Tag Archives: 2019

Gang of Four: Happy Now

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On April 19, 2019, Gang of Four self-released “Happy Now”, band’s ninth and final studio album. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by Andy Gill, Ben Hillier, Catherine Mayer and Ross Orton.

Personnel:

  • Andy Gill – vocals, guitar, artwork
  • Thomas McNeice – bass guitar
  • Tobias Humble – drums
  • Jonny Finnigan – drums
  • Ben Hillier – bass guitar
  • Ross Orton – bass guitar
  • Jane Sasseen – vocal sampling
  • Amy Love – backing vocals
  • Rebeka Ubuntu – backing vocals
  • Rhys Oakes – programming
  • Catherine Mayer – mixing
  • Natalie Alexis Duncan – backing vocals
  • Lawrie Dunster – mastering
  • Leigh Smiler – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Andy Gill, except where noted:

  1. Toreador
  2. Alpha Male
  3. One True Friend
  4. Ivanka: ‘My Name’s on It
  5. Don’t Ask Me – Andy Gill, John “Gaoler” Sterry
  6. Change the Locks – Andy Gill, Catherine Mayer
  7. I’m a Liar
  8. White Lies – Andy Gill, Catherine Mayer
  9. Paper Thin – Andy Gill, Catherine Mayer
  10. Lucky

The Tallest Man on Earth: I Love You. It’s a Fever Dream

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On April 19, 2019, “Dead Oceans” label released “I Love You. It’s a Fever Dream”, the fifth Tallest Man on Earth (The). It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by Kristian Matsson.

Personnel:

  • Kristian Matsson – vocals, all instruments

Track listing:

All tracks by Kristian Matsson.

  1. Hotel Bar
  2. The Running Styles of New York
  3. There’s a Girl
  4. My Dear
  5. What I’ve been Kicking Around
  6. I’m Stranger Now
  7. Waiting for My Ghost
  8. I’ll Be a Sky
  9. All I Can Keep Is Now
  10. I Love You. It’s a Fever Dream

Enter Shikari: Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible

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On April 17, 2020, “SO Recordings” label released “Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible”, the sixth Enter Shikari studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2020, and was produced by Rou Reynolds.

Personnel:

  • Rou Reynolds – lead vocals, keyboards, piano, orchestral arrangements, programming, mixing 
  • Rory Clewlow – vocals, guitar, engineer
  • Chris Batten – vocals, bass
  • Rob Rolfe – drums, percussion, drum engineer
  • Pete Fraser – baritone and tenor saxophone
  • Mike Kearsy – tuba 
  • George Fenton – orchestral arrangements
  • Julian Kershaw – orchestral arrangements
  • City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra 
  • Lucie Švehlová – concertmaster 
  • Adam Klemens – conductor 
  • Dan Weller – engineer, production assistant
  • George Perks – engineer
  • Will Flato – engineer
  • Vitek Král – engineer
  • Michal Hradiský – engineer assistant
  • Dan Lancaster – mixing
  • Geoff Swan – mixing
  • Clint Murphy – mixing
  • Rhys May – mixing assistan
  • Prash ‘Engine-Earz’ Mistry – mastering
  • Lavar Bullard – mastering
  • Stuart Hawkes – mastering (vinyl)
  • Ian Johnsen – art direction
  • Stuart Ford – layout
  • Tom Pullen – photography
  • Corinne Cumming – photography assistant

Track listing

  1. The Great Unknown
  2. Crossing the Rubicon
  3. The Dreamer’s Hotel
  4. Waltzing Off the Face of the Face of the Earth (I. Crecendo)
  5. Modern Living
  6. apøcaholics anonymøus (Main Theme in B Minor)
  7. The Pressure’s On
  8. Reprise 3
  9. T.I.N.A.
  10. Elegy for Extincyion
  11. Marionettes (I/ The Discovery of Strings)
  12. Marionettes (II. The Ascent)
  13. Satellites
  14. The King
  15. Waltzing of the Face of the Face of the Earth (II. Piangevole)

The Offspring: Let the Bad Times Roll

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On April 16, 2021, “Concord” label released “Let the Bad Times Roll”, the tenth Offspring (The) studio album. It was recorded 2013 – 2019, and was produced by Bob Rock.

Personnel:

  • Noodles – guitar, backing vocals
  • Dexter Holland – lead and backing vocals, guitar, bass
  • Pete Parada – drums
  • Alan Chang – piano
  • Josh Freese – drums
  • Jason Powell – saxophone, clarinet
  • Phil Jordan – trumpet
  • Eric Marbauch – trombone
  • Ricardo “Tiki” Pasillas – additional percussion
  • Jason “Blackball” McLean – additional vocals
  • Dave Pierce – sound design
  • Bob Rock – mixing, engineer
  • Adam Greenholtz – mixing
  • Emily Lazar – mastering
  • Chris Allgood – mastering
  • Daveed Benito – artwork, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Dexter Holland, except where noted.

  1. This Is Not Utopia
  2. Let the bad Times Roll
  3. Behind Your Walls
  4. Army of One
  5. Breaking These Bones
  6. Coming for You
  7. We Never Have Sex Anymore
  8. In the Hall of the Mountain King – Edvard Grieg
  9. The Opioid Diaries
  10. Hassan Chop
  11. Gone Away
  12. Lullaby

Greta Van Fleet: The Battle at Garden’s Gate

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On April 16, 2021, “Lava” and “Republic” labels released “The Battle at Garden’s Gate”, the second Greta Van Fleet studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2020, and was produced by Greg Kurstin.

