Comets On Fire

The indie giant's 21st-century smashes, from The Shins to Fleet Foxes to Band of Horses

Welcome to Producers Corner, our new video series in which we grill our favorite producers about their mysterious craft while following them around their natural habitat: the studio, of course. So far we've talked to SF rock guru Patrick Brown, Pacific Northwest indie icon Phil Ek, genre-hopping M.I.A. cohort Zakee and wily Renaissance man Andrew W.K. Today, we visit Tim Green who's worked with Bratmobile, The Donnas, The Melvins, Comets on Fire, Six Organs of Admittance and more out at his absurdly beautiful Louder Studios enclave in Grass Valley, CA. Seriously, that place looks awesome. He gives us a tour, talks about his early production experiments (putting a tape recorder in the freezer, say) and much more. It's all brought to you by ASUS and Intel. Enjoy.

From Comets on Fire to Blue Cheer to Acid Mothers Temple, only the heaviest survive.