the recording process
Twin Peaks’ Colin Croom on the Merits of Having a Studio Game Plan
The multi-instrumentalist explains how the band recorded and mixed Lookout Low in only three weeks.
Not All Who Wander Aren’t Lost
David Huckfelt (The Pines) on solitude, wildnerness, and his time as Artist-In-Residence at the remote Isle Royale National Park.
The Spectacle and Sensation of Shania Twain
Robbie Fulks delves into how Shania’s impeccable pop-country sound came to be.
Andrew Falkous Presents: Falkous Vs. 10K
“I had given everything to it, to this, and now, well, now I was making a call which started with the words ‘We don’t have an album.’”
Listen, Listen: Damon Krukowski (Galaxie 500, Damon & Naomi) on Sounds as Silence
The author of The New Analog: Listening and Reconnecting in a Digital World wonders about finding quiet in a world of back-up alarms.
Adam Schatz (Landlady) Talks Micachu and the Shapes’ Good Sad Happy Bad
When it comes to music, do we really want to know how the metaphorical sausage gets made?
Dylan Baldi (Cloud Nothings) Talks Malcolm Goldstein’s Full Circle Sounding
How the new album by a 73-year-old extended-technique avant-garde violinist inspired a creative breakthrough for a twentysomething rock guitarist.
Matt LeMay (Get Him Eat Him) Talks “Forensic Listening” and the Dilemma of “Correct” Sound
A couple of months ago I got an email from a friend who, like I do, spends a good deal of his time recording and mixing music. The e-mail read...
Carey Mercer (Frog Eyes, Swan Lake, Blackout Beach) Talks Josephine Foster’s Blood Rushing
Josephine Foster's Blood Rushing was recorded in the Colorado mountains, high up in the gold-green air — recorded as a band playing together...








