Yearly Archives: 2018

of Montreal: Aureate Gloom

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On March 3, 2015, “Polyvinyl” label released “Aureate Gloom”, the thirteenth of Montreal studio album. It was recorded in 2014, and was produced by Kevin Barnes.

Personnel:

  • Kevin Barnes- vocals, guitars
  • Bennett Lewis – guitars
  • Jojo Glidewell – keys, synth
  • Bob Parins – bass, clarinet
  • Clayton Rychlik – vocals, drums, percussion, clarinet
  • Kishi Bashi – vocals, strings

Track listing:

All tracks written by Kevin Barnes.

  1. Bassem Sabry
  2. Last Rites At The Jane Hotel
  3. Empyrean Abattoir
  4. Aluminum Crown
  5. Virgilian Lots
  6. Monolithic Egress
  7. Apollyon Of Blue Room
  8. Estocadas
  9. Chthonian Dirge For Uruk The Other
  10. Like Ashoka’s Inferno Of Memory

American Authors: Oh, What a Life

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On March 3, 2014, “Mercury” label released “Oh, What a Life”, the debut American Authors studio album. It was recorded 2011 -2013, and was produced by Shep Goodman and Aaron Accetta.

Personnel:

  • Zac Barnett– lead vocals, guitar
  • James Adam Shelley – lead guitar, banjo, mandolin, backing vocals
  • Dave Rublin – bass, backing vocals
  • Matt Sanchez – drums, percussion, backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Zac Barnett, James Shelley, Dave Rublin, Matthew Sanchez, Shep Goodman, and Aaron Accetta, except where noted.

  1. Believer
  2. Think About It
  3. Best Day of My Life
  4. Luck
  5. Trouble
  6. Hit It
  7. Home
  8. Love
  9. Heart of Stone
  10. Ghost
  11. Oh, What a Life – Zac Barnett, James Shelley, Dave Rublin, Matthew Sanchez

Portugal. The Man: American Ghetto

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On March 2, 2010, “Equal Vision” label released “American Ghetto”, the fifth Portugal. The Man, studio album. It was recorded in 2009, and was produced by Anthony Saffery.

Personnel:

  • John Baldwin Gourley – vocals, guitar, design, photography
  • Ryan Neighbors – keyboard, vocals
  • Zachary Scott Carothers – bass, vocals
  • Jason Sechrist – drums
  • Steve Smith – percussion
  • Adam Taylor – synthesizer, programming, engineer, mastering, mixing
  • Zoe Manville – vocals
  • Ian Shaw – backing vocals
  • Bella Nobu – kazoo, roadie
  • Alex Hartman – engineer
  • Austin Sellers – design

Track listing:

All tracks by John Baldwin Gourley.

  1. The Dead Dog
  2. Break
  3. 60 Years
  4. All My People
  5. 1000 Years
  6. Fantastic Pace
  7. The Pushers Party
  8. Do What We Do
  9. Just a Fool
  10. Some Men
  11. When the War Ends

Rogue Wave: Permalight

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On March 2, 2010, “Brushfire” label released “Permalight”, the fourth Rogue Wave album. It was recorded April – September 2009, in Oxford, Mississippi, and was produced by Dennis Herring and Paul Thomas.
Personnel:

  • Zach Rogue – vocals, guitar
  • Dominic East – vocals, guitar, pedal steel
  • Steve Taylor – keyboards, organ
  • Ken Christianson – vocals, keyboards, violin
  • Cameron Jasper – bass

Track listing:

All tracks by Zach Rogue.

  1. Solitary Gun
  2. Good Morning (The Future)
  3. Sleepwalker
  4. Stars and Stripes
  5. Permalight
  6. Fear Itself
  7. Right With You
  8. We Will Make A Song Destroy
  9. I’ll Never Leave You
  10. Per Anger
  11. You Have Boarded
  12. All That Remains

Eisley: The Valley

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On March 1, 2011, “Equal Vision Records” label released “The Valley”, the third Eisley album. It was recorded 2008 – 2010, at “Rosewood Studios” in Tyler, Texas, and was produced by Gary Leach, Austin Deptula, Stacy Dupree King, Sherri DuPree-Bemis, Chauntelle DuPree D’Agostino, Garron DuPree and Weston DuPree.

