Tag Archives: 2019

Ulver: Flowers Of Evil

On August 28, 2020, “House of Mythology” label released “Flowers of Evil”, the twelfth Ulver studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2020, in Oslo, and was produced by Kristoffer Rygg, Tore Ylvisaker, Ole Alexander Halstensgård and Jørn H. Sværen.

Personnel:

  • Kristoffer Rygg – vocals, additional programming
  • Tore Ylvisaker – keyboards, programming
  • Ole Alexander Halstensgård – electronics
  • Jørn H. Sværen – miscellaneous
  • Ivar Thormodsæter – drums
  • Anders Møller – percussion
  • Christian Fennesz – guitar, electronics
  • Stian Westerhus – guitar
  • Ole Henrik Moe – viola, cello
  • Kari Rønnekleiv – violin
  • John Stark – bass
  • Suzanne Sumbundu – vocals
  • Mimmi Tamba – vocals
  • Michael J. York – bagpipes
  • Martin Glover – mixing
  • Michael Rendall – mixing
  • Renée Jeanne Falconetti – cover still image

Track listing:

  1. One Last Dance
  2. Russian Doll
  3. Machine Guns and Peacock Feathers
  4. Hour of the Wolf
  5. Apocalypse 1993
  6. Little Boy
  7. Nostalgia
  8. A Thousand Cuts

Tropical Fuck Storm: Braindrops

On August 23, 2019, “Flightless Records” label released “Braindrops”, the second Tropical Fuck Storm studio album. It was recorded 2018 – 2019, at “Dodgy Bros Studios” in Nagambie, Victoria, and was produced by Mike Deslandes and Gareth Liddiard.

Personnel:

  • Gareth Liddiard – lead and backing vocals, guitar, recording, mixing
  • Erica Dunn – lead and backing vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Fiona Kitschin – lead and backing vocals, bass
  • Lauren Hammel – drums, programming
  • J.P. Shilo – violin, guitar, organ
  • Венера-14 – field recordings
  • Mike Deslandes – recording, mixing
  • Dav Byrne – mastering
  • Joe Becker – cover painting
  • David Woodruff – layout
  • Jamie Wdziekonski – photography
  • Andrew Quilty – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Gareth Liddiard, Erica Dunn, Fiona Kitschin and Lauren Hammel.

  1. Paradise
  2. The Planet of Straw Men
  3. Who’s My Eugene?
  4. The Happiest Guy Around
  5. Maria 62
  6. Braindrops
  7. Aspirin
  8. Desert Sands of Venus
  9. Maria 63

Nubya Garcia: Source

On August 21, 2020, “Concord Jazz” label released “Source”, the second Nubya Garcia studio album. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by Kwes and Nubya Garcia.

Personnel:

  • Nubya Garcia – tenor saxophone
  • Diana Sammiguel – vocals, maracas 
  • Giovanna Mogollon – vocals 
  • Karen Forero – vocals 
  • Ritchie Seivwright – featured vocals
  • Akenya – featured vocals
  • Cassie Kinoshi – tenor saxophone, featured vocals
  • MS Maurice (Sheila Maurice Grey) – trumpet, featured vocals
  • Daniel Casimer – double bass
  • Joe Armon-Jones – keyboards, piano
  • Sam Jones – drums
  • La perla – performer
  • Giles Barrett – recording

Track listing:

All tracks Nubya Garcia, except where noted.

  1. Pace
  2. The Message Continues
  3. Source
  4. Together Is a Beautiful Place To Be
  5. Stand with Each Other
  6. Inner Game
  7. La cumbia me está llamando
  8. Before Us: In Demerara & Caura
  9. Boundless Beings – Nubya Garcia, Akenya

Kathleen Edwards: Total Freedom

On August 14, 2020, “Dualtone Records” label released “Total Freedom”, the fifth Kathleen Edwards studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2020, and was produced by Ian Fitchuk, Jim Bryson and Kathleen Edwards.

Personnel:

  • Kathleen Edwards – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars
  • Gord Tough – electric and slide guitar
  • Jim Bryson – acoustic, electric, and slide guitars, organ, piano, banjo, percussion, string machine, effects, synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Aaron Goldstein – pedal steel
  • Todd Lombardo – nylon string guitar, acoustic guitar, banjo
  • Blair Hogan – electric guitar
  • Daniel Tashian – guitar, backing vocal
  • Ian Fitchuk – bass guitar, book kick/percussion, Wurlitzer, piano
  • Darcy Yates – bass guitar
  • Phillipe Charbonneau – bass guitar
  • Jon Hynes – bass guitar
  • Peter Von Althen – drums, percussion
  • Kinley Dowling – violin, viola and string arrangements
  • Jill Andrews – backing vocals
  • Courtney Marie Andrews – backing vocals
  • Craig Alvin, Zack Pancoast, Zane Whitfield, Jim Bryson, Dylan Lodge and Konrad Snyder – engineer
  • Konrad Snyder – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Kathleen Edwards.

