Kyle “Slick” Johnson and Brooklyn band North Highlands spent 3 days last weekend tracking their upcoming LP at Carriage House Studios in Connecticut. You may remember the band from a nice Pitchfork mention last year – check it out here. I guarantee you will be hearing more about this band very soon… Here is a nice photo of Kyle (in the hat) and the band:
Late last year our Kyle “Slick” Johnson produced and mixed Philadelphia up-and-comers Creepoid. The resulting album is called “Horse Heaven” and it’s getting all kinds of buzz around Philly and beyond. The band recently sat down with The Deli and discussed making the album with Kyle. Check out the interview here.
Not a bad showing! Below is the list for 2k10. I predict albums our guys did this year with The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Cold Cave, Autre Ne Veut, Young Buffalo and Smith Westerns will make the 2k11 list.
5. Beach House “Teen Dream” – Chris Coady prod & mix
40. Abe Vigoda “Crush” - Chris Coady prod & mix
41. Delorean “Subiza” – Chris Coady mix
50. Wavves “King of the Beach” – Kyle “Slick” Johnson mix
Just Managing took 6 of P4k’s “Top 100 Tracks of 2010“. Here they are:
16. Beach House “Norway” – Chris Coady (prod/mix)
47. Beach House “Walk in the Park” – Chris Coady (prod/mix)
51. Smith Westerns “Weekend” – Chris Coady (prod/mix)
79. Delorean “Real Love” – Chris Coady (mix)
85. Wavves “Post Acid” – Kyle “Slick” Johnson (mix)
90. Abe Vigoda “Crush” – Chris Coady (prod/mix)
Kyle “Slick” Johnson has spent the past few weeks producing and mixing the debut LP from Philly’s Creepoid at his Fancytime Studios. From the WXPN website:
Our Kyle “Slick” Johnson produced and mixed the debut album by Young Buffalo this summer. It’s set for an early 2011 release on Fat Possum Records (home of Wavves, The Walkmen, Band of Horses) and we are SUPER excited about it. I’ve been listening to the demos and album for months now and am glad that people who are just now hearing it for the first time are as excited as I am. Click here to listen to a song from the upcoming album and to watch a video.
I realize it’s only November 30th, but if Black Friday can now start the Monday before Thanksgiving, then I can do our year end list on the last day of November. This year has been pretty amazing and all of our guys have worked on outstanding records. Time to stand back and admire what our guys have accomplished.
| !!! |
| … And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead |
| 1,2,3 |
| Abe Vigoda |
| Ashley Hancock |
| Asian Kung Fu Generation |
| Beach House |
| Bear Hands |
| Blonde Redhead |
| Canyons |
| Carl Cox |
| Class Actress |
| Cold Cave |
| Creepoid |
| Cult of Youth |
| Dan Bear (ex-Cymbals Eat Guitars) |
| Dan Black |
| DOM |
| Eleanor Friedberger (Fiery Furnaces) |
| Eli “Paperboy” Reed |
| Fake Problems |
| Flight of the Conchords |
| Foo Fighters |
| Fountains of Wayne |
| Free Energy |
| Gang Gang Dance |
| Givers |
| Gustavo Cerati |
| Hank & Cupcakes |
| Hoarsebox |
| Holy Ghost! |
| Hoodless |
| Hooray for Earth |
| James Iha |
| Jane’s Addiction |
| Jukebox the Ghost |
| Karen O. |
| Kele (Bloc Party) |
| LCD Soundsystem |
| Lloyd Cole |
| Ma.Mentor |
| Mates of State |
| MEN |
| Nada Surf |
| New Cassettes |
| Obits |
| Peephole |
| Raymond & Maria |
| Roger Waters |
| Rubblebucket |
| Smith Westerns |
| Steel Phantoms |
| Stereo Skyline |
| Steven Van Zandt |
| Surfer Blood |
| Swans |
| The Breakers |
| The Colbert Report |
| The Pains of Being Pure at Heart |
| The Soundtrack of Our Lives |
| The Twilight Sad |
| TV on the Radio |
| Volcano Playground |
| Vonrenzo |
| Wavves |
| We Were Lovers |
| Woven Bones |
| Young Buffalo |
| Zambri |
| Zola Jesus |
Kyle “Slick” Johnson recorded and mixed the album with Dennis Herring and it’s no surprise that Pitchfork loves it. It’s a pretty great record, altho I’m pretty sure Debbi is sick of me playing “King of the Beach” over and over and over….
Click below for the full review.
Check out this great little video about Wavves making “King of the Beach”. Kyle recorded and mixed this with Dennis Herring and it’s awwesome.
WAVVES @ SWEET TEA from Pete Ohs on Vimeo.
Kyle recorded and mixed the new Wavves record earlier this year with Mr. Dennis Herring producing. Click here to listen on Pitchfork or here to see what Stereogum had to say about the song.
