Tag Archives: 2024

Norma Winstone and Kit Downes: Outpost Of Dreams

On July 5, 2024, “ECM” label released “Outpost of Dreams”, album Norma Winstone and Kit Downes. It was recorded in April 2023, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Norma Winstone – vocal
  • Kit Downes – piano

Track listing:

  1. El
  2. Fly the Wind
  3. Jesus Maria
  4. Beneath an Evening Sky
  5. One of the Dancing Sea
  6. The Steppe
  7. Nocturne
  8. Black is the Colour
  9. In Search of Sleep
  10. Rowing Home

Zach Bryan: The Great American Bar Scene

On July 4, 2024, “Belting Bronco” and “Warner Bros” labels released “The Great American Bar Scene”, the fifth Zach Bryan studio album. It was recorded in 2024, and was produced by Chris Braun, Zach Bryan, Jacquire King, John Mayer and Scott Zhang.

Personnel:

  • Zach Bryan – lead vocals, guitars, harmonica, piano, drums, engineer
  • Bruce Springsteen – vocals
  • Noeline Hofmann – vocals
  • Watchhouse
  • Chris Braun – electric guitar, acoustic slide guitar, nylon string guitar, baritone guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar, percussion, backing vocals, additional arrangements, engineer
  • Read Connolly – pedal steel guitar, dobro, banjo
  • Scott Zhang – electric guitar, tambourine, bass guitar, piano, trumpet, backing vocals, engineer, mixing
  • Mike Robinson – pedal steel guitar
  • Graham Bright – electric guitar
  • Noeline Hofmann – vocals, guitars
  • Noah Legros – guitars
  • John Mayer – guitars, backing vocals
  • Andrew Marlin – mandolin, backing vocals
  • Dawson March – piano
  • Zephyr Avalon – upright bass, bass guitar
  • John Moreland – vocals, bass guitar, dobro
  • Jake Weinberg – bass guitar, drums, upright bass, acoustic guitar, synthesizer, dobro, backing vocals, engineer
  • Gabe Wax – bass guitar, backing vocals, engineer
  • Patrick Kelly – bass guitar
  • Nate Head – drums, backing vocals
  • Hannah Cohen – fiddle
  • Ana Monwah Lei – cello
  • Amanda Broadway – choir
  • Greg Breal – choir
  • Jeremy Lister – choir
  • Kendra Chantelle – choir
  • Kristen Rogers – choir
  • Kyla Jade – choir
  • Ronnie Robertson – choir
  • Samson White – choir
  • Morgan Meinert – backing vocals
  • Bree Tranter – backing vocals
  • Emily Frantz – backing vocals
  • Jordan Lehning – choir arrangements
  • Owen Barrett – engineer assistant
  • Jacquire King – mixing
  • Hudson Pollock – mixing
  • Pete Lyman – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Zach Bryan, except where noted.  

  1. Lucky Enough (poem)
  2. Mechanical Bull
  3. The Great American Bar Scene
  4. 28
  5. American Nights
  6. Oak Island
  7. Purple Gas – Noeline Hofmann
  8. Boons
  9. The Way Back – Zach Bryan, Jim Vallance, Bryan Adams
  10. Memphis; the Blues – Zach Bryan, John Moreland
  11. Like Ida
  12. Bass Boat
  13. Better Days
  14. Towers
  15. Sandpaper
  16. Northern Thunder
  17. Funny Man
  18. Pink Skies
  19. Bathwater 

Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats: South Of Here

On June 28, 2024, “Stax” label released “South of Here”, the fourth Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats studio album. It was recorded 2023 – 2024, at “Broken Creek Studio” in Colorado, “Sonic Ranch” in Texas, and was produced by Brad Cook.

Personnel:

  • Nathaniel Rateliff – vocals, piano, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, slide guitar, banjo, art direction
  • Luke Mossman – guitar, pedal steel
  • Mark Shusterman – Hammond B3, piano, muted piano
  • Joseph Pope III – bass
  • Patrick Meese – drums, keyboards, piano, Omnichord
  • Phil Cook – dobro, piano
  • Jeff Dazey – tenor saxophone
  • Matt Douglas – additional tenor saxophone
  • Andreas Wild – baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
  • Daniel Hardaway – trumpet
  • Gerardo Ordonez – horns, additional engineering
  • Paul Voran – engineer, mixing
  • Mario Ramirez – engineer assistant
  • Mark Anderson – additional engineer assistant
  • Chris Colbert – mastering
  • Rett Rogers – art direction, photography
  • Clay Condor – exterior layout
  • Telepath Design – interior layout

Track listing:

All tracks by Nathaniel Rateliff.

