Tag Archives: 2023

Explosions In The Sky: End

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On September 15, 2023, “Temporary Residence Limited” label released “End”, the eighth Explosions in the Sky studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by John Congleton, Chris Hrasky, Michael James, Munaf Ravani and Mark T. Smith.

Personnel:

  • Michael James – guitar
  • Munaf Rayani – guitar
  • Mark T. Smith – guitar
  • Chris Hrasky – drums
  • John Congleton – engineer, mixing
  • Diego Mendoza – engineer assistant
  • Gerardo “Jerry” Ordóñez – engineer assistant
  • Bernie Grundman – mastering
  • Pat Perry – artwork
  • Ben Dickey – design

Track listing:

  1. Ten Billion People
  2. Moving On
  3. Loved Ones
  4. Peace or Quiet
  5. All Mountains
  6. The Fight
  7. It’s Never Going to Stop

Kristin Hersh: Clear Pond Road

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On September 8, 2023, “Fire Records” label released “Clear Pond Road”, the eleventh Kristin Hersh studio album. It was recorded in 2023, at “Stable Sound Studio” in Portsmouth, RI, and was produced by Steve Rizzo and Kristin Hersh.

Personnel:

  • Kristin Hersh – lead vocals, photography
  • Steve Rizzo – engineer, mixing
  • Martin Krafft – lacquer cut


Track listing:

All tracks by Kristin Hersh.

  1. Bewitched Reruns
  2. Ms Haha
  3. Dandelion
  4. Constance Street
  5. Thank You, Corner Blight
  6. St. Valentine’s Day Massacre
  7. Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire
  8. Eyeshine
  9. Palmetto
  10. Tunnels

Alabaster DePlume: Come With Fierce Grace

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On September 8, 2023, “International Anthem Recording Company” label released “Come with Fierce Grace”, the sixth Alabaster DePlume studio album. It was recorded in two weeks period, in improvised sessions that DePlume later formed into songs, performing with musicians who were not given music before recording and not allowed to listen to the results.

 Personnel:

  • Alabaster DePlume – voice, tenor saxophone, guitar, synth, arrangements
  • Momoko Gill – lead vocals
  • Hannah Miller – voice, cello
  • Donna Thompson, Elly Condron, Luisa Gerstein, Natalie Pela, Rosa Slade – voice
  • Falle Nioke – voice, percussion
  • Conrad Singh, James Howard, Rozi Plain – guitar
  • Matthew Bourne – piano
  • Michael Chestnutt – synth
  • Matt Webb, Tom Herbert – double bass
  • Ruth Goller – bass
  • Tom Skinner, Ursula Russell – drums
  • Sarathy Korwar – drums, tabla
  • Kenichi Iwasa – percussion
  • Kristian Craig Robinson – recording
  • Dave Vettraino – mixing
  • David Allen – mastering
  • Raimond Wong – artwork
  • Craig Hansen – layout
  • Chris Almeida – photography

Track listing:

  1. Sibomandi
  2. What Can It Take
  3. To That Voice and Say
  4. Greek Honey Stick
  5. Give Me Away
  6. Fall on Flowers
  7. Did You Know
  8. Levels of Human
  9. Not Even Sobbing
  10. The Best Thing in the World
  11. Naked Like Water
  12. Broken Again

Laufey: Bewitched

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On September 8, 2023, “AWAL” label released “Bewitched”, the second Laufey studio album. It was recorded in 2023, at “Mosey Creative”, “EastWest”, “Blackheath Halls” and “Ballroom West”, and was produced by Laufey, Philharmonia Orchestra, Dan Wilson  and Spencer Stewart.

Personnel:

  • Laufey – lead vocals
  • Þorleifur Gaukur Davíðsson – slide guitar
  • Ted Case – piano
  • Jonathan Richards – bass
  • Carson Grant – drums
  • Ryan Shaw – drums
  • JJ Kirkpatrick – trumpet
  • Jordan Rose – drums
  • Simon Moullier – vibraphone
  • Júnía Lín – violin
  • Iain Farrington – arrangements
  • Hal Rosenfeld – orchestration
  • Robin O’Neill – conductor
  • Sara Mulford – recording 
  • Daniel Ficca – recording
  • Steve Haye – mixing
  • Joe LaPorta – mastering
  • Júnía Lín – creative direction
  • Kelly Ford – packaging design
  • Gemma Warren – artist photography
  • Spencer Stewart – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Laufey and Spencer Stewart, except where noted.

