The band Vacationer released an album near the end of June that sounds bigger, glossier and more alive than their past efforts.
Their first record, 2012’s Gone, had been competently produced in a repurposed loft space in the Bedford Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, drawing heavily on shoegaze and tropical influences Read more...
The MP3 format was first released 21 years ago this Summer. It goes almost without saying that it, and the other compressed audio formats that followed, changed the music world forever.
Today, there are tens of millions of Americans who grew up with a music marketplace almost entirely different from Read more...
We often make hundreds or thousands of decisions on any given project. How many of them really count?
Most of us like to tell ourselves—and others—that although any one of our little tweaks may be too small to be heard, it’s the net effect of all of them together that Read more...
Producer/engineer John Congleton has been making recordings in and around Dallas, Texas, for more than half his life. He has a style that is edgy and often ornate. And as skillful as he his, for Congleton, perfection has always been beside the point.
For a someone with such an impressive Read more...
Stewart Lerman has spent a good share of the last 5 years working with some major artists, far outside of their natural element.
Performers like Elvis Costello, Patti Smith, St. Vincent, Regina Spektor, Neko Case, Sharon Van Etten, Liza Minelli, Rufus Wainwright and David Johansen have all joined Lerman in Read more...
