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Santana: Blessings And Miracles

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On October 15, 2021, “Starfaith LLC” and “BMG Rights Management” labels released “Blessings and Miracles”, the twenty-sixth Santana studio album. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by Carlos Santana.

Personnel:

  • Carlos Santana – lead and rhythm guitar, percussion
  • Kirk Hammett – lead guitar
  • Tommy Anthony – vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Ish Cano – additional guitar, programming
  • Narada Michael Walden – keyboards, bass, drum programming
  • Chick Corea – keyboards, Fender Rhodes electric piano
  • David K. Mathews – keyboards, Hammond B3 organ
  • Salvador Santana – keyboards, synthesizers
  • Peter Stengaard – additional keyboards, bass, drums, additional guitar, programming
  • Justus Dobrin – additional keyboards
  • Asdru Sierra – lead vocals, synthesizers, drum programming
  • Benny Rietveld – bass guitar
  • J.T. Cure – bass guitar
  • Cindy Blackman Santana – drums
  • Derek Mixon – drums
  • Karl Perazzo – vocals, timbales, congas, percussion
  • Matt Sanchez – percussion, backing vocals, programming
  • Andy Snitzer – tenor and baritone saxophone, horn arrangements
  • Raúl Agraz – trumpet
  • Tony Kadleck – trumpet
  • Michael Davis – trombone
  • Tammy Rogers – violin, octave violin
  • Gayle Moran Corea – lead vocals, Angel choir
  • Steve Winwood – lead vocals
  • Stella Santana – lead vocals
  • Rob Thomas – lead vocals
  • Chris Stapleton – lead and backing vocals, guitar
  • Andy Vargas – lead vocals
  • Ally Brooke – lead vocals
  • Mark Osegueda – lead vocals
  • G-Eazy – lead vocals
  • Corey Glover – lead vocals
  • Gerald Gillum – rap
  • Cindy Mizelle, Dave Rublin, Erica Hansen, Jerry Barnes, Jessie Wagner, Katie Sanchez, Lisa Fischer, Zac Barnett – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Ghost of Future Pull / New Light
  2. Santana Celebration
  3. Rumbalero
  4. Joy
  5. Move
  6. Whiter Shade of Pale
  7. Break
  8. She’s Fire
  9. Peace Power
  10. America for Sale
  11. Breathing Underwater
  12. Mother Yes
  13. Song for Cindy
  14. Angel Choir/All Together
  15. Ghost of Future Pull II

Melvins: Five Legged Dog

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On October 15, 2021, “Icepac” label released “Five Legged Dog”, the 25th Melvins album. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by King Buzzo, Dale Crover and Steven McDonald.

Personnel:

  • King Buzzo – vocals, acoustic guitar, sitar, photography
  • Steven McDonald – vocals, acoustic bass
  • Dale Crover – vocals, drums
  • Jeff Pinkus – lead vocals, banjo
  • Camilla Saufley – backing vocals
  • Bob Hannam – backing vocals, photography
  • Toshi Kasai – engineer, mixing
  • John Golden – mastering
  • Mackie Osborne – artwork

Track listing:

  1. Edgar the Elephant
  2. Up the Dumper
  3. Hung Bunny/Roman Dog Bird
  4. Hooch
  5. Billy Fish
  6. Shevil
  7. Charlie
  8. A Growing Disgust
  9. Eye Flys/Woman
  10. Pitfalls in Serving Warrants
  11. Outside Chance
  12. Evil New War God
  13. The Bloated Pope
  14. Bad Move
  15. With Teeth
  16. Halo of Flies
  17. Oven
  18. Sway
  19. Anaconda
  20. Lovely Butterflies
  21. Boris
  22. It’s Shoved
  23. Honey Bucket
  24. We Are Doomed
  25. Fly Paper
  26. Let God Be Your Gardener
  27. At the Stake
  28. Night Goat
  29. Queen
  30. Everybody’s Talking
  31. Revolve
  32. Suicide in Progress
  33. Prig
  34. The Bit
  35. Civilized Worm
  36. Don’t Forget to Breath

Red Hot Chilli Peppers: Return Of The Dream Canteen

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On October 14, 2022, “Warner Bros” label released “Return of the Dream Canteen”, the thirteenth Red Hot Chili Peppers studio album. It was recorded November 2020 – August 2021, at “Shangri-La” in Malibu, California, and was produced by Rick Rubin.

