Tag Archives: 2022

Alex G: God Save The Animals

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On September 23, 2022, “Domino” label released “God Save the Animals”, the ninth Alex G studio album. It was recorded in 2022, at “Headroom Studios” and “Spice House” in Philadelphia, “Sugar House” in New York City, “Clubhouse” in Rhinebeck, New York, Gradwell House Recording” in Haddon Heights, New Jersey, “Watersong Music” in Bowdoinham, Maine, and was produced by Alex G and Jacob Portrait.

Personnel:

  • Alex G (Alexander Giannascoli) – vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, drums, engineer
  • Samuel Acchione – guitar, banjo
  • John Heywood – bass
  • Tom Kelly – drums
  • Jessica Lea Mayfield – additional vocals
  • Molly Germer – strings, additional vocals, string arrangement
  • Jacob Portrait – engineer, mixing
  • Mark Watter – engineer
  • Kyle Pulley – engineer
  • Scoops Dardaris – engineer
  • Eric Bogacz – engineer
  • Connor Priest – engineer
  • Steve Poponi – engineer
  • Earl Bigelow – engineering
  • Anjan Alavandar – engineer assistant
  • Isaac Eiger – engineer assistant
  • Shubham Mondal – engineer assistant
  • Sophie Shalit – engineer assistant
  • Heba Kadry – mastering
  • Rachel Giannascoli Masciantonio – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Alex Giannascoli.

  1. After All
  2. Runner
  3. Mission
  4. S.D.O.S.
  5. No Bitterness
  6. Ain’t It Easy
  7. Cross the Sea
  8. Blessing
  9. Early Morning Waiting
  10. Immunity
  11. Headroom Piano
  12. Miracles
  13. Forgive

Teenage Fanclub: Nothing Lasts Forever

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On September 22, 2023, “PeMa” label released “Nothing Lasts Forever”, the twelfth Teenage Fanclub studio album. It was recorded in 2022, at “Rockfield Studios” in Monmouth, “Raymond’s Place” in Glasgow, and was produced by Norman Blake, Euros Childs, Francis MacDonald, Raymond McGinley and Dave McGowan.

Personnel:

  • Norman Blake – vocals, guitar
  • Raymond McGinley – vocals, lead guitar, engineering
  • Euros Childs – vocals, keyboard
  • Dave McGowan – vocals, bass
  • Francis MacDonald – vocals, drums
  • Stephen Black – clarinet, saxophone
  • John McCusker – strings
  • Daisy Spiers – strings
  • David Henderson – engineer
  • Joe Jones – engineer
  • Tom Walsh – string engineering
  • Guy Davie – mastering
  • H. Hawkline – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Norman Blake, except where noted.

  1. Foreign Land
  2. Tired of Being Alone – Raymond McGinley
  3. I Left a Light On
  4. See the Light – Raymond McGinley
  5. It’s Alright
  6. Falling into the Sun – Raymond McGinley
  7. Self-Sedation
  8. Middle of My Mind – Raymond McGinley
  9. Back to the Light
  10. I Will Love You – Raymond McGinley

The Mars Volta: Same

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On September 16, 2022, “Clouds Hill” label released the self-titled, seventh Mars Volta (The) studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2021, and was produced by Omar Rodríguez-López.

Personnel:

  • Cedric Bixler-Zavala – vocals
  • Omar Rodríguez-López – guitars, synthesizers, direction, arrangements, engineer
  • Marcel Rodríguez-López – synthesizers, engineer, mixing
  • Eva Gardner – bass guitar
  • Willy Rodriguez Quiñones – drums
  • Leo Genovese – keyboards
  • Daniel Diaz Rivera – percussio
  • Jon Debaun – engineer
  • Chris Common – engineer
  • Luis Bacqué – engineer
  • Matthew Neighbour – editing
  • Chris von Rautenkranz – mastering
  • Alma L. Zayas – art direction, design
  • Adan Guevara – design, layout
  • Stuart Gili-Ross – production coordinator

Track listing:

  1. Blacklight Shine
  2. Graveyard Love
  3. Shores Story
  4. Blank Condolences
  5. Vigil
  6. Que Dios Te Maldiga Mi Corazón
  7. Cerulea
  8. Flash Burns from Flashbacks
  9. Palm Full of Crux
  10. No Case Gain
  11. Tourmaline
  12. Equus 3
  13. Collapsible Shoulders
  14. The Requisition

Clutch: Sunrise On Slaughter Beach

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On September 16, 2022, “Weathermaker Music” label released “Sunrise on Slaughter Beach”, the thirteenth Clutch studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “The Magpie Cage Recording Studio” in Baltimore, Maryland, and was produced by Tom Dalgety.

Personnel:

  • Neil Fallon – vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Tim Sult – lead guitar
  • Dan Maines – bass
  • Jean-Paul Gaster – drums, vibraphone
  • J. Robbins – theremin
  • Deborah Bond – backing vocals
  • Frenchie Davis – backing vocals
  • Tom Dalgety – mixing

Track listing:

All lyrics by Neil Fallon, all music by Neil Fallon, Tim Sult, Dan Maines and Jean-Paul Gaster.

