Sonic Transmissions Festival III

"...curated by bassist Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, the third annual Sonic Transmissions Festival encompasses everything from free jazz and improvisational..."

Sept. 15, 2017 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Five Significant Super Secret Records

"...a playlist on Spotify that includes tracks from most records we've released. Search "Super Secret Records Sampler" or use:..."

Sept. 15, 2017 Music Feature by Richard Lynn

Faster Than Sound: The Fable Trilogy, Briscoe Center's "Greatest Hits," and Beerland Sold

Rare local reissues from Jazzman Records, the Briscoe Center’s Music Collections presents its “Greatest Hits,” and – has Beerland been sold?

"...Fable Records officially launched in 1975 with a hot check. Founder..."

May 31, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Punk Rock Patron of Austin Music Richard Lynn

Super Secret founder and Sonic Transmissions Festival underwriter expands operations

"...program Austin Cultural Exchange, and now funds this week's Sonic Transmissions Festival (see sidebar, at right). Music distribution and..."

Sept. 15, 2017 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Behind the Beerland Strike

Legacy punk club and labels in limbo amid owner money issues

"...philanthropic interests in terms of labels, bands, and funding records. There were a lot of other issues that affected..."

May 31, 2019 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Evil Triplet’s Career Opportunities

ATX punk pioneer previews heavy psych on “Get a Job”

"...hoedowner (Miracle Room), noise-blues luthier (Wisdom Tooth), plus ample sonic experimentations blurring the line between the avant-garde and underground..."

Jan. 16, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Playback – Typecast: David Yow & Brett Bradford

Scratch Acid and the Jesus Lizard in their new roles, plus a Twin Peaks themed concert

"...Encore Records closes on Sunday. The longstanding record shop is selling..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Lost & Found: Terminal Mind

Thirty-seven years after breakup, debut LP hits

"...for a long overdue retrospective. Friday, homegrown reissue specialists Sonic Surgery Records unveil the bluntly titled Recordings, a remastered..."

Jan. 8, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Dye / New Berlin

Savages With Power, "Basic Function" b/w "Mountaintop", "New Eyes" b/w "The Drawback"

"...DyeSavages With Power (Super Secret Records) New Berlin“Basic Function” b/w “Mountaintop” (Self-Sabotage/Sonic Surgery) “New Eyes”..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Music Review by Kevin Curtin

Beerland Handed Down

Austin Jukebox group takes over Red River punk cavity

"...of the Austin Jukebox organizers, which include Super Secret Records owner Richard Lynn, Crack Pipes frontman Ray Colgan, Knife..."

Dec. 17, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Austin Punk Pioneer Steve Marsh Climbs the Star Ladder

Ex-Terminal Mind vocalist explores outré galaxies in Evil Triplet

"...its molten, double-album debut Otherworld on homegrown Super Secret Records. Co-produced by the bandleader and Austin's longtime audio midwife..."

Feb. 10, 2017 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Pressure Drop

The State of Modern Reggae

"...Three or four years ago, Island Records issued Tougher Than Tough, a comprehensive, 3-CD overview of..."

July 4, 1997 Music Feature

The Crack Pipes

"...With Beauty School, vinylized last year by Super Secret Records' reissue subsidiary Sonic Surgery, singer Ray Colgan, Korpi, drummer..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Music Review by Tim Stegall

SXSW Music Review: Terminal Mind

Austin punk trio reboots Seventies relevancy

"...the January release of Recordings, from the reissue arm (Sonic Surgery) of local imprint empire Super Secret Records, Terminal..."

March 13, 2018 SXSW Post by Tim Stegall

Knife in the Water Resurfaces

Nineties slowcore pioneers quietly re-emerge after a decade-plus layoff

"...he and his younger brother dug out behind Waterloo Records during their anarchic Austin childhood. They'd shop at the..."

May 5, 2017 Music Feature by Libby Webster

Album Review: Blindshore

Into the Ocean

"...of Gabriel's Waltz, one of the finest psychedelic rock records to ever gestate in the Lone Star State) and..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Knife in the Water

"...in the Water release in 14 years, Super Secret Records' reissue imprint Sonic Surgery waxes the local quintet's 1998..."

Feb. 24, 2017 Music Review by Libby Webster

Dancing About Architecture

Another live music venue closes. So much for the Live Music Capital of the World.

"...combo of Neil Innes of the Rutles/Bonzo Dog Band, Sonic Boom of Spacemen 3, and Yo La Tengo covering..."

May 26, 2000 Music Column

Live at Liberty Lunch

The Neville Brothers

"...era, epitomize that spirit completely. Just last week for Sonic Youth, walking into that no-frills, steamy inferno we've all..."

July 23, 1999 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...Exotic, captured the melancholic Portland, Ore., trio's darkly hued sonic paintings, like "Hannibal, MO," the chilling tale of a..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

Mule Conversations

"...was more of an abundance of ballads on the records. And then I started banging on things and playing..."

April 23, 1999 Music Feature by Jody Denberg

Organized Chaos (in Tejas)

Q: Just how heavy and hardcore is Austin's first-half-closing festival? A: Chaos in Tejas!

"...of punk and hardcore. White Lung's (12:45am) 2010 Deranged Records LP, It's the Evil, clocks in at 25 minutes,..."

June 3, 2011 Music Feature

Strange but True

Jad Fair making art out in Manor with monsters, aliens, and dead dogs

"...trademark round, black glasses are gone thanks to LASIK surgery, and his chin-length hair is gray and wavy, making..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...riff from "Hero Rides Again" abound. Meanwhile, the Charlie Records slinger mines exceptional variety by focusing on a single..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...to a shabby Eastern European hospital for cheap plastic surgery, but they get stuck in the middle of a..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Christy Hays' Watershed Moment

One foot in Austin, one in Montana, the singer-songwriter jumps in with both on breakout River Swimmer

"...The recommended surgery proposed fusing the bones of her left wrist, which..."

July 20, 2018 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Escapism and Connection: The Illustrated Life of Billy Perkins

Hustling Austin posters for 30 years, Perkins perseveres

"...Roky Erickson's Where the Pyramid Meets the Eye, plus records, books, and his encased ticket and guitar pick for..."

June 17, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...in hand as St. Vincent – drew inspiration from records she listened to with her father, whose white-collar crime..."

May 21, 2021 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

Dancing About Architecture

Microradio back in Austin, Fortune 500 gone.

"...and Richie Valens, because, if you count Patti's hubby Sonic, they all have the death factor, and we all..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck