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.
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
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
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”.
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.
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.
On July 15, 2014, “Blue Note” label released “No Fools, No Fun”, the debut Puss n Boots studio album. It was recorded 2013 – 2014, at “Studio G”, “The Bell House” in Brooklyn, New York.
On June 11, 2013, “Southeastern” label released “Southeastern”, the fourth Jason Isbell studio album. It was recorded in 2013, and was produced by Dave Cobb.
On June 8, 2015, “Virgin EMI” and “Wind-up Records” labels released “Ones and Zeros”, the third Young Guns studio album. It was recorded 2013 – 2015, at “Real World Studios” in Bath, England, and was produced by Steve Osborne.