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Greg Dulli: Random Desire

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On February 21, 2020, “Royal Cream” and “BMG” labels released “Random Desire”, the debut Greg Dulli studio album. It was recorded 2017 – 2019, at “Fireside Sound” and “Donner & Blitzen Studios” in Silver Lake, “Gold – Diggers Sound” and “Mant” in Los Angeles, “Marigny Recording Studio” in New Orleans, and was produced by Christopher Horn and Gregg Dulli.

Personnel:

  • Greg Dulli – vocals, guitar, bass, guitar, piano, organ, drums, percussion, mellotron, vibraphone
  • Charles Copley – guitar
  • Mark McGuire – guitar
  • Mathias Schneeberger – synthesizer, guitar, bass, drums
  • Jon Skibic – guitar, bass
  • Matt Schluessler – bass
  • Jon Theodore – drums
  • Rick Nelson – cello, contrabass, violin
  • Steven “Doc” Patt – contrabass, pedal steel guitar
  • Bryan Brown – percussion, castanets, bells, vibraphone
  • Camille – vocals
  • Scott Frock – trumpet
  • Jon Ramm – trombone
  • Brad Walker – saxophone
  • Meg Webb – harp
  • Avtar Khalsa – backing vocals
  • Christopher Thorn – mixing
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Greg Dulli.

  1. Pantomima
  2. Sempre
  3. Marry Me
  4. The Tide
  5. Scorpio
  6. It Falls Apart
  7. A Ghost
  8. Lockless
  9. Black Moon
  10. Slow Pan

Sarah Harmer: Are You Gone

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On February 21, 2020, “Arts & Crafts Productions” label released “Are You Gone”, the sixth Sarah Harmer album. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by Marcus Paguin and Sarah Harmer.

Personnel:

  • Sarah Harmer – vocals, guitar, piano, electric piano, organ, synths, drums
  • Marcus Paguin – guitar, tambourine, piano, organ, recording
  • Gord Tough – guitar
  • Christine Bougie – lap steel guitar
  • Ben Whiteley – bass
  • Jason Euringer – vocals, bass
  • Howie Beck – guitar, drums, percussion, recording, mixing
  • John McCann – drums
  • Rob Radford – drums
  • Jon Bunny Stewart – saxophone
  • Benji Perosin – trumpet, electric guitar
  • Kevin Fox – cello
  • Aaron Holmberg – recording
  • Alex Gamble – engineer
  • John Dinsmore – engineer
  • Stephen Koszler – engineer
  • Joao Carvalho – mastering
  • Benjamin Nelson – layout, design
  • Vanessa Heins – cover photography
  • Virginia Clark – inside photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Sarah Harmer, except where noted.

  1. St. Peter’s Bay
  2. New Low
  3. Just Get Here
  4. Take Me Out
  5. Squeaking Voices
  6. What I Was to You
  7. The Lookout
  8. Wildlife – David Hodge
  9. Cowbirds
  10. Little Frogs
  11. Shoemaker
  12. See Her Wave (For Jacqui)

Guided By Voices: Surrender Your Poppy Field

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On February 20, 2020, “Guided By Voices Inc.” label released “Surrender Your Poppy Field”, the 30th Guided By Voices album. It was recorded in 2019, at “Serious Business Music” and “Magic Door”, and was produced by Travis Harrison.

Personnel:

  • Bobby Bare Jr. – vocals, guitar
  • Robert Pollard – vocals, guitar, art direction, layout
  • Doug Gillard – vocals, guitar, bass, piano, keyboards, drums, percussion, melodica, arranger
  • Mark Shue – bass
  • Kevin March – drums
  • Abby Shue – vocal
  • Travis Harrison – recording
  • Ray Ketchem – additional recording
  • Jamal Ruhe – mastering
  • Jeff Powell – mastering
  • Joe Patterson – art direction, layout

Track listing:

All tracks by Robert Pollard.

  1. Year of the Hard Hitter
  2. Volcano
  3. Queen Parking Lot
  4. Arthur Has Business Elsewhere
  5. Cul De Sac Kids
  6. Cat Beats a Drum
  7. Windjammer
  8. Steely Dodger
  9. Stone Cold Moron
  10. Physician
  11. Man Called Blunder
  12. Woah Nelly
  13. Andre the hawk
  14. Always Gone
  15. Next Sea Level

Tedeschi Trucks Band: Signs

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On February 15, 2019, “Fantasy” label released “Signs”, the fourth Tedeschi Trucks Band studio album. It was recorded in 2018, and was produced by Derek Trucks, Jim Scott and Bobby Tis.