Personnel:

  • Stacy Dupree King – vocals, keyboard, guitar
  • Sherri DuPree-Bemis – vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Chauntelle DuPree D’Agostino – lead guitar, occasional vocals
  • Garron DuPree – bass
  • Weston DuPree – drums

Personnel:

  1. The Valley – Stacy Dupree
  2. Smarter – Sherri DuPree
  3. Watch It Die – Stacy Dupree
  4. Sad – Sherri DuPree
  5. Oxygen Mask – Stacy Dupree
  6. Better Love – Sherri DuPree
  7. I Wish – Stacy Dupree
  8. Kind – Stacy Dupree
  9. Moon – Sherri DuPree
  10. Please – Sherri DuPree
  11. Ambulance – Stacy Dupree

Rural Alberta Advantage: Departing

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On March 1, 2011, “Paper Bag Records” label released “Departing”, the second  Rural Alberta Advantage album. It was recorded in 2010, and was produced by Roger Leavens.

Personnel:

  • Nils Edenloff – lead vocals, guitar
  • Amy Cole – keyboards, bass, backing vocals
  • Paul Banwatt – drums
  • Roger Leavens – engineer
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Peter Abbenhorn – cover photo

Track listing:

All tracks by Nils Edenloff, Amy Cole and Paul Banwatt.

  1. Two Lovers
  2. The Breakup
  3. Under the Knife
  4. Muscle Relaxants
  5. North Star
  6. Stamp
  7. Tornado ‘87
  8. Barnes’ Yard
  9. Coldest Days
  10. Good Night

Jack Johnson: In Between Dreams

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On March 1, 2005, “Brushfire Records” label released “In Between Dreams”, the third Jack Johnson studio album. It was recorded in October 2004, at “The Mango Tree” in Hawaii, and was produced by Mario Caldato, Jr. The album was certified 4 x Platinum in Australia by “ARIA”, 3 x Platinum in Canada by “Music Canada”, 3 x Platinum in Denmark by “IFPI Denmark”,  2 x Platinum in Ireland by “IRMA”, 5 x Platinum in UK by “BPI”, and 2 x Platinum in US by “RIAA”.

Personnel:

  • Jack Johnson- vocals, guitars
  • Sam Lapointe – lead guitar
  • Simon Tessier – bassoon
  • Zach Gill- piano, accordion, melodica
  • Merlo Podlewski – bass guitar
  • Adam Topol – drums, percussion
  • Johnald Hernandez – backing vocals
  • Zachary Von Wilkenstein – backing vocals, sound producer
  • Mario Caldato, Jr.- engineer
  • Robert Carranza– engineer
  • Thomas Campbell, Dave Homcy – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Jack Johnson; all music by Jack Johnson, except where noted.

  1. Better Together
  2. Never Know
  3. Banana Pancakes – Steven Harang
  4. Good People
  5. No Other Way
  6. Sitting, Waiting, Wishing
  7. Staple It Together – Jack Johnson, Merlo Podlewski
  8. Situations
  9. Crying Shame – Jack Johnson, Adam Topol
  10. If I Could
  11. Breakdown – Jack Johnson, Dan Nakamura, Paul Huston
  12. Belle
  13. Do You remember
  14. Constellations

Steve Earle: Train a Comin’

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On February 28, 1995, “Warner Bros” label released “Train a Comin’”, the fifth Steve Earl studio album. It was recorded in 1994, and was produced by Steve Earle and William Alsobrook.

Personnel:

  • Steve Earle – vocals, guitar, high string guitar, 12 string guitar, mandolin, harmonica
  • Emmylou Harris- vocals
  • Peter Rowan– vocals, mandolin, mandola, gut string guitars
  • Norman Blake- Hawaiian guitar, dobro, mandolin, fiddle, guitar
  • Roy Huskey, Jr.- acoustic bass

Track listing:

All tracks by Steve Earle, except where noted.

  1. Mystery Train Part II
  2. Hometown Blues
  3. Sometimes She Forgets
  4. Mercenary Song
  5. Goodbye
  6. Tom Ames’ Prayer
  7. Nothin’ Without You
  8. Angel Is the Devil
  9. I’m Looking Through You – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  10. Northern Winds – Norman Blake
  11. Ben McCulloch
  12. Rivers of Babylon – Brent Gayford Dowe, James Augustus McNaughton, Frank Farian, George Reyam
  13. Tecumseh Valley – Townes Van Zandt

Mike Watt: Ball – Hog or Tugboat?

