NewVillager doesn't play a show in the traditional sense. Rather, this music and art collective provides an introduction to the NewVillager Mythology: an ambitious, lofty set of visual and sonic cues meant to communicate the circle of life, the way art is made and various overarching universal themes. And per an AllSaints Basement Session interview this past SXSW, the band is writing a book and wants to build a village (seriously). But this idealistic optimism reflects in tunes that owe as much to Paul Simon's Graceland as Radiohead's Kid A. Though plenty of bands draw from these wells, few offer such an immersive live show. —Corbie Hill