Tag Archives: 2016

Whit Dickey, Mat Maneri, and Matthew Shipp: Vessel in Orbit

On March 24, 2017, “Aum Fidelity” label released “Vessel in Orbit”, album by Whit Dickey, Mat Maneri, and Matthew Shipp. It was recorded March 2016, at “Park West” in Brooklyn, and was produced by Whit Dickey.

Personnel:

  • Matthew Shipp– piano
  • Mat Maneri– viola
  • Whit Dickey– drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Whit Dickey, Mat Maneri and Matthew Shipp.

  1. Spaceship 9
  2. Space Walk
  3. Dark Matter
  4. Galaxy 9
  5. Turbulence
  6. To a Lost Comrade
  7. Space Strut
  8. Hyperspatial

Mount Eerie: A Crow Looked at Me

On March 24, 2017, “P.W. Elverum & Sun” label released “A Crow Looked at Me”, the eighth Mount Eerie (Phil Elverum solo project) studio album. It was recorded August – December 2016, and was produced by Phil Elverum.

Personnel:

  • Phil Elverum – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bass, piano, drum machine, accordion, synthesizer, mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Phil Elverum.

  1. Real Death
  2. Seaweed
  3. Ravens
  4. Forest Fire
  5. Swims
  6. My Chasm
  7. When I Take Out the Garbage at Night
  8. Emptiness pt. 2
  9. Toothbrush/Trash
  10. Soria Moria
  11. Crow

Spoon: Hot Thoughts

On March 17, 2017, “Matador Records” label released “Hot Thoughts”, the ninth Spoon studio album. It was recorded in 2016, at “Tarbox Road Studios” in Cassadaga, New York, “Public Hi-Fi” in Austin, Texas, “Catacomb Recording Company” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Dave Fridmann, Britt Daniel, Jim Eno, Alex Fischel and Rob Pope.

Personnel:

  • Britt Daniel– vocals, guitars, keys, piano, percussion, bass, design
  • Alex Fischel – keyboards, piano, guitars, percussion
  • Rob Pope– bass, percussion
  • Jim Eno– drums, percussion, keys
  • Stephen Patterson – extra drums
  • Brad Shenfeld – darbuka, saz
  • Ted Taforo – saxophone
  • Sharon Van Etten– vocals
  • Sabrina Ellis – vocals
  • Sara Houser – vocals
  • Blair Robbins – vocals
  • Dave Fridmann– recording, mixing
  • Brad Bell – engineer
  • Matt Gerhard – engineer
  • Mike Fridmann – engineer
  • Max Lorenzen – engineer
  • Grant Eppley – engineer
  • Howie Weinberg– mastering
  • Gentry Studer – mastering
  • Janet Weiss– song sequencing
  • Christine Messersmith – cover image
  • Alan Hynes – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Britt Daniel, except  where noted.

  1. Hot Thoughts – Britt Daniel, Sean Dineen
  2. WhisperI’lllistentohearit
  3. Do I Have to Talk You Into It
  4. First Caress – Britt Daniel, Alex Fischel
  5. Pink Up
  6. Can I Sit Next to You
  7. I Ain’t the One
  8. Tear It Down – Britt Daniel, Laura Pergolizzi
  9. Shotgun – Britt Daniel, Sean Dineen
  10. Us – Britt Daniel, Ted Taforo

Thao & the Get Down Stay Down: A Man Alive

On March 4, 2016, “Ribbon Music” label released “A Man Alive”, the fourth Thao & the Get Down Stay Down studio album. It was recorded in 2015, at “Tiny Telephone & Different Fur Studios” in San Francisco, and was produced by Merrill Garbus.

Personnel:

  • Thao Nguyen– vocals, bass, clapping, composer, drum programming, drums, guitar, loops, mandolin, oscillator, percussion, telecaster, toy piano, univox
  • Merrill Garbus– vocals, backing vocals, bass, cabasa, clapping, farfisa organ, flute, sampling
  • Lynne Angel – drum samples, inspiration
  • Johanna Kunin – vocals, backing vocals
  • Sami Perez – clapping, backing vocals, clapping
  • Jason Slota – clapping, cowbell, drums, gamelan, percussion, shaker, tambourine
  • Beau Sorenson – clapping, engineer, guitar, linn drum, loops, mixing, programming, sampling, sequencing
  • Adam Thompson – audio manipulation, bass, casio, clapping, glockenspiel, guitar, polysynth, synthesizer, synthesizer bass
  • Charlie Glenn – guitar, organ, piano, lapsteel

Track listing:

  1. Astonished Man
  2. Slash/Burn
  3. The Evening
  4. Departure
  5. Nobody Dies
  6. Guts
  7. Fool Forever
  8. Millionaire
  9. Meticulous Bird
  10. Give Me Peace
  11. Hand to God
  12. Endless Love

Thundercat: Drunk

On February 24, 2017, “Brainfeeder” label released “Drunk”, the third Thundercat studio album. It was recorded in 2016, and was produced by Flying Lotus, Sounwave and Thundercat.

