The audio event I look forward to most each year is easily the AES convention, especially when it’s right here in NYC.
In boom years, the convention can take over a full wing at the Jacob Javits Center on West 34th street in Manhattan. But even a relatively poor showing, Read more...
Summertime is not the super busiest time for recording studios; bands are out touring and playing festivals, and business overall slows a bit. But still, if you ask around (and we did), plenty of projects were just getting started if not just wrapping up over these longest days of the Read more...
As new records by Savages, The National, Vampire Weekend, The Flaming Lips and Daft Punk spin on high rotation chez SonicScoop, we’re hearing about so many new projects coming down the pipeline that we thought we’d share in a new column.
Get ready for the details of some buzz-worthy new 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...
On the heels of a Grammy nomination for Foo Fighters Wasting Light, The Lodge‘s mastering engineer Joe LaPorta has been working on some big and buzz-worthy upcoming records – several of which were produced in part in NYC.
First up, Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally of Beach House (Sub Pop) Read more...
