Tag Archives: 2023

Dutch Uncles: True Entertainment

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On March 10, 2023, “Memphis Industries” label released “True Entertainment”, the sixth Dutch Uncles album. It was recorded in 2022, at “Giant Wafer Studios” in Wales, “Eve Studios” and “Airtight Studios” in Manchester, “EFA Studios”, and was produced by Neil Wright, Duncan Wallis, Robin Richards and Henry Broadhead. 

Personnel:

  • Duncan Wallis – vocals, piano
  • Peter Broadhead – guitar, synthesizer, electronics
  • Robin Richards – bass, guitar, keyboards, synthesizer
  • Andrew Proudfoot – drums, percussion, mixing
  • Neil Wright – guitar
  • Henry Broadhead – percussion, synthesizer, engineer, mixing
  • Stephie Parker – flute
  • Nick Middleton – chimes
  • Anna Prior, Jon Higgs – vocals
  • Matt Colton – mastering
  • Dr. Me – artwork

Track listing:

All lyrics by Duncan Wallis, all music by Robin Richards and Peter Broadhead.

  1. True Entertainment
  2. Demascenes
  3. Tropigala (2 to 5)
  4. Poppin’
  5. Exit Row
  6. I’m Not Your Dad
  7. Deep End
  8. In Salvia
  9. End Belief
  10. Dead Letter

Story Of The Year: Tear Me To Pieces

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On March 10, 2023, “SharpTone” label released “Tear Me to Pieces”, the sixth Story of the Year studio album. It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by Colin Brittain, Kevin McCombs and Lucky West.

Personnel:

  • Dan Marsala – lead vocals
  • Ryan Phillips – guitars
  • Adam Russell – vocals, bass guitar
  • Josh Wills – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Adam Russel, Colin Brittan, Daniel Marsala, Josh Wills and Ryan Phillips, except where noted.

  1. Tear Me to Pieces
  2. Real Life
  3. Afterglow
  4. Dead and Gone – Adam Russell, Cameron Walker-Wright, Daniel Marsala, Josh Wills, Lachlan West, Ryan Phillips
  5. War – Nick Bailey, Elisha Noll, Adam Russell, Cameron Walker-Wright, Colin Brittain, Daniel Marsala, Josh Wills, Josh Westr, Ryan Phillips
  6. Can’t Save You – Jordan Witzigreuter, Adam Russell, Colin Brittain, Daniel Marsala, Josh Wills, Josh West, Ryan Phillips
  7. 2005 – Keith Varon, Nick Bailey, Adam Russell, Colin Brittain, Daniel Marsala, Josh Wills, Ryan Phillips
  8. Sorry About Me
  9. Take the Ride – Nick Furlong, Nick Bailey, Adam Russell, Colin Brittain, Daniel Marsala, Josh Wills, Ryan Phillips
  10. Knives Out – Kevin Skaff, Nick Bailey, Adam Russell, Colin Brittain, Daniel Marsala, Josh Wills, Ryan Phillips
  11. Use Me – Aaron Gillespie, Kyle Fishman, Bailey Russell, Adam Russell, Colin Brittain, Daniel Marsala, Josh Wills, Ryan Phillips

Xiu Xiu: Ignore Grief

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On March 3, 2023, “Polyvinyl” label released “Ignore Grief”, the thirteenth Xiu Xiu studio album. It was recorded in 2022, at “Nurse” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Angela Seo.

Personnel:

  • Jamie Stewart – vocals, synthesizers, harmonium, percussion, electronic percussion, double reed flute, found objects, arrangements, recording
  • Angela Seo – vocals, piano, gongs, no-input mixer, percussion
  • David Kendrick – drums, percussion
  • Ben Chisholm – synthesizer, piano, electronic percussion 
  • Pavel Kučera – double bass
  • Patrick Shiroishi – saxophones
  • Jitka Kašparová – flutes
  • Marika Nováková – flutes
  • Dominika Charvátová – woodwinds
  • Sára Štěpánová – woodwinds
  • Pavlína Vlková – woodwinds
  • Chris Dostál – brass
  • Katrina Lišková – brass
  • David Zelenka – brass
  • Andrea Kopecká – violin
  • Radka Navrátilová – violin
  • Ezra Buchla – viola
  • Katrina Musilová – viola
  • Marie Vlčková – viola
  • Martina Čermáková – cello
  • Jiřina Hájková – cello
  • Charlie Looker – choral vocals
  • Ian Wellman – field recordings
  • Lawrence English – mixing
  • Alan Douches – mastering
  • Janelle Abad – design

Track listing:

  1. The Real Chaos Cha Cha Cha
  2. 666 Photos of Nothing
  3. Esquerita, Little Richard
  4. Maybae Baeby
  5. Tarsier, Tarsier, Tarsier, Tarsier
  6. Pahrump
  7. Border Factory
  8. Dracula Parrot, Moon Moth
  9. Brothel Creeper
  10. For M.

