Tag Archives: 2015

James Bay: Chaos And The Calm

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On March 23, 2015, “Republic Records” label released “Chaos and the Calm”, the debut James Bay album. It was recorded 2013 – 2014 in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Jacquire King. The album was certified Platinum in Denmark by “IFPI Denmark” and 2 x Platinum in UK by “BPI”.

Personnel:

  • James Bay – vocals, guitar, piano
  • Eli Beaird – bass
  • Ian Fitchuk – drums, keyboards, percussion
  • Eric Darken– percussion
  • Jonathan Yudkin– cello, viola

Track listing:

  1. Craving – James Bay, Iain Archer
  2. Hold Back the River – James Bay, Iain Archer
  3. Let It Go – James Bay, Paul Barry
  4. If You Ever Want to Be in Love – James Bay, Jimmy Hogarth, Steve McEwan
  5. Best Fake Smile – James Bay, Iain Archer
  6. When We Were on Fire – James Bay, Jon Green
  7. Move Together – James Bay, Jamie Hartman
  8. Scars – James Bay
  9. Collide – James Bay, Thomas EP Hull
  10. Get Out While You Can – James Bay, Ed Harcourt
  11. Need the Sun to Break – James Bay, Joel Pott
  12. Incomplete – James Bay, Jake Gosling, Chris Leonard

Iggy Pop: Post Pop Depression

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On March 18, 2016, “Caroline International” released “Post Pop Depression”, the eighteenth Iggy Pop studio album. It was recorded January – March 2015, at “Rancho De La Luna” in Joshua Tree, California, “Pink Duck Studios” in Burbank, California, and was produced by Josh Homme.

Personnel:

  • Iggy Pop— vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Josh Homme— vocals, guitar, bass, piano, synthesizers, mellotron, percussion
  • Dean Fertita— guitar, piano, synthesizers, bass guitar
  • Matt Helders— drums, percussion, tom-toms, shaker, backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Break Into Your Heart
  2. Gardenia
  3. American Valhalla
  4. In the Lobby
  5. Sunday
  6. Vulture
  7. German Days
  8. Chocolate Drops
  9. Paraguay

Primal Scream: Chaosmosis

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On March 18, 2016, “Ignition” label released “Chaosmosis”, the eleventh Primal Scream studio album. It was recorded in 2015, at “Das Bunker”, “Lynchmob Studio”, “Narcissus Studio” in London, “Diamond Mine Studio” in New York City, “INGRID Studios” in Stockholm, “Perfect Sound” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Bobby Gillespie, Andrew Innes and Björn Yttling.

Personnel:

  • Bobby Gillespie– vocals, synthesizer, design
  • Andrew Innes– guitar, loops, plug-ins, synthesizer, dulcimer, engineer
  • Martin Duffy– organ, piano, vibraphone
  • Jason Falkner– bass
  • John Eriksson– drums
  • Darrin Mooney– percussion, drums
  • Björn Yttling– synthesizer, celeste, piano
  • Jim Hunt – flute, saxophone
  • Deborah Chandler – cello
  • Christoffer Zachrisson – zither
  • Rachel Zeffira – vocals, backing vocals, viola, violin, Cor Anglais
  • Sky Ferreira– vocals
  • Alana Haim, Danielle Haim, Este Haim, Grace Cockell – backing vocals
  • Sophie Nevrkla – backing vocals
  • Hans Stenlund, Ross Matthews, Max Heyes, Gustav Lindelow, Brendan Lynch, Sean Kellet – engineer
  • Joe Harrison – engineer assistant
  • Lasse Mårtén – mixing
  • Jim Lambie– artwork
  • Matthew Cooper – design
  • Mick Hutson – original photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Bobby Gillespie and Andrew Innes, except where noted.

