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Elvis Costello & T Bone Burnett: The Coward Brothers

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On November 21, 2024, “New West” label released “The Coward Brothers”, album by Elvis Costello and T Bone Burnett. It was recorded in 2024, at “Electric Lady” in New York, “East Iris” and “Blackbird” in Nashville, “The Village” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Elvis Costello and T Bone Burnett (as Henry and Howard Coward).

Personnel:

  • Elvis Costello (as Howard Coward) – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, upright piano, organ, sounds, electric bass, tambourine, drums, whistle, bass drum, handclaps, drum machine, Moog synthesizer, grand piano, congas, percussion
  • T Bone Burnett (as Henry Coward) – vocals, electric guitar, electric bass, six-string bass, electric sitar
  • Christopher Guest (as Christopher Guest-Coward) – vocals, “missiles”, acoustic guitar
  • Colin Linden – electric sitar, electric guitar, slide dobro 
  • Dennis Crouch – double bass 
  • Russell Pahl – pedal steel
  • Jay Bellerose – drums, percussion
  • Paul Kowert – arco bass 
  • Diana Krall (as Jean Coward) – upright piano, grand piano
  • “Peter Coward” – military drum 
  • “Dexter Coward” – gunshots
  • “Concepta Collins” – heels
  • Rachael Moore – mixing, recording
  • Michael Piersante – mixing, recording
  • Gavin Larssen – mastering
  • Reuben Cohen – mastering
  • Jeff Powell – vinyl mastering
  • Billy Theriot – additional engineering
  • Miek Stankiewicz – additional engineering
  • Collin Bryson – engineer assistant
  • Austin Brown – engineer assistant
  • Karl Wingate – engineer assistant
  • Eddie Roberts – engineer assistant
  • Ivy Skoff – production coordination
  • Drew Christie – illustrations
  • Tom Bejgrowicz – design, layout

Track listing:

  1. Always – T Bone Burnett, Elvis Costello
  2. Like Licorice – Elvis Costello
  3. My Baby Just Squeals (You Heel) – Elvis Costello
  4. The Devil’s Wife – T Bone Burnett, Elvis Costello
  5. Tipsy Woman – Elvis Costello
  6. My baby Just Purrs (You’re Mine, Not Hers) – Elvis Costello
  7. My Baby Just Whistles (Here Comes the Missiles) Elvis Costello
  8. World Serious – T Bone Burnett, Elvis Costello
  9. Early Shirley – Elvis Costello
  10. Yesteryear Is Near – Elvis Costello
  11.  Birkenhead Girl – Elvis Costello
  12. Smoke-Ring Angel – Elvis Costello, Christopher Guest
  13. Wooden Woman – T Bone Burnett, Elvis Costello
  14. (I Don’t Want Your) – Lyndon Johnson – Elvis Costello
  15. Lotta Money – T Bone Burnett, Elvis Costello, Christopher Guest
  16. Pure Bubblegum – Elvis Costello
  17. Cathy Com Home – Elvis Costello
  18. Bygones – T Bone Burnett
  19. Row Me Once – T Bone Burnett, Elvis Costello, Christopher Guest
  20. Clown Around Town – Elvis Costello

Primal Scream: Come Ahead

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On November 8, 2024, “BMG” label released “Come Ahead”, the twelfth Primal Scream studio album. It was recorded in 2024, and was produced by David Holmes.

Personnel:

  • Bobby Gillespie – vocals
  • Andrew Innes – guitar, mandolin, synthesizer
  • Simone Butler – spoken word
  • Anna Caragnano – spoken word, backing vocals
  • Renee Alleyne – rap vocals, spoken word
  • Daniel Gethin – alto vocals
  • Josh Quinlan – baritone vocals
  • Sophie Ellis – soprano vocals
  • Matthew Minter – tenor vocals
  • Cian Nugent – guitar
  • Alex White – piano, horn, saxophone
  • Daniel Thomas – piano
  • Benjamin Darvill – harmonica 
  • Darrin Morris – keyboards
  • David Holmes – keyboards, loops
  • Brian Irvine – keyboards, conductor
  • Dan Bodwel – double bass
  • Maeve Sheil – double bass
  • Paul Stephens – double bass
  • Jason Falkner – bass guitar
  • Jay Bellerose – drums
  • Emre Ramanzanoglu – drums
  • Davey Chegwidden – percussion
  • Bogdan Sofei – violin
  • Larissa O’Grady – violin
  • Cillian O’Breachin – violin
  • David O’Doherty – violin
  • Nina Lin – violin
  • Emma Masterson – violin
  • Ingrid Nichola – violin
  • Christine Kenny – violin
  • David McElroy – violin
  • Nathan Sherman – viola
  • David Kenny – viola
  • Adele Govier – viola 
  • Andreea Banciu – viola
  • Yseult Cooper Stockdale – cello
  • Aoife Burke – cello
  • Paula Hughes – cello
  • Adrian Mantu – cello
  • Felix Stephens – cello, conductor
  • House Gospel Choir – backing vocals
  • David Wrench – additional programming
  • Felix Stephens – arrangements, string arrangements, engineer
  • Brian Irvine – arrangements, strings arrangements
  • Josh Quinlan – arrangements
  • Ralph Allwood – arrangements
  • Daniel Thomas – arrangements
  • Michael Harris – engineer
  • Debbie Smith – engineer
  • Alan Kelly – engineer
  • David Wrench – mixing
  • Matt Colton – mastering
  • Amy Ratcliffe – studio assistant
  • Grace Banks – studio assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Bobby Gillespie and David Holmes, except where noted.

