Tag Archives: 2018

Courtney Barnett: Tell Me How You Really Feel

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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.

  1. Hopefulessness
  2. City Looks Pretty
  3. Charity
  4. Need a Little Time
  5. Nameless, Faceless
  6. I’m Not Your Mother, I’m Not Your Bitch
  7. Crippling Self-Doubt and a General Lack of Confidence
  8. Help Your Self
  9. Walkin; on Eggshells
  10. Sunday Roast

Michel Edelin Quintet: Echoes of Henry Cow

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On May 10, 2019, “Rogue Art” label released “Echoes of Henry Cow”, studio album by Michel Edelin Quintet. It was recorded in September 2018, at “Studio Sextan” in Malakoff, France, and was produced by Michel Dorbon.

Personnel:

  • Michel Edelin Quintet
    • Michel Edelin – flute, alto flute, bass flute, arrangements
    • Sophia Domancich – piano, Fender Rhodes
    • Sylvain Kassap – clarinet, bass clarinet
    • Stéphane Kerecki – double bass
    • Simon Goubert – drums
  • John Greaves – spoken words
  •  Vincent Mahey – recording
  • Jean-Pierre Bouquet – mastering
  • Aymeric Leroy – liner notes
  • Rogue Art – photographs
  • Max Schoendorff – cover design
  • David Bourguignon – cover realization
  • Michel Dorbon – executive producer

Track listing:

All lyrics by Chris Cutler, except where noted.

  1. Half the Sky – Lindsay Cooper, Tim Hodgkinson
  2. Living in the Heart of the Beast – Tim Hodgkinson
  3. War – Anthony Moore, Peter Blegvad
  4. After the Flood – Michel Edelin
  5. Nursery – Michel Edelin
  6. Ruins – Fred Frith
  7. Beautiful as the Moon – Fred Frith, Chris Cutler
  8. The Bath of Stars – Fred Frith, Chris Cutler
  9. Civilisation – Fred Frith, Chris Cutler
  10. On Suicide – Bertolt Brecht, Hanns Eisler adapted by Fred Frith, Chris Cutler

Sault: 5

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On May 5, 2019, “Forever Living Originals” label released “5”, the debut Sault studio album. It was recorded in 2018, and was produced by Tom Campbell and Inflo,

Personnel:

  • Kadeem Clarke
  • Dean Josiah “Inflo” Cover
  • Cleopatra “Cleo Sol” Nikolic
  • Melisa “Kid Sister” Young

Track listing:

  1. Up All Night – Dean Josiah Cover, Cleopatra Nikolic
  2. Don’t Waste My Time – Dean Josiah Cover, Melisa Young
  3. Foot on Necks – Dean Josiah Cover, Cleopatra Nikolic
  4. Why Why Why Why Why – Dean Josiah Cover, Cleopatra Nikolic
  5. Pink Sands – Dean Josiah Cover
  6. Let Me Go – Dean Josiah Cover, Cleopatra Nikolic
  7. Masterpiece – Dean Josiah Cover, Cleopatra Nikolic
  8. Add a Little Bit of SAULT – Melisa Young
  9. Something’s in the Air – Dean Josiah Cover, Melisa Young
  10. Think About It – Dean Josiah Cover, Melisa Young
  11. Wild Hundreds, Pt. 5 – Dean Josiah Cover
  12. We Are the Sun – Dean Josiah Cover
  13. Wild Hundreds, Pt. 55 – Dean Josiah Cover, Cleopatra Nikolic
  14. B.A.B.E. – Dean Josiah Cover, Cleopatra Nikolic

Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo: TajMo

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On May 5, 2019, “Forever Living Originals” label released “TajMo” album by Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by Tom Campbell and Inflo. At the 2018 “Grammy Award” it won the award for “Best Contemporary Blues Album”. “TajMo” is the twenty-sixth Taj Mahal studio album and the thirteenth Keb’ Mo’ album.