  1. Trippin’ on Your Love
  2. (Feeling Like A) Demon Again – Bobby Gillespie, Andrew Innes, Björn Yttling
  3. I Can Change
  4. 100% or Nothing
  5. Private Wars
  6. Where the Light Gets In
  7. When the Blackout Meets the Fallout
  8. Carnival of Fools – Bobby Gillespie, Andrew Innes, Björn Yttling
  9. Golden Rope
  10. Autumn in Paradise – Bobby Gillespie, Andrew Innes, Björn Yttling

Will Butler: Policy

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On March 10, 2015, “Merge” label released “Policy”, the debut Will Butler solo album. It was recorded in 2016, at “Electric Lady Studios” and was produced by Will Butler.

Personnel:

  • Will Butler– guitar, vocals, bass
  • Jeremy Gara– drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Will Butler, except where noted.

  1. Take My Side
  2. Anna
  3. Finish What I Started
  4. Son of God
  5. Something’s Coming
  6. What I Want
  7. Sing to Me
  8. Witness

of Montreal: Aureate Gloom

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On March 3, 2015, “Polyvinyl” label released “Aureate Gloom”, the thirteenth of Montreal studio album. It was recorded in 2014, and was produced by Kevin Barnes.

Personnel:

  • Kevin Barnes- vocals, guitars
  • Bennett Lewis – guitars
  • Jojo Glidewell – keys, synth
  • Bob Parins – bass, clarinet
  • Clayton Rychlik – vocals, drums, percussion, clarinet
  • Kishi Bashi – vocals, strings

Track listing:

All tracks written by Kevin Barnes.

  1. Bassem Sabry
  2. Last Rites At The Jane Hotel
  3. Empyrean Abattoir
  4. Aluminum Crown
  5. Virgilian Lots
  6. Monolithic Egress
  7. Apollyon Of Blue Room
  8. Estocadas
  9. Chthonian Dirge For Uruk The Other
  10. Like Ashoka’s Inferno Of Memory

Animal Collective: Painting With

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On February 19, 2016, “Domino” label released “Painting With”, the tenth Animal Collective studio album. It was recorded in 2015, at “EastWest Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Sonny DiPerri, Noah Lennox, David Portner and Brian Weitz.

Personnel:

  • Panda Bear (Noah Lennox)
  • Avey Tare (David Portner)
  • Geologist (Brian Weitz)
  • John Cale– drone
  • Colin Stetson – saxophone
  • Sonny DiPerri – recording, mixing
  • Brendan Dekora, Jeremy Miller – engineer assistant
  • Remi Barbot – mixing assistant
  • Dave Cooley – mastering
  • Brian DeGraw – artwork
  • Rob Carmichael – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Noah Lennox, David Portner and Brian Weitz.

  1. FloriDada
  2. Hocus Pocus
  3. Vertical
  4. Lying in the Grass
  5. The Burglars
  6. Natural Selection
  7. Bagels in Kiev
  8. On Delay
  9. Spilling Guts
  10. Summing the Wretch
  11. Golden Gal
  12. Recycling

Mavis Staple: Livin’ On A High Note

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On February 19, 2016, “Epitaph” label released “Livin’ on a High Note”, the Mavis Staples studio album. It was recorded in August 2015, at “Agoura Borealis” in Agoura Hills, California, “Kingsize” in Los Angeles, and “CRC” in Chicago, and was produced by Matthew Ward.

Personnel:

  • Mavis Staples – vocals
  • Donny Gerrard – vocals
  • Rick Holmstrom – guitar
  • Tucker Martine – tambourine, mixing
  • Matthew Ward – guitars, organ, synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Jeff Turmes – bass
  • Stephen Hodges – drums
  • Alex Budman – tenor saxophone, flute
  • David Moyer – baritone saxophone
  • Sean Billings – trumpet
  • Nathaniel Walcott – trumpet, clavinet, horn arrangements
  • Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews – trumpet, trombone
  • Humberto Ruiz – trombone
  • Vicki Randle – backing vocals
  • Pierre de Reeder, Josh Kvale, Mat Lejeune – engineer
  • Adam Ayan – mastering
  • Masaki Koike – art direction, design

Track listing:

