Machine Girl is an American experimental electronic duo formed in Brooklyn in 2012 — Matt Stephenson's glitchy digital-hardcore production joined by Sean Kelly's live drums in 2015. Wlfgrl (2014) built the cult following; MG Ultra (2024) broke them to a wider crowd. Play it loud enough to worry the neighbors. Dig into Machine Girl vinyl, CDs, and reissues at Wax Trax Records.
Machine Girl formed in Brooklyn, New York in 2012 around Matt Stephenson, who launched the project initially as a solo bedroom electronic music project. Sean Kelly joined as drummer in 2015 for the live touring and the band's progressively more rock-influenced subsequent material. The band has built a cult following through extensive touring and DIY festival appearances. Their 2024 MG Ultra brought them new mainstream attention.
Machine Girl's sound combines digital hardcore, breakcore, hardcore punk, industrial, experimental electronic, hardcore techno, and noise rock with Stephenson's distinctive vocal delivery, extremely dense glitchy electronic production, live drum integration, and arrangements drawing on digital hardcore (Atari Teenage Riot), breakcore, gabber, and contemporary noise music traditions.
Future Vision Records and Doc Wørmwood pressings of the Machine Girl catalog have been issued in multiple color variant editions, with collector demand.
Listeners new to Machine Girl typically start with MG Ultra (2024) or Because I'm Young Arrogant (2017).
