Just Managing http://justmanaging.com Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:02:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Pitchfork likes the new Porcelain Raft LP mixed by Chris Coady http://justmanaging.com/2012/01/30/pitchfork-likes-the-new-porcelain-raft-lp-mixed-by-chris-coady/ http://justmanaging.com/2012/01/30/pitchfork-likes-the-new-porcelain-raft-lp-mixed-by-chris-coady/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:02:59 +0000 dbackhaus http://justmanaging.com/?p=2239 I finally got a promo of this the other day and have been listening to it a lot.  Pitchfork likes it too… and they actually made me lol irl for the first time in a long time with this line from the review: “…the gorgeous “Put Me to Sleep”, which seems tailor-made to soundtrack a scene where Carey Mulligan is sad in some major metropolitan city.” Nice job P4K!

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]]> http://justmanaging.com/2012/01/30/pitchfork-likes-the-new-porcelain-raft-lp-mixed-by-chris-coady/feed/ 0 Listen to single from upcoming Delta Spirit album produced by Chris Coady http://justmanaging.com/2012/01/23/listen-to-single-from-upcoming-delta-spirit-album-produced-by-chris-coady/ http://justmanaging.com/2012/01/23/listen-to-single-from-upcoming-delta-spirit-album-produced-by-chris-coady/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:26:26 +0000 dbackhaus http://justmanaging.com/?p=2236 Head over to The Wall Street Journal (??) to listen to “California”, a song from the upcoming Delta Spirit album produced by Chris Coady this past July and August.  Listen here.

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]]> http://justmanaging.com/2012/01/23/listen-to-single-from-upcoming-delta-spirit-album-produced-by-chris-coady/feed/ 0 Geoff Sanoff recorded Sarah Brightman back in December http://justmanaging.com/2012/01/19/geoff-sanoff-recorded-sarah-brightman-back-in-december/ http://justmanaging.com/2012/01/19/geoff-sanoff-recorded-sarah-brightman-back-in-december/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:29:20 +0000 dbackhaus http://justmanaging.com/?p=2233 Back in December our Geoff Sanoff spent a week recording Sarah Brightman at Stratosphere Sound with producers Mike Hedges and Sally Herbert.  Good thing studio assistant Atsuo is good at what he does, because he is a pretty awful photographer!  That hazy guy in middle is Geoff.

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]]> http://justmanaging.com/2012/01/19/geoff-sanoff-recorded-sarah-brightman-back-in-december/feed/ 0 Foo Fighters top Rolling Stone 2011 Reader’s Poll! http://justmanaging.com/2012/01/19/foo-fighters-tops-rolling-stone-2011-readers-poll/ http://justmanaging.com/2012/01/19/foo-fighters-tops-rolling-stone-2011-readers-poll/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:29:02 +0000 dbackhaus http://justmanaging.com/?p=2228 This one came in over the holiday break, so I wasn’t able to post earlier, but it’s still worth mentioning.  ”Wasting Light” by Foo Fighers, and engineered by our James Brown, came in in at #1 on the 2011 Rolling Stone Reader’s Poll!  Congratulations guys!

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]]> http://justmanaging.com/2012/01/19/foo-fighters-tops-rolling-stone-2011-readers-poll/feed/ 0 Listen to Porcelain Raft’s new LP now – Mixed by Chris Coady! http://justmanaging.com/2012/01/18/listen-to-new-porcelain-rafts-new-lp-now-mixed-by-chris-coady/ http://justmanaging.com/2012/01/18/listen-to-new-porcelain-rafts-new-lp-now-mixed-by-chris-coady/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:04:58 +0000 dbackhaus http://justmanaging.com/?p=2224 Been excited about this ever since I saw Porcelain Raft play one song ( I got there late!) at the Secretly Canadian / Dead Oceans / Jagjaguwar showcase at CMJ.  Our Chris Coady mixed it and you can now listen to the whole dang thing over here at Secretly Canadian.  Enjoy!

