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The Mars Volta: Same

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On September 16, 2022, “Clouds Hill” label released the self-titled, seventh Mars Volta (The) studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2021, and was produced by Omar Rodríguez-López.

Personnel:

  • Cedric Bixler-Zavala – vocals
  • Omar Rodríguez-López – guitars, synthesizers, direction, arrangements, engineer
  • Marcel Rodríguez-López – synthesizers, engineer, mixing
  • Eva Gardner – bass guitar
  • Willy Rodriguez Quiñones – drums
  • Leo Genovese – keyboards
  • Daniel Diaz Rivera – percussio
  • Jon Debaun – engineer
  • Chris Common – engineer
  • Luis Bacqué – engineer
  • Matthew Neighbour – editing
  • Chris von Rautenkranz – mastering
  • Alma L. Zayas – art direction, design
  • Adan Guevara – design, layout
  • Stuart Gili-Ross – production coordinator

Track listing:

  1. Blacklight Shine
  2. Graveyard Love
  3. Shores Story
  4. Blank Condolences
  5. Vigil
  6. Que Dios Te Maldiga Mi Corazón
  7. Cerulea
  8. Flash Burns from Flashbacks
  9. Palm Full of Crux
  10. No Case Gain
  11. Tourmaline
  12. Equus 3
  13. Collapsible Shoulders
  14. The Requisition

Rheostatics: Here Comes The Wolves

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On September 6, 2019, “Six Shooter Records” label released “Here Come the Wolves”, the twelve Rheostatics album. It was recorded in 2019, at “Revolution Recording” and “Union Sound Company” in Toronto, Canada, and was produced by Chris Stringer.

Personnel:

  • Dave Bidini – vocals, guitar, bass
  • Martin Tielli – vocals, guitar, tenor guitar, banjo, additional engineering
  • Kevin Hearn – vocals, keyboards, accordion
  • Hugh Marsh – violin
  • Tim Vesely – vocals, bass guitar, additional engineering
  • Dave Clark – drums, percussion, keyboards, additional engineering
  • Chris Stringer – additional guitar, keyboards, percussion, engineer
  • Alex Gamble – engineer
  • Michael Philip Wojewoda – additional engineering, mixing
  • Darren McGill – engineer assistant
  • Luke Schindler – engineer assistant
  • Chris Peters – design, layout
  • João Carvalho – mastering
  • Bryan Lowe – mastering assistant
  • Chris Walla – mixing
  • Gus Van Go – mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Dave Bidini, Martin Tielli, Kevin Hearn, Hugh Marsh, Tim Vesely and Dave Clark.

  1. Vancouver
  2. AC/DC on the Stereo
  3. Rearview
  4. Here Come the Wolves
  5. It’s the Super Controller!
  6. Music is the Message
  7. Diamonds on Our Toes
  8. I Wanna Be Your Robot
  9. The Beautiful Night
  10. Goodbye Sister Butterfly
  11. Albatross
  12. Mountains and the Sea

Lorde: Solar Power

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On August 20, 2021, “Universal Music New Zealand” label released “Solar Power”, the third Lorde studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2021, at “Electric Lady” in New York City, “Conway” in Los Angeles, “Roundhead” in Auckland, “Rough Customer” in Brooklyn, and was produced by Lorde, Malay and Jack Antonoff.

Personnel:

  • Lorde (Ella Yelich-O’Connor) – vocals
  • Jack Antonoff – acoustic and electric guitars, string acoustic guitar, bass, piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, keyboards, Mellotron, Farfisa, drums, percussion, programming, mixing
  • Malay – bass, acoustic guitar, piano, keyboards, programming
  • Matt Chamberlain – drums, percussion, programming
  • Evan Smith – flute, saxophone, keyboards
  • Cole Kamen-Green – trumpet
  • Bobby Hawk – violin
  • Robyn – vocals
  • Clairo – backing vocals
  • Lawrence Arabia – backing vocals
  • Marlon Williams – backing vocals
  • Phoebe Bridgers – backing vocal
  • Mark “Spike” Stent – mixing
  • Laura Sisk – mixing
  • Chris Gehringer – mastering
  • Will Quinnell – mastering assistant
  • Matt Wolach – mixing assistant

Track listing:

  1. The Path – Ella Yelich-O’Connor
  2. Solar Power – Ella Yelich-O’Connor, Jack Antonoff
  3. California – Ella Yelich-O’Connor, Jack Antonoff
  4. Stoned at the Nail Salon – Ella Yelich-O’Connor, Jack Antonoff
  5. Fallen Fruit – Ella Yelich-O’Connor, Jack Antonoff
  6. Secrets from a Girl (Who See It All) – lyrics by Ella Yelich-O’Connor, Jack Antonoff, Robin Carlsson, music by Ella Yelich-O’Connor, Jack Antonoff
  7. The Man with the Axe – lyrics by Ella Yelich-O’Connor, music by Ella Yelich-O’Connor, Malay
  8. Dominoes – Ella Yelich-O’Connor, Jack Antonoff
  9. Big Star – Ella Yelich-O’Connor, Jack Antonoff
  10. Leader of a New Regime – lyrics by Ella Yelich-O’Connor, music by Ella Yelich-O’Connor, Malay
  11. Mood Ring – Ella Yelich-O’Connor, Jack Antonoff
  12. Oceanic Feeling – Ella Yelich-O’Connor

JLCO With Wynton Marsalis: Jazz And Art

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On August 2, 2019, “Blue Engine Records” label released “Jazz and Art”, album by JLCO with Wynton Marsalis.

