Tag Archives: 2018

Claypool Lennon Delirium: South of Reality

Leave a comment

On February 22, 2019, “ATO Records” label released “South of Reality”, the second Claypool Lennon Delirium studio album. It was recorded in 2018, at “Rancho Relaxo” in Occidental, California, and was produced by Sean Lennon and Les Claypool.

Personnel:

  • Les Claypool– vocals, all instruments, songwriter, engineer, mixing
  • Sean Lennon– vocals, all instruments
  • Paulo Baldi– drums
  • Adam Gates – voices
  • Josh Adam Meyers – voices
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Agent Ogden – design, layout
  • Jay Blakesberg – photography
  • Hisaki Yasuda – cover art

Track listing:

All tracks by Les Claypool and Sean Lennon.

  1. Little Fishes
  2. Blood and Rockets: Movement I, Saga of Jack Parsons / Movement II, Too the Moon
  3. South of Reality
  4. Boriska
  5. Easily Charmed by Fools
  6. Amethyst Realm
  7. Toady Man’s Hour
  8. Cricket Chronicles Revisited: Pt. 1, Ask Your Doctor / Pt. 2, Psyde Effects
  9. Like Fleas

Andy Sheppard: Romaria

Leave a comment

On February 16, 2018, “ECM” label released “Romaria”, the 14th Andy Sheppard album. It was recorded in April 2017, at “Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI” in Lugano, Switzerland, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Andy Sheppard– soprano and tenor saxophone
  • Eivind Aarset– guitar
  • Michel Benita– double bass
  • Sebastian Rochford– drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Andy Sheppard except where noted

  1. And a Day…
  2. Thirteen
  3. Romaria – Renato Teixeira
  4. Pop
  5. They Came From the North
  6. With Every Flower That Falls
  7. All Becomes Again
  8. Forever..

Joan As Police Woman: Damned Devotion

Leave a comment

On February 9, 2018,”PIAS Recordings” label released “Damned Devotion”, the seventh Joan as Police Woman album. It was recorded in 2017, and was produced by Joan Wasser, Parker Kindred and Thomas Bartlett.

Personnel:

  • Joan Wasser – vocals, bass, guitar, keyboards, drum programming, engineer
  • Thomas Bartlett – bass, Fender Rhodes, keyboards, engineer
  • Oreon Bloedow – bass
  • Matt Whyte – guitar
  • Benjamin Lazar davis – guitar, bass, keyboards
  • Parker Kindred – vocals, drums
  • Jared Samuel – keyboards
  • Adam Sachs – engineer
  • Dan Millice – mastering
  • Luke Moellman – mixing
  • Stephanie Sidjakov – design
  • David A. Fitschen – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Joan Wasser.

  1. Wonderful
  2. Warning Bell
  3. Tell Me
  4. Steed (For Jean Genet)
  5. Damned Devotion
  6. The Silence
  7. Valid Jagger
  8. Rely On
  9. What Was It Like
  10. Talk About It later
  11. Silly Me
  12. I Don’t Mind

Bob Mould: Sunshine Rock

Leave a comment

On February 8, 2019, “Merge” label released “Sunshine Rock”, the 13th Bob Mould album. It was recorded in 2018 at “Tiny Telephone” in Oakland, “Tiny Telephone B” in San Francisco, “Granary Music” in San Francisco and “Granary Music” in Berlin, and was produced by Bob Mould.

Personnel:

  • Bob Mould– vocals, guitars, keyboards, percussion, orchestral arrangements
  • Jason Narducy– bass, backing vocals
  • Jon Wurster– drums, percussion
  • Alison Chesley – cello, orchestral score transcriptions
  • Prague TV Orchestra – cellos, violas, violins
  • Paul Martens – transcription consultant
  • Mikel Toms – orchestra conductor
  • Jan Košulič – orchestra engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Bob Mould, except where noted.

