Tag Archives: 2020

Grey Daze: Amends

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On June 26, 2020, “Loma Vista” label released “Amends”, the third Grey Daze studio album. It is composed of Chester Bennington’s vocals from the 1990s over newly recorded instrumentals. The album was recorded at “Salt Mine Studios”, “NRG Recording Studios”, and was produced by Jay Baumgardner and Rene Mata.

Personnel:

  • Chester Bennington – vocals
  • Christin Davis – guitar
  • Mace Beyers – bass
  • Sean Dowdell – drums, backing vocals
  • Jean-Yves D’Angelo – piano
  • Jamie Muhoberac – keyboards
  • Heidi Gadd – strings
  • Carah Faye, Jaime Bennington, Laura Pergolizzi – additional vocals
  • Brian Welch, Chris Taynor, James Shaffer, Jasen Rauch, Marcos Curiel, Ryan Shuck, Page Hamilton – additional guitar
  • Brennen Brochard, Carston Dowdell – additional drums
  • Daniel Pampuri – drum programming
  • Kyle Hofmann – recording
  • Adam Schoeller, Andrea Roberts, Andy Kipnes, Tenni Ghaarakhanian – engineer
  • Jay Baumgardner – mixing
  • Ted Jansen – mastering
  • Mike Lythgoe – art direction, artwork
  • Jim Louvau, Kerry Rose, Mark Silverstein, Mike Walliser – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Chester Bennington and Sean Dowdell.

  1. Sickness
  2. Sometimes
  3. What’s in the Eye
  4. The Syndrome
  5. In Time
  6. Just Like Heroin
  7. B12
  8. Soul Song
  9. Morei Sky
  10. She Shines
  11. Shouting Out

Hum: Inlet

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On June 23, 2020, Hum digitally released “Inlet”, bands fifth studio album. It was recorded 2017 – 2020, at “Earth Analog”, “ELL” in Champaign, Illinois, and was produced by Jeff Dimpsey, Tim Lash, Bryan St. Pere and Matt Talbott.

Personnel:

  • Matt Talbott – vocals, guitar, engineer, design
  • Tim Lash – guitar, engineer, mixing, design
  • Jeff Dimpsey – bass guitar, design
  • Bryan St. Pere – drums, design
  • James Treichler – engineer
  • Ryan Smith – mastering
  • Ohio Girl – design
  • Sheila Metzner – photography
  • Maruice Mikkers – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jeff Dimpsey, Tim Lash, Bryan St. Pere and Matt Talbott.

  1. Waves
  2. In the Den
  3. Desert Rambler
  4. Step into You
  5. The Summering
  6. Cloud City
  7. Folding
  8. Shapeshifter

Styx: Crash of the Crown

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On June 18, 2021, “Universal Music Enterprises” label released “Crash of the Crown”, the seventeenth Styx studio album. It was recorded 2021 – 2021, at “The Shop” “Studio Amontillado”, “Blackbird Studios”, “Blue Sound and Music”, “Todd’s Studio”, and was produced by Will Evankovich.

Personnel:

  • Tommy Shaw – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, banjo
  • James Young – vocals, electric guitars
  • Lawrence Gowan – vocals, piano, B3 organ, synthesizers, mellotron
  • Ricky Phillips – bass guitar
  • Chuck Panozzo – bass guitar
  • Todd Sucherman – drums, percussion
  • Will Evankovich – acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, synthesizers, soundscapes, percussion, backing vocals, engineer, mixing
  • Michael Bahan – tablas
  • Steve Patrick – piccolo trumpet
  • Alan Hertz – engineer, mixing
  • JR Taylor, Scott Rottler, Russ Mackay, Sean Badum, Devan Skaggs – engineer
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • Todd Gallopo – art direction, design, illustration
  • Mike Mettler – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. The Fight of Our Lives – Tommy Shaw, Will Evankovich
  2. A Monster – Tommy Shaw, Will Evankovich, Lawrence Gowan
  3. Reveries – Tommy Shaw, Will Evankovich
  4. Hold Back the Darkness – Tommy Shaw, Will Evankovich
  5. Save Us from Ourself – Tommy Shaw, Will Evankovich, Lawrence Gowan
  6. Crash of the Crown – Tommy Shaw, Will Evankovich, Lawrence Gowan
  7. Our Wonderful Lives – Tommy Shaw, Will Evankovich
  8. Common Ground – Tommy Shaw, Will Evankovich, Lawrence Gowan
  9. Sound the Alarm – Tommy Shaw, Will Evankovich
  10. Long Live the King – Will Evankovich
  11. Lost at Sea – Lawrence Gowan
  12. Coming Out the Other Side – Tommy Shaw, Will Evankovich, Ricky Phillips
  13. To Those – Tommy Shaw, Will Evankovich
  14. Another Farewell – Will Evankovich
  15. Stream – Tommy Shaw

Garbage: No Gods No Masters

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On June 11, 2021, “Stunvolume” label released “No Gods No Masters”, the seventh Garbage studio album. It was recorded 2020 – 2021, at “Red Razor” in Atwater Village, California, “Grungels Dead” in Silver Lake, California, and was produced by Billy Bush, Shirley Manson, Duke Erikson, Steve Marker and Butch Vig.

