Yeast by Sweet Beast first night w/ Xathax, Cinders Ensemble, Pelicrane, Book of Shadows, Wilfred Brimley's Secret Mission, Ana Barajas, Nicole & Eric's Guide to a Meaningful Life

Begun by musician/curator Anne Heller to showcase acts too far out of SXSW bounds, YXSB is now 18 years into premier U.S. experimentalism. Friday’s headlined at the Carousel by electro-noise enigma XathaX with support from Austin chamber rockers Cinders Ensemble, noise proggers Pelicrane, ambient project Book of Shadows, and more.