Afro beat/death metal/jazz trio Eye Contact will perform at Hallwalls on Wednesday (Sept. 5). Last year saw the release of the group’s first studio recording, War Rug, forging new ground in the realm of free-jazz improvisation. Formed in New York City, Eye Contact’s disparate influences are personified by its members. Matt Lavelle (of William Parker’s Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra) plays trumpet, bass clarinet and cuica. Bassist Matthew Heyner is a founding member of the freak-improv group No-Neck Blues Band and has worked with Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore and the legendary collective TEST. Drummer Ryan Sawyer started out in the Texas punk scene as a founding member of At the Drive-In, and now plays in the rock trio Tall Firs and big band outfit Stars Like Fleas. This raw and unusual avant-garde show will start at 8pm.