Vampire Weekend master new album at The Lodge and unleash new video "Cousins"!

Indie sensations Vampire Weekend (XL Recordings) were back at The Lodge to master their supremely anticipated new album "Contra" with Mastering Engineer Emily Lazar and Assistant Joe LaPorta.
Can they live up to they hype and send Alice Cooper running for his money? We think so!!! Their new album is a must hear. Here's the new vid!

Brand New, The Shins & Vampire Weekend make NME Top 100 Greatest Albums of the Decade!!!!

So we're all feeling like a pair of proud sappy parents here at The lodge. Brand New's album "The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me" mastered by Emily and Joe over the summer just made NME's top 100 greatest albums of the decade. The list also includes The Shins' "Chutes Too Narrow" & "Wincing The Night Away" and Vampire Weekend "Vampire Weekend" (all mastered at The Lodge!).

Hooray for top 100 lists!

Bear in Heaven!

Bear In Heaven are our new favorite Brooklyn band at the moment. Lead singer Jon Philpot cycled (literally) to The Lodge this summer to master his band's epic new album with Mastering Engineer Joe LaPorta.
The new album titled "Beast Rest Forth Mouth" infuses dreamy sonic-scapes with a touch of electronica. Seriously good stuff.

Check out their wicked album review on Pitchfork here

Killian Mansfield in New York Magazine

Check out this incredible write up in New York Magazine about Killian's album. Click here

Killian Mansfield Benefit Album

The Lodge recently mastered a powerful album for The Killian Mansfield Foundation (KMF) whose mission is to empower children with cancer & other serious illnesses through integrative health care dedicated to treating the whole child mind, ...body & spirit.

Killian Mansfield (7/9/1993 - 8/20/2009) was a young man with a huge heart & a sincere love of music (particularly the ukulele) who died Aug. 20 after a five-year battle with synovial sarcoma, a rare form of cancer.

Thanks to Ralph Legnini, an incredible producer/engineer, Killian was able to realize his life long dream and release an album of ukulele music, “Somewhere Else,” days before his death. The album was recorded between a long hospitalization last winter and entering hospice care this past spring, and proceeds from its sale are benefiting the foundation’s cause. The album is available on iTunes and Amazon.com.

This is a beautiful album that includes incredible performances by Dr. John, Levon Helm, Todd Rundgren, John Sebastian & MORE! Please go out and buy this album, you will not regret it.

RIP Killian Mansfield.

The Lodge masters Tiësto's epic new album "Kaleidoscope"

Famed Dutch DJ dance master Tiësto returned to The Lodge this summer to master his epic new album "Kaleidoscope" (Ultra Records/Musical Freedom) with Emily Lazar & Joe LaPorta. This is Tiësto's fourth album mastered at The Lodge.

"Kaleidoscope" involves a bevy of incredibly interesting collaborations with artists such as Jónsi of Sigur Ros, Sneaky Sound System, Emily Haines of Metric, Cary Brothers, Kele Okereke of Bloc Party, Tegan and Sara, Nelly Furtado and Cary Brothers just to name a few!

The album is slated for an October 6th worldwide release.

You can stream the ENTIRE album off Tiësto's myspace page! And check out the video to the first single "I Will Be Here" (Tiësto and Sneaky Sound System).

Brand New Album Debuts at No.6 on Billboard!

Long Island rock quintet have returned to The Lodge with producer Mike Sapone to master their long anticipated album "Daisy" (Interscope) with Emily Lazar (and assisted by Joe LaPorta).

The album just hit the Billboard charts on September 22nd sitting comfortably at No. 6 position!!!

Spin Magazine included "Daisy" in their "Top 30 albums of 2009...So Far" feature. Way to go guys!