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Dark Angel (2025)
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Abstracted Mind (2018)
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psychic behaviors (2021)
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Austin art-punk/post-hardcore. Explosive live shows and ambitious, genre-defying records.
San Antonio noise rock/psychedelic punk chaos. Completely unhinged and absolutely essential.
Austin noise rock. Ferocious, unhinged, and brutally loud since the early 90s. Reunited in 2014 after 15 years.
Houston experimental punk. Notorious for overdubbing satirical punk vocals onto popular radio hits.
Austin noise rock/post-punk. One of the great unsung bands of the Austin underground.
Pioneering art-punk from Houston.
Houston industrial noise/experimental. Dark, abrasive, and deeply unsettling.
Irreverent art-punk from Austin.
Youthful grunge revivalists from Austin.
Austin noise rock pioneers. David Yow and David Wm. Sims went on to form The Jesus Lizard.
Dallas noise-punk cult legends. Close friends with the Butthole Surfers, acquired legendary underground status.
Austin industrial noise duo. Abrasive, confrontational electronic-infused heaviness.
San Antonio avant-metal trio weaving post-hardcore, noise rock, and dark post-rock.
Ferocious noise rock from Austin.
Spastic noise rock from Houston.
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