Crucial Concerts: Horsegirl, Lifeguard

This is a blurb from The Austin Chronicle’s Crucial Concerts column. Read the whole column here.

Horsegirl, Lifeguard

Parish, Monday 7

Amalgamating the auditory aesthetics of shoegaze and lo-fi indie rock, Horsegirl opted for a more capacious approach to the alternative genre on their Matador Records debut, Versions of Modern Performance. The Windy City collective creates timeless music, with Versions ranging from the Sixties experimental musings of the Velvet Underground to the punk-derived sonic texture of Pavement – both of which member Penelope Lowenstein cites as inspirations. With high-intensity, high-energy punk labelmates Lifeguard's youthful approach to noise, the night will be a time capsule for indie enthusiasts everywhere.