The Lodge Masters Sky Ferreira Debut Album "Night Time My Time"

Sky Ferreira’s anticipated debut album was recently released on Capitol Records on October 29, 2013.  The 12-track album titled Night Time My Time was mastered at The Lodge, by Chief Mastering Engineer Emily Lazar and assisted by Rich Morales.

Ferreira has grown up in the media spotlight; she is an experienced model, actress and singer who have graced the international runways of Marc Jacobs and Calvin Klein.  She was only 15 years old when she signed a record deal with Capitol Records.  Sky’s first breakthrough hit had been her single “Everything Is Embarrassing” off of her Ghost EP, which soared to the top of the charts and became one of 2012’s top tracks.

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Even though her single had attained much success, Sky wanted to create music that symbolized her individualism and planned to transition from major label pop to indie rock so she enlisted producers Ariel Rechtshaid (Haim, Vampire Weekend, Charli XCX) and Justin Raisen (Charli XCX) to help her build a strong foundation, suitable for the 21 year old’s full length debut.

Night Time My Time’s release has resulted in an uproar of high praises from well-known publications such as Pitchfork and The New York Times.

“So it’s both a relief and a bit of a shock that Night Time, My Time is not only here, but that it’s one of the most pleasingly conventional and cohesive pieces of pop-rock to come along this year.” - Pitchfork

Combining a touch of 80s pop with a punch of 90s grunge-rock attitude, Night Time My Time has allowed Ferreira to successfully discover her own voice. The album portrays Sky’s true identity as a talented, complex and edgy young artist.  Catch Sky performing live with the Smith Westerns this Monday, November 11, 2013 at Webster Hall in NYC.

Foo Fighters Album Mastered by Emily Lazar & Joe LaPorta at The Lodge Leads This Year's Grammy Nominations

The nominations for this year’s 54th Annual Grammy Awards were just announced and legendary rockers Foo Fighters' "Wasting Light" album scooped up a total of SIX nominations including: Album Of The Year, Best Rock Album, Best Rock Song, Best Rock Performance for “Walk,” Best Hard Rock Performance for “White Limo” and Best Long Form Music Video for “Back and Forth.”   Butch Vig, producer for "Wasting Light,"is also nominated for Producer of The Year.

Mastered by Emily Lazar and Joe LaPorta at The Lodge earlier this year, “Wasting Light” (RCA Records/Roswell Records) charted at #1 across twelve countries marking this album as the band's first ever #1 record since their formation in 1994.  It was also certified gold immediately after it's release. 

An all-analog production, "Wasting Light" is a truly brilliant record that captures Foo Fighters at their rawest and tightest as a band.  This is thanks to Dave Grohl's insistence not to use a single computer throughout the whole record making process.  The album was tracked by James Brown using a 24 track Studer A827 and an API 1608 console in Grohl's garage and eventually mixed by Alan Moulder in the same garage!  The final mixes were transfered to 1/2" tape and mastered through an entirely analog signal chain at The Lodge.

From everyone at The Lodge, we wish to send our most heartfelt congratulations to Foo Fighters, producer Butch Vig and engineers Alan Moulder and James Brown. We are all extremely excited about this nomination, not only is it a milestone for rock music but it's also a great achievement for women in audio as Emily Lazar is the first female mastering engineer to be nominated in the Album Of The Year category.

And if you haven't seen it, here's Foo Fighters' video for “Walk” nominated for Best Rock Song.

Foo Fighters win the AMA for Favorite Alternative Rock Artist!

Congratulations to Foo Fighters for winning Favorite Alternative Rock Artist at The American Music Awards! Their most recent album "Wasting Light" was mastered at The Lodge by Emily Lazar and Joe LaPorta!

After an enormous 24 song sellout show at Madison Square Garden (they played well past the venue's 11pm curfew), Foo Fighters have just been announced as the headliners for the Lalapalooza shows in Brazil and Chile!

In case you missed it, here is Foo Fighters' awesome performance on The Late Show with David Letterman with rock icon Joan Jett.

Thievery Corporation Release New Album Mastered By Emily Lazar & Joe LaPorta

Electronic music pioneers Thievery Corporation are redefining the way artists interact with their fans.   The Washington DC based duo consisting of Rob Garza and Eric Hilton recently launched the world's first CHNL site on the legs of their recently released album "Culture of Fear", mastered right here at The Lodge by Emily Lazar and Joe LaPorta!

