Tag Archives: 2012

Rocket Juice & the Moon: Same

On March 26, 2012, “Honest Jon’s” label released the self-titled, debut and only Rocket Juice & the Moon album. It was recorded 2008 – 2011, at “Studio 13” in London, in Chicago, New York City and Paris.

Personnel:

  • Damon Albarn – vocals, guitar, keyboard
  • Flea – bass guitar
  • Tony Allen – drums, percussion
  • Erykah Badu – vocals
  • Thundercat – vocals
  • Fatoumata Diawara – vocals
  • M.anifest – vocals
  • M3nsa – vocals
  • Cheick Tidiane Seck
  • Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – horns
  • Stephen Sedgwick – recording, engineer
  • Jason Cox – recording
  • John Foyle – recording assistant
  • Boris Persikoff – recording
  • Abel Garibaldi – recording
  • Jimi Bowman – recording
  • Mark Ernestus – mixing
  • Demola Ogunajo – artwork

Track listing:

  1. 1-2-3-4-5-6
  2. Hey, Shooter
  3. Lolo
  4. Night Watch
  5. Forward Sweep
  6. Follow-Fashion
  7. Chop-Up
  8. Poison
  9. Extinguished
  10. Rotary Connection
  11. Check Out
  12. There
  13. Worries
  14. Benko
  15. The Unfadable
  16. Dam(n)
  17. Fatherless
  18. Leave-Taking

Johnny King: Above All

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

Peace: In Love

On March 25, 2013, “Columbia” label released “In Love” the debut Peace album. It was recorded in November 2012, at “Chapel Studios” in Lincolnshire, “SARM Studios” and “Strongroom Studios” in London, and was produced by Jim Abbiss.

Personnel:

  • Harrison Koisser – lead vocals, guitar
  • Samuel Koisser – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Douglas Castle – lead guitar
  • Dominic Boyce – drums, backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Harrison Koisser, Sam Koisser, Douglas Castle and Dominic Boyce, except where noted.

  1. Higher Than the Sun
  2. Follow Baby
  3. Lovesick
  4. Float Forever
  5. Wraith
  6. Delicious
  7. Waste of Paint
  8. Toxic
  9. Sugarstone
  10. California Daze

Low: The Invisible Way

On March 19, 2013, “Sub Pop” label released “The Invisible Way” the tenth Low album. It was recorded in 2012, at Wilco’s studio in Chicago, and was produced by Jeff Tweedy.

Personnel:

  • Alan Sparhawk – vocals, guitar
  • Steve Garrington – bass, keyboards
  • Mimi Parker – vocals, drums
  • Tom Schick – engineer
  • Mark Greenberg – engineer assistant
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Jeff Kleinsmith – art direction
  • Ryan Lemahleu – package artwork

All tracks by Alan Sparhawk, Steve Garrington and Mimi Parker.

  1. Plastic Cup
  2. Amethyst
  3. So Blue
  4. Holy Ghost
  5. Waiting
  6. Clarence White
  7. Four Score
  8. Just Make It Stop
  9. Mother
  10. On My Own
  11. To Our Knees

Stornoway: Tales from Terra Firma

On March 19, 2013, “4AD” label released “Tales from Terra Firma”, the second Stornoway studio album. It was recorded in 2012, and was produced by Brian Briggs, Jonathan Ouin, Oli Stedman and Rob Stedman.

Personnel:

  • Brian Briggs – vocals, guitar, mixing, arranger
  • Jonathan Ouin – keyboards, arranger
  • Oli Steadman – bass, arranger
  • Rob Steadman – drums, arranger
  • Katie Samways – baritone saxophone
  • Ollie Weston – tenor saxophone, clarinet
  • Tamar Osborn – clarinet
  • Adam Briggs – trumpet, dulcimer, glockenspiel, percussion
  • Tom Allan – trumpet
  • Toby Kelly – bass clarinet
  • Alasdair Malloy – glass harmonica
  • Rahul Satija – violin
  • Susie Attwood – violin
  • George Shilling – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Steve Fallon – mastering
  • Kirini Kopcke – artwork, design
  • Rob Steadman – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Brian Briggs, except where noted.

  1. You Take Me as I Am
  2. Farewell Appalachia – Brian Briggs, Jonathan Ouin
  3. The Bigger Picture
  4. (A Belated) Invite to Eternity
  5. Hook, Line, Sinker
  6. Knock Me on the Head – Jonathan Ouin
  7. The Great Procrastinator
  8. The Ones We Hurt the Most
  9.  November Song

La Dispute: Rooms of the House

On March 18, 2013, “Better Living” label released “Rooms of the House”, the fourth La Dispute studio album. It was recorded in 2012 at “A Studio 4” in Conshohocken, PA, and was produced by Will Yip, Jordan Dreyer, Chad Sterenberg, Adam Cass, Kevin Whittemore and Brad Vander Lugt.

