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Andrew Bird and Ian Schneller's Sonic Arboretum at the ICA, Boston

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So proud to have been a part of putting the audio together for this amazing installation.  Running at the ICA  in Boston through May 10th.  Here's a review from the  Boston Globe . 

Into It. Over It., Andrew Bird & Nora O'Connor on new Bloodshot Records compilation

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"While No One Was Looking: Toasting 20 Years of Bloodshot Records"  is out now.  Check out Into It. Over It.'s cover of Neko Case's "Deep Red Bells" (which I recorded) over at  Esquire .  I also worked on Andrew Bird and Nora O'Connor's cover of Robbie Fulks' "I'll Trade You Money For Wine"!

Tim Kinsella at the MCA

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A snapshot from "Hunky Dory TK" - Tim Kinsella's performance of his sound collage tribute to Hunky Dory at the  MCA  last week.  It was so much fun helping him put this one together!

Owen - "Other People's Songs"

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The first track from Owen's new record of covers (featuring songs by Lungfish, Against Me! and Smoking Popes, among others...) just premiered at  Stereogum !  We recorded the album last Spring at  Shirk Studios  and it's due out December 2nd via Polyvinyl.  You can preorder  here .

Dads "I'll Be the Tornado"

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First single "Chewing Ghosts" from Dads' forthcoming LP "I'll Be the Tornado" is up on Pitchfork.  Check it out  here !  We made the record together at  Minbal Studios  this summer and it'll be released via  6131  on October 13th.  You can pre-order now  here !

Into It. Over It.

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                        Evan + U47 + awesome sounding attic = pretty fucking cool

Victor Villarreal

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Work going on at  Strobe Recording  for Victor Villarreal's new record.  Bleu Genes is very critical.

Owls - Ancient Stars Seed...

Another song premier from the new Owls record "Two" over at  Noisey ! You can pre-order the record from Polyvinyl  here .

The Hudson Branch

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Final work is done, master is in, new full length from  The Hudson Branch  coming soon... Session at MinBal  this Fall

Owls - "I'm Surprised"

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Check out the single at: Pitchfork Spin

Owls

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The new Owls record is done First Day Last Day I can hold it in my hand Happiness...

Back at Specimen

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Back at the wonderful  Specimen  space with Ian Schneller working with some of  Andrew Bird's  material from their previous collaboration at the MCA, the  Sonic Arboretum  (which I had the honor of helping record and manipulate).  Ian's new installation is called "Sculptures by Ian Schneller, Sonic Vignettes: With Music by Andrew Bird from the Sonic Arboretum" and is running at Elgin Community College.

Iron & Wine - "Lover's Revolution"

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Excited to have the first teaser track from the forthcoming Iron & Wine album "Ghost on Ghost" out there! It was an absolute pleasure to have recorded this last spring with possibly the greatest grouping of musicians I've ever worked with.  The record's due out April 16th via Nonesuch. Here's a link to listen: http://pitchfork.com/news/49371-iron-wine-return-with-new-album-ghost-on-ghost-share-new-track-lovers-revolution/