Tag Archives: 2024

Helado Negro: Phasor

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On February 9, 2024, “4AD” label released “Phasor”, the eighth Helado Negro studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by Helado Negro.

Personnel:

  • Helado Negro (Roberto Carlos Lange) – vocals, instrumentation, engineer, mixing
  • Sufjan Stevens – vocals, tone bells 
  • Opal Hoyt – vocals, piano
  • Jason Ajemian – bass
  • Andy Stack – bass
  • Jason Nazary – drums, percussion
  • Jason Trammell – drums, percussion
  • Benjamin Julia – drums, percussion
  • Matt Crum – drums, percussion
  • Savannah Harris – drums, percussion
  • Pinson Chanselle – drums, percussion
  • Rob Frye – drums, percussion
  • Zach Cooper – tempo consultation
  • Rachel Alina – mastering
  • Crystal Zapata – design
  • Kristi Sword – drawing
  • Sol Talamantes – inner sleeve photo

Track listing:

All tracks by Roberto Carlos Lange.

  1. LFO (Lupe Finds Oliveros)
  2. I Just Want to Wake Up With You
  3. Best of You and Me
  4. Colores Del Mar
  5. Echo Tricks Me
  6. Out There
  7. Flores
  8. Wish You Could Be Here
  9. Es Una Fantasia

The Last Dinner Party: Prelude To Ecstasy

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On February 2, 2024,”Island” label released “Prelude to Ecstasy”, the debut Last Dinner Party (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by James Ford.

Personnel:

  • Lizzie Mayland – lead and additional vocals, guitar, flute
  • Abigail Morris – lead and additional vocals
  • Aurora Nishevci – lead and additional vocals, organ, piano, synthesizer, conductor, string arrangements
  • Emily Roberts – guitar, additional vocals, flute, mandolin
  • Georgia Davies – bass guitar, additional vocals
  • Sam Becker – double bass
  • James Ford – drums
  • Rebekah Rayner – drums
  • Elsa Bradley – timpani, tubular bells
  • Bradley Jones, Lucy Humphris – trumpet
  • Chris Brewster – trombone
  • Alistair Goodwin – bass trombone 
  • Robyn Blair – French horn
  • Ashley Myall – bassoon
  • Rocío Bolaños – clarinet
  • Philip Howarth – oboe
  • Pasha Mansurov – flute
  • Aleksandra Mansurova, Chihiro Ono, Emma Smith, Freya Goldmark, Lucy Wilkins, Paloma Deike, Phil Granell, Rosie Tompsett – violin
  • Jenny Ames, Richard Jones, Zami Jalil – viola 
  • Alex Marshall, Midori Jaeger – cello
  • Serafina Steer – harp 
  • Jimmy Robertson – engineer
  • Alan Moulder – mixing
  • Chris Gehringer – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Georgia Davies, Lizzie Mayland, Abigail Morris, Aurora Nishevci, and Emily Roberts, except where noted.

  1. Prelude to Ecstasy
  2. Burn Alive – co-written with Rhys Downing
  3. Caesar on a TV Screen – co-written with Rhys Downing
  4. The Feminine Urge –  co-written with Rhys Downing
  5. On Your Side – co-written with Rhys Downing
  6. Beautiful Boy
  7. Gjuha
  8. Sinner – co-written with Rhys Downing
  9. My Lady of Mercy – co-written with Rhys Downing
  10. Portrait of a Dead Girl – co-written with Rhys Downing
  11. Nothing Matters – co-written with Rhys Downing
  12. Mirror

Fabiano Nascimento & Sam Gendel: The Room

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On January 26, 2024, “Real World” label released “The Room”, album by Fabiano Nascimento and Sam Gendel.

Personnel:

  • Fabiano Nascimento – 7 strings acoustic guitar
  • Sam Gendel – soprano saxophone
  • Thomas Jacobi – engineer
  • Jason Hiller – mixing, mastering

Track listing:

  1. Foi Boto
  2. Capricho
  3. Astral
  4. Flowers
  5. Kewere
  6. Cores
  7. Txera
  8. Até de
  9. Manhã
  10. Poeira
  11. Tupi
  12. Daiana

Courting: New Last Name

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On January 26, 2024, “PIAS” label released “New Last Name”, the second Courting studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by Sean Murphy O’Neill.