Personnel:

  • Shirley Manson – vocals, keyboards, cover photo, band photo
  • Duke Erikson – guitar, bass, piano, keyboards, percussion, backing vocals, band photo
  • Steve Marker – bass, drum programming, drums, guitar, humming, keyboards, programming, backing vocals, band photo
  • Butch Vig – drums, guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, band photo
  • Marissa Paternoster – vocals, guitar
  • Chris Wagoner – accordion, violin
  • John Doe – bass, guitar
  • Justin Meldal -Johnson – bass
  • Eric Avery – bass
  • Daniel Shulman – bass
  • Michael Abbate – bass
  • Jarrett Dougherty – drums
  • Brody Dalle – vocals
  • Brian Aubert – vocals
  • Christine Cervenka – vocals
  • Billy Bush – mixing, engineer
  • Heba Kadry – mastering
  • Joe LaPorta – mastering
  • Brendan Dekora – mastering
  • Emily Lazar – mastering
  • Mike Fasano – mastering, instrument technician
  • Ryan Corey – art direction, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Shirley Manson, Duke Erikson, Steve Marker, and Butch Vig, except where noted.

  1. The Men Who Rule the World
  2. The Creeps
  3. Uncomfortably Me
  4. Wolfes
  5. Anonymous XXX
  6. Waiting for God
  7. Godhead
  8. A Woman Destroyed
  9. Flipping the Bird
  10. No Gods No Masters
  11. This City Will Kill You

Billy Gibbons: Hardware

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On June 4, 2021, “Concord” label released “Hardware”, the third Billy Gibbons studio album. It was recorded in 2020, and was produced by Billy Gibbons, Matt Sorum and Mike Fiorentino.

Personnel:

  • Billy Gibbons – vocals, guitars, bass guitar, ‘virtual’ bass
  • Austin Hanks – guitars, bass guitar, ‘virtual’ bass
  • Matt Sorum – drums, bass guitar
  • Larkin Poe – vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Billy Gibbons, Matt Sorum, Mike Fiorentino and Chad Shlosser, except where noted.

  1. My Lucky Card
  2. She’s On Dire
  3. More-More-More
  4. Shuffle, Step & Slide
  5. Vagabond Man – Billy Gibbons, Matt Sorum, Mike Fiorentino
  6. Spanish Fly
  7. West Coast Junkie
  8. Stackin’ Bones
  9. I Was a Highway – Billy Gibbons, Josh Dunne, Mike Fiorentino, Neil Mason, Tim Montana, Matt Sorum, Chad Shlosser
  10. S-G-L-M-B-B-R – Billy Gibbons, Mike Fiorentino
  11. Hey Baby, Que paso – Augie Meyers, Bill Sheffield
  12. Desert High

Andy Fletcher

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On May 26, 2022, Andrew John Leonard Fletcher died aged 60. He was musician (keyboards, synthesizers, bass, samplers), DJ and manager, member of the band No Romance, but was best known as founding member of Depeche Mode. In 2020, Fletcher was inducted into the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame” as a member of Depeche Mode.

Jeff Rosenstock: No Dream

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On May 20, 2020, “Polyvinyl Record Co.” label released “No Dream”, the fourth Jeff Rosenstock album. It was recorded in February 2020, at “The Atomic Garden Recording Studios”, in Oakland, California, and was produced by “Grammy Jack” Shirley.

Personnel:

  • Jeff Rosenstock – lead vocals, guitars, keyboards, mixing
  • Mike Huguenor – vocals, guitars
  • Dan Potthast – vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboards
  • John DeDomenici – bass
  • Kevin Higuchi – drums
  • Chris Farren – vocals, keyboards
  • Bob Vielma – trombone
  • Laura Stevenson – vocals
  • Lauren Brief – vocals and backing vocals, claps
  • Gilbert Armendariz – backing vocals
  • Angelina Banda – claps, backing vocals
  • Sim Castro – claps, backing vocals
  • Laura Hammond – claps, backing vocals
  • Neil Sharma – claps, backing vocals
  • Jack Shirley – recording, engineer, mixing, mastering
  • Ben Levin – illustrations
  • Hiro Tanaka – photography

Track listing:

  1. No Time
  2. Nikes (Alt)
  3. Scram
  4. NO DREAM
  5. State Line
  6. fame
  7. Leave It in the Sun
  8. The Beauty of Breathing
  9. Old Crap
  10. BNB
  11. Monday at the Beach
  12. Honeymoon Ashtray
  13. Ohio Tpke

Sparks: A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip

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On May 15, 2020, “BMG Rights Management” label released “A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip”, the 24th Sparks studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2020, at “Sparks” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Russell Maell and Ron Mael.

Personnel:

  • Russell Mael – vocals, engineer, mixing
  • Ron Mael – keyboards, programming
  • Evan Weiss – guitars
  • Eli Pearl – guitars
  • Patrick Kelly – bass
  • Steven Nistor – drums
  • Ryan Parrish – saxophone
  • Alex Casnoff – additional keyboards
  • Coldwater Canyon Youth Choir – additional vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Russell Mael and Ron Mael.

