Machine Girl

When you read comments like “This is going to hit hard live,” you know you need to get up close to the stage. And that’s the sort of thing you see written about Machine Girl online. The project, featuring singer/producer Matt Stephenson and drummer Sean Kelly, is infamous for its insane and unpredictable concerts, rife with explosive guitar riffs and electronic sounds. Punk, breakcore, jungle, noise, gabber, industrial, rave: there’s no point even trying to pigeonhole Machine Girl into a single genre. “Everything is permitted, and nothing is true,” Stephenson chants on the duo’s latest, excellent release, MG Ultra. Their lyrics feature references to science fiction, horror, and anime, drawing a dark picture filled with fear, hatred, and algorithms of the future, but tinged with hope that they can be escaped if we combine our efforts. Don’t miss this show at the OFF Festival!