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Biffy Clyro: Balance, Not Symmetry

On May 17, 2019, “Warner Bros” label released “Balance, Not Symmetry”, is Biffy Clyro soundtrack album to the movie of the same name, co-written by the band’s frontman Simon Neil. It was recorded at 2018 – 2019, at “AIR Studios” in London, “Monnow Valley Studio” Rockfield, Monmouthshire, Wales, “ICP Studios” in Brussels, and was produced by Adam Noble, Simon Neil, James Johnston and Ben Johnston.

Personnel:

  • Simon Neil – lead vocals, guitar, mandolin, keyboards, percussion, marimba, strings, clapping
  • James Johnston – bass, clapping, backing vocals
  • Ben Johnston – drums, percussion, marimba, keyboards, clapping, backing vocals
  • Adam Noble – bass, keyboards, synthesizers, organ, programming, engineer, mixing
  • Jakwob – keyboards, programming
  • Fyfe Dangerfield – piano
  • Blair Mowat – programming, orchestral arrangements
  • James Hockley – programming
  • John Prestage – engineer
  • John Paul Reid – engineer
  • Ted Jensen – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Simon Neil, except where noted.

  1. Balance, Not Symphony
  2. All Singing and All Dancing – John Hill
  3. Different Kind of Love – John Feldmann
  4. Sunrise
  5. Pink
  6. Colour Wheel – Stuart Price
  7. Gates of Heaven – John Feldmann
  8. Fever Dream
  9. Navy Blue
  10. Tunnels and Trees
  11. Plead
  12. The Naturals
  13. Yellow
  14. Touch
  15. Jasabiab
  16. Following Master
  17. Adored

Loreena McKennitt: Lost Souls

On May 11, 2018, “Quinian Road” label released “Lost Souls”, the tenth Loreena McKennitt studio album. It was recorded May – October 2017, and was produced by Loreena McKennitt.

Personnel:

  • Loreena McKennitt – vocals, accordion, harp, keyboards, piano
  • Brian Hughes – bouzouki, acoustic and electric guitar, synthesizer
  • Daniel Casares – flamenco guitar, handclapping
  • Nigel Eaton – hurdy gurdy
  • Panos Dimitrakopoulos – kanonaki
  • Dudley Phillips – acoustic and electric bass
  • Tal Bergman – drums, percussion
  • Robert Brian – drums, percussion
  • Graham Hargrove – antique cymbal, drums
  • Rick Lazar – percussion
  • Hossam Ramzy – percussion
  • Miguel Ortiz Ruvira – percussion, handclapping
  • Michael White – trumpet
  • Ian Harper – highland bagpipe
  • Haig Yazdjian – oud
  • Hugh Marsh – violin
  • Caroline Lavelle – cello, concertina
  • Sokratis Sinopoulos – lyra
  • Ana Alcaide – nyckelharpa
  • Yossi Shakked – engineer
  • Jeff Wolpert – engineer, mixing
  • Stuart Bruce – engineer, mixing
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Loreena McKennitt.

  1. Spanish Guitars and Night Plazas
  2. A hundred Wishes
  3. Ages Past, Ages Hence
  4. The Ballad of the Fox Hunter
  5. Manx Ayre
  6. La Belle Dame Sans Merci
  7. Sun, Moon and Stars
  8. Breaking of the Sword
  9. Lost Souls

Mac DeMarco: Here Comes the Cowboy

On May 10, 2019, “Mac’s Records Label” released “Here Comes the Cowboy”, the fourth Mac DeMarco studio album. It was recorded 2018 – 2019, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Mac DeMarco.

Personnel:

Mac DeMarco – vocals, all instruments, engineer, mixing

Track listing:

 All tracks by Mac DeMarco.

  1. Here Comes the Cowboy
  2. Nobody
  3. Finally Alone
  4. Little Dogs March
  5. Preoccupied
  6. Choo Choo
  7. K
  8. Heart to Heart
  9. Hey Cowgirl
  10. On the Square
  11. All of Our Yesterdays
  12. Skyless Moon
  13. Baby Bye Bye

Weezer: Van Weezer

On May 7, 2021, “Crush Music” and “Atlantic” labels released “Van Weezer”, the fifteenth Weezer studio album. It was recorded 2018 – 2020, and was produced by Suzy Shinn.

