Tag Archives: 2013

Fish: A Feast of Consequences

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On September 4, 2013, “Chocolate Frog Record Company” label released “A Feast of Consequences”, the tenth Fish album. It was recorded in 2013, and was produced by Calum Malcolm. Live tracks were recorded in October 2013, at “Karlsruhe Substage” in Karlsruhe, Germany.

Personnel:

  • Fish (Derek W. Dick) – vocals
  • Robin Boult – guitars
  • Foss Paterson – keyboards
  • Steve Vantsis – bass guitar
  • Gavin Griffiths – drums
  • Elisabeth Troy Antwi – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Derek W. Dick and Foss Paterson, except where noted.

  1. Perfume River – Derek W. Dick, Steve Vantsis
  2. High Wood
  3. Crucifix Corner
  4. The Gathering
  5. Thistle Alley
  6. The Leaving – Derek W. Dick, Foss Paterson, Robin Boult
  7. The Other Side of Me
  8. A Feast of Consequences
  9. All Loved Up
  10. Blind to the Beautiful
  11. The Great Unravelling
  12. Perfume River (live) – Derek W. Dick, Steve Fantsis
  13. A Feast of Consequences (Live)
  14. Blind to the Beautiful (Live)

Okkervil River: The Silver Gymnasium

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On September 3, 2013, “ATO” label released “The Silver Gymnasium”, the seventh Okkervil River album. It was recorded in 2013, at “Church House Studios”, “Russell Street Studio”, “Crystal Sniffer”, “The Honey Jar”, “Cacophony Recorders”, and “Matt Hubbard Production”, and was produced by John Agnello.

Personnel:

  • Will Sheff – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, harmonica, synthesizers, recording, artwork
  • Justin Sherburn – piano, electric piano, harpsichord, keyboards, glass harmonica, electric guitar, organ, synthesizers, harmonium 
  • Lauren Gurgiolo – electric and lap steel guitar
  • Clinton Newman – electric guitar
  • Michael St. Clair – electric guitar, organ, trombone, flugelhorn, trumpet, synthesizers, percussion
  • Brian Cassidy – electric guitar
  • Patrick Pestorius – bass
  • Jonathan Meiburg – banjo
  • Daniel Murphy – mandolin, artwork
  • Zachary Thomas – mandolin
  • Ben Kalb – cello
  • Josh Johnson – glass harmonica
  • Brian Donohoe – saxophone
  • Cully Symington – drums, percussion
  • Chris Mills, Clinton Newman, Jonathan Meiburg, Patrick Pestorius, Matt LeMay  – harmony vocals
  • David Boyle – handclaps, recording
  • John Agnello, John Congleton, Matt Hubbard, Phil Palazzolo – recording
  • John Agnello, John Congleton – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Vernon Hood – artwork
  • Fiske Boyd – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Will Sheff.

  1. It Was My Season
  2. On a Balcony
  3. Down Down the Deep River
  4. Pink-slips
  5. Lido Pier Suicide Car
  6. Where the Spirit Left Us
  7. While
  8. Stay Young
  9. Walking Without Frankie
  10. All the Time Every Day
  11. Black Nemo

Glasvegas: Later…When the TV Turns to Static

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On September 2, 2013, “BMG” label released “Later…When the TV Turns to Static”, the third Glasvegas studio album. It was recorded in 2013, at “Gorbals Studio” in Glasgow, Scotland, and was produced by James Allan.

Personnel:

  • James Allan – lead vocals, mixing
  • Rab Allan – guitar, mixing
  • Paul Donoghue – bass guitar, mixing
  • Jonna Löfgren – drums, mixing
  • Andrea Gobbi – engineer, mixing
  • Cameron Malcolm – engineer assistant
  • Guy Davie – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by James Allan.

  1. Later…When the TV Turns to Static
  2. Youngblood
  3. Choices
  4. All I Want is My Baby
  5. Secret Truth
  6. I’d Rather Be Dead (Than Be with You)
  7. Magazine
  8. If
  9. Neon Bedroom
  10. Finished Sympathy

White Lies: Big TV

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On August 12, 2013, “Fiction” label released “Big TV”, the third White Lies album. It was recorded in 2013, at “ICP Sttudios” in Brussels, Belgium, and was produced by Ed Buller. The cover artwork is a painting, “Pilot 2”, by artist Michael Kagan.