Personnel:

  • Susan Tedeschi – lead vocals, lead and rhythm guitars
  • Derek Trucks – lead vocals, lead and rhythm guitars, drums
  • Tim Lefebvre – electric and baritone guitar, bass guitar, double bass
  • Doyle Bramhall II – vocals, additional guitar
  • Oliver Wood – acoustic guitar
  • Kofi Burbridge – keyboards; flute
  • J.J. Johnson – drums, percussion
  • Tyler Greenwell – drums, percussion
  • Marc Quinones – congas, percussion
  • Kebbi Williams – saxophone
  • Elizabeth Lea – trombone
  • Ephraim Owens – trumpet
  • Alexei Romanenko – cello
  • Jorge Peña – viola
  • Grabriela Peña-Kim, Jonathan Kuo – violin
  • Warren Haynes – vocals
  • Mark Rivers, Mike Mattison, Alecia Chakour- vocals

Track listing:

  1. Signs, High Times – Mike Mattison, Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Kofi Burbridge, Tim Lefebvre
  2. I’m Gonna Be There – Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Anthony Cole, Doyle Bramhal II
  3. When Will I Begin – Susan Tedeschi
  4. Walk Through This Life – Warren Hayes, Tim Lefebvre, Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks
  5. Strengthen What Remains – Mike Mattison
  6. Still Your Mind – Kofi Burbridge, Derek Trucks
  7. Hard Case – Mike Mattison, Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks
  8. Shame – Mike Mattison, Tim Lefebvre, Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks
  9. All the World – Doyle Bramhall II, Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks
  10. They Don’t Shine – Mike Mattison, Kristina Train
  11. The Ending – Oliver Wood, Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks

Panda Bear: Buoys

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On February 8, 2019, “Domino” label released “Buoys”, the sixth Panda Bear (Noah Benjamin Lennox) studio album. It was recorded in 2018, in Lisbon, Portugal, and was produced by Panda Bear and Rusty Santos.

Personnel:

  • Panda Bear – vocals, guitar, synthesizer, sampler, drums, percussion, mixing
  • Dino D’Santiago – vocals, vocal arrangements
  • Rusty Santos – mixing
  • Mike Bozzi – mastering
  • Rob Carmichael – design
  • Danny Perez – design
  • Fern Pereira – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Panda Bear.

  1. Dolphin
  2. Cranked
  3. Token
  4. I Know I Don’t Know
  5. Master
  6. Buoys
  7. Inner Monologue
  8. Crescendo
  9. Home Free

Stone Temple Pilots: Perdida

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On February 7, 2020, “Rhino” label released “Perdida”, the eighth Stone Temple Pilots studio album. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by Jeff Gutt, Deen DeLeo, Robert DeLeo and Eric Kretz.

Personnel:

  • Jeff Gutt – lead vocals
  • Dean DeLeo – electric and acoustic guitars, percussion
  • Robert DeLeo – lead vocal, bass guitar, keyboards, marxophone, additional guitars
  • Eric Kretz – drums, percussion
  • Bill Appleberry – keyboards
  • Yutong Sharpe – violin
  • Julle Staudhamaer – viola
  • Erin Breene – cello
  • Adrienne ‘Aeb’ Byrne – flute
  • Chris Speed – saxophone
  • Tiffany Brown – backing vocals
  • Joy Simpson – backing vocals
  • Ryan Williams – engineer, mixing
  • JJ Golden – mastering
  • Rory Wilson – art direction, design
  • Charles Leutwiler – cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Dean DeLeo and Jeff Gutt, except where noted.

  1. Fare Thee Well – Robert DeLeo, Jeff Gutt
  2. Three Wishes
  3. Perdida – Robert DeLeo, Jeff Gutt
  4. I Didn’t Know the Time
  5. Years – Robert DeLeo
  6. She’s My Queen – Robert DeLeo. Jeff Gutt
  7. Miles Away – Robert DeLeo, Jeff Gutt
  8. You Found Yourself While Losing Your Heart
  9. I Once Sat at Your Table – Dean DeLeo
  10. Sunburst

Nada Surf: Never Not Together

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On February 7, 2020, “Barsuk Records” label released “Never Not Together”, the ninth Nada Surf studio album. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by  Ian Laughton, Matthew Rorison Caws, Ira Elliot and Daniel Lorca.