  1. Dreamer
  2. Second Best
  3. Haunted
  4. Must Be Love – Laufey, Freddy Wexler, Max Wolfgang
  5. While You Were Sleeping
  6. Lovesick
  7. California and Me – Laufey
  8. Nocturne (Interlude) – Laufey
  9. Promise – Laufey, Dan Wilson
  10. From the Start
  11. Misty – Johhny Burke, Erroll Garner
  12. Serendipity
  13. Letter to My 13 Year Old Self – Laufey
  14. Bewitched

Tirzah: Trip9Love

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On September 5, 2023, “Domino Recording Company” label released “Trip9love”, the third Tirzah studio album. It was recorded 2023, at Mica Levi’s and Tirzah home studios, also in Kent and in London, and was produced by Mica Levi.

Personnel:

  • Tirzah (Tirzah Mastin) – vocals, design
  • Matthew Cooper – layout
  • Mica Levi – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Tirzah Mastin and Mica Levi.

  1. F22
  2. Promises
  3. U All the Time
  4. Their Love
  5. No Limit
  6. Today
  7. Stars
  8. He Made
  9. 2 DICUV
  10. 6 Phrazes
  11. Nightmare

Royal Blood: Back To The Water Below

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On September 1, 2023, “Warner Records” label released “Back to the Water Below”, the fourth Royal Blood studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher.

Personnel:

  • Mike Kerr – lead and backing vocals, bass, synthesizer, piano, keyboards, guitar
  • Ben Thatcher – drums, percussion
  • Tom Hobden – violin, viola
  • Ian Burdge – cello
  • Pete Hutchings – engineer
  • Liam Hebb – engineer assistant
  • Spike Stent – mixing
  • Matt Wolach – mixing assistant
  • Matt Colton – mastering

Track listing:

All lyrics by Mike Kerr, all music by Ben Thatcher and Mike Kerr.

  1. Mountains at Midnight
  2. Shiner in the Dark
  3. Pull Me Together
  4. The Firing Line
  5. Tell Me When It’s Too Late
  6. Triggers
  7. How Many More Times
  8. High Waters
  9. There Goes My Cool
  10. Waves

Speedy Ortiz: Rabbit Rabbit

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On September 1, 2023, “Wax Nine” label released “Rabbit Rabbit”, the fourth Speedy Ortiz studio album. It was recorded in 2023, at “Rancho De La Luna” in Joshua Tree. “Sonic Ranch” in Tornillo, and was produced by Sadie Dupuis, Sarah Tudzin, Joey Doubek, Sadie Dupuis, Andy Molholt and Audrey Zee Whitesides.

Personnel:

  • Sadie Dupuis – vocals, baritone guitar, acoustic and electric guitar, twelve-string guitar, doubleneck guitar, drum machine, synthesizer, piano, bedpan, motorcycle box, tambourine, recording, editing, artwork
  • Andy Molholt – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, twelve-string guitar, synthesizer, Wurlitzer, piano, Rhodes, OM-1, debit card, Mellotron, vocaloid, editing
  • Audrey Zee Whitesides – vocals, bass guitar, eight-string bass guitar, acoustic guitar, piano, delay
  • Joey Doubek – drums, shaker, tambourine, bells, synthesizer, spoons, shotglass, BB gun, whispers, slicer
  • Anna Arboles – vocals
  • Ram Cantu – vocals
  • Sarah Tudzin – vocals
  • David Catching – lap steel guitar
  • Darl Ferm – guitar
  • Devin McKnight – guitar
  • Ram Cantu – engineer, editing
  • Andy Tyler Clarke – engineer
  • Jon Russo – engineer
  • Jesse Weiss – engineer
  • Amar Lal – editing
  • Sarah Tudzin – recording, mixing
  • Emily Lazar – mastering
  • Chris Allgood – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Sarah Elizabeth Dupuis.

  1. Kim Cattrall
  2. You SO2
  3. Scabs
  4. Plus One
  5. Cry Cry Cry
  6. Ballad of Y & S
  7. Kitty
  8. Who’s Afraid of the Bath
  9. Ranch vs Ranch
  10. Emergency & Me
  11. The Sunday
  12. Brace Thee
  13. Ghostwriter

Slowdive: Everything Is Alive

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On September 1, 2023, “Dead Oceans” label released “Everything Is Alive”, the fifth Slowdive album. It was recorded in 2023 and was produced by Neil Halstead.

