‘Kevin McMahon’ News

It’s called “My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky” and our own Kevin McMahon mixed it at Marcata Recording in beautiful upstate New York.  It’s in stores now and got a nice review from Pitchfork today.

Michael Gira (Swans/Young God Records) himself says:

“Kevin is relentless in his search for both clarity and high fidelity – but perhaps most importantly, his focus is ultimately on the sonic thread that holds everything together, providing the architecture that enables the music to reach its’ maximum potential. I heartily recommend him – 1000 %”

Kevin McMahon engineered, produced and mixed the Titus Andronicus cover song that will appear on an upcoming tour split 7″ with Free Energy.  Pretty cool.

Stereogum has the premier of the new Swans song called “Eden Prison” this morning.  Our Kevin McMahon mixed it and you can check it out by clicking on the photo below.

I generally focus on the number Pitchfork gives an album, because the actual writing is pretty hit-or-miss with me.  We’ve all seen the reviews that don’t actually talk about the music on the album until the last half of the last paragraph.  In this case however, both the rating and the review seem to be spot on.  Click here to check it out.

Chrome Cranks are back together and kicking ass like they never went away. The band just wrapped up 12 songs in 3 days with Kevin McMahon at the helm.  Click here to read a pretty in-depth (by Brooklyn Vegan standards) interview and review of their two NYC shows this past weekend.

Kevin is currently at upstate at Marcata Recording mixing the first Swans album since 1996.  NYC legend Michael Gira has returned with Swans material that Kevin calls “a complete return to form in a dynamically crushingly awesome way”.

Photo: Paule/paulepictures.com

Kevin McMahon produced, engineered and mixed it, and Rolling Stone likes it.  Read the short review below and listen to one of the tracks here.

Our own Kevin McMahon produced and mixed the new Titus Andronicus album for XL, and just like the last Titus Andronicus album Kevin produced, Pitchfork gave it a “Best New Music” seal of approval.  That’s like going 2 for 2 with 2 home runs and a whole bunch of RBI’s.  Check out the review here.

Also, the band just announced a ton of new tour dates, including a stop at Brooklyn’s Glasslands Gallery on June 3rd. See full tour dates here.

You already know Kevin McMahon’s work, whether it’s from his production & engineering work with Titus Andronicus, French Kicks, Frightened Rabbit, The Big Sleep, The Walkmen and many others, or his work at the legendary NYC venue Brownies, where he was head soundman for years.

We are really happy to have him as a part of our team.  Head here to check out his discography and listen to some of his work.