Sydney Wright (Sonic Guild Showcase, featuring Ruthie Craft, Giulia Millanta and Andrea Magee)

Sydney Wright plays Soundspace at Captain Quack's on Wednesday, October 7, as part of a Sonic Guild showcase. She's a Texas pop artist who builds her songs with Ableton live loops, a sound that's drawn comparisons to Maggie Rogers and Imogen Heap. Born in Snyder, Texas, she's been writing songs for more than a decade, and her voice often gets likened to pop darlings like Sara Bareilles.

That pop sensibility is where the comparison ends, though. Her work carries a darker, more experimental edge built on hip-hop rhythms and live loops of piano, guitar, beatbox, and doo-wops. When she plays with a band, she ranges from a duo to a quartet, but her first solo album, Seiche, is a live-looping one-woman show. That's the version of her act you'll see here: one person on stage layering loops in real time to build out the full sound.

Wright isn't the only one on the bill. The night is a Sonic Guild showcase, and she's joined by Ruthie Craft, Giulia Millanta, and Andrea Magee. The whole evening is presented by Sonic Guild Austin, a member-powered music community. The show starts at 8 PM at Soundspace at Captain Quack's, 5326 Menchaca Rd, Austin, TX 78745.