New music by Parquet Courts, the Drums, PC Worship, Turn to Crime, The Britanys, Dougie Poole, Operator Music Band and more…

To kick things off, Parquet Courts‘ collaboration with Bun B finally came out!  They debuted this version of “Captive of the Sun” on Colbert last summer with members of PC Worship, Blues Control, and my bandmate Bob Jones.  Austin Brown and I went into Doctor Wu’s shortly after that to put together this remix, which has a chopped n’ screwed version by DJ Candlestick and OG Ron C on the B-side.  Pitchfork premiered the track, along with a Houston rap playlist by Young Doc Gooden (fka Austin Brown)… so proud to still have my 713- number.  Pick it up on limited-edition LP via Rough Trade, and check out the lyric video below.

I was also super excited to see the premiere of The Drums‘ new single “Blood Under My Belt”.  Pitchfork premiered the song last week, as the first single from the new record “Abysmal Thoughts”.  Bandleader Jonny Pierce and I worked together last summer at Doctor Wu’s, disassembling his demos and rebuilding them into something else entirely.  I’m really happy to have recorded and mixed this album, and I can’t wait for more of it to be released.  Mastered by Joe LaPorta at Sterling Sound, “Abysmal Thoughts” will be released in June on Anti-.

PC Worship – one of my favorite groups going – released their new album Buried Wish, which I had the pleasure to master and help sequence with Justin Frye.  All of the PC Worship records (and many PC Worship songs) have their own series of detours and digressions, which is particularly true of this album – it veers from ornate horn arrangements to grunge-sludge stomp to acoustic/field recording meanderings and everywhere else in between.  Hopefully you caught them on tour with Naomi Punk, but either way you should catch them next month with The Dreebs.  Check out the great press in Pitchfork, Noisey, and Clrvynt, and pick up Buried Wish on Northern Spy now.

My fellow electro-rock weirdos Turn to Crime released their latest (fourth? sixth?) record Secondary in early February.  Derek Stanton records all of the music himself at his own Molten Sound studio in Detroit, and you can hear that freedom of creativity and amazing collection of gear throughout each of his records.  Secondary, which I mixed and Sarah Register mastered last year, is my personal favorite – “Chasing”, “Dead Man”, and the title track are all undeniable gems.  Check out these features on Noisey and Brooklyn Vegan, and pick up the record through Mugg and Bopp.

Bushwick rock+rollers The Britanys released their debut EP Five A Side, which premiered with an enthusiastic NME review. We recorded these songs in two different sessions, deciding in the end to go with the stripped-down basement recordings for this EP – they just rocked harder!  Check them out at SXSW, and stream/purchase Five A Side from the group’s Bandcamp.

Electronic country-crooner Dougie Poole released his debut LP Wideass Highway on JMC Aggregate.  I mixed and mastered this strange and beautiful record last year, and was happy to see it featured in both FADER and Ad Hoc. Do yourself a favor and pick it up at Dougie’s Bandcamp.

Fuzzy synth rockers Operator Music Band‘s debut LP Puzzlephonics I & II came out last week.  The album pairs two EPs (recorded by band member Dara Hirsch) which we mixed and mastered at Doctor Wu’s last fall.  Stereogum and Brooklyn Vegan both featured the group, who is heading out on tour this week toward SXSW. Pick up a copy now on New Professor Music, and stream it below.

My German indie-rock buddies Behave! released a video for “Someone”, the first single from the record we did last summer in Hannover.  It was a pleasure working with the group over there on a Studer A800 with a bunch of vintage German mics, and I’m really happy with the results, which I mixed and mastered back in NYC.  If you read German, you may enjoy this interview on Diffus, but even if you don’t, you’ll probably enjoy the song (it’s in English).

NYC alterna-singer-songwriter Tica Douglas’ new single “The Same Thing” was recently released.  The Wild Honey Pie and Gold Flake Paint both featured the track, which I mixed and mastered as part of the new record Our Lady Star of the Sea, Help and Protect Us.  2014’s Joey was released to great reviews, and I’m excited that this one will be released on Team Love later in May.  Stay tuned…

In a similarly off-kilter-folk vein, Dark Tea’s debut EP was released last month.  I mastered this for Gary Canino, who also plays in the fierce NYC punk band Rips.  CLRVYNT  wrote about the EP, and you can purchase it on Bandcamp.

And Brian Chillemi (also of shredders Junk Boys) released a video single for the new song “Child of the Earth” (which I mastered).  Read about it on Impose, and buy the track on Bandcamp.

Also released: Eventide debuted their new plugin ‘Fission‘.  It’s the first in their line of “Structural Effects”, which separates the transient and tonal information of a source, and allows you to effect each separately.  I consulted with the designers Russ & Tom and my friend Joe Waltz early on in the process of development, and contributed a handful of presents to the plugin.  Check out this explanation here and download the demo now!

I spent some time upstate this past month, checking out the progress on the incredible new control room at Outlier Inn (where I recorded Parquet Courts’ Sunbathing Animal and Honduras’ Rituals).  I always loved visiting and working at the space, but with this new room (designed by Wes Lachot) and new console (Tom Elmhirst’s modified Neve VR 72), it’s going to be a truly incredible place to make a record.  I can’t wait for the opening this May.

I also spent some time with Acid Dad, recording and co-producing their debut LP.  We recorded the basics to my Otari MX-5050 at their studio upstate, and mixed it in Brooklyn at Doctor Wu’s.  It’s a fierce and fun album – I’m excited for people to hear this one.  Check them out later this month on the road with Honduras.

One last thing:  I posted a new Soundcloud playlist too, if you’re interested in hearing a mix of different things I’ve worked on.

Thanks for reading all of this!