Dan Plunkett at End of an Ear Credit: Photo by John Anderson

Holodeck: Ambient/electronic, bands like Survive, Thousand Foot Whale Claw: www.holodeckrecords.com

Obsolete Future: Electronic, experimental, Austin/Denver-based: www.obsoletefuture.bandcamp.com

Marmara Records: Experimental/fuzzed-out folk: www.marmararecords.com

Teflon Beast Records: Folk/noise/pop: www.teflonbeastrecords.bandcamp.com

Instincto Records: Noise/experimental: www.instinctorecords.com

False Form: Punk/hardcore label. False Form No. 6, the This Is Austin, Not That Great comp, contains vintage Dicks and Big Boys live tracks: www.falseform.blogspot.com

This article appears in August 30 • 2013.

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