Personnel:

  • Rivers Cuomo – lead and backing vocals, guitars, keyboards
  • Brian Bell – guitars, backing vocals
  • Scott Shriner – bass, backing vocals
  • Patrick Wilson – drums
  • Suzy Shinn – synthesizer, additional guitar, additional vocals, engineer, recording
  • Coast Modern – additional vocals, programming
  • Charlie Brand – additional vocals, engineer
  • Ivan Wayman – engineer 
  • Shawn Everett – engineer 
  • Wesley Sideman – engineer
  • Matty Green – mixing
  • Joe LaPorta – mastering
  • Andreas Kvinge Sandnes – engineer assistant 
  • Jake Sinclair – engineer assistant
  • Sejo Navajas – engineer assistant
  • John Sinclair – engineer assistant
  • Johnny Morgan – engineer assistant
  • Josh Skinner – engineer assistant
  • Lizzy Ostro – engineer assistant
  • Michael Beinhorn – pre-production

Track listing:

  1. Hero – Rivers Cuomo, Daniel Bedingfield, Daniel Omelio, Denzel Baptiste, David Biral, Dave Bassett
  2. All the Good Ones – Rivers Cuomo, Coast Modern
  3. The End of the Game – Rivers Cuomo, Tim Pagnotta
  4. I Need Some of That – Rivers Cuomo, Tim Pagnotta, Josh Alexander, Billy Steinbeerg, Geoffrey Downes, John Wetton, Donald Roeser
  5. Beginning of the End – Billy Joel, Rivers Cuomo
  6. Blue Dream – Rivers Cuomo, Ozzy Osbourne, Randy Rhoads, Bob Daisley
  7. 1 More Hit – Rivers Cuomo
  8. Sheila Can Do It – Rivers Cuomo, Kevin Ridel
  9. She Needs Me – Rivers Cuomo
  10. Precious Metal Girl – Rivers Cuomo, Nick Long

Belly: Dove

On May 4, 2018, “Belly Touring LLC” and “The Orchard” labels released “Dove”, the third Belly studio album. It was recorded 2017 – 2018, at “Stable Sound” in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, “Downwind Farm” and “Rock ’n’ Roll Center” in Rhode Island, “Lavastudio” in New York, “Studio 24” in Massachusetts, and was produced by Paul Q. Kolderie, Tom Gorman, Tanya Donelly, Gail Greenwood,

Personnel:

  • Tanya Donelly – vocals, guitar, recording
  • Tom Gorman – vocals, guitar, recording
  • Gail Greenwood – bass, guitar, recording
  • Chris Gorman – drums, percussion, recording, photography
  • Paul Q. Kolderie – mixing
  • Kim Rosen – mastering
  • Chil Mott – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Tanya Donelly, Gail Greenwood, Tom Gorman and Chris Gorman.

  1. Mine
  2. Shiny One
  3. Human Child
  4. Faceless
  5. Suffer the Fools
  6. Girl
  7. Army of Clay
  8. Stars Again
  9. Quicksand
  10. Artifact
  11. Heartstrings
  12. Starryeyed (hidden track)

Vampire Weekend: Father of the Bride

On May 3, 2019, “Columbia” label released “Father of the Bride”, the fourth Vampire Weekend studio album. It was recorded January 2016 – August 2018, at “Effie Street” in  Silverlake, California, “Vox” in Hollywood, “Sony” in Akasaka, Minato, Japan, and was produced by Ariel Rechtshaid, Ezra Koenig, BloodPop, DJ Dahi and Rostam Batmanglij.