Personnnel:

  • Matthew Rorison Caws – vocals, guitar
  • Daniel Lorca – bass, backing vocals
  • Ira Elliot – drums
  • Leslie Sisson – vocals
  • Doug Gillard – guitar
  • Adam Colling – vocal, alto and tenor saxophone
  • Aiden Lash – alto and soprano saxophone
  • Phillip Peterson – cello, strings, choir arrangement, engineer
  • Victoria Parker – violin
  • Nick Brine – engineer
  • Austin Zeufeldt – engineer
  • Louie Ling – engineer
  • Tom Beaujour – engineer
  • Jeremy Delaney – engineer assistant
  • Chris Ramsey – engineer assistant
  • Alan Moulder – mixing
  • Caesar Edmunds – mixing
  • John Goodmanson – mixing
  • Geoff Pesche – mastering
  • Barbara Bersche – design
  • Jess Lomas – band photography

Track listing:

  1. So Much Love
  2. Come Get Me
  3. Live Learn and Forget
  4. Just What
  5. Something I Should Do
  6. Looking for You
  7. Crowded Star
  8. Mathilda
  9. Ride in the Unknown

Green Day: Father of All Motherfuckers

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On February 7, 2020, “Reprise” label released “Father of All Motherfuckers”, the thirteenth Green Day studio album. It was recorded June – September 2019, and was produced by  Billy Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, Tré Cool, Butch Walker and Chris Dugan.

Personnel:

  • Billie Joe Armstrong – lead vocals, guitar, design
  • Mike Dirnt – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Tré Cool – drums, percussion
  • Butch Walker – engineer
  • Chris Dugan – engineer, mixing
  • Todd Stopera – engineer assistant
  • Tchad Blake – mixing
  • Elin B. – mixing assistant
  • Brian Lucey – mastering
  • Chris Bilheimer – design
  • Pamela Littky – photography

Track listing:

  1. Father of All
  2. Fire, Ready, Aim
  3. Oh Yeah
  4. Meet Me on the Roof
  5. I Was a Teenage Teenager
  6. Stab You in the Heart
  7. Sugar Youth
  8. Junkies on a High
  9. Take the Money and Crawl
  10. Graffitia

The Specials: Encore

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On February 1, 2019, “Island” label released “Encore”, the eighth Specials studio album. It was recorded in 2018, and was produced by Terry Hall, Lynval Golding, Horace Panter and Torp Larsen.

Personnel:

  • Terry Hall – vocals
  • Lynval Golding – vocals, guitar
  • Horace Panter – bass guitar
  • Nikolaj Torp Larsen – vocals, keyboards
  • Steve Cradock – guitar
  • Kenrick Rowe – drums
  • Tim Smart – trombone, tuba
  • Pablo Mendelssohn – trumpet
  • Saffiyah Khan – guest vocals
  • Ian Burdge – cello
  • Bruce White – viola
  • Oli Langford – violin
  • Tom Pigott-Smith – violin
  • George Murphy – engineer
  • Sophie Ellis – engineer assistant
  • Cenzo Townshend – mixing
  • Robert Sellens – mixing assistant
  • Frank Arkwright – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Terry Hall, Horace Panter, Lynval Golding, and Nikolaj Torp Larsen, except where noted.

  1. Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys – Eddy Grant
  2. B.L.M.
  3. Vote for Me
  4. The Lunatics – Neville Staple, Terr Hall, Lynval Golding
  5. Breaking Point
  6. Blam Blam Fever – Earl Grant, V. E. Grant
  7. 10 Commandments – Terry Hall, Horace Panter, Lynval Golding, Torp Larsen, Saffiyah Khan
  8. Embarrassed by You – Terry Hall, Horace Panter, Lynval Golding, Torp Larsen, Mark Adams
  9. The Life and Times (Of a Man Called Depression)
  10. We Sell Hope

White Lies: Five

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On February 1, 2019, “PIAS” label released “Five”, the fifth White Lies album. It was recorded in 2018 and was produced by Ed Buller and Flood.

Personnel:

  • Harry McVeigh – lead vocals, guitar
  • Charles Cave – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Jack Lawrence-Brown – drums
  • James Brown – engineer
  • Alan Moulder – mixing
  • Casey Roarty – design, art direction

Track listing:

  1. Time to Give
  2. Never Alone
  3. Finish Line
  4. Kick Me
  5. Tokyo
  6. Jo?
  7. Denial
  8. Believe It
  9. Fire and Wings