By Josh Pettis, Staff Writer Photo by Joey Medlen Q&A with Machine Girl (Matt Stephenson) and Sean Kelly post-Lobsterfest over hashbrowns, coffee and other 2 a.m. breakfast foods. As a fan of some of your earlier works like Gemini and Jet Set Radio Remixes 1, I was really curious what it feels like to move…
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Preview: ACRN Lobsterfest with Machine Girl, Galen Tipton, Kali Dreamer, Lung, DANA and Burger Big / April 27 / The Union
By Emily DiAlbert, Editorial Director Flyer by Amelia Green It’s been 15 long weeks, Rock Lobsters. Whether you’re dreading the impending finals week or holding back tears because you’re about to leave your favorite college town, we at ACRN have something to brighten your rainy day. Tomorrow night at The Union, we’re bringing you six…
Q&A: Machine Girl
By Kiah Easton, Staff Writer [Photo Courtesy of Machine Girl] After only a week off from their mini-tour in Mexico, Machine Girl is back on the road promoting their most ambitious album yet. The Ugly Art combines elements of several genres including house, breakbeat and punk, creating a futuristic, apocalyptic, ear-rupturing experience. After seeing the…
Album Review: Machine Girl – The Ugly Art
By Kiah Easton, Contributor [Kitty On Fire; 2018] Rating: 8/10 Key Tracks: “Status”, “NWOFKA Skullboy”, “Full Metal Dipshit” With little to no warning, Pittsburgh-based cyber-punk duo Machine Girl have released their latest project, fittingly entitled The Ugly Art. Leaving Orange Milk and debuting on Kitty On Fire, the band continue to deliver a variety of…
ACRN’s Top 25 Albums of 2017
Tremendous year. 25 albums. The votes are in–here we go! 1. Kendrick Lamar – DAMN., [Interscope / TDE; 2017] By Jon Fuchs, Music Director DAMN. is only further proof that Kendrick Lamar is one of the greatest rappers of our generation. Instead of creating another concept record like good kid, m.A.Ad. city or To Pimp a Butterfly,…
Album Review – Machine Girl – ...BECAUSE I’M YOUNG ARROGANT AND HATE EVERYTHING YOU STAND FOR
By Eli Schoop, Copy Editor [Orange Milk; 2017] Rating: 9/10 Key Tracks: “FUCK UP YOUR FACE”, “SAD CLAPS”, “うずまき” Orange Milk Records has an overarching aesthetic; garish colors, unspaces and a tribute to the vanished art styles of yesteryear abound. In the middle of all this hyperrealism sits Machine Girl, a black anomaly in face…
Preview: Machine Girl, The Obsessives, Rollergirl, Shannon and The Tunnels / Feb. 1 / The Bat Lounge
By Jennifer Castaneda, Contributor Not to state the obvious, but Mondays are a drag; you’re tired, dreading going back to class and already counting down the days until Friday rolls around. Start your week off on a bearable note by coming on down to the Bat Lounge this Monday night to see some great acts. ACRN had the…
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