  1. Sunshine Rock
  2. What Do You Want Me to Do
  3. Sunny Love Song
  4. Thirty Dozen Roses
  5. The Final Years
  6. Irrational Poison
  7. I Fought
  8. Sun King
  9. Lost Faith
  10. Camp Sunshine
  11. Send Me a Postcard – Robbie van Leeuwen
  12. Western Sunset

Ian Brown: Ripples

Leave a comment

On February 1, 2019, “Polydor” label released “Ripples”, the seventh Ian Brown studio album. It was recorded in 2018, and was produced by Ian Brown.

Personnel:

  • Ian Brown – vocals, guitars, tambourine, bongos, cabassa, congas,  cymbals, drums, glockenspiel, guiro, maracas, rainstick, shaker, stick, triangle, artwork, design, cover photo
  • Casey Brown – guitars, tambourine, bass, bongos, drums, glockenspiel, keyboards, piano, electric piano, Tibetan bowls, triangle, sleeve photo
  • Frankie Brown – guitars, percussion
  • David Brown – piano, sleeve photo
  • Darren Heelis – engineer
  • Steve Fitzmaurice – mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Ian Brown, excepted where noted.

  1. First World Problems
  2. Black Roses – Barrington Levy
  3. Breathe and Breath Easy (The Everness of Now)
  4. The Dream and the Dreamer
  5. From Chaos to Harmony
  6. It’s Raining Diamonds
  7. Ripples
  8. Blue Sky Day
  9. Soul Satisfaction
  10. Break Down the Walls (Warm-Up Jams) – Michael Campbell

Joe Lovano: Trio Tapestry

Leave a comment

On January 25, 2019, “ECM” label released “Trio Tapestry”, the 29th Joe Lovano album. It was recorded in March 2018, at “Sear Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Joe Lovano – tenor saxophone, tarogato, gong
  • Carmen Castaldi – drums, percussion
  • Marilyn Crispell – piano

Track listing:

All tracks by Joe Lovano.

  1. One Time In
  2. Seeds of Change
  3. Razzle Dazzle
  4. Sparkle Lights
  5. Mystic
  6. Piano / Drum Episode
  7. Gong Episode
  8. Rare Beauty
  9. Spirit Lake
  10. Tarrassa
  11. The Smiling Dog

The Dandy Warhols: Why You So Crazy

Leave a comment

On January 25, 2019, “Dine Alone” label released “Why You So Crazy”, the tenth Dandy Warhols (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2018, and was produced by Courtney Taylor-Taylor, Brent DeBoer, Zia McCabe and Peter Holmstrom.

Personnel:

  • Courtney Taylor-Taylor – vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion, mixing, cover photo
  • Zia McCabe – vocals, keyboards, percussion
  • Brent DeBoer – vocals, guitar, bass, drums
  • Peter Holmstrom – guitar, bass, keyboards
  • Thomas Lauderdale – piano
  • Hunter Noack – piano
  • Brandon Eggleston – engineer, mixing
  • Adam Ayan – mastering
  • Sean Gothman – layout, design
  • James Jean – design
  • Jacob Pander – back cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Courtney Taylor-Taylor.

  1. Fred’n’Ginger
  2. Terraform
  3. Highlife
  4. Be Alright
  5. Thee Elegant Bum
  6. Sins Are Forgiven
  7. Next Thing I Know
  8. Small Town Girls
  9. To the Church
  10. Motor City Steel
  11. Forever
  12. Ondine

First Aid Kit: Ruins

Leave a comment

On January 19, 2018, “Columbia” label released “Ruins”, the fourth First Aid Kit studio album. It was recorded in 2017, at “Flora Recording & Playback” in Portland, Orgeon, and was produced by Tucker Martine.

Personnel:

  • Johanna Söderberg – vocals, keyboards, autoharp, bass guitar
  • Klara Söderberg – vocals, guitar
  • Eli Moore – choir, dulcimer, acoustic and electric guitar, piano, pump organ
  • Peter Buck – acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin
  • Tucker Martine – choir, drums, percussion, tambourine, noise, engineer
  • Glenn Kotche – drums, percussion
  • Steve Moore – choir, keyboards, marxophone, melodica, organ, piano, synthesizer, trombone
  • Benkt Söderberg – choir, electric guitar
  • McKenzie Smith – choir, drums, percussion
  • Justin Chase – choir, keyboards
  • Melvin Duffy – pedal steel
  • Paul Brainard – trumpet
  • Anna Fritz – cello
  • Eyvind Kang – viola
  • Kyleen King – viola
  • Patti King – violin
  • Isak Söderberg – choir
  • Anna Söderberg – choir
  • Michael Finn – choir
  • Laura Veirs – choir
  • Mikael Tot – choir
  • Eric Boulanger – mastering
  • EE Storey – design, layout
  • Lauren Dukoff – photography
  • Jason Quigley – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Klara Söderberg and Johanna Söderberg.

