Mike McCarthy (producer)

Mike McCarthy
Birth name	Michael McCarthy
Born	February 22, 1965
Origin	Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Occupation(s)	Record producer
Years active	1984-present
Associated acts	Spoon, ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, Sarah Jean Spencer
Website	mikemccarthyproducer.com

Michael McCarthy was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on February 22, 1965. He is a record producer and has been recording music since 1984.

McCarthy has worked as a producer on five Spoon albums, from Girls Can Tell until Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, as well as Patty Griffin's Children Running Through, Sound Team's "Movie Monster", and …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, The Features and The Sun.^[1]

McCarthy currently lives in Austin, Texas.^[2]

Discography

Spoon

• Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (produced / recorded / mixed), Merge
• Gimme Fiction (produced / recorded / mixed), Merge/Matador
• Kill the Moonlight (produced / recorded / mixed), Merge
• Girls Can Tell (produced / recorded / mixed), Merge

Heartless Bastards

• The Mountain (produced / recorded / mixed), Fat Possum Records

Dead Confederate

• "Wrecking Ball" (produced / recorded / mixed), TAO/razor and tie records

Wild Sweet Orange

• We Have Cause to Be Uneasy (produced / recorded / mixed), Canvasback Records

...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead

• So Divided (produced / recorded / mixed), Interscope
• Worlds Apart (produced / recorded / mixed), Interscope
• The Secret of Elena's Tomb (produced / recorded / mixed), Interscope
• Source Tags & Codes (produced / recorded / mixed)
• Relative Ways EP (produced / recorded / mixed), Interscope
• Madonna (produced / recorded / mixed), Merge

Patty Griffin

• "Children Running Through" (produced / recorded / mixed) ATO records

Lee Ann Womack

• Something Worth Leaving Behind (produced / recorded / mixed), MCA
• I Hope You Dance (recorded / mixed), MCA

The Features

• Exhibit A (produced / recorded), Universal

Fastball

• Keep Your Wig On (produced Recorded), Ryko

Forget Cassettes

• Instruments of Action (produced / recorded / mixed), Theory 8

Goudie

• Peep Show (produced / recorded / mixed), TMC/Elektra

Sound Team

• Movie Monster (produced / recorded / mixed), Capitol

Jack Ingram

• Electric (produced / recorded / mixed), Sony

Sixteen Deluxe

• The Moonman is Blue (produced / recorded / mixed), Sugar Fix

References

1. http://mixonline.com/recording/mixing/audio_mike_mccarthy/
2. http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Archive/search?searchType=archives&Search=Mike%20McCarthy

External links

• Mike McCarthy discography at Discogs