LOWER MANHATTAN: Indie pop/rock artist Jenny Owen Youngs remembers Weezer’s Blue Album and Pinkerton being in heavy rotation during some of her more formative, budding-rocker years.
So when she heard about Engine Room Recordings’ Pinkerton tribute, she enthusiastically went all-in – electing to try her hand at “Getchoo” – Read more...
LOWER MANHATTAN: When did you first hear Pinkerton? The classic Weezer album was a sonic departure from the debut power pop of The Blue Album and to many fans, refreshingly so.
From the opening feedback of “Tired of Sex” to the wistful and stripped-down “Butterfly” closer, the album delivers Read more...
CASSADAGA, NY: In preparing for our upcoming AES presentation “The Studio As an Instrument”, we’ve made sure to ask each of our panelists about the records and producers that most influenced them.
When I posed this question to Peter Katis after our interview with him last week, among his answers Read more...
MIDTOWN, MANHATTAN: There’s more than one way to be a rock star. For Walt Ribeiro, Founder of NYC-based For Orchestra, the path to a global music stage is paved with bass clarinets, bowed tremolos – and a brainy, instinctual knowledge of the ‘Net.
Driven with a by-all-means-necessary mindset when it Read more...
MIDTOWN MANHATTAN: This week, Brooklyn-based pop duo Elizabeth and the Catapult released their new album, The Other Side of Zero, on Verve Forecast. We met the band at a listening party for the new record, which sharpens their unique indie-chamber-pop style with a refreshingly refined sound.
Produced by Tony Read more...
