Tag Archives: 2024

Kavus Torabi: The Banishing

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On May 3, 2024, “Believers Roast” label released “The Banishing”, the second Kavus Torabi studio album.

Personnel:

  • Kavus Torabi – guitar, bass, Fender Rhodes, Prophet synthesizer, santoor, vichitra veena, harmonium, snare, tambourine, ride cymbal, bass drum, autoharp, hand claps, double bass, guzheng, shakers, prayer bells, glockenspiel
  • Kate Davis – flute

Personnel:

  1. The Horizontal Man
  2. Snake Humanis
  3. Heart the Same
  4. A Thousand Blazing Chariots
  5. The Sweetest Demon
  6. Push the Faders
  7. Mountains of Glass
  8. Untethered

John McKiel: Hex

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On May 3, 2024, “You’ve Changed” label released “Hex”, the seventh Jon McKiel album. It was recorded in 2024, and was produced by Jay Crocker and John McKiel.

Personnel:

  • Jon McKiel – vocals, instrumentation, recording
  • Jay Crocker – instrumentation, recording
  • Nicola Miller – saxophone
  • Paul Henderson – artwork, design
  • Harris Newman – mastering

Track listing:

All songs written by Jon McKiel, except where noted.

  1. Hex
  2. String
  3. Still Life
  4. The Fix
  5. Under Burden
  6. Memory Screen pt. 1
  7. Everlee
  8. Lady’s Mantle
  9. Concrete Sea – Terry Jacks
  10. Memory Screen pt. 2

James Brandon Lewis Quartet: Abstraction Is Deliverance

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On May 30, 2025, “Intakt Records” label released “Abstraction Is Deliverance”, album by James Brandon Lewis Quartet (the 17th James Brandon Lewis album overall). It was recorded in April 2024, at “Hardstudios” in Winterthur, Switzerland.

Personnel:

  • James Brandon Lewis – tenor saxophone, mixing
  • Aruán Ortiz – piano
  • Brad Jones – bass
  • Chad Taylor – drums
  • Michael Brändli – engineer, mixing
  • Patrick Lanfolt – mixing
  • Paul Bieri – artwork, design
  • Teju Cole – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by James Brandon Lewis, except where noted.

  1. Ware
  2. Per 7
  3. Even the Sparrow
  4. Remember Rosalind
  5. Abstraction Is Deliverance
  6. Multicellular Beings
  7. Mr. Crick
  8. Left Alone – Mal Waldron
  9. Polaris

Peter Murphy: Silver Shade

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On May 9, 2025, “Metropolis Records” label released “Silver Shade”, the tenth Peter Murphy studio album. It was recorded in 2024, and was produced by Youth.

Personnel:

  • Peter Murphy – vocals
  • Youth – guitar, bass
  • Michael Rendall – keyboards, synthesizer, strings. programming, recording, mixing
  • Eddie Banda – synthesizer, drums, percussion, programming
  • Justin Chancellor – bass
  • Amir John Haddad – oud, bouzouki, acoustic and electric guitar, flamenco guitar, handclaps
  • Boy George – vocals
  • Trent Reznor – vocals
  • Danny Carey – drums, percussion
  • Emilio DiZefalo – violin
  • Tim Dawson – additional engineering
  • Lore Young – engineering assistant
  • Tim Debney – mastering
  • Robert Hakalski – cover art, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Peter Murphy and Martin Glover, except where noted.

  1. Swoon
  2. Hot Roy
  3. Sherpa
  4. Silver Shade – Peter Murphy, Paul Statham
  5. The Artroom Wonder
  6. Meaning of My Life
  7. Xavier New Boy
  8. Cochita is Lame – Peter Murphy, Kevin Haskins, Peter DiStefano, Eric Avery, Doug DeAngelis
  9. Soothsayer
  10. Time Waits – Peter Murphy, Mark Mason
  11. Sailmaker’s Charm
  12. Let the Flowers Grow – Peter Murphy, Boy George, Martin Glover

Counting Crows:Butter Miracle, The Complete Sweets!

