Monthly Archives: April 2025

Pearl Jam: Dark Matter

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On April 19, 2024, “Monkeywrench” and “Republic” labels released “Dark Matter”, the twelfth Pearl Jam studio album. It was recorded in 2023, at “Shangri-La” in Malibu, California, and was produced by Andrew Watt.

Personnel:

  • Eddie Vedder – lead and backing vocals, guitar, piano
  • Mike McCready – guitar, piano
  • Stone Gossard – guitar
  • Jeff Ament – bass guitar, guitar, baritone guitar, backing vocals
  • Matt Cameron – drums, percussion
  • Andrew Watt – guitar, piano, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Josh Klinghoffer – piano, keyboards
  • Mark Smith  – backing vocals
  • Marco Sonzini – engineer
  • Paul LaMalfa – engineer
  • John Burton – additional engineering
  • Tommy Turner – engineer assistant
  • Gregg White – engineering assistant
  • Serban Ghenea – mixing
  • Bryce Bordone – mixing
  • Matt Colton – mastering
  • Chelsea Fodero – production coordination
  • Marc VanGool – guitar technician, studio assistance

Track listing:

All lyrics by Eddie Vedder, all music by Eddie Vedder, Mike McCready, Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament and Andrew Watt, except where noted.

  1. Scared of Fear
  2. React, Respond
  3. Wreckage
  4. Dark Matter
  5. Won’t Tell
  6. Upper Hand
  7. Waiting for Stevie
  8. Running
  9. Something Special – Eddie Vedder, Mike McCready, Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament, Josh Klinghoffer
  10. Got to Give
  11. Setting Sun

T Bone Burnett: The Other Side

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On April 19, 2024, “Verve” label released “The Other Side”, the 15th T Bone Burnett album. It was recorded in 2023, at “Pinhead Recorders” in Nashville, “The Village” in Los Angeles, and was produced by T Bone Burnett, Colin Linden and Mike Piersante.

Personnel:

  • T Bone Burnett – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Colin Linden – dobro, acoustic and electric guitar, Kalamazoo guitar, National guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar 
  • Steven Soles – hi-strung acoustic guitar, harmony vocals
  • Rory Hoffman – dobro, claviola, clarinet, cuatro, acoustic guitar
  • Stuart Duncan – mandolin, violin
  • Mike Piersante – tambourine, handclaps
  • Jay Bellerose – tambourine, handclaps
  • Dennis Crouch – string bass
  • Rosanne Cash – harmony vocals
  • Lucius – harmony vocals
  • Peter More – harmony vocals
  • Weyes Blood – harmony vocals
  • Colin Linden – engineer
  • Mike Piersante – engineer, mixing
  • Mike Stankiewicz – engineer
  • Gavin Lurssen – mastering
  • Reuben Cohen – mastering
  • Kyledidthis – creative direction, design
  • Tai Linzie – art coordination
  • Dan Winters – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by T Bone Burnett, except where noted.

  1. He Came Down
  2. Come Back (When You Go Away
  3. (I’m Gonna Get Over This) Some Day
  4. Waiting for You – Colin Linden
  5. The Pain of Love
  6. The Race Is Won
  7. Sometimes I Wonder – Colin Linden
  8. Hawaiian Blue Song – Bob Neuwirth, Steven Soles
  9. The First Light of Day – Steven Soles
  10. Everything and Nothing – Gary Nicholson
  11. The Twon That Time Forgot – Peter Moore
  12. Little Darling

Polvo: Today’s Active Lifestyles

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On April 19, 1993, “Merge” label released “Today’s Active Lifestyles”, the second Polvo studio album. It was recorded in December 1992, and was produced by Bob Weston.

Personnel:

  • Ash Bowie – vocals, guitar
  • Dave Brylawski – vocals, guitar
  • Steve Popson – bass guitar
  • Eddie Watkins – drums

Track listing:

  1. Thermal Treasure
  2. Lazy Comet
  3. My Kimono
  4. Sure Shot
  5. Stinger (Five Wigs)
  6. Tilebreaker
  7. Shiska
  8. Time Isn’t On My Side
  9. Action Vs. Vibe
  10. Gemini Cusp

Fugazi: Repeater

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On April 19, 1990, “Dischord” label released “Repeater”, the debut Fugazi studio album. It was recorded July – September 1989, at “Inner Ear Studios” in Arlington, Virginia, and was produced Don Zientara and Ted Niceley.

Personnel:

  • Guy Picciotto – lead and backing vocals, guitar
  • Ian MacKaye – lead and backing vocals, guitar, piano
  • Joe Lally – bass
  • Brendan Canty – drums
  • Don Zientara – engineer
  • Kurt Sayenga – design
  • Jim Saah – photography

Track listring:

  1. Turnover
  2. Repeater
  3. Brendan #1
  4. Merchandise
  5. Blueprint
  6. Sieve-Fisted Find
  7. Greed
  8. Two beats Off
  9. Styrofoam
  10. Reprovisional
  11. Shut the Door

The Drones: Wait Long by the River and the Bodies of Your Enemies Will Float By

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On April 18, 2005, “In Fidelity” label released “Wait Long by the River and the Bodies of Your Enemies Will Float By”, the second Drones (The) studio album. It was recorded 2003 – 2004, at “Atlantis Studios” in Melbourne, Australia, and was produced by Locki Lockwood and Gareth Liddiard.

Personnel:

  • Rui Pereira – vocals, guitar, violin
  • Gareth Liddiard – guitar, vocals, synth, Hammond
  • Fiona Kitschin – vocals, bass, piano
  • Christian Strybosch – vocals, drums
  • Steve Hesketh – Wurlitzer Hammond

Track listing:

  1. Shark Fin Blues – Gareth Liddiard, Rui Pereira
  2. Baby – Gareth Liddiard, Rui Pereira, Fiona Kitschin, Christian Strybosch
  3. The Best You Can Believe In – Gareth Liddiard
  4. Locust – Gareth Liddiard, Rui Pereira, Fiona Kitschin, Christian Strybosch
  5. You Really Don’t Care – Gareth Liddiard
  6. Sitting on the Edge of the Bed Cryin’ – Gareth Liddiard, Rui Pereira, Fiona Kitschin, Christian Strybosch
  7. The Freedom in the Loot – Gareth Liddiard
  8. Another Rousing Chorus You Idiots!!!! – Gareth Liddiard
  9. This Time – Gareth Liddiard, James McCann

M83: Same

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On April 18, 2001, “Gooom” label released the self-titled, debut M83 studio album. It was recorded in 2000, and was produced by Morgan Daguenet, Anthony Gonzales and Nicolas Fromageau.

Personnel:

  • Anthony Gonzalez – performer, mixing
  • Nicolas Fromageau – performer, mixing
  • Morgan Daguenet – mixing
  • Stylophone − design

Track listing:

All tracks by Anthony Gonzales and Nicolas Fromageau.

  1. Last Saturday
  2. Night
  3. At the Party
  4. Kelly
  5. Sitting
  6. Facing That
  7. Violet Tree
  8. Staring at Me
  9. I’m Getting Closer
  10. She Stands Up
  11. Caresses
  12. My Face
  13. I’m Happy, She Said (contains a hidden track)

The Magnetic Fields: The Charm of the Highway Strip

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On April 18, 1994, “Merge” label released “The Charm of the Highway Strip”, the third Magnetic Fields (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1993, and was produced by Stephin Merritt.

Personnel:

  • Stephin Merritt – vocals, instrumentation
  • Sam Davol – cello

Track listing:

All tracks by Stephin Merritt.

  1. Lonely Highway
  2. Long Vermont Roads
  3. Born on a Train
  4. I Have the Moon
  5. Two Characters in Search of a Country Song
  6. Crowd of Drifters
  7. Fear of Trains
  8. When the Open Road Is Closing In
  9. Sunset City
  10. Dust Bowl

The Black Sorrows: Endless Sleep Chapter 47

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On April 17, 2015, “Head Records” label released “Endless Sleep Chapter 47”, the sixteenth Black Sorrows (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2014, at “Woodstock Studios” and “Black pearl Studios” in Melbourne, and was produced by Joe Camilleri and John McAll.

Personnel:

  • Joe Camilleri – vocals, guitar, saxophone, harp
  • Claude Carranza – vocals, guitar
  • John McAll – vocals, keyboards
  • Mark Gray – vocals, bass
  • Angus Burchall – drums

Track listing:

  1. Endless Sleep – Jody Reynolds
  2. I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry – Hank Williams
  3. Hard Time Killing Floor – Nehemiah Curtis James
  4. 61 Highway – Fred McDowell
  5. Done Somebody Wrong – Elmore James
  6. No Such Pain as Love – Willy DeVille
  7. Come Back Baby – Walter Davis
  8. Baby Let Me Kiss You – King Floyd
  9. Blue Light – Louis Jordan, Jessie Mae Robinson
  10. Wallflower – Bob Dylan

Duplex: Én

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On April 17, 2015, “NORCD” label released “Én”, the third Duplex album.  It was recorded 2014 – 2015, at “Bark Studios” in London, “Urban Sound Studios” in Oslo, Sweden, and was produced by Aleksander Sjølie, Harals Lassen and Christian Meaas Svendsen.

Personnel:

  • Harald Lassen – vocals, saxophone, piano, cover art
  • Christian Meaas Svendsen – vocals, bass, cover art, design
  • Emilie Lidsheim – violin
  • Sverre Kyvik Bauge – cello
  • Aleksander Sjølie – recording, mixing
  • Kristoffer Eikrem – photography

Track listing:

  1. You Are Enough – Harald Lassen
  2. Sentient – Christian Meaas Svendsen
  3. Lojal – Harald Lassen
  4. Kiirohige – Christian Meaas Svendsen
  5. (3D) 2Y – Christian Meaas Svendsen
  6. City Lights – Christian Meaas Svendsen
  7. Prelude – Harald Lassen
  8. Ilmari – Christian Meaas Svendsen
  9. Den Eneste (?) – Harald Lassen

Alabama Snakes: Sound & Color

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On April 17, 2015, “ATO Records” label released “Sound & Color”, the second Alabama Shakes studio album. It was recorded in 2014, at “Sound Emporium” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Blake Mills, Brittany Howard, Heath Fogg, Zoe Cockrell and Steve Johnson.

Personnel:

  • Brittany Howard − vocals, guitar, vibraphone, percussion, keyboards, string arrangements
  • Heath Fogg − guitar, percussion
  • Zac Cockrell − bass, percussion
  • Steve Johnson − drums, percussion
  • Blake Mills – guitar, percussion, vibraphone 
  • Ben Tanner − keyboards, vibraphone, percussion
  • Paul Horton – keyboards
  • Rob Moose − string arrangements
  • Shawn Everett – engineer, mixing
  • Bob Ludwig − mastering

Track listing:

All lyrics by by Brittany Howard except where noted,  all music by Brittany Howard, Heath Fogg, Zoe Cockrell and Steve Johnson.

  1. Sound & Color
  2. Don’t Wanna Fight
  3. Dunes
  4. Future People – lyrics by Brittany Howard, Blake Mills
  5. Gimme All Your Love
  6. This Feeling
  7. Guess Who – lyrics by Brittany Howard, Blake Mills
  8. The Greatest
  9. Shoegaze
  10. Miss You
  11. Gemini – lyrics by Brittany Howard, Blake Mils
  12. Over My Head