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Kid Rock: Bad Reputation

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On March 21, 2022, “Top Dog Records” label released “Bad Reputation”, the twelfth Kid Rock studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2021, at “The Allen Roadhouse” in Clarkston, Michigan, “Dixie Ridge” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Kid Rock.

Personnel:

  • Kid Rock (Robert James Ritchie Sr.) – acoustic guitar, keyboards, B3 Organ, drums, percussion, programming, turntables, backing vocals
  • Monster Truck
  • Ed Jurdi – acoustic guitar
  • Gordy Quist – acoustic guitar
  • T.J. Watson – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Dean James – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Gannin Arnold – electric guitar
  • Gordy Quist – electric guitar
  • Adam Shoenfeld – electric guitar
  • Nathan Young – electric guitar
  • Rob McNelley – electric guitar
  • Vinnie Dombroski – electric guitar
  • Nick Bockrath – electric guitar
  • Tom Bukovac – electric guitar
  • Russ Phal – pedal steel guitar
  • Gordan Mote – piano
  • Jim “Moose” Brown – piano, B3 Organ
  • Dave Cohen – piano, B3 Organ, keyboards, synths
  • Jimmie “Bones” Trombly – piano, keyboards, B3 Organ, harmonica
  • Peter Keys – keyboards
  • Jim Jonsin – keyboards
  • Marlon Young – bass guitar, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar
  • Alison Prestwood – bass guitar
  • Scott Davis – bass guitar
  • Mark Hill – bass guitar
  • Tony Lucido – bass guitar
  • David Roe Rorick – bass, drums
  • Jerry Roe – drums
  • Greg Morrow – drums
  • Evan Hutchings – drums
  • Miles McPherson – drums
  • John “Rook” Cappelletty – drums
  • Richard Millsap – drums
  • Mark Douthit – saxophone
  • Max Abrams – saxophone
  • Tim Watson – fiddle
  • Herschel Boone – backing vocals
  • Shannon Curfman – backing vocals
  • Gretchen Wilson – backing vocals
  • Robert James – backing vocals
  • Perry Coleman – backing vocals
  • Kate Falcon – backing vocals
  • Victoria Camp – backing vocals
  • Amanda Gene Rowland – backing vocals
  • Stacy Michelle – backing vocals
  • Peter G Abbott – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Kid Rock.

  1. Don’t Tell Me How to Live
  2. We the People
  3. My Kind of Country
  4. Bad Reputation
  5. Never Quit
  6. Shakedown
  7. Rockin’
  8. The Last Dance
  9. See You Again
  10. Still Somethin’
  11. She’s Your Baby (Now Rock Her)
  12. Never Enough
  13. Everything to Me
  14. Cold Beer
  15. Ala-Fuckin-Bama
  16. Am What I Am
  17. The Nashville I Know
  18. Fifty

Nadia Reid: Out of My Province

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On March 6, 2020, “Spacebomb Records” label released “Out of My Province”, the third Nadia Reid album. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by Trey Pollard, Sam Taylor and Matthew E. White.

Personnel:

  • Nadia Reid – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Sam Taylor – electric guitar
  • Daniel Clarke – piano, organ, keyboards
  • Cameron Raiston – acoustic bass, bass
  • Brian Wolfe – drums, percussion
  • Marcus Tenney – tenor saxophone
  • J.C. Kuhl – baritone saxophone
  • Taylor Barnett – trumpet
  • Toby Whitaker – trombone
  • Adrian Olsen – engineer, mixing
  • Dave Cooley – mastering
  • Travis Robertson – art direction, design
  • Alex Lovell – Smith – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Nadia Reid.

  1. All of My Love
  2. High & Lonely
  3. Oh Canada
  4. Heart to Ride
  5. Other Side of the Wheel
  6. Best Thing
  7. I Don’t Wanna Take Anything from You
  8. The Future
  9. Who Is Protecting Me
  10. Get the Devil Out

Jonathan Wilson: Dixie Blur

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On March 6, 2020, “Bella Union” label released “Dixie Blur”, the fourth Jonathan Wilson album. It was recorded in 2019, at “Jack Clement Recording Studios”, “Alex the Great”, “Middletree Studios”, “Fivestarstudios”, “Grovemasters Studio”, and was produced by Jonathan Wilson and Pat Sansone.

