On May 21, 2013, Trevor Bolder died aged 62. He was musician (bass, trumpet), singer, songwriter and producer, who has recorded and performed with Cybernauts, Dana Gillespie, Ken Hensley, Mick Ronson, Uriah Heep and Wishbone Ash, but he was best known for his work with David Bowie, especially as member of the legendary Spiders from Mars band.
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Visage: Hearts and Knives
On May 20, 2013, “Blitz Club” label released “Hearts and Knives”, the fourth Visage studio album. It was recorded 2012-2013, and was produced by John Bryan and Sare Havlicek. “Hearts and Knives” was the band’s first album of new material in 29 years.
Personnel:
- Steve Strange– vocals
- Robin Simon– guitar
- Dave Formula– keyboards
- Mick MacNeil– keyboards
- Logan Sky – keyboards
- Rich Mowatt – keyboards
- Lauren Duvall – vocals
- John Bryan – additional backing vocals
- Steve Barnacle – bass
- Sare Havlicek – keyboards, drums
- “Wildcat” Will Blanchard – drums
- Nigel Summers – additional guitar
Track listing:
- Never Enough
- Shameless Fashion
- She’s Electric (Coming Around)
- Hidden Sign
- On We Go
- Dreamer I Know
- Lost in Static
- I Am Watching
- Diaries of a Madman
- Breathe Life
Coldplay: Ghost Stories
On May 16, 2014, “Parlaphone” label released “Ghost Stories”, the sixth Coldplay studio album. It was recorded 2013-2014 at “The Bakery and “The Beehive “in London, and was produced by Avicii, Paul Epworth, Daniel Green, Jon Hopkins, Rik Simpson, Guy Berryman, Johnny Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin.
Personnel:
- Chris Martin- lead vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, synthesizer
- Jonny Buckland- electric guitar, slide guitar, synthesizer, piano
- Guy Berryman- bass guitar, synthesizer, piano
- Will Champion- drum pad, percussion, reactable, backing vocals
- Timbaland– extra drums
- Apple Martin, Moses Martin, Mabel Krichefski – additional vocals
- John Metcalfe – strings arrangement, conductor
- Davide Rossi– individual arrangement and strings
- Tim Bergling(Avicii) – piano
- Jon Hopkins– extra magic
- Geoff Swan – assistant
- Mike Dean– extra magic
- Madeon– extra magic
- Olga Fitzroy – engineer
- Matt Wiggins – engineer
- Jaime Sickora – engineer
- Chris Owens – engineer
- Joe Visciano – engineer
- Daniel Green – mixing
- Rik Simpson– mixing
- Mark “Spike” Stent– mixing
- Ted Jensen– mastering
- Tom Bailey – additional studio assistance
- Fiona Cruickshank – additional studio assistance
- Nicolas Essig – additional studio assistance
- Jeff Gartenbaum – additional studio assistance
- Christian Green – additional studio assistance
- Joseph Hartwell Jones – additional studio assistance
- Pablo Hernandez – additional studio assistance
- Neil Lambert – additional studio assistance
- Matt McGinn – additional studio assistance
- Adam Miller – additional studio assistance
- Roxy Pope – additional studio assistance
- John Prestage – additional studio assistance
- Bill Rahko – additional studio assistance
- Kyle Stevens – additional studio assistance
- Mila Fürstová – artwork
- Tappin Gofton – design, art direction
- Phil Harvey– photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, and Chris Martin, except A Sky Full of Stars co-written by Tim Bergling.
- Always in My Head
- Magic
- Ink
- True Love
- Midnight
- Another’s Arm
- Oceans
- A Sky Full of Stars
- O (Fly On)
Vampire Weekend: Modern Vampire of the City
On May 14, 2013, “XL” label released “Modern Vampires of the City”, the third Vampire Weekend album. It was recorded in 2013, at “Downtown Studios” in New York City; “Echo Park Back House”, “Vox Studios” in Los Angeles; “Slow Death Studios” in Burbank, and was produced by Rostam Batmanglij. “Modern Vampires of the City” was ranked at number 1 on “Rolling Stone’s” list of the “50 Best Albums of 2013”, and at number one of “Pop Matter’s” list of “The 75 Best Albums of 2013”.
