Large evolving experimental improvisation group wi
Forget music for a second. Onstage, this Denton-based improv collective looks like an LSD vision from late-era Beatles' dreamspace -- an extravagant spectacle of decadent costumes and bizarre masks. The large, ever-revolving cast that is Violent Squid draws from influences as disparate as Sun Ra, Can and Acid Mothers Temple, making them one of the most sonically unique groups in all of Texas. We thought we had lost these guys a few years ago when frontman Ty Stamp hightailed it to Austin. Luckily, for the time being, they're still here, helping keep North Texas as weird as ever. JP (Dallas Observer)