PRESS
selected recent PRESS
MONA DEMONE "S3RPENT" featured on Bandcamp Daily "Album Of The Day"
MONA DEMONE "S3RPENT" Reviewed on KFJC
MONA DEMONE "S3RPENT" Reviewed on UpsideDownWorld
MONA DEMONE "S3RPENT" featured on Outward Sound
RATSKIN RECORDS "Unlimited Editions" The Wire Magazine - April 2022
BEAST NEST "Sicko" review on The Quietus - April 2022
BEAST NEST feature on KQED ARTS - April 2022
BEAST NEST feature/review on Fault Radio - April 2022
BEAST NEST "Sicko" review on Resident Advisior - March 2022
BEAST NEST "Sicko" on Bandcamp Daily "Best Albums Winter 2022"
BEAST NEST "Kim, People Are Dying" video on Foxy Digitalis - March 2022
LEXAGON "Feminine Care" review on KQED Pass The Aux - Sept 2021
LEXAGON "I Can't Afford To Be Here - An Interview With Lexagon" - Foxy Digitalis - Oct 2021
LEXAGON "Feminine Care" Review in FOXY DIGITALIS - Oct 2021
HEADBOGGLE "Digital Digital Analog" LP review in Foxy Digitalis - Oct 2021
HEADBOGGLE "Digital Digital Analog" LP review in The WIRE: Adventures In Modern Music
HEADBOGGLE DJ MIX For Foxy Digitalis - Oct 2021
DAX PIERSON Feature in Crack Magazine - September 2021
DAX PIERSON Feature / Interview in DJ MAG - June 2021
MARIA CHAVEZ Feature Story in ARTFORUM - June 2021
GOLDEN CHAMPAGNE FLAVORED SWEATSHIRT "Expectant" review in I Thought I Heard A Sound - June 2021
DAX PIERSON. Feature Interview in DJ MAG - May 2021
DAX PIERSON "NERVE BUMPS" Review In CATSYNTH.TV - May 2021
TYLER HOLMES + GOLDEN CHAMPAGNE FLAVORED SWEATSHIRT Double Review In THE WIRE MAGAZINE - April 2021
TYLER HOLMES "Nightmare I Paradise" Review in Spectreview: The Tape Deck Podcast - April 2021
TYLER HOLMES Interview + Feature in 48 HILLS - April 2021
TYLER HOLMES "N.I.P." Review In Diana Listens - April 2021
TYLER HOLMES Review in THEM. - March 2021
TYLER HOLMES Live Performance and DJ Mix On DUBLAB - March 31, 2021
DAX PIERSON "NERVE BUMPS" Review In ANTI MUSIC FOR ANTI FASCISTS - April 2021
DAX PIERSON "NERVE BUMPS" Review on Staff Recommendations on SUTRO.FM - March 2021
DAX PIERSON "NERVE BUMPS" Best New Music Of March 2021 on Resident Advisor - Feb 2021
DAX PIERSON "NERVE BUMPS" in Pitchfork - Feb 2021
TYLER HOLMES "Tyler Holmes : Five favorites" in GET IN HER EARS - January 2021
MARIA CHAVEZ + LUCAS GORHAM "Live At Jewel's Catch One" in THE WIRE MAGAZINE :- Feb 2021
MARIA CHAVEZ + LUCAS GORHAM "Live At Jewel's Catch One" in SLUG Magazine - January 2021
DAX PIERSON "For The Angels" in "Pass The Aux: New Tracks" in KQED - January 2021
DAX PIERSON "NERVE BUMPS" Preview In The Vinyl factory - January 2021
DAX PIERSON "NERVE BUMPS" Preview in XLR8R - January 2021
JOEL SHANAHAN "Frozen Clock Hovering" in Local Favorites : Best of 2020 48 Hills - January 2021
JOEL SHANAHAN "Frozen Clock Hovering" Review in Cows Are Just Food - January 2021
RATSKIN Records in SFBG & 48 Hills Best of the Bay 2020: Arts & Nightlife "Best Record Label" - Oct 2020