CHNL is a website that provides a direct & undiluted channel for artists to interact with their fans.  CHNL gives content owners a unified medium to sell their work, as well as stream videos and connect with fans through social networking.  "CHNL enables us to have a much closer and constant relationship with our fans," states Thievery Corporation co-founder Rob Garza. "Through the tour and into the fall, we're going to be revealing exciting new content and our CHNL will be the place to experience it."

With more than 1.2 million albums sold in the US over the past 15 years, the genre-smashing, establishment-thrashing Thievery Corporation continue to refine their craft. "Culture of Fear" their latest release is a self described, "cinematic-sounding inquiry into space rock that straddles the sweet spot between funk and soul, with a bit of dub and reggae thrown in for good measure."  Along with raving reviews, "Culture of Fear"spent 2 months on the CMJ Electronic Charts!

Check out world's first CHNL featuring Thievery Corporation below!

http://thieverycorporation.chnl.pro/

And check out the video for their first single featuring Mr. Lif!

Debut Album by Boy & Bear Mastered at The Lodge Receives 7 ARIA Award Nominations!

 

Australia's nominations for this year’s 25th annual ARIA Award Finalists were recently announced, and folk/crooners Boy & Bear have pocketed a total of SEVEN nominations from ARIA (Australian Record Industry Association) for their most recent album debut, “Moonfire” including Joe Chiccarelli's Producer of The Year nomination!  

 

Mastered by Emily Lazar and Joe LaPorta, the 11-track album “Moonfire” (Universal Republic/Island Records Australia) is in the running for the following categories: Best Adult Alternative Album, Breakthrough Artist – Single, Breakthrough Artist – Album, Single of the Year, Best Group, Album of the Year and Producer of the Year. 

 

“Moonfire” also peaked at #2 on iTunes Australia and #2 on ARIA Top 50 Album’s chart!

From everyone at The Lodge, we wish to send our biggest congratulations to the band: Dave Hosking, Jake Tarasenko, Killian Gavin, Tim Heart, Jon Hart and producer/longtime The Lodge client & friend Joe Chiccarelli!  To get a sneak peak of Boy & Bear be sure to watch the video for the lead single “Feeding Line” below. 

Emily Lazar & Joe LaPorta Master The Raveonettes' "Rarities & B-sides" Album

Pop/noise cult favorite, The Raveonettes (VICE Records/The Orchard) are due to release twenty-eight unreleased b-sides and rare cuts on their aptly titled album “Rarities and B-sides".  The album was mastered earlier this year by The Lodge’s very own Emily Lazar and Joe LaPorta.  Fans will be happy to hear that the album will be released on both CD and double vinyl!

Since the Danish duo’s discovery in 2002, they have released five studio albums, and five EP’s.  "Rarities and Bsides" will be the band's fourth album mastered at The Lodge. 

A long way since their first 2002 EP "Whip it on", Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo have continued to master their brand of fuzzed out 60's-noir rock gems with notoriously sinister lyrics.  With the highly anticipated release of "Rarities and B-sides", the band recently featured their track "Aly, Walk With Me" from their 2007 album "LUST LUST LUST" (also mastered at The Lodge) on HBO’s season four finale episode of True Blood.  The band is currently working on their next full length due out next year.

Check out the official video for "Aly, Walk With Me" mastered at The Lodge!

The Lodge's Emily Lazar & Joe LaPorta Master "Massive" New Foo Fighters Album!

(Pictured from left to right): Top Row: Joe LaPorta, Butch Vig, Pat Smear, James Brown, Chris Shiflett, Taylor Hawkins. Bottom Row: Nate Mendel, Emily Lazar, Dave Grohl.

2011 is here and the champagne is still flowing as The Foo Fighters toast the completion of their 7th studio album at The Lodge.  The band attended the session with legendary producer Butch Vig & engineer James Brown.

Co-mastered by Chief Mastering Engineer Emily Lazar and Mastering Engineer Joe LaPorta, the new album is heralded as their heaviest album to date.  It also marks Grohl and Vig's first reunion since Nirvana's "Nevermind" in 1991.  Recorded & mixed entirely to analog tape, the album features guest appearances by Bob Mould of Hüsker Dü and reunites Grohl with the remaining Nirvana band members Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear. In an interview with MTV news posted online yesterday, Dave Grohl explained, "There's 11 songs and, front to back, there's not one sleepy ballad. The fact that we did it without any computers, it was just really simple. It just sounds massive."