Personnel:

  • Harry McVeigh – lead vocals, guitar
  • Charles Cave – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Jack Lawrence-Brown – drums
  • Mark ‘Spike’ Stent – mixing

Track listing:

All lyrics by Charles Cave.

  1. Big TV
  2. There Goes Our Love Again
  3. Space i
  4. First Time Caller
  5. Mother Tongue
  6. Getting Even
  7. Change
  8. Be Your Man
  9. Space ii
  10. Tricky to Love
  11. Heaven Wait
  12. Goldmine

Angus & Julia Stone: Same

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On August 1, 2014, “EMI Music Australia” label released the self-titled, third Angus & Julia Stone album. It was recorded 2013 – 2014, at “Shangri-La Studios” in Malibu, California, “The Complex”, “Grand Street Recording”, and was produced by Rick Rubin, Angus Stone and Julia Stone.

Personnel:

  • Angus Stone – vocals, guitar, mandolin, banjo, piano, bass
  • Julia Stone – vocals, guitar, mandolin, piano, trumpet
  • Jordan Power, Ken Rich, Tomek Miernowski – recording
  • Ryan Hewitt – recording, mixing
  • Adam Fuller, Jason Gossman, Sean Oakley – editing
  • Billy Bush – mixing
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Jennifer Stenglein – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Angus Stone and Julia Stone.

  1. A Heartbreak
  2. My Word for It
  3. Grizzly Bear
  4. Heart Beats Slow
  5. Wherever You Are
  6. Get Home
  7. Death Defying Acts
  8. Little Whiskey
  9. From the Stalls
  10. Other Things
  11. Please You
  12. Main Street
  13. Crash and Burn

Jenny Lewis: The Voyager

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On July 29, 2014, “Warner Bros” label released “The Voyager”, the third Jenny Lewis studio album. It was recorded 2013 – 2014, at “Pax-Am Studios” in Hollywood, CA. “ARC Studios” in Omaha, NE, and was produced by Ryan Adams, Beck Hansen, Jenny Lewis, Jonathan Rice and Mike Viola.

Personnel:

  • Jenny Lewis – vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica, layout
  • Alex Greenwald – vocal
  • Beck Hansen – vocal
  • Johanna Söderberg – vocal
  • Jonathan Rice – vocal
  • Klara Söderberg – vocal
  • Mike Viola – vocal
  • Farmer Dave Scher – vocal
  • Benmomt Tench – vocal, keyboards
  • Ryan Adams – vocal, guitar
  • Elizabeth Berg – vocal, guitar
  • Jason Boesel – vocal, guitar
  • Rebecca Stark – vocal, tambourine
  • Blake Mills – guitar
  • Gus Seyffert – guitar
  • Lou Barlow – bass, guitar
  • Mike Elizondo – bass, keyboards
  • Mickey Madden – bass
  • Wyllie Gelber – bass
  • Griffin Goldsmith – drums, percussion
  • Jason Boessel – drums
  • Lenny Castro – percussion
  • Nate Walcott – horn
  • The Section Quartet
  • Lili Haydn – violin
  • Daphine Chen – string arrangements
  • Nathaniel Walcott – string arrangements
  • The Watson Twins
  • Charlie Stavish, David Labrel, Mike Mogis – recording
  • Brent Arrowood, Chris Szcech, Cole Marsden, Grief Neill, David “Elevator” Greenbaum, Jason Lader, Jim Watts, Mario Borgatta, Pierre de Reeder, Robert Rossman – additional recording
  • Rich Costey – mixing
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering
  • Norman Wonderly, Stephen Walker – layout
  • Autumn De Wilde – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jenny Lewis, except where noted.

  1. Head Underwater
  2. She’s Not Me – Jonathan Rice
  3. Just One of the Guys
  4. Slippery Slopes
  5. Late Bloomer
  6. You Can’t Outrun ‘Em
  7. The New You – Jonathan Rice
  8. Aloha & the Three Johns
  9. Love U Forever
  10. The Voyager

Alvvays: Same

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On July 22, 2014, “Royal Mountain” label released the self-titled, debut Alvvays album. It was recorded in 2013, and was produced by Chad VanGaalen. In 2015, “CBS Music” ranked it at number 1 on its list of “30 Best Canadian Albums of 2014”.