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On May 9, 2025, “BMG” label released “Butter Miracle, The Complete Sweets!”, the eighth Counting Crows studio album. It was recorded in 2024, and was produced by Vrian Deck.

Personnel:

  • Adam Duritz – lead and harmony vocals, piano
  • David Bryson – guitar, acoustic guitar, harmony vocals
  • David Immerglück – vocals, harmony vocals, guitar, pedal steel guitar, mandolin
  • Dan Vickrey – guitar, 12-string guitar, harmony vocals
  • Charlie Gillingham – keyboards, piano, Hammond B3 organ, Mellotron, harmony vocals
  • Millard Powers – bass guitar, harmony vocals
  • Jim Bogios – drums, percussion, harmony vocals
  • Curtis Watson – trumpet
  • Dave Drago – backing vocals
  • Neil Strauch – recording
  • Tchad Blake – mixing
  • Meghan Foley – art direction
  • Beth Hoeckel – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Adam Duritz.

  1. With Love, From A-Z
  2. Spaceman in Tulsa
  3. Boxcars
  4. Virginia Through the Rain
  5. Under the Aurora
  6. The Tall Grass
  7. Elevator Boots
  8. Angel of 14th Street
  9. Bobby and the Rat-Kings

Arcade Fire: The Pink Elephant

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On May 9, 2025, “Columbia” label released “Pink Elephant”, the seventh Arcade Fire studio album. It was recorded in 2024, and was produced by Win Butler, Régine Chassagne and Daniel Lanois.

Personnel:

  • Win Butler – vocals, backing vocals, synthesizer, acoustic and electric guitar, pedal steel guitar, Wurlitzer piano, organ, mellotron, bass guitar, drums, percussion, drum machine, theremin, cowbell; timpani, cymbals
  • Richard Reed Parry – electric guitar, bass guitar
  • Régine Chassagne – vocals, synthesizer, bass guitar, pedal steel guitar, theremin, mellotron, drums, bells, glockenspiel, timpani, programming
  • Tim Kingsbury – bass guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Jeremy Gara – drums, synthesizer
  • Daniel Lanois – pedal steel guitar, percussion
  • Dan Boeckner – electric guitar
  • Micah Nelson – electric guitar
  • Marley Mackey – synthesizer
  • Brian Blade – drums
  • Sarah Neufeld – violin
  • Gerardo “Jerry” Ordonez – engineer, mixing, co-production 
  • Eric Heigle – co-production, additional engineering
  • John Krischer – additional engineering
  • Maria Paula Mariño – engineer assistant
  • Emily Eck – engineer assistant
  • Marc Olivier-Germain – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Win Butler and Régine Chassagne.

  1. Open Your Heart or Die Trying
  2. Pink Elephant
  3. Year of the Snake
  4. Circle of Trust
  5. Alien Nation
  6. Beyond Salvation
  7. Ride or Die
  8. I Love Her Shadow
  9. She Cries Diamond Tears
  10. Stuck in My Head

Willow: Empathogen

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On May 3, 2024, “Three Six Zero” and “Gamma” labels released “Empathogen”, the sixth Willow studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by John Batiste, Eddie Benjamin, Chris Greatti and Willow.

Personnel:

