Monthly Archives: May 2018

Mountain Goats: Goths

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On May 19, 2017, “Merge” label released “Goths”, the sixteenth Mountain Goats studio album. It was recorded in 2017, and was produced by Brandon Eggleston and Scott Solter.

Personnel:

  • John Darnielle– vocals, piano, rhodes piano
  • Peter Hughes– bass, vocals
  • Jon Wurster– drums, percussion
  • Matt Douglas – vocals, woodwind, woodwind arrangement, additional keys
  • Robert Bailey, Dan Perry – vocal arrangement
  • Scott Solter – mixing
  • Rob Carmichael – design, typography
  • Leela Corman– cover illustration, additional illustrations

Track listing:

All tracks by John Darnielle, except where noted.

  1. Rain in Soho
  2. Andrew EldritchIs Moving Back to Leeds
  3. The Grey King and the Silver Flame Attunement
  4. We Do It Different on the West Coast
  5. Unicorn Tolerance
  6. Stench of the Unburied
  7. Wear Black
  8. Paid in Cocaine
  9. Rage of Travers
  10. Shelved – John Darnielle, Peter Hughes
  11. For the Portuguese Goth Metal Bands
  12. Abandoned Flesh

 

The Night Flight Orchestra: Amber Galactic

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On May 19, 2017, “Nuclear Blast” label released “Amber Galactic”, the third Night Flight Orchestra studio album. It was recorded in 2016, at “Handsome Hard Studios” in Kävlinge, “Nordic Sound Lab” in Skara, “Studio Valborg”, “Studio Rymdberg” and “Speedstrid Studios”.

Personnel:

  • Björn “Speed” Strid– vocals
  • David Andersson – guitar
  • Richard Larsson – keyboards, percussion
  • Sharlee D’Angelo– bass
  • Jonas Källsbäck – drums, percussion
  • Sebastian Forslund – congas, percussion, guitar
  • Johanna Beijbom – backing vocals
  • Martin Lindqvist – sax solo
  • Hanna Carlsson – cello
  • Giorgia Carteri, Kamila Kucharska, Lena Mischuk, Kenya Horst, Anna Berntman – special guests

Track listing:

  1. Midnight Flyer
  2. Star of Rio
  3. Gemini
  4. Sad State of Affairs
  5. Jennie
  6. Domino
  7. Josephine
  8. Space Whispers
  9. Something Mysterious
  10. Saturn in Velvet

Conor Oberst: Upside Down Mountain

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On May 19, 2014, “Nonesuch” label released “Upside Down Mountain”, the sixth Conor Oberst studio album. It was recorded in 2014, and was produced by Jonathan Wilson and Conor Oberst. The cover art is a painting by Ian Felice entitled “The Creation of the Bulls”.

Personnel:

  • Conor Oberst – vocals, guitar
  • Jonathan Wilson – vocals, guitars, percussion, keyboards, bass, drums, piano , organ, glockenspiel
  • Andy LeMaster – bass, guitar, voice, percussion, drums, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Blake Mills– vocals, guitars, keyboards, percussion
  • Omar Velasco – guitar
  • Mike Mogis – pedal steel
  • Joshua Grange – pedal steel
  • Macey Taylor – bass
  • Cully Symington – drums, percussion
  • Jason Boesel – drums
  • Ben Brodin – vibraphone
  • Klara Söderberg, Johanna Söderberg – vocals
  • Corina Figueroa Escamilla – vocals
  • Orenda Fink – vocals
  • Nate Walcott – trumpet, piano, organ, keyboard
  • Scott Vicroy – saxophone
  • Pete Madsen – trombone
  • Leslie Fagan – flute
  • John Klinghammer – clarinet
  • Corina Figureoa-Esamilla and Phillip Schaffart – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Conor Oberst.

