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Black Country, New Road: Ants From Up There

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On February 4, 2022, “Ninja Tune” label released “Ants from Up There”, the second Black Country, New Road studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “Chale Abbey” on the Isle of Wight, and was produced by Sergio Maschetzko.

Personnel:

  • Isaac Wood – vocals, guitar
  • Luke Mark – guitar, backing vocals
  • May Kershaw – keyboards, marimba, glockenspiel, backing vocals
  • Lewis Evans – saxophone, flute, backing vocals
  • Georgia Ellery – violin, mandolin, cello, backing vocals
  • Tyler Hyde – bass, backing vocals
  • Charlie Wayne – drums, backing vocals
  • Tony Fagg – banjo
  • Mark Paton – vocals
  • Basil Tierney – additional drums
  • Sergio Maschetzko – engineer, mixing
  • David Granshaw – engineer, mixing
  • Tomas Moreno – additional engineering
  • Christian Wright – mastering
  • Simon Monk – art
  • Joseph Durnan – layout

Track listing:

  1. Intro
  2. Chaos Space Marine
  3. Concorde
  4. Bread Song
  5. Good Will Hunting
  6. Haldern
  7. Mark’s Theme
  8. The Place Where He Inserted Blade
  9. Basketball Shoes

Steve Vai: Inviolate

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On January 28, 2022, “Favored Nations” label released “Inviolate”, the tenth Steve Vai studio album.It was recorded in 2021, at “Harmony Hut” in Encino, California, “Studio 666” in Northridge, California, and was produced by Steve Vai.

Personnel:

  • Steve Vai – guitars, left – handed guitar parts, bass, programming
  • Bryan Beller – bass
  • Henrik Linder – bass
  • Billy Sheehan – bass
  • Philip Bynoe – bass
  • Jeremy Colson – drums
  • Terry Bozzio – drums
  • Vinnie Colaiuta – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Steve Vai.

  1. Teeth of the Hydra
  2. Zeus in Chains
  3. Little Pretty
  4. Candlepower
  5. Apollo in Color
  6. Avalancha
  7. Greenish Blues
  8. Knappsack
  9. Sandman Cloud Mist

Pinegrove: 11:11

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On January 28, 2022, “Rough Trade” label released “11:11”, the fifth Pinegrove studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “Levon Helm Studios” in Woodstock, “The Building” in Marlboro, New York, and was produced by Evan Stephens Hall and Sam Skinner.  

Personnel:

  • Evan Stephens Hall – vocals, guitar, synthesizer, drums, percussion, additional engineering, cover painting, photography
  • Joshua F. Marré – guitar, nylon string guitar, processed guitar, slide guitar, additional engineering
  • Sam Skinner – piano, accordion, organ, keyboards, synthesizer, guitar, bowed bass strings, electric bass, triangle, engineer, co-mixing
  • Megan Benevente – electric bass, additional engineering
  • Zack Levine – drums, percussion, additional engineering
  • Chris Walla – guitars, keyboards, tambourine, additional engineering, mixing
  • Doug Hall – organ, synthesizer, piano
  • Nandi Rose – vocals, additional engineering
  • Sammy Maine – vocals, photography
  • João Carvalho – mastering
  • Mira Moore – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Evan Stephens Hall, except where noted

  1. Habitat
  2. Alaska
  3. Iodine
  4. Orange
  5. Flora
  6. Respirate
  7. Let – Evan Stephens, Sam Skinner
  8. So What
  9. Swimming
  10. Cyclone
  11. 11th Hour

MØ: Motordrome

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On January 28, 2022, “Columbia” label released “Motordrome”, the third MØ album. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by Ariel Rechtshaid, Ronni Vindahl, Jakob Littauer, Jam City, Lotus IV, SG Lewis, Sly and Stint.

Personnel:

  • MØ – vocals, vocal production
  • Andreas Lund – guitar
  • Ronni Vindahl – guitar
  • August Rosenbaum – piano
  • Yangze – piano
  • SG Lewis – bass, drums, guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, programming
  • Rasmus Littauer – drums, programming
  • Karen Johanne Pedersen – violin
  • Jake Braun – cello
  • Live Johansson – cello
  • Josefine Struckmann Pedersen – backing vocals
  • Melissa Gregerson – backing vocals
  • Jasmine Chen – engineer
  • Matt DiMona – engineer
  • John Hanes – engineer
  • Anthony Dolhai – engineer
  • Geoff Swan – mixing
  • Serban Ghenea – mixing
  • Emily Lazar – mastering
  • Chris Allgood – mastering
  • Ariel Rechtshaid – vocal production
  • SG Lewis – vocal production
  • Sly – vocal production
  • Caroline Ailin – vocal production
  • Ronni Vindahl – vocal production

