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Devendra Banhart and Noah Georgeson: Refugee

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On August 12, 2021, “Dead Oceans” label released “Refuge”, album by Devendra Banhart and Noah Georgeson. It was recorded in 2021, at “Banner Mountain Studio” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Devendra Banhart and Noah Georgeson.

Personnel:

  • Devendra Banhart – voices, acoustic and electric guitar, synthesizer, bells, engineer, mixing, photography
  • Noah Georgeson – guitar, synthesizer, engineer, mixing
  • Nicole Lawrence – pedal steel guitar
  • Tyler Cash – piano
  • Jeremy Harris – synthesizer, additional production
  • Todd Dahlhoff – bass
  • David Ralicke – soprano and alt saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute, flugelhorn
  • Danny Bensi – strings, strings engineer
  • Mary Lattimore – harp
  • Neten Chokling Rinpoche – voices
  • Sharon Salzberg – voices
  • Sri Mataji Shaktiananda – voices
  • Rafael Anton Irisarri – mastering
  • Miles Johnson – layout, design

Track listing:

  1. Book of Bringhi – Noah Georgeson
  2. A Cat – Devendra Banhart
  3. Rise from Your Wave – Noah Georgeson
  4. Peloponnese Lament – Noah Georgeson
  5. In a Cistern – Noah Georgeson
  6. Into Clouds – Devendra Banhart, Todd Dahlhoff   
  7. For Em – Tyler Cash, Devendra Banhart
  8. Three Gates – Devendra Banhart, Jeremy Harris
  9. Horn in Deep Night – Noah Georgeson
  10. Sky Burial – Devendra Banhart
  11. Asura Cave – Devendra Banhart, Jeremy Harris
  12. Aran in Repose – Noah Georgeson
  13. Lament Return – Noah Georgeson

Polish Club: Now We Are Cookin’

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On August 13, 2021, “Island Records Australia” label released “Now We’re Cookin’”, the third Polish Club album. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by Scott Horscroft, David Novak and John-Henry Pajak.

Personnel:

  • David Novak – lead vocals, guitar
  • John-Henry Pajak – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Izaac Wilson – piano, organ, engineer
  • Scott Horscroft – organ, backing vocals, mixing
  • Kirsty Tickle – backing vocals
  • Madeleine Vercoe – backing vocals
  • Owen Butterworth – backing vocals
  • Dave Cooley – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by David Novak and John-Henry Pajak.

  1. Stop for a Minute
  2. New Age
  3. Getaway
  4. Fix Your Heart
  5. No Heaven
  6. Whack
  7. Just Talking
  8. I Didn’t Want That (For You)
  9. Baby We’re Burning
  10. Fuck Off & Die

Lingua Ignota: Sinner Get Ready

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On August 6, 2021, “Sargent House” label released “Sinner Get Ready”, the fourth Lingua Ignota (Kristin Hayter) studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “Machines with Magnets” in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and was produced by Seth Manchester and Kristin Hayter.

Personnel:

  • Kristin Hayter – vocals, piano, prepared piano, organ, banjo, bowed banjo, cello, bells, bowed psaltery, mountain dulcimer, additional recording, photography
  • Seth Manchester – guitar, banjo, extended banjo, prepared piano, oscillators, percussion, shruti box, Moog, Moog Grandmother, mixing, recording
  • Ryan Seaton – vocals, electric guitars, mandolins, tambourine, trumpet VST, clarinets, saxophones, melodicas, castanets, Tibetan cymbals, woodwind mouthpieces, wooden drum with animal skin and single snare, frame drums, Doepfer MS-404, wooden shakers, singing bowl, bells, cowbell, wooden flute, pennywhistle, Korg Wavestation, harmonica, Moog Voyager, saxophone neck, cello VST, FM8 soft synth, Juno 106, Roland TB-303, Wurlitzer, Eisenberg Vier soft synth, instrumental arrangements
  • J. Mamana – banjo
  • Ryan Seaton – additional recording, additional production
  • Chris Gehringer – mastering
  • Alexis S.F. Marshall – album photography assistant
  • Ashley Rose Couture – mask
  • Chimere Noire – layout design

Track listing:

  1. The Order of Spiritual Virgins
  2. I Who Bend the Tall Grasses
  3. Many Hands
  4. Pennsylvania Furnace
  5. Repent Now Confess Now
  6. The Sacred Linament of Judgement
  7. Perpetual Flame of Centralia
  8. Man Is Like a Spring Flower
  9. The Solitary Brethren of Ephrata

Moritz Von Oswald Trio: Dissent

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On August 6, 2021, “Modern Recordings” label released “Dissent”, album by Moritz Von Oswald Trio. It was recorded in 2021, at “Lemon Street Studios” in East Petersburg, PA, and was produced by Moritz Von Oswald.

