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CocoRosie: Tales of a Grass Widow

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On May 27, 2013, “City Slang Records” label released “Tales of a Grass Widow”, the fifth CocoRosie album. It was recorded in 2013, and was produced by Valgeir Sigurðsson.

Personnel:

  • Bianca “Coco” Casady – vocals, engineer, artwork
  • Sierra “Rosie” Casady – vocals, engineer, artwork
  • Ezekiel Healy – guitar
  • Gaël Rakotondrabe – guitar, bass, piano, keyboards, organ, synthesizer, arranger
  • Ashok Foga- vocals, drums
  • Mahipai Foga – castanets
  • Antony Hegarty – vocals
  • Kusumakar – bamboo flute
  • Ashley “Say Wut!?” Moyer – vocals, beatbox
  • Jean-Marc Rullan – layout
  • Jesse Hazelip – lettering

Track listing:

All tracks by Bianca Casady and Sierra Casady, except where noted.

  1. After the Afterlife
  2. Tears for Animals – Bianca Casady, Sierra Casady, Gaël Rakotondrabe
  3. Child Bride
  4. Broken Chariot
  5. End of Time – Bianca Casady, Sierra Casady, Gaël Rakotondrabe
  6. Harmless Monster – Bianca Casady, Sierra Casady, Gaël Rakotondrabe
  7. Gravediggress
  8. Far Away
  9. Roots of My Hair
  10. Villain
  11. Poison – ends at 4:00. After 9 minutes and 40 seconds of silence (4:00 – 13:40), begins the hidden trackDevil’s Island – Bianca Casady, Sierra Casady, Sophia Tyler

Days Between Stations: In Extremis

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On May 15, 2013, Days Between Stations self released “In Extremis”, bands second album. It was recorded 2012 – 2013, and was produced by Sepand Samzadeh and Oscar Fuentes.

Personnel:

  • Colin Moulding- lead vocals
  • Sepand Samzadeh– synthesizer, guitar
  • Oscar Fuentes – synthesizer, piano, acoustic guitar
  • Peter Banks – 2nd Lead and rhythm guitar
  • Matt Bradford – dobro
  • Tony Levin– bass
  • Rick Wakeman– keyboards
  • Jeffery Samzadeh – sonati vocals
  • Ali Nouri – tar solo
  • Billy Sherwood– lead vocals, drums
  • The Barbershop Quartet – Pat Claypool, Matt Gray, Eric Orr, David Rakita
  • Chris Tedesco & The Angel City Orchestra
  • Paul Whitehead – artwork, layout

Track listing:

All music by Sepand Samzadeh and Oscar Fuentes, all lyrics by Sepand Samzadeh, Oscar Fuentes and Billy Sherwood.

  1. No Cause For Alarm
  2. In Utero
  3. Visionary
  4. Blackfoot
  5. The Man Who Died Two Times
  6. Waltz In E Minor
  7. Eggshell Man
  8. In Extremis
  • Part I: Mass
  • Part II: On The Ground
  • Part III: A Requiem
  • Part IV: Writing on Water
  • Part V: Overland
  • Part VI: Traveler

Dave Mason: Future’s Past

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On May 13, 2014, “Something Music” label released “Future’s Past”, the 13th Dave Mason album. It was recorded 2013 – 2014, and was produced by Dave Mason.

Personnel:

  • Dave Mason – vocals, guitar, bass guitar
  • John McEuen- guitar, backing vocals
  • John Sambataro – guitar, backing vocals
  • Jason Roller – guitar, backing vocals
  • Joe Bonamassa- guitar
  • Alex Drizos – bass guitar
  • George Hawkins- bass guitar
  • Gerald Johnson – bass guitar
  • Bill Reynolds – bass guitar
  • Carmine Rojas- bass guitar
  • Renato Neto – bass guitar, keyboards, organ
  • Tony Patler – bass guitar, keyboards, organ, backing vocals
  • Bill Mason- keyboards, organ
  • Dave Palmer- keyboards, organ
  • Mike Finnigan- keyboards, organ, backing vocals
  • Bob Corritore- harmonica
  • Alvino Bennett – drums
  • Tal Bergman -drums
  • Ken Eros – drums
  • J. Russell – drums, backing vocals
  • Warren Hill – saxophone
  • Suzanne Paris – backing vocals
  • J. Russell, Matt Linesch, Ken Eros – engineer, mixing
  • Reuben Cohen – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Dave Mason, except where noted.

