Monthly Archives: August 2018

Mogwai: Every Country’s Sun

Leave a comment

On September 1, 2017, “Rock Action” label released “Every Country’s Sun”, the ninth Mogwai studio album. It was recorded 2016 – 2017, at “Tarbox Road Studios” in Cassadaga, New York, and was produced by Dave Fridmann.

Personnel:

  • Stuart Braithwaite – vocals, guitar
  • Barry Burns – vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, guitar
  • Dominic Aitchison – bass
  • Martin Bulloch – drums
  • Dave Fridmann– mixing
  • Frank Arkwright – mastering
  • DLT – design, illustration
  • Matt Estep – mixing assistant, production assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Stuart Braithwaite, Dominic Aitchison, Martin Bulloch and Barry Burns.

  1. Coolverine
  2. Party in the Dark
  3. Brain Sweeties
  4. Crossing the Road Material
  5. Aka 47
  6. 20 Size
  7. 1000 Foot Face
  8. Don’t Believe the Fife
  9. Battered at a Scramble
  10. Old Poisons
  11. Every Country’s Sun

The Pierces: Creation

Leave a comment

On September 1, 2014, “Polydor” label released “Creation”, the fifth Pierces studio album.

Personnel:

  • Allison Pierce – lead and backing vocal, acoustic guitar
  • Catherine Pierce – lead and backing vocals
  • Christian “Leggy” Langdon – acoustic and electric guitars, bass, keyboards, piano, synthesizers
  • Josiah Steinbrick – acoustic and electric guitars, bass
  • Cornbread Compton – drums, percussion, handclapping
  • Jonny Cragg, Stella Mozgawa – drums, percussion
  • Gerard Saint – art direction
  • Markus Karlsson – art direction, design
  • Antony Langdon – photography

Track listing:

  1. Creation – Catherine Pierce
  2. Kings – Katherine Pierce
  3. I Can Feel – Allison Pierce, Christian “Leggy” Langdon
  4. Believe in Me – Catherine Pierce
  5. Come Alive – Catherine Pierce
  6. Honest Man – Allison Pierce
  7. Must Be Something – Catherine Pierce, Christian “Leggy” Langdon
  8. Elements – Allison Pierce, Ian Shea
  9. Monsters – Allison Pierce
  10. The Devil Is a Lonely Night – Catherine Pierce
  11. Confidence in Love – Catherine Pierce
  12. The One I Want – Allison Pierce
  13. Flesh and Bone – Catherine Pierce

The Black Crowes: Before The Frost…Until The Freeze

Leave a comment

On August 31, 2009, “Silver Arrow” label released “Before the Frost…Until the Freeze”, the eighth and final Black Crowes studio album. It was recorded in 2009, and was produced by Paul Stacey.

Personnel:

  • Christopher Robinson– vocals, harmonica, guitars
  • Richard Robinson– vocals, guitars, sitar
  • Sven Pipien– vocals, bass
  • Steve Gorman– drums, percussion
  • Luther Dickinson– guitars, mandolin
  • Adam MacDougall– vocals, keyboards
  • Larry Campbell– banjo, fiddle, pedal steel
  • Joe Magistro – percussion
  • Paul Stacey– engineer, mixing
  • Justin Guip, Chris Edwards – engineer
  • James Russick Smith, Brendan McDonough – engineer assistant
  • Phillip Parsons, Ben Hampson – mixing assistant
  • Adam “Cutlets” Richards – band assistant
  • Arik Roper– illustrations
  • Alan Forbes– poster art

 Track listing:

All tracks by Christopher Robinson and Richard Robinson, except where noted.

  1. Good Morning Captain
  2. Been a Long Time (Waiting on Love)
  3. Appaloosa
  4. A Train Still Makes a Lonely Sound
  5. I Ain’t Hiding – Christopher Robinson
  6. Kept My Soul
  7. What Is Home? – Richard Robinson
  8. Houston Don’t Dream About Me
  9. Make Glad
  10. And the Band Played On…
  11. The Last Place That Love Lives – Christopher Robinson

Days Of The New: Same

Leave a comment

On August 31, 1999, “Outpost” label released “Days of the New” (The Green album or Days of the New II), the second Days of the New studio album. It was recorded in 1999, at “Distillery Sound Studios” in Louisville, “Louie’s Clubhouse” and “Ocean Way Recording” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Travis Meeks and Todd Smith.