Personnel:

  • Neil Halstead – vocals, guitar, keyboards, Pro Tools, mixing
  • Rachel Goswell – vocals
  • Christian Savill – guitar
  • Nick Chaplin – bass
  • Simon Scott – drums, electronics
  • Ian Davenport – engineer
  • Pieter Rietkirk – engineer
  • Shawn Everett – mixing
  • Heba Kadry – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Halstead.

  1. Shanty
  2. Prayer remembered
  3. Alife
  4. Andalucia Plays
  5. Kisses
  6. Skin in the Game
  7. Chained to a Cloud
  8. The Slab

Rhiannon Giddens: You’re The One

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On August 19, 2023, “Nonesuch” label released “You’re the One”, the third Rhiannon Giddens studio album. It was recorded in 2023 at “The Hit Factory Criteria”, “Irish World Academy Of Music And Dance”, “Fresh Young Minds”, “Sound Of Music Recording Studios”, “Sound Emporium”, “Studio 176” in Greensboro, NC, “Royal Recording Studios” in Memphis, and was produced by Jack Splash.

Personnel:

  • Rhiannon Giddens – vocals, banjo, viola
  • Jack Splash – guitar, electric piano, percussion, drum programming, horn arrangements, engineer, recording
  • Niwel Tsumbu – classical guitar
  • Eric Escanes – electric guitar
  • Gene Sxip Shirley – resonator guitar
  • Franceso Turrisi – piano, tamburello, piano accordion, frame drum
  • Dwayne Bennett – Hammond B3 organ, keyboards
  • Dirk Powell – accordion, piano, fiddle, guitar
  • Jason Sypher – electric upright bass
  • Tadarius McCombs – electric bass
  • Terrence Grizzle, Jr. – drums
  • Humberto Ibarra – percussion
  • Amelia Powell – triangle, backing vocals
  • Scott Klarman – saxophone, flute
  • Ted Zimmerman – trumpet
  • Jose Miranda – trombone
  • Andy Yum, Jennifer Puckett, Yennifer Correia – violin
  • Aaron Tubergen, Beth Luscombe – viola
  • Jonathan Kirkscey, Leyla McCalla – cello
  • Jason Isbell – vocals
  • Eryn Allen Kane, Lalenja Harrington – backing vocals
  • Lester Snell – string arrangements
  • Dan-O Deckelman – recording
  • Lawrence Mitchell – recording
  • Ben Rawlins, Grant Wilson, Justin Harrington – recording
  • Ian Mercel – engineer
  • Andrew Selchow – engineer assistant
  • Kennie Takahashi – mixing
  • Greg Calbi, Steve Fallone – mastering
  • JN-H – lacquer cut
  • Jeri Heiden, SMOG Design, Inc. – design
  • Ebru Yildiz – photography
  • Alex Kadvan, David Bither – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Too Little, Too Late, Too Bad – Dirk Powell, Rhiannon Giddens
  2. You’re the One – Lalenja Harrington, Rhiannon Giddens
  3. Yet To Be – Marcus Hummon, Rhiannon Giddens
  4. Wrong Kind of Right – Rhiannon Giddens
  5. Another waste Life – Bhi Bhiman, Rhiannon Giddens
  6. You Louisiana Man – Rhiannon Giddens
  7. If You Don’t Know How Sweet It Is – Bhi Bhiman, Rhiannon Giddens
  8. Hen in the Foxhouse – Rhiannon Giddens
  9. Who Are You Dreaming Of – Dirk Powell, Rhiannon Giddens
  10. You Put the Sugar in My Bowl – Dirk Powell, Rhiannon Giddens
  11. Way Over Yonder – Kevin Moore, Rhiannon Giddens
  12. God Ol’ Cider – traditional

Bobby Rush: All My Love For You

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On August 18, 2023, “Deep Rush” label released “All My Love for You”, the 33rd Bobby Rush album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by Bobby Rush. In 2023, “All My Love for You” won a “Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album”.

Personnel:

  • Bobby Rush – vocals, harmonica, guitar
  • Dexter Allen – guitar, bass
  • Joey Robinson – keyboards, drums, mixing
  • Dexter Allen – engineer, mixing
  • Cefe Flynn – mastering
  • Jimmy Hole – design
  • Arnie Goodman – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Emmett Ellis Jr.

  1. I’m Free
  2. Running in and Out
  3. I Want To
  4. One Monkey Can Stop a Show
  5. I Can’t Stand It
  6. TV Mama
  7. I’ll Do Anything for You
  8. I’m the One
  9. You’re Gonna Need a Man Like Me
  10. I Got a Proposition for You