  1. Glenfern
  2. Hard on Everyone
  3. Birds on a Feeder
  4. Simple Math
  5. Options Open
  6. Feelings Fade
  7. Fools Ride
  8. Ashes to Ashes
  9. Who Rescued Who
  10. Take It with You When You Go

The Dirty Heads: Super Moon

On August 9, 2019, “Five Seven Music” label released “Super Moon”, the seventh Dirty Heads (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2019, at “Studio A” of the RCA building in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Dave Cobb.

Personnel:

  • Dustin Bushnell – vocals, guitar
  • Jared Watson – vocals
  • Dave Foral – bass
  • Matt Ochoa – drums
  • Jon Olazabal – percussion
  • Dave Cobb – mixing, mastering
  • Mike Brown – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Super Moon
  2. Lift Me Up
  3. Tender Boy
  4. Horsefly
  5. Fear & Love
  6. Cloudlifter
  7. Come Back Around
  8. Lighthouse
  9. Crow Bar Hotel
  10. Slow Down

Pete Yorn: Caretakers

On August 9, 2019, “Shelly Music” label released “Caretakers”, the eight Pete Yorn album. It was recorded 2018 – 2019, at Jackson Phillips’ home studio in Echo Park, California, and was produced by Jackson Phillips and Pete Yorn.

Personnel:

  • Pete Yorn – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, banjo, bass guitar, synth bass, percussion
  • Jackson Phillips – acoustic and electric guitar, baritone guitar, piano, keyboards, synth, bass guitar, juno synth, juno synth bass, synth bass, hi bass, percussion, e-bow, drums and rhythm programming, backing vocals, recording, mixing
  • Hazel English – vocals
  • Shawn Everett – mastering
  • Allen Alcantara – art direction, layout
  • Beth Yorn – cover photography

Track listing:

  1. Calm Down – Jackson Phillips, Soko, Pete Yorn
  2. I Wanna Be the One – Pete Yorn
  3. Can’t Stop You – Jackson Phillips, Pete Yorn
  4. Idols (We Don’t Ever Have to Say Goodbye) – Jackson Phillips, Pete Yorn
  5. Do You Want to Love Again? – Pete Yorn
  6. Caretakers – Jackson Phillips, Pete Yorn
  7. Friends – Pete Yorn
  8. ECT – Jackson Phillips, Pete Yorn
  9. POV – Jacksin Phillips, Pete Yorn
  10. Opal – Pete Yorn
  11. A Fire in the Sun – Jackson Phillips, Pete Yorn
  12. Try – Jackson Phillips, Pete Yorn

Why: AOKOHIO

On August 9, 2019, “Joyful Noise Recordings” label released “AOKOHIO”, the sixth Why studio album. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by Yoni Wolf and Josiah Wolf.

Personnel:

  • Yoni Wolf – vocals, bass, drums, piano, sampling, engineer, mixing, artwork
  • Matt Meldon – guitar, sounds
  • Doug McDiarmid – bass, cuts, piano, synthesizer, engineer
  • Josiah Wolf – drums, bass samples, guitar, percussion, piano, sampling, engineer, mixing
  • Jonnie Walker – guitar, sampling, saxophone, synthesizer
  • Peter Foley – synthesizer, engineer
  • Joe Westerlund – drums
  • Nick Sanborn – drums, sampling, engineer
  • David McDonnell – contrabass clarinet, contra-alto clarinet, saxophone, engineer, artwork
  • Adam Schatz – saxophone, engineer
  • Collin Thompson – trombone
  • Ofir Klemperer – trombone
  • Claire Whitcomb – viola, violin
  • Grace Weir – cello, artwork
  • Kate Wakefield – cello
  • Becky Wolf – vocals
  • Christian Lee Hutson – vocals
  • David Cohn – vocals, engineer
  • Felix Walworth – vocals
  • Gabby Smith – vocals, engineer
  • Gia Margaret – vocals
  • Lillie West – vocals, engineer
  • Liz Wolf – vocals
  • Marty Mars – vocals, mixing
  • Oliver Kalb – vocals, engineer
  • Andrew Broder – cuts, sampling, synthesizer
  • Miles Joris-Peyrafitte – sampling
  • Stephen Gurewitz – sampling
  • Pete Lyman – engineer, mastering
  • Dave Vettraino – engineer
  • Marshall Vore – engineer
  • Nicholas Papaleo – engineer
  • Josh Berg – mixing
  • David Woodruff – artwork

Track listing:

  1. Apogee
  2. The Rash
  3. Peel Free
  4. Reason
  5. Deleterio Motilis
  6. Stained Glass Slipper
  7. The Launch
  8. High Dive
  9. Mr. Fifths Plea
  10. Good Fire
  11. Narcissistic Lamentation
  12. Krevin
  13. The Crippled Physician
  14. Ustekinumab
  15. My Original
  16. Rock Candy
  17. Once Shy
  18. The Shame
  19. Bloom Wither Bloom (for Mom)

Great Gable: Tracing Faces

On August 7, 2020, “ADA Worldwide” and ”Warner Music Australia” labels released “Tracing Faces”, the debut Great Gable studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2020, at “The Music Farm” in Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia, and was produced by Alex Heriksson.

