Tag Archives: 2021

James: All the Colours of You

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On June 4, 2021, “Virgin Music Label & Artist Services” label released “All the Colours of You”, the 16th James studio album. It was recorded in 2020, at Jacknife Lee’s home studio, Topanga Canyon, California, and was produced by Jacknife Lee.

Personnel:

  • Tim Booth – lead and backing vocals, production overseer, pre-production
  • Saul Davies – guitar, violin, backing vocals
  • Mark Hunter – keyboards, backing vocals 
  • Adrian Oxaal – guitar, backing vocals
  • Jim Glennie – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Andy Diagram – trumpet, horns, backing vocals
  • Chloe Alper – backing vocals
  • Jacknife Lee – guitar, keyboards, drums, bass guitar, backing vocals, programming, engineer, mixing
  • Beni Giles – keyboards
  • Peter Glennie – EBow, strings, cello, backing vocals
  • Matt Bishop – drums
  • Collette Byrn – backing vocals
  • Kate Shela – backing vocals
  • Mia Davies – backing vocals
  • Vincent Davies – backing vocals
  • Bryony Ross – backing vocals
  • Matt Bishop – engineer, editing
  • Mark Hunter – engineer, pre-production
  • Jim Glennie – pre-production
  • Peter Glennie – pre-production
  • Beni Giles – additional engineering
  • Matthew Walsh – additional engineering
  • Matt Glaseby – additional engineering
  • John Davis – mastering
  • Matt de Jong – visual creative direction
  • Jamie–James Medina – visual creative direction

Track listing:

All lyrics by Tim Booth, all music by Tim Booth, Saul Davies, Jim Glennie, Mark Hunter, and Jacknife Lee.  

  1. Zero
  2. All the Colours of You
  3. Recover
  4. Beautiful Beaches
  5. Wherever It Takes Us
  6. Hush
  7. Miss America
  8. Getting Myself Into
  9. Magic Bus
  10. Isabella
  11. XYST

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

Portico Quartet: Terrain

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On May 28, 2021, “Gondwana Records” label released “Terrain”, the sixth Portico Quartet studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “POHO & Fish Factory” in London, and was produced by Duncan Bellamy and Jack Wyllie.

Personnel:

  • Duncan Bellamy – vocals, electric bass, drums, hang drums, synthesizer, piano, vibraphone, sampler,mixing
  • Jack Wyllie – saxophone, piano, synthesizer, sampler, string arrangements, mixing
  • Pete Bennie – double bass
  • Francesca Ter-Berg – cello
  • Simmy Singh – violin
  • Freeman – mixing
  • John Davis – mastering, vinyl cut
  • Veil Projects – design, photography

Track listing:

All tracks written by Duncan Bellamy and Jack Wyllie.

  1. I
  2. II
  3. III

Vangelis

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On May 17, 2021, Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou aka Vangelis died aged 79. He was musician (piano, keyboards, drums, percussion), composer and producer, member of the bands The Forminx and Aphrodite’s Child, but was best known for his work as solo artist. In 1981, Vangelis won the “Academy Award” for the soundtrack to “Chariots of Fire”, and composed music for the movies “Blade Runner (1982), Missing (1982), Antarctica (1983), The Bounty (1984), 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992), and Alexander (2004). As solo artist he released 23 albums.

The Black Keys: Delta Kream

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On May 14, 2021, “Easy Eye Sound” and “Nonesuch” labels released “Delta Kream”,  tenth Black Keys (The) studio album. It was recorded in December 2019, at “Easy Eye Sound” in Nashville, and was produced by Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney.

Personnel:

  • Dan Auerbach – lead vocals, electric guitar
  • Patrick Carney – drums, percussion
  • Kenny Brown – electric guitar
  • Eric Deaton – bass
  • Sam Bacco – additional percussion
  • Tchad Blake – mixing
  • Ryan Smith – mastering
  • M. Allen Parker – engineer
  • Caleb Van Buskirk – additional engineering
  • Michael Deano – engineer assistant
  • Mickey Smay – engineer assistant

Track list

  1. Crawling Kingsnake – John Lee Hooker, Bernard Besman
  2. Louise – Mississippi Fred McDowell
  3. Poor Boy a Long Way from Home – R. L. Burnside
  4. Stay All Night – Junior Kimbrough
  5. Going Down South – R. L. Burnside
  6. Coal Black Mattie – Ranre Burnette
  7. Do the Romp – Junior Kimbrough
  8. Sad Days, Lonely Nights – Junior Kimbrough
  9. Walk with Me – Junior Kimbrough
  10. Mellow Peaches – Big Joe Williams
  11. Come On and Go with Me – Junior Kimbrough

Sons of Kemet: Black to the Future

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On May 14, 2021, “Impulse!” label released “Black to the Future”, the fourth Sons of Kemet studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “Livingston Studio 1” in London, and was produced by Shabaka Hutchings and Dilip Harris.