Willie Nelson: I Don’t Know a Thing About Love: The Songs of Harlan Howard

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On March 3, 2023, “Legacy Recordings” label released “I Don’t Know a Thing About Love: The Songs of Harlan Howard”, the 73rd Willie Nelson album. It was recorded in 2022, at “Sound Emporium”, ”East Iris” and “Blackbird” in Nashville, “Pedernales” in Austin, and was produced by Buddy Cannon. The album is a tribute to the songwriter Harlan Howard.

Personnel:

  • Willie Nelson – lead vocals, trigger
  • Bobby Terry – acoustic and electric guitar
  • James Mitchell – electric guitar
  • Mike Johnson – steel guitar
  • Jim “Moose” Brown – piano, synthesizer, B-3 organ, Wurlitzer
  • Mickey Raphael – harmonica
  • Larry Paxton – bass, tic tac bass
  • Lonnie Wilson – drums
  • Wyatt Beard – backing vocals
  • Melonie Cannon – backing vocals
  • Tony Castle – recording, mixing
  • Steve Chadie – recording
  • Andrew Mendelson – mastering
  • Shannon Finnegan – production coordinator
  • Micah Nelson – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Harlan Howard, except where noted.

  1. Tiger by the Tail – Harlan Howard, Buck Owens
  2. The Chokin’ Kind
  3. Excuse Me (I Think I’ve Got a Heartache) – Harlan Howard, Buck Owens
  4. Life Turned Her That Way
  5. I Don’t Know a Thing About Love
  6. Streets of Baltimore – Harlan Howard, Tompall Glasser
  7. Busted
  8. She Called Me Baby
  9. Too Many Rivers
  10. Beautiful Annabel Lee

Avey Tare: 7s

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On February 17, 2023, “Domino” label released “7s”, the eight Avey Tare (David Michael Portner) album. It was recording in 2022, and was produced by Adam McDaniel and Avey Tare.

Personnel:

  • Avey Tare – vocal, guitar, sounds, artwork
  • Alex Ferrar – drums
  • Adam McDaniel – engineer, mixing
  • Dave Cooley – mastering
  • Rob Carmichael – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Avey Tare.

  1. Invisible Darlings
  2. Lips at Night
  3. The Musical
  4. Hey Bog
  5. Sweeper’s Grin
  6. Neurons
  7. Cloud Stop Rest Start

Caroline Polachek: Desire, I Want to Turn Into You

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On February 14, 2023, “Sony Music”, “The Orchard” and “Perpetual Novice” labels released “Desire, I Want to Turn Into You”, the fourth Caroline Polachek studio album. It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by Caroline Polachek, Dan Nigro, Jim-E-Stack, Sega Bodega, Ariel Rechtshaid and Danny L Harle.

Personnel:

  • Caroline Polachek – lead vocals
  • Dan Nigro – guitar
  • Marco Lopez – guitar
  • Sega Bodega – guitar
  • Samuel Organ – guitar
  • Kirin J Callinan – guitar
  • Todd Oliver – guitar
  • Matthew Horton – guitar
  • Miquel Mestres – guitar
  • Danny L Harle – bass
  • Brìghde Chaimbeul – bagpipes
  • Nico Harle – additional vocals
  • The Trinity Choir – additional vocals
  • Geoff Swan – mixing
  • Macks Faulkron – engineer
  • Chris Gehringer – mastering
  • Yuma Burgess – subway map
  • David Uzquiza – packaging art direction, monogram design
  • Isha Dipika Walia – package design
  • Aidan Zamiri – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Caroline Polachek and Danny L. Harle, except where noted.

  1. Welcome to My Island – Caroline Polachek, Daniel Nigro, James Harmon Stack
  2. Pretty in Possible
  3. Bunny Is a Rider
  4. Sunset – Caroline Polachek, Caroline Ailin, Salvador Navarrete
  5. Crude Drawing of an Angel
  6. I Believe – Caroline Polachek, Danny L. Harle, Ariel Rechtshaid
  7. Fly to You – Caroline Polachek, Danny L. Harle, Claire Elise Boucher
  8. Blood and Butter
  9. Hopedrunk Everasking

The Brian Jonestown Massacre: The Future Is Your Past

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On February 10, 2023, “A Records” label released “The Future Is Your Past”, the twentieth Brian Jonestown Massacre (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2022, in Berlin, Germany, and was produced by Anton Newcombe.

