Starflake – The Cosmic Clash

Song premiere: Starflake and AILA collab puts futuristic spin on Spanish classic Porque Te Vas

September 16, 2025 Greg Ackerman 2330 Views AILA, alternative rock, Austin Music, dance music, indie pop, Jeanette, new music, Porque Te Vas, post-punk, song premiere, Spanish music, Spanish pop, Starflake

Austin act Starflake featuring Jackie O’Brien of The Bright Light Social Hour has collaborated with Mexican turned Austin artist AILA on a futuristic update to Jeanette’s classic Spanish song, “Porque Te Vas” (1974). O’Brien who is founding bassist and vocalist of TBLSH also operates their Escondido Sound studio where he tracked this impressive update to an iconic Spanish pop song. Today, the premiere of the new version of the track is being presented here. The song can be found wherever you stream music.

Amanda Quraishi Premiere Song

Song Premiere: Starflake releases single Cuando Tomas (In My Head Again) today

November 20, 2024 Amanda Quraishi 3243 Views Cuando Tomas (In My Head Again), experimental rock, Jackie O'Brien, Juan Alfredo Rios, new music, song premiere, Starflake, The Bright Light Social Hour, Zac Cantanzaro

Now, O’Brien and his long-time collaborative compadres are back with a new song titled “Cuando Tomas (In My Head Again)” and it does not disappoint. Once again O’Brien (vocals, bass, guitar, Roland JX-8P, Wurlitzer) is joined by Zac Catanzaro (drums) and Juan Alfredo Ríos (electronic percussion), delivering a track that swings like a cosmogonic pendulum between the ethereal and the funky.

Amanda Quraishi Live Music Review

Live Music Review: Flakefest Vol. 1 defied expectations at Mohawk June 28

July 3, 2024 Amanda Quraishi 3877 Views Como Las Movies, Cumbia, experimental, Flakefest, funk, fusion, Jackie O'Brien, jazz, Latin music, mohawk, new music, rock n roll, Starflake, TBLSH

Nowhere could this phenomenon be better illustrated than at FLAKEFEST Vol. 1 on Friday, June 28, 2024 at Mohawk. Two bands – Como Las Movies and Starflake – took to the stage along with a handful of other local music luminaries and brought us an evening of homegrown, Latin-infused, experimental music that defies expectations and crushes definitions.

Amanda Quraishi Premiere Song

Song Premiere: Starflake Has Landed With Single NuBooty

June 19, 2024 Amanda Quraishi 3901 Views Como Las Movies, experimental, Flakefest, Jackie O'Brien, mohawk, new music, rock n roll, song premiere, Starflake, The Bright Light Social Hour, Tropi-punk

Instead, O’Brien is running head-first into a brand new project – an experimental tropi-punk ensemble called Starflake. He is joined by two of the hardest working musicians in the Austin music scene, drummer Zac Catanzaro (Walker Lukens, Song Confessional) and percussionist Juan Alfredo Ríos (Como Las Movies, Easy Compadre!), both also members of The Bright Light Social Hour; as well as bassists/synth-psychonauts Ben Nelson (Molly Burch, A. Sinclair) and Alex Holeman (Chroma Phase).