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.
McCarthy currently lives in Austin, Texas.
SpoonGa Ga Ga Ga Ga (produced / recorded / mixed), MergeGimme Fiction (produced / recorded / mixed), Merge/MatadorKill the Moonlight (produced / recorded / mixed), MergeGirls Can Tell (produced / recorded / mixed), MergeHeartless BastardsThe Mountain (produced / recorded / mixed), Fat Possum RecordsDead ConfederateWrecking Ball (produced / recorded / mixed), TAO/Razor and Tie RecordsWild Sweet OrangeWe Have Cause to Be Uneasy (produced / recorded / mixed), Canvasback Records...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of DeadSo Divided (produced / recorded / mixed), InterscopeWorlds Apart (produced / recorded / mixed), InterscopeThe Secret of Elena's Tomb (produced / recorded / mixed), InterscopeSource Tags & Codes (produced / recorded / mixed)Relative Ways EP (produced / recorded / mixed), InterscopeMadonna (produced / recorded / mixed), MergePatty GriffinChildren Running Through (produced / recorded / mixed) ATO recordsLee Ann WomackSomething Worth Leaving Behind (produced / recorded / mixed), MCAI Hope You Dance (recorded / mixed), MCAThe FeaturesExhibit A (produced / recorded), UniversalFastballKeep Your Wig On (produced Recorded), RykoForget CassettesInstruments of Action (produced / recorded / mixed), Theory 8GoudiePeep Show (produced / recorded / mixed), TMC/ElektraSound TeamMovie Monster (produced / recorded / mixed), CapitolJack IngramElectric (produced / recorded / mixed), SonySixteen DeluxeThe Moonman is Blue (produced / recorded / mixed), Sugar Fix 