Personnel:

  • Wynton Marsalis – trumpet
  • Sherman Irby – alto and soprano saxophone, clarinet, flute
  • Julian Lee – tenor saxophone, clarinet
  • Paul Nedzela – baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
  • Tatum Greenblatt – trumpet
  • Chris Crenshaw – trombone
  • Vincent Gardner – trombone
  • Jeffery Miller – trombone
  • Obed Calvaire – drums, tambourine

Track listing:

  1. Stuart Davis for the Masses: The Mellow Pad – For Stuart Davis
  2. Stuart Davis for the Masses: Garage Lights – For Stuart Davis
  3. Stuart Davis for the Masses: New York – For Stuart Davis
  4. Blue Twirl – For Sam Gilliam
  5. Bearden (The Block) – For Romare Bearden
  6. Air, Earth, Fire, Water (Orisha Medley) – For Wifredo Lam
  7. Winslow Homer: Homer’s Waltz – For Winslow Homer
  8. Winslow Homer: Homer’s Blues – For Winslow Homer
  9. The Repose in All Things – For Piet Mondrian
  10. Twilight Sounds – Twilight Sounds

Mini Mansions: Guy Walks Into A Bar…

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On July 26, 2019, “Fiction” label released “Guy Walks into A Bar…”, the third Mini Mansions album. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by Michael Shuman, Dennis Herring, T-Bone Burnett, Jason Wormer and Cian Riordian.

Personnel:

  • Michael Shuman – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, drums
  • Zach Dawes – bass guitar, keyboards 
  • Jon Theodore – drums
  • Melodye Perry – backing band
  • Tyler Parkford – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Dash Hutton – drums
  • Alison Mosshart – vocals
  • Elizabeth Berg – backing vocals
  • Kaylie Schiff – backing vocals
  • Tata Vega – backing vocals
  • Jonathan Sterling – recording
  • Cian Riordan – engineer, mixing
  • Justin Smith – engineer
  • Chris Allgood, Emily Lazar – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Should Be Dancing
  2. Bad Things (That Make You Feel Good)
  3. Don’t Even Know You
  4. Forgot Your Name
  5. I’m In Love
  6. Time Machine
  7. Works Every Time
  8. Living in the Future
  9. Gummybear
  10. Hey Lover

 

Purple Mountains: Same

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On July 12, 2019, “Drag City” label released the self-titled, debut and only Purple Mountains studio album. It was recorded in 2018, at “Jamdek” in Chicago, Illinois, “Thump” in Brooklyn, New York and was produced by Jarvis Taveniere and Jeremy Earl.

Personnel:

  • David Berman – vocals, guitar
  • Aaron Neveu – guitar, bass, drums
  • Kyle Forester – piano, organ, Mellotron, harmonica, melodica
  • Jarvis Taveniere – bass, guitars
  • Jeremy Earl – vocals, drums, guitar, percussion, Mellotron
  • Justin Brown – pedal steel 
  • John Andrews – vocals, organ
  • Chris Stroffolino – Hammond organ
  • Cole Kamen-Green – trumpet
  • Anna St. Louis – vocals
  • Haley Fohr – vocals
  • Jarvis Taveniere – engineer, mixing
  • Cooper Crain – auxiliary recording
  • Peyton Pinkerton – auxiliary recording
  • Carl Saff – lacquer cut
  • Christian Patterson – center photography
  • Cassie Berman – dog photography
  • Dan Koretzky – executive production

Track listing:

All track by David Berman, except where noted.

  1. That’s Just the Way That I Deel
  2. All My Happiness Is Gone
  3. Darkness and Cold
  4. Snow Is Falling in Manhattan
  5. Margaritas at the Mall
  6. She’s making Friends, I’m Turning Stranger
  7. I Loved Being My Mother’s Son
  8. Nights That Won’t Happen
  9. Storyline Fever
  10. Maybe I’m the Only One for Me – David Berman, Dan Auerbach, Gate Pratt

MOLLY: All That Ever Could Have Been

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On June 28, 2019, “Sonic Cathedral Recordings” label released “All That Ever Could Have Been”, the debut MOLLY studio album. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by Wolfgang Möstl, Laris Andersson and Phillip Dornauer.

Personnel:

  • Lars Andersson – vocals, guitar
  • Phillip Dornauer – drums
  • James Aparicio – mastering
  • Julian Berger – artwork, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Laris Andersson and Phillip Dornauer.

  1. Coming of Age
  2. The Fountain of Youth
  3. Vogelnest
  4. As Years Go By
  5. All That Ever Could Have Been
  6. Slowly
  7. Weep, Gently Weep
  8. Coming of Age, Pt. 2

Belinda O’ Hooley: Inversions

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On June 28, 2019, “No Masters” label released “Inversions”, the second Belinda O’ Hooley album. It was recorded in 2019, at “Moma” in Wales, and was produced by Heidi Tidow.