Personnel:

  • Ezra Koenig – lead vocals, guitars, mixing
  • Rostam Batmanglij – 12-string acoustic guitar
  • Tommy King – piano
  • Buddy Ross – synthesizers, Wurlitzer, piano, strings, backing vocals 
  • Matt Chamberlain – drums
  • Greg Leisz – electric and pedal steel guitar
  • David Longstreth – guitar, backing vocals
  • Jake Longstreth – guitar
  • John Nixon – guitar
  • Ariel Rechtshaid – guitar
  •  Steve Lacy – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Sam Gendel – saxophone
  • Serena McKinney – violins 
  • Danielle Haim – lead and backing vocals
  • Jude Law – lead vocals
  • Jenny Lewis – vocal sample
  • Ariel Rechtshaid – engineer, mixing
  • Buddy Ross – engineer, mixing
  • Shawn Everett – engineer, mixing
  • Rostam Batmanglij – engineer, mixing
  • Dalton Ricks – engineer
  • Nick Rowe – engineer
  • Chris Kasych – engineer
  • John DeBold – engineer
  • Hiroya Takayama – engineer
  • Takemasa Kosaka – engineer
  • Dave Schiffman – engineer
  • P-Thugg (Patrick Gemayel) – engineer
  • Michael Harris – engineer
  • Jude Law – engineer
  • Manny Marroquin – mixing
  • Chris Galland – mixing
  • Robin Florent – mixing assistant
  • Scott Desmarais – mixing assistant
  • Emily Lazar – mastering
  • Chris Allgood – mastering assistant
  • Nick Harwood – art direction
  • Primo Kahn – cover design
  • Public-Library – cover design
  • Brendan Ratzlaff – illustration

Track listing:

All tracks by Ezra Koenig, except where noted.

  1. Hold You Now – Ezra Koenig, Hans Zimmer
  2. Harmony Hall
  3. Bambina
  4. This Life – Ezra Koenig, Makonnen Sheran, Mark Ronson
  5. Big Blue
  6. How Long? – Ezra Koenig, William Shelby, Stephen Shockley, Leon F. Silvers III
  7. Unbearably White
  8. Rich Man – Ezra Koenig, S. E. Rogie
  9. Married in a Gold Rush
  10. My Mistake – Ezra Koenig, Ludwig Göransson
  11. Sympathy – Ezra Koenig, Ariel Rechtshaid
  12. Sunflower
  13. Flower Moon – Ezra Koenig, Ariel Rechtshaid
  14. 2021 – Haruomi Hososno, Ezra Koenig
  15. We Belong Together – Ezra Koenig, Rostam Batmanglij
  16. Stranger
  17. Spring Snow – Ezra Koenig, BloodPop, Sam Gendel
  18. Jerusalem, New York, Berlin

Mark Gulliana: Beat Music! Beat Music! Beat Music!

On April 12, 2019, “Motéma Music” label released “Beat Music! Beat Music! Beat Music!”, the seventh Mark Guiliana album. It was recorded in 2018, at “The Bunker”, “Hotz Studios” and “Tudor Tones Studio” in Brooklyn, and was produced by Mark Guiliana.

Personnel:

  • Mark Guiliana – drums, spoken word, electronics, recording
  • Jeff Babko – electric piano, synthesizer, recording
  • Chris Morrissey – electric bass
  • Jonathan Maron – electric bass
  • Stu Brooks – electric bass, recording
  • Tim Lefebvre – electric bass
  • Steve Walls – electronics, mixing
  • BIGYUKI – synthesizer
  • Nate Werth – percussion
  • Jason Lindner – melodica, synthesizer
  • Cole Whittle – spoken word
  • Gretchen Parlato – spoken word
  • Jeff Taylor – spoken word
  • Marley Guiliana – spoken word
  • John Davis – recording
  • Jeff Citron – engineer assistant
  • Sarah Register – mastering
  • Tom Korkidis – associate producer
  • Jana Herzen – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Mark Guiliana.

  1. Girl
  2. Bones
  3. Bud
  4. Bullet
  5. Home
  6. Roast
  7. Human
  8. Bloom
  9. Stream

Cheap Trick: In Another World

On April 9, 2021, “BMG” label released “In Another World”, the twentieth Cheap Trick studio album. It was recorded 2018 – 2021, and was produced by Julian Raymond, Robin Zander, Rick Nielsen and Tom Petersson.