  1. David and Goliath
  2. Heartless
  3. Remember I Was a Dancer
  4. Get Used to the Night
  5. South of Here
  6. Everybody Wants Something
  7. Center of Me
  8. Cars in the Desert
  9. I Would Like to Heal
  10. Call Me (Whatever You Like)
  11. Time Makes Fools of Us All

The Warning: Keep Me Fed

On June 28, 2024, “Lava” label released “Keep Me Fed”, the fourth Warning (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2004 at “Malonic Records” and “Serca Studios” in Monterrey, Mexico, and was produced by Anton DeLost.

Personnel:

  • Daniela Villarreal – lead vocals, guitar art direction
  • Alejandra Villarreal – bass guitar, backing vocals, art direction
  • Paulina Villarreal – co – lead and backing vocals, drums, creative director, art direction
  • Kevin “Boonn” Hissink – additional guitar, additional producer
  • Anton DeLost – keyboard, guitar, percussion, engineer, mixing
  • Dan Lancaster – backing vocals, additional producer
  • Anton DeLost – engineer, mixing
  • Diego Mejía – recording assistant
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • Kevin “Boonn” Hissink – additional producer
  • Rudy Joffroy – art direction
  • Marco Reynosa – art direction, photography
  • Gemma Valdes Joffroy – styling
  • Gerardo Parra – make-up

Track listing:

All tracks by Daniela, Paulina, and Alejandra Villarreal, and Anton Curtis DeLost, except where noted.

  1. Six Feet Deep – Dan Lancaster
  2. S!CK
  3. Apologize
  4. Qué Más Quieres – Monica Velez, Shaun Lopez, Kathryn Ostenberg
  5. MORE – Danielle Nicole Rubio
  6. Escapism – Kevin Hissink
  7. Satisfied – Kat Leon, Nick Perez
  8. Burnout – Sam Hollander
  9. Sharks – Mike Elizondo, Sara Davis
  10. Hell You Call a Dream – Dan Lancaster, Matt Squire, Curtis James Peoples
  11. Consume – Mike Elizondo, Laura Veltz
  12. Automatic Sun – Dan Lancaster

Haryl Dall: D

On June 21, 2024, “Virgin” label released “D”, the sixth Daryl Hall album. It was recorded 2023 – 2024, at “Stardust” in Harbour Island, Bahamas, and was produced by Dave Stewart and Daryll Hall.

Personnel:

  • Daryl Hall – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, package design
  • Dave Stewart – acoustic and electric guitar, bass, percussion, hand claps, mixing, package design
  • Rocky Saunders – electric guitar
  • Greg Bieck – keyboards, omnichord
  • Hannah Koppenberg – synthesizer
  • Darrell Freeman – bass synthesizer
  • Jesse Samler – drums, percussion
  • Ersley Wilson – percussion
  • Charlie DeChant – saxophone
  • Tracy Berry – backing vocals
  • Daytona Brown – backing vocals
  • Guerline Delien – backing vocals
  • Kaitlin Lederer – backing vocals
  • Shaniqua Oliver – backing vocals
  • Jaden McPhee – backing vocals, hand claps
  • Mivelyne – backing vocals, hand claps
  • Isabella Tyler – backing vocals
  • Antonio Cartwright – hand claps
  • Greg Bieck – additional vocal production, engineer
  • Paul Norris – engineer
  • Jesse Samler – engineer, mixing
  • David Leonard – mixing
  • Ryan Smith – mixing
  • Adam Grover – mixing
  • Kathy Phillips – package design

Track listing:

All tracks by Daryl Hall and Dave Stewart, except where noted.

  1. The Whole World’s Better – Daryl Hall, Dave Stewart, Jelte van den Dungen
  2.  Too Much Information
  3. Can’t Say No to You
  4. Rather Be a Fool – Daryl Hall
  5. Rainbow Over the Graveyard
  6. Not the Way I Thought It Was
  7. Walking in Between Raindrops
  8. Why You Want to Do That (To My Head)
  9. Break It Down to the real Thing – Daryl Hall

Pond: Stung!

