On November 6, 2015, “Night Time Stories” label released “The Universe Smiles Upon You”, the debut Khruangbin album. It was recorded in 2015, and was produced by Steve Christensen and Mark Speer.
Personnel:
Mark Speer – vocals, guitar, percussion
Laura Lee – vocals, bass
Donald “DJ” Johnson – drums
Wilhelm Van Horn – pedal steel guitar
Track listing:
All tracks are written by Laura Lee and Mark Speer, except where noted.
On October 16, 2015, “Inside Out Music” label released “Bloom”, the third Caligula’s Horse studio album. It was recorded in 2015, at “Luna Audio Studios” in Gold Coast, and at Sam Vallen’s studio, and was produced by Sam Vallen.
Personnel:
Jim Grey – vocals
Sam Vallen – guitar, engineer, mixing
Zac Greensill – guitar
Dave Couper – bass
Geoff Irish – drums
Holly Terrens – piano
Chris Stevenson-Mangos – artwork
Stefanie Vallen – artwork assistance, photography
Brendan Anthony – mixing
Jens Bogren – mastering
Track listing:
All tracks by Jim Grey and Sam Vallen, except where noted.
On August 29, 2015, “Liberation Music”, label released “30:30 Hindsight”, the fifteenth Jimmy Barnes studio album. The album contains 17 new recordings and 13 classic Jimmy Barnes tracks spanning his solo career. It was recorded 1984 – 2014, at “Freight Train Studios”, “Revolver Studios”, “Addiction Sound”, “Studio at the Palms” and “Studio Guillaume Tell”, and was produced by David Kalmusky, Jonathan Cain, Kevin Shirley, Steven Van Zandt and Bernard Fanning.
Personnel:
Jimmy Barnes – lead and backing vocals
Mahalia Barnes – lead and backing vocals
Bernard Fanning – vocal, acoustic guitar
Steve Sheehan – acoustic guitar
Steven van Zandt – guitar, backing vocals
Ian Moss – guitar
Ben Rodgers – guitar
Chris Cheney – guitar, backing vocals
Danny Spencer – guitar
Dave Leslie – guitar
Davey Lane – guitar
Franco Raggatt – guitar
Joe Bonamassa – guitar, slide guitar
Jon Toogood – guitar
Keith Urban – vocal, guitar
Mark Lizotte – guitar
Neal Schon – guitar
Phil Knight – guitar
Stuart Fraser – guitar
Tom Bukovac – guitar
Jon Stevens – vocal, steel guitar
Brad Whitford – rhythm guitar
Jimmy Mantingly – mandolin
Jonathan Cain – piano, keyboards
Lachian Doley – piano, keyboards
Arian Schierbaum – keyboards
Howard Duck – Hammond organ
Ben Rodgers – bass
Dario Bortolin – bass
John Dymond – bass
Karl Kippenberger – bass
Michael Hegerty – bass
Michael Menell – bass
Michael Rhodes – bass
Scott Owen – bass
Jackie Barnes – drums, backing vocals
Andy Strachan – drums
Anton Fig – drums
Tom Larkin – drums
Mick Skelton – drums
Greg Morrow – drums
Dave Hibbard – drums
Charley Drayton – drums
Lenny Castro – percussion
Charlie Owen – dobro
David Woodford – saxophone
Lee Thornburg – trumpet
David Campbell – vocal
Jon Toogood – vocal
Matk Lizotte – vocal
Suze Demarchi – vocal
Tina Arena – vocal
Troy Cassar Daley – vocal
Doug Henthorn, Eliza Jane Barnes, Jane Barnes, Elly May Barnes, Gary Pinto, Jade MacRae, Juanita Tippins, Ruby Rogers, Scot Hull – backing vocals
Jeff Bova – orchestration
David Nicholas – engineer
Jared Kvitka – engineer
Jean Paul Fung – engineer
Mark Gray – engineer
Nick Didia – engineer
Dennis Caribaux – engineer
James Freeman – engineer
Nick Kallstrom – engineer
Pal Thrall – engineer
Ethan Berrette – engineer
Sean Astill – engineer
Zachary Miller – engineer
Track listing:
Lay Down Your Guns – featuring The Living End
Time Will Tell – featuring Baby Animals
Good Times – featuring Keith Urban
Ride the Night Away – featuring Steven Van Zandt
Stand Up – featuring Mahalia Barnes and the Soul Mates
I’d Die to Be with You Tonight – featuring Diesel
Stone Cold – featuring Tina Arena and Joe Bonamassa
Working Class Man – featuring Jonathan Cain and Ian Moss
Going Down Alone – featuring Jonathan Cain, Joe Bonamassa and Meal Schon
Love and Hate – featuring Shihad
No Second Prize – featuring The Family Choir
I’d Rather Be Blind – featuring Jon Stevens
When Your Love is Gone – featuring Ruby Rodgers and The Tin Lids
Too Much Ain’t Enough Love – featuring Joe Bonamassa
I’m Still on Your Side – featuring Bernard Fanning
Walk On – featuring David Campbell
The Other Kind – Troy Cassar Daley
1984 – 2010
No Second Prize
Daylight
Working Class Man
Driving Wheels
Let’s Make It Last All Night
Love Is Enough
When Something Is Wrong with My Baby – featuring John Farnham
On July 29, 2016, “Independent” label released the self-titled, third Anarbor studio album. It was recorded September 2015 – April 2016, and was produced by Matt Keller.