  • Willow Smith – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, guitar
  • Brad Oberhofer – piano
  • Zach Tenorio – piano, synthesizer; strings
  • Elijah Rawk – acoustic guitar, bass guitar
  • Zach Brown – bass guitar, percussion
  • Eddie Benjamin – bass guitar, drums, guitar, synthesizer
  • Chris Greatti – bass guitar, guitar, percussion, acoustic and electric guitar, piano
  • Jon Batiste – vocals, drums, piano
  • Asher Bank – drums
  • Annie Clark – vocals
  • Zach Brown – engineer
  • Adam Schoeller – engineer
  • Chris Greatti – engineer
  • Oscar Cornejo – engineer
  • Mitch McCarthy – mixing
  • Joe LaPorta – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Home – Willow Smith, Jon Batiste, Kate Munger
  2. Ancient Girl – Willow Smith
  3. Symptom of Life – Willow Smith, Asher Bank, Chris Greatti, Brad Oberhofer
  4. The Fear is Not Real – Willow Smith, Chris Greatti
  5.  False Self – Taylor Gordon, Chris Greatti
  6. Pain for Fun – Willow Smith, Annie Clark, Chris Greatti
  7. No Words 1 & 2 – Willow Smith, Eddie Benjamin
  8. Down – Willow Smith, Eddie Benjamin
  9. Run! – Willow Smith, Chris Greatti
  10. Between I and She – Willow Smith, Asher Bank, Chris Greatti, Elijah Rawk
  11. I Know That Face – Willow Smith, Eddie Benjamin
  12. Big Feelings – Willow Smith, Chris Greatti, Zach Tenorio

Kavus Torabi: The Banishing

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On May 3, 2024, “Believers Roast” label released “The Banishing”, the second Kavus Torabi studio album.

Personnel:

  • Kavus Torabi – guitars, bass, Fender Rhodes, Prophet synthesizer, santoor, vichitra veena, harmonium, snare, tambourine, ride cymbal, bass drum, autoharp, hand claps, double bass, guzheng, shakers, prayer bells, glockenspiel
  • Kate Davis – flute

Track listing:

All tracks by Kavus Torabi.

  1. The Horizontal Man
  2. Snake Humanis
  3. Heart the Same
  4. A Thousand Blazing Chariots
  5. The Sweetest Demon
  6. Push the Faders
  7. Mountains of Glass
  8. Untethered

The Flower Kings: Love

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On May 2, 2025, “Inside Out Music” label released “Love”, the seventeenth Flower Kings (The) album. It was recorded in 2024, and was produced by Roine Stolt.

Personnel:

  • Roine Stolt – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion, engineer, mixing, mastering
  • Hasse Fröberg – lead vocals, guitar
  • Lalle Larsson – keyboards, Mellotron, organ, piano, synthesizer
  • Michael Stolt – vocals, bass guitar, guitar, synthesizer
  • Mirko DeMaio – drums, percussion
  • Aliaksandr Yasinski – accordion
  • Jannica Lund – vocals
  • Hasse Bruniusson – percussion
  • Lars Hallbäck – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Roine Stolt, except where noted.

  1. We Claim the Moon
  2. The Elder
  3. How Can You Leave Us Now?
  4. World Spinning – Lalle Larsson
  5. Burning Both Edges
  6. The Rubble
  7. Kaiser Razor
  8. The Phoenix
  9. The Promise
  10. Love Is
  11. Walls of Shame
  12. Consideration – lyrics by Michael Stolt, Jannica Lund, music by Michael Stolt

Suzanne Vega: Flying With Angels

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On May 2, 2025, “Cooking Vinyl” label released “Flying with Angels”, the tenth Suzanne Vega studio album. It was recorded in 2024, at “GB’s Juke Joint” in Queens, New York City, and was produced by Gerry Leonard.

Personnel:

  • Suzanne Vega – lead vocals, bass guitar
  • Gerry Leonard – acoustic and electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Jamie Edwards – keyboards
  • Daniel Mintseris – keyboards
  • Jeff Hill – bass guitar
  • Aaron Johnston – drums
  • Catherine Russell – backing vocals
  • Ruby Froom – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Speakers’ Corner – Suzanne Vega, Gerry Leonard
  2. Flying with Angels – Suzanne Vega
  3. Witch – Suzanne Vega, Gerry Leonard
  4. Chambermaid – Bob Dylan, Suzanne Vega, Gerry Leonard
  5. Love Thief – Suzanne Vega, Gerry Leonard
  6. Lucinda – Suzanne Vega, Gerry Leonard
  7. Last Train from Mariupol – Suzanne Vega, Gerry Leonard
  8. Alley – Suzanne Vega, Gerry Leonard
  9. Rats – Suzanne Vega, Gerry Leonard
  10. Galway – Suzanne Vega, Gerry Leonard