as well as popular and well-established indie acts. Most of the bands at the festival were either a Psychedelic throw back to the 1970s or experimental artists making electronic music.

Day 1 started with with a couple of technical problems including audio feedback, audio problems and even Deakin from Animal Collective having a fit on stage due to the overwhelming sound issues.

All of these problems seemed to fade away as the festival continued. Some of the highlights were the psychedelic Grateful Dead-influenced band Dios, Halloween glam band ‘The Death Valley Girls, and the fun and energetic psych band from Australia King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard.

Also featured at the festival was the ’60s garage rock band The Sonics, the funky and cool Toro y Moi, and the mysterious Deerhunter.