On August 17, 2018, “Domino” label released “Tangerine Reef”, the second Animal Collective album. The album is accompanied by a film, which premiered on the band’s website upon release.
On August 17, 2018, “Dead Oceans” label released “Be the Cowboy”, the fifth Mitski studio album. It was recorded 2017 – 2018, at “Retro City” in Philadelphia, “Red Bull” in Los Angeles, “Gradwell House” in Haddon Heights, and was produced by Patrick Hyland.
Personnel:
Mitski (Mitski Miyawaki) – performance
Patrick Hyland – performance, saxophone solo
Evan Marien – bass
Philly Phatness (Thor Espanez, Ian Gray, Vince Tampio) – horns
On August 10, 2018, “Fearless Records” label released “The Great Depression”, the third As It Is studio album. It was recorded in 2018 and was produced by Machine (Eugene Freeman}, Benjamin Langford Biss, Patty Walters, Alistair Testo and Patrick Foley.
Personnel:
Benjamin Langford Biss – vocals, guitar
Patty Walters – vocals, guitar
Alistair Testo – bass guitar, backing vocals
Patrick Foley – drums, backing vocals
Julian Gariulo – additional guitar
Aaron Gillespie, Georgina Langford-Biss, Lottie Else, Marianna Funk, Sian Cowan, Sii Chun Lam, Skylar Wilkins – additional vocals
On August 9, 2019, “Shelly Music” label released “Caretakers”, the eight Pete Yorn album. It was recorded 2018 – 2019, at Jackson Phillips’ home studio in Echo Park, California, and was produced by Jackson Phillips and Pete Yorn.
Personnel:
Pete Yorn – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, banjo, bass guitar, synth bass, percussion
Jackson Phillips – acoustic and electric guitar, baritone guitar, piano, keyboards, synth, bass guitar, juno synth, juno synth bass, synth bass, hi bass, percussion, e-bow, drums and rhythm programming, backing vocals, recording, mixing
Hazel English – vocals
Shawn Everett – mastering
Allen Alcantara – art direction, layout
Beth Yorn – cover photography
Track listing:
Calm Down – Jackson Phillips, Soko, Pete Yorn
I Wanna Be the One – Pete Yorn
Can’t Stop You – Jackson Phillips, Pete Yorn
Idols (We Don’t Ever Have to Say Goodbye) – Jackson Phillips, Pete Yorn
On July 20, 2018, “CN Records” label released “The Tree”, the tenth Lori McKenna studio album. It was recorded 2017 – 2018, and was produced by Dave Cobb.
Personnel:
Lori McKenna – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar
Anderson East – lead guitar, sequencing
Dave Cobb – guitar, mellotron
Christopher McKenna – mellotron
Natalie Hemby – backing vocals
Hillary Lindsey – backing vocals
Kristen Rogers – backing vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by Lori McKenna, except where noted.
A Mother Never Rests – Barry Dean, Lori McKenna
The Fixer
People Get Old
Young and Angry Again – Barry Dean, Luke Laird, Lori McKenna
The Tree – Natalie Hemby, Lori McKenna, Aaron Raitiere
You Won’t Even Know I’m Gone
Happy People – Lori McKenna, Hailey Whiters
You Can’t Break a Woman – Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna, Liz Rose
The Lot Behind St. Mary’s
The Way Back Home – Luke Laird, Lori McKenna
Like Patsy Would – Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna, Liz Rose
On July 13, 2018, “Latent” label released “All That Reckoning”, the 16th Cowboy Junkies album. It was recorded in 2018, at “The Hangar” in Toronto, Canada, and was produced by Alan Anton and Michael Timmins.
Personnel:
Margo Timmins – vocals
Michael Timmins – guitar, ukulele, recording, mixing
Alan Anton – bass, keyboards
Peter Timmins – drums, percussion
Bill Dillon – lead guitar, guitar solo, backwards guitar
Aaron Goldstein – lead guitar, leslie guitar
Jesse O’Brien – organ, piano
James McKie – fiddle
Peter J. Moore – mastering
Peter Timmins – artwork
Jonny DeSilva – design
Viktor Jakovlev – photography
Tiago dos Santos – photography
Maheko Ciao – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Michael Timmins, except where noted.