Personnel:

  • Jordan Dreyer – lead vocals, percussion
  • Kevin Whittemore – guitar
  • Chad Sterenberg – guitar, synthesizer, percussion, backing vocals
  • Adam Vass – bass guitar, additional guitars, artwork, layout, backing vocals, artwork, layout
  • Brad Vander Lugt – drums, percussion, keyboards
  • Will Yip – engineer, mixing
  • Emily Lazar – mastering
  • Rich Morales – mastering assistant
  • Amanda Adams – photography

Track listing:

  1. Hudsonville, MI 1956
  2. First Reactions After Falling Through the Ice
  3. Woman (in mirror)
  4. Scenes from Highways 1981-2009
  5. For Mayor in Splitsville
  6. 35
  7. Stay Happy There
  8. The Child We Lost 1963
  9. Woman (reading)
  10. Extraordinary Dinner Party
  11. Objects in Space

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: Specter at the Feast

On March 18, 2013, “Abstract Dragon” label released “Specter at the Feast”, the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club studio album. It was recorded in 2012, and was produced by Ethan Allen, Chris Goss, Nic Jodoin, Michael Patterson, Mark Rains, Peter Hayes and Leah Shapiro.

Personnel:

  • Peter Hayes – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, harmonica, keyboards
  • Robert Levon Been – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, piano
  • Leah Shapiro – drums, percussion, backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Fire Walker
  2. Let the Day Begin
  3. Returning
  4. Lullaby
  5. Hate the Taste
  6. Rival
  7. Teenage Disease
  8. Some Kind of Ghosts
  9. Sometimes the Light
  10. Funny Games
  11. Sell It
  12. Lose Yourself

Billy Hart: All Our Reasons

On March 16, 2012, “ECM” label released “All Our Reasons” the eleventh Billy Hart album. It was recorded in June 2011, at “Avatar Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Billy Hart – drums
  • Mark Turner – tenor sax
  • Ethan Iverson – piano
  • Ben Street – double bass

Track listing:

All tracks by Billy Hart, except where noted

  1. Song for Balkis
  2. Ohnedaruth – Ethan Iverson, based on Giant Steps
  3. Tolli’s Dance
  4. Nostalgia for the Impossible – Ethan Iverson
  5. Duchess
  6. Nigeria – Mark Turner
  7. Wasteland – Mark Turner
  8. Old Wood – Ethan Iverson
  9. Imke’s March

Doc Pomus

On March 14, 1991, Jerome Solon Felder aka Doc Pomus died aged 65. He was singer and songwriter, co-writer (together with Mort Shuman) of big number of hits, many of them became rock and roll standards, including: “A Teenager in Love”, “Save The Last Dance For Me”, “Hushabye”, “This Magic Moment”, “Turn Me Loose”, “Sweets For My Sweet”, “Go, Jimmy, Go”, “Little Sister”, “Can’t Get Used to Losing You”, “Suspicion”, “Surrender” and “His Latest Flame”. He also co-wrote with Phil Spector few successful tracks including “Young Boy Blues”, “Ecstasy”, “First Taste of Love” and “What Am I to Do?” His songs were performed by hundreds of artists including The Beatles, Ray Charles, Elvis Presley, Elvis Costello, Dean Martin, Andy Williams, Bad Company, Leonard Cohen, Van Morrison, Led Zeppelin, Bruce Springsteen, Michael Buble, Dolly Parton, Joe Cocker, ZZ Top, Emmy Lou Harris, Bob Dylan, Brian Wilson, Harry Nilsson, John Hiatt, The Beach Boys, B.B. King, Dion, The New York Dolls, Shawn Colvin and Los Lobos. As singer Pomus performed with Milt Jackson, Mickey Baker, and King Curtis. In 1991 he was inducted into the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame”, in 1992, in the “Songwriters Hall of Fame”, and in 2012 into the “Blues Hall of Fame”.

Devendra Banhart: Mala

On March 12, 2013, “Nonesuch” label released “Mala”, the eighth Devendra Banhart studio album. It was recorded in 2012, and was produced by Devendra Banhart and Noah Georgeson.

Personnel:

  • Devendra Banhart – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, organ, drums, drum machine, percussion, artwork, layout, recording engineer, mixing
  • Joseph Steinbrick – electronic wind instrument, Dulcimer, bass, synthesizer, percussion, handclaps
  • Ana Kraš – vocal, design, layout
  • Rodrigo Amarante – electric guitar, percussion
  • Noah Georgeson – guitar, bass, synthesizer, drums, drum machine, percussion, programming, recording engineer, mixing
  • Todd Dahlhoff – bass
  • Greg Rogove – drums, xylophone, chains, switch blade
  • Bram Inscore – cello
  • Samur Khouja – recording
  • Greg Calbi – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Devendra Banhart except where noted.

  1. Golden Girls
  2. Daniel
  3. Für Hildegard von Bingen
  4. Never Seen Such Good Things
  5. Mi Negrita
  6. Your Fine Petting Duck
  7. The Ballad of Keenan Milton
  8. A Gain
  9. Won’t You Come Over – Devendra Banhart, Noah Georgeson
  10. Cristobal Risquez
  11. Hatched Wound
  12. Mala
  13. Won’t You Come Home
  14. Taurobolium