Jeremy Sparrow

I just spent an amazing week and a half mixing a record with Jeremy Sparrow (Lasse Smed) from Copenhagen, Denmark.  This would be only be my second international project and I’m glad we were able to make this work because the results are stunning.  While the drums were recorded in a larger studio in Denmark, the guitars and other overdubs were done with in the box amp simulators and effects.  That means I had all of the DI’s to reamp, effect and go crazy with.  Amp-wise, we used everything from the Bad Cat (mostly on the Ac30/EF86 side) to the Supro.   So awesome to make a new friend from the other side of the world!

Purling Hiss – Shaking Through


Family Band – Grace & Lies

Family Band Grace and Lies

The first song off of Family Band’s new record, Grace & Lies debuted yesterday.  ”Night Song” really sets the mood for this dark and intimate record that we finished back in December.  The record comes out July 24th on No Quarter.

Restorations – “A”

Side A of Restorations’ new 7″ I produced is up.  It’s comes out on July 3rd on Tiny Engines.  Full press release and more info here.

Hammerax Liquicy

Beyond cray.

Cat Martino – Shaking Through (feat. Sufjan Stevens and Chris Powell)


Awesome song and sounds.  It was also just featured on NPR’s All Song Considered.  As usual, the raw tracks, stems, track sheet and Chris Powell’s (Man Man) drum samples can be downloaded here.

Quad Eight Pacifica

So this thing is for sale at Vintage King right now, who’s got $28,000 lying around?  I use my Pacifica pres all the time, AND it used to belong to my boy, Ryan Adams.   Red knobs on cream! Pretty classy.

The Recipe – Kendrick Lamar feat. Dr. Dre

This new track from Kendrick Lamar, Dr. Dre and producer Scoop DeVille, features a sample from a song I recorded with Twin Sister.  Neat!  It comes from Meet the Frownies, a song we did for Shaking Through.  The original can be heard here:

Everything You Need To Know About Recording

In bunnies.  Definitely the best Tape Op cover ever.  It was made by the super talented Kim Krans from Family Band.  Check out more of her stuff at The Wild Unknown.

Life + Times – The High Road


As if I wasn’t already completely flustered on my first day of tour ever, but the entire day was being filmed for Jay-Z’s online magazine, Life + Times.  The crew met up with us on a super dreary day at Miner Street and documented the second show of the tour in Washington DC.