Engine Room Recordings

Sneak Peak: The Bloodsugars’ new music videos!

Engine Room Recordings — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:45:56 +0000

Last month The Bloodsugars traveled down to Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, GA to film not one, but two music videos for songs off of “I Can’t Go On, I’ll Go On.” The videos won’t be done until September but check out some behind the scenes footage below. And mega huge thanks to everyone down at SCAD who made this happen!!!!

The Bloodsugars – Behind the Scenes from Zach Graber on Vimeo.

Tonight at Mercury Lounge – Robbers On High Street!

Engine Room Recordings — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:55:16 +0000

As seen in today’s AMNY (see below), at 10:30pm tonight (July 21st) Robbers On High Street will take the stage at the legendary Mercury Lounge in NYC’s Lower East Side. Playing right before is Hymns, who we just saw play a great set opening for Tracy Bonham’s CD release show at Joe’s Pub. The show is 21+ and tickets are $10. And WNYC previewed the show too and posted a free download which you can check out here.

Footage from Luke Wesley’s CD release show at Rockwood

Engine Room Recordings — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:44:05 +0000

Last week Luke Wesley celebrated the release of his debut album Because We Never Talk About It at the new Stage 2 of Rockwood Music Hall to a packed house. Here’s a video of Luke with special guest Mike Grubbs from the band Wakey! Wakey! covering The Pixies’ Here Comes Your Man.

New Release: Tracy Bonham’s “Masts Of Manhatta” Out Today!

Engine Room Recordings — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:35:03 +0000

After a great performance on The Tonight Show last night today is the day Tracy’s new album is now available in stores. Produced by Tracy herself, “Masts Of Manhatta” was then mixed by Tchad Blake (Tom Waits, Los Lobos, Lisa Germano) and also features the Brooklyn-based Smokey’s Roundup, a trio led by guitarist Smokey Hormel (Tom Waits, Beck, Norah Jones), as the backing band. Come celebrate with us tonight at Joe’s Pub, show starts at 9:30pm with The Hymns opening.

NYC love for Tracy Bonham

Engine Room Recordings — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:10:01 +0000

Over the weekend the New York Times printed a lovely article on Tracy and her new record in the Arts & Leisure section, but you can read the full article online as well right here. And if you’ll be zipping around the city in a yellow cab this week (and by zipping I mean sitting in traffic while the cabbie talks obnoxiously into his cellphone) keep the TV turned on and you’ll catch Tracy being interviewed on NBC’s Talk Stoop with Cat Greenleaf….or watch it here (much cheaper and also comes without the risk of serious bodily injury).

And tonight’s the night, catch Tracy performing “Big Red Heart” on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno!

Tracy Bonham is EVERYWHERE!

Engine Room Recordings — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:13:41 +0000

Okay maybe not everywhere everywhere but out there plenty. This week we heard that she’ll be performing a song off of the new album on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno!! The show airs this Monday July 12th so make sure you tune in to NBC at 11:35pm est to catch it. Then if you pick up the newest Rolling Stone Magazine you’ll find a great review of “Masts of Manhatta” in there. And last but not least Billboard ran a feature on Tracy this week! Read the full article online here.

New Release: Peter Block’s Self Titled Album Out Now!

Engine Room Recordings — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:42:38 +0000

For Peter Block’s fifth studio album Peter teamed up with producer Mike Viola, who is known for studio work with Mandy Moore, Fountains of Wayne, Mono Puff, and on the soundtracks “That Thing You Do”, “Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story” and the new Russell Brand and Jonah Hill movie “Get Him To The Greek”. During the making of the album Peter went through a series of personal tragedies that shaped what the album was to become. The result is a chilling, concise cycle of ten tracks that trace the ups and downs of an emotional rollercoaster that eventually finds its way to some level of acceptance. Despite the difficult emotional terrain, Block and his co-writers — Viola, Slow Runner frontman Michael Flynn, They Might Be Giants guitarist Dan Miller, Madison Square Gardeners leader Aaron Lee Tasjan, and Tracy Bonham – never let the circumstances bring them down. There is still plenty of pop music magic and honest, unfettered joy shaking loose from these tracks of intense introspection.

Listen to and purchase the album here. The physical release date is August 17th where both CD and vinyl versions of the album will be made available.

Tracy Bonham’s CD Release Party at Joe’s Pub!

Engine Room Recordings — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:21:32 +0000

Please join us on July 13th as we celebrate the release of Tracy’s new album “Masts of Manhatta” at Joe’s Pub in NYC. And for those of you not familiar with Joe’s don’t let the name fool you, it’s a beautiful room and the acoustics are amazing. Tickets are $17 and can be purchased in advance here — get them now before the show sells out!

Engine Room Recordings and Tijuana Gift Shop presents a Northside Festival showcase!

Engine Room Recordings — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:49:59 +0000

For the second year in a row Engine Room will present a showcase for The L Magazine’s Northside Festival. Helping us organize the show this year, which is taking place again at Public Assembly, is Tijuana Gift Shop and our media sponsor is the great folks at Green Shoelace. Doors are at 2pm and Madison Square Gardeners kicks us off at 2:30pm, with Harper Blynn, Jody Porter, The Art of Shooting and The Canon Logic also performing….schedule with times below. Tickets are just $5 or “free” to Northside Fest badge holders, which cost $50 and can be purchased in advance here. Oh and the show is this Sunday!!

Luke Wesley reviewed on Absolute Punk

Engine Room Recordings — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:36:53 +0000

We just read a glowing review from Absolute Punk for Luke Wesley’s debut album “Because We Never Talk About It.” Here’s some of what they had to say about it “Artists like Luke Wesley come along once in a lifetime. Compelling, intimate portraits of honesty just aren’t that common, and those that are, aren’t nearly as mesmerizing as this. Never once does the album stumble, never once does it suffocate under the weight of its ambitions and never once does the disc leave one wanting more.” Wow! Check out the full review here.