  1. Ready to Go Home – Bobby Gillespie, Andrew Innes, David Holmes
  2. Love Insurrection – Bobby Gillespie, Andrew Innes, David Holmes
  3. Heal Yourself
  4. Innocent Money – Bobby Gillespie, Andrew Innes, David Holmes
  5. Melancholy Man – Bobby Gillespie, Andrew Innes, David Holmes
  6. Love Ain’t Enough
  7. Circus of Life
  8. False Flag – Bobby Gillespie, Andrew Innes, Brian irvine
  9. Deep Dark Waters – Bobby Gillespie, Andrew Innes, David Holmes
  10. The Centre Cannot Hold
  11. Settler’s Blues

King Stingray: For The Dreams

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On November 8, 2024, “Cooking Vinyl” label released “For the Dreams”, the second King Stingray studio album. It was recorded in 2024, at “El Rancho”, “Roy’s House”, “The Grove”, “Frying Pan”, “Inventions”, and was produced by Roy Kellaway.

Personnel:

  • Dimathaya Burarrwanga – lead vocals, front cover drawing
  • Yirrŋa Yunupiŋu – lead vocals
  • Yimila Gurruwiwi – didgeridoo
  • Roy Kellaway – electric guitar, engineer
  • Campbell Messer – bass guitar
  • Lewis Stiles – drums
  • Mathias Dowle – additional instrumentation, engineer
  • Chris Collins – engineer, additional production
  • Luke Postill – engineer, additional production
  • Ryan Fallis – engineer
  • Justin Stanley – mixing, additional production
  • Tas Wilson – artwork
  • Kris Keogh – front cover drawing
  • Maclay Heriot – photos

Track listing:

All tracks by Dimathaya Burarrwanga, Roy Kellaway, Yimila Gurruwiwi, Campbell Messer, and Lewi Stiles.

  1. Light Up the Path
  2. Best Bits
  3. Southerly
  4. Lookin’ Out
  5. Scoreboard
  6. Nostalgic
  7. Day Off
  8. Through the Trees
  9. Soon As
  10. What’s the Hurry?
  11. Come to the Surface
  12. Cat 5 (Cyclone)

The Cure: Songs Of A Lost World

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On November 1, 2024, “Fiction” label released “Songs of a Lost World”, the fourteenth Cure (The) studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2022, at “Rockfield” in Monmouthshire, Wales, and was produced by Robert Smith.

Personnel:

  • Robert Smith – vocals, guitars, six-string bass, keyboards, arrangements, mixing, recording assistance, sleeve concept, pictures of stone
  • Reeves Gabrels – guitars
  • Roger O’Donnell – keyboards
  • Simon Gallup – bass
  • Jason Cooper – drums, percussion
  • Paul Corkett – recording, mixing
  • Jack Boston – recording assistant
  • Joe Jones – recording assistant
  • Bunny Lake – recording assistant
  • Matt Colton – digital and CD mastering
  • Miles Showell – vinyl mastering
  • Andy Vella – art, design
  • Janez Pirnat – Bagatelle sculpture

Track listing:

All tracks by Robert Smith.

  1. Alone
  2. And Nothing Is Forever
  3. A Fragile Thing
  4. Warsong
  5. Drone: Nodrone
  6. I Can Never Say Goodbye
  7. All I Ever Am
  8. Endsong

Train: Save Me, San Francisco

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On October 26, 2009, “Columbia” label released “Save Me, San Francisco”, the fifth Train studio album. It was recorded in 2009, and was produced by Bill Szymczyk, Martin Terefe, Gregg Wattenberg, S*A*M and Sluggo Espionage. In February 2024, the album was certified 3× Platinum by the RIAA.

