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Grizzly Bear: Yellow House

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On September 5, 2006, “Warp Records” label released “Yellow House”, the second Grizzly Bear studio album. It was recorded in July 2005, and was produced by Chris Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Christopher Bear– vocals, drums, xylophone, lap steel, glockenspiel
  • Edward Droste– vocals, keyboard, autoharp, guitar
  • Daniel Rossen– vocals, guitars, banjo, piano, autoharp
  • Chris Taylor– clarinet, flute, saxophone, vocals, keyboard, bass, electronics and treatments, recording, mixing
  • Lucas Crane – tapes
  • Owen Pallett- strings, string arrangements
  • John Marshman – strings
  • Chris Coady – mixing
  • Ben Tousley- design
  • Patryce Bak– photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Christopher Bear, Edward Droste, Daniel Rossen and Chris Taylor, except where noted.

  1. Easier
  2. Lullabye
  3. Knife
  4. Central and Remote
  5. Little Brother – lyrics by Fred Nicolaus
  6. Plans
  7. Marta – co-written by Marta Forbes
  8. On a Neck, On a Spit
  9. Reprise
  10. Colorado

The Dear Hunter: Act IV: Rebirth in Reprise

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On September 4, 2015, “Equal Vision Records” label released “Act IV: Rebirth In Reprise”, the sixth Dear Hunter (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2015, and was produced by Casey Crescenzo.

Personnel:

  • Casey Crescenzo- lead vocals, piano, acoustic and electric guitars, Rhodes, organ, synth, aux. percussion, engineer
  • Rob Parr – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, piano, organ
  • Max Tousseau – guitar, synth
  • Nick Sollecito – bass guitar
  • Nick Crescenzo – drums, percussion
  • Lily Sevier – timpani, percussion
  • Judy Crescenzo, Tivoli Breckenridge – additional vocals
  • Jon Betts, Heidi Trefethen, Phil Hobson, Nick Carnes – horn
  • Harlow Carpenter, Michael Cox, Justin Smith – trumpet
  • Allison Gomer, Bruce Colman – trombone
  • Jeremy Carrillo – bass trombone
  • Robinson Love – tuba
  • Ashley Ertz, Sue Crum – oboe
  • James Pytko, Carolyn Walter – clarinet
  • Scott Alexander – bassoon
  • Kris King – contrabassoon
  • Jenny Hanson – flute
  • Arturo Rodriguez – piccolo
  • Awesöme Orchestra
  • Ishtar Hernandez,, Laura Shifley, Ann Eastman, Shaina Evoniuk , Lucy Giraldo, Moses Lei – violin
  • Christina Owens , Christina Lesicko, Alice Eastman – viola
  • Sam Leachman,, Karen Hsu, Kane Suga, Cindy Hickox – cello
  • Travis Kindred, Amanda Wu, Alex Van Gils – double bass
  • Liza Wallace – harp
  • David Möschler – conductor, music director
  • Casey Crescenzo – orchestrations
  • Brian Adam McCune – additional orchestrations
  • Fesse Nichols – recording
  • Jason Butler – assistant engineer
  • Nick Crescenzo, Max Tousseau, Phil Crescenzo – additional engineering
  • Mike Watts – mixing
  • Brian Adam McCune – music preparation
  • Nicky Barkla – cover art
  • Joel Kanitz – layout, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Casey Crescenzo.

  1. Rebirth
  2. The Old Haunt
  3. Waves
  4. At the End of the Earth
  5. Remembered
  6. A Night on the Town
  7. Is There Anybody Here?
  8. The Squeaky Wheel
  9. The Bitter Suite IV and V: The Congregation and the Sermon in the Silt
  10. The Bitter Suite VI: Abandon
  11. King of Swords (Reversed)
  12. If All Goes Well
  13. The Line
  14. Wait
  15. Ouroboros

Rivers: Love, Fear and the Time Machine

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On September 4, 2015, “InsideOut Music” label released “Love, Fear and the Time Machine”, the sixth Riverside album. It was recorded 2014 – 2015, at “Serakos Studio” in Warsaw, Poland, and was produced by Magda Srzedniccy, Robert Srzedniccy, Mariusz Duda, Piotr Grudziński, Michał Łapaj and Piotr Kozieradzki.

Personnel:

  • Mariusz Duda– vocals, bass, acoustic guitar, ukulele
  • Piotr Grudziński – guitar
  • Michał Kapaj– keyboards
  • Piotr Kozieradzki– drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Mariusz Duda, except where noted.

  1. Lost (Why Should I Be Frightened By a Hat?)
  2. Under the Pillow
  3. #Addicted
  4. Caterpillar and the Barbed Wire
  5. Saturate Me
  6. Afloa
  7. Discard Your Fear
  8. Towards the Blue Horizon
  9. Time Travellers
  10. Found (The Unexpected Flaw of Searching)

Day Session – Mariusz Duda, Piotr Grudziński, Michał Kapaj.

  1. Heavenland
  2. Return
  3. Aether
  4. Machines
  5. Promise

Miles Davis: Milestones

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On September 2, 1958, “Columbia” label released “Milestones”, the 30th Miles Davis album . It was recorded February –  March, 1958, at “Columbia 30th Street Studio” in New York City, and was produced by George Avakian.

Personnel:

  • Miles Davis– trumpet, piano
  • Julian “Cannonball” Adderley– alto saxophone
  • John Coltrane– tenor saxophone
  • Red Garland– piano
  • Paul Chambers– double bass
  • Philly Joe Jones– drums

Track listing:

  1. Jekyll – Jackie McLean
  2. Sid’s Ahead – Miles Davis
  3. Two Bass Hit – John Lewis, Dizzy Gillespie
  4. Miles – Miles Davis
  5. Billy Boy – traditional; arranged by Ahmad Jamal
  6. Straight, No Chaser – Thelonious Monk

Mogwai: Every Country’s Sun

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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