Personnel:

  •  Sean Murphy-O’Neill – vocals, programming, creative direction
  • Josh Cope – guitars
  • Sean Thomas – drums
  • Connor McCann – bass guitar
  • Mike Hillier – engineer, mastering
  • Sebastian Westwood – additional engineering
  • Robert Whiteley – co-production, mixing
  • Gary Jarman – additional production
  • Ryan Jarman – additional production
  • Kyler Garrison – deisgn

All track by Sean Murphy O’Neiil, Josh Cope, Sean Thomas and Connor McCann, except where noted.

  • Throw
  • We Look Good Together (Big Words) – additional writing by DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ.
  • The Hills
  • Flex
  • Emily G
  • Babys
  • The Wedding
  • Happy Endings
  • America

Rose City Band: Sol y Sombra

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On January 24, 2025, “Thrill Jockey” label released “Sol y Sombra”, the fifth Rose City Band studio album. It was recorded in 2024, and was produced by Barry Walker, Paul Hasenberg, John Jeffrey and Sanae Yamada.

Personnel:

  • Ripley Johnson – vocals, guitars, bass, piano, mandolin, percussion
  • Barry Walker – pedal steel guitar, backing vocals
  • Paul Hasenberg – keyboards
  • Sanae Yamada – synthesizer, backing vocals
  • John Jeffrey – bass, drums, percussion
  • Colin Stewart – mixing, drum recording
  • Amy Brages – mastering
  • Taylor Rushing – artwork, design

Track listing:

  1. Lights on the Way
  2. Open Roads
  3. Rolling Gold
  4. Evergreen
  5. Sunlight Daze
  6. Radio Song
  7. Seeds of Light
  8. La Mesa
  9. Wheels
  10. The Walls

Robby Krieger: Robby Krieger And The Soul Savages

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On January 19, 2024, “The Players Club” label released “Robby Krieger and the Soul Savages”, the ninth Robby Krieger album. It was recorded ii “Love Street Sound” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Ed Roth and Robby Krieger.

Personnel:

  • Robby Krieger – guitar, sitar, additional engineering, mixing, cover painting
  • Ed Roth – keyboards, additional engineering
  • Kevin “Brandino” Brandon -= bass
  • Franklin Vanderbilt – drums
  • Rock Deadrick – percussion
  • Michael Dumas – engineer
  • Chas Ferry – engineer, mastering
  • Marco Moir,  Scott Campbell – additional engineering
  • Bruce Sugar – mixing
  • Robiee Ziegler – photography
  • David Dinwiddie, Nathan Robledo, Perceptual Experience – photography
  • Marco Moir – production supervision

Track listing:

  1. Shark Skin Suit
  2. Samosas & Kingfishers
  3. A Day in L.A.
  4. Killzoni
  5. Contrary Motion
  6. Never Say Never
  7. Bouncy Betty
  8. Ricochet Rabbit
  9. Blue Brandino
  10. Math Problem

Songhoy Blues: Héritage

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On January 17, 2025, “Transgressive Records” label released “Héritage”, the fourth Songhoy Blues album. It was recorded in 2024, “Remote Records Studio” and “Studio Moffou” in Bamako, Mali,

Personnel:

  • Garba Touré – band member, arrangements
  • Aliou Touré – band member, arrangements
  • Oumar Touré – band member, arrangements
  • Nathanael Dembelé – band member, arrangements
  • Drissa Kone, Lamine Soumano – Calabash, percussion
  • Adama Yalomba, Samba Touré, Sekou Toure – chorus
  • Maurice Kabré – recording
  • Abou Cissé, Jerome Brock – recording
  • Sonny Johns – mixing
  • Guy Davie – mastering
  • Lucy Durán – liner notes

Track listing:

  • All tracks by Garba Touré, Aliou Touré, Oumar Touré and Nathanael Dembelé.
  1. Toukambela
  2. Gambary
  3. Norou
  4. Dagabi
  5. Gara
  6. Boutili
  7. Boroterey
  8. Batto
  9. Garibou
  10. Woyhenna
  11. Issa

Franz Ferdinand: The Human Fear

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On January 10, 2025, “Domino” label released “The Human Fear”, the sixth Franz Ferdinand studio album. It was recorded in 2024, at “AYR” in Scotland, and was produced by Mike Ralph.

