KC's favorite Noise Rock trio BUMMER released their first full length "Holy Terror " on Learning Curve Records and High Dive Records. Produced and mixed by Justin Mantooth at Westend. The stellar reviews keep piling up for what looks like one of the best Noise Rock albums of 2018. Learning Curve Records Saving the World One Record at a Time!
More+KC heavy progressive band Hyborian sign to European label Season of Mist. They will re release their debut record "Hyborian Vol .1" that was mixed at Westend with engineer Justin Mantooth. All Hyborian items | Season of Mist USA Check out official Hyborian music and merchandise on the Season of Mist shop! Cheap prices, fast shipping and serious customer service.
More+The Kansas City group Shy Boys, will be releasing their sophomore album "Bell House" with Polyvinyl Records! Polyvinyl is home to bands like STRFKR, Of Montreal, The Get Up Kids, Deerhoof and more. Bell House was recorded at Westend with engineers Mike Nolte, and Ross Brown. Welcome to the family, Shy Boys!! We are SO excited to announce the latest edition to our label of love - say hello to Shy Boys! Our story begins in Kansas City, Missouri in 2011 with three Shy Boys - brothers, Collin & Kyle Rausch, & Konnor Ervin.
More+This is our 2nd compilation featuring some of the best indie bands from the Kansas City / Lawrence area! Oh and it's Free! Bands : The Conquerors Toughies The Whiffs Momma's Boy The Cave Girls Rev Gusto Katy Guillen & The Girls
More+KCUR's Andrea Tudhope came to Westend last month to interview Producer Justin Mantooth, about our "Amplify KC" compilation. She also hung out during a tracking session with local hardcore group 34. Check out the segment below: Kansas City Producer Hooks Up Grunge Punk Metal Bands With Free Studio Time
More+Amplify KC is an attempt to highlights the diversity and talent of some of Kansas City's heaviest noise makers. All tracks recorded at Westend with engineer Justin Mantooth. Mastered by Mike Nolte. FEATURING: HYBORIAN - Heavy Rock WALKING OCEANS - Instrumental Experimental Rock BLUEHEALER - Noise Rock SHARP WEAPONS- Post Hardcore / Metal DORIS - Rock THE RUNAWAY SONS - Rock n Roll BUMMER - Neanderthal Noise Rock 34 - Hardcore / Metal / Rock KEEF MOUNTAIN - Stoner Sludge Doom Dude Metal Orphans of Doom - Instrumental Prog Rock LEERING HEATHENS - ROCK
More+The Sexy Accident's fifth long-player, comprising twelve lush, reverberant love songs marinated in a sea of voices, strings, vintage keyboards, deep bass and obscure, alternate-tuned guitars. Westend is the perfect place for a project like Lavender 3. We record as a whole band, so we work out the equipment - up to 14 channels at once! Most project studios can’t accommodate that kind of thing. We used pretty much every mic there (including some esoteric ones) and benefited from the proper isolation for drum sounds, guitar sounds, vocals, etc. Steve was able to do some neat things with mic placement to vary the drum sound from track to track, and it would’ve been impossible to do that if he couldn’t hear what he was doing as he did it! Plus, Westend’s tape machine makes guitars and cymbals sound fantastic. It’s almost hard to get an overly-harsh guitar sound with tape....
More+"Like the rest of my records, most of 'Joey Skidmore Now!' was recorded with the late, great Lou Whitney in Springfield, MO--my hometown; however, the basic tracks for the theme-song of 'Kiki Meets the Vampires' were recorded with Les Fossoyeurs (the Gravediggers) at Studio Marcadet in Paris, and mixed with Justin Mantooth at Westend Studios, K.C. KS. Lou (Whitney) had actually worked with me at Westend in the early '90s, finishing up 'Joey Skidmore' for French blues label Dixie Frog Records, and Mike at Westend had been working with me transferring all my old masters into the digital domain for an upcoming anthology project. Les Fossoyeurs were thrilled with Justin's mix of 'Kiki Meets the Vampires (Vampire Girls),' and the mastering job by John R. Rivers (the late Nikki Sudden's producer) in Leamington Spa, U.K., was equally good! Although Les Fossoyeurs were unable to attend the Kansas City red-carpet premiere...
More+Last month local punk rockers Radkey came in the studio and recorded 2 songs with producer/engineer Justin Mantooth. The single "Feed My Brain" has been featured in Spin Magazine this week HERE and streaming on Kerrang.com HERE. "Feed My Brain" will be playing on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show tonight for the first time. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/ Recording engineer: Justin Mantooth Mixing Engineer: Ross Orton Mastering Engineer: John Davis
More+Shy Boys came into Westend and recorded, mixed and mastered this track with our own Mike Nolte. Click the link to hear the track and read the review. Pitchfork is a prominent Chicago based music media site. http://www.pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/16415-is-this-who-you-are/
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