  1. Take Us Back – Benjamin Booker
  2. Love and Trust – Ben Harper
  3. If It’s a Light – Charity Rose Thielen
  4. Action – Merrill Garbus
  5. High Note – Valerie June
  6. Don’t Cry – Matthew Ward
  7. Tomorrow – Jon Batiste, Aloe Blacc
  8. Dedicated – Justine Vernon, Matthew Ward
  9. History Now – Neko Case, Donny Gerrard, Laura Veirs
  10. One Love – Aaron Livingston
  11. Jesus Lay Down Beside Me – Nick Cave
  12. MLK Song – Martin Luther King Jr., Matthew Ward

The Mavericks: Mono

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On February 17, 2015, “Valory” label released “Mono”, the eighth Mavericks (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2014, and was produced by Niko Bolas and Raul Malo.

Personnel:

  1. Raul Malo – vocals, guitars
  2. Eddie Perez – guitars
  3. Jerry Dale McFadden – vocals, keyboards
  4. Paul Deakin – drums

Track listing:

  1. All Night Long – Raul Malo
  2. Summertime (When I’m with You) – Raul Malo
  3. Pardon Me – Raul Malo, Allan Miller
  4. What Am I supposed to Do – Raul Malo
  5. Stones We Could Tell – Raul Malo, Wally Wilson
  6. What You Do to Me – Raul malo, Alan Miller
  7. Let It Rain (Over Me) – Raul Malo
  8. The Only Question Is – Raul Malo
  9. Out the Door – Raul Malo
  10. (Waiting For) The World to End – Raul Malo, Alan Miller
  11. Fascinate Me – Raul Malo, Jerry Dale McFadden
  12. Nitty Gritty – Doug Sahm

DIIV: Is The Is Are

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On February 5, 2016, “Captured Tracks” label released “Is the Is Are”, the second DIIV studio album. It was recorded in 2015, at “Strange Weather Recording Studio” and “The Bunker Studio”  in Brooklyn, and was produced by Zachary Cole Smith.

Personnel:

  • Zachary Cole Smith– vocals, guitars, bass guitar, drums, mixing, art arrangements
  • Devin Ruben Perez – bass guitar
  • Ben Wolf – drums
  • Colby Hewitt – drums
  • Colin Caulfield – drums, harmony arrangements
  • Sky Ferreira– vocals
  • Daniel Schlett – recording, additional mixing
  • Kurt Feldman – additional mixing, additional recording, , mixing
  • Jacob Portrait – mixing
  • Alex DeTurk – mastering
  • Joji Nakamura, Bizaroïds (Frederick Deming) – artwork
  • Hidemasa Miyake – photography
  • Ryan McCardle, Pam, Will – art arrangements

Track listing:

  1. Out of Mind
  2. Under the Sun
  3. Bent (Roi’s Song)
  4. Dopamine
  5. Blue Boredom (Sky’s Song)
  6. Valentine
  7. Yr Not Far
  8. Take Your Time
  9. Is the Is Are
  10. Mire (Grant’s Song)
  11. Incarnate Devil
  12. (Fuck)
  13. Healthy Moon
  14. Loose Ends
  15. (Napa)
  16. Dust
  17. Waste of Breath

Field Music: Commontime

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On February 5, 2016, “Memphis Industries Records” label released “Commontime”, the sixth Field Music studio album. It was recorded in 2015, at “FMHQ”, and was produced by Peter Brewis and David Brewis.

Personnel:

  • Peter Brewis
  • David Brewis
  • Andrew Moore – keyboards
  • Pete Fraser – saxophone
  • Simon Dennis – trumpets
  • Ed Cross, Josephine Montgomery – violin
  • Chrissie Slater – viola
  • Ele Leckie – cello
  • Liz Corney, Jennie Brewis – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by David Brewis and Peter Brewis.

  1. The Noisy Days Are Over
  2. Disappointed
  3. But Not for You
  4. I’m Glad
  5. Don’t You Want to Know What’s Wrong?
  6. How Should I Know If You’ve Changed?
  7. Trouble at the Lights
  8. They Want You to Remember
  9. It’s a Good Thing
  10. The Morning Is Waiting
  11. Indeed It Is
  12. That’s Close Enough for Now
  13. Same Name
  14. Stay Awake