One of the buzziest buzz bands of the day, Brooklyn electro-rock duo Sleigh Bells released their debut album Treats (N.E.E.T./ Mom+Pop) on iTunes yesterday. The album was mastered at The Lodge, by Chief Mastering Engineer Emily Lazar and Mastering Engineer Joe LaPorta.
Signed to M.I.A’s record label, N.E.E.T., Sleigh Bells Read more...
NYC’s Magic Shop Studios — with its custom wrap-around Neve 80-series console, 1,000-sq-ft live room and new Class-A Neve 5088-equipped mixing suite — has been plenty busy with sessions for Natalie Merchant, The Gaslight Anthem, Favourite Sons and a host of other record projects.
Magic Shop owner Steve Rosenthal mixed Read more...
Brooklyn’s Zs are releasing their first full-length album today on the label The Social Registry.
Entitled New Slaves, the album was recorded entirely at the Brooklyn-based studio Python Patrol. To celebrate the release, this experimental three piece of Sam Hillmer (tenor sax and pedals), Ben Greenberg (electric guitar and electronics), Read more...
The Village Voice announced that ANTIBALAS will perform at the official after-party for the 55th annual Village Voice Obie Awards on Monday, May 17, 2010 at Webster Hall, NYC.
The show will immediately follow the annual Obie Awards ceremony with doors opening at 10:00 PM ET. Tickets are $15 and Read more...
Ableton has introduced a new range of “partner instruments,” custom-made for Live by some of Ableton’s “favorite sound partners.” We reported on one of these new instruments last week — Acoustix, developed for Live by NYC-based Sample Logic.
The new line includes: painstakingly sampled grand pianos, Balinese gamelan, EBow guitar, Read more...