Personnel:

  • Pat Monahan – lead and backing vocals
  • Jimmy Stafford – guitars
  • Scott Underwood – drums, percussion
  • Sean Gould – bass, slide guitar
  • Claes Bjorklund – keyboards, synthesizers, programming, piano, mellotron
  • The Ghost Of Harlem Keyboards – piano
  • Nikolaj Torp – Hammond organ
  • Espen Lind – ukulele, keyboards, piano, bass guitar
  • Jerry Becker – honky piano, Hammond organ, keyboards, piano
  • Josh Berger – bass
  • Martin Terefe – bass
  • Gregg Wattenberg – bass
  • The Lovesponge Strings – strings
  • David Davidson – violin, string arrangements
  • David Angell – violin
  • Kristin Wilkinson – viola
  • Sarighani Reist – cello
  • Sakai – backing vocals
  • Nikita Germaine – backing vocals
  • Andreas Olsson – programming
  • Mark Endert – mixing
  • Ted Jensen – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Save Me, San Francisco – Patrick Monahan, Sam Hollander, Dave Katz
  2. Hey, Soul Sister – Patrick Monahan, Espen Lind, Amund Bjørklund
  3. I Got You – Patrick Monahan, Kevin Griffin, Patrick Simmons
  4. Parachute – Patrick Monahan, Gregg Wattenberg
  5. This Ain’t Goodbye – Patrick Monahan, Ryan Tedder
  6. If It’s Love – Patrick Monahan, Gregg Wattenberg
  7. You Already Know – Patrick Monahan, Gregg Wattenberg, Jimmy Stafford
  8. Words – Patrick Monahan, Jerry Becker, Luis Maldonado
  9. Brick by Brick – Patrick Monahan, Espen Lind, Amund Bjørklund
  10. Breakfast in Bed – Patrick Monahan, Scott Underwood
  11. Marry Me – Patrick Monahan

Pixies: The Night The Zombies Came

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On October 25, 2024, “BMG Rights Management” label released “The Night the Zombies Came”, the ninth Pixies studio album. It was recorded in 2024, and was produced by Tom Dalgety.

Personnel:

  • Black Francis – lead vocals, guitar
  • Joey Santiago – guitar, backing vocals
  • Emma Richardson – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • David Lovering – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Tom Dalgety – engineer, mixing
  • Robin Schmidt – mastering
  • Dave Snyder – engineer assistant
  • Matt Hall – engineer assistant
  • Joe Jones – engineer assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Black Francis, except where noted.

  1. Primrose
  2. You’re So Impatient
  3. Jane (The Night the Zombies Came)
  4. Chicken
  5. Hypnotised -Joey Santiago, Black Francis
  6. Johnny Good Man
  7. Motoroller
  8. I Hear You Mary – Joey Santiago, Black Francis
  9. Oyster Beds
  10. Mercy Me
  11. Ernest Evans
  12. Kings of the Prairie
  13. The Vegas Suite

Laura Marling: Patterns In Repeat

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On October 25, 2024, “Chrysalis” label released “Patterns in Repeat”, the eighth Laura Marling studio album. It was recorded in 2024, at Marling’s home studio in London, “Bert Jansch Studio” in London, “Smilo Sound” in New York, and was produced by Dom Monks and Laura Marling.

Personnel:

  • Laura Marling – lead and backing vocals, guitar, piano, electric piano, Mellotron, bass, soft synths, string machine, artwork
  • Nick Pini – double bass 
  • Dom Monks – synth bass, triangle, drum, cymbal, bouzouki, engineer, mixing
  • Fred Wordsworth – horns
  • Rob Moose – violin, viola, string arrangements, engineer
  • Harry Fausing Smith – violin
  • Henry Rankin – viola, violin
  • Katt Newlon – cello
  • Buck Meek – backing vocals
  • Maudie Marling – backing vocals
  • Matt Colton – mastering
  • Rob Shuttleworth – design
  • Tamsin Topolski – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Laura Marling, except where noted.

  1. Child of Mine
  2. Patterns
  3. Your Girl
  4. No One’s Gonnna Love You Like I Can
  5. The Shadows
  6. Interlude (Time Passages)
  7. Caroline
  8. Looking Back – Laura Marling, Charlie Marling
  9. Lullaby
  10. Patterns in Repeat – Laura Marling, George Jephson
  11. Lullaby (instrumental)

The Offspring: Supercharged

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On October 11, 2024, “Concord” label released “Supercharged”, the eleventh Offspring (The) studio album. It was recorded September 2022 – May 2024, at “D-13” in Huntington Beach, “Plantation” and “A’ala” in Maui, “The Warehouse” in Vancouver, and was produced by Bob Rock.

