On February 17, 2014, “Jagjaguwar” label released “Burn Your Fire for No Witness” the second Angel Olsen studio album. It was recorded in 2013, and was produced by John Congleton.
Personnel:
Angel Olsen – vocals, guitar
Stewart Bronaugh – bass, guitar, piano, organ, keyboards, effects
Joshua Jaeger – drums, piano, organ, keyboards
John Congleton – piano, organ, keyboards, engineer, mixing
On February 12, 2013, “Badman Recording Co.” released “No Elephants”, the ninth Lisa Germano studio album. It was recorded in 2012, at “Banana Chicken Studios”, and was produced by Jamie Candiloro.
On February 5, 2013, “Hundred Handed/Everything Evil” label released “The Afterman: Descension”, the seventh Coheed and Cambria studio album. It was recorded November 2011 – June 2012, at “Applehead Recording” in New York, and was produced by Michael Birnbaum, Chris Bittner, Claudio Sanchez, Travis Stever, Josh Eppard and Zach Cooper.
Personnel:
Claudio Sanchez – lead vocals, voice of Sirius Amory.rhythm guitar, piano, ukulele
Travis Stever – lead guitar, lap steel guitar, backing vocals
On February 4, 2014, “Polyvinyl” label released “Angel Guts: Red Classroom”, the ninth Xiu Xiu studio album. It was recorded in 2013, at James Stewart’s home studio in Los Angeles, and at “Elmwood Recording Studio” in Dallas, Texas, and was produced by John Congleton.
Personnel:
James Stewart – vocals, synthesizer, drum machine, recording
On January 28, 2014, “Mexican Summer” label released “Held in Splendor”, the second Quilt studio album. It was recorded in 2013, at “ Mexican Summer” in-house studio in New York City, and was produced by Jarvis Taveniere.
Personnel:
Anna Fox Rochinski – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, banjo, piano, organ
Shane Butler – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, loops
Keven Lareau – vocals, bass
John Andrews – vocals, drums, percussion, piano, organ, saw
Daniel Bachmann – lap steel guitar
Jarvis Taveniere – bass guitar
Renata Zeiguer – violin
Alexandra Jones – cello
Adam Schatz – saxophone
Natalie Mering – vocals
Al Carlson – engineer
Davey Jewell – engineer assistant
Jeff Lipton – mastering
Maria Rice – mastering
Jack Schneider – painting
Allison Pharmakis – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Anna Fox Rochinski, Shane Butler, Keven Lareau and John Andrews.
On January 22, 2013, “Barsuk” label released “Beta Love”, the third Ra Ra Riot studio album.It was recorded in 2012, and was produced by Dennis Herring.
Personnel:
Wes Miles – vocals, keyboards
Milo Bonacci – guitar, keyboards
Mathieu Santos – bass
Rebecca Zeller – violin
Will Cole – engineer
Drew Vandenberg – engineer, mixing
Dennis Herring – mixing
Howie Weinberg – mastering
Track listing:
All tracks by Wes Miles, Mathieu Santos, Milo Bonacci, and Rebecca Zeller.
On January 21, 2014, “High Note” label released “Icons & Influences”, the 32nd George Cables album. It was recorded in September 2013, at “Systems Two” in Brooklyn, New York, and was produced by George Cables.
On January 13, 2013, “Moonjune” label digitally released “Burden of Proof”, the sixth Soft Machine Legacy album. It was recorded in August 2012, at “Beppe Crovella”, “Electromantic Synergy Studio” in San Sabastiano da Po, Italy, and was produced by Theo Travis, John Etheridge, Roy Babbington, and John Marshall.
Personnel:
Theo Travis – tenor sax, flute, Fender Rhodes electric piano
John Etheridge – guitar
Roy Babbington – bass guitar
John Marshall – drums, percussion
Andrew Tulloch – mixing, mastering
Leonardo Pavkovic – executive producer
Track listing:
Burden of Proof – John Etheridge
Voyage Beyond Seven – Theo Travis
Kitto – John Etheridge
Pie Chart – John Etheridge
JSP – John Marshall
Kings & Queens – Hugh Hopper
Fallout – Theo Travis
Going Somewhere Canorous? – Roy Babbington, John Marshall
Black and Crimson – Theo Travis
The Brief – John Marshall – Theo Travis
Pump Room – John Etheridge
Green Cubes – Roy Babbington, John Etheridge, John Marshall, Theo Travis
They Landed on a Hill – John Etheridge, Theo Travis
On January 9, 2015, “Domino Recording Company” released “Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper”, the fifth Panda Bear (Noah Lennox) studio album. It was recorded 2013 – 2014, at “Miosotis Garage” in Almada, Portugal, “Estudio Namouche” in Lisbon, Portugal,and was produced by Panda Bear and Sonic Boom.
Personnel:
Panda Bear (Noah Lennox) – vocals, JoMoX Xbase 999, Yamaha TX81Z, Moog Voyager, Elektron DPS-1, piano, effects, percussion, art direction
Sonic Boom – EMS Synthi AKS, Fenix II Modular, Moog Voyager, vocoder, effects, mixing, art direction
Simon Davey – mastering
Joaquim Monte – engineer
Pedro Silve – engineer assistant
Rob Carmichael – layout
Hugo Oliveira – interior illustration
Marco Papiro – cover illustrations
Seen – art direction, layout
Track listing:
All tracks are written by Noah Lennox, except where noted.
Sequential Circuits
Mr. Noah
Davy Jones’ Locker – Peter Kember
Crosswords
Butcher Baker Candlestick Maker
Boys Latin
Come to Your Senses
Tropic of Cancer
Shadow of the Colossus – Peter Kember
Lonely Wanderer
Principe Real
Selfish Gene
Acid Wash
“Crosswords” contains a sample of “Ashley’s Roachclip”, performed by The Soul Searchers
“Tropic of Cancer” contains samples of “Fragments of the ballet “The Nutcracker” Pas de Deux”
“Lonely Wanderer” contains a sample of “Arabesque No. 1” in E major, composed by Claude Debussy, and performed by François-Joël Thiollier
On December 13, 2014, “Esoteria” label released “Seir”, album by Vlatko Stefanovski. It was recorded December 2009 – October 2013, at the “Esoteria Sound Studio” in Skopje, Macedonia, and was produced by Vlatko Stefanovski.
Personnel:
Vlatko Stefanovski – vocal, acoustic, nylon strings, and electric guitar, blues harp, Rhodes electric piano, arranger, recording
Gjoko Maksimovski – bass
Dino Milosavljevićski – drums, percussion
Rade Šerbedžija – voice
Karolina – vocal
Damir Imeri – Rhodes electric piano, keyboards, strings arrangements
Vasil Hadžimanov – Rhodes electric piano
Zoran Madžirov – vibraphone
Vasko Atanasovski – soprano and baritone saxophone