On May 19, 2017, “Constellation” label released “Stubborn Persistent Illusions”, the seventh Do Make Say Think album. It was recorded 2014 – 2016, and was produced by Ohad Benchetrit, David Mitchell. James Payment, Justin Small and Charles Spearin.
On May 18, 2018, “Milk! Records”, “Mom + Pop Music + Marathon Artists” labels released “Tell Me How You Really Feel”, the second Courtney Barnett studio album. It was recorded in July 2017, at “Soundpark” in Northcote, Victoria, Australia, and was produced by Courtney Barnett, Burke Reid and Dan Luscombe. At the 2018 “ARIA Music Awards”, “Tell Me How You Really Feel” won the “Best Rock Album”.
Personnel:
Courtney Barnett – vocals, guitar, Polaroids, artwork
Dan Luscombe – keyboards, organ, guitar, backing vocals
Kim Deal – guitar, backing vocals
Bones Sloane – bass, backing vocal
Dave Mudie – drums, percussion
Kelley Deal – backing vocals
Burke Reid – recording, mixing
Guy Davie – mastering
Track listing:
All tracks by Courtney Barnett.
Hopefulessness
City Looks Pretty
Charity
Need a Little Time
Nameless, Faceless
I’m Not Your Mother, I’m Not Your Bitch
Crippling Self-Doubt and a General Lack of Confidence
On May 5, 2017, “Geenger Records” label released “Radio Luboyna”, the tenth Luboyna album. It was recorded 2015 – 2016, at “Podrumot”and “Children Theatre Center” in Skopje, Macedonia, and was produced by Oliver Josifovski.
On May 4, 2018, “Hot Fruit” label released “World’s Strongest Man”, the third Gaz Coombes studio album. It was recorded in 2017, at “Courtyard Studios” in Oxford, UK, and was produced by Ian Devenport.
On April 28, 2017, “American Laundromat Records” label released “Pussycat”, the 15th Juliana Hatfield album. It was recorded in 2017, at “Q Division Studios” in Somerville, Massachusetts, and was produced by Juliana Hatfield.
On April 27, 2018, “Northern Spy Records” label released “YRU Still Here?”, the 24th Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog album. It was recorded in 2017, at “Brooklyn Recording”, “Figure 8 Recording” and “Studio G” in Brooklyn, NY, and was produced by Marc Ribot.
On April 7, 2017, “Concord” label released “Whiteout Conditions” the seventh New Pornographers (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2016 and was produced by A. C. Newman and John Collins.
On March 30, 2018, “Anti” label released “No Mercy in This Land” the fourteenth Ben Harper and the twelfth Charlie Musselwhite studio album. It was recorded in 2017, at “Village Studios” in Santa Monica, and was produced by Ethan Allen.
Personnel:
Ben Harper – vocals, piano, acoustic, slide and electric guitar
Charlie Musselwhite – vocals, harmonica
James Mozersky – lead guitar
Jesse Ingalls – double and electric bass, piano, organ
Jimmy Paxson – drums, percussion
Lawrence Azerrad – design
Track listing:
All tracks by Ben Harper; except where noted.
When I Go – Ben Harper, Jason Mozersky, Jesse Ingalls
Bad Habits
Love and Trust
The Bottle Wins Again (Blues) – Ben Harper, Jesse Ingalls
Found the One – Ben Harper, Jason Mozersky, Jimmy Paxson
When Love Is Not Enough – Ben Harper, Jason Mozersky
On March 29, 2017, “Commons” and “Milan” labels released “async”, the nineteenth Ryuichi Sakamoto studio album. It was recorded April – December 2016, at “The Studio”, “Germano Studios” and “Museum of Arts and Design” in New York City, “Bastyr University Chapel” in Kenmore, Washington, “Gateway Mastering” in Portland, Maine, “Kyoto City University of Arts” in Kyoto, Japan, and was produced by Ryuichi Sakamoto and Mai Yuda. Magazine “Fact” voted “async” the best album of 2017.
Personnel:
Ryuichi Sakamoto – piano,
Christian Fennesz – guitar, computer
N.S.S. – Singing bowls
Ian Antonio, Levy Lorenzo, Ross Karre – triangle
Ko Ishikawa – Shō
Honjoh Hidejiro – shamisen
Ian Antonio, Levy Lorenzo, Ross Karre – percussion
David Sylvian – spoken word
Andri Magnason, Bernardo Bertolucci, Carsten Nicolai, Christine Leboutte, José Lavat, Keyko Nimsay, Priscilla Leung, Sergei Mihailov, Shirin Neshat, Tang Kit Ming – spoken word vocals
Paul Bowles – words
Luca – vocals
Arseny Tarkovsky – words
Simon James – concertmaster
David Sabee – concertmaster
Alex Venguer, Ryan Kelly, John Winters,.Seigen Ono – recording engineer
Jason Staniulis, Matthew Sim, Alec Fellman – engineer assistant
On March 27, 2020, “Monkeywrench” label released “Gigaton” the eleventh Pearl Jam studio album. It was recorded 2017 – 2019, and was produced by Eddie Vedder, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Matt Cameron, Jeff Ament and Josh Evans.
Personnel:
Eddie Vedder – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards, pump organ, layout
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