10 Essential Showcases to See at Oblivion Access

Unpacking the unclassifiable experimental music festival, show by show

Agriculture (photo by Milan Aguirre)

This is a blurb from The Austin Chronicle’s coverage of Oblivion Access Fest. Read the entire listicle here.

Midwife, Street Sects, Elizabeth Colour Wheel

Elysium, Thursday 15

Midwife, outlet of multi-instrumentalist Madeline Johnston, shows the multifaceted nature of noise music in mixing slowcore sensibilities and fairylike shoegaze. Recent album Orbweaving features the typical doom and gloom of Johnston coupled with a meatier rock core via collaborator Vyva Melinkolya. The noise gets noisier, however, with the heavy punkness of Elizabeth Colour Wheel and the adrenaline rush of Street Sects intersecting on the same night. The latter's songs, like "X Amount," mimic the anxiety of a chase with a ravenous wolf. All three acts run with the Flenser label.