Track listing:

  1. Kindness – Karen Marie Ørsted, Ariel Rechtshaid, Jack Latham, Jakob Littauer
  2. Live to Survive – Karen Marie Ørsted, Caroline Ailin, Samuel George Lewis, Sylvester Sivertsen
  3. Wheelspin – Karen Marie Ørsted, Jakob Littauer, Ronni Vindahl
  4. Cool to Cry – Karen Marie Ørsted, Sylvester Sivertsen, Caroline Ailin, Ariel Rechtshaid, Noonie Bao, Linus Wiklund
  5. Youth Is Lost – Karen Marie Ørsted, Jakob Littauer
  6. New Moon – Karen Marie Ørsted, Sylvester Sivertsen, Caroline Ailin, Noonie Bao, Linus Wiklund
  7. Brad Pitt – Karen Marie Ørsted, Jakob Littauer, Ajay Bhattacharya, Michael Pollack, Daniel Schnair, Mads Damsgaard, Ronni Vindahl
  8. Goosebumps – Karen Marie Ørsted, Jakob Littauer
  9. Hip Bones – Karen Marie Ørsted, Jakob Littauer, Ronni Vindahl
  10. Punches – Karen Marie Ørsted, Jakob Littauer, Mads Damsgaard, Ronni Vindahl, Søren Breum

Shame: Drank Tank Pink

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On January 15, 2021, “Dead Oceans” label released “Drunk Tank Pink”, the second Shame studio album. It was recorded January – February 2020, and was produced by James Ford.

Personnel:

  • Charlie Steen – lead vocals, guitars, additional piano, claps, recorder
  • Eddie Green – guitars, claps, backing vocals 
  • Sean Coyle-Smith – guitars, synthesizer, claps, percussion, backing vocals, inner sleeve photography
  • Josh Finerty – bass, guitars, piano, keyboards, synthesizers, claps, drums, percussion, table
  • Charlie Forbes – drums, percussion, claps, inner sleeve photography
  • James Ford – keyboards, synthesizer, percussion
  • Anthony Cazade – claps, engineer
  • Matt Colton – mastering
  • Anne Marie Fitzgerald – design
  • Charlie Stein – painting, inner sleeve photography
  • Tegen Williams – front cover photography
  • Starkie Reay – back cover and inner sleeve photography
  • Tom Van Huisstede – inner sleeve photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Charlie Forbes, John Finerty, Charlie Sheen, Eddie Green and Saen Coyle-Smith.

  1. Alphabet
  2. Nigel Hitter
  3. Born in Luton
  4. March Day
  5. Water in the Well
  6. Snow Day
  7. Human, for a Minute
  8. Great Dog
  9. 6/1
  10. Harsh Degrees
  11. Station Wagon

Tony Malaby: The Cave of Winds

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On January 7, 2022, “Pyroclastic Records” label released “The Cave of Winds”, the 13th Tony Malaby album. It was recorded in June 2021, at “Samurai Hotel Studios” in New York, and was produced by Tony Malaby.

Personnel:

  • Tony Malaby – soprano and tenor saxophone
  • Ben Monder – guitar
  • Michael Formanek – bass
  • Tom Rainey – drums
  • Mike Marciano – mixing, mastering
  • Marieken Cochius – artwork
  • Hidde Dijkastra – design
  • Kris Davis – executive producer
  • Peter Gannushkin – photography

Track listing

All tracks by Tony Malaby, except where noted.

  1. Corinthian Leather
  2. Recrudescence – Tony Malaby, Michael Formanek, Ben Monder, Tom Rainey
  3. Scratch the Horse
  4. Insect Ward
  5. The Cave of Winds
  6. Life Coach (For Helias)
  7. Just Me, Just Me

Nick Cave & Warren Ellis: La Panthère Des Neiges

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On December 17, 2021, “Lakeshore Records” label released “La Panthère Des Neiges”, album by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by Luis Almau, Nick cave and Warren Ellis.

Personnel:

  • Nick Cave – led and backing vocals, piano, vibraphone, bass, mixing
  • Warren Ellis – tenor guitar, bass guitar, violin, viola, flute, synthesizer, piano, timpani, glockenspiel, celesta, bagpipes, Hurdy Gurdy, loops, backing vocals, mixing
  • Alessandro Ruisi, Eloisa-Fleur Thom – violin
  • Luba Tunnicliffe – viola
  • Max Ruisi – cello
  • Luis Almau – recording, mixing
  • Ben Jones, Colin McIlhagga – recording assistant
  • James Trevascus – mastering
  • Chris Reeder – cover art
  • Vincent Munier – cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.