Personnel:

  • Anthony Kiedis – lead vocals
  • John Frusciante – guitar, keyboards, synthesizers, backing vocals
  • Flea – bass
  • Chad Smith – drums
  • Lenny Castro – percussion
  • Mauro Refosco – percussion
  • Josh Johnson – saxophone
  • Nathaniel Walcott – trumpet
  • Vikram Devasthali – trombone
  • Aura T-09 – backing vocals
  • Bernie Grundman – engineer
  • Bo Bodnar – engineer
  • Dylan Neustadter – engineer
  • Ethan Mates – engineer
  • Jason Lader – engineer
  • Phillip Broussard Jr. – engineer
  • Chaz Sexton – engineer assistant
  • Jonathan Pfarr – engineer assistant
  • Ryan Hewitt – engineer, mixing
  • Vlado Meller – mastering
  • Jeremy Lubsey – mastering assistant
  • Sarah Zoraya – creative design, design
  • Julien Calemard – illustrations
  • Thami Nabil – illustrations
  • Clara Balzary – photography
  • Sami Bañuelos – band assistance
  • Charlie Bolois – studio technician
  • Lawrence Malchose – studio technician
  • Chris Warren – technician
  • Henry Trejo – technician
  • Eric Lynn – production coordination
  • Gage Freeman – production coordination

Track listing:

All tracks by Anthony Kiedis, Flea, John Frusciante, and Chad Smith.

  1. Tippa My Tongue
  2. Peace and Love
  3. Reach Out
  4. Eddie
  5. Fake as Fu@K
  6. Bella
  7. Roulette
  8. My Cigarette
  9. Afterlife
  10. Shoot Me a Smile
  11. Handful
  12. The Drummer
  13. Bag of Grins
  14. La La La La La La La La
  15. Copperbelly
  16. Carry Me Home
  17. In the Snow

Bill Callahan: Ytilaer

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On October 14, 2022, “Drag City” label released “Ytilaer”, the eighth Bill Callahan studio album, and his nineteenth overall when including albums released as Smog. It was recorded December 2021 – January 2022, at “Arlyn Studios”, “Estuary Recording” in Austin Texas.

Personnel

  • Bill Callahan – vocals, acoustic guitar, synth, FX, evolution cartoon, liner notes
  • Matt Kinsey – acoustic and electric guitar, electric 12-string guitar, backing vocals
  • Sarah Ann Phillips – piano, Hammond B3 organ, backing vocals
  • Amanda Nevers – keys
  • Cooper Crain – synth
  • Emmett Kelly – bass, electric bass, backing vocals
  • Glenn Fukunaga – bass
  • Brent Fariss – acoustic bass
  • Jim White – drums, snare case, backing vocals
  • Derek Phelps – trumpet
  • Mike St. Clair – trumpet, trombone
  • Carl Smith – contra-alto clarinet
  • Amy Annelle – backing vocals
  • Eve Searls – backing vocals
  • Bass Callahan – backing vocals
  • Hanly Banks Callahan – backing vocals
  • Connie Lovatt – backing vocals arrangement
  • Cooper Crain – engineer
  • Mark Nevers – engineer, mixing
  • Drew Potter – mixing assistant
  • Joseph Holguin – engineer assistant
  • JJ Golden – mastering
  • Paul Ryan – painting

Track listing:

All tracks by Bill Callahan, except where noted.