Personnel:

  • Jonathan Wilson – vocal, 12 strings acoustic guitar, acoustic guitar, baritone guitar, slide guitar, tambourin, electric piano, organ, synthesizer,  mellotron, vibraphone, harp, drums, percussion, congas, mixing
  • Kenny Vaughan – 12 strings acoustic guitar, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Mark O’Connor – acoustic guitar
  • Pat Sansone – acoustic guitar, bass guitar, mellotron, vibraphone, backing vocals
  • Russ Pahl – acoustic guitar, pedal steel guitar
  • Joe Pisapia – pedal steel guitar
  • Drew Erickson – piano, organ
  • Dennis Crouch – bass, bass fiddle
  • Jon Radford – drums, percussion
  • Jim Hoke – harmonica, saxophone, flute, bass clarinet, harp
  • Leslie Stevens – backing vocals
  • Kevin Smith – engineer
  • Rachel Moore – engineer
  • Dave Cerminara – recording, mixing
  • Adam Ayan – mastering
  • Andrea Nakhia – art direction, artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Jonathan Wilson, except where noted.

  1. Just for Love – Dino Valenti
  2. ’69 Corvette
  3. New Home
  4. So Alive
  5. In Heaven Making Love
  6. Oh Girl
  7. Pirate
  8. Enemies
  9. Fun for the Masses
  10. Platform
  11. Riding the Blinds
  12. El Camino Real
  13. Golden Apples
  14. Korean Tea

Spoon: Lucifer on the Sofa

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On February 11, 2022, “Matador” label released “Lucifer on the Sofa”, the tenth Spoon studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2021, at “Public Hi-Fi” and “The Catacomb” in Austin, Texas, “Off Track Betting” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Mark Rankin, Dave Fridmann, Justin Raisen, Britt Daniel, Jim Eno, Alex Fischel, Ben Trokan and Gerardo Larios.

Personnel:

  • Britt Daniel – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboards, Mellotron, percussion, handclaps, engineer
  • Alex Fischel – electric guitar, piano, keyboards, Melodica, ARP Solina, drums
  • Gerardo Larios – electric guitar, bass guitar, piano, organ, bass drum, handclaps
  • Dave Fridmann – keyboards, engineer, mixing
  • Ben Trokan – bass guitar
  • Jim Eno – drums, percussion, engineer, mixing
  • Jennifer Marigliano – percussion
  • Ted Tafaro – saxophone
  • Steve Berlin – horns
  • Caroline Rose – backing vocals
  • Grant Eppley – engineer
  • Anthony Lopez – engineer
  • Mark Rankin – engineer, mixing
  • Gabe Wax – engineer, additional producer
  • Mike McCarthy – mixing
  • Tchad Blake – mixing
  • Andrew Scheps – mixing
  • Dave Cooley – mastering
  • Edel Rodriguez – illustration
  • Matt de Jong – design
  • Jamie-James Medina – design
  • Undercard – design
  • Mike Krol – cover art assistance

Track listing:

  1. Held – Bill Callahan
  2. The Hardest Cut – Britt Daniel, Alex Fischel
  3. The Devil & Mister Jones – Andrew Cashen, Britt Daniel
  4. Wild – Jack Antonoff, Britt Daniel
  5. My Babe – Britt Daniel
  6. Feels Alright – Britt Daniel, Alex Fischel
  7. On the Radio – Britt Daniel
  8. Astral Jacket – Britt Daniel
  9. Satellite – Britt Daniel
  10. Lucifer on the Sofa – Britt Daniel, Alex Fischel

Xiu Xiu: Girl with Basket of Fruit

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On February 8, 2019, “Polyvinyl” label released “Girl with Basket of Fruit”, the eleventh Xiu Xiu album. It was recorded in 2018, at Jamie Stewart’s home in Los Angeles, and was produced by Angela Seo and Greg Saunier.