  1. Dear Mr. Fantasy – Jim Capaldi, Steve Winwood, Chris Wood
  2. World in Changes
  3. You Can All Join In
  4. As Sad and Deep As You
  5. Good 2 U
  6. El Toro (Spanish Blues)
  7. Come On in My Kitchen
  8. How Do I Get To Heaven – Jim Capaldi, Dave Mason
  9. That’s Freedom

She & Him: Volume 3

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On May 7, 2013, “Merge” label released “Volume 3”, the fourth She & Him studio album. It was recorded 2012 – 2013, and was produced by M. Ward.

Personnel:

  • Zooey Deschanel– lead and harmony vocals, percussion, keyboards, piano, tambourine, vibraphone, taropatch ukulele
  • M. Ward– guitars, backing vocals, lead vocals, piano, organ, percussion, horns arrangements
  • Joey Spampinato, Tyler Tornfelt, Mike Watt, Pierre de Reeder– bass
  • Scott McPherson– drums
  • Doug Wieselman – saxophone
  • J. Camerieri – trumpet
  • Art Baron– trombone
  • Tom Hagerman– violin
  • Amanda Lawrence– viola
  • Tilly and the Wall– gang vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Zooey Deschanel, except where noted.

  1. I’ve Got Your Number, Son
  2. Never Wanted Your Love
  3. Baby – George Morton, Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich
  4. I Could’ve Been Your Girl
  5. Turn to White
  6. Somebody Sweet to Talk To
  7. Something’s Haunting You
  8. Together
  9. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me – Harry Noble
  10. Snow Queen
  11. Sunday Girl – Chris Stein
  12. London
  13. Shadow of Love
  14. Reprise (I Could’ve Been Your Girl)

Noah and the Whale: Heart of Nowhere

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On May 6, 2013, “Mercury” label released “Heart of Nowhere”, the fourth and final Noah and the Whale studio album. It was recorded in 2012, at “British Grove Studios” in London, and was produced by Charlie Fink, Tom Hobden, Matt Owens, Fred Abbott and Michael Petulla.

Personnel:

  • Charlie Fink- vocals, guitar
  • Fred Abbott – guitar, keys
  • Matt Owens – bass guitar
  • Michael Petulla – drums
  • Tom Hobden – violin, keys

Track listing:

All tracks by Charlie Fink.

  1. Introduction
  2. Heart of Nowhere
  3. All Through the Night
  4. Lifetime
  5. Silver and Gold
  6. One More Night
  7. Still After All These Years
  8. There Will Come a Time
  9. Now Is Exactly the Time
  10. Not Too Late

Hiatus Kaiyote: Choose Your Weapon

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On May 1, 2015, “Flying Buddha” label released “Choose Your Weapon”, the second Hiatus Kaiyote studio album. It was recorded 2013 – 2015, and was produced by Hiatus Kaiyote.

Personnel:

  • Nai Palm – vocals, guitar, keyboards, arrangenebts, artwork
  • Simon Mavin – keyboards, percussion, vocoder, arrangements
  • Perrin Moss – bass, drums, keyboards, percussion, arrangements
  • Paul Bender – bass, guitar, keyboards, programming, arrangements
  • Miguel Atwood-Ferguson – strings, string arrangements
  • Phil Binotto – percussion
  • Salvador Persico – percussion
  • Adam King – percussion
  • Phil Noy-Engineer – drum production
  • Andrei Eremin – mastering
  • Laura Christoforidis – cover design, formatting
  • Laneous “Lame-boy” The Lunchboxer – cover art
  • Federico Ruiz – design
  • Roxanne Slimak – art direction
  • Wilk – photography
  • Salaam Remi – executive producer

Track listing:

All lyrics by Nai Palm; all music composed by Nai Palm, Paul Bender, Perrin Moss and Simon Mavin.

  1. Choose Your Weapon
  2. Shaolin Monk Motherfunk
  3. Laputa
  4. Creations Part One
  5. Borderline with My Atoms
  6. Breathing Underwater
  7. Cicada
  8. Swamp Thing
  9. Fingerprints
  10. Jekyll
  11. Prince Minikid
  12. Atari
  13. By Fire
  14. Creations Part Two
  15. The Lung
  16. Only Time All the Time: Making Friends with Studio Owl
  17. Molasses
  18. Building a Ladder

SULK: Graceless

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On April 15, 2013, “Perfect Sound Forever” label released “Graceless”, the debut SULK album. It was recorded 2012 – 2013, at “ICP Studios” in Brussels, Belgium, “Gun Factory” in London, and was produced by Ed Buller and Marc Waterman.

