We hit a few after-show events last night, starting at Platinum Sound for a Vintage King event. In addition to being a top-notch environment for recording and mixing, Platinum is a great hang.
Vintage King had a couple racks of gear on hand, from Shadow Hill, Retro, Inward Connections, Antelope, Read more...
EAST VILLAGE: The NYC indie music scene got a huge boost when Seattle’s KEXP DJ John Richards moved out here to broadcast part-time from Brooklyn’s Radio New York studios. His two shows – John In The Morning and To The Five Boroughs – feature in-studio interviews and performances with Read more...
TRIBECA: In the middle of sessions with Kill Rock Stars dance-rock duo Shy Child, Chris Zane spent an hour chatting with us from behind a drum kit at Gigantic Studios. Drumsticks-in-hand, Zane gestures musically.
“The drums are my cross to bear,” he says. “I played drums my whole life Read more...
WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN: Since Auto-Tune The News #1 hit back in April ’09, the series’ creators — the Brooklyn-based Gregory Brothers — went from being a young, indie-soul band with a new EP to an overnight Internet sensation. Done in a format they call “news opera,” Auto-Tune The News (ATTN) Read more...
Over the summer, Grammy-winning engineer Michael H. Brauer mixed Coldplay’s “Strawberry Swing” in 5.1 surround sound for that music video’s theatrical premier at London’s Odeon Theater. The fifth single off Coldplay’s record Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends, “Strawberry Swing” is being released as a digital single Read more...
