Tag Archives: 2019

Foo Fighters: Medicine at Midnight

On February 5, 2021, “RCA” and “Roswell Records” label released “Medicine at Midnight”, the tenth Foo Fighters studio album. It was recorded October 2019 – February 2020, in Encino, Los Angeles, and was produced by Greg Kurstin, Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Rami Jaffee, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett and Pat Smear.

Personnel:

  • Dave Grohl – lead vocals, guitar
  • Chris Shiflett – guitar
  • Pat Smear – guitar
  • Rami Jaffee – keyboards, piano
  • Nate Mendel – bass guitar
  • Taylor Hawkins – drums
  • Omar Hakim – percussion
  • Jacob Braun – cello
  • Greg Kurstin – strings
  • Alma Fernandez – viola
  • Charlie Bisharat – violin
  • Songa Lee – violin
  • Samantha Sidley – backing vocals
  • Violet Grohl – backing vocals
  • Barbara Gruska – backing vocals
  • Laura Mace – backing vocals
  • Inara George – backing vocals
  • Darrell Thorp – engineer
  • Matt Wolach – engineer, assistant
  • Alex Pasco – engineer assistant
  • Mark “Spike” Stent – mixing
  • Randy Merrill – mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Rami Jaffee, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett and Pat Smear.

  1. Making a Fire
  2. Shame Shame
  3. Cloudspotter
  4. Waiting on a War
  5. Medicine at Midnight
  6. No Son of Mine
  7. Holding Poison
  8. Chasing Birds
  9. Love Dies Young

Clint Lowery: God Bless the Renegades

On January 31, 2020, “Rise” label released “God Bless the Renegades”, the debut Clint Lowery album. It was recorded in June 2019, at “Studio Barbarosa” in Gotha, Florida, and was produced by Michael “Elvis” Baskette.

Personnel:

  • Clint Lowery – lead vocals, guitars, bass guitar, drums
  • Wolfgang Van Halen – additional drums
  • Michael “Elvis” Baskette – mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Clint Lowery.

  1. God the Bless the Renegades
  2. Here
  3. Kings
  4. Alive
  5. What’s the Matter
  6. You Go First
  7. Allowed to Run
  8. Silver Lining
  9. She’s here
  10. Do We Fear God

Rib: Same

On January 26, 2019, “KRAN Records”, “Green Hill Records” and “MKC” labels released the self-titled, third Rib album. It was recorded in July 2018, in Skopje, Macedonia, and was produced by Ben “Faz” Farestvedt.

Personnel:

  • Jane Trajkovski – guitar, arranger
  • Ivica Dimitrijevik – vocals, guitar, bass, arranger
  • Dzano Kuch – vocals, drums, arranger
  • David Best – vocals
  • Alen Hadzi Stefanov – recording
  • Kosta Lazarevski – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Jane Trajkovski, Ivica Dimitrijevik and Dzano Kuch.

  1. Antelope
  2. Searching for Columbo
  3. Rotator
  4. Can Train
  5. Chanson no. 3
  6. Serpentine
  7. Desillusion
  8. Ta ta ta
  9. Chanson no. 1
  10. BlunHit

Joe Jackson: Fool

On January 19, 2019, “Edel AG” label released “Fool”, the 20th Joe Jackson studio album. It was recorded in 2018, at “Tonic Room Studios” in Boise, Idaho, and was produced by Joe Jackson and Pat Dillett.

  • Joe Jackson – vocals, keyboards, programming, arranger
  • Teddy Kumpel – vocals, guitar
  • Graham Maby – vocals, bass
  • Doug Yowell – vocals, drums, programming
  • Patrick Dillett – mixing
  • Greg Calbi, Sterling Sound – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Joe Jackson.

  1. Big Black Cloud
  2. Fabulously Absolute
  3. Dave
  4. Strange Land
  5. Friend Better
  6. Fool
  7. 32 Kisses
  8. Alchemy

Thunder: Please Remain Seated

On January 18, 2019, “earMusic” label released “Please Remain Seated”, the twelfth Thunder studio album. It was recorded in 2018 at “Rockfield Studios” in Monmouth, Wales, and was produced by Luke Morley.

Personnel:

  • Danny Bowes – vocals
  • Luke Morley – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Ben Matthews – guitar, keyboards
  • Tom Oliver – keyboards
  • Chris Childs – bass guitar
  • Gary “Harry” James – drums, percussion
  • Emily Lynn – backing vocals
  • Lara Smiles – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Luke Morley, except where noted.

  1. Bigger Than Both of Us
  2. Future Train – Luke Morley, Ben Matthews, Hogland
  3. Girl’s Going Out of Her Head
  4. I’m Dreaming Again
  5. Fly on the Wall
  6. Just Another Suicide – Luke Morley, Gary James
  7. Empty City – Luke Morley, Taylor
  8. Miracle Man
  9. Blown Away
  10. Loser
  11. She’s So Fine – Luke Morley, Taylor
  12. Low Life in High Places
  13. Stand Up – Luke Morley, Gary James
  14. River of Pain Like a Satellite
  15. Robert Johnson’s Tombstone
  16. Higher Ground
  17. Everybody Wants Her – Luke Morley, Danny Bowes, Ben Matthews, Gary James
  18. Long Way from Home

Algiers: There Is No Year

On January 17, 2020, “Matador” label released “There Is No Year”, the third Algiers studio album. It was recorded April – May 2019, at “Figure 8”, “Strange Weather”, “Studio E” in New York, and was produced by Randall Dunn and Ben Greenberg.

