Faster Than Sound: Goodbye Prop B, Hello HOT Monies

Following the defeat of Proposition B, Austin music advocates brainstorm applications of the first city funding for commercial music

"...gave us the confidence to keep moving forward." R.I.P. Monofonus Press..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Playback: This Is Not Traditional

Tim Kerr and Jerry Hagins remain unconventional in Up Around the Sun, plus an update on World Class Capital Group

"...to release them as an LP on his local Monofonus Press imprint. Since then, Up Around the Sun has..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Luv Doc: Crock-Pot Potpourri

In which the Luv Doc gives a one-word answer

"...one. Now we can get on to the more pressing issue of putting John Hancocks on groupie cleavage...."

Dec. 16, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

Playback: Mother Falcon’s Major Label Deal That Wasn’t

Mother Falcon signs to Universal and seconds later terminates the contract

"..."This deal was putting a huge amount of pressure on us to produce and perform, and there was..."

Dec. 9, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Austin Top 10s

Ninety lines of listicles about Austin music 2015

"...6) We Jam by Condos (Monofonus Press)..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

Goodnight Irene

Timeless music time-travels – backward, forward

"...1) We Jam by Condos (Monofonus Press)..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Playback: Austin Record Label Rendezvous

The Austin Record Label Flea Market bands together local imprints, while County Commissioner Sarah Eckhardt tries to scatter mass gatherings such as Levitation

"...attend, I recommend picking up Austin's essential 2015 releases: Monofonus Press' We Jam by Condos comp and Brutal Panda's..."

June 19, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Showers of Art and Lit

Let's not call the New South Festival of Literary Arts and Cartooning a perfect storm of indie media, please

"...to attend will include zinesters; writers and illustrators; small presses such as Monofonus, The Austin Review, Newfound, and Nat...."

June 5, 2015 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Dear God, What Hath Monofonus Wrought Now?

The Austin indie media company gets all epistolary with Thor Harris

"...helmet-wearing Viking-about-town – went through a period of extreme depression years ago. But who’s to say that depression, or..."

May 25, 2015 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

They've Gone and Monofonus'd the ATX Again!

Locally published treats both grisly and gratifying and in between.

"...meatspace transoms in the first two weeks of 2015: Monofonus Press and Instar Books...."

Jan. 19, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Great Gig in the Sky

The best albums of our lives – and the afterlife

"...On Wednesday, Dec. 3, press day at the Chronicle, news of Ian McLagan's hospitalization..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Spray Paint

Last Texas Platters of 2014

"...Spray PaintClean Blood, Regular Acid (Monofonus Press)..."

Dec. 26, 2014 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger

Touring the Tour

A very meta experience, guided by Heather Pesanti, senior curator of the Contemporary Austin

"...one or more of three self-guided routes curated by Monofonus Press (www.monofonuspress.com). Developed with recommendations from Co-Lab's Gaulager, MASS..."

Nov. 21, 2014 Arts Feature by Seth Orion Schwaiger

Playback: HAAM's Time of the Season

HAAM Day fills its coffers for uninsured live music capitalists

"...the Destroyer, Palm Door on Sixth, 11pm A Polymathic Press Called Monofonus..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Ghetto Ghouls

"...Ghetto Ghouls(Monofonus Press)..."

May 23, 2014 Music Review by Kevin Curtin

Who's Afraid of Gertrude Stein?

Not your Tender Buttons-loving friends at Monofonus Press, to be sure.

"...that very book. And also because 3) Austin's own Monofonus Press was glad to produce this companion-piece of Carter's..."

April 23, 2014 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Saturday Showcases

Park your hiney at a Saturday night SXSW showcase

"...Jackson, "Mmm, this is a tasty burger!" Kevin Curtin Monofonus Press7:30pm, the Hideout..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Playback: Sound Bleed

As Interactive kicks off SXSW, its bookings merge with Music

"...of a 12-inch vinyl EP. MF064, out on Austin's Monofonus Press, was inspired by the local quartet's acquisition of..."

March 7, 2014 Music Column

Urgent

Spray Paint evolves classic ATX post punk

"...who each maintain second endeavors. Plump helps run Austin's Monofonus Press and screen prints for Bearded Lady; Dishner, the..."

Feb. 21, 2014 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

The Price You Pay

At what cost does the vinyl revolution come?

"...nature helps justify a hefty price tag. Things like pressing at a heavier weight, or wrapping the plastic in..."

Jan. 10, 2014 Music Feature by Luke Winkie

Five Cool Things You Might Wanna Check Out This Weekend

Because there's good reason to celebrate, right now, isn't there?

"...The sequential-artifact of the Shadow Healer graphic novel from Monofonus Press, the second issue of which odd Lynchian narrative..."

June 26, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Nothing's Obscure: Five Local Art Treasures You May Have Overlooked

Because who can be in all the loops all the time?

"...will be released from the indie media moguls of Monofonus Press at a beer-fueled party in Farewell Books on..."

May 9, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Saturday Showcases

"...Monofonus Press..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature

I See a Darkness

Mike Aho and Will Oldham examine 'The Lonely Life'

"...brought to the character, as far as mannerisms and expression, blew us all away as we were shooting the..."

Feb. 22, 2013 Screens Feature by Audra Schroeder

Computer Chess & Sexy Tech

Monofonus Press explores early computers and the games they played

"...floppy disks (or 8-inch disks for you insatiable cads). Monofonus Press – the multimedia purveyors of cool stuff –..."

Dec. 18, 2012 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Vinyl Bin: Monofonus Press

"...Thousand Foot Whale ClawDope Moons Volume One (Monofonus Press)..."

Nov. 30, 2012 Music Review by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Teatro Negro

Reunions, fundraisers, performance videos – trying to rein in local music as 2012 draws to a close

"...Plump, a local musician who works with homegrown imprint Monofonus Press, hadn't heard talk about an orphaned XYX disc..."

Nov. 30, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Golden Boys

"...Show (Goner) John Wesley Coleman IIINightmare on Silly Street (Monofonus Press)..."

April 13, 2012 Music Review by Austin Powell

7&7 Is

7&7 Is

"...taste for next spring's LP. A pair of single-sided Monofonus Press 10-inchers leads with Dikes of Holland and Daniel..."

Dec. 2, 2011 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

The Pheromoans

Vinyl Bin

"...The PheromoansBar-Rock (Monofonus Press)..."

Nov. 18, 2011 Music Review by Greg Beets

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