Tag Archives: 2019

Crumb: Jinx

On June 14, 2019, Crumb self-released “Jinx”, band’s debut studio album. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by Lila Ramani, Bri Aronow, Jesse Brotter and Jonathan Gilad.

Personnel:

  • Lila Ramani – vocals, guitar
  • Bri Aronow – synthesizers, keyboard, saxophone
  • Jesse Brotter – vocals, bass
  • Jonathan Gilad – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Lila Ramani, Bri Aronow, Jesse Brotter and Jonathan Gilad.

  1. Cracking
  2. Nina
  3. Ghostride
  4. Fall Down
  5. M.R.
  6. The Letter
  7. Part III
  8. And It Never Ends
  9. Faces
  10. Jinx

Black Mountain: Destroyer

On May 24, 2019, “Dine Alone” label released “Destroyer”, the fifth Black Mountain studio album. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by John Congleton and Stephen McBean.

Personnel:

  • Rachel Fannan – vocals
  • Brooke Worrel – vocal
  • Stephen McBean – vocals, electric guitar, bass, organ, percussion, electronic drums, e-bow, engineer
  • Jeremy Schmidt – synthesizer, mellotron, vocoder, keyboards arrangements, recording, artwork
  • Arjan Miranda – acoustic guitar, bass, e-bow
  • Brad Truax – bass
  • Steve Fishman – bass
  • Andy Anderson – bass
  • Adam Bulgasem – drums
  • Kliph Scurlock – drums
  • Kid Millions – drums
  • John Congleton – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Stephen McBean, except where noted.

  1. Future Shades
  2. Home Arising – Jeremy Schmidt
  3. Closer to the Edge – Jeremy Schmidt
  4. High Rise
  5. Pretty Little Lazies
  6. Boogie Lover
  7. Licensed to Drive – Jeremy Schmidt
  8. FD’ 72

Bad Religion: Age of Unreason

On May 3, 2019, “Epitaph” label released “Age of Unreason”, the seventeenth Bad Religion album. Ut was recorded 2018 – 2019, at “Sunset Sound” in Hollywood, and was produced by Carlos de la Garza, Brett Gurewitz and Greg Graffin.

Personnel:

  • Greg Graffin – lead and backing vocals
  • Brett Gurewitz – guitar, backing vocals
  • Brian Baker – guitar, backing vocals
  • Mike Dimkich – guitar
  • Jay Bentley – bass, backing vocals
  • Jamie Miller – drums
  • Gavin Caswell – slide guitar
  • Nico Gurewitz, Emi Gurewitz, Gina Gurewitz, Angelyn de la Garza, Lucia de la Garza, Mila De La Garza, Sue Lucarelli, Christine Morales, Kelly Kettering, Adriana Roda-Stuart, Felicia Risolo, Melody Margarit, Kathie Merritt, Matt McGreevey – additional backing vocals
  • Clint Welander – engineer
  • Zachary Zajdel – engineer assistant
  • Sergio Chavez – engineer assistant
  • Adam Chagnon – engineer assistant
  • Carlos de la Garza – mixing
  • Chris Lord-Alge – mixing
  • Joe Barresi – mixing
  • Brian Judd – mixing assistant
  • Dave Collins – mastering
  • Trevor Hernandez – art direction, design
  • David Black – cover photography
  • Alice Baxley – band photographs

Track listing:

All tracks by Brett Gurewitz and Greg Graffin, except where noted.

  1. Chaos from Within
  2. My Sanity
  3. Do the paranoid Style
  4. The Approach
  5. Lose Your Head
  6. End of History – Brett Gurewitz, Greg Graffin, Carlos de la Garza
  7. Age of Unreason
  8. Candidate
  9. Faces of Grief – Brett Gurewitz, Greg Graffin, Brian Baker
  10. Old Regime
  11. Big Black Dog
  12. Downfall
  13. Since Now
  14. What Tomorrow Brings
  15. The Profane Rights of Man

Kirk Hammett: Portals

On April 23, 2022, “Blackened” label released “Portals”, the debut Kirk Hammett EP. It was recorded in July 2017, June 2019, August 2020, at “Cow in the Wall Studio” and “Henson Studios” in Hollywood, Makalei Studios” in Oahu, Hawaii, “Ex Machina” in Paris, and was produced by Kirk Hammett.

Personnel:

  • Kirk Hammett – guitar, mixing
  • Eliza Bagg – vocals
  • Edwin Outwater – keyboards, orchestra leader
  • Brad Cummings – bass
  • Greg Fidelman – bass
  • Philippe Bussonnet – bass
  • Jon Theodore – drums
  • Abraham Laboriel – drums
  • Marcel Feldmar – drums
  • Julien Charlet – percussion
  • Andrew Bain – horn 
  • Nathan Cole – violin 
  • Akiko Turamoto – violin
  • Nadia Sirota – viola
  • Mathilde Sternat – cello
  • Ben Lash – cello
  • Emmanuel Ceysson – harp
  • Blake Neely – string arrangements
  • Mike Gillies – engineer
  • Tim Harkins – engineer
  • Greg Fidelman – recording, additional engineering
  • Bob Rock – mixing
  • Emily Lazar – mastering
  • Chris Allgood – mastering
  • Alex Tenta – design, layout
  • Angel Hammett – photography

Track listing:

  1. Maiden and the Monster – Kirk Hammett, Lani Hammett
  2. The Jinn – Kirk Hammett, Lani Hammett
  3. High Plains Drifter – Kirk Hammett, Edwin Outwater
  4. The Incantation – Kirk Hammett, Edwin Outwater

Fontaines D.C.: Dogrel

On April 12, 2019, “Partisans” label released “Dogrel”, the debut Fontaines D.C. studio album. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by Dan Carey.

Personnel:

  • Grian Chatten – vocals, tambourine
  • Carlos O’Connell – guitar, baritone guitar, piano, Buchla Music Easel, backing vocals
  • Conor Curley – guitar, baritone guitar, Nashville guitar, chord organ, backing vocals
  • Conor Deegan – bass guitar, piano, baritone guitar, surf guitar, Jupiter synth, backing vocals
  • Tom Coll – drums, tambourine, miscellaneous percussion 
  • Dan Carey – swarmatron, arpeggiator, mixing
  • Alexis Smith – engineer
  • Christina Wright – mastering
  • Matt de Jong – design
  • Bruce Davidson – cover photography
  • Richard Dumas – inner sleeve photography 

Track listing:

All tracks by Grian Chatten, Carlos O’Connell, Conor Curley, Conor Deegan and Tom Coll.

  1. Big
  2. Sha Sha Sha
  3. Too Real
  4. Television Screen
  5. Hurricane Laughter
  6. Roy’s Tune
  7. The Lotts
  8. Chequeless Reckless
  9. Liberty Belle
  10. Boys in the Better land
  11. Dublin City Sky

The Flaming Lips: King’s Mouth: Music And Songs

On April 13, 2019, “Warner Bros” label released “King’s Mouth: Music and Songs”, the fifteenth Flaming Lips (The) album. It was recorded in 2018, at “Pink Floor Studios” in Oklahoma City, “Tarbox Road Studios” in Cassadaga, New York, and was produced by Dennis Coyne, Scott Booker, Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd, Derek Brown and Matt Duckworth Kirksey.

Personnel:

  • Wayne Coyne – vocals, guitar, keyboards, recording, artwork, design, layout
  • Steven Drozd – vocals, guitars, keyboards, bass, recording
  • Derek Brown – keyboards, guitars, percussion, recording
  • Matt Duckworth Kirksey – drums, percussion, keyboards, recording
  • Mick Jones – narrator
  • Steven Drozd – guitar
  • Jake Ingalls – piano, keyboards
  • Nicholas Ley – drums, percussion
  • Dave Fridmann – recording, mixing, mastering, additional production
  • Dennis Coyne – recording
  • George Salisbury – layout, design
  • Chris Bellman – lacquer cut
  • Mike Fridmann – additional production

Track listing:

  1. We Don’t Know How and We Don’t Know Why
  2. The Sparrow
  3. Giant Baby
  4. Mother Universe
  5. How Many Times
  6. Electric Fire
  7. All for the Life of the City
  8. Feedaloodum Beedle Dot
  9. Funeral Parade
  10. Dipped in Steel
  11. Mouth of the King
  12. How Can a Head

John Anderson: Years

On April 10, 2020, “Easy Eye Sound” label released “Years”, the 22nd John Anderson album. It was recorded in 2019, at “Easy Eye Sound Studios” in Nashville, and was produced by Dan Auerbach and David Fergusson.