  1. Rebel Heart
  2. It’s a Shame
  3. Fireworks
  4. Postcard
  5. To Live a Life
  6. My Wild Sweet Love
  7. Distant Star
  8. Ruins
  9. Hem of Her Dress
  10. Nothing Has to Be True

Sharon Van Etten: Remind Me Tomorrow

Leave a comment

On January 18, 2019, “Jagjaguwar” label released “Remind Me Tomorrow”, the fifth Sharon Van Etten studio album. It was recorded in 2018, at “Sargent Recorders”,  “Studio 64” in Los Angeles, and was produced by John Congleton.

Personnel:

  • Sharon Van Etten– vocals, piano, organ
  • Heather Woods Broderick– backing vocals, synthesizer, electric piano
  • Zachary Dawes – bass, synthesizer
  • McKenzie Smith – drums, percussion
  • Luke Reynolds– lap steel guitar, guitar, tape loops, synthesizer, keyboards, celesta, bass
  • John Congleton– percussion, organ, theremin, synthesizer, drone, drum programming, tape loops, drum machine, loops, sequencer, engineering, mixing
  • Jamie Stewart– vocals, synthesizer, guitar, bells, percussion
  • Lars Horntveth– guitar, synthesizer, woodwinds, piano, celesta
  • Brian Reitzell– drums, organ, percussion, drone, cymbal
  • Joey Waronker– drums
  • Stella Mozgawa– drums
  • Sean Cook – additional engineering
  • Tyler Karmen – additional engineering
  • Greg Calbi– mastering
  • JN-H – lacquer cutting
  • Nathaniel David Utesch – design, layout
  • Katherine Dieckmann– front cover photography
  • Rob Houston – inner sleeve photography
  • Maya Judd – inner sleeve photography
  • Len Prince– inner sleeve, back cover, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Sharon Van Etten, except where  noted.

  1. I Told You Everything
  2. No One’s Easy to Love
  3. Memorial Day
  4. Comeback Kid – Sharon Van Etten, Sam Cohen
  5. Jupiter 4
  6. Seventeen – Sharon Van Etten, Kate Davis
  7. Malibu
  8. You Shadow
  9. Hands
  10. Stay

Guster: Look Alive

Leave a comment

On January 18, 2019, “Ocho Mule” label released “Look Alive”, the eighth Guster studio album. It was recorded in 2018, and was produced by Leo Abrahams and John Congleton.

Personnel:

  • Ryan Miller – lead vocals, guitar
  • Adam Gardner – vocals, guitar
  • Luke Reynolds – vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass, pedal steel, programming
  • Brian Rosenworcel – drums
  • Leo Abrahams – electric bass, guitar, keyboards, piano, synthesizer, technician, mixing
  • Sam Cohen – vocals, programming, engineer
  • Jon Natchez – trombone, trumpet, euphonium, flugelhorn, alto, baritone and tenor saxophones
  • Graham Lessard – engineer
  • Jason Tawkin – engineer
  • John Congleton – programming, engineer, mixing
  • Collin Dupuis – mixing
  • Adam Ayan – mastering
  • Nicky Rheaume – art direction
  • Nikki Virbitsky – artwork
  • Dave Waplington – layout, design
  • John Rummen – layout, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Ryan Miller, Adam Gardner, Luke Reynolds and Brian Rosenworcel.

  1. Look Alive
  2. Don’t Go
  3. Hard Times
  4. Hello Mister Sun
  5. Overexcited
  6. Summertime
  7. Terrified
  8. Mind Kontrol
  9. Not for Nothing
  10. When You Go Quiet