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]]> http://justmanaging.com/2012/01/18/listen-to-new-porcelain-rafts-new-lp-now-mixed-by-chris-coady/feed/ 0 Listen to new School of Seven Bells engineered by Geoff Sanoff http://justmanaging.com/2012/01/13/listen-to-new-school-of-seven-bells-engineered-by-geoff-sanoff/ http://justmanaging.com/2012/01/13/listen-to-new-school-of-seven-bells-engineered-by-geoff-sanoff/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:53:57 +0000 dbackhaus http://justmanaging.com/?p=2221 Back in May Geoff Sanoff engineered drums for the new School of Seven Bells record.  Check out a sneak peak of the new album and listen to Geoff’s work here.

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]]> http://justmanaging.com/2012/01/13/listen-to-new-school-of-seven-bells-engineered-by-geoff-sanoff/feed/ 0 Just Managing on the Pitchfork and NPR year-end lists http://justmanaging.com/2011/12/16/just-managing-on-the-pitchfork-and-npr-year-end-lists/ http://justmanaging.com/2011/12/16/just-managing-on-the-pitchfork-and-npr-year-end-lists/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:34:10 +0000 dbackhaus http://justmanaging.com/?p=2217 Not a bad showing this year!  Congratulations to Chris Coady and Eric Broucek for their work with Gang Gang Dance, Cold Cave, Eleanor Friedberger, Holy Ghost! and Smith Westerns.  Pitchfork and NPR like you guys, they really, really like you guys.

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]]> http://justmanaging.com/2011/12/16/just-managing-on-the-pitchfork-and-npr-year-end-lists/feed/ 0 A (nearly) complete list of artists we’ve worked with in 2011 http://justmanaging.com/2011/12/13/a-nearly-complete-list-of-artist-weve-worked-with-in-2011/ http://justmanaging.com/2011/12/13/a-nearly-complete-list-of-artist-weve-worked-with-in-2011/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:59:43 +0000 dbackhaus http://justmanaging.com/?p=2207 I’m probably missing someone, but here is a (nearly) complete list of artists we’ve worked with in 2011.  It’s been a great year!

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Aaron Neville
Autre Ne Veut
Ayktyon
Beach House
Bear Hands
Beck
Birdy
Bochan
Cass McCombs
Caveman
Chappo
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Clarence Bucaro
Classixx
Converse Rubber Tracks Studio
Dirty Secrets
Disney/Rio Movie
Drew Anderotti
Elvis Perkins
Foo Fighters
Gauntlet Hair
Givers
Jane’s Addiction
Jemaine Clement
Jimmy Eat World
Jinwoon
Joe Cocker
John Ledgend
Led Er Est
Light Asylum
Matchbox Twenty
Mates of State
Nathan Larsen
North Highlands
Nothing
Palmyra Delran
Papercutz
Phillip Glass
Pitchfork.TV
Porcelain Raft
Robbers on High Street
Rubblebucket
Sam Sparrow
Santigold
Sarah Brightman
Scissor Sisters
So So Glos
Steel Phantoms
Steven Van Zandt
Tall Ships
The Black Atlantic
The Dandy Warhols
The Delta Spirit
The Gregory Brothers
The Muppets Movie
The Nowherenaughts
The Number Station
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
The School of Seven Bells
The Sheepdogs
Twin Shadow
Twin Sister
WATERS
Weekend
Wes Tucker and the Skillets
Widowspeak


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]]> http://justmanaging.com/2011/12/08/2198/feed/ 0 Just Managing lands 4 albums in Stereogum’s “Top 50 Albums of 2011″ list http://justmanaging.com/2011/12/06/just-managing-lands-4-albums-in-stereogums-top-50-albums-of-2011-list/ http://justmanaging.com/2011/12/06/just-managing-lands-4-albums-in-stereogums-top-50-albums-of-2011-list/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:01:38 +0000 dbackhaus http://justmanaging.com/?p=2193 Congratulations to James & Chris for landing albums in Stereogum’s “Top 50 of 2011″ list.  See the full list here.

6. Gang Gang Gang Dance “Eye Contact” [4AD] • Chris Coady Engineer

25. Cold Cave “Cherish The Light Years” [Matador] • Chris Coady Producer/Mix

26. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart “Belong” [Slumberland] • James Brown Engineer & co-prod on “Too Young”

37. Smith Westerns “Dye it Blonde” [Fat Possum] • Chris Coady Producer/Mix

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