  1. First Bird
  2. Everyway
  3. Bowevil – traditional
  4. Partition
  5. Lily
  6. Naked Souls
  7. Coyotes
  8. Drainface
  9. Natural Information
  10. The Horse
  11. Planets
  12. Last One at the Party]

Suuns: The Witness

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On September 3, 2021, “Joyful Noise Recordings” and “Secret City Records” labels released “The Witness”, the fifth Suuns album. It was recorded December 2019 – September 2020, at “Breakglass Studios” in Montreal, Canada, and was produced by John Congleton.

Personnel:

  • Ben Shemie – vocals, guitar
  • Joe Yarmush – bass
  • Liam O’Neill – drums
  • Max Henry – keyboards, synthesizer
  • Mathieu Charbonneau – synthesizer
  • Erik Hove – saxophone, flute
  • Jace Lasek – engineer, mixing
  • John Congleton – mixing
  • Ryan Morey – mastering
  • Studio Safar – design
  • Myriam Boulos – cover photo

Track listing:

All tracks by Ben Shemie, Joe Yarmush, Liam O’Neill and Max Henry.

  1. Third Stream
  2. Witness Protection
  3. C-Thru
  4. Timebender
  5. Clarity
  6. The Fix
  7. Go to My Head
  8. The Trilogy

The Wildhearts: 21st Century Love Songs

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On September 3, 2021, “Graphite” label released “21st Century Love Songs”, the tenth  Wildhearts (The) album. It was recorded in 2021, at “The Old Cider Press” in Worcestershire, England, and was produced by Dave Draper.

Personnel:

  • Ginger Wildheart – vocals, guitar
  • C. J. Wildheart – vocals, guitar
  • Danny McCormack – vocals, bass
  • Ritch Battersby – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Ginger Wildheart.

  1. 21st Century Love Songs
  2. Remember These Days
  3. Splitter
  4. Institutional Submission
  5. Sleepaway
  6. You Do You
  7. Sort Your Fucking Shit Out
  8. Directions
  9. A Physical Exorcism
  10. My Head Wants Me Dead

Big Red Machine: How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last?

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On August 27, 2021, “37d03d” label released “How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last?”, the second Big Red Machine studio album. It was recorded 2018 – 2021, at “Long Pond” in Hudson Valley, New York, “Kitty Committee” in Los Angeles, “April Base” in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and was produced by Aaron Dessner.

Personnel:

  • Aaron Dessner – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, high strung guitar, rubber bridge guitar, tambourine, piano, upright piano, bass guitar, synth bass, drum machine programming, OP-1, shaker, synth, synthesizer, synth bass, bass drum, clack, Prophet X, mellotron, sequencer, snare, kick drum, cymbal
  • Justin Vernon – vocals, electric guitar, mellotron, whistling, synth, Messina
  • Bryce Dessner – acoustic and electric guitar, orchestration
  • James Krivchenia – drums
  • JT Bates – drums
  • Jason Treuting – drums
  • James McAlister – electronic drums 
  • Thomas Bartlett – piano, Prophet X, ELZ_1 Synthesizer, synthesizer, synth, mellotron
  • Benjamin Lanz – modular synthesizer, synthesizer
  • Andrew Broder – synthesizer 
  • Robin Pecknold – vocals, mellotron, piano
  • S. Carey – Prophet X 
  • Brad Cook – mellotron, bass guitar, ebow bass, synth
  • Michael Lewis – saxophone 
  • Dave Nelson – trumpet, trombone
  • Andy Clausen – trombone 
  • Willem de Koch – trombone 
  • Riley Mulherkar – trombone 
  • Chloe Rowlands – trombone 
  • Kyle Resnick – flugelhorn
  • Taylor Swift – vocals 
  • Ilsey Juber – vocals 
  • Naeem – vocals 
  • Sharon Van Etten – vocals 
  • Shara Nova – vocals 
  • Ariel Engle – vocals 
  • This Is the Kit – vocals 
  • Ben Howard – vocals 
  • Anaïs Mitchell – vocals
  • Lisa Hannigan – vocals
  • Yuki Numata Resnick – violin, viola
  • Bryan Devendorf – drum machine programming
  • Ryan Olson – Allovers Hi-Hat Generator