  1. L’Attaque Des Loups
  2. Les Cerfs
  3. Antilope
  4. La Bête
  5. Les Yaks
  6. Des Affûts Elliptiques
  7. Les Nomades
  8. La Grotte
  9. Les Princes
  10. La Neige Tombe
  11. Les Ours
  12. Un Être Vous Observe
  13. L’ Apparition / We Are Not Alone

Volbeat: Servant of the Mind

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On December 3, 2021, “Vertigo” label released “Servant of the Mind”, the eighth Volbeat studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “Hansen Studios” in Ribe, Denmark, “Sonic Debris Studio” in West Babylon, New York, and was produced by Jacob Hansen and Michael Poulsen.

Personnel:

  • Michael Poulsen – vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Rob Caggiano – lead guitar, recording, engineer
  • Kaspar Boye Larsen – bass
  • Jon Larsen – drums
  • Martin Pagaard Wolff – acoustic and additional electric guitars
  • Ray Jacildo – piano
  • Doug Corcoran – saxophone
  • Stine Bramsen – guest vocals
  • Mia Maja – backing vocals
  • Jacob Hansen – recording, engineer, mixing, mastering
  • Tue Bayer – instrument technician
  • Jerry Carillo – guitar technician
  • Karsten Sand – illustrations
  • Henrik Siegel – design
  • Frode Sylthe – cover photography
  • Ross Halfin – band photography

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Michael Poulsen.

  1. Temple of Ekur
  2. Wait a Minute My Girl
  3. The Sacred Stones
  4. Shotgun Blues
  5. The Devil Rages On
  6. Say no More
  7. Heaven’s Descent
  8. Dagen Før
  9. The Passenger
  10. Step Into Light
  11. Becoming
  12. Mindlock
  13. Lasse’s Birgitta

Richard Dawson & Circle: Henki

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On November 26, 2021, “Weird Word” album label released “Henki” is album Richard Dawson and Circle. It was recorded at “Musiikkhuone” and “Ektro Studio” in Pori, Finland, and “Blank Studios” in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK.

Personnel:

  • Richard Dawson – vocal, guitar
  • Julius Jääskeläinen – guitar
  • Pekka Jääskeläinen – guitar
  • Janne Westerlund – vocal, guitar
  • Mika Rättö – vocal, keyboards
  • Jussi Lehtisalo – vocal, bass
  • Tomi Leppänen – drums
  • Antti Uusimäki – recording, engineer, mixing
  • Sam Grant – additional recording
  • Christian Wright – mastering
  • Iris Aspinall Priest – illustration
  • Matthew Cooper – layout
  • Paul J. Street – layout

Track listing:

All lyrics by Richard Dawson, all music by Julius Jääskeläinen, Pekka Jääskeläinen, Janne Westerlund, Mika Rättö, Jussi Lehtisalo, Tomi Leppänen and Richard Dawson.

  1. Cooksonia
  2. Ivy
  3. Silphium
  4. Silene
  5. Methuselah
  6. Lily
  7. Pitcher

Nickelback: Get Rollin’

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On November 18, 2022, “Nickelback II Productions” label released “Get Rollin’”, the tenth Nickelback studio album. It was recorded 2021 – 2022, at “Little Mountain View Studio” in Salt Lake City, US, and was produced by Chris Baseford, Jeff Johnson, Chad Kroeger, Ryan Peake, Mike Kroeger and Daniel Adair.

Personnel:

  • Chad Kroeger – lead vocals, guitar
  •  Ryan Peake – vocals, guitar
  • Mike Kroeger – bass guitar
  • Daniel Adair – vocals, drums
  • Ian Thornley – solo guitar
  • Ricardo Germain – engineer
  • Chris Baseford – mixing
  • Andrew Cruz – mixing assistant, digital editing
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • Justin Schturz – mastering assistant
  • Chris “Hollywood” Holmes – digital editing
  • Jessica Schmidt – production assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Chad Kroeger, except where noted.

  1. San Quentin
  2. Skinny Little Missy
  3. Those Days – Chad Kroeger, Ryan Peake
  4. High Time – Chad Kroeger, Jeff Johnson, Mike Kroeger Simon Clow
  5. Vegas Bomb
  6. Tidal Wave – Chad Kroeger, Ryan Peake, Chris Baseford
  7. Does Heaven Even Knows You’re Missing
  8. Steel Still Rusts
  9. Horizon – Chad Kroeger, Jennifer Denmark, Troy Cartwright, Zach Abend
  10. Standing in the Dark – Chad Kroeger, Arnold Lanni
  11. Just One More – Chad Kroeger, Coleman Hell, Rob Benvegnu