Personnel:

  • Moritz Von Oswald – keyboards, percussion, arrangements, directed
  • Laurel Halo – keyboards
  • Heinrich Köbberling – drums
  • Tobias Freund – recording, engineer, mixing
  • Marlon Beatt – recording, engineer
  • Götz Michael Rieth – mastering
  • Joep van Liefland – cover art
  • Kerstin Riedel – cover design
  • Laurens von Oswald – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Moritz Von Oswald.

  1. Preface
  2. Chapter 1
  3. Chapter 2
  4. Chapter 3
  5. Chapter 4
  6. Chapter 5
  7. Chapter 6
  8. Chapter 7
  9. Chapter 8
  10. Chapter 9
  11. Chapter 10
  12. Epilogue

Dance Gavin Dance: Jackpot Juicer

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On July 29, 2022, “Rise Records” label released “Jackpot Juicer”, the tenth Dance Gavin Dance studio album. It was recorded April – July 2021, at “Interlace Audio” in Portland, Oregon, and was produced by Kris Crummett.

Personnel:

  • Jon Mess – vocals, executive producer
  • Tilian Pearson – vocals, executive producer
  • Will Swan – guitar, executive producer
  • Tim Feerick – bass, executive producer
  • Matt Mingus – drums, percussion, executive producer
  • Andrew Wells – lead and backing vocals, guitar
  • Rob Damiani – guest vocals
  • Louis Baltazar – guitar
  • Martin Bianchini – guitar
  • Sergio Medina – guitar
  • Chen Shenhar – violin
  • Yoed Nir – viola, cello
  • Jason Turbin – string arrangements
  • Kris Crummett – mixing, mastering
  • Andrea Pacas – mixing assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Jonathan Mess, Matthew Mingus, Tilian Pearson, Timothy Feerick, Andrew Wells, and Will Swan, except where noted. “Cream of the Crop” co-written by Nicholas Marsh.

  1. Untitled 2
  2. Cream of the Crop – Jonathan Mess, Matthew Mingus, Tilian Pearson, Timothy Feerick, Andrew Wells, Will Swan, Nicholas Marsh
  3. Synergy
  4. Holy Ghost Spirit
  5. For the Jeers
  6. Ember
  7. Pop Off!
  8. One Man’s Cringe
  9. Feels Bad Man
  10. Die Another Day
  11. Two Secret Weapons
  12. Polka Dot Dobbins
  13. Long Night in Jail
  14. Back on Deck
  15. Current Events
  16. Pray to God for Your Mother
  17. Swallowed by Eternity
  18. Have a Great Life

Yngwie Malmsteen: Parabellum

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On July 24, 2021, “Music Theories Recordings” label released “Parabellum”, the 22nd Yngwie Malmsteen album. It was recorded in 2021, at “Studio 308” in Miami, Florida, and was produced by Yngwie Malmsteen.

Personnel:

  • Yngwie Malmsteen – lead and backing vocals, classical guitar, guitar synthesizer, bass guitar, sitar, cello, timpani, arrangements, orchestration, mixing
  • Lawrence Lannerbach – drums
  • Emilio Martinez Jr. – engineer, mixing
  • Keith Rose – pre – mastering
  • Peter Brussee – mastering
  • April Malmsteen – cover concept
  • Thomas Ewerhard – layout
  • David Banegas – cover painting
  • Marke Weiss – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Yngwie Malmsteen.

  1. Wolves at the Door
  2. Presto Vivace in C# Minor
  3. Relentless Fury
  4. (Si Vis Pacem) Parabellum
  5. Eternal Bliss
  6. Toccata
  7. God Particle
  8. Magic Bullet
  9. (Fight) The Good Fight
  10. Sea of Tranquility

David Crosby: For Free

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On July 23, 2021, “Three Blind Mice” and “BMG Right Management” labels released “For Free”, the eighth and final David Crosby album. It was recorded August – December 2020, at “The Bamboom Room” in Altadena, California, “Hz Werks” in Van Nuys, California, “Joe Jack’s Studio” in Santa Ynez, California, “Groove Masters” in Santa Monica, California, “Stubbs Recording” in Spring Hill, Tennessee, “Tomorrow’s Sound Today” in Memphis, Tennessee, and was produced by James Raymond.