Personnel:

  • Shabaka Hutchings – tenor saxophone, woodwinds
  • Theon Cross – tuba
  • Edward Wakili-Hick – percussion
  • Tom Skinner – percussion
  • Steve Williamson – tenor saxophone
  • Joshua Idehen – vocals
  • Angel Bat Dawid – vocals
  • Moor Mother – vocals
  • D Double E – vocals
  • Kojey Radical – vocals
  • Lianne La Havas – vocals
  • Dilip Harris – recording, mixing
  • Guy Davie – mastering
  • Mzwandile Buthelezi – artwork, design
  • Shabaka Hutchings – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Field Negus
  2. Pick Up Your Burning Cross
  3. Think of Home
  4. Hustle
  5. For the Culture
  6. To Never Forget the Source
  7. In Remembrance of Those Source
  8. Let the Circle Be Unbroken
  9. Envision Yourself Levitating
  10. Black

Squid: Bright Green Field

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On May 7, 2021, “Warp Records” label released “Bright Green Field”, the debut Squid studio album. It was recorded March – October 2020, at “Mr. Dan’s Studio” in London, and was produced by Dan Carey.

Personnel:

  • Louis Borlase – vocals, guitar, bass guitar
  • Anton Pearson – vocals, guitar, bass, percussion
  • Arthur Leadbetter – keyboards, strings, percussion
  • Laurie Nankivell – bass guitar, brass, percussion
  • Ollie Judge – lead vocals, drums
  • Martha Skye Murphy – vocal

Track listing:

  1. Resolution Square
  2. G.S.K.
  3. Narrator
  4. Boy Racer
  5. Padding
  6. Documentary Filmmaker
  7. 2010
  8. The Flyover
  9. Peel St.
  10. Global Groove
  11. Pamphlets

Weezer: Van Weezer

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On May 7, 2021, “Crush Music” and “Atlantic” labels released “Van Weezer”, the fifteenth Weezer studio album. It was recorded 2018 – 2020, and was produced by Suzy Shinn.

Personnel:

  • Rivers Cuomo – lead and backing vocals, guitars, keyboards
  • Brian Bell – guitars, backing vocals
  • Scott Shriner – bass, backing vocals
  • Patrick Wilson – drums
  • Suzy Shinn – synthesizer, additional guitar, additional vocals, engineer, recording
  • Coast Modern – additional vocals, programming
  • Charlie Brand – additional vocals, engineer
  • Ivan Wayman – engineer 
  • Shawn Everett – engineer 
  • Wesley Sideman – engineer
  • Matty Green – mixing
  • Joe LaPorta – mastering
  • Andreas Kvinge Sandnes – engineer assistant 
  • Jake Sinclair – engineer assistant
  • Sejo Navajas – engineer assistant
  • John Sinclair – engineer assistant
  • Johnny Morgan – engineer assistant
  • Josh Skinner – engineer assistant
  • Lizzy Ostro – engineer assistant
  • Michael Beinhorn – pre-production

Track listing:

  1. Hero – Rivers Cuomo, Daniel Bedingfield, Daniel Omelio, Denzel Baptiste, David Biral, Dave Bassett
  2. All the Good Ones – Rivers Cuomo, Coast Modern
  3. The End of the Game – Rivers Cuomo, Tim Pagnotta
  4. I Need Some of That – Rivers Cuomo, Tim Pagnotta, Josh Alexander, Billy Steinbeerg, Geoffrey Downes, John Wetton, Donald Roeser
  5. Beginning of the End – Billy Joel, Rivers Cuomo
  6. Blue Dream – Rivers Cuomo, Ozzy Osbourne, Randy Rhoads, Bob Daisley
  7. 1 More Hit – Rivers Cuomo
  8. Sheila Can Do It – Rivers Cuomo, Kevin Ridel
  9. She Needs Me – Rivers Cuomo
  10. Precious Metal Girl – Rivers Cuomo, Nick Long

Vampire Weekend: Father of the Bride

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On May 3, 2019, “Columbia” label released “Father of the Bride”, the fourth Vampire Weekend studio album. It was recorded January 2016 – August 2018, at “Effie Street” in  Silverlake, California, “Vox” in Hollywood, “Sony” in Akasaka, Minato, Japan, and was produced by Ariel Rechtshaid, Ezra Koenig, BloodPop, DJ Dahi and Rostam Batmanglij.