Personnel:
- Ezra Koenig– lead vocals, piano
- Rostam Batmanglij – lead vocals, harmony and backing vocals, piano, guitars, banjo, drum and synth programming, keyboards, shaker
- Chris Baio– bass
- Chris Tomson– drums
- Ariel Rechtshaid– additional drum and synth programming, additional bass, engineer
- Jeff Curtin – additional drums, engineer
- Brendan Ryan – accordion
- Adam Schatz – saxophone
- Johnny Cuomo – flistle
- Danny T. Levin – trumpet
- Elizabeth Lea – trombone
- Seth Shafer – tuba
- Angel Deradoorian– backing vocals, additional vocal arrangement
- Fanny Franklin – backing vocals
Track listing:
All lyrics by Ezra Koenig, except where noted. All music by Rostam Batmanglij and Ezra Koenig, except where noted.
- Obvious Bicycle
- Unbelievers – music by Ezra Koenig
- Step
- Diane Young
- Don’t Lie – lyrics by Ezra Koenig and Rostam Batmanglij
- Hannah Hunt
- Everlasting Arms
- Finger Back
- Worship You
- Ya Hey – music Rostam Batmanglij, Ezra Koenig, Ariel Rechtshaid
- Hudson – music by Rostam Batmanglij, Ezra Koenig, and Chris Tomson
- Young Lion – music and lyrics by Rostam Batmanglij
Lykke Li: I Never Learn
On May 2, 2014, “LL Recordings” label released “I Never Learn”, the third Lykke Li studio album. It was recorded in 2013, at “Ingrid”, “Studio Spegeln”, ”Music & Words”, “Decibel Studios” in Stockholm, Sweden, “Echo Studio”, “Sonora Recorders” in Los Angeles, California, “The Green Building” in Santa Monica, California, and was produced by Greg Kurstin, Lasse Mårtén, Lykke Li and Björn Yttling.
Personnel:
- Lykke Li– vocals, harmonies
- Bjorn Yttling– acoustic guitar, electric bass, Mellotron, percussion, piano, production, recording, sitar, Taurus, zither
- Thomas Tjärnkvist – electric guitar
- Rick Nowels– acoustic guitar, recording
- Anders Pettersson – electric guitar, steel guitar
- Calle Olsson – synthesizer
- Greg Kurstin– bass, drums, electric guitar, guitar, keyboards, Mellotron, Orchestron, organ, percussion, piano, recording
- Lars Skoglund – drums, percussion
- John Eriksson– percussion
- Erik Arvinder – violin
- Ketil Solberg – violin
- Conny Lindgren – violin
- Andreas Forsman – violin
- Erik Holm – viola
- Christopher Öhman – viola
- Leo Svensson – cello
- Cecilia Linné – cello
- Mariam Wallentin – vocals
- Andrea Thomas – choir
- Talitha Manor – choir
- Lasse Mårtén – percussion, drum programming, recording, mixing
- Vincent Brantley – choir
- Katherine Dancy – choir
- Sean Dancy – choir
- Yolanda Dancy – choir
- Brandon Hampton – choir
- Amanda Hollingby Matsson– additional vocals
- Laura Sisk – recording
- Kieron Menzies – recording
- Julian Burg – recording
- Alex Pasco – recording
- Nille Perned – recording
- Gustav Lindelöw – recording
- Hans Stenlund – recording
- Trevor Yasuda – recording
- Ted Jensen– mastering
- Karl Lindman – art direction
- Brendan Dunne – design
- Josh Olins – photography
Track listing:
All lyrics by Lykke Li; all music by Lykke Li and Björn Yttling except where noted.