Personnel:

  • Dexter Holland – vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards
  • Noodles – guitar
  • Jonah Nimoy – keyboards
  • Todd Morse – bass
  • Brandon Pertzborn – drums
  • Bob Rock – guitar, backing vocals
  • Adam Greenholtz – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Jamie Muhoberac – keyboards
  • Josh Freese – drums
  • Dave Pierce – strings, keyboards
  • Rebecca Shoichet – additional vocals
  • Adam Garrett – backing vocals
  • Bob Rock – mixing
  • Adam Greenholtz – mixing
  • Emily Lazar – mastering
  • Annie Kennedy – engineer assistant
  • Theo Wagner – engineer assistant
  • Ryan Enockson – engineer assistant
  • Stephen Hogan – engineer assistant
  • Andrew Fowler – engineer assistant
  • John Dibiasi – engineer assistant
  • Eric Helmkamp – additional recording
  • Daveed Benito – cover art

Track listing:

All tracks by Dexter Holland.

  1. Looking Out for #1
  2. Light It Up
  3. The Fall Guy
  4. Make It All Right
  5. OK, but This Is the Last Time
  6. Truth in Fiction
  7. Come to Brazil
  8. Get Some
  9. Hanging by a Thread
  10. You Can’t Get There from Here

The Linda Lindas: No Obligation

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On October 11, 2024, “Epitaph” label released “No Obligation”, the second Linda Lindas (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2024, at “Henson Recording”, “Sunset Sound” and “Music Friends Studios” in Los Angeles. and was produced by Carlos de la Garza.

Personnel:

  • Bela Salazar – vocals, guitar
  • Lucia de la Garza – vocals, guitar
  • Eloise Wong – vocals, bass guitar, piano
  • Mila de la Garza – vocals, drums, percussion
  • “Weird Al” Yankovic – accordion
  • Kye Palmer – trumpet
  • India Anderson – tuba
  • Carlos de la Garza – engineer, mixing
  • Mark Aguilar – engineer
  • Harriet Tam – engineer
  • Alec Wingfield – engineer
  • Jordan Kulp – engineer
  • Sergio Chavez – engineer
  • Dave Collins – mastering
  • Bobb Bruno – guitar technician
  • Spencer Lere – drum technician
  • Eloise Wong – art
  • Wendy Lau – design
  • Zen Sekizawa – art photography
  • Jessie Cowan – band portrait
  • Kiki Stash – outfits
  • Faye Aguilar – hair, makeup

 Track listing:

All tracks by Bela Salazar, Lucia de la Garza, Eloise Wong and Mila de la Garza, except where noted.

  1. No Obligation – Eloise Wong
  2. All in My Head – Lucia de la Garza
  3. Lose Yourself
  4. Too Many Things
  5. Once Upon a Time – Lucia de la Garza
  6. Yo Me Estreso – Bela Salazar
  7. Cartographers – Eloise Wong
  8. Don’t Think – Lucia de la Garza
  9. Resolution/Revolution
  10. Nothing Would Change – Lucia de la Garza, Mila de la Garza
  11. Excuse Me – Eloise Wong
  12. Stop

The Smile: Cutouts

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On October 4, 2024, “XL Recordings” label released “Cutouts”, the third Smile (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2024, at “Abbey Road” in London, and was produced by Sam Petts – Davies.

Personnel:

  • Thom Yorke – voice, guitars, bass, piano, synthesizers, artwork, design
  • Jonny Greenwood – guitars, bass, piano, synthesizers, cello, MaxMSP, orchestral arrangements
  • Tom Skinner – vocals, drums, synthesizers, percussion
  • Robert Stillman – tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
  • Pete Wareham – baritone saxophone
  • London Contemporary Orchestra – strings
    • Hugh Brunt – conductor
    • Eloisa-Fleur Thom – leader
  • Joe Wyatt – recording, engineer assistant
  • Sam Petts-Davies – engineer, mixing
  • Oli Middleton – engineer
  • Tom Ashpitel – orchestral engineering, engineer assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Pete Clements – studio technician
  • Stanley Donwood – artwork, design

Track listing:

All lyrics by Thom Yorke, all music by Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood and Tom Skinner.

  1. Foreign Spies
  2. Instant Psalm
  3. Zero Sum
  4. Colours Fly
  5. Eyes & Mouth
  6. Don’t Get Me Started
  7. Tiptoe
  8. The Slip
  9. No Words
  10. Bodies Laughing