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Florida Alt-Rockers A Brilliant Lie Threaten to Come Apart at the Seams in "Unwoven" (premiere)
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The Messthetics Impress with Their Free-flowing Improvisation and Endless Experimentation
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Extreme Music Fiends ENDON Return with Another Chaotic Offering in 'Boy Meets Girl'
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Brits in Hot Weather #10: Swindle, Team Picture, Sasha, I Cried Wolf + Dirty Nice
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Cyclone Static Meditates on Commitment with Powerful Track "Walk This Line" (premiere)
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The Dusk in Angelica Liddell: The Transgressive Post-Hardcore Theater of 'Esta Breve Tragedia de la Carne'
Spanish avant-garde theater-maker Liddell and veteran metalcore band Converge try to make sense of the brief tragedy of the flesh.
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Mob Terror Contemplates All of Us "People" (premiere)
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Post-hardcore outsiders reconvene to unleash a harsh and harrowing assessment of modern society.
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Super Unison: Auto
Poetic justice at once ferocious and dreamy, Auto sees Super Unison as a voice that takes you and grabs your attention.
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