Personnel:

  • Ezra Koenig – lead vocals, guitars, mixing
  • Rostam Batmanglij – 12-string acoustic guitar
  • Tommy King – piano
  • Buddy Ross – synthesizers, Wurlitzer, piano, strings, backing vocals 
  • Matt Chamberlain – drums
  • Greg Leisz – electric and pedal steel guitar
  • David Longstreth – guitar, backing vocals
  • Jake Longstreth – guitar
  • John Nixon – guitar
  • Ariel Rechtshaid – guitar
  •  Steve Lacy – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Sam Gendel – saxophone
  • Serena McKinney – violins 
  • Danielle Haim – lead and backing vocals
  • Jude Law – lead vocals
  • Jenny Lewis – vocal sample
  • Ariel Rechtshaid – engineer, mixing
  • Buddy Ross – engineer, mixing
  • Shawn Everett – engineer, mixing
  • Rostam Batmanglij – engineer, mixing
  • Dalton Ricks – engineer
  • Nick Rowe – engineer
  • Chris Kasych – engineer
  • John DeBold – engineer
  • Hiroya Takayama – engineer
  • Takemasa Kosaka – engineer
  • Dave Schiffman – engineer
  • P-Thugg (Patrick Gemayel) – engineer
  • Michael Harris – engineer
  • Jude Law – engineer
  • Manny Marroquin – mixing
  • Chris Galland – mixing
  • Robin Florent – mixing assistant
  • Scott Desmarais – mixing assistant
  • Emily Lazar – mastering
  • Chris Allgood – mastering assistant
  • Nick Harwood – art direction
  • Primo Kahn – cover design
  • Public-Library – cover design
  • Brendan Ratzlaff – illustration

Track listing:

All tracks by Ezra Koenig, except where noted.

  1. Hold You Now – Ezra Koenig, Hans Zimmer
  2. Harmony Hall
  3. Bambina
  4. This Life – Ezra Koenig, Makonnen Sheran, Mark Ronson
  5. Big Blue
  6. How Long? – Ezra Koenig, William Shelby, Stephen Shockley, Leon F. Silvers III
  7. Unbearably White
  8. Rich Man – Ezra Koenig, S. E. Rogie
  9. Married in a Gold Rush
  10. My Mistake – Ezra Koenig, Ludwig Göransson
  11. Sympathy – Ezra Koenig, Ariel Rechtshaid
  12. Sunflower
  13. Flower Moon – Ezra Koenig, Ariel Rechtshaid
  14. 2021 – Haruomi Hososno, Ezra Koenig
  15. We Belong Together – Ezra Koenig, Rostam Batmanglij
  16. Stranger
  17. Spring Snow – Ezra Koenig, BloodPop, Sam Gendel
  18. Jerusalem, New York, Berlin

Teenage Fanclub: Endless Arcade

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On April 30, 2021, “PeMa” label released “Endless Arcade”, the eleventh Teenage Fanclub studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “Clouds Hill Studio” in Hamburg, Germany, and was produced by

Personnel:

  • Norman Blake – vocals, guitar
  • Raymond McGinley – vocals, lead guitar
  • Euros Childs – vocals, keyboards
  • David McGowan – vocals, bass
  • Francis Macdonald – vocals, drums

Track listing:

  1. Home – Norman Blake
  2. Endless Arcade – Raymond McGinley
  3. Warm Embrace – Norman Blake
  4. Everything is Falling Apart – Raymond McGinley
  5. The Sun Won’t Shine on Me – Norman Blake
  6. Come With Me – Raymond McGinley
  7. In Our Dreams – Raymond McGinley
  8. I’m More Inclined – Norman Blake
  9. Back in the Day – Norman Blake
  10. The Future – Raymond McGinley
  11. Living With You – Norman Blake
  12. Silent Song – Raymond McGinley