Personnel:

  • Jamie Stewart – vocals, synthesizers, guitar, experimental percussion, viola, recording
  • Angela Seo – vocals, piano, electronic percussion, organ, harmonium
  • Greg Saunier – organ
  • Devin Hoff – double bass, bass violin, bass guitar
  • Emmanuel Obi – vocals, percussion, experimental percussion
  • Elliot Reed – vocals, percussion, experimental percussion
  • Ayo Okafor – percussion
  • Daniel Brevil – percussion
  • Ches Smith – percussion
  • Ace Stewart – vocals
  • River Stewart – vocals
  • Eugene Robinson – vocals
  • Tara Jane O’Neil – additional recording
  • John Congleton – mixing
  • Lawrence English – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Girl with Basket of Fruit – Daniel Brevil, Gordon McChesney Smith, James Cyrus Stewart
  2. It Comes Out as a Joke – James Cyrus Stewart
  3. Amargi ve Moo – Devin Hoff, James Cyrus Stewart
  4. Ice Cream Truck – James Cyrus Stewart
  5. Pumpkin Attack on Mommy and Daddy – Carl Elliot Reed, James Cyrus Stewart, Angela Seo
  6. The Wrong Thing – Devin Hoff, James Cyrus Stewart
  7. Mary Turner Mary Turner – James Cyrus Stewart
  8. Scisssssssors – Daniel Brevil, Gordon McChesney Smith, James Stewart Cyrus
  9. Normal Love – Devin Hoff, James Cyrus Stewart

Guided by Voices: Zeppelin over China

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On February 1, 2019, “Rockathon” label released “Zeppelin over China”, the 27th Guided by Voices studio album. It was recorded in 2018, at “Magic Door” in New Jersey, “Serious Business Records” in New York City, “Stillwater Lodge” in Dayton, Ohio, and was produced by Travis Harrison.

Personnel:

  • Robert Pollard – vocals
  • Doug Gillard – guitar, horn arrangements
  • Bobby Bare Jr. – guitar
  • Mark Shue – bass guitar
  • Kevin March – drums
  • Travis Harrison – engineer, vocal engineer, mastering, mixing
  • Ray Ketchem – engineer
  • Joe Patterson – art administration, layout
  • Robert Pollard – art administration, layout
  • Vince Williams – art administration

Track listing:

All tracks by Robert Pollard.

  1. Good Morning Sir
  2. Step of the Wave
  3. Carapace
  4. Send in the Suicide Squad
  5. Blurring the Contacts
  6. Your Lights are Out
  7. Windshield Wiper Rex
  8. Holy Rhythm
  9. Jack Tell
  10. Bellicose Starling
  11. Wrong Turn On
  12. Charmless Peters
  13. The Rally Boys
  14. Think. Be a Man
  15. Jam Warsong
  16. You Own the Night
  17. Everything’s Thrilling
  18. Nice About You
  19. Einstein’s Angel
  20. The Hearing Department
  21. Question of the Test
  22. No Point

Rustin Man: Drift Code

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On February 1, 2019, “Domino” label released “Drift Code”, the second Rustin Man (Paul Webb) studio album. It was recorded in 2018, and was produced by Rustin Man.

Personnel:

  • Rustin Man – vocals, piano, acoustic and electric guitar, twelve string and baritone guitar, guitarrón, electric bass, Hammond organ, synthesizer, electric piano, acoustic guitar, xylophone, accordion, harmonica, sounds
  • T.J. Mackenzie — euphonium, trumpet, trombone, flugelhorn, French horn
  • Nancy Lewis – flute
  • James Yorkston — clarinet
  • Snowboy — claviola, surdo, pandeiro, rattle, chimes
  • Lee Harris — drums, sitar, Jew’s harp, tambourine
  • Sam Webb – vocals
  • Stephanie Hedges – vocals
  • Catherine Chandler – violin, viola, viola d’amore
  • Ginny Davis – cello
  • Grace Webb – backing vocals
  • Lee Harris — engineer
  • Sam Webb – engineer
  • Paul Webb – engineer
  • Guy Davis — mastering
  • Matthew Cooper – design
  • Frans Florijn – photography
  • Brett Price – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul Webb, except where noted.

