Check out “Can’t Knock the Hustle”, Bodega’s newest single from their debut album Endless Scroll. Austin Brown produced the LP, which I mixed and mastered at my old studio Doctor Wu’s in Brooklyn, NY. FUN FACT: this LP was recorded on the Tascam 388 we used for Light Up Gold, The Keepsies, and the tape-machine shootout. Endless Scroll comes out June 1 via What’s Your Rupture.
“Pristine”, the first single from Snail Mail‘s upcoming LP Lush, was just awarded “Best New Track” by Pitchfork. The album was produced by my studio partner Jake Aron, which I helped record at Outlier Inn (in Woodridge, NY, on their Neve VR) and our old studio Doctor Wu’s (in Brooklyn, NY). I’m very happy to have been a part of this record, and very proud of the band and Jake for the work they put into this gorgeous work. Lush comes out June 8 on Matador Records.
Surfbort‘s Romance EP is out now on Cult Records. I mastered these songs on this limited edition flexi-disc 7″, which were recorded by Chad Ubovich (Fuzz, Meatbodies) and Jonathan Krenik, and come with a poster and sticker. We’re wrapping up their full-length debut now, which I recorded at Thump and am mixing/mastering at my new studio in Brooklyn – stay tuned!
NYC’s post-punk quintet Bodega premiered “How Did This Happen?!”, which was featured on Brooklyn Vegan, Northern Transmissions, DIY Mag, and Clash. “How?!” is the first single from their debut album Endless Scroll, produced and recorded by Austin Brown (of Parquet Courts), and mixed/mastered by me at Doctor Wu’s. Endless Scroll is out June 1 on What’s Your Rupture; in the meantime, catch the band at SXSW, around NYC, and in Europe this spring.
NYC thrashers Surfbort premiered “Les Be in Love” on Office. It’s the first single from the Romance EP, recorded/mixed by Chad Ubovich (Meatbodies, Fuzz) and mastered by me, and the first for Cult Records. I’m recording their new record now, out later this year via Cult.
Baltimore’s nervy new-wave synth rockers Surf Harp premiered their first single “D.I. Cig” on Tiny Mix Tapes. It comes from Mr. Big Picture, engineered/mixed by Lorenzo Wolff and Dara Hirsch (Operator Music Band) and which I mastered earlier this year – Mr. Big Picture comes out February 23 on Friends Records.
Strange Names released their newest single ‘People to Go’ via Clash Magazine. The song is from their upcoming album Data, which I mixed at Doctor Wu’s, and features Jorge Socarras (Indoor Life, Catholic with Patrick Cowley). Data comes out February 23 on Frenchkiss Records, and record release show is February 24 at Baby’s All Right.
Kraut-pop combo Operator Music Band just released their new Coordination EP. This is the second recording I’ve mixed/mastered for the group (after this spring’s Puzzlephonics I & II), and features production by Zula‘s Henry Terepka and drums by Ava Luna‘s Julian Fader. The EP (streaming above) has already received great write-ups by AdHoc, Post-Trash, and PopBollocks, and is out now via New Professor Music.
From the New Yorker’s Night Life section:
Jonathan Schenke is a go-to producer for the indie-rock élite, having worked on albums for Dirty Beaches, Parquet Courts, and Frankie Rose, among others. He steps out from behind the mixing boards with this exaggerated electro-funk project, which he shares with the multi-instrumentalist Bob Jones. The duo, which builds synth-based soundscapes that would not be out of place in an early-eighties slasher flick, has released two self-titled records; this year’s is grinding and quirky, full of deep club tunes with the Korg-inflected whimsy of early New Wave bands like Oingo Boingo and the Buggles. They perform with Yvette, a raw industrial duo whose jagged tracks should come with cautionary signage.
There’s a new 7″ out by NYC psych-punk group Acid Dad. I recorded this upstate over the winter on my Otari MX-5050, and mixed it at Doctor Wu’s in the spring. Check out the songs above, read this interview with Consequence of Sound, and pick up your copy of the 7″ via Greenway Records.