Track listing:

  1. Latter Days – Aaron Dessner, Justin Vernon, Anaïs Mitchell
  2. Reese – Aaron Dessner, Justin Vernon
  3. Phoenix – Aaron Dessner, Justin Vernon, Robin Peckhold, Nico Lang, Anaïs Mitchell
  4. Birch – Bryan Devendorf, Aaron Dessner, Justin Vernon
  5. Renegade – Aaron Dessner, Taylor Swift
  6. The Ghost of Cincinnati – Aaron Dessner, Nicole Riegel
  7. Hoping Then – Aaron Dessner, Justin Vernon
  8. Mimi – Ilsey Juber, Aaron Dessner, Justin Vernon
  9. Easy to Sabotage – Aaron Dessner, Justin Vernon, Naeem Juwan
  10. Hutch – Aaron Dessner, Justin Vernon
  11. 8:22AM – Aaron Dessner, Ariel Engle, Bryan Devendorf, Justin Vernon, Ragnar Kjartansson
  12. Magnolia – Aaron Dessner
  13. June’s a River – Aaron Dessner, Bryan Devendorf, Ben Howard
  14. Brycie – Aaron Dessner, Jessica Reese, Aaron Dessner
  15. New Auburn – Aaron Dessner, Anaïs Mitchell, Justin Vernon

Marisa Anderdson And William Tyler: Lost Futures

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On August 27, 2021, “Thrill Jockey” label released “Lost Futures”, album by Marisa Anderson and William Tyler. It was recorded in September 2020, at “Flora Recording & Playback” in Portland, Oregon, and was produced by Tucker Martine, Marisa Anderson and William Tyler.

Personnel:

  • Marisa Anderson – guitars, photography
  • William Tyler – guitars
  • Tucker Martine – bass, drums, recording, mixing
  • Gisela Rodriguez Fernandez – violin, viola
  • Patricia Vásquez Gómez – quijada
  • Cole Halverson – recording, mixing assistant
  • Amy Dragon – mastering
  • Sam Smith – cover art
  • Daniel Castrejón – design

Track listing:      

All tracks by Marisa Anderson and William Tyler.

  1. News About Heaven
  2. Lost Futures
  3. Pray for Rain
  4. Something Will Come
  5. At the Edge of the World
  6. Hurricane Light
  7. Life and Casualty
  8. Haunted By Water

Deathheaven: Infinte Granite

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On August 20, 2021, “Sargent House” label released “Infinite Granite”, the fifth Deafheaven studio album. It was recorded August – October 2020, at “Atomic Garden East” in Oakland, California, “Electric Bunker” in Boston, “Chez JMJ” in Glendale, California, and was produced by Justin Meldal Johnsen.

Personnel:

  • George Clarke – vocals
  • Kerry McCoy – vocals, guitars, synthesizers
  • Shiv Mehra – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, synthesizers
  • Chris Johnson – vocals, bass guitar
  • Daniel Tracy – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Justin Meldal-Johnsen – Fender Bass VI, additional vocals, additional synthesizers, additional guitar, engineer
  • Chelsea Jade – additional vocals
  • Jack Shirley – engineer
  • Darrell Thorp – engineer, mixing
  • Brendan Dekora – engineer
  • Chris Johnson – engineer
  • Joshua Lago – engineer assistant
  • Dave Cooley – mastering
  • Nick Steinhardt, 23in – art direction, design

Track listing:

All lyrics by George Clarke, all music by George Clarke, Kerry McCoy, Shiv Mehra, Chris Johnson and Daniel Tracy.

  1. Shellstar
  2. In Blur
  3. Great Mass of Color
  4. Neptune Raining Diamonds
  5. Lament for Wasps
  6. Villain
  7. The Gnashing
  8. Other Language
  9. Mombasa