All That Reckoning Part 1 – Michael Timmins, Alan Anton
When We Arrive – Michael Timmins, Alan Anton
The Things We Do to each Other – Michael Timmins, Alan Anton
Wooden Stairs
Sing Me a Song
Mountain Stream
Missing Children
Shinning Teeth
Nose Before Ear
All That Reckoning Part 2 – Michael Timmins, Alan Anton
On July 13, 2018, “Columbia” label released “Still Run”, the second Wet studio album. It was recorded 2017 – 2018, and was produced by Rostam Batmanglij, Andrew Sarlo, John Hill, Joe Valle, Kelly Zutrau, Noah Beresin, Loren Humphrey and Robert Ackroyd.
Personnel:
Kelly Zutrau – vocals, synthesizer, strings
Joseph Valle – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, programmer, strings, synthesizer, piano, bass, horn, organ, engineer
Bryndon Cook (as Starchild & The New Romantic) – backing vocals
Garo Yellin – cello
TJ Maiani – drums
Sam Geller – piano
Jesse Kotansky – strings, violin
Meg Duffy – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Hamilton Berry – cello, strings
Joey Waronker – drums
Shane O’Connell – electric guitar, engineer
Buddy Ross – piano, synthesizer
Daniel Aged – steel guitar, bass
Joe Santa Maria – saxophone
Chris Smith – keyboard, piano, guitar, backing vocals
Danny Meyer – saxophone
Gabriel Smith – piano, drums
Melody English – backing vocals
Aerial East – backing vocals
Sam Geller – backing vocals
Sean Tracy – acoustic and electric guitar, slide guitar
On June 15, 2018, “Thrill Jockey” label released “Cloud Corner”, the sixth Marisa Anderson studio album. It was recorded in January 2017, at Anderson’s home studio, in Portland, Oregon, and was produced by Marisa Anderson.
Personnel:
Marisa Anderson – acoustic and electric guitar, charango, requinto guitar, Wurlitzer electronic piano, recording
On June 15, 2018, “RCA/Silverstone Records” label released “The Blues Is Alive and Well”, the 18th Buddy Guy studio album. It was recorded in 2018 and was produced by Tom Hambridge. At the 61st “Grammy Awards”, “The Blues Is Alive and Well” won the “Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album”.
Personnel:
Buddy Guy – vocals, lead guitar
Jeff Beck – guitar
Keith Richards – guitar
Rob McNelley – rhythm and slide guitar
James Bay – vocals, guitar
Kevin McKendree – keyboards, electric piano, organ, mellotron, upright piano, clavinet
Mick Jagger – harmonica
Willie Weeks – bass
Tommy MacDonald – bass
Tom Hambridge – drums, mixing
The Muscle Shoals Horns – horns
Doug Moffet – tenor saxophone
Jim Hoke – baritone saxophone
Ducky Carlisle – recording
Michael Saint-Leon – mixing
Greg Calbi – mastering
Jeff Schulz – art direction, design
Chuck Lanza, Paul Natkin – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Richard Flemming and Tom Hambridge, except where noted.
A Few Good Years
Guilty as Charged
Cognac – Buddy Guy, Richard Flemming, Tom Hambridge
The Blues Is Alive and Well – Gary Nicholson, Tom Hambridge
On June 15, 2018, “Cleopatra Records” label released “Mixed Reality”, the sixth Gin Blossoms studio album. It was recorded 2017 – 2018, at “Drive-In Studios” in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and was produced by Don Dixon.
Personnel:
Robin Wilson – lead vocals
Jesse Valenzuela – lead and backing vocals, rhythm and lead guitar
Scott “Scotty” Johnson – lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Bill Leen – bass guitar
Scott Hessel – drums, percussion
Mitch Easter – engineer
Track listing:
All tracks by Robin Wilson, except where noted.
Break
Face the Dark
New Mexico Trouble – Scott Johnson, Bill Leen
Angels Fly – Jesse Valenzuela, Danny Wilde
Here Again – Jesse Valenzuela, Danny Wilde
Still Some Room in Heaven – Scott Johnson, Bill Leen