  1. Time Forgot
  2. Zigzagging Toward the Light
  3. Hundreds of Ways
  4. Artifact #1
  5. Lonely at the Top
  6. Enola Gay
  7. Double Life
  8. Kick
  9. Night at Lake Unknown
  10. You Are Your Mother’s Child
  11. Governor’s Ball
  12. Desert Island Questionnaire
  13. Common Knowledge

Band of Horses: Infinite Arms

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On May 18, 2010, “Brown Records” label released “Infinite Arms”, the third Band of Horses album. It was recorded in 2010, and was produced by Phil Ek, Benjamin Bridwell, Creighton Barret, Ryan Monroe, Bill Reynolds and Tyler Ramsey.

Personnel:

  • Benjamin Bridwell – vocals, guitars, drums, sounds, memotron
  • Tyler Ramsey – vocals, guitar, percussion, keyboards, piano, theremin
  • Ryan Monroe – vocals, keyboards, percussion, guitar
  • Bill Reynolds – bass, tambourine, guitar, percussion, sounds
  • Creighton Barret – drums, thunderdrum, percussion
  • Jay Widenhouse, Dylan Huber – trumpet
  • Dave Wilkens – trombone
  • Clint Fore – tuba
  • Lauren Brown – strings
  • Dave Sardy – mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Benjamin Bridwell, except where noted.

  1. Factory
  2. Compliments
  3. Laredo
  4. Blue Beard – Benjamin Bridwell, Creighton Barret, Ryan Monroe, Bill Reynolds, Tyler Ramsey
  5. On My Way Back Home
  6. Infinite Arms
  7. Dilly – Benjamin Bridwell, Tyler Ramsey
  8. Evening Kitchen – Tyler Ramsey
  9. Order – Ryan Monroe
  10. For Annabelle – Benjamin Bridwell, Tyler Ramsey
  11. NW Apt.
  12. Neighbor

Wintersleep: New Inheritors

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On May 18, 2010, “The Tom Kotter Company” label released “New Inheritors”, the fourth Wintersleep album. It was recorded September 2009 – February 2010, and was produced by Tony Doogan.

Personnel:

  • Paul Murphy – lead vocals, guitar
  • Tim D’Eon – guitar
  • Jon Samuel – keyboards
  • Michael Bigelow – bass guitar
  • Loel Campbell – drums, percussion
  • Robin Rankin – keyboards
  • Mick Cooke – brass, string arrangements
  • Anne–Marie Proulx, Rachel Denkers – handclapping
  • Caraline Risi, Liam Lynch, Rosie Townhill, Ysla Robertson – strings
  • Tony Doogan – engineer, mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Jace Lasek, Sébastien Rivard – assistant
  • Graeme Patterson – artwork

Track listing:

  1. Experience the Jewel
  2. Encyclopedia
  3. Blood Collection
  4. New Inheritors
  5. Black Camera
  6. Trace Decay
  7. Mausoleum
  8. Echolocation
  9. Terrible Man
  10. Preservation
  11. Mirror Man
  12. Baltic

Alanis Morissette: So-Called Chaos

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On May 18, 2004, “Maverick” label released “So-Called Chaos”, the sixth Alanis Morissette studio album. It was recorded in 2003, at “Groovemasters” in Santa Monica, “The Village Recorder”, “Henson Studios”, and “Stage and Sound” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Alanis Morissette, Tim Thorney and John Shanks.

Personnel:

  • Alanis Morissette – vocals, piano, keyboards, art direction
  • Tim Thorney– acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, piano, keyboards
  • David Levita – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
  • Joel Shearer – acoustic and electric guitar, bouzouki
  • John Shanks – guitar, bass, keyboards
  • Jason Orme – electric guitar
  • Paul Livingstone– sitar
  • Jamie Muhoberac– keyboards
  • Zac Rae – piano, keyboards, vibraphone
  • Paul Bushnell – bass
  • Eric Avery– bass
  • Chris Lord-Alge– mixing
  • Kenny Aronoff– drums
  • Blair Sinta – drums, programming
  • Scott Gordon – programming, drum programming, engineer
  • Jeff Rothschild – programming, engineer
  • Mark Valentine – engineer
  • Bill Lane, Kevin Mills, Errin Familia, Jason Wormer, Rich Tosi – engineer assistant
  • Stephen Marcussen – masterin
  • Shari Sutcliffe – project coordinator
  • Frank Maddocks – art direction, design
  • Sheryl Nields – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Alanis Morissette.