Personnel:

  • David Crosby – vocals, mixing
  • James Raymond – acoustic piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, synthesizers, synth guitar solo, synth bass, synth acoustic guitar, drum programming, Fender Rhodes, percussion, backing vocals, horn arrangements, recording, mixing
  • Shawn Tubbs – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Steve Postell – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Greg Leisz – pedal steel guitar
  • Dean Parks – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Andrew Ford – bass
  • Elijah Thomson – bass
  • Gary Novak – drums
  • Steve DiStanislao – drums
  • Abe Laboriel Jr. – drums
  • Steve Tavaglione – tenor saxophone, EWI
  • Walt Fowler – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Sarah Jarosz – vocals
  • Brian Wilson – count-in vocal
  • Michael McDonald – backing vocals
  • Gracie Raymond – backing vocals
  • Becca Stevens – backing vocals
  • Michelle Willis – backing vocals
  • Dan Garcia – recording, mixing
  • Shawn Tubbs – guitar recording
  • Dean Parks – guitar recording
  • Nate Hassely – engineer assistant
  • Joel Jacks – engineer assistant
  • Jason Mariani – engineer assistant
  • Kaushlesh “Garry” Purohit – engineer assistant
  • Bernie Grundman – mastering
  • Louise Hendy – artwork, design
  • Joan Baez – sleeve artwork, original painting

Track listing:

  1. River Rise – David Crosby, James Raymond, Michael McDonald
  2. I Think I – David Crosby, James Raymond, Steve Postell
  3. The Other Side of Midnight – James Raymond
  4. Rodriguez for a Night – David Crosby, Donald Fagen, James Raymond
  5.  Secret Dancer – David Crosby, James Raymond
  6. Ships in the Night – David Crosby
  7. For Free – Joni Mitchell
  8. Boxes – James Raymond
  9. Shot at Me – David Crosby – Dean Parks
  10. I Won’t Stay for Long – James Raymond

Jamie T: The Theory of Whatever

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On July 2022, “Polydor” label released “The Theory of Whatever”, the fifth Jamie T studio album. It was recorded 2021 – 2022, and was produced by Charles Watson, Hugo White, Jamie Treays, Olly Burden and Tom Dinsdale.

Personnel:

  • Jamie T (Jamie Treays) – lead and backing vocals, guitar, bass, piano, drums, bass programming, programming
  • Hugo White – guitar, bass, drums, programming
  • Matt Maltese – guitar, backing vocals
  • Olly Burden – guitar, programming
  • Hal Ritson – keyboards, programming
  • Richard Adlam – keyboards, programming
  • Rupert Jarvis – bass
  • Jamie Morrison – drums
  • Nerys Richard – cello
  • Rob Harris – bass programming
  • Jag Jago – engineering 
  • Olly Burden – engineering
  • Cenzo Townshend – mixing
  • Camden Clarke – mixing assistant
  • Jan Ashwell – mixing assistant
  • Robert Sellens – mixing assistant
  • John Davis – mastering

Track listing:

  1. 90’s Cars – Jamie Treays, Alex Chilton, Tom Dinsdale
  2. The Old Style Raiders – Jamie Treays
  3. British Hell – Glenn Danzig
  4. The Terror of Lambeth Love – Jamie Treays, Charles Watson, Olly Burden
  5. Keying Lamborghinis Jamie Treays, Tom Dinsdale
  6. St. George Wharf Tower – Jamie Treays
  7. A Million & One New Ways to Die – Jamie Treays
  8. Thank You – Jamie Treays, Hugo White
  9. Between the Rocks – Jamie Treays, Hugo White
  10. Sabre Tooth – Jamie Treays
  11. Talk Is Cheap – Jamie Treays, Olly Burden
  12. Old Republican – Jamie Treays
  13. 50.000 Unmarked Bullets – Jamie Treays

Tones and I: Welcome to the Madhouse

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On July 16, 2021, “Bad Batch Records” label released “Welcome to the Madhouse”, the debut Tones and I studio album. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by Capi, Dann Hume, Konstantin Kersting, Randy Belculfine and Tony Watson.

Personnel:

  • Toni Watson – vocals, all instruments
  • The Cho1r – choir
  • Dann Hume – programming, mixing
  • Daniel Frizza – engineer
  • Richard Stolz – engineer
  • Garrett Kato – vocal engineering
  • Randy Belculfine – engineer, mixing
  • Konstantin Kersting – engineer, mixing
  • Kenny Harmon – engineer, mixing
  • Andrei Eremin – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Toni Watson.

  1. Welcome to the Madhouse
  2. Lonely
  3. Won’t Sleep
  4. Westside Lobby
  5. Fly Away
  6. Sad Song
  7. Just a Mess
  8. Child’s Play
  9. Not Going Home
  10. Sark Waters
  11. Cloud Day
  12. You Don’t Know My Name
  13. Fall Apert
  14. Bars (RIP T)