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Norah Jones: Little Broken Hearts

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On April 25, 2012, “Blue Note” label released “Little Broken Hearts”, the fifth Norah Jones studio album. It was recorded in 2011, at “Mondo” and “Electro Vox” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Brian Burton (Danger Mouse).

Personnel:

  • Norah Jones– vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, Rhodes, bass, piano, organ
  • Dan Elkan– electric guitar
  • Blake Mills– acoustic and electric guitar
  • Todd Monfalcone – electric guitar
  • Brian Burton– synthesizer, organ, acoustic and electric guitar, drums, percussion,  piano, bass, programming, string arrangements
  • Jonathan Hischke – bass
  • Gus Seyffert – bass, electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Joey Waronker – drums, percussion
  • Sonus Quartet– strings
  • Heather McIntosh– cello, bass, cello arrangements
  • Vanessa Freebairn-Smith – score preparation
  • Todd Monfalcone – engineer, recording
  • Kennie Takahashi – engineer, mixing, recording
  • Tom Schick – additional engineering
  • Greg Calbi– mastering
  • Valente Torrez – assistance
  • Masahiro Tsuzuki – assistance
  • Zach Hochkeppel – product management
  • Gordon H. Jee – creative direction
  • Frank Harkins – art direction, design
  • Frank W. Ockenfels 3 – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Norah Jones and Brian Burton.

  1. Good Morning
  2. Say Goodbye
  3. Little Broken Hearts
  4. She’s 22
  5. Take It Back
  6. After the Fall
  7. 4 Broken Hearts
  8. Travelin’ On
  9. Out on the Road
  10. Happy Pills
  11. Miriam
  12. All a Dream

Ha Ha Ha: Napravi zaedno

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On April 20, 2011, “Moonlee Records” and “Napravi Zaedno” labels released “Tango revolucioner”, the debut Ha Ha Ha album. It was recorded 2010 – 2011, at garage in Skopje, and at “Geni” studio in Skopje, Macedonia, and was produced by Nenad Trifunovski.

Personnel:

  • Vasko Atanasoski – vocals, guitar, arrangements
  • Nenad Trifunovski – bass, arrangements, engineer, mastering
  • Djano Kuc – drums, arrangements
  • Kristina Gorovska – design
  • Igor Kostov – photography
  • Kalina – lyrics English translation

Track listing:

All tracks by Vasko Atanasoski, except where noted.

  1. Indie = Independent, Fan = Fanatic
  2. Covekot kogo Racin go opejuva
  3. Ova e tvoj grad
  4. Mladite ne se mladi
  5. Vrati go toj proklet den
  6. Svetot e ogledalo
  7. Sivomaslinesti i maskirani
  8. Tango revolucioner
  9. Kade sto nema plac i vozdiska
  10. Sin na gladot – lyrics by Kosta Solev Racin

Meat Puppets: Lollipop

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On April 12, 2011, “Megaforce” label released “Lollipop”, the thirteenth Meat Puppets album. It was recorded in 2011, and was produced by Curt Kirkwood.

Personnel:

  • Curt Kirkwood- vocals, guitars
  • Cris Kirkwood- vocals, bass guitar
  • Shandon Sahm- drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Curt Kirkwood.

  1. Incomplete
  2. Orange
  3. Shave It
  4. Baby Don’t
  5. Hour of the Idiot
  6. Lantern
  7. Town
  8. Damn Thing
  9. Amazing
  10. Way That It Are
  11. Vile
  12. The Spider and the Spaceship

Glasvegas: Euphoric Heartbreak

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On April 4, 2011, “Columbia” label released “Euphoric Heartbreak”, the second Glasvegas studio album. It was recorded 2010 – 2011 in Santa Monica, California, London and Glasgow, and was produced by Flood.

Personnel:

  • James Allan– vocals
  • Rab Allan – guitar
  • Paul Donoghue – bass guitar
  • Jonna Löfgren – drums
  • Claudius Mittendorfer – mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by James Allan.

  1. Pain, Pain, Never Again
  2. The World Is Yours
  3. You
  4. Shine Like Stars
  5. Whatever Hurts You Through the Night
  6. Stronger Than Dirt (Homosexuality Pt. 2)
  7. Dream Dream Dreaming
  8. I Feel Wrong (Homosexuality Pt. 1)
  9. Euphoria, Take My Hand
  10. Lost Sometimes
  11. Change

Spock’s Beard: Brief Nocturnes and Dreamless Sleep

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On April 2, 2013, “InsideOut Music” and “Century Media” labels released “Brief Nocturnes and Dreamless Sleep”, the eleventh Spock’s Beard studio album. It was recorded 2011 – 2012, at “The Mouse House” in Altadena, CA, and was produced by Rich Mouser, Alan Morse and John Boegehold.

Personnel:

  • Ted Leonard— lead and backing vocals, guitar
  • Alan Morse— electric and acoustic guitars, pedal and lap steel guitar, mandolin, autoharp, backing vocals
  • Ryo Okumoto— organ, mellotron, piano, synths, clavinet, vocoder
  • Dave Meros— bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Jimmy Keegan— drums, percussion, timpani, backing vocals
  • Neal Morse— additional guitar
  • Stan Ausmus — additional guitar
  • John Boegehold — vocoder
  • Craig Eastman — violin, viola, hurdy-gurdy
  • Rich Mouser – engineer, mixing, mastering

Track listing:

  1. Hiding Out – Ted Leonard
  2. I Know Your Secret – Dave Meros, John Boegehold
  3. A Treasure Abandoned – John Boegehold, Alan Morse
  4. Submerged – Ted Leonard
  5. Afterthoughts – Alan Morse, Neal Morse, Ted Leonard
  6. Something Very Strange – John Boegehold
  7. Waiting for Me – Alan Morse, Neal Morse

Bred Mehldau: Ode

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On March 20, 2012, “Nonesuch” label released “Ode”, the 28th Bred Mehldau album. It was recorded February 2008 – April 2011, at “Avatar Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Bred Mehldau.

