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Brian Pennington
@brianpennington.bsky.social
aka Brian Blackout, purveyor of fine robotic tunes for No Humans Allowed on Kpiss.fm. I also produce a weekly newsletter of offbeat Austin events with my partner, called Lite+Brite
I've been continuing to update the free web app I built to help myself track bands I want to see at SXSW this year. I'm steadily adding unofficial info and there's now info on 1,400+ bands and nearly 2,400 individual performances across 10 days. festwiz.pages.dev to try it out
March 10, 2026 at 4:32 AM
There are 15 days left til #SxSW 2026 and I have put together a free web app to help rate music and track who's playing when. Listen to some bands and generate a spreadsheet. So far I've listened to 175 bands and I'm hoping to get through many more before things start. festwiz.pages.dev
February 26, 2026 at 3:11 AM
Silicon Santa's here with festive diskettes for the good robot girls and boys. Join No Humans Allowed for some merry synthmas tunes live 7pm ET / 6pm CT on @kpiss.bsky.social • Kpiss.fm
December 23, 2025 at 4:11 AM
This week on No Humans Allowed we feature a bunch of synth sickos. Early 00s electro, wonky and sometimes sleazy indie rock, + some of their modern descendants. The show is up in the @kpiss.bsky.social archives now. I'm live every Tuesday at 7pm ET / 6pm CT
June 12, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I learned Turbo Pascal in the mid 90s, but I've always lived on the fringes of programming, writing a script here or there. With the future of of vibe coding looking bright, seems time for an NHA spin on it. Tune in for warm programming-friendly vibes 7pm ET / 6pm CT on @kpiss.bsky.social • kpiss.fm
April 29, 2025 at 7:17 PM
On No Humans Allowed tonight I'll be spinning tracks exploring cognition, perception, + the five senses. Tune in to hear lots of new beat, EBM, industrial, early techno, + other experimental genres. I'm live at 7pm ET / 6pm CT on @kpiss.bsky.socialKpiss.fm
April 15, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I'm back on the radio tonight (Feb 18) with an armload of hot new tracks + vinyl rips to plug in, hot swap, + try out live on air. Listen in live 7pm ET / 6pm CT on @kpiss.bsky.socialKpiss.fm
February 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
It's getting a little too hot in the No Human Allowed studio. Hear nympho electro, steamy italo, + a collage of lustful synethesizer-laden soundscapes from bygone eras. Just 0 cents for the first minute + just 0 cents for every minute after. Live at 7pm ET / 6pm CT on @kpiss.bsky.socialKpiss.fm
February 4, 2025 at 6:36 PM
This is my home office DJ setup, where I broadcast No Humans Allowed from on @kpiss.bsky.social. I’m live Tuesdays 7-8pm ET and 6-7pm CT on kpiss.fm, where I’ve got over 200 archived shows as well

kpiss.fm/show/no-huma...
January 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Bandcamp's Black Friday sale is coming up, so it seemed like a great time to play some of the excellent finds I've had there. Bootleg edits of italo, house, balearic, + other synth genres, vaporwave, synthwave, + lots of morsels you can't find anywhere else. Tune in 7pm ET / 6pm CT on kpiss.fm
November 26, 2024 at 10:22 PM
I'm prepping more chilly cyborg vibes for No Humans Allowed tonight before I head to the east coast for the holidays. Tune in 7pm ET / 6pm CT for a wintry mix of italo + electro on Kpiss.fm
December 13, 2023 at 10:24 PM
Tonight on No Humans Allowed, we've got a whole dumb AI-generated play about a private eye named Seamus O'Cyborg solving mysteries on an orbital station that we'll be re-enacting over the usual carefully curated bleeps and bloops. Tune in live tonight 7pm ET / 6pm CT on Kpiss.fm #radioplay #cyborgs
December 6, 2023 at 10:02 PM
Tonight on No Humans Allowed, the robots are pumping iron and they have enlisted me to make their gym playlist. Oil up those servomotors and get ready for the pump. Tune in live 7pm ET / 6pm CT on Kpiss.fm
August 2, 2023 at 9:45 PM