Faster Than Sound – Relocations & Precautions: Austin Recording Studios During COVID-19

Big Orange and Cacophony engineers relocate as recording industry tiptoes back into the studio.

"...dependent on indoor gatherings is forced to adjust. Local recording studios face tough safety considerations under the current viral..."

July 17, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Playback: The Future of Austin Recording Studios

Studio owners look at different solutions to surviving in an increasingly expensive city

"...just not possible," lamented McCarthy, who shuttered his local recording studio in February. "I'm fortunate for the run I've..."

Aug. 5, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

DIY Recording

Internal Affairs familiarizes itself with DIY recording

"...you’re a local musician, there's a myriad of Austin recording studios to choose from. Let’s say you’re just getting..."

April 13, 2012 Music Post by Zoe Cordes Selbin

The Off Beat: Inside Local Live Favorite Font’s First Studio Album

Austin post-punks talk recording Strange Burden

"...marks Font’s graduation from renowned live act to official recording project. The seven-track, 28-minute LP marries the band’s pop..."

July 19, 2024 Column by Carys Anderson

Day Trips: Sun Studio, Memphis, Tenn.

Birthplace of rock & roll still all right, mama

"...Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, survives by being more than just..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Recording for Blind & Dyslexic

"...For more than 31 years, the Texas Unit of Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic, a national nonprofit organization,..."

Oct. 2, 2003 Postmarks

SXSW 2025 Heads to The Studio With Seth Rogen

New films from Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman, Nic Cage added to fest

"...off its 2025 Film & TV Festival with The Studio, the new Apple TV+ half-hour series from Seth Rogen..."

Jan. 22, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Crosstalk: Jeff Klein, Walker Lukens, and Grant Eppley’s Gear Stolen in Studio Burglary

And MJ Lenderman swings into Austin

"...Jeff Klein’s East Fourth recording studio was burglarized last month. According to the My..."

Feb. 11, 2025 Music Post by Carys Anderson

West Austin Studio Tour 2016

"...Home studio of Kristie Zamrazil, 1819 Piedmont..."

May 16, 2016 Photo Gallery

Checking In: Mike & the Moonpies Begin Assembling Home Recording Rigs

Lead cowpoke Mike Harmeier: “Nice being home for this length of time”

"...Cut at Abbey Road Studios with the London Symphony Orchestra, Mike & the Moonpies’..."

April 5, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Music: Beastie Boys Talk Ill Communication in Austin Studio

Ad-Rock & Mike D detail the origins of “Sabotage” and “Sure Shot”

"...sat down at Spoon drummer Jim Eno’s Public Hi-Fi Studio to record a conversation with longtime friend Nathan Brackett,..."

March 15, 2019 SXSW Post by Kevin Curtin

Bob Khosravi Recording Live Comedy Album Tonight

The local stand-up storyteller gets vinylized at Cap City.

"...ColdTowne Theater for a long damned time – is recording his first comedy album. At Cap City Comedy Club...."

Nov. 11, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Studio of (Un)truth

Photographer Pedro Meyer Journeys to Film's End

"...and images. Already it has revolutionized the publishing, audio recording, and broadcasting industries. Now, it's transforming the world of..."

Nov. 24, 1995 Screens Feature

Celebrating Great Studio Musicians!

"...Dear Mr. Black, I enjoyed your piece on the recording of Blonde on Blonde [“Page Two,” May 25]. It's..."

May 25, 2007 Postmarks

Showers of Sound

The Bubble, the only place to record for Austin's indie elite

"...scuffed linoleum floor of the (new) Bubble, the Austin recording studio he co-owns with friend and bandmate Steven Hall,..."

March 29, 2002 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Producer Christian Herrera Is Building a Hub for Austin Hip-Hop

Elevate studio expands into South Austin multiuse creative space

"...hip-hop producers. Full-circle, Herrera now builds a large, multiuse recording studio and creator space, intended as a true community..."

Nov. 25, 2022 Music Feature by Clara Wang

Faster Than Sound: Jim Eno Launches Project Traction for Women Music Producers

The Spoon drummer co-produced songs with eight women and nonbinary artists at his Public Hi-Fi studio

"...Monday at Jim Eno's Tarrytown studio, he and Gina Chavez talk over the latest demo..."

Feb. 25, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Witness a Live Duel!

Metallic heshers test Electric Church’s new mobile studio

"...the Electric Church. They’re taking advantage of a mobile recording unit that’s outfitted with an eye-bugging vintage console wired..."

Jan. 26, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Muscle Shoals

The Alabama town that birthed two music studios and inspired great recordings by Aretha, the Rolling Stones, and scores more is viewed in this laid-back documentary.

"...can hear the blood, sweat, and tears in this studio sound, so far removed from the overpolished, superdigitalized compositions..."

Oct. 18, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis

High, Low, and In Between

Steve Earle talks Townes

"...in his tiny New York City apartment, Earle began recording the long-planned tribute to his late friend and mentor...."

June 19, 2009 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Boogarins é Foda

Brazilian psych-pop foursome takes up residency at Hotel Vegas

"...at both South by Southwest and Austin Psych Fest. Recording locally now permits the Brazilian quartet a four-weekend stand..."

June 30, 2016 Music Post by Michael Toland

Refugees Record for Free at SXSW

ATX studio donates recording time for displaced musicians

"...Justin Douglas earned a sizable paycheck from Converse by recording bands on behalf of Rubber Tracks, the shoe company’s..."

March 14, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Playback: John Doe Moves to Austin

X's John Doe moves to Austin, Adam Nurre celebrates his late bandmates, and The Shopkeeper takes Congress House Studio to the movies

"...songwriters have been telling their stories through Congress House Studio, Austin's oldest continually operating recording facility. In new documentary..."

Feb. 10, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Love & Mercy

Paul Dano anchors an ambitious vision of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson

"...“You’ve been touched by greatness,” we hear a studio player flat-out tell Brian Wilson in Love & Mercy’s..."

June 5, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

Lake Bell Is 'In a World' of Her Own

Sound studios, trailer voiceovers and high-speed rivalries

"...an actress, Lake Bell is a rarity. She loves re-recording her own lines. "I love cave industries, where there's..."

Aug. 22, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: Under the Volcano

When the island of Montserrat was the center of the music biz

"...There was a recording studio in the hills on the Caribbean island of..."

March 21, 2021 Screens Post by Shane Pfender

SXSW Interview: Mary Wharton Pieces Together Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free

Finding the man behind the Wildflowers sessions

"...year, that's all that anyone had seen of the recording studio footage of Tom Petty recording his 1994 game..."

March 17, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: That’s the Breaks

In studio with Confucius and Fresh, hosts of KUTX’s first ever hip-hop specialty show

"...In the studio, Confucius DJs and Fresh represents the everyday guy. While..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Celebrating the 2018/19 Austin Music Industry Award Winners

Behind-the-scenes players of Austin music get their night

"...– in the record stores and instrument shops, the recording studios and the press...."

Feb. 18, 2019 Music Post by Kimberley Jones

Casual Strangers Trip Rhapsodic

Cosmic rock locals premiere “Holocene Dream”

"...to ambient instrumentalists. “Space from each other, from a recording studio, from the instruments we normally play in our..."

Jan. 19, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

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