Personnel:

  • Robin Zander – lead vocals, guitar, art direction, design
  • Rick Nielsen – guitar, art direction, design
  • Tom Petersson – bass, art direction, design
  • Daxx Nielsen – drums
  • Tim Lauer, Bennett Salvay – keyboards
  • Jimmy Hall – harmonica
  • Steve Jones – additional guitar
  • Howard Willing, Julian King, Mark Dobson, Bryan Cook, Jim “Pinky” Beeman – engineer
  • Chris Lord-Alge – mixing
  • Lars Fox – Pro Tools engineer
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • Dale Voelker – art direction, design
  • Jeff Daly, Lou Brutus – photography

Track listing:

All tracks are by Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander, Tom Petersson, Julian Raymond and Daxx Nielsen, except where noted.

  1. The Summer Looks Good on You
  2. Quit Waking Me Up – Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander, Tom Petersson, Julian Raymond, Kristian Bush, Daxx Nielsen
  3. Another World
  4. Boys & Girls & Rock’n’Roll
  5. The Party
  6. Final Days
  7. So It Goes
  8. Light Up the Fire
  9. Passing Through
  10. Here’s Looking at You – Linda Perry, Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander,Tom Petersson, Dazz Nielsen
  11. Another World (reprise)
  12. I’ll See You Again
  13. Gimme Some Truth – John Lennon

White Denim: Side Effects

On March 29, 2019, “City Slang” label released “Side Effects”, the ninth White Denim album. It was recorded in 2018, at “Daniel’s House”, “Radio Milk”, “Lakeside” and was produced by James Petralli, Jim Vollentine and Steve Terebecki.

Personnel:

  • James Petralli – vocals, guitar, vocoder, Omnichord, sampler, recording 
  • Nichael Hunter – electric piano, synthesizer
  • Steve Terebecki – bass, organ, keyboards, synthesizer, tambourine, Omnichord
  • Jeff Olson – drums, percussion, Tom Tom, piano
  • Conrad Choucroun – drums
  • Daniel Dufour – drums
  • Jordan Richardson – drums, kalimba
  • Greg Clifford – percussion
  • Sam Coben – guitar
  • Bob Hoffnar – steel guitar
  • Jordan Richardson – synthesizer, percussion
  • Marshall Lowry – tenor saxophone
  • Mike St. Clair – electric piano, synthesizer, Omnichord, iRig application
  • Daniel McNeill – sampler, recording
  • Jim Vollentine – recording, tracking, mixing
  • Ryan Joseph – recording
  • Joe LaPorta – mastering
  • William Gaynor – artwork

Track listing:

  1. Small Talk (Feeling Control)
  2. Hallelujah Strike Gold
  3. Shanalala
  4. NY Money
  5. Out of Doors
  6. Reversed Mirrors
  7. So Emotional
  8. Head Spinning
  9. Introduce Me

Mdou Moctar: Ilana

On March 29, 2019, “Sahel Sounds” label released “Ilana”, the fourth  Mdou Moctar album. It was recorded 2018 – 2019, at “High Bias Recordings” in Detroit, Michigan, and was produced by Christopher Kirkley and Michael Coltun.

Personnel:

  • Mdou Moctar – vocals, guitar
  • Ahmoudou Madassane – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Aroudaini Daniel – djembe
  • Michael Coltun – bass guitar, additional recording
  • Mazawadje Aboubacar Ibrahim – drums
  • Cem Mısırlıoğlu – drum programming
  • Chris Koltay – recording
  • Seth Manchester – mixing
  • Heba Kadry – mastering
  • Robert Beatty – artwork
  • Anna Vioti – sleeve photography
  • Rigo Luis – gatefold photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Mdou Moctar.

  1. Kamane Tarhanin
  2. Asshet Akal
  3. Inizgam
  4. Anna
  5. Takamba
  6. Tarhatazed
  7. Wiwasharnine
  8. Ilana
  9. Tumastin