NOHO, MANHATTAN: Riddle us this: When is your first album not your debut album? The answer is…When you’re The Kin, and you’re in the studio recording your emotionally moving pop-rock creations with none other than Tony Visconti producing.
Founded in 2005 by the Australia-to-NYC transplants Isaac and Thorald Koren, The Read more...
One of the inescapable realities of the music industry in the 21st century is that more musicians are recording themselves today than ever before.
Some engineers and studio owners lament this trend, citing shrinking budgets, dwindling audio fidelity – even the decimation of genres that rely on the sound of Read more...
SUNSET PARK, BROOKLYN: New Yorkers will always be suspect of a deal that seems too good to be true. Especially when it comes to real estate. We expect to get very little for our money, and little more than the keys from our landlord.
So when we got a Read more...
SOHO, MANHATTAN: If it’s possible to be an under-the-radar street in New York City, the downtown string of blocks known as Crosby somehow accomplishes it. Tucked in between the famed buzz of Broadway and the stylish miles of Lafayette, Crosby’s cobblestones somehow escape notice by the masses.
Hiding right out Read more...
TRIBECA, MANHATTAN: Everything is opening up for music supervisors at advertising agencies.
Brands are open to every channel available for getting their message to consumers. Meanwhile, the music supervisors that help select and license the music for their clients have to be ready to adapt their skills to everything from Read more...
Those who have only a passing familiarity with Luaka Bop are likely to think of it as “David Byrne’s World Music Label.” While this may be useful as shorthand, it fails to tell the full story of an imprint which is focused on finding music that has no other natural Read more...
In October, on the eve of her latest album release, Feist debuted her new repertoire to a small audience in a clandestine location in NYC. Joined by an 18-piece orchestra, she and her band performed the dynamic songs off Metals in a reverberant crypt at Church of the Intercession in Read more...
The first in a series on raising your mix game, from the accomplished NYC mixer/producer Jamey Staub. Visit him early/often at http://www.jameystaub.com.
As most of you know, the job of a music producer requires one to be versatile: Projects range from A-list celebrities to unknown bands that need development.
I’ve Read more...
WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN: It’s fun to imagine what Matt Boynton, founder of the thriving Williamsburg studio Vacation Island, might do if someone presented him with a marketing plan.
He might make it into a little hat. If it had a lot of pages, he may be able to construct some type Read more...
The Sound
On their latest release, Bloom, Beach House picks a mood and sticks with it in earnest. To their fans, the atmosphere of this album is sure to be a familiar one, and record reviews are abuzz this week with all the expected adjectives – “hypnotic”, “aching”, “sultry”, “languid.” Read more...