Personnel:

  • Brad Mehldau – piano
  • Larry Grenadier– bass
  • Jeff Ballard– drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Brad Mehldau.

  1. B.
  2. Ode
  3. 26
  4. Dream Sketch
  5. Bee Blues
  6. Twiggy
  7. Kurt Vibe
  8. Stan the Man
  9. Wyatt’s Eulogy for George Hanson
  10. Aquaman
  11. Days of Dilbert Delaney

And So I Watch You From Afar: All Hail Bright Futures

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On March 15, 2013, “Sargent House” label released “All Hail Bright Futures”, the third And So I Watch You From Afar album. It was recorded 2011-2012, at “Start Together Studios” in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and was produced by Rocky O’Reilly.

Personnel:

  • Rory Friers – guitar
  • Niall Kennedy – guitar
  • Jonathan Adger – bass guitar
  • Chris Wee – drums, percussion
  • Rocky O’Reilly– mixing
  • Lee McMahon – engineer
  • Robin Schmidt – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Rory Friers, Niall Kennedy, Jonathan Adger and Chris Wee.

  1. Eunoia
  2. Big Things Do Remarkable
  3. Like a Mouse
  4. Ambulance!
  5. The Stay Golden Pt. 1
  6. The Stay Golden Pt. 2 (Rats on Rock)
  7. The Stay Golden Pt. 3 (Trails…)
  8. Mend And Make Safe
  9. Ka Ba Ta Bo Da Ka
  10. Things Amazing
  11. All Hail Bright Futures
  12. Young Brave Minds

The Golden Palominos: A Good Country Mile

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On February 21, 2012, Kevn Kinney and The Golden Palominos self – released “A Good Country Mile” album. It was recorded in 2011, at “One East Recording” in New York City, and was produced by Anton Fier.

Personnel:

  • Kevn Kinney– vocals, harmonica, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Aaron Lee Tasjan– acoustic and electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Tony Scherr– acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar
  • Jim Campilongo– guitar
  • Chris Masterson – guitar
  • Leslie Mendelson – piano
  • Jon Cowherd – Hammond organ, piano
  • Andy Hess– bass guitar
  • Anton Fier– drums, percussion, art direction, illustration, design
  • Eleanor Whitmore – violin
  • Lianne Smith – backing vocals
  • Martin Bisi– recording
  • Michael Jung – recording
  • Tony Maimone– recording
  • Yohei Goto – mixing, recording
  • Chris Griffin – recording
  • Scott Hull– mastering
  • Kristy Knight – art direction, illustration, design
  • Jeffery Conn – photography

Track listing:

  1. Never Gonna Change – Jason Isbell
  2. Gotta Move On (Again) – Anton Fier, Kevn Kinney
  3. Challenge – Anton Fier, Kevn Kinney
  4. Hurricane – Kevn Kinney
  5. Wild Dog Moon Pt.2 – Anton Fier, Kevn Kinney
  6. A Good Country Mile – Kevn Kinney
  7. Set in Stone – Anton Fier, Kevn Kinney
  8. Bird – Kevn Kinney
  9. In the Land (Of Things That Used to Be) – Anton Fier, Kavn Kinney
  10. Southwestern State – Jason Ross

Faust: Something Dirty

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On February 1, 2011, “Bureau B” label released “Something Dirty”, the eleventh Faust studio album. It was recorded in 2010, and was produced by Johann Scheerer,  James Johnston, Jean Hervé Peron, Geraldine Swayne and Zappy Diermaier.

Personnel:

  • James Johnston – electric guitar, organ, piano, synthesizer, theremin, Wurlitzer piano
  • Jean Hervé Peron – vocals, bass, cavaquinho, guitar, trumpet
  • Geraldine Swayne – vocals, guitar, organ, percussion, piano, electric piano, synthesizer, paintings
  • Zappy Diermaier – drums
  • Johann Scheerer – engineer mixing
  • Vincent Julliard – drawing
  • Antje Schröder – layout

Track listing:

  1. Tell the Bitch to Go Home
  2. Herbststimmung
  3. Something Dirty
  4. Thoughts of the Dead
  5. Lost the Signal
  6. Je Bouffe
  7. Whet
  8. Invisible Mending
  9. Dampfauslass 1
  10. Dampfauslass 2
  11. Pythagoras
  12. Save the Last One
  13. La Sole Dorée

 

Chris Potter: The Sirens

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On January 28, 2013, “ECM” label released “The Sirens”, the 18th Chris Potter album. It was recorded in September 2011, at “Avatar Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Chris Potter- soprano and tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
  • Craig Taborn- piano
  • David Virelles- prepared piano, celesta, harmonium
  • Larry Grenadier- double bass
  • Eric Harland- drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Chris Potter except where noted.

  1. Wine Dark Sea
  2. Wayfinder
  3. Dawn (With Her Rosy Fingers)
  4. The Sirens
  5. Penelope
  6. Kalypso
  7. Nausikaa
  8. Stranger at the Gate
  9. The Shades – Chris Potter, David Virelles