Personnel:

  • Franklin James Fisher – vocals, keyboards
  • Lee Tesche – guitar
  • Ryan Mahan – bass
  • Matt Tong – drums
  • Randall Dunn – Korg MS-20, Modal 001, Ensoniq ESQ-1, modular synth, percussion, mixing, additional programming, sound design
  • Ben Greenberg – MPC 2000, additional programming
  • Skerik (Eric Walton) – saxophone
  • Kyle Kidd – additional vocals
  • La Toya Kent – additional vocals
  • Lou the Dog – vocal sounds
  • Randall Dunn – mixing
  • Garrett DeBlock – mixing assistant
  • Jason Ward – mastering
  • Farbod Kokabi – art direction, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Franklin James Fisher, Lee Tesche, Ryan Mahan and Matt Tong.

  1. There Is No Year
  2. Dispossession
  3. Hour of the Furnaces
  4. Losing is Ours
  5. Unoccupied
  6. Chaka
  7. Wait for the Sound
  8. Repeating Night
  9. We Can’t Be Found

Pinegrove: Marigold

On January 17, 2020, “Rough Trade” label released “Marigold”, the fourth Pinegrove studio album. It was recorded May 2018 – February 2019, at “Amperland” in Kinderhook, New York, and was produced by Evan Stephens Hall and Sam Skinner.

Personnel:

  • Evan Stephens Hall – vocals, guitar, piano, percussion, mixing
  • Nick Levine – vocals, guitar, pedal steel, baritone guitar, mixing
  • Zack Levine – vocals, drums, percussion, mixing
  • Josh Marré – vocals, bass guitar, guitar, lap steel
  • Sam Skinner – guitar, synthesizer, mixing
  • Nandi Rose Plunkett – vocals, piano, synthesizer
  • Doug Hall – vocals, piano
  • Michael William Levine – pedal steel

Track listing:

All tracks by Evan Stephens Hall, except where noted.

  1. Dotted Line
  2. Spiral
  3. The Alarmist
  4. No Drugs
  5. Moment
  6. Hairpin
  7. Phase
  8. Endless
  9. Alcove – Evan Stephens Hall, Josh Marré.
  10. Neighbor
  11. Marigold

Buck Meek: Two Saviors

On January 15, 2021, “Keeled Scales” label released “Two Saviors”, the second Buck Meek studio album. It was recorded in July 2019, and was produced by Andrew Sarlo.

Personnel:

  • Buck Meek – vocals, guitar
  • Adrianne Lenker – vocals, guitar, photography
  • Dylan Meek – vocals, piano, organ
  • Adam Brisbin – vocals, guitar
  • Matthew Davidson – vocals, bass, guitar, pedal steel guitar, fiddle
  • Austin Vaughn – drums, percussion
  • Andrew Sarlo – engineer, mixing
  • Heba Kadry – mastering
  • Miles Johnson – design
  • Robbie Jeffers – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Alexander Meek, except where noted.

  1. Pareidolia
  2. Candle – Adrianne Lenker, Alexander Meek
  3. Second Sight
  4. Two Saviors
  5. Two Moons
  6. Dream Daughter
  7. Ham on White
  8. Cannonball Pt. 2
  9. Two Moons (Morning)
  10. Pocketknife
  11. Halo Light

The Big Moon: Walking Like We Do

On January 10, 2020, “Fiction Records” label released “Walking Like We Do”, the second Big Moon (The) studio album. It was recorded in2019, at “Studio BTS” in Atlanta, US, and was produced by Ben H. Allen III.

Personnel:

  • Juliette Jackson – vocals, guitars, keyboards, flute, piano
  • Soph Nathan – vocals, guitars, bass
  • Celia Archer – vocals, keyboards, piano, bass
  • Fern Ford – vocals, keyboards, drums, trumpet
  • Ben H. Allen III – additional keyboards, percussion, mixing
  • Richard Sherrington – horns
  • Rob Opitz – horns
  • Ben Etter – engineer, mixing
  • Billy Halliday – additional engineer
  • Duncan Albert Jr. – engineer assistant
  • Ian Horrocks – engineer assistant
  • Parker Bradford – engineer assistant
  • Rafael Rojas – engineer assistant
  • Spencer Poole – engineer assistant
  • Trae Young – engineer assistant
  • Pooneh Ghana – photography

Track listing:

  1. It’s Easy Then
  2. Your Light
  3. Dog Eat Dog
  4. Why
  5. Don’t Think
  6. Waves
  7. Holy Roller
  8. Take a Piece
  9. Barcelona
  10. A Hundred Ways to Land
  11. ADHD

Hail the Ghost: Arrhythmia

On December 6, 2019, “White Heart Records” label released “Arrhythmia”, the second Hail the Ghost studio album. It was recorded 2016 – 2019, at “Jam Studios” in Ballinamona, Kells, Co. Meath, Ireland, and was produced by Kieran O’Reilly and Martin Quinn.

Personnel:

  • Kieran O’Reilly – lead and backing vocals, guitar, drums, percussion
  • Eamonn Young – guitars
  • Ian Corr – piano, keyboards
  • Martin Quinn – bass, backing vocals
  • Paul Higgins – guitars
  • Gavin Mulhall – drums
  • Eamonn Young Sr. – saxophone
  • Joe Donnelly – spoken word
  • Zach Minogue O’Reilly – boys laughing
  • Lua Minogue O’Reilly – boys laughing
  • Sveva Robiony – cover art

Track listing:

All lyrics by Kieran O’Reilly, except where noted.

  1. Prologue – Joe Donnelly
  2. Swarms
  3. Gwendolen
  4. Pirouette
  5. Sweetest Dream
  6. Mountain
  7. Black Karma
  8. Sweet Samurai
  9. Loveless
  10. Elegy
  11. Home