James Brown, Dave Grohl and Butch Vig are going for their EGOT! They’ve got Grammys and are now going for their Oscar with the “Sound City” documentary. Check out the trailer here or click the still of James and Dave below.
February 2012
James Brown is engineering the new Dave Grohl “Sound City” documentary with Butch Vig producing
Posted by dbackhaus / Thursday February 23 2012
New Cassettes “Winterhead” LP gets release date, co-mixed by Geoff Sanoff
Last year Geoff Sanoff and Adam Schlesinger of Fountains of Wayne co-mixed “Winterhead” by New Cassettes. It’s now got a release date and the band will be touring the US with We Were Promised Jetpacks. I’m going to make sure to catch them at SXSW next month. Can you believe it’s almost SXSW time again??? Details here and below:
Posted by dbackhaus / Tuesday February 21 2012
Geoff Sanoff’s work on The Sheepdogs recognized with 3 Juno nominations!
Geoff Sanoff engineered and co-mixed an album with Adam Schlesinger (Fountains of Wayne, “That Thing You Do”) last year for Canada’s The Sheepdogs. You may remember them being the band that won the unsigned band contest and appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone (and Project Runway, yes, I watch Project Runway). The album was just nominated for 3 Juno awards! Cross your fingers for the win, eh? Also, WTF – William Shatner is hosting the ceremony? Is that cool?
Posted by dbackhaus / Thursday February 16 2012
Chris Coady is producing the new Rey Pila LP for Arts + Crafts Mexico/Seitrack
Chris Coady is in Plantain studio (formerly the DFA studio) this month producing the new album for Rey Pila. I stopped by the studio yesterday hoping to hear the band play, but sadly they had just run out to pick up a hard drive. Bummer, because I had never heard of these guys before, but what I’ve heard just recently is really, really, really good. Someone smart is going to sign these guys in the US soon. Mark my words – February 16, 2012, I said these guys are going to be pretty, pretty big. Check out a Rey Pila song from their last album here, and a photo of Chris at Plantain yesterday below.
Posted by dbackhaus / Thursday February 16 2012
Chris Coady gets a “Best New Track” from Pitchfork for his Porcelain Raft mix
Pitchfork has given “Unless You Speak From Your Heart” the Best New Track seal of approval. It’s a track Chris Coady mixed that appears on the Porcelain Raft LP called “Strange Weekend”, out now on Secretly Canadian. Check it out here.
Posted by dbackhaus / Tuesday February 14 2012
Congratulations to James Brown, Butch Vig, Alan Moulder and Foo Fighters for their Grammy wins!
Nice to see a little album made in a garage without any computers get properly recognized at the Grammy’s last night! Click here to watch the band thank James, and check out the photo below of James Brown, Butch Vig and Alan Moulder outside the Staples Center.
Posted by dbackhaus / Monday February 13 2012