August 29th, 2012 | by lindsey | published in Featured, cool
Cupertino rock band, Seventh Day Breakdown, just released their first full length album entitled Memorandom. As a follow-up to their EP, “Shades of Grey,” the new album shows the band’s growth and depth on this edgier output from the band. The first single, “Arcadia,” showcases the vocal talents of Max Sorg and the instrumental abilities [...]
August 23rd, 2012 | by lindsey | published in Upcoming Shows
The Trims are often compared to The Strokes and Joy Division, and while they’re in good company, their soon to be released EP, “Bright Lights City” will only help distinguish them from the comparisons. With help from Nic Pope, who engineered two songs, the latest output from The Trims is a darker approach to their [...]
July 18th, 2012 | by lindsey | published in cool
L.A band, Imagine Dragons came into the studio during their recent tour to record an alternate, stripped version of their hit single, “It’s Time.” From their debut EP, “Continued Silence,” this captivating and uplifting acoustic arrangement, engineered by Nic Pope, was filmed for the CW’s B-Sides television show. Filmed at Different Fur, the quartet offered [...]
April 20th, 2012 | by lindsey | published in cool
The Bins third EP, Every Second of the Night is now available for your listening pleasure. Mixed by Nic Pope and with additional engineering by Jorge Hernandez, the album offers something for everyone as each track is vastly, yet pleasantly different than the next. Producer and brain child of The Bins, Clark Barclay recruited other [...]
March 24th, 2012 | by lindsey | published in cool
Double the trouble! Sometime you get the pleasure of working with two wonderful artists, only to have them collaborate and work together on a project. Mixed by Nic Pope, The Bins have remixed 8th Grader’s “Heavy Without You” to give it a funkier twist that includes rhythmic African percussion. Utilizing The Bins’ extensive record collection [...]
March 21st, 2012 | by lindsey | published in Upcoming Shows
Singer songwriter, multi-instrumentalist extraordinaire, Maryam Qudus of Doe Eye, is performing alongside The Bins and Minor Kingdom this Thursday at Cafe du Nord. Songs such as “I Hate You” and “Run Run Run” emotively characterizes her experiences of heartbreak and creating all sorts of attention. Released last August, her debut EP, Run Run Run, has [...]
March 20th, 2012 | by lindsey | published in Featured, in the building
Woody Guthrie inspired super-group composed of Yim Yames (My Morning Jacket), Jay Farrar (Son Volt), Will Johnson (Centro-Matic), and Anders Parker (Varnaline), recently came into the Different Fur Studios to record 4 songs for Daytrotter. Performing songs from their album New Multitudes, and tracked by guest engineer Shawn Biggs with assistant Nic Pope, the stripped [...]
February 10th, 2012 | by lindsey | published in Featured, cool
Creating their music by mixing samples from their favorite musicians or anything else they can find in the $1 bin, the aptly named Bay Area band, The Bins, are in the midst of completing their second EP. Working with Different Fur’s, Nic Pope, “Every Second of the Night” is the follow-up to their first EP [...]