Live Music with Charles Austin
Live video performances of songs by Charles Austin, Brock Winthrop (Alex Nichols), and Asian Kung-Fu Nation.
February 6, 2026 • 1 min read Watch >>
"Redshift" by The Okay Lakes
A soundtrack for moonsilvered night drives on the patchy back roads of the Midwest — out where the county lines of art-folk, indie rock, and Americana meet.
February 23, 2023 • 3 min read Learn More >>
With some distance now I see it
Liner notes on Redshift (the song)
February 17, 2023 • 6 min read Read >>
Hard to stay and harder still to leave
A simple, windswept, string-laden guitar tune that sounds best when played with frost-bitten fingers
January 27, 2023 • 1 min read Read >>Album Teaser "Redshift" by The Okay Lakes Out February 23
An introduction to my upcoming album, an album art trailer, details on the album release show at Hideout in Chicago, and a self-indulgent dollop of family video sentimentality
January 19, 2023 • 2 min read Learn More >>
I just wanna lose myself again
An anthem to soundtrack late-night drives on the back roads
November 3, 2022 • 3 min read Read >>liner-note
We're never gonna die
Impressions on "Sleeveless Hearts"
2022-10-06 • 3 min read Read >>(Album Teaser) A look inside the studio
Get a peek inside Shirk Studios and Populist Studios making The Okay Lakes album, 'Redshift'
September 7, 2022 • 1 min read Watch >>
Operation Route 66
Original score composed/produced for the 2015 documentary.
March 8, 2015 • 1 min read Listen >>