  1. All That
  2. I’m Toast
  3. Lawnmower
  4. Sainthood Is Not in Your Future
  5. Pacific Standard Time
  6. Stravinsky’ Only Hit
  7. Let Out in the Cold
  8. Self-Effacing
  9. One for the Ages
  10. Onomato Pia
  11. iPhone
  12. The Existential Threat
  13. Nothing Travels Faster Than the Speed of Light
  14. Please Don’t Fuck Up My World

Moses Sumney: Grae

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On May 15, 2020, “Jagjaguwar” label released “Græ”, the second Moses Sumney studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2020, and was produced by Moses Sumney, Adult Jazz, Ben Baptie, John Congleton, FKJ, Daniel Lopatin and Matthew Otto.

Personnel:

  • Moses Sumney – vocals, piano, piano FX, keyboards, synthesizers, guitar, bass, percussion, saxophone and flute arrangements, art direction, engineer
  • Mike Haldeman – guitar, guitar FX 
  • Noah Kardos-Fein – guitar
  • Tom Gallo – guitar
  • John Congleton – guitar, additional percussion
  • Simon Ribchester – piano, engineer
  • Daniel Lopatin – keyboards, synthesizers, bass, drum programming
  • Jamie Stewart – organ, drum programming
  • Ben Baptie – piano FX, additional synthesizers, drum programming
  • James Blake – keyboards, drum programming engineer,
  • FKJ – saxophone, keyboards, synthesizers, all instrumentation, engineer
  • Matthew Otto – synthesizers
  • Shahzad Ismaily – bass, bass synthesizer, additional synthesizers
  • Adult Jazz – bass, piano, synthesizers, horns
  • Brandon Coleman – bass, piano, synthesizers, piano
  • Thundercat – bass
  • Ian Chang – drums, drum programming, percussion
  • Jamire Williams – drums 
  • John Keek – saxophone 
  • Shabaka Hutchings – saxophone 
  • Jonathan Slater – horns
  • Nubya Garcia – flute 
  • Rob Moose – strings, string arrangements
  • Keith Tutt II – strings, cello
  • Brandee Younger – harp
  • Tunde Jegede – kora
  • Daniel Lopatin – engineer
  • Steph Marziano – engineer
  • Jake Viator – engineer
  • Ricardo Wheelock – engineer
  • Matthew Otto – engineer
  • Mac DeMarco – engineer
  • Andrew Chugg – engineer
  • Alexis Berthelot – engineer
  • Rashaan Carter – engineer
  • Matt Cohn – engineer
  • Sean Cook – engineer
  • Tom Gallo – engineer
  • Ben Baptie – engineer, mixing
  • Tom Archer – mixing assistant
  • Joe LaPorta – mastering
  • Julian Gross – art direction, design
  • Eric Gyamfi – photography

Track listing:

  1. Insula – Moses Sumney, Taiye Selasi, Ayesha K.Faines
  2. Cut Me – Moses Sumney, Asult Jazz, Daniel Lopatin
  3. In Bloom – Moses Sumney
  4. Virile – Moses Sumney, YVETTE
  5. Conveyor – Moses Sumney, YVETTE
  6. Boxes – Michael Chabon, Ezra Miller, Ayesha K.Faines, Taiye Selasi, Moses Sumney
  7. Gagarin – Moses Sumney, Esbjorn Svensson, Dan Berglund, Magnus Ostrom
  8. Jill Jack – Jill Scott, Moses Sumney
  9. Colouour – FKJ, Moses Sumney
  10. Also Also Also And And And – FKJ, Moses Sumney, Taiye Selasi, Miller
  11. Neither/Nor – Moses Sumney
  12. Polly – Moses Sumney, Tom Gallo
  13. Two Dogs – Daniel Lopatin, Moses Sumney
  14. Bystanders – Moses Sumney, Matthew Otto, Daniel Lopatin
  15. Me in 20 Years – Moses Sumney, Matthew Otto
  16. Keeps me Alive – Moses Sumney
  17. Lucky Me – Moses Sumney, James Blake
  18. And so I Come to Isolation – Taiye Selasi, Moses Sumney
  19. Bless Me – Moses Sumney
  20. Before You Go – Taiye Selasi, Michaela Coel, Miller, Moses Sumney

Okkyung Lee: Yeo-Neun

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On May 8, 2020, “Shelter Press” label released “Yeo-Neun”, the eighth Okkyung Lee studio album. It was recorded in 2020, at “Second Story Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Okkyung Lee.

Personnel:

  • Okkyung Lee – cello
  • Jacob Sacks – piano
  • Maeve Gilchrist – harp
  • Eivind Opsvik – bass
  • Jeff Cook – recording, mixing
  • Rashad Becker – mastering
  • Ron Jude – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Okkyung Lee.

  1. Here We Are (Once Again)
  2. The Yellow Porcelain Bird
  3. Another Old Story
  4. In Stardust
  5. Eternally
  6. Uiro (Up and Up and Up)
  7. The Longest Morning
  8. One Bright Lazy Sunday Afternoon (You Whispered That Name)
  9. Then, There