  1. Vanishing Heart
  2. Judgement Train
  3. Brings Me Joy
  4. Our Tomorrows – Paul Webb, Lee Harris
  5.  Euphonium Dream
  6. The World’s in Town
  7. Light the Light – Paul Webb, Lee Harris
  8. Martian Garden
  9. All Summer

Dune Rats: Hurry Up and Wait

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On January 31, 2020, Dune Rats self-released “Hurry Up and Wait”, the second band’s album. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by Mitch Kenny, James Tidswell, Danny Beus, Brett Jansch, BC Michaels and John Feldman.

Personnel:

  • Danny Beus – vocals, guitar
  • Brett Jansch – bass, backing vocals
  • BC Michaels – drums, backing vocals
  • Mitch Kenny – engineer
  • Kris Crummett – mastering
  • Lee McConnell – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks Danny Beus, Brett Jansch and BC Michaels.

  1. Intro
  2. Bobby D
  3. Rubber Arm
  4. No Plans
  5. Rock Bottom
  6. Crazy
  7. Patience
  8. Bad Habits
  9. Stupid Is as Stupid Does
  10. If My Bong Could Talk
  11. The Skids
  12. Mountain Come and go But Aussie Pub Rock Lives On (Forever)

Blossoms: Foolish Loving Spaces

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On January 31, 2020, “Virgin EMI” label released “Foolish Loving Spaces”, the third Blossoms studio album. It was recorded May – December 2019, at “Parr Street Studios” in Liverpool, and was produced by James Skelly and Rich Turvey.

Personnel:

  • Josh Dewhurst – lead guitar, lap steel guitar 
  • Tom Ogden – vocals, rhythm guitar, piano 
  • Myles Kellock – keyboards
  • Charlie Salt – bass guitar, Moog bass, backing vocals 
  • Joe Donovan – drums, percussion
  • Rich Turvey – piano, additional keyboards
  • Ian Skelly – additional percussion
  • Zak McDonnell – cymbal, clapping 
  • Kristopher Bradford – clapping 
  • James Skelly – backing vocals 
  • Kim Wedderburne – backing vocals
  • Mica Townsend – backing vocals 
  • Yvonne Shelton – backing vocals
  • Ben Claughan – engineer
  • Kristopher Bradford – engineer
  • Joe LaPorta – mastering
  • Kennie Takahashi – mixing
  • Leo Villareal – artwork
  • Erik Djurklou – photography
  • Ewan Ogden – photography

Track listing:

  1. If You Think This is Real Life
  2. Your Girlfriend
  3. The Keeper
  4. My Swimming Brain
  5. Sunday Was a Friend of Mine
  6. Oh No (I Think I’m in Love)
  7. Romance, Eh?
  8. My Vacant Days
  9. Falling for Someone
  10. Like Gravity

Nektar: The Other Side

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On January 24, 2020, “Esoteric Antenna” label released “The Other Side”, the 15th Nektar album. It was recorded in 2019, at “Shorefire Recording Studios” in Long Branch, NJ, and was produced by Benjamin Meade.

Personnel:

  • Ryche Chlanda – vocals, guitar
  • Kendall Scott – keyboards, synth 
  • Randy Dembo – twelve string guitar, bass
  • Derek Moore – vocals, bass, liner notes
  • Ron Howden – vocals, drums
  • Roye Albrighton – guitar
  • Joe DeMaio – engineer
  • Vinny Schmid – recording
  • Leon Zervos – mastering
  • Helmut Wenske – cover art
  • Jay Petsko – design, photography
  • Mick Brockett – visual concept, liner notes
  • Ed Igoe – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. I’m on Fire
  2. Skywriter
  3. Love Is / The Other Side
  4. Drifting
  5. Devil’s Door
  6. The Light Beyond
  7. Look Thru Me
  8. Y Can’t I B More Like U