Denton, TX singer-songwriter Tobias recently released their label debut on True Panther, Two Birds. The record culminates in a visionary and compulsively listenable record that lays honest, insightful lyrics against a lush backdrop of harsh metals and rhythmic folk. Two Birds is a kind of mission statement, intimate and inspired, borne of seclusion and intense contemplation: of youth, of reinvention, of the self, and even of quantum physics. It whispers in your ear, and then it howls. 

Listen HERE.

Born in Baltimore, Chris Coady’s credits lay the groundwork for a generation of Indie Rock. After moving to New York in 2001 and teaming up with Dave Sitek at Stay Gold Studios in Williamsburg, he became the go-to engineer for an entire underground.

Coady was there for The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, tracking ‘Show Your Bones’ and mastering ‘Fever to Tell’. He engineered ‘Desperate Youth’ and ‘Return to Cookie Mountain’ for TV On The Radio. His other credits include mixing Grizzly Bear’s ‘Yellow House’ as well as producing and mixing Beach House’s albums from ‘Teen Dream’ to ‘Thank You Lucky Stars’ – a 4 album run with an utterly distinctive sonic landscape that launched the band into the mainstream.

In a career spanning two decades, Coady has worked on records from every major indie label – Sub Pop, 4AD, Warp, Fat Possum, Anti-, Downtown, Mom+Pop, Domino, Dead Oceans. Reviewing Amen Dune’s 2018 breakthrough ‘Freedom’, Sping called Coady “legendary”, his production having “the wallop and refinement of a globetrotting classic”.

Now working out of his own studio in LA – a registered historic mid-century home in the foothills of the Los Angeles National Forest –  Coady’s recent projects include Surf Curse (Atlantic), Sasami (Domino), Hand Habits (Saddle Creek), Local Natives (Loma Vista), and Ian Sweet (Polyvinyl). Recently, Chris has been writing and producing with developed and emerging artists (EKKSTACY, Blondshell, etc.) and is open to taking on new projects. 

Listen to “Jumbotron Shit Poppin” HERE

Listen to “Kelly (end of a nightmare),” HERE

Listen to “A Lasting Place” HERE

Listen HERE

Based out of Norwich, UK, DJ/Producer Brett Ewels is best known by his stage name Louis La Roche. An incredible producer and remixer, “He meshes soft synth tones with captivating vocal hooks, chopped and screwed to perfection. He embodies an older sound refined with today’s present technology, to spice it up just enough to get you loose on the dance floor”

Cass McComb’s new record is out now via Anti Records and features production from Heavy Duty’s Buddy Ross.

Stream the album here.

Watch here.

Heavy Duty is happy to announce the signing of artist, producer, and multi-instrumentalist, Gabe Goodman.

Gabe has worked with a wide range of artists such as Maggie Rogers, Del Water Gap, Field Medic, Anjimile, and Laura Elliott, including co-writing and producing Del Water Gap’s breakout hit “Ode to a Conversation Stuck In Your Throat”.

Listen to Gabe’s music here.