Personnel:

  • Taj Mahal – vocals, guitar, harmonica
  • Keb’ Mo’ – vocals, electric guitar, keyboards, percussion
  • Billy Branch – harmonica
  • Michael B. Hicks – keyboards
  • Sam Levine – tenor saxophone
  • Roger Bissell – trombone
  • Keith Everette – trumpet
  • Lizz Wright – backing vocals
  • Phillip Moore – bass
  • Thaddeus Witherspoon – drums

Track listing:

  1. Don’t Leave Me Here
  2. She Knows How To Rock Me
  3. All Around The World
  4. That’s Who I Am
  5. Shake Me In Your Arms
  6. Waiting On The World To Change
  7. Ain’t Nobody Talkin’
  8. Diving Duck Blues
  9. Squeeze Box
  10. Soul
  11. Om Sweet Om

Gaz Combers: World’s Strongest Man

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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.

Personnel:

  • Gaz Coombes – vocals, guitar, mixing
  • Nick Fowler – bass, guitar
  • Colin Greenwood – bass
  • Garo Nahoulakian – piano
  • Gita Langley – violin
  • Beverlei Brown – backing vocals
  • Faith Simpson – backing vocals
  • Loz Colbert – backing vocals
  • Craig Silvey – mixing
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Steve Stacey – design
  • Steve Keros – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Gaz Coombes.

  1. World’s Strongest Man
  2. Deep Pockets
  3. Walk the Walk
  4. Shit (I’ve Done It Again)
  5. Slow Motion Life
  6. Wounded Egos
  7. Oxygen Mask
  8. In Waves
  9. The Oaks
  10. Vanishing Act
  11. Weird Dreams

Big Thief: U.F.O.F.

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On May 3, 2019, “4AD” label released “U.F.O.F.”, the third Big Thief studio album. It was recorded in June 2018, at “Bear Creek” in Woodinville, WA, and was produced by Andrew Sarlo.

Personnel:

  • Adrianne Lenker – vocals, choir, acoustic and electric guitar, SK5, piano, chimes, breath, percussion, ambience
  • Buck Meek – vocals, choir, electric guitar, clap, feedback, ambience
  • Max Oleartchik – choir, bass, bass drone, piano, bells, breath, shake
  • James Krivchenia – vocals, choir, drums, percussion, SK5, magic box, chimes, breath (8), Moog, tambourine, drum fill, ambience 
  • Zoë Lenker – choir
  • Andrew Sarlo – wind, ambience
  • Dom Monks – ambience, engineer, mixing
  • Taylor Carroll – engineer assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Sarah Schiesser – design, layout
  • Dustin Condren – cover photography
  • Alison Fielding – production design

Track listing:

All tracks by Adrianne Lenker.

  1. Contact
  2. U.F.O.F.
  3. Cattails
  4. From
  5. Open Desert
  6. Orange
  7. Century
  8. Strange
  9. Betsy
  10. Terminal Paradise
  11. Jenni
  12. Magi Dealer

Kate Ceberano & Paul Grabowsky: Tryst

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On May 3, 2019, “ABC” label released “Tryst”, album by Kate Ceberano and Paul Grabowsky. It was recorded in 2018, and was produced by Paul Grabowsky and Mal Stanley. In 2019, at the “ARIA Music Awards” it won “Best Jazz Album” award. At the “AIR Awards” of 2020, “Tryst” won “Best Independent Jazz Album or EP” award.

Personnel:

  • Kate Ceberano – vocal
  • Paul Grabowsky – piano
  • Mal Stanley – engineer, mixing, mastering
  • Peter Barrett – design
  • Natasha Curato – photography

Track listing:

  1. Wild Is the Wind – Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington
  2. A Song for You – Leon Russell
  3. For Cilla (medley)
  4. Make You Feel My Love – Bob Dylan
  5. Suzanne
  6. Melange D’Amour (medley)
  7. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face – Ewan MacColl
  8.  I Touch Myself – Christina Amphlett, Tom Kelly, Mark McEntee, Billy Steinberg
  9. Forever Young – Bob Dylan
  10. Skylark – Johnny Mercer, Hoagy Carmichael

Kaada / Patton: Bacteria Cult

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On April 1, 2016, “Ipecac Recordings” label released “Bacteria Cult”, the third Kaada/Patton album. It was recorded 2015 – 2018, at “Fartein Valen” in Sveio, “Wrongroom” in Norway, and was produced by John Erik Kaada and Mike Patton.