On July 15, 2016, “Dot Records” label released “We’re All Somebody from Somewhere”, the debut Steven Tyler studio album. It was recorded 2015 – 2016, at “Bell Tone Studios”, “Benchmark Sound Studios”, “House of Blues Studios”, “The Village Studios”, “Maverick Studios”, “Jingle Punk Studios”, “Ladybug Studios”, “Poppy Studios”, “Sienna Recordings Studios”, “The Barn Studio”, “Hound’s Ear Studio”, “Sound Stage Studio” and “Starstruck Studios”. and was produced by Steven Tyler, T Bone Burnett, Marti Frederiksen, Jaren Johnston, Jeff Peters, Poo Bear, Jared Gutstadt, Dann Huff and Luke Silas.
Personnel:
Steven Tyler – vocals
Loving Mary Band
Marti Frederiksen – guitar, bass, drums
Suzie McNeil – vocal
Rebecca Lynn Howard – vocal
Andrew Mactaggart – guitar
Elisha Hoffman – drums
Sarah Tomek – drums
Roger Alan Nichols – engineer
Ted Jensen – mastering
Gavin Lurssen – remastering
Michael Cersosimo – design
Andrew Ross, Rick Hicks, Zane Peterson, Katrina McNaughton – graphics
George Holz, Zach Whitford – photography
Brianna Steinitz, Ivy Skoff, Kari Smith, Laurel Kittleson, Mike Griffith – production coordinator
Track listing:
My Own Worst Enemy – Steven Tyler, Brad Warren, Brett Warren
We’re All Somebody from Somewhere – Steven Tyler, Jaren Johnston
Hold On (Won’t Let Go) – Steven Tyler, Jason Boyd, Jared Gutstadt, Jeff Peters
It Ain’t Easy – Steven Tyler, Cary Barlowe, Nathan Barlowe, Hillary Lindsey
Love Is Your Name – Lindsey Lee, Eric Paslay
I Make My Own Sunshine – Alyssa Bonagura
Gypsy Girl – Steven Tyler, Ross Copperman, David Hodges
Somebody New – Steven Tyler, Brett James, Hillary Lindsey, Troy Verges
Only Heaven – Steven Tyler, Rhett Akins, Chris DeStefano
The Good, the Bad, the Ugly & Me – Steven Tyler, Brad Warren, Brett Warren
Red, White & You – Steven Tyler, Nathan Barlowe, Levi Hummon, Jon Vella
Sweet Louisiana – Steven Tyler, Nathan Barlowe, Cari Barlowe, Hillary Lindsey
What Am I Doin’ Right – Steven Tyler, Brad Warren, Brett Warren
On June 5, 2015, “Warner Bros” label released “Drones”, the seventh Muse studio album. It was recorded October 2014 – April 2015, at “The Warehouse” in Vancouver, “Officine Meccaniche” in Milan, and was produced by Robert John “Mutt” Lange, Matt Bellamy, Chris Wolstenholme and Dominic Howard.