On June 21, 2024, “Spinning Top” label released “Stung!”, the tenth Pond studio album. It was recorded 2023 – 2024, at “Tone City” in Perth, Jay Watson’s backyard studio in Fremantle, Australia, and was produced by Nick Allbrook, James Ireland, Joseph Ryan, Jamie Terry and Jay Watson.

Personnel:

  • Nick Allbrook – vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass guitar, engineer
  • James Ireland – vocals, drums, keyboards, bass guitar, vocoder, guitar, piano, engineer, mixing
  • Joseph Ryan – vocals, guitar, keyboards, engineer
  • Jamie Terry – vocals, keyboards, bass guitar, percussion, engineer
  • Jay Watson – vocals, guitar, keyboards, drums, bass guitar, glockenspiel, engineer, mixing
  • Reine Fiske – guitar solo, guitar engineer
  • Thea Woodward – saxophone, saxophone engineer
  • James Richardson – French horn, trumpet, horn engineer
  • Jack Watson – outro vocals
  • Sam Ford – engineer
  • Joe Carra – mastering
  • Pollen Arts Club – design
  • Sam Kristofski – photography
  • Michael Tartaglia – inner sleeve band photography

Track listing:

  1. Constant Picnic – James Ireland, Nicholas Allbrook, Jay Watson
  2. (I’m) Stung – Nicholas Allbrook, James Ireland
  3. Neon River – Jay Watson, Nicholas Allbrook
  4. So Lo – Jay Watson, Nicholas Allbrook
  5. Black Lung – James Ireland, Nicholas Allbrook, Jay Watson
  6. Sunrise for the Lonely – Nicholas Allbrook
  7. Elf Bar Blues – James Ireland
  8. Edge of the World Pt. 3 – Jay Watson, Nicholas Allbrook, Joseph Ryan, James Ireland
  9. Stars in Silken Sheets – Joseph Ryan, Nicholas Allbrook
  10. Boys Don’t Crash – Jay Watson, Nicholas Allbrook
  11. O, UV Ray – Joseph Ryan, Nicholas Allbrook, Jay Watson
  12. Last Elvis – Nicholas Allbrook, James Ireland, Jay Watson
  13. Elephant Gun – Nicholas Allbrook, James Ireland
  14. Fell from Grace with the Sea – Joseph Ryan, Nicholas Allbrook

The Mysterines: Afraid Of Tomorrows

On June 21, 2024, “Fiction” label released “Afraid of Tomorrows”, the second Mysterines (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2024, at John Congleton’s studio in Los Angeles, and was produced by John Congleton, Lia Metcalfe and Paul Crilly

Personnel:

  • Lia Metcaffe – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, tambourine, synthesizer, piano, Mellotron
  • Callum Thompson – electric guitar, baritone guitar, guitar, backing vocals
  • George Favager – bass guitar, synthesizer, baritone guitar, mellotron, stylophone, backing vocals
  • Paul Crilly – drums, percussion, acoustic and electric guitar, guitar, piano, synthesizer, mellotron, glockenspiel, backing vocals
  • John Congleton – piano, synthesizer, recording, mixing
  • Sean Cook – recording engineer
  • Felix Davis – mastering
  • Matthew Kent – immersive mix engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Lia Metcalfe and Paul Crilly, except where noted.

  1. The Last Dance
  2. Stray
  3. Another Another Another – Lia Metcalfe
  4. Tired Animal
  5. Jesse You’re a Superstar
  6. Hawkmoon
  7. Sink Ya Teeth
  8. Junkyard Angel
  9. Goodbye Sunshine
  10. Inside a Matchbox
  11. So Long
  12. Afraid of Tomorrow