  1. Eight Easy Steps
  2. Out Is Trough
  3. Excuses
  4. Doth I Protest Too Much
  5. Knees of My Bees
  6. So-Called Chaos
  7. Not All Me
  8. Spineless
  9. Everything

Johnny Guitar Watson

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On May 17, 1996, John Watson Jr. aka Johnny “Guitar” Watson died aged 61. He was musician (guitar), singer and songwriter, known as the pioneer of guitar feedback and reverb. His recording career spanned forty years, with biggest success in his funk era, with the albums “Ain’t That a Bitch” (1976), “A Real Mother for Ya” (1977), and “Funk Beyond the Call of Duty” (1977). Watson died of a heart attack while on tour in Yokohama, Japan, collapsing mid guitar solo.

Ash: Meltdown

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On May 17, 2004, “Infectious Records” label released “Meltdown”, the fourth Ash studio album. It was recorded December 2003 – January 2004, and was produced by Nick Raskulinecz, Tim Wheeler, Rick McMurray, Charlotte Hatherley and Mark Hamilton.

Personnel:

  • Tim Wheeler– vocals, guitar
  • Charlotte Hatherley– guitar, piano, backing vocals
  • Mark Hamilton – bass, design
  • Rick McMurray – drums
  • Oli Kraus – cello
  • Mike Terry- engineer
  • Miles Wilson, Kevin Szymanski – engineer assistant
  • Rich Costey- mixing
  • Claudius Mittendorfer – mixing assistant
  • Howie Weinberg- mastering
  • Jon @ Drum Fettish – drum technician
  • Bobby Schneck – session guitar technician
  • Rori Keating – illustrations
  • Jim Fitzpatrick- ‘Orpheus’ illustration
  • Jt LeRoy – liner notes
  • Craig Gentle – design
  • Matt Sharp, Adrian Boot – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Tim Wheeler except where noted.

  1. Meltdown – Charlotte Hatherley, Tim Wheeler
  2. Orpheus
  3. Evil Eye
  4. Clones
  5. Starcrossed
  6. Out of the Blue – Mark Hamilton, Tim Wheeler
  7. Renegade Cavalcade
  8. Detonator
  9. On a Wave
  10. Won’t Be Saved
  11. Vampire Love

Moby: Play

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On May 17, 1999, “Mute” and “V2” labels released “Play”, the fifth Moby studio album. It was recorded 1998 – 1999, at Moby’s home studio in Manhattan, New York, and was produced by Moby. The album was certified 4 x Platinum in Australia by “ARIA”, 2 x Platinum in Belgium by “BEA”, 3 x Platinum in Canada by “Music Canada”, Diamond in France by “SNEP”, 7 x Platinum in New Zealand by “RMNZ”, Platinum in Sweden by “GLF”, 6 x Platinum in UK by “BPI” and 2 x Platinum in US by “RIAA”.

Personnel:

  • Moby – vocals, various instruments, engineer, mixing
  • Pilar Basso, Nikki D, Reggie Matthews, The Shining Light Gospel Choir – additional vocals
  • I Monster, Mario Caldato Jr.– mixing
  • Graeme Durham – mastering
  • Ysabel Zu Innhausen Und Knyphausen – artwork, design
  • Corinne Day – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Moby, except where noted.

  1. Honey – Moby, Bessie Jones, Alan Lomax
  2. Find My Baby – Moby, Willie Jones
  3. Porcelain
  4. Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?
  5. South Side
  6. Rushing
  7. Bodyrock – Moby, Gabriel Jackson
  8. Natural Blues – Moby, Vera Hall, Alan Lomax
  9. Machete
  10. 7
  11. Run On
  12. Down Slow
  13. If Things Were Perfect
  14. Everloving
  15. Inside
  16. Guitar Flute & String
  17. The Sky Is Broken
  18. My Weakness