CURSE MACKEY, I SPEAK MACHINE, SINE

The image promoting Austin dark-wave artist Curse Mackey’s Electric Exorcism Tour is a collage of a Cyclops Virgin Mary flanked by cherubs and a syringe. It captures the witty goth vibe of this bill perfectly. Mackey’s “Dead Fingers Talk” harnesses percolating synths and from-a-whisper-to-a-scream dynamics. L.A.’s I Speak Machine (Tara Busch and Maf Lewis) brings fractured electronics and Busch’s Lene Lovich-style vocal gymnastics to the post-apocalyptic party.