Personnel:

  • John Anderson – lead vocals
  • Blake Shelton – lead vocal
  • Dan Auerbach – acoustic and electric guitar, percussion, backing vocals
  • Russ Pahl – acoustic, electric and steel guitar, bass, sitar, mouth organ
  • Billy Sanford – electric guitar, percussion
  • Mark Howard – banjo
  • Ronnie McCoury – mandolin
  • Billy Sanford – dobro, percussion
  • Bobby Wood – electric piano
  • Mike Rojas – piano, Hammond organ, clavinet, vibraphone, glockenspiel, harpsichord, bells
  • Charlie McCoy – harmonica
  • Dave Roe – bass
  • Gene Chrisman – drums, percussion
  • Chris St. Hilaire – percussion
  • Pat McLaughlin – percussion, backing vocals
  • Stuart Duncan – fiddle
  • Roy Agee – trombone
  • Matt Combs – strings
  • Ashley Wilcoxson, Molly Tuttle, Leisa Hans, Tyler Childers, Terry Eldridge, Shelton Feazell – backing vocals
  • M. Allen Parker – recording, engineer, mixing
  • Alex Skelton – engineer assistant
  • Caleb Van Buskirk – engineer assistant
  • Austin Atwood, Josh Ditty, Trey Keller – additional engineering
  • Ryan Smith – mastering
  • Perry Shall – design, layout
  • Alysse Gafkjen – photography

Track listing:

  1. I’m Still Hangin’ On – Dan Auerbach, John Anderson, Paul Overstreet
  2. Celebrate – Dan Auerbach, John Anderson
  3. Years – Dan Auerbach, David R. Fergusson, John Anderson, Patrick James McLaughlin
  4. Tuesday I’ll Be Gone – Dan Auerbach, John Anderson, David R. Fergusson
  5. What’s a Man Got to Do – Dan Auerbach, David R. Fergusson, Dee White, John Anderson
  6. Wild and Free – Joseph Paul Allen, Dan Auerbach, John Anderson
  7. Slow Down – Bobby Wood, Dan Auerbach, John Anderson
  8. All We’re Really Looking For – Dan Auerbach, Larry R. Cordle, John Anderson
  9. Chasing Down a Dream – Dan Auerbach, David R. Fergusson, John Anderson
  10. You’re Nearly Nothing – Dan Auerbach, John Anderson

These New Puritans: Inside The Rose

On March 22, 2019, “Infectious” label released “Inside the Rose”, the fourth These New Puritans studio album. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by George Barnett and Jack Barnett.

Personnel:

  • Jack Barnett – vocals, acoustic, electric and prepared piano, electric and upright bass, synthesizer, pitched percussion, sound design
  • George Barnett – vocals, drum kits, percussion, metal, glass, electronics
  • Maria Chiara Argiró: piano
  • Yazz Ahmed – flugelhorn, trumpet
  • Noel Langley – flugelhorn
  • Azazello Satariel – pocket tuba
  • Thomas Hein – percussion, backing vocals
  • David Tibet, Scintii, Elisa Rodrigues, Graham Sutton, Fred McPherson, Micaela Haslam, Michelle Daly – vocals
  • Andre de Ridder – conductor
  • Mayah Kadish – violin
  • Jeffrey Bruinsma – violin
  • Daniella Strasfogel – violin
  • Biliana Voutchkova – violin
  • Emmanuelle Bernard – violin
  • Mari Sawada – violin
  • Thora Sveinsdóttir – viola
  • Ildiko Ludwig – viola
  • Yodfat Miron – viola
  • Anna Carew – cello
  • Andreas Voss – cello
  • Zoé Cartier – cello
  • Lisa de Boos – double bass
  • Caleb Salgado – double bass
  • Clara Gervais – double bass
  • Florian Menzel – trumpet
  • Damir Bacikin – trumpet
  • Florian Juncker – trombone
  • Till Krause – trombone
  • Romain Bly – French horn
  • Samuel Stoll – French horn