Personnel:

  • Jon Sutcliffe – vocals
  • Tomas Kubowicz – lead guitar
  • Andrew Needle – rhythm guitar
  • Jakub Starzyński – bass guitar
  • Bhairav Gupta – drums
  • Paul-Édouard Laurendeau – engineer
  • Antti Joas, Jonas Verwijnen – mixing

Track listing:

  1. Sleeping Beauty
  2. Flowers
  3. Diamonds In Ashes
  4. The Big Blue
  5. Marian Shrine
  6. Back In Bloom
  7. Wishes
  8. Down
  9. If You Wonder
  10. End Time

Ben Watt: Hendra

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On April 14, 2014, “Unmade Road” label released “Hendra”, the second Ben Watt studio album. It was recorded 2013 – 2014, at “Eastcote Studios”, “The Square”, “Northern Heights”,  “Air Lyndhurst Hall”, and was produced by Ewan Pearson.

Personnel:

  • Ben Watt – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, synthesizer, electric piano, piano, synthesizer, mellotron
  • Bernard Butler – electric guitar
  • Martin Ditcham – tambourine, congas, shaker, drums
  • Jim Watson – keyboards, organ, synthesizer
  • Ewan Pearson – synthesizer, mellotron, handclaps
  • Steve Pearce – upright and electric bass
  • Leo Taylor– drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Ben Watt.

  1. Hendra
  2. Forget
  3. Spring
  4. Golden Ratio
  5. Matthew Arnold’s Field
  6. The Gun
  7. Nathaniel
  8. The Levels
  9. Young Man’s Game
  10. The Heart Is a Mirror

The Dear Hunter: Migrant

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On April 2, 2013, “Equal Vision Records” label released “Migrant”, the fifth Dear Hunter (The) studio album .It was recorded 2012 -2103, at “Vudu Studios” in Port Jefferson, NY, and was produced by Casey Crescenzo and Mike Watts.

Personnel:

  • Casey Crescenzo, Rob Parr – vocals, acoustic guitar, bass, glockenspiel, synth, engineer
  • Connor Doyle, Rob Parr – guitar
  • Nick Sollecito – bass, organ, piano
  • Nick Crescenzo – drums, percussion
  • Pasquale T. Lannelli – alto, soprano, baritone and tenor saxophone, clarinet
  • Andrew Mericle – trumpet
  • Chris Baum, Sue Buzzard – violin
  • Anna Stromer – viola
  • Kim Lonetree – cello
  • Azia Crescenzo, Judy Crescenzo – vocals
  • Levi Audette, Mike Watts, Phil Crescenzo, Steve Haigler, Tom Flynn, Tom Happel – engineer
  • Anthony Augusta – engineer assistant
  • Mike Watts – mixing
  • Joe LaPorta – mastering
  • Cameron Thorne – design, typography
  • Lissy Elle Laricchia – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Casey Crescenzo.

  1. Bring You Down
  2. Whisper
  3. Shame
  4. An Escape
  5. Shouting at the Rain
  6. The Kiss of Life
  7. Girl
  8. Cycles
  9. Sweet Naiveté
  10. Let Go
  11. This Vicious Place
  12. Don’t Look Back

Stian Wasterhus & Pale Horses: Maelstrom

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On March 28, 2014, “Rune Gramofon” label released “Maelstrom”, the fourth Stian Wasterhus album, and the first one as Stian Westerhus & Pale Horses. It was recorded in 2013, at “Oslo Klang” in Oslo, Norway, and was produced by Stian Westerhus.

Personnel:

  • Stian Westerhus – vocals, guitars,  mellotron, piano, electronics, recording, mixing
  • Øystein Moen – synthesizers, mellotron, electronics
  • Erland Dahlen – drums, percussion
  • Johnny Skalleberg – recording, mixing
  • Helge Sten – mastering

Track listing

All tracks by Stian Westerhus.

1. Don’t Say That You Care

2. Nights and Sleepless Days

3. Bed on Fire

4. On and On

5. Times Like These

6. Chasing Hills

7. Maelstrom