10 Other Unclassifiable Austin Acts
Fri., May 16, 2008
W-S Burn
Members Pixie (vocals, harmonium, wind chimes), Steve Gigante (guitar)
The vibe "Spaced-out, minimal, emotionally disarming, dark, warm, gorgeous songs sung by a red-haired witch who has recurring nightmares."
Abigail und Hansel
Members Michelle Waterman and Joel Crutcher (guitars, vocals), Bobby Baker (guitar and bass)
The vibe "Those who can get past the gargoyles at the gates will find the walls crawling in a joyous spasm of liquid guitar shards and tales of waking."
Venison Whirled
Members Lisa Cameron
The vibe "With very simple materials and using the physical aspects of sound, I'm trying to describe my experience of an inner landscape."
Gary Barftits
Members Mainly Gary Barftits by himself, but recently a clan of men has been organized to assist him in a weight-loss show, including Jason Elinoff, Chad Allen, and Erich Ragsdale.
The vibe "Catchy, jazzy, subconsciously demanding, avant, progressive, artsy fartsy, nonrated."
Low Red Center
Members Chad A, Isaac, Jason, and Matt
The vibe "Sets range from restrained, minimal synthprovisation to all-out grating noise. We respect the unexpected."
Bright Duplex
Members Matt Armistead and Vanessa Rossetto
The vibe "Hyperactive free improvisation. Percussion, strings, wood, metal, and onion peels. Loud, but we can be real quiet if we want to. Fast-moving, busy, busy world."
Plutonium Farmers
Members Matt Armistead (drums), Aaron Dugan (electronics, drums), Jonathan Horne (guitar, vocals)
The vibe "What if Man or Astroman crash-landed at Rudy Van Gelder's in 1950/60-something, brainwashed by Earth, people, and animal observations?"
James Eck Rippie
The vibe "Some say melancholy, a soundtrack to drowning/dreaming. Strange, spinning elevator bath music."
Douglas Ferguson
The vibe "Douglas Ferguson reaches into the nexus of the place between contemporary electronic music and psychedelic free-form third-eye tweaking and shakes it around like a ceremonial rattle."
Dromez
Members Liz Dromez
The vibe Nerve-shattering, sneaky, harsh noisescapes. The sound of war between teenagers and 1,000 tiny robots with human teeth. Awkward, hellish, and sweet.