Personnel:

  • Belinda O’Hooley – vocals, piano, accordion, percussion, arrangements, photography, liner notes
  • Heidi Tidow – spoken word, backing vocals
  • Michael McGoldrick – uilleann pipes, whistle
  • Heidi Tidow – recording, photography
  • Neil Ferguson – mixing, mastering
  • Kate Aughey – artwork
  • Martin Roswell – design, layout
  • Hannah Webster – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Belinda O’Hooley, except where noted.

  1. Inside a Soul
  2. Felingerrig
  3. The Swallow’s Tail – traditional
  4. Dillin O’ Deamhas – traditional
  5. Skibbereen
  6. Aran Fawddwy – Heidi Tidow
  7. Hawkward
  8. Cadair Idris
  9. The Applecross In – traditional
  10. The Hills of Greenmore – traditional
  11. Pipistrelles at 6 pm
  12. The Bonny Boy
  13. My Father’s Reel

Thom Yorke: Anima

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On June 27, 2019, “XL Recordings” label released “Anima”, the third Thom Yorke studio album. It was recorded in 2019, at “Air Studios” in London, and was produced by Nigel Godrich.

Personnel:

  • Thom Yorke – artwork (credited as Tchocky)
  • Joey Waronker – drums
  • Philip Selway – sped-up drums
  • Tarik Barri – computer artists
  • London Contemporary Orchestra and Choir
  • Hugh Brunt – conducting, orchestrations
  • Talia Morey – copy
  • Galya Bisengalieva (leader), Alessandro Ruisi, Zara Benyounes, Alexandra Caldon, Venetia Jollands, Patrick Savage, Anna Ovsyanikova, Marianne Haynes – first violins
  • Eloisa-Fleur Thom, Emily Holland, Gillon Cameron, Guy Button, Nicole Stokes, Francesca Barritt, Violeta Barreña, Ed McCullagh – second violins
  • Ian Anderson, Clifton Harrison, Matt Kettle, Matthew Maguire, Diana Matthews, Alison D’Souza, Jenny Lewisohn, Meghan Cassidy – violas
  • Brian O’Kane, Reinoud Ford, Jonny Byers, Gregor Riddell, Zoe Martlew, Sergio Serra – cellos
  • Dave Brown, Roger Linley, Laurence Ungless, Gwen Reed – double basses
  • Pasha Mansurov (solo: piccolo, alto and bass), Zinajda Kodrič (II: alto and bass), Gareth Mclearnon (III: alto, bass and contrabass) – flutes
  • Craig Apps, Zands Duggan, Louise Anna Duggan – percussion
  • Josephine Stephenson, Héloïse Werner, Fiona Fraser, Harriet Armston-Clarke, Laurel Neighbour, Eleanor Gregory – sopranos
  • Rose Martin, Katie Schofield, Amy Lyddon, Emma Lewis, Lissie Paul, Judy Brown – altos
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Stanley Donwood – artwork

Track listing:

All lyrics by Thom Yorke, all music by Nigel Godrich and Thom Yorke.

  1. Traffic
  2. Last I Heard (…He Was Circling the Drain)
  3. Twist
  4. Dawn Chorus
  5. I Am a Very Rude Person
  6. Not the News
  7. The Axe
  8. Impossible Knots
  9. Runwayaway

Noah Kahan: Busyhead

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On June 14, 2019, “Republic” label released “Busyhead”, the debut Noah Kahan studio album. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by Joel Little, David Baron, Todd Clark and Simone Felice.

Personnel:

  • Noah Kahan – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Julia Michaels – vocal
  • Brian Goss – electric guitar
  • Joel Little – bass guitar, piano, keyboards, acoustic and electric guitar, percussion, backing vocals, drum programming, programming
  • Todd Clark – electric guitar, keyboards, percussion, backing vocals
  • David Baron – keyboards, percussion, drum programming
  • Simone Felice – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Benjamin Barter – drums
  • Byron Isaacs – backing vocals
  • Benjamin Rice – engineer
  • Sam de Jong – engineer
  • Todd Clark – engineer
  • Scott Harris – engineer
  • Joel Little – engineer, mixing
  • Mark “Spike” Stent – mixing
  • Neal Avron – mixing
  • Serge Courtois – mixing
  • Michael Freeman – mixing assistant
  • Scott Skyrzynski – mixing assistant

Track listing:

  1. False Confidence – Noah Kahan, Chris DeStefano
  2. Mess – Noah Kahan, Todd Clark
  3. Hurt Somebody – Noah Kahan, Scott Harris
  4. Young Blood – Noah Kahan
  5. Busyhead – Noah Kahan, Dan Wilson
  6. Cynic – Noah Kahan, Joel Little
  7. Save Me – Noah Kahan, Scott Harris
  8. Sink – Noah Kahan
  9. Tidal – Noah Kahan, Phineas Choukas
  10. Carlo’s Song – Noah Kahan, Aron Wright