Personnel:

  • John Erik Kaada – orchestration, arrangements
  • Mike Patton – performer
  • Orchestra – Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
  • Trond Husebø – conductor
  • Børre Mølstad – additional tuba and trombone 
  • Yi Yang – additional violin
  • Johannes Martens – additional cello
  • Kenneth Ryland – additional double bass
  • Lars Brenli – music preparation 
  • Åsgeir Grong – recording  
  • Øyvind Grong – recording assistant
  • Frank Arkwright – mastering
  •  Helen Farr – score coordinator
  • Martin Kvamme – design

Track listing:

All tracks by John Erik Kaada and Mike Patton.

  1. Red Rainbow
  2. Black Albino
  3. Peste Bubónica
  4. Papillon
  5. Dispossession
  6. A Burnt Out Case
  7. Imodium
  8. Fountain Gasoline

Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog: YRU Still Here?

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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.

Personnel:

  • Marc Ribot – vocals, guitar, Requinto guitar, Farfisa organ, bass, horn, vocoder
  • Shahzad Ismaily – vocals, bass, Moog synthesizer, percussion
  • Ches Smith – vocals, drums, percussion, electronics
  • Curtis Fowlkes – trombone
  • Doug Wieselman – saxophone, flute
  • Briggan Krauss – saxophone
  • Neel Murgai – sitar
  • Mauricio Herrera – congas
  • Lukas Rutzen, Rea Dubach – backing vocals
  • Ron Saint Germain – mixing
  • Scott Hull – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Marc Ribot, except where noted.

  1. Personal Nancy – Marc Ribot, Ches Smith
  2. Pennsylvania 6 6666 – Marc Ribot, Ches Smith
  3. Agnes – Marc Ribot, Ches Smith
  4. Oral Sydney with a U
  5. YRU Still Here?
  6. Muslim Jewish Resistance
  7. Shut That Kid Up
  8. Fuck la Migra
  9. Orthodoxy
  10. Freak Freak Freak on the Peripherque – Marc Ribot, Shahzad Ismaily
  11. Rawhide

Weyes Blood: Titanic Rising

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On April 5, 2019, “Sub Pop” label released “Titanic Rising” the fourth Weyes Blood studio album. It was recorded 2018 – 2019, and was produced by Jonathan Rado and Natalie Mering.

Personnel:

  • Natalie Mering (Weyes Blood) – vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards
  • Michael D’Addario
  • Brian D’Addario
  • Michael Long
  • Richard Dodd
  • Leah Katz
  • Daphne Chen
  • Eric Gorfain
  • Drew Erickson
  • Jonathan Rado
  • Blake Mills
  • Chris Cohen
  • Keith Karman
  • Walt McClements
  • Kenny Gilmore
  • Michael Chadwick 
  • Dave Cerminara – engineer
  • Sarah Tudzin – additional engineering
  • Tristan Rodman – additional engineering
  • Kenny Gilmore – mixing
  • Brett Stanley – photography, set builds
  • Jenny Baumert – assistance
  • Ryan Waller – assistance
  • Elijah Funk – layout

Track listing:

All tracks by Natalie Mering (Weyes Blood)

  1. A Lot’s Gonna Change
  2. Andromeda
  3. Everyday
  4. Something to Believe
  5. Titanic Rising
  6. Movies
  7. Mirror Forever
  8. Wild Time
  9. Picture Me Better
  10. Nearer to Thee