Personnel:

  • Stephen “Thundercat” Bruner– vocals, bass, programming
  • Zane Carney – guitar
  • Michael McDonald– vocals, keyboards
  • Dennis Hamm – keyboards , piano, synthesizers
  • Taylor Graves – keyboards, programming
  • Charles “Mono/Poly” Dickerson– keyboards, programming
  • Burris – synth-bass
  • Louis Cole– drums, keyboards, programming
  • Deantoni Parks– drums
  • Steven “Flying Lotus” Ellison– synthesizer, programming, mixing
  • Pharrell Williams– vocals
  • Mac Miller– vocals
  • Kendrick Lamar– vocals
  • Kenny Loggins– vocals
  • Cameron “Wiz Khalifa” Thomaz– vocals
  • Kamasi Washington– saxophone
  • Miguel Atwood-Ferguson– strings
  • Zack Sekoff – programming
  • Harry Rabin – engineer
  • Kevin “Daddy Kev” Moo– mastering

Track listing:

  1. Rabbot Ho – Stephen Bruner, Dennis Hamm
  2. Captain Stupido – Stephen Bruner
  3. Uh Uh – Stephen Bruner, Zack Sekoff
  4. Bush in These Streets – Stephen Bruner, Louis Cole
  5. A Fan’s Mail (Tron Song Suite II) – Stephen Bruner, Mark Spears
  6. Lava Lamp – Stephen Bruner, Mark Spears
  7. Jethro – Stephen Bruner, Steven Ellison
  8. Day & Night – Stephen Bruner, S. Burris
  9. Show the Day – Stephen Bruner, Michael McDonald, Kenny Logins
  10. Walk on By – Stephen Bruner, Kendrick Lamar
  11. Blackkk – Stephen Bruner, Mark Spears
  12. Tokyo – Stephen Brunner, Dennis Hamm
  13. Jameel’s Space Ride – Stephen Brunner, Louis Cole
  14. Friend Zone – Stephen Brunner, Charles Dickerson
  15. Them Changes – Stephen Brunner, Steven Ellison, Chris Jasper, Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley, O’Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley
  16. Where I’m Going – Stephen Brunner, Steven Ellison
  17. Drink Dat – Stephen Brunner, Cameron Thomaz, Taylor Graves
  18. Inferno – Stephen Brunner
  19. I Am Crazy – Stephen Bruner
  20. 3AM – Stephen Bruner, Steven Ellison
  21. Drunk – Stephen Bruner, Steven Ellison
  22. The Turn Down – Stephen Bruner, Pharrell Williams
  23. DUI – Stephen Bruner, Dennis Hamm

Tim Bowness: Lost in the Ghost Light

On February 17, 2017, “Inside Out Music” label released “Lost in the Ghost Light”, the fourth Tim Bowness album. It was recorded in 2016, and was produced by Tim Bowness and Stephen Bennett.

Personnel:

  • Tim Bowness – lead and backing vocals, synthesizer
  • Bruce Soord – acoustic and electric guitar
  • David Rhodes – electric guitar
  • Stephen Bennett – organ, piano, synthesizer, guitar, editing
  • Colin Edwin – bass
  • Andrew Booker – drums
  • Ricard Nettermalm – drums
  • Ian Anderson – flute
  • Andrew Keeling – flute, arrangements
  • Kit Watkins – flute, waterphone
  • Charlotte Dowding, Steve Bingham – violin

Track listing:

  1. Worlds of Yesterday – Stephen Bennett, Tim Bowness
  2. Moonshot Manchild – Stephen Bennett, Tim Bowness
  3. Kill The Pain That’s Killing You – Alistair Murphy, Andrew Butler, Tim Bowness
  4. Nowhere Good To Go – Stephen Bennett, Tim Bowness
  5. You’ll Be The Silence – Stephen Bennett, Tim Bowness
  6. Lost In The Ghost Light – Tim Bowness
  7. You Wanted To Be Seen – Stephen Bennett, Tim Bowness
  8. Distant Summers – Stephen Bennett, Tim Bowness

Car Seat Headrest: Twin Fantasy

On February 16, 2018, “Matador” label released “Twin Fantasy (Face to Face)”, the eleventh Car Seat Headrest album. It was recorded 2016 – 2017, and was produced by Will Toledo. It is a complete re-recording and reworking of the band’s 2011 sixth studio album, “Twin Fantasy”.