Personnel:

  • Hákon Aðalsteinsson – guitar
  • Anton Newcombe – lead vocals, guitar
  • Uri Rennert – drums
  • Andrea Wright – mixing

Personnel:

  1. Do Rainbows Have Ends
  2. Nothing Can Stop the Sound
  3. The Light Is About to Change
  4. Fudge
  5. Cross Eyed Gods
  6. As the Carousel Swings
  7. The Mother of All Fuckers
  8. All the Feels
  9. Your Mind Is My Café
  10. Stuck to Yous

Yo La Tengo: This Stupid World

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On February 10, 2023, “Matador” label released “This Stupid World”, the seventeenth Yo La Tengo studio album. It was recorded 2020 – 2022, in band’s studio in Hoboken, New Jersey, and was produced by Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan and James McNew.

Personnel:

  • Ira Kaplan – vocals, guitar
  • James McNew – vocals, bass guitar, engineer, mixing
  • Georgia Hubley – vocals, drums
  • C. J. Camerieri – French horn 
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Mark Ohe – design
  • David Godlis – photography

Personnel:

All lyrics by Ira Kaplan, all music by Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan, and James McNew

  1. Sinatra Drive Breakdown
  2. Fallout
  3. Tonight’s Episode
  4. Aselestine
  5. Until It Happens
  6. Apology Letter
  7. Brain Capers
  8. This Stupid World
  9. Miles Away

Young Fathers: Heavy, Heavy

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On February 3, 2023, “Ninja Tune” label released “Heavy Heavy”, the fourth Young Fathers studio album. It was recorded in 2022, at “Out of the Blue” in Leith, Scotland, “Narcissus Studio” in London, “Northwind” in Durban, South Africa, and was produced by Graham “G” Hastings At the 2023 “Mercury Prize”, the album won the “Scottish Album of the Year Award”.

Personnel:

  • Alloysious Massaquoi – vocals, toms, percussion
  • Graham “G” Hastings – vocals, percussion, piano, organ, Vox Continental, Transcendent, Jasper, Korg Minipops, Boss PC-2, Mellotron, Syntrx, ER-1 drum machine
  • Kayus Bankole – vocals, percussion
  • Liam Hutton – drums, percussion, talking drum, timpani, bin with chains
  • Iain Berryman – guitar, bazouki, piano, percussion
  • Richard Adlam – drums, programming
  • Hal Ritson – keyboards, programming
  • Raven Bush – strings
  • Tapiwa Mambo – vocals
  • Toyiz Mchunu – vocals
  • Nomasonto Mthembu – vocals
  • Anele Mthembu – vocals
  • Nonhlanhla Mhlongo – vocals
  • Graham “G” Hastings – engineer
  • Iain Berryman – engineer, mixing, additional production
  • Drew Dungate-Smith – additional engineering
  • Kristian Donaldson – additional engineering
  • Niklas Fairclough – additional engineering
  • Andrea Cozzaglio – engineer assistant
  • Sophie Ellis – engineer assistant
  • Ben Baptie – mixing
  • Matt Colton – mastering
  • Hingston Studio – design, art direction

Track listing:

All tracks by Kayus Bankole, Graham “G” Hastings and Alloysious Massaquoi, except where noted.

  1. Rice
  2. I Saw
  3. Drum
  4. Tell Somebody
  5. Geronimo
  6. Shoot Me Down
  7. Ululation – Kayus Bankole, Graham “G” Hastings, Alloysious Massaquoi, Tapiwa Mambo
  8. Sink or Swim
  9. Holy Moly
  10. Be Your Lady

Robert Foster: The Candle And The Flame

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On February 3, 2023, “Tapete Records” label  released “The Candle and the Flame”, the eighth Robert Forster album. It was recorded in 2022, at “Alchemix Studios” in Brisbane, Australia, and was produced by Karin Baumler, Robert Foster and Louis Forster.

  • Robert Forster – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Loretta Forster – vocals, electric guitar
  • Louis Forster – vocals, bass, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, percussion, toy piano
  • Adele Pickvance – bass, congas
  • Luke McDonald – vocals, bass, piano, electric guitar
  • Tony McCall – drums
  • Scott Bromiley – vocals, drums, organ, acoustic guitar
  • Chrissy Dunaway Reilly – violin
  • James Harrison – cello
  • Karin Bäumler – vocals, xylophone
  • Marly Luske – recording
  • Victor Van Vugt – mixing
  • Jason Mitchell – mastering
  • Jan Lankisch – art direction
  • Katrin Schubert – drawing
  • Bleddyn Butcher – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Robert Forster.

  1. She’s a Fighter
  2. Tender years
  3. It’s Only Poison
  4. The Roads
  5. I Don’t Do Drugs I Do Time
  6. Always
  7. There’s a Reason to Live
  8. Go Free
  9. When I Was Young Man