NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of 13th Floor Elevators on 17 April 2020. 13th Floor Elevators has been played on NTS over 100 times, featured on 65 episodes and was first played on 12 July 2013.

Hailing from Austin, Texas, 13th Floor Elevators pioneered the psychedelic garage sound of the 60s with their debut album, 'The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators' and follow-up, 'Easter Everywhere'. They were one of the first acts to describe their music as 'psychedelic' and their lyrics and sleeve notes would openly endorse the use of drugs like LSD to alter human consciousness.

Having pleaded insanity to…