- I Never Learn
- No Rest for the Wicked
- Just Like a Dream
- Silver Line – Lykke Li, Rick Nowels, Bjorn Yttling, Greg Kurstin
- Gunshot – Lykke Li, Rick Nowels, Bjorn Yttling
- Love Me Like I’m Not Made of Stone – Lykke Li, Rick Nowels, Bjorn Yttling
- Never Gonna Love Again
- Heart of Steel – Lykke Li, Rick Nowels, Bjorn Yttling
- Sleeping Alone
Airborne Toxic Event: Such Hot Blood
On April 30, 2013, “Island” label released “Such Hot Blood”, the third Airborne Toxic Event studio album. It was recorded in 2013, and was produced by Jacquire King.
Personnel:
- Mikel Jollett – vocals, guitar, keyboards
- Steven Chen – lead guitar, keyboards
- Anna Bulbrook – keyboards, viola, backing vocals
- Noah Harmon – bass
- Daren Taylor – drums
- Brad Bivens – engineer
- Jacquire King – enigineer, mixing
- Bill Mims – engineer, assistant
- Richard Dodd – mastering
- Alex Haidi – design, illustrations, photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Mikel Jollett, except where noted.
- The Secret
- Timeless
- What’s In a Name?
- The Storm – Mikel Jollett, Noah Hamon
- Safe
- Bride & Groom
- True Love – Mikel Jollett, Noah Hamon
- This Is London
- The Fifth Day
- Elizabeth
Blur: The Magic Whip
On April 27, 2015, “Parlaphone” label released “The Magic Whip”, the eighth Blur studio album. It was recorded May 2013-November 2014-January 2015, at “Avon Studios” in Hong Kong and “Studio 13” in London, and was produced by Stephen Street, Graham Coxon and Damon Albarn.
Personnel:
- Damon Albarn– vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, acoustic guitar, iPad
- Graham Coxon– co-lead and backing vocals, electric guitar
- Alex James– bass guitar
- Dave Rowntree– drums, percussion, backing vocals
- Stephen Street– saxophones, programming, percussion, drum machine, mixing
- James Dring – programming
- Demon Strings– orchestration
- Stephen Sedgwick – recording
- Drew Smith – engineer assistant
- Jasper Dent – engineer assistant
- Armic Tang – engineer assistant
- Lee Wai MIng – engineer assistant
- John Davis – mastering
- Tony Hung – art direction, design
Track listing:
All tracks by Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree.
- Lonesome Street
- New World Towers
- Go Out
- Ice Cream Man
- Thought I Was a Spaceman
- I Broadcast
- My Terracotta Heart
- There Are Too Many of Us
- Ghost Ship
- Pyongyang
- Ong Ong
- Mirrorball
Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Mosquito
On April 12, 2013, “Interscope” label released “Mosquito”, the fourth Yeah Yeah Yeahs studio album. It was recorded 2012-2013, at “DFA Studios”; “Stratosphere Sound” in New York City, “Sonic Ranch” in Tornillo, Texas, “The Square” in London, “Squeak E. Clean Studios” in Echo Park, California, and was produced by Nick Launay, James Murphy, David Andrew Sitek and Sam Spiegel.
