Track Premiere : Hear Future Museum’s Exquisite New Single “Presidio”

photos by Shane Renfro Neil Lord has had a busy year so far. He released the Holodeck Records debut of his long running project Future Museums titled Rosewater Ceremony back in February(his first with Holodeck, but just one in a long line of FM releases.) At the end of June Lord and Thousand Foot Whale Claw […]

Omni Gardens : West Coast Escapism

Steve Rosborough works out the psychic kinks through music. Whether he’s running his label Moon Glyph Records and releasing albums of forward-thinking psych by other like-minded artists, or laying down the cosmic Tangerine Dream vibes himself under the name Soothsayer, Rosborough is very much interested in healing thru the power of music. Though his label […]

A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words : Favorite Album Art of 2018

There was a time, way back before AOL, Windows, and Google, when record buying could be somewhat of a mystery. Unless you heard it on the radio, your stoned big brother put it in your ears, or MTV laid it on you at 2am, walking thru Musicland, Tower Records, or your local record store(for me […]

Sungod : Wave Refraction

The Austin, TX music collective Sungod aren’t one to take lightly. Since their inception in 2009 the band, formed by multi-instrumentalists Michael C. Sharp and Braden Balentine, have kept things pretty heady and vast. Taking cues from Tangerine Dream, Sun Ra, John Fahey, and a vast pool of mind-expanding forward thinkers to help mold their […]

Omni Gardens’ “Thinking” Is Absolute Bliss

I’d never really thought much of new age music. I guess my idea of new age is the sound of trickling water, the earth store at the mall, meditating in a salt mine, and guru-looking cats like Yanni or Doug Henning playing one continuous note with purple skies in the background while lost middle-aged souls […]

Jake Schrock : Tropical Depression

Jake Schrock makes music that feels breezy and calm, but always with a sense of unease just under the surface. Vintage synths and drum machines click, hiss, and breathe like ancient devices discussing the world’s end in a language we can’t understand. Yet, those mechanical tomes pull us in and allow us to get lost […]

Synthesizer Music : Jake Schrock Talks ‘Tropical Depression’ And Writing For The Instrument

Musician Jake Schrock creates music in the world of synthesizers, and he’s a classicist in that regards. Meaning, he works in the realm of analog and vintage gear, building his musical worlds from circuits, tubes, and all the warmth that came with classic synth records from the 70s. There’s a depth in his work that […]

Whales & Drones : Ten Questions With Thousand Foot Whale Claw

The first time I heard the name Thousand Foot Whale Claw I thought it was the title of a new High on Fire record. When I found out that wasn’t the case I may have been mildly disappointed. When I found out that Thousand Foot Whale Claw were in fact a drone loving, synth-heavy Krautrock […]

Jake Schrock’s “Cosmic Ocean”

There’s a very specific vibe that permeates Jake Schrock’s newest track “Cosmic Ocean”. Inside its swelling synths and “come hither” pulse there’s also a sense of impending dread. Like standing on the shoreline and looking into the endless horizon, seeing or sensing just beyond the orange and purple hues some impending doom. Despite knowing the […]

Sungod’s “Hypnotism”

It seems the deeper I dig into the Holodeck Records’ canon, the more intrigued and enthralled I’ve become. Under that same hot, Texas sun that has given us everyone from Townes Van Zandt to The Mars Volta, Willie Nelson to Spoon, ZZ Top to Big Mama Thornton, and Ornette Coleman to the Butthole Surfers, Holodeck […]