Personnel:

  • Molly Rankin – vocals, guitar
  • Alec O’Hanley – vocals, guitar, keyboards, drum machine, additional mixing
  • Kerri MacLellen – vocals, keyboards
  • Brian Murphy – bass
  • Sheridan Riley – drums
  • Eric Hamelin – drums
  • Chris Dadge – drums
  • Chad VanGaalen – programming, tambourine, bongos, engineer
  • Graham Walsh – additional tracking
  • Jeff McMurrich – additional tracking
  • John Agnello – mixing
  • Ian McGettigan – additional mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Steve Fallone – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Molly Rankin and Alec O’Hanley, except where noted.

  1. Adult Diversion – Molly Rankin, Alec O’Hanley, Brian Murphy
  2. Archie, Marry Me
  3. Ones Who Love You – Molly Rankin, Alec O’Hanley, Brian Murphy
  4. Next of Kin – Molly Rankin, Alec O’Hanley, Brian Murphy
  5. Party Police – Molly Rankin, Alec O’Hanley, Brian Murphy
  6. The Agency Group – Molly Rankin, Alec O’Hanley, Brian Murph
  7. Dives
  8. Atop a Cake
  9. Red Planet

Karnivool: Asymmetry

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On July 19, 2013, “Density Records” label released “Asymmetry”, the third Karnivool studio album. It was recorded in 2013, and was produced by Nick DiDia.

Personnel:

  • Ian Kenny  – lead vocals
  • Drew Goddard  – guitar, backing vocals
  • Mark Hosking  – guitar, backing vocals
  • Jon Stockman  – vocal, bass guitar
  • Steve Judd  – drums, percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Ian Kenny, Drew Goddard, Mark Hosking, Jon Stockman and Steve Judd.

  1. Aum
  2. Nachash
  3. A.M. War
  4. We Are
  5. The Refusal
  6. Aeons
  7. Asymmetry
  8. Eidolon
  9. Sky Machine
  10. Amusia
  11. The Last Few
  12. Float
  13. Alpha Omega
  14. Om

Nektar: Time Machine

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On July 18, 2013, “Cleopatra Records” label released “Time Machine”, the 13th Nektar album. It was recorded in 2013, at “Sherwood Studios”.

Personnel:

  • Roye Albrighton – vocals, guitars, mixing
  • Klaus Henatsch – keyboards
  • Billy Sherwood – bass, engineer, mixing
  • Ron Howden – vocals, drums
  • Maor Appelbaum – mastering
  • Brain Perera – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Roye Albrighton, Barbel Craven Klaus Henatsch and Ron Howden.

  1. A Better Way
  2. If Only I Could
  3. Time Machine
  4. Tranquility
  5. Mocking the Moon
  6. Juggernaut
  7. Diamond Eyes

The Aristocrats: Culture Clash

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On July 16, 2013, “Boing!” label released “Culture Clash”, the second Aristocrats (The) studio album. It was recorded in January, 2013 at “Sound Emporium” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Mark Niemiec, Guthrie Govan, Bryan Beller and Marco Minnemann.

Personnel:

  • Guthrie Govan – guitar
  • Bryan Beller – bass
  • Marco Minnemann – drums, percussion
  • Marc Niemiec – recording
  • Phil Hilborne – engineer
  • Dan Shike – mastering
  • Mike Mesker – design
  • Mauro Marchesi, Tom Colbie – design, layout
  • Victoria Plotnitskaya – photography

Track listing:

  1. Dance of the Aristocrats – Marco Minnemann
  2. Culture Clash – Guthrie Govan
  3. Louisville Stomp – Bryan Beller
  4. Ohhhh Noooo – Marco Minnemann
  5. Gaping Head Wound – Guthrie Govan
  6. Desert Tornado – Marco Minnemann
  7. Coctail Umbrellas – Bryan Beller
  8. Living the Dream – Bryan Beller
  9. And Finally – Guthrie Govan