Personnel:

  • Alex Whiteman – vocals
  • Matt Preen – guitar
  • Chris Bye – bass guitar
  • Callum Guy – drums, writing
  • Alex Henriksson – mixing
  • Matthew Neighbour – mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Alex Whiteman, Matt Preen, Chris Bye, Callum Guy, Matt Corby and Alex Henriksson.

  1. Tracing Faces
  2. Blur
  3. Deep End
  4. I Wonder
  5. No Other Way
  6. Coasting
  7. Don’t You See
  8. All My Fault
  9. All My Friends
  10. Outro

Kaiser Chiefs: Duck

On July 26, 2019, “Polydor” label released “Duck”, the eight Kaiser Chiefs album. It was recorded in 2019, at “Angelic Studios”, “Monnow Valley Studios”, “The Church” in London, “Maze Studios” in Atlanta, and was produced by Alex Ander, Iain Archer, Nick Lashey, Andrew Wells, Ben H. Allen III, Andrew White, Nick Baines, Simon Rix, Ricky Wilson and Vijay Mistry.

Personnel:

  • Andrew White – guitars, backing vocals
  • Nick Baines – keyboards
  • Simon Rix – bass, backing vocals
  • Vijay Mistry – drums, backing vocals
  • Ricky Wilson – lead vocals, percussion
  • Ben H. Allen III – additional guitar, additional synth, additional percussion, additional backing vocals, additional programming,
  • Michael Burton – saxophone
  • Melvin Jones – trumpet
  • Wilbert Williams – trombone
  • Keisha Jackson, Kourtney Jackson – backing vocals
  • Billy Halliday – engineer
  • Ben Etter – engineer assistant, mixing
  • Andre Mintz, Callum Marinho, Chloe Kraemer, Spencer Poole, Rafael Rojas, Parker Bradford, Luke Pickering, Luke Gibbs, Joseph Wander, Ian Horrocks, Duncan Albert Jr. – recording assistant
  • Mark Stent – mixing
  • Ben H. Allen III – mixing
  • Dan Greech Marguerat – mixing
  • Michael Freeman – mixing assistant
  • John Davis – mastering
  • Nick Scott – art direction
  • Lee Madgwick – art direction, illustration

Track listing:

All tracks by Andrew White, Nick Baines, Simon Rix, Ricky Wilson and Vijay Mistry, except where noted.

  1. People Know How to Love One Another
  2. Golden Oldies – Ben H. Allen III, Andrew White, Nick Baines, Simon Rix, Ricky Wilson, Vijay Mistry
  3. Wait
  4. Target Market
  5. Don’t Just Stand There Do Something – Andrew White, Nick Baines, Simon Rix, Ricky Wilson, Vijay Mistry, Iain Archer
  6. Record Collection – Andrew White, Nick Baines, Simon Rix, Ricky Wilson, Vijay Mistry, Ben H. Allen III, Emelie Eriksson, Marcus Holmberg
  7. The Only Ones – Andrew White, Nick Baines, Simon Rix, Ricky Wilson, Vijay Mistry, Alex Ander, Nick Lashley
  8. Lucky Shirt
  9. Electric Heart – Dee Adam, Andrew White, Nick Baines, Simon Rix, Ricky Wilson, Vijay Mistry
  10. Northern Holiday
  11. Kurt vs. Frasier (The Battle of Seattle) 

Of Monsters and Men: Fever Dream

On July 26, 2019, “Republic” label released “Fever Dream”, the third Of Monsters and Men studio album. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by Nanna Bryndis Hilmarsdóttir, Ragnar Þórhallsson, Brynjar Leifsson, Kristján Páll Kristjánsson, Arnar Rósenkranz Hilmarsson and Rich Costey.

Personnel:

  • Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir – vocals, guitar, synthesizer, piano, keyboards, percussion, samples
  • Ragnar Þórhallsson – vocals, guitar, piano, synthesizer, keyboards, samples
  • Brynjar Leifsson – guitar, synthesizer, samples
  • Kristján Páll Kristjánsson – bass, synth bass, synthesizer
  • Arnar Rósenkranz Hilmarsson – drums, percussion, synthesizer, piano, samples, programming
  • Steingrimur Karl Teague – piano
  • Viktor Orri Árnason – strings
  • Rich Costey – programming
  • Martin Cooke – engineer, programming
  • Rich Costey – mixing
  • KT Pipal – mixing assistant
  • Joe LaPorta – mastering
  • Davíð Arnar Baldursson – design, layout
  • Ragnar Þórhallsson – design, layout
  • Jón Sæmundur – paintings

Track listing:

  1. Alligator
  2. Ahay
  3. Róróró
  4. Waiting for the Snow
  5. Vulture, Vulture
  6. Wild Roses
  7. Stuck in Gravity
  8. Sleepwalker
  9. Wars
  10.  Under a Dome
  11. Soothsayer