Personnel:

  • Travis Meeks: lead vocals, guitar
  • Brian Vinson: bass
  • Max Maxwell: drums
  • Peter Rhee: drums
  • Carl Shields: drums
  • Matt Taul: drums
  • Ray Rizzo: percussion
  • Rick Baptist, Charles Boito, Eve Butler, Jon Clarke, Larry Corbett, Mario DeLeon, Joel Derouin, Virginia Frazer, Matthew J. Funes, Geraldo Hilera, Steven M. Holtman, Ronald Janelli, John T. Johnson, Renita Koven, Daniel Smith, David Stone, John Wittenberg, Phillip E. Yao – choir
  • Sandie Hall, Linda Harmon, Luana Jackman, Victor Janacua, Bob Joyce, Jon Joyce, Rick Logan, Suzie Katayama, Donna Medina, Oren Waters – choir
  • Alex Tench: backing vocals
  • Nicole Scherzinger: backing vocals
  • Suzie Katayama – orchestra conducted and arranged –
  • Pete Peterson – arrangement
  • Todd Smith, Mike Baker, Clark Hagan – engineer
  • Scott Litt, Travis Meeks, Todd Smith – mixing
  • Greg Fidelman – digital engineering
  • Victor Janacua, Bill McCord, Al Sanderson, Alex Tench – second engineer
  • Jeral Tidwell – creative direction
  • Chip Dumstorf – art and digital direction
  • Jeral Tidwell – illustrations
  • Chip Dumstorf , Travis Meeks – design
  • Theresa Carpenter, Chaz Rough, Larry Smith – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Travis Meeks except where noted.

  1. Flight Response
  2. The Real – Travis Meeks, Todd Whitener
  3. Enemy
  4. Weapon & the Wound
  5. Skeleton Key
  6. Take Me Back Then
  7. Bring Yourself
  8. I Think
  9. Longfellow
  10. Untitled
  11. Phobics of Tragedy
  12. Not the Same
  13. Provider
  14. Last One – Travis Meeks, Todd Whitener

Cymbals Eat Guitars: Lenses Alien

Leave a comment

On August 30, 2011, “Barsuk Records” label released “Lenses Alien”, the second Cymbals Eat Guitars studio album. It was recorded in 2011, and was produced by John Agnello.

Personnel:

  • Joseph D’Agostino – vocals, guitar
  • Brian Hamilton – vocals, keyboards
  • Matthew Whipple – vocals, bass guitar, guitar
  • Matthew Miller – drums, percussion
  • Heide Vanderlee – cello
  • John Agnello, Ted Young, Theo Aronson – engineer
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Jeremy Withers – layout

Track listing:

  1. Rifle Eyesight (Proper Name)
  2. Shore Points
  3. Keep Me Waiting
  4. Plainclothes
  5. Definite Darkness
  6. Another Tunguska
  7. The Current
  8. Wavelengths
  9. Secret Family
  10. Gary Condit

Beirut: The Rip Tide

Leave a comment

On August 30, 2011, “Pompeii Records” label released “The Rip Tide”, the third Beirut studio album. It was recorded in 2011, and was produced by Zach Condon and Griffin Rodrigue.

Personnel:

  • Zach Condon – vocals, ukulele, trumpet, piano, percussion, pedal bass, organ, pump organ
  • Perrin Cloutier – accordion, piano, pump organ, cello
  • Paul Collins – bass guitar, upright bass
  • Ben Lanz – trombone, piano, tuba
  • Nick Petree – drums, percussion
  • Kelly Pratt – vocals, trumpet, euphonium, French horn
  • Sharon Van Etten, Heather Trost – vocals, violin

Track listing:

All tracks by Zach Condon.

  1. A Candle’s Fire
  2. Santa Fe
  3. East Harlem
  4. Goshen
  5. Payne’s Bay
  6. The Rip Tide
  7. Vagabond
  8. The Peacock
  9. Port of Call

5th Projekt: Circadian

Leave a comment

On August 29, 2006, “Organik Rekords” label released  “Circadian”, the debut 5th Projekt studio album. It was recorded May 2005 – November 2005 at “Chemical Sound” in Toronto, and was produced by Tara Rice,  Sködt D. McNalty, Peter Broadley and Nathan Kaye.