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On February 28, 1995, “Columbia” label released “Ball-Hog or Tugboat?”, the debut Mike Watt solo album. It was recorded May – September 1994, and was produced by Mike Watt.

Personnel:

  • Mike Watt – lead and backing vocals, spoken word, bass
  • Eddie Vedder- lead and backing vocals, guitar
  • Nels Cline – slide, lead and  nylon guitar
  • Curt Kirkwood, Gary Lee Conner- lead guitar
  • J Mascis- guitar, drums
  • Joe Baiza, Zander Schloss, John Strohm, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Butler, Todd Rigione- guitar
  • Keith McCaw- acoustic guitar
  • Epic Soundtracks- tambourine
  • Cris Kirkwood- banjo
  • Dave Grohl – drums, guitar
  • Paul Roessler- piano
  • Bernie Worrell- B3 organ
  • Krist Novoselic- Farfisa organ
  • Flea- Lead Bass, Pocket trumpet
  • Michael Preussner, Bob Lee- drums
  • Stephen Perkins – drums, percussion
  • Steve Shelley, Wayne Griffin, Brock Avery, John Molo, Richie West – drums
  • Adam Horovitz- drums, guitar, backing vocals
  • Danny Frankel- percussion
  • Carla Bozulich- lead and backing vocals
  • Frank Black, Henry Rollins, Mark Lanegan, Michael Diamond, Pat Smear, Dave Pirner, Tiffany Anders- vocals
  • Evan Dando- vocals
  • Vince Meghrouni – lead and backing vocals, drums, percussion, tenor saxophone
  • Tony Atherton- alto saxophone
  • Ronda Rindone- bass clarinet
  • Petra Haden – violin, backing vocals
  • Spot- mandolin, viola
  • Tony Maxwell- cello
  • Anna Waronker, Rachel Haden, Coco Hayley Gordon Moore, Mario Caldato Jr.- backing vocals
  • Kathleen Hanna- spoken word

Track listing:

All tracks by Mike Watt; except where noted.

  1. Big Train – Tony Kinman, Chip Kinman
  2. Against The 70’s
  3. Drove Up From Pedro
  4. Piss-Bottle Man
  5. Chinese Firedril – Mike Watt, Joe Carducci
  6. Intense Song For Madonna To Sing
  7. Tuff Gnarl – Sonic Youth
  8. Sexual Military Dynamics – Mike Watt, Henry Rollins
  9. Max And Wells
  10. E-Ticket Ride
  11. .. One Reporter’s Opinion
  12. Song For Igor
  13. Tell ‘Em Boy!
  14. Sidemouse Advice
  15. Heartbeat
  16. Maggot Brain – George Clinton, Eddie Hazel
  17. Coincidence Is Either Hit Or Miss

J. J. Cale: Travel-Log

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In February 1990, “Silvertone” label released “Travel-Log”, the ninth J. J. Cale album. It was recorded in 1989, and was produced by J.J. Cale.

Personnel:

  • J. J. Cale– vocals, guitar, bass
  • James Burton- guitar
  • Christine Lakeland- organ, guitar, backing vocals
  • Spooner Oldham- keyboards
  • Doug Belli, Tim Drummond- bass
  • Jim Keltner- drums, percussion, organ
  • Jim Karstein – drums, percussion
  • Jay Mitthauer – drums
  • Hoyt Axton- backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by J. J. Cale, except where noted.

  1. Shanghaid – Audie Ashworth, J. J. Cale
  2. Hold On Baby
  3. No Time
  4. Lady Luck
  5. Disadvantage- J. J. Cale, Tim Drummond, Jim Karstein, Christine Lakeland,Spooner Oldham
  6. Lean on Me
  7. End of the Line
  8. New Orleans
  9. Tijuana
  10. That Kind of Thing
  11. Who’ Talking – J. J. Cale, Tim Drummond, Tarczon
  12. Change Your Mind
  13. Humdinger
  14. River Boat Song