Personnel:

  • Will Toledo – vocals, guitar, piano, mixing
  • Ethan Ives – guitar
  • Seth Dalby – bass
  • Andrew Katz – drums
  • Degnan Smith – acoustic guitars
  • Adam Stilson – various sounds
  • Amanda Schiano di Cola – trumpet
  • Jeff Walker – trombone
  • Adam Stilson – engineer, mixing
  • Jason Ward – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Will Toledo.

  1. My Boy (Twin Fantasy)
  2. Beach Life-in-Death
  3. Stop Smoking (We Love You)
  4. Sober to Death
  5. Nervous Young Inhumans
  6. Bodys
  7. Cute Thing – contains elements of “Ana Ng”, written by John Linnelland John Flansburgh
  8. High to Death
  9. Famous Prophets (Stars)
  10. Twin Fantasy (Those Boys)

Jezabels: Synthia

On February 12, 2016, “Dine Alone Records” label released “Synthia”, the third Jezabels studio album. It was recorded in 2015, at “Jungle Studios”, “Attic Studios”, “Oceanic Studios” in Sydney, and was produced by Lachlan Mitchell.

Personnel:

  • Hayley Mary – vocals
  • Heather Shannon – keyboards
  • Nik Kaloper – drums
  • Samuel Lockwood – guitar
  • Lachlan Mitchell – engineer
  • Peter Katis – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Christopher Doyle& Co. – art direction, design
  • Pierre Toussaint – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Hayley Mary, Heather Shannon, Sam Lockwood, and Nik Kaloper.

  1. Stand and Deliver
  2. My Love is My Deliver
  3. Smile
  4. Unnatural
  5. A Message from My Mothers Passed
  6. Come Alive
  7. Flowers in the Attic
  8. If Ya Want Me
  9. Stamina

Pinegrove: Cardinal

On February 12, 2016, “Run for Cover” label released “Cardinal”, the second  Pinegrove studio album.

Personnel:

  • Evan Stephens Hall – vocals, guitar, percussion, banjo, bass
  • Nick Levine – vocals, guitar, bass, banjo
  • Sam Skinner – bass, keys
  • Zack Levine – drums; percussion
  • Nandi Rose Plunkett – vocals
  • Adan Carlo Feliciano – bass
  • Mike Levine – pedal steel
  • Doug Hall – piano

Track listing:

All tracks by Evan Stephens Hall.

  1. Old Friends
  2. Cadmium
  3. Then Again
  4. Aphasia
  5. Visiting
  6. Waveform
  7. Size of the Moon
  8. New Friends

Blackfield: Blackfield V

On February 10, 2017, “Kscope” label released “Blackfield V”, the fifth Blackfield studio album. It was recorded 2015 – 2016, and was produced by Aviv Geffen, Steven Wilson and Alan Parsons.

Personnel:

  • Steven Wilson– lead and backing vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, drum programming, engineer, mixing
  • Aviv Geffen– lead and backing vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, piano, Mellotron, string arrangements
  • Tomer Z– drums, percussion
  • Eran Mitelman – keyboards, piano, Mellotron, Hammond organ
  • Omri Agmon – acoustic and additional guitar
  • Mike Garson– piano
  • Hadar Green – bass
  • Alex Moshe – female vocals, backing vocals
  • Alan Parsons– backing vocals
  • The London Session Orchestra – orchestral performance
  • Simon Bloor – engineer, mixing
  • Graham Archer – engineer
  • Ofer Mappa – engineer
  • Yonatan Danino – engineer
  • Lasse Hoile– cover art, photography
  • Carl Glover – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Aviv Geffen, except where noted.

  1. A Drop in the Ocean – Aviv Geffen, Steven Wilson
  2. Family Man
  3. How Was Your Ride
  4. We’ll Never Be Apart
  5. Sorrys
  6. Life Is An Ocean – Aviv Geffen, Steven Wilson
  7. Lately
  8. October
  9. The Jackal
  10. Salt Water
  11. Undercover Heart
  12. Lonely Soul
  13. From 44 to 48 – Steven Wilson