Personnel:

  • Alex Kapranos – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Dino Bardot – guitar, backing vocals
  • Julian Corrie – synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Bob Hardy – bass
  • Audrey Tait – drums, percussion
  • Clara Luciani – backing vocals
  • Gemma Chester – engineer
  • Josh Green – engineer
  • Anthony Ryan Denton – engineer assistant
  • Mark Ralph – mixing
  • Matt Colton – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Alex Kapranos, except where noted.

  1. Audacious
  2. Everydaydreamer – Alex Kapranos, Julian Corrie
  3. The Doctor –Alex Kapranos, Julian Corrie, Dino Bardot
  4. Hooked – Alex Kapranos, Julie Corrie
  5. Build It Up –Alex Kapranos, Julie Corrie
  6. Night or Day
  7. Tell Me I Should Stay
  8. Cats
  9. Black Eyelashes
  10. Bar Lonely – Alex Kapranos, Bob Hardy
  11. The Birds

Ringo Starr: Look Up

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On January 10, 2025, “Universal Music Enterprise” label released “Look Up”, the twenty-first Ringo Starr studio album. It was recorded in 2024, and was produced by T-Bone Burnett, Daniel Tashian and Bruce Sugar.

Personnel:

  • Ringo Starr – lead vocals, drums, percussion, whistling
  • T Bone Burnett – acoustic and electric guitar, 6-string bass
  • Daniel Tashian – acoustic and electric guitar, 12 string lead guitar, woodblock , 6-string bass, piano, harmony vocals
  • Billy Strings – harmony vocal, lead acoustic guitar, guitars, electric guitar
  • Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar
  • Joe Walsh – slide guitar
  • Greg Leisz – acoustic guitars
  • Rory Hoffman – acoustic guitar, clarinet
  • Molly Tuttle – harmony and duet vocal, acoustic guitar, 12-string guitar, mandolin
  • Colin Linden – resonator guitar
  • Stuart Duncan – fiddle, mandolin
  • Rebecca Lovell – mandolin, backing vocals
  • Andy Cata – piano
  • Mike Rojas – piano
  • Mickey Raphael – harmonica
  • Dennis Crouch – bass
  • David Mansfield – string arrangement
  • Lucius (Jess Wolfe & Holly Laessig) – backing vocals
  • Megan Lovell – backing vocals
  • Alison Krauss – harmony vocal
  • Bruce Sugar – engineer
  • Michael Piersante – engineer, mixing
  • Mike Stankiwicz – engineer
  • Eddie Roberts – additional engineering, engineer assistant
  • David Paulin – engineer assistant
  • Grant Wilson – engineer assistant
  • Joanna Finley – engineer assistant
  • Karl Wingate – engineer assistant
  • Michelle Freetly – engineer assistant
  • Reuben Cohen – mastering
  • Gavin Lurssen – mastering
  • Ivy Skoff – production coordination

Track listing:

All tracks by T Bone Burnett, except where noted.

  1. Breathless
  2. Look Up – T-Bone Burnett, Daniel Tashian
  3. Time on My Hands – T-Bone Burnett, Daniel Tashian, Paul Kennerley
  4. Never Let Me Go
  5. I Live for Your Love – T-Bone Burnet, Bill Swan
  6. Come Back
  7. Can You Hear me Calling
  8. Rosetta
  9. You Want Some – Bill Swan
  10. String Theory – T-Bone Burnett, Daniel Tashian
  11. Thankful – Bruce Sugar, Richard Starkey

White Denim: 12

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On December 6, 2024, “Bella Union” label released “12”, the twelfth White Denim studio album.

Personnel:

  • James Petralli – lead vