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Coheed and Cambria: Year of the Black Rainbow

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On April 13, 2010, “Columbia” label released “Year of the Black Rainbow”, the fifth Coheed and Cambria studio album. It was recorded June – December 2009, and was produced by Atticus Ross and Joe Barresi.

Personnel:

  • Claudio Sanchez – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards, synthesisers
  • Travis Stever – lead guitar, lap steel, backing vocals
  • Michael Todd – bass guitar
  • Chris Pennie – drums, percussion
  • Wes Styles – additional keyboards
  • Brian Dembow – viola
  • Claudia Sarne – additional keyboards, orchestration
  • Atticus Ross – recording, mixing
  • Joe Barresi – recording, mixing
  • Jun Murakawa – engineer assistant
  • Dustin Moseley – additional assistant
  • Catherine Marks – mixing assistant
  • Mike Fasano – drum tech
  • Dan Druff – guitar tech
  • Brian Gardner – mastering
  • Bill Scoville – album art, design

Track listing:

All lyrics by Claudio Sanchez, all music by Claudio Sanchez, Travis Stever, Michael Todd and Chris Pennie, except where noted.

  1. One – Claudio Sanchez, Atticus Ross
  2. The Broken
  3. Guns of Summer
  4. Here We Are Juggernaut
  5. Far
  6. This Shattered Symphony
  7. World of Lines
  8. Made Out of Nothing (All That I Am)
  9. Pearl of Stars – Claudio Sanchez, Atticus Ross
  10. In the Flame of Error
  11. When Skeletons Live
  12. The Black Rainbow

Johnny King: Above All

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On March 26, 2012, “Sunnyside” label released “Above All” the fourth Johnny King album. It was recorded in December 2010, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, and was produced by Don Sickler and Jonny King.

Personnel:

  • Jonny King – piano
  • Ed Howard – bass
  • Victor Lewis – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Jonny King

  1. The Merry-Go-Round
  2. Above All
  3. The Wedding Song
  4. Lullaby for Cecelia
  5. Spindrift
  6. Neither Here Nor There
  7. Catharsis
  8. Like It Is
  9. The Shrinkster
  10. The Silver Lining
  11. Espionage

Bettie Serveert: Pharmacy of Love

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On March 23, 2010, “Second Motion Records” label released “Pharmacy of Love”, the eighth Bettie Serveert studio album. It was recorded in 2009, at “La Chapelle Studios” in Waimes, Belgium, and “IJland Studio” in Amsterdam.

Personnel:

  • Carol Van Dyk – vocals, guitar, mixing, artwork
  • Peter Visser – guitar, mixing
  • Martijn Blankestijn – keyboards, guitar
  • Herman Bunskoeke – bass
  • Joppe Molenaar – drums
  • Zlaya Hadic, Bettie Serveert, Jeffrey Kok – engineer
  • Remko Schouten – mixing
  • Darius van Helfteren – mastering
  • Jordan Decauwer – litography

Track listing:

All tracks by Carol Van Dyk, except where noted.

  1. Deny All
  2. Semaphore – Peter Visser
  3. Love Lee
  4. Mossie
  5. The Pharmacy
  6. Souls Travel
  7. Calling – Peter Visser
  8. Change4me – Peter Visser
  9. What They Call Love (loud version) – Peter Visser

Serena Maneesh: Serena Meneesh 2: Abyss in B Minor

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On March 22, 2010, “4AD” label released “Serena-Maneesh 2: Abyss in B Minor”, the second Serena Maneesh studio album. It was recorded 2008 – 2010, and was produced by Emil Nikolaisen.

Personnel:

  • Emil Nikolaisen – vocals, guitar, bass, drums, percussion, editing, additional recording, additional overdubbing
  • Hilma Nikolaisen – vocals, bass
  • Tommy Akerholdt – drums
  • Eivind Schou – violin
  • Christian Engfelt – recording, overdubbing
  • Bjarne Stensli – additional recording, additional overdubbing
  • Daniel C. Smith – additional recording, additional overdubbing
  • Don Dons – gong recording
  • Nick Terry – editing, mixing, additional overdubbing
  • Ray Staff – mastering
  • Tom Kvålsvoll – master edit
  • Dangermüz – design
  • Lars Petter Pettersen – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Emil Nikolaisen.

  1. Ayisha Abyss
  2. I Just Want to See Your Face
  3. Reprobate!
  4. Melody for Jaana
  5. Blow Yr Brains in the Morning Rain
  6. Honeyjinx
  7. D.I.W.S.W.T.T.D.
  8. Magdalena (Symphony #8)

Goldheart Assembly: Wolves And Thieves

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On March 8, 2010, “Fierce Panda” label released “Wolves and Thieves”, the debut Goldheart Assembly studio album.

Personnel:

  • Dominic Keshavarz – vocals, guitar
  • John Herbert – guitar
  • Kyle Hall – guitar
  • Jake Bowser – keyboards
  • James Dale – bass
  • Nicky Francis – drums

Track listing:

  1. King of Rome
  2. Anvil
  3. Last Decade
  4. Hope Hung High
  5. So Long, St. Christopher
  6. Engraver’s Daughter
  7. Jesus Wheel
  8. Reminder
  9. Under the Waterway
  10. Interlude
  11. Carnival 4 (The Carrying Song)
  12. Boulevards

T-Bone Wolk

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On February 28, 2010, Tom “T-Bone” Wolk died aged 58. He was musician (bass, guitar, mandolin, accordion), and music producer, worked with Kurtis Blow, Carly Simon, Saturday night Live house band, Elvis Costello, Billy Joel, Squeeze, Shawn Colvin and Jellyfish, but was best known as member and bass player of Hall & Oates.

Field Music: Same

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On February 15, 2010, “Memphis Industries” label released the self-titled, third Field Music album. It was recorded in 2009, and was produced by David Brewis and Peter Brewis.

Personnel:

  • David Brewis – vocals, guitar
  • Peter Brewis – vocals, drums
  • Peter Gofton – vocals, guitar, bass
  • Doug McCombs – bass, guitar
  • Emma Fisk – violins
  • Jill Blakey – violas
  • Peter Richardson – cello
  • John Beattie – cornet
  • Jennie Redmond – backing vocals
  • Cath Stephens – backing vocals
  • Kev Dosdale
  • Ian Black
  • Mark Simms
  • Neil Bassett
  • Ryan Rapsys
  • Andrew Moore
  • Ian West – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by David Brewis and Peter Brewis.

  1. In the Mirror
  2. Them That Do Nothing
  3. Each Time Is a New Time
  4. Measure
  5. Effortlessly
  6. Clear Water
  7. Lights Up
  8. All You’d Ever Need to Say
  9. Let’s Write a Book
  10. You and I
  11. The Rest Is Noise
  12. Curves of the Needle
  13. Choosing Numbers
  14. The Wheels Are in Place
  15. First Come the Wish
  16. Precious Plans
  17. See You Later
  18. Something Familiar
  19. Share the Words
  20. It’s About Time
  21. Louis (unlisted hidden track)

Twilight Singers: Dynamite Steps

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On February 14, 2011, “Sub Pop” label released “Dynamite Steps”, the fifth Twilight Singers album. It was recorded in 2010, in Los Angeles, Joshua Tree and Arcadia in California, New Orleans and Bogalusa, Louisiana, and was produced by Greg Dulli, Mathias Schneeberger, Dave Rosser, Steve Nalepa, Eric Weaver, and Tommaso Colliva.

Personnel:

  • Greg Dulli – vocals, guitars, piano, synth bass, mellotron, bass, drums, Rhodes, prophet
  • Joseph Arthur – vocals, harmonica
  • Ani DiFranco – vocals
  • Mark Lanegan – vocals
  • Leta Lucy – vocals
  • Carina Round – vocals
  • Chris Jordan – piano
  • Dave Rosser – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Nick McCabe – guitar
  • Mathias Schneeberger – guitar, bass
  • Jon Skibic – guitar, bass
  • Steve Nalepa – synth, strings
  • Amy Farris – violin, viola, cello
  • Rick G. Nelson – violin, cello
  • Petra Haden – vocals, violin
  • Scott Ford – vocals. bass
  • Joshua Blanchard – dobro
  • Greg Wieczorek – drums, percussion
  • Cully Symington – drums
  • Gene Trautmann – drums
  • David Henderson – drums
  • Mike Napolitano – timpani

Track listing:

  1. Last Night in Town
  2. Be Invited
  3. Waves
  4. Get Lucky
  5. On the Corner
  6. Gunshots
  7. She Was Stolen
  8. Blackbird and the Fox
  9. Never Seen No Devil
  10. The Beginning of the End
  11. Dynamite Steps

Dale Hawkins

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On February 13, 2010, Delmar Allen “Dale” Hawkins died aged 73. He was musician (guitar), singer, songwriter and record producer, known as the architect of swamp rock boogie. His song “Susie Q.” was chosen as one of “The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll”.

Angels & Airwaves: Love

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On February 12, 2010, “To the Stars” label released “Love”, the third Angels & Airwaves studio album. It was recorded January – November 2009, and was produced by Tom DeLonge.

Personnel:

  • Tom DeLonge – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards
  • David Kennedy – lead guitar, keyboards, synthesizers
  • Matt Wachter – bass guitar, synthesizers, backing vocals
  • Atom Willard – drums, percussion

Track listing:

All lyrics by Tom DeLonge, all music by Tom DeLonge, David Kennedy, Matt Wachter and Atom Willard.

  1. Et Ducit Mundum Per Luce
  2. The Flight of Apollo
  3. Young London
  4. Shove
  5. Epic Holiday
  6. Hallucinations
  7. The Moon-Atomic (…Fragments and Fictions)
  8. Clever Love
  9. Soul Survivor
  10. Letters to God, Part II
  11. Some Origins of Fire