Mike Sniper started the indie label Captured Tracks in 2008, working nights out of the basement of Williamsburg’s Academy Records, which he helped run during the day. Within a year, he’d be putting out a constant stream of new releases.
Although 2009 was an especially rocky year for the global Read more...
Sometimes people do their best work when they step outside their comfort zones. Widowspeak‘s latest release, Almanac, out January 22 on Captured Tracks, is evidence of just that. Its sound is the product of a few creative people veering just slightly off course. And the album is better for it. Read more...
Our second “Inside Sessions” comes at you from The Fred Perry Artists Lounge at Stratosphere Sound – an event we co-sponsored with Just Managing, SoundToys, Blue Microphones, Insound and Brooklyn Brewery.
See the video, featuring three of the day’s bands – Tall Ships, 1, 2, 3 and Widowspeak – and Read more...
Last Friday’s Fred Perry Artists Lounge at Stratosphere Sound was a blast!
Engineer/dynamo Geoff Sanoff recorded sets by Caveman, Weekend, Widowspeak, Waters, Gauntlet Hair, 1, 2, 3, and Tall Ships in whirlwind sessions throughout the day. (Pics below!)
Thanks to event sponsor Blue Microphones, the studio had Blue Dragonfly, Reactor, Read more...
Last year – Just Managing, Insound and Stratosphere Sound put on an awesome day-long recording open-house party during CMJ week, producing the resulting “Red Wax Sessions” digital mixtape. We did a follow-up piece on the recording sessions, engineered by Geoff Sanoff.
This year, they’re doing it all over again, with Read more...