  1. Red Alert (Boss Metal Zone)
  2. Slaughter Beach
  3. Mountain of Bone
  4. Nosferatu Madre
  5. Mercy Brown
  6. We Strive for Excellence
  7. Skeletons on Mars
  8. Three Golden Horns
  9. Jackhammer Our Names

Public Image Ltd: End Of World

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On August 11, 2023, “PIL Official” label released “End of World”, the eleventh Public Image Ltd studio album. It was recorded 2018 – 2022, at “Yellow Shark Studios” in Cheltenham, “Vada Studios” in Stratford-upon-Avon, UK, and was produced by Lu Edmonds, Scott Firth, John Lydon, Bruce Smith, John Rambo Stevens and James Towler.

Personnel:

  • John Lydon – vocals, artwork, painting, design
  • Lu Edmonds – guitar
  • Scott Firth – bass guitar
  • Bruce Smith – drums
  • Brendan Davies – engineer, mixing , artwork
  • James Towler – engineer, mixing
  • George Perks – engineer assistant
  • Danny Thomas – engineer assistant
  • Stefan Heger – mastering
  • John Rambo Stevens – layout, artwork, photography
  • D, D, Boling – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by John Lydon, all music by Lu Edmonds, Scott Firth, John Lydon, and Bruce Smith.

  1. Penge
  2. End of the World
  3. Car Chase
  4. Being Stupid Again
  5. Walls
  6. Pretty Awful
  7. Strange
  8. Down On the Clown
  9. Dirty Murky Delight
  10. The Do That
  11. L F C F
  12. North West Passage
  13. Hawaii

Planet Drum: In The Groove

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On August 5, 2022, “Valley Entertainment” label released “In the Groove”, the fifth Planet Drum album. It was recorded in 2022, at “Studio X” in Sebastopol, California, and was produced by Mickey Hart and Zakir Hussain.

Personnel:

  • Mickey Hart – beats, bass beams (monochord), RAMU (Random Access Musical Universe), the beast, piccolo drums, V-drums, MalletKAT, gamelan, glass bowls, thumb piano, conch, metal, arrangements, mixing
  • Zakir Hussain – vocals, tabla, shakers, madal, dholak, balafon, arrangements, mixing
  • Sikiru Adepoju – apala
  • Giovanni Hidalgo – vocals, congas, bahia, timbales
  • Isaac Eady – drum set
  • Mañengue Hidalgo – congas
  • Melissa Hie – vocals, balafon, doum, djembe, metal, shekere, claps
  • Ophelia Hie – vocals, balafon, metal, shekere, claps
  • Edgardo “Kako” Maldanado – guiro
  • Baba Olatunje – vocals
  • Noel Rosado – bells
  • Jatinder Singh – Rajasthani folk vocals
  • India sessions – bass drum, duff, bottles and hi percussion, buckets, Pune dhol, vocal shouts, tabla, tasha, trash percussion, dimdi, ghumka, halgi, sambhal, sleigh bell, zanj, chondka, Nashik dhol, chenda, dholak, metal percussion, big ghungru, chimpta, dhol, matka, padhant, UduPune dhol, udu
  • Tom Lattanand – arrangements, recording, mixing
  • Adam Tenenbaum – arrangements
  • Michal Menert, Cherron Arens, Jerome Forney, Jonathan Koh, Bill Wolter, Jason Reed – recording
  • Michael Romanowski – mastering
  • Tim Bremner – artwork
  • Reya Hart – associate producer

 Track listing:

  1. King Clave
  2. Storm Drum
  3. Tides
  4. Drops
  5. Phil Da Glass
  6. Gadago Gadago

Teenage Wrist: Still Love

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On August 4, 2023, “Epitaph” label released “Still Love”, the third Teenage Wrist studio album. It was recorded in 2022, at “The Steakhouse” in Hollywood, “Red Hawk Residency” in Yucca Valley, California, “Guy Luxe Studio” in Glendale, California, and was produced by Kevin McCombs, Marshall Gallagher and Anthony Salazar.

Personnel:

  • Marshall Gallagher – vocals, guitars, bass
  • Anthony Salazar – vocals, drums, percussion
  • SA Martinez – vocal
  • Mercedes Arn-Horn – vocal
  • Sister Void (Lindsey Nico Mann) – vocal
  • David Marion – vocal
  • Fear Before the March of Flames
  • Heavenward
  • Kyle McAulay, Sam Madill, Nathaniel Motte — engineer, mixing
  • Josh Wilbur — mixing
  • Ted Jensen — mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Marshall Gallagher and Anthony Salazar, except where noted.

