Blackie, Auntie, Late

On 2017’s Remains, experimental warlord Blackie condensed elements of hardcore punk, noise, jazz, and rap into a gamma ray of inspired aggression. The Houston-based performer, who plays sax and possesses a mighty scream, heaves and sweats alongside ATX glitch-and-doom duo Auntie – whose diverse compositions can be brutal, ambient, or shockingly poppy – and new Unknown Relatives spin-off, Late. – Kevin Curtin