Personnel:

  • Joshua Kiszka – lead and backing vocals
  • Jacob Kiszka – guitar, backing vocals
  • Samuel Kiszka – bass, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Daniel Wagner – drums, backing vocals
  • Songa Lee – violin
  • Charlie Bisharat – violin
  • Alma Fernandez – viola
  • Jacob Braun – cello
  • Greg Kurstin – engineer
  • Julian Burg – engineer
  • Alex Pasco – engineer
  • Mark “Spike” Stent – mixing
  • Matt Tuggle – recording assistant
  • Peter Luretig – recording assistant
  • Brian Rajaratnam – recording assistant
  • Matt Wolach – mixing assistant

Track listing:

  1. Heat Above
  2. My Way, Soon
  3. Broken Bells
  4. Built by Nations
  5. Age of Machine
  6. Tears of Rain
  7. Stardust Chords
  8. Light My Love
  9. Caravel
  10. The Barbarians
  11. Trip the Light Fantastic
  12. The Weight of Dreams

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

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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

Jay Bellerose, T Bone Burnett & Keefus Ciancia: The Invisible Light: Acoustic Space

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On April 12, 2019, “Verve Forecast” label released “The Invisible Light: Acoustic Space”,  album by Jay Bellerose, T Bone Burnett, and Keefus Ciancia. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by T Bone Burnett.

Personnel:

  • T Bone Burnett – vocals, resonator guitar, liner notes
  • Keefus Ciancia – piano, keyboards
  • Jay Bellerose – drums
  • Mike Piersante – engineer, mixing
  • Gavin Lurssen – mastering
  • Josh Cheuse – creative director, design
  • Jonathon Rosen – artwork
  • Dan Ichimoto – design
  • Christian Letts – band photography
  • Ivy Skoff – production coordination

Track listing:

All tracks by Jay Bellerose, T Bone Burnett, and Keefus Ciancia

  1. High John
  2. A Man Without a Country (All Data Are Compromised)
  3. To Beat the Devil
  4. Anti Cyclone
  5. The Secret in Their Eyes
  6. Being There
  7. Itopia Chant

The Strokes: The New Abnormal

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On April 10, 2020, “Cult” and “RCA” labels released “The New Abnormal”, the sixth Strokes (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2019, at “Shangri-La Studio” in Malibu, California, and was produced by Rick Rubin.

Personnel:

  • Julian Casablancas – vocals
  • Albert Hammond Jr. – guitars
  • Nick Valensi – guitars
  • Nikolai Fraiture – bass
  • Fabrizio Moretti – drums
  • Jason Lader – engineering, mixing
  • Pete Min – additional engineering
  • Rob Bisel – assistant engineering
  • Dylan Neustadter – engineer assistant
  • Kevin Smith – engineer assistant
  • Gus Oberg – pre-production demo recordings, engineer
  • Chris Tabron – additional pre-production recordings, engineer
  • Ben Baptie – mixing
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Stewart Whitmore – mastering
  • Jean-Michel Basquiat – cover painting
  • Tina Ibañez – art direction, design
  • Jason McDonald – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Julian Casablancas; all music by Julian Casablancas, Albert Hammond Jr.,Nick valensi, Nikolai Fraiture and Fabrizio Moretti, except where noted.

  1. The Adults Are Talking
  2. Selfless
  3. Brooklyn Bridge to Chorus
  4. Bad Decisions – Julian Casablancas, Albert Hammond Jr.,Nick Valensi, Nikolai Fraiture, Fabrizio Moretti, Billy Idol, Tony James
  5. Eternal Summer – Julian Casablancas, Albert Hammond Jr.,Nick Valensi, Nikolai Fraiture, Fabrizio Moretti, Richard Lofthouse Butler, Timothy George Butler
  6. At the Door – Julian Casablancas, Albert Hammond Jr.,Nick Valensi, Nikolai Fraiture, Fabrizio Moretti, Paul Vassallo
  7. Why Are Sundays So Depressing
  8. Not the Same Anymore
  9. Ode to the Mets

Laura Marling: Song for Our Daughter

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On April 10, 2020, “Chrysalis” label released “Song for Our Daughter”, the seventh Laura Marling studio album. It was recorded in 2019, at “Monnow Valley Studio” in Wales, “Three Crows Studio” and Marling’s home studio, and was produced by Ethan Johns and Laura Marling.

Personnel:

  • Laura Marling – vocals, acoustic, electric and slide guitar, guiro
  • Ethan Johns – drums, continuum fingerboard, resonator guitar, shaker, Moog, mixing
  • Chris Hillman – pedal steel guitar
  • Anna Corcoran – piano
  • Nick Pini – bass, bowed double bass
  • Dan See – drums
  • Gabriela Cabezas – cello
  • Rob Moose – string arrangements
  • Dom Monks – loops, mixing
  • Edie Phillips – recording assistant
  • Theresa Adebiyi – creative direction
  • Vance Wellenstein – design
  • Justin Tyler Close – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Laura Marling, except where noted.

  1. Alexandra
  2. Held Down
  3. Strange Girl
  4. Only the Strong
  5. Blow by Blow
  6. Song for Our Daughter – Laura Marling, George Jephson
  7. Fortune
  8. The End of the Affair – Laura Marling, Blake Mills
  9. For You – Laura Marling, George Jephson

White Denim: Side Effects

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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