Personnel:
Matt Bellamy – lead vocals, guitars, piano, keyboards, arrangements
Chris Wolstenholme – bass, backing vocals
Dominic Howard – drums
Will Leon Thompson – dialogue
Michael Shiloah – dialogue
John F. Kennedy – recorded dialogue of April 1961 Secret Societies speech
Alessandro Cortini – modular synthesizers
Edoardo De Angelis – concertmaster, violin
Sarah Cross – violin
Freiherr von Dellingshausen – violin
Anna Minella – violin
Elia Mariani – violin
Gian Guerra – violin
Gian Lodigiani – violin
Gianmaria Bellisario – violin
Marco Corsini – violin
Michelle Torresetti – violin
Tommaso Belli – violin
Valerio D’Ercole – violin
Maria Lucchi – viola
Serena Palozzi – viola
Valentina Emilio Eria – viola
Andrea Scacchi – cello
Eliana Gintoli – cello
Francesco Sacco – cello
Martina Rudic – cello
Linati Omar – contrabass
Massimo Clavenna – contrabass
Audrey Riley – string arrangements, conductor
Robert John “Mutt” Lange – backing vocals
Olle “Sven” Romo – additional programming
Tommaso Colliva – additional production, engineer
Adam Greenholtz – additional engineering
Eric Mosher – engineer assistant
Giuseppe Salvadori – engineer assistant
Jacopo Dorici – engineer assistant
John Prestage – engineer assistant
Tom Bailey – engineer assistant
Rich Costey – additional production, mixing
Marlo Borgatta – mixing assistant
Giovanni Versari – mastering
Bob Ludwig – mastering
Matt Colton – mastering
Durand Trench – dialogue recording
Matt Mahurin – art direction, illustration, package design
Track listing:
All tracks by Matt Bellamy, except where noted.
Dead Inside
Drill Sergeant
Psycho
Mercy
Reapers
The Handler
JFK
Defector
Revolt
Aftermath
The Globalist – Matt Bellamy, Edward Elgar
Drones – Matt Bellamy, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
On April 15, 2016, “Laser’s Edge” label released “Pretending 2 Run”, the sixth Tiles studio album. It was recorded in 2015, and was produced by Terry Brown.
Personnel:
Paul Rarick – lead and backing vocals
Chris Herin – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, banjo, keyboards, trumpet
Jeff Whittle – vocals, bass guitar, fretless bass, keyboards
Mike Stern – lead guitar
Kim Mitchell – lead guitar
Adam Holzman – keyboards
Kevin Chown – additional bass
Mark Evans – drums, percussion
Ian Anderson – flute
Mike Portnoy – additional drums
Max Portnoy – additional drums
Colin Edwin – programming, loops
Terry Brown – mixing
Peter J. Moore – mastering
Track listing:
All tracks by Chris Herin, except where noted.
Pretending to Run – lyrics by Chris Herin, music by Chris Herin, Jeff Whittle
Shelter in Place
Stonewall
Voir Dire – Chris Herin, Jeff Whittle
Drops of Rain
Taken by Surprise – lyrics by Chris Herin, music Chris Herin, Jeff Whittle, Mark Evans
Refugium
Small Fire Burning – lyrics by Chris Herin, Jeff Whittle
Midwinter – lyrics by Chris Herin, music by Chris Herin, Jeff Whittle
Weightless – lyrics by Chris Herin, music by Chris Herin, Jeff Whittle
Friend of Foe
Battle Weary
Meditatio
Other Arrangements – Adam Holzman
The Disappearing Floor – lyrics by Chris Herin, music by Chris Herin, Mark Evans
On April 13, 2016, “Cooking Vinyl” label released “Bonxie”, the third and final Stornoway studio album. It was recorded in 2015, at “Bank Cottage Studio”, “Moles Studio”, “Great Wolford Church”, and was produced by Gil Norton, Brian Briggs, John Ouin, Oli Steadman and Rob Steadman.
Personnel:
Brian Briggs – vocals, guitar
John Ouin – keyboards
Oli Steadman – bass
Rob Steadman – drums, artwork
Dan Austin – Engineer
George Shilling – engineer, mixing
Craig Potter – mixing
Pete Maher – mastering
Track listing:
All lyrics by Brian Briggs, all music by Brian Briggs, John Ouin, Oli Steadman and Rob Steadman.
On April 13, 2015, “14th Floor” label released “Glitterbug”, the third Wombats (The) studio album. It was recorded 2014 – 2015, and was produced by Matthew Murphy, Dan Haggis, Tord Øverland Knudsen, Mark Crew and Eric Valentine.
Personnel:
Matthew Murphy – lead vocals, guitars, keyboards
Dan Haggis – drums, percussion, keyboards, guitars, backing vocals
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