Personnel:
- Karen O– vocals, bass, keyboards, design concept
- Nick Zinner– vocal, guitar, bass, keyboards, mixing
- David Andrew Sitek– bass, engineer, recording
- Brian Chase – vocal, drums, cymbal, percussion
- Money Mark– keyboards
- Debra Barsha – choir vocal arrangements
- Michael McElroy – choir leader
- Danielle Chambers – choir
- Shayna Cook – choir
- Bradley Dean – choir
- Laura Dean – choir
- Lucia Giannetta – choir
- Renee Goldsberry – choir
- Tanesha Gray – choir
- Danielle L. Greaves – choir
- Marva Hicks– choir
- Zonya Johnson – choir
- Chelsea Krombach – choir
- Adriane Lenox – choir
- Lisa Lynne Mathis – choir
- Travis Morin – choir
- Virginia Woodruff – choir
- Jesse Nager – choir
- Octagon– vocals
- John Eric Parker – choir
- Desiree Rodriguez – choir
- Eliseo Roman – choir
- Michael Seelbach – choir
- Beomsik Shimbe Shim – artwork
- James Murphy– engineer, recording
- Zeph Sowers – engineer, recording
- Sam Spiegel– engineer, recording
- Manuel Calderon – engineer
- Nick Launay– engineer, recording
- Abby Echiverri – engineer, mixing
- Wes Fontenot – engineer, mixing
- Charles Godfrey – engineer assistant
- Nathan Eldridge – engineer assistant
- Matt Foster – engineer assistant
- Rudyard Lee Cullers – engineer assistant
- Atom – engineer assistant
- Matt Thornley – engineer assistant
- Craig Silvey – mixing
- Eduardo de la Paz – mixing assistant
- Greg Calbi – mastering
- Julian Gross – design, layout
- Dan Martensen – back cover photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Karen O, Nick Zinner and Brian Chase.
- Sacrilege
- Subway
- Mosquito
- Under the Earth
- Slave
- These Paths
- Area 52
- Buried Alive
- Always
- Despair
- Wedding Song
Big Country: The Journey
On April 8, 2013, “Cherry Red Records” label released “The Journey”, the ninth Big Country studio album. It was recorded 2012-2013 at Wrexham, and was produced by Mark Brzezicki, Derek Forbes, Mike Peters, Bruce Watson and Jamie Watson.
Personnel:
- Mike Peters- lead vocals, acoustic guitar
- Bruce Watson- guitar, stylophone, vacuum cleaner, e-bow, design
- Jamie Watson – guitar, mandolin, backing vocals
- Derek Forbes- bass guitar, guitar theremin, keyboards, backing vocals
- Mark Brzezicki- drums, percussion, backing vocals
- Andrea Wright – engineer, mixing
- Mike Cave – mastering
- Jack Andrade – design
- Helen Lonsdale-Robinson – design
- Andy Labrow – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Mark Brzezicki, Butler, Mike Peters, Bruce Watson and Jamie Watson, except where noted.
- In a Broken Promise Land
- The Journey
- After the Flood – Mark Brzezicki, Mike Peters, Bruce Watson, Jamie Watson
- Hurt – Mark Brzezicki, Butler, Mike Peters, Bruce Watson, Jamie Watson
- Home of the Brave – Mark Brzezicki, Butler, Mike Peters, Bruce Watson and Jamie Watson
- Angels & Promises
- Strong (All Through This Land)
- Last Ship Sails
- Return
- Winter Fire
- Hall & Farewell – Mark Brzezicki, Butler, Mike Peters, Bruce Watson and Jamie Watson
The Flaming Lips: The Terror
On April 1, 2013, “Warner Bros” label released “The Terror”, the thirteenth Flaming Lips (The) studio album. It was recorded February–April 2012 at “Tarbox Road Studios” in Cassadaga, and “Pink Floor Studios” in Oklahoma City, and was produced by Wayne Coyne, Michael Ivins, Steven Drozd, Kliph Scurlock, Derek Brown, Dave Fridmann and Scott Booker.
Personnel:
- Wayne Coyne– vocals, guitar, synthesizers
- Derek Brown – guitar, keyboards
- Steven Drozd– vocals, guitar, keyboards, synthesizers, drums
- Michael Ivins– bass guitar, keyboards
- Kliph Scurlock– drums, percussion
- Phantogram– additional vocals
- Dave Fridmann– recording, mixing, mastering
- Michael Ivins – additional engineering
- Mack Hawkins – additional engineering, recording, mixing
- George Salisbury – layout, design
Track listing:
All tracks by Wayne Coyne, Michael Ivins, Steven Drozd, Kliph Scurlock and Derek Brown.
- .The Sun is Rising
- Be Free A Way
- Try to Explain
- You Lust
- The Terror
- You Are Alone
- Butterfly, How Long It Takes to Die
- Turning Violet
- Always There..in Our Heads
