Michael C. Sharp Returns With “Motor Pt. 2: White Lines”

Michael C. Sharp is one of the OG Austin music collective crew, artistically and sonically connected to the Holodeck Records family thru his work with heavy hitters Sungod. Besides Sungod, Sharp has released solo albums and played dizzying solo shows based in heavy Komische/Berlin School/experimental electronic music. Mixing guitars, synths, and an array of effects, […]

Steve Moore’s “Datavision”

Home today. I spent most of the morning drinking coffee and watching season 3 of Ozark. My wife watched season one with me a couple years ago but tapped out at the beginning of the second season. Too dark for her. Too heavy in the tension and emotions, so she left me to it. I […]

Rival Consoles Announces ‘Articulation’; Listen To Title Track

Photo by Özge Cöne Ryan Lee West, aka Rival Consoles, might just be one of the most exciting electronic artists working today. Too much? Okay, well in my headspace he is. I love the vastness, the melodies, and the organic nature of his work. He works like a painter, adding colors to a canvas. Not […]

Melt Into Fires Were Shot’s “Dripping Bright”

Austin’s FiRES WERE SHOT are one of the premier experimental/drone duos. For twenty years the band, which consists of John Wilkins and Clay Walton, have been making deeply heavy and meditative acoustic music. Taking their sound from a run-of-the-mill folk duo into almost Komische/Berlin School territory by layering their instruments in various effects and utilizing […]

Aaron Space & His Terrestrial Underlings : Fishland

Occasionally you come across someone that possesses talent and creativity which seems to stretch way beyond their years on this earth. One such individual is Portland’s Elihu Knowles. Knowles is a 21-year old composer, jazz drummer, and vocalist, but he carries the confidence of a seasoned artist. Someone that seems to have stepped into the […]

The Return of Zombi

It’s been five long years since Zombi’s last release, the epic Shape Shift. In-between then and now both Steve Moore and AE Paterra have put out an impressive amount of work on their own. Paterra as Majeure, both with Temporary Residence and with Holodeck Records on last year’s excellent Mass Flashback. Moore has been prolific […]

Steve Moore : Frame Dragging

You can pretty much count on Steve Moore to release amazing music on a consistent basis; whether he’s scoring films, releasing solo work, dropping mind melters with AE Paterra in Zombi, dabbling in dance pop with Miracle, or even giving us something as out there as the groovy Lovelock. Steve Moore is always working on […]

Portals is Coming

Once in a while something comes along and really gets my brain popping. The synapses spark, the pistons chug, and the mind gets to fully engaged mode. This new release coming from Behind The Sky Music in June is my current obsession, and I can’t wait to fully engulf myself in it. Portals: A Komische […]

Stop, Relax, and just “Breathe” with Chris Polcyn

Bay area producer Chris Polcyn knows the value of a good chill out track. There’s something so all-encompassing and inviting about his debut single for Holodeck Records. “Breathe” makes me think of cobblestoned, Parisian streets, the salty scent of The North Sea making its way over rolling green hills, and contemplating life with a loving […]

Blake Mills : Mutable Set

Blake Mills is the go-to producer and musical shaman at the moment, but he’s so much more than that. His 2014 record Heigh Ho proved as much, giving us sardonic and breezy songs about life and messing up and falling in love and disappointing those around us. It brought to mind folks like Randy Newman, […]