Personnel:

  • Tara Rice — voice, words, electric, acoustic and classical guitar, glockenspiel, keyboards, programming
  • Sködt D. McNalty —voice, words, electric, acoustic, backwards and bowed guitar, field recordings, keyboards, programming, E-Bow, Gna Gna, glockenspiel, wood blocks, pint glass programming, percussion
  • Peter Broadley — bass guitar
  • Nathan Kaye — acoustic and electronic drums, djembe, shakers, tambourine, cabasa,
  • Melanie Knight — vocals
  • James Heidebrecht — backwards piano, backwards guitar, engineer
  • Ken Andrews – mixing
  • João Carvalho – mastering
  • Strange//Attraktor – creative direction, design

Track listing:

  1. Las Ventanas – Tara Rice, Sködt D. McNalty, Peter Broadley, Nathan Kaye.
  2. In a Coma…- Sködt D McNalty
  3. Oblivion – Tara Rice
  4. Glockenspiel – Tara Rice
  5. Distracktiid – Tara Rice, Sködt D McNalty
  6. Madness – Tara Rice
  7. Spiders – Sködt D McNalty
  8. Skepticosm – Tara Rice
  9. tToDQ – Sködt D McNalty
  10. One to Throw Away – Tara Rice
  11. 3ight Word5 – Sködt D McNalty
  12. Gna Gna – Sködt D McNalty
  13. Broken Like This – Tara Rice
  14. Resistance – Tara Rice, Sködt D McNalty

Chantal Kreviazuk: Ghost Stories

Leave a comment

On August 29, 2006, “Sony BMG Music Canada” label released “Ghost Stories”, the fourth Chantal Kreviazuk studio album. It was recorded 2005 – 2006, and was produced by Chantal Kreviazuk and Raine Maida.

Personnel:

  • Chantal Kreviazuk – vocals, piano, bass guitar
  • Chris Chaney, Jason Lader, Raine Maida– bass guitar
  • Trey Henry – double bass
  • Earl Harvin– drums
  • Randy Cooke – drums, percussion
  • Lenny Castro– percussion
  • The Section Quartet – Eric Gorfain, Daphne Chen, Richard Dodd, Leah Katz – strings

Track listing:

All tracks by Chantal Kreviazuk.

  1. Ghosts of You
  2. All I Can Do
  3. Spoke In Tongues
  4. Mad About You
  5. So Cold
  6. Waiting For The Sun
  7. You Blame Yourself
  8. Grow Up So Fast
  9. Wonderful
  10. Asylum
  11. Wendy House

Foals: What Went Down

Leave a comment

On August 28, 2015, “Transagressive Records” label released “What Went Down”, the fourth Foals studio album. It was recorded 2014 – 2015, at “La Fabriue” in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France, and was produced by James Ford.

Personnel:

  • Yannis Philippakis– vocals, guitar, art direction
  • Jimmy Smith – guitar, keyboards
  • Edwin Congreave – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Walter Gervers – bass, backing vocals
  • Jack Bevan – drums
  • James Ford– additional keyboards, guitar, percussion
  • Jimmy Robertson – engineer
  • Damien Arlot – studio assistant
  • Alan Moulder– mixing
  • Caesar Edmunds – mixing assistant
  • John Davis – mastering
  • Daisuke Yokota – artwork, additional photogray
  • Neil Krug – additional photography
  • Mike Lythgoe – design

Track listing:

  1. What Went Down
  2. Mountain All My Gates
  3. Birch Tree
  4. Give It All
  5. Albatross
  6. Snake Oil
  7. Night Swimmers
  8. London Thunder
  9. Lonely Hunter
  10. A Knife in the Ocean

Paper Kites: Twelvefour

Leave a comment

On August 28, 2015, “Wonderlick Entertainment” label released “Twelvefour” , the second Paper Kites studio album. It was recorded March–April 2015, at “Avast!   Recording Company” and “Hall of Justice” in Seattle, Washington, and was produced by Phil Ek.

Personnel:

  • Sam Bentley – lead vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, harmonica, keyboards, design
  • Christina Lacy – harmony vocals, guitars
  • David Powys – banjo, lap steel, backing vocals
  • Sam Rasmussen – bass guitar, synthesizer
  • Josh Bentley – drums, percussion
  • Phil Ek – engineer, mixing
  • Cameron Nicklaus – engineer assistant
  • Greg Calbi– mastering
  • Mark Bentley – design for twelvefour sign
  • Jefferton James – artwork editing, design, layout
  • Jackson Grant – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Sam Bentley; all music by John Bentley, Sam Bentley, Christina Lacy, David Powys and Sam Rasmussen.

  1. Electric Indigo
  2. Renegade
  3. Bleed Confusion
  4. Revelator Eyes
  5. Neon Crimson
  6. I’m Lying to You Cause I’m Lost
  7. A Silent Cause
  8. Woke Up from a Dream
  9. Turns Within Me, Turns Without Me
  10. Too Late