Dave Grohl tweeted & revealed to his fans a 10 sec video snippet of the track "White Limo" (click here)-- and check out The Lodge's oscilloscope rockin' out to the onslaught!

NME, Billboard and Spin magazines also posted articles announcing the completion of the album.

Lodge-Mastered Bands Among Pitchfork's Best of 2010

Pitchfork Media staff have been busy compiling their annual favorites for 2010 and, as usual, it looks like they have good taste! Check out all the Lodge-mastered bands who made it on their radar below and click here to view the complete Pitchfork staff lists!

"Top 50 Albums of 2010"

06. Vampire Weekend - "Giving Up the Gun" [XL]

16. Sleigh Bells - "Rill Rill" [N.E.E.T. / Mom & Pop]

26. Twin Shadow - "Forget" [4AD / Terrible]

(Honorable Mention) Dum Dum Girls - "I Will Be" [Sub Pop]

"Top 100 Tracks of 2010"

14. Sleigh Bells - "Rill Rill" [N.E.E.T. / Mom & Pop]

23. Vampire Weekend - "Giving Up the Gun" [XL]

24. Teengirl Fantasy - "Cheaters" [Merok / True Panther]

51. Smith Westerns - "Weekend" [Fat Possum]

54. Vampire Weekend - "White Sky" [XL]

65. Dum Dum Girls - "Jail La La" [Sub Pop]

"Top Music Videos of 2010"

The Morning Benders - "Promises" [+1] (view here)

Vampire Weekend - "Giving Up The Gun" [XL] (view here)

"Best of Pitchfork News 2010"

Dum Dum Girls Interview (view here)

5-10-15-20 Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend (view here)

Director's Cut: Vampire Weekend: "Holiday" and "Giving Up The Gun" (view here)

Lodge-Mastered Bands Featured On Stereogum's Best of 2010!

December is the time of year for lists: lists to Santa, gift lists for relatives/friends and, if you're on the internet with any regularity, a lot of 2010 favorites lists. As the new year fast approaches, we've noticed a few Lodge projects have made their way onto some pretty awesome "best of" lists!

Popular music publication Stereogum recently compiled a "Top 50 Albums of 2010" as well as a "40 Best New Bands of 2010" list, both featuring Lodge alumn! Check out our hightlights below!

Stereogum Top 50 Albums of 2010 view here!

Lower Dens - Twin Hand Movement - #42

The Morning Benders - Big Echo - #36

Twin Shadow - Forget - #33

Tamaryn - The Waves - #24

Vampire Weekend - Contra - #07

Sleigh Bells - Treats - #06

Stereogum's 40 Best New Bands of 2010 view here!

Givers

Lower Dens

Tamaryn

Tanlines

Teengirl Fantasy

New BT Video For Lodge-Mastered Hit "The Emergency"

Brian Transeau, better known by his stage moniker BT, has produced and written original music since the early '90s. Wildly popular for his intricate trance and dance compositions, BT has also become an accomplished contributor to many genres, collaborating with a variety of artists such as Tori Amos, Tiesto, NSync, David Bowie, Armin van Buuren, The Roots and many more.

Longtime client of The Lodge, BT's latest full length "These Hopeful Machines," (Nettwerk) released in February of this year, was mastered by Chief Mastering Engineer Emily Lazar and Mastering Engineer Joe LaPorta. One of the album's star tracks, "The Emergency," is still ranked #1 on Sirius / XM Radio's dance music channel "BPM," and was recently paired with beautiful visuals in a new music video directed by Nicolas Vantomme (Richard Durand, JES).

Watch the video below or on Nettwerk's website here and read all about Emily Lazar and Joe LaPorta's experience mastering "These Hopeful Machines" in their interview with Sonic Scoop's here.

Don't forget to pick up a copy of BT's latest in stores near you!

Listen to The Pains of Being Pure at Heart's "Heart In Your Heartbreak" Now!

Pitchfork is streaming the latest single from The Pains of Being Pure at Heart here!

The song, "Heart In Your Heartbreak," is the A-side to a 7"/digital single, alongside "The One," to be released December 13.

Both tunes will be featured on the New York pop band's upcoming sophomore album "Belong," (Slumberland) which was recorded by Flood (The Smashing Pumpkins, Sigur Ros, U2), mixed by Alan Moulder (Depeche Mode, Yeah Yeah Yeahs), and mastered right here at The Lodge by Emily Lazar and Joe LaPorta! Stay tuned for the full-length's release next March!

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are planning a tour along the West Coast and Europe all through November, so keep an eye out for a show near you!