  1. Sunshine
  2. Dark Sky – Marshall Gallagher, Anthony Salazar, Doug Martinez
  3. Still Love – Mercedes Arn-Horn, Phoenix Arn-Horn, Marshall Gallagher, Anthony Salazar
  4. Digital Self
  5. Something Good
  6. Wax Poetic – Marshall Gallagher, Lindsey Nico Mann, Anthony Salazar
  7. Diorama
  8. Cold Case
  9. Cigarette Two Steps – Marshall Gallagher, David Marion, Anthony Salazar
  10. Humbug – Marshall Gallagher, Kamtin Mohager, Anthony Salazar
  11. Sprawled
  12. Paloma a.k.a. Ketamine

Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah: Bark Out Thunder Roar Out Lightning

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On July 28, 2023, “Ropeadope” label released “Bark Out Thunder Roar Out Lightning”, the 16th Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah album. It was recorded 2022 – 2023, at “The Champagne Room West” and “Westlake Studios” in Los Angeles, “Trombone Shorty Studios” in New Orleans, Louisiana, and was produced by Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah.

Personnel:

  • Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah – Chief Adjuah’s bow, Chief Adjuah’s N’Goni, SPDSX, pan-African drum kit, bells, tambourine, percussion,  synth percussion, vocals, sound design, executive production, concept ideation
  • Lioness Sia Fodey – vocals
  • Amyna Love – vocals
  • Amina Scott – vocals
  • Weedie Braimah – vocals, djembe, congas, tambourine, dun duns, percussion
  • Luques Curtis – vocals, bass, guembri
  • Joe Dyson Jr. – pan-African drum kit
  • Corey Fonville – drums
  • Marcus Gillmore – drums
  • Elé Howell – vocals, pan-African drum kit, drums, bells, tambourines
  • Alfred Jordan – vocals, drums, percussion, tambourine
  • Brian Richburg Jr. – vocals, drums, SPDSX, percussion, tambourines
  • Trail Chief Kiel Adrian Scott – vocals, percussion
  • Mizan Willis – vocals, dun duns, bells, shekere, percussion
  • Dave Weingarten – recording
  • Chris Finney – recording
  •  Qmillion – mixing 
  • Paul Blakemore – mastering
  • Devan Mayfield – creative direction, concept ideation
  • Kiel Adrian Scott – concept ideation
  • Eric Hurtgen – design
  • Eric Ryan Anderson – photography
  • Landon Edwards – photography assistant
  • Colin Fatke – photography assistant
  • Cara Harrison Daniels – executive production
  • Louis H. Marks – executive production

Track listing:

All tracks by Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah.

  1. Blood Calls Blood
  2. Trouble That Mornin’
  3. Xodokan Iko – Hu Na Ney
  4. Bark Out Thunder Roar Out Lightning
  5. Shallow Water (Tribute Big Chief Donald Harrison Sr. – Guardians of the Flame)
  6. On to New Orleans (Runnin’ in 7’s Redux)
  7. End Simulation
  8. Ashé Chief Donald (Tribute Big Chief Donald Harrison Jr. – Congo Square Nation)
  9. Golden Crown (Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah – Xodokan Nation)
  10. Bark Out Thunder Roar Out Lightning (Duo)

Nina Nastasia: Riderless Horse

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On July 22, 2022, “Temporary Residence Limited” label released “Riderless Horse”, the seventh Nina Nastasia studio album. It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by Steve Albini, Nina Nastasia and Greg Norman.

Personnel:

  • Nina Nastasia – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Steve Albini – engineer
  • Greg Norman – engineer assistant
  • Elizabeth Neel – painting
  • Dave Thomas (as DLT) – layout, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Nina Nastasia.

  1. Cork and Pour
  2. Just Stay in Bed
  3. You Were So Mad
  4. This Is Love
  5. Nature
  6. Lazy Road
  7. Ask Me
  8. Blind as Batsies
  9. The Two of Us
  10. Go Away
  11. The Roundabout
  12. Trust
  13. Afterwards
  14. Creek and Chimes

Ben Harper: Bloodline Maintenance

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On July 22, 2022, “Chrysalis” label released “Bloodline Maintenance”, the 16th Ben Harper album. It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by Sheldon Gomberg and Ben Harper.

Personnel:

  • Ben Harper – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, drums, arrangements
  • Chris Joyner – keyboards
  • Jason Yates – keyboards, congas
  • Anna Butterss – bass guitar
  • DJ Johnny Juice – drums, percussion, turntable
  • Jimmy Paxson – drums, additional percussion
  • Leon Mobley – percussion
  • Geoff Burke – flute, alto, tenor and baritone saxophone, horn and woodwind arrangements
  • Bruce Harris – trumpet
  • Larry Goldings – clavinet 
  • De’Ante Duckett – backing vocals, vocal arrangements
  • Alethea Mills – backing vocals, vocal arrangements
  • Chavonne Stewart – backing vocals, vocal arrangements
  • Kevin Smith – engineer
  • Jason Gossman – additional engineering
  • Sheldon Gomberg – additional engineering, mixing
  • Gavin Lurssen – mastering
  • Jackie Phillips – artwork, design
  • Michael Halsband – back cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Ben Harper

  1. Below Sea Level
  2. We Need to Talk About It
  3. Where Did We Go Wrong
  4. Problem Child
  5. Need to Know Basis
  6. It Aint No Use
  7. More Than Love
  8. Smile at the Mention
  9. Honey, Honey
  10. Knew the Day Was Comin’
  11. Maybe I Can’t