Track listing:

  1. Infinity Vibraphones
  2. Anti-Gravity
  3. Beyond Black Suns
  4. Inside the Rose
  5. Where the Trees Are on Fire
  6. Into the Fire
  7. Lost Angel
  8. A-R-P
  9. Six

Patrice Jégou: If It Ain’t Love

On March 22, 2019, “Prairie Star Records” label released “If It Ain’t Love”, the second Patrice Jégou studio album. It was recorded in 2018, and was produced by David Paich, Yinka Oyelese, Mike Lang, Mark Kibble and Jorge Calandrelli.

Personnel:

  • Patrice Jegou – vocals
  • Mark Kibble – vocals, percussion
  • Alvin Chea – vocals
  • Take 6 – vocals
  • Ramón Stagnaro – guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Larry Koonse – acoustic guitar, guitar
  • Michael Thompson – electric guitar
  • Dean Parks – guitar
  • Yaron Gershovsky – piano
  • Mike Lang – piano, Rhodes
  • Greg Phillinganes – keyboards
  • David Lang – Wurlitzer
  • David Paich – Hammond B-3, piano
  • The Clayton – Hamilton Orchestra
  • Sam Levine – alto saxophone
  • Tom Scott – tenor saxophone
  • Doug Moffet – tenor and baritone saxophone
  • Gilbert Castellanos – trumpet
  • Steve Patrick, Mike Barry – trumpet
  • Roy Agee – trombone
  • Kevin Axt – bass
  • Abraham Laboirel, Sr. – bass
  • Boris Kozlov – bass
  • Cliff Almond – drums
  • Steve Ferrone – drums
  • John “J.R.” Robinson – drums
  • Ray Brinker – drums
  • Luis Conte – percussion
  • Lenny Castro – percussion
  • Bill Cantos, Kurt Lykes, Jamie McCrary, Jason Morales, Melodye Perry, Alfie Silas. Tiffany Smith, Tata Vega – choir

Track listing:

  1. Lover Come Back to Me – Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg
  2. Jersey Bounce – Tiny Bradshaw, Buddy Feyne, Eddie Johnson, Bobby Plater
  3. Baubles, Bangles and beads – George Forest, Robert Wright
  4. Yes We Can, Can – Allen Toussaint
  5. I’m So Glad I’m Standing Here Today – Will Jennings, Joe Sample
  6. Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams – Harry Barris, Ted Koehler, Billy Moll
  7. If It Ain’t Love – Andy Razaf, Donald Redman, Thaomas Fats Waller
  8. Estate (Summer) – Bruno Brighetti, Bruno Martino
  9. Lover Come Back to Me – Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg
  10. Waltz for Debby – Bill Evans, Gene Lees
  11. Losing You – Randy Newman
  12. Just Squeeze Me – Duke Ellington, Lee Gaines
  13. Where Do You Start – Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Johnny Mandel
  14. Remembrances – Peter Getz, Brian Hobbs, Mike Lang
  15. Please Send Me Someone to Love – Percy Mayfield
  16. It Might be You – Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Dave Grusin

American Football: Same

On March 22, 2019, “Polyvinyl” and “Big Scary Monsters” labels released the self-titled, third American Football album. It was recorded in 2018, at “ARC Studios” in Omaha, Nebraska, and was produced by Jason Cupp, Steve Holmes, Steve Lamos, Mike Kinsella and Nate Kinsella.

Personnel:

  • Mike Kinsella – vocals, guitar
  • Steve Holmes – guitar
  • Nate Kinsella – bass, glockenspiel
  • Steve Lamos – drums, trumpet
  • Rachel Goswell – vocals
  • Elizabeth Powell – vocals
  • Hayley Williams – vocals

Track listing:

  1. Silhouettes
  2. Every Wave to Ever Rise
  3. Uncomfortably Numb
  4. Heir Apparent
  5. Doom in Fool Bloom
  6. I Can’t Feel You
  7. Mine to Miss
  8. Life Support