John Grant: The Art Of The Lie

On June 14, 2024, “Bella Union” label released “The Art of the Lie”, the sixth John Grant studio album. It was recorded 2023 – 2024, at “Moon Zero Two” in Reykjavík, “Microcosm MKII” and “Hoxa HQ” in London, “Memetune” in Cornwall, and was produced by Ivor Guest.
Personnel:
• John Grant – vocals, synthesizers, keyboards, programming, spinet
• Dave Okumu – guitar, Vowel solo
• Ed Baden Powell – guitar
• Robin Simon – reverse guitar, guitar
• Leo Abrahams – acoustic guitar, guitars, synthesizers, spinet
• Adam Blake – acoustic guitar
• Robert Logan – synthesizers, programming, “cut ups”
• Charles Stuart – synthesizers
• Ivor Guest – synthesizers, programming
• Benge – modular synthesis
• Don-e Mclean – talk box, stabs
• Sarah Douglas – chatting
• Rachel Sermanni – chorus vocals
• Robin Mullarkay – bass guitar, fretless bass guitar
• Sebastian Rochford – drum kit, live drum machine
• Kurt Uenala – additional programming
• Cameron Craig – engineer, mixing
• Benge – engineer, additional Pro Tools, additional engineering
• Dave Watson – additional Pro Tools, additional engineering
• James Watson – additional Pro Tools, additional engineering
• Leo Abrahams – additional Pro Tools, additional engineering
• Luke Glazewski – engineering assistant
• Kurt Uenala – computer engineering
• Samur Khouja – main vocal engineering, vocal sample engineering
• Ivor Guest – mixing, additional Pro Tools, additional engineering
• Matt Colton – mastering
• Drinkwater Studio – artwork
• Al Jackson – render

Track listing:

All tracks by John Grant.

  1. All That School for Nothing
  2. Marbles
  3. Father
  4. Mother and Son
  5. Twisted Scriptures
  6. Meek AF
  7. It’s a Bitch
  8. Daddy
  9. The Child Catcher
  10. Laura Lou
  11. Zeitgeist

John Cale: Poptical Illusion

On June 14, 2024, “Double Six” label released “Poptical Illusion”, the eighteenth John Cale studio album. It was recorded in 2024, at “ARM” in Los Angeles, and was produced by John Cale and Nita Scott.

Personnel:

  • John Cale – vocals, guitars, synthesizers, piano, Egyptian Scale piano, organ, bass organ, electric piano, fretless bass, bass, noises, sampler, SampleTron
  • Nita Scott – keyboards, drums, samples, programming, drum programming, noises, sampler; bass, programming, backing vocals
  • Dustin Boyer – acoustic guitar, guitar, noises, recording
  • Seven Davis Jr. – mixing
  • Mikaelin “Blue” Bluespruce – mixing
  • Justin Raisen – mixing
  • Mike Bozzi – mastering
  • Björn Copeland – artwork
  • Rob Carmichael – design

Track listing:

All tracks by John Cale.

  1. God Made Me Do It (Don’t Ask Me Again)
  2. Davies and Wales
  3. Calling You Out
  4. Edge of Reason
  5. I’m Angry
  6. How We See the Light
  7. Company Commander
  8. Setting Fires
  9. Shark-Shark
  10. Funkball the Brewster
  11. All to the Good
  12. Laughing in My Sleep
  13. There Will Be No River

The Decemberists: As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again

On June 14, 2024, “YABB” label released “As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again”, the ninth Decemberists (The) studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2020, at “Flora Recording & Playback” in Portland, and was produced by Tucker Martine.

Personnel:

  • Colin Meloy — lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars
  • Chris Funk — electric guitars, pedal steel, synthesizers, banjo, mandolin
  • Jenny Conlee — piano, organs, vibraphone, accordion, synthesizers
  • Nate Query — electric bass, upright bass
  • John Moen — drums, percussion
  • Mike Mills — piano, backing vocals
  • Kelly Pratt — saxophones, trumpet, flugelhorn, euphonium, tuba, trombone, French horn
  • Jesse Chandler — flute, bass clarinet
  • Miguel Bernal — percussion
  • Reinhardt Wolfgang Melz — percussion
  • Elizabeth Ellison — backing vocals
  • James Mercer — backing vocals
  • Tucker Martine — recording, mixing
  • Emily Lazar — mastering
  • Ryan Bridenstine — recording assistant, mixing assistant
  • Carson Ellis — illustrations, art direction
  • Thunderwing — art direction, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Colin Meloy.

  1. Burial Ground
  2. Oh No!
  3. The Reapers
  4. Long White Veil
  5. William Fitzwilliam
  6. Don’t Go to the Woods
  7. The Black Maria
  8. All I Want Is You
  9. Born to the Morning
  10. America Made Me
  11. Tell Me What’s on Your Mind
  12. Never Satisfied
  13. Joan in the Garden