Machine Girl | Artist

Machine Girl is an American electronic music project formed 2013 in Long Island, New York, by Matt Stephenson aka Artie's Kryptonite (production, vocals) and Sean Kelly aka Mankid (percussion). They play a style of digital hardcore drum & bass in performance and on record and video game soundtracks. Revolver magazine's Stephenson described Machine Girl's music as "fucked-up electronic punk". Kerrang! listed them as one of the "bands expanding the definition of hardcore", describing the project as "a particularly punky and ferocious breed of the electronic sub-genre breakcore that could easily pass for hardcore when they rip it live." And Pitchfork defined their style as "relentlessly smashing together bits of punk, grindcore, rave, industrial and more, "unpredictable and dangerous, full of animalistic rage and uncontrollable energy". The project was named after the 2008 Japanese film The Machine Girl. To-date they have released nine studio albums (excluding remixes) and two game soundtracks. Standouts include their debut WLFGRL (2014), Because I'm Young Arrogant and Hate Everything You Stand For (2017), The Ugly Art (2018), the game soundtrack Neon White: Part 1 - The Wicked Heart (2022), and their 2024 album MG Ultra. Both of the band's members release work under their artist names, plus Stephenson is a member of side project Prolaps.

Artist Website: machinegirl.bandcamp.com

Featured Albums: Machine Girl

Related Artists: Artie's Kryptonite, Mankid