MARIA CHAVEZ + LUCAS GORHAM "Live At Jewel's Catch One" in SHI THE MUSIC CRITIC Oct 2020
GOLDEN CHAMPAGNE FLAVORED SWEATSHIRT "Expectant" Review in SLUG Magazine - November 2020
GOLDEN CHAMPAGNE FLAVORED SWEATSHIRT "Expectant" Premiere/Review in EARS TO FEED - Nov 2020
GOLDEN CHAMPAGNE FLAVORED SWEATSHIRT "Expectant" Premiere/Review in ASTRAL NOIZE - Oct 2020
GOLDEN CHAMPAGNE FLAVORED SWEATSHIRT "Expectant" Review in The Tape Deck - Oct 2020
GOLDEN CHAMPAGNE FLAVORED SWEATSHIRT "Expectant" Review in The Seattle PI - Oct 2020
GOLDEN CHAMPAGNE FLAVORED SWEATSHIRT "Expectant" Review in Shi's Music Reviews - Oct 2020
RATSKIN Records DUBLAB Takeover on Jimmy Tamborello's "Dying Songs" (Guest DJ Tyler Holmes)
HEADBOGGLE "Detective Work" Video Premiere in Boston Hassle - Oct 2020
JOEL SHANAHAN "Frozen Clock Hovering" Artist Profile on Bandcamp Daily - Oct 2020
JOEL SHANAHAN "Frozen Clock Hovering" Review in Cassette Gods - Sept 2020
JOEL SHANAHAN "Frozen Clock Hovering" Review in Tone Glow Best of Third Quarter 2020 - Sept 2020
JOEL SHANAHAN "Frozen Clock Hovering" Review in Underscore Music Magazine - Sept 2020
TYLER HOLMES "Devil" Video Premiere in PAPER Magazine - Sept 2020
TYLER HOLMES "10 Songs By LGBTQ+ Artists You Need To Hear Night Now" Feature/Review in THEM. Magazine - Sept 2020
XUXA SANTAMARIA & LAS SUCIAS "10 Artists Centering Latindad in the Bay Area" in 48 HILLS - July 2020
BEAST NEST/SHARMI BASU "Towards Unity and Justice" in San Francisco Classical Voice - July 2020
TYLER HOLMES "Everything (Will Be Destroyed)" in Underscore Music Magazine -July 2020
TYLER HOLMES "Nothing" Review in The Bay Bridged - March 2020
TYLER HOLMES Interview in Tome Top The Weather Machine - March 2020
TYLER HOLMES "Nothing" Review in Houdini Mansions - March 2020
WIZARD APPRENTICE "Dig A Pit" Review in Melted Magazine - Feb 2020
KK NULL "Great Attractor" in THE WIRE: Adventures in Modern Music - Feb 2020 (link image of review)
KK NULL "Great Attractor" in Crossfire Metal Magazine
RATSKIN Records in "Sleeve Notes with Ratskin Records" - in Astral Noize - Jan 2020
2019 - 2017 PRESS
WIZARD APPRENTICE "Dig A Pit" on Bandcamp's Top 100 ALBUMS OF 2019
HEADBOGGLE "Polyphonic Demo" in COUNTERZINE'S Top 40 Albums of 2019
XUXA SANTAMARIA & DAX PIERSON On COUNTERZINE's TOP 200 TRACKS OF 2019
TYLER HOLMES "DEVIL" Review in THE WIRE: Adventures in Modern Music - November 2019
TYLER HOLMES "DEVIL" Review in TINY MIX TAPES - November 2019
KK NULL "Great Attractor" Review in X ACTION MUSIC - November 2019
XUXA SANTAMARIA Review + Interview in VINYLEXAMS - November 2019
XUXA SANTAMARIA Review in Tiny Mix Tapes - November 2019
XUXA SANTAMARIA Review in UNDERSCORE Music Magazine - November 2019
DAX PIERSON "Live In Oakland" Review at THE WIRE: Adventures in Modern Music - October 2019
DAX PIERSON "Live In Oakland" Review at Pitchfork "Great Records You Might Have Missed: 2019 - October 2019
TYLER HOLMES "DEVIL" Review in Cassette Gods
XUXA SANTAMARIA Interview + Video Premiere on The FADER
XUXA SANTAMARIA "Chancletas D'Oro" Review at Echosynthetic - August 2019
DAX PIERSON "Live In Oakland" Review at Bandcamp Daily "The Best Electronic Music on Bandcamp July 2019" - July 2019
DAX PIERSON "Live In Oakland" Review at I Heart Noise - August 2019
DAX PIERSON "Soulpsang" + Micro Interview on Resonance FM / ATTN MAGAZINE Podcast #24 - July 2019
HEADBOGGLE "Polyphonic Demo" Review in The WIRE : Adventures In Modern Music. - Issue #425. June 2019
HEADBOGGLE "Polyphonic Demo" Review in A Closer Listen
HEADBOGGLE "Polyphonic Demo" in We Need No Swords - May 2019
HEADBOGGLE "Polyphonic Demo" in Tiny Mix Tapes - May 2019
WIZARD APPRENTICE Interview in Tiny Mix Tapes - May 2019
WIZARD APPRENTICE "Dig A Pit" LP/Cassette Reviewed at The Wire : Adventures In Modern Music Issue #423 - April 2019
WIZARD APPRENTICE "Crash Course In Self Reflection" Feature in KQED ARTS
BEAST NEST / LAS SUCIAS "How Oakland's Scene Became More Queer, Brown, and Femme" Bandcamp Daily - 2017
HEADBOGGLE "Polyphonic Demo" Reviewed in Counterzine
BIG DEBBIE "Ab Ra Ca Deb Ra" LP Reviewed at Houdini Mansions - April 2019
HEADBOGGLE "Polyphonic Demo" Reviewed in Underscore Music Magazine - March 2019
BIG DEBBIE "Ab Ra Ca Deb Ra"LP Reviewed at ECHOSYNTHETIC - March 2019
BIG DEBBIE "Mouth Wide Open (Your Eyes)" Video Premiere at I HEART NOISE - March 2019
WIZARD APPRENTICE "I Am Invisible" Review in Tiny Mix Tapes - Feb 2019
HEADBOGGLE "Blue Guitar" Premiere on Houdini Mansions
HEADBOGGLE on Heathen Harvest
WIZARD APPRENTICE "I Am Invisible" named Top 10 Noise/Experimental/Industrial Albums of 2018 in The Wire: Adventures I Modern Music Magazine!
"Buildings Demolished On Your Cellphone" Ratskin Interview/Spotlight on 48 HILLS - November 2018
Ratskin Interview on For The Love Of Noise - September 2018
SPELLLING "Pantheon Of Me" Review Published at VINYL EXAMS
SPELLLING "Pantheon Of Me" Review Published at The Critical Masses
SF Station Article On Stasis Festival - November 2018
KQED Article on STASIS Festival - November 2018
WIZARD APPRENTICE "I Am Invisible" reviewed on KZSU STAMFORD, HOUDINI MANSIONS & EVENING OF LIGHT
BIG DEBBIE "Ab Ra Ca Deb Ra" LP reviewed at Critical Masses & VINYL EXAMS
WIZARD APPRENTICE "I Am Invisible" Makes #10 On Tome to The Weather Machine's "Top 50 Albums of 2018" - November 2018
WIZARD APPRENTICE "Digital folk Music For Inside Your Head" in The Chicago Reader - Jan 2018
LAS SUCIAS "Meet The Oakland Brujas Who Found the Missing Link" in Remezcla - June 2017
BEAST NEST "Pluto" + Feature in Decaycast Magazine - Sept 2017
LABEL SPOTLIGHTS/PROFILES
RATSKIN RECORDS "Unlimited Editions" The Wire Magazine - April 2022
RATSKIN RECORDS feature in OUT FRONT MAGAZINE
Ratskin Records x NEGATIVLAND's Over The Edge Radio on KPFA - Feb 2021
"Sleeve Notes with Ratskin Records" - in Astral Noize - Jan 2020
The WIRE: Adventures In Modern Music Writeup on ROGUE PULSE / GRAVITY COLLAPSE - August, 2017
Tiny Mix Tapes Writeup on ROGUE PULSE / GRAVITY COLLAPSE - August 2017
DECODER Mag Review of ROGUE PULSE / GRAVITY COLLAPSE
"Tyler Holmes Is Here For Your Inner Freak on KQED ARTS - November 2017
"How Oakland's Scene Became More Queer, Brown, and Femme" Beast Nest / Las Sucias Bandcamp Daily - 2017
"Rogue Pulse / Gravity Collapse" Review in My Chiche Blog - October 2017
"Oakland Experimental Music Finds Home At Ratskin Records" East Bay Express - 2016
"Local Label Profile: Ratskin Records" Bay Area Metropolitan Observer - 2016
"Labelled" Impose Magazine - 2016
"Side By Side: A Tale Of Two Shows" Decoder Magazine - 2016
"A Year Later, Benefit Releases for Ghost Ship Artists Proliferate" on KQED ARTS
LAS SUCIAS "Chiquita Bendito" on Pitchfork - 2016
"Wrecking The Patriarchy With Reggaeton Duo LAS SUCIAS" KQED Arts - 2016
"Sharmi Basu / Beast Nest Is Decolonizing Sound" East Bay Express - 2016
"Adios, Some Thoughts Of a Sound" Tyler Holmes "Invisible Island" review in East bay Express - 2016
"Top 5 Parties Plus Notable Record Labels : Black Spirituals 'Black Interiors'" review in SF Weekly - 2016
Rainbow Exotic Music Tyler Holmes "Invisible Island" review - 2016
"Black Spirituals : A Duo That Defies Categories" New York Times - 2015
"Below The Radar: Black Spirituals" The Wire Magazine - 2016
"Rogue Pulse : Danger To The System" Pro Arts Gallery - 2017
SELECT RADIO PLAY/GUEST MIXES/TAKEOVERS
Ratskin Records x NEGATIVLAND's Over The Edge Radio on KPFA - Feb 2021
Golden Champagne Flavored Sweatshirt "3,26" on NTS Radio "F U Pay Us" October 2020
Golden Champagne Flavored Sweatshirt "Expectant" on The Forrest At Night Radio - October 2020
RATSKIN Records DUBLAB Takeover on "Jimmy Tamborello's Dying Songs" (Guest DJ Tyler Holmes) - August 2020
Ratskin Records "Check the Label" on Reprezent Radio London - August 2020
Wizard Apprentice on Jimmy Tamborello's Dying Songs Radio Show on DUBLAB August 2020
Hillboggle on Jimmy Tamborello's Dying Songs Radio Show on DUBLAB - July 2020
Ratskin Records Opal Heights Radio Takeover on BFF.FM RATSKIN RECORDS H/e/l/l/ MegaMix -2019
Ratskin Records special/Interview on Redscroll Records Monthly Podcast - December 2018
Ratskin Records Special on "Portland's Most Unwanted" via DJ Samcore - December 2018
Ratskin Records Special on The Hanging Garden Radio Show w/ DJ Owen - October 2018
Stasis Mixtape, Volume 1 on I Heart Noise - December 2018
"I Am Invisible" by Wizard Apprentice on Opal Heights Radio Show
Ratskin Records Special on "Bunnywhiskers" Radio Valencia - July 2017
BIG DEBBIE ON "DJ DARK DAVE / Dark Tunnel Radio - February 2019
BIG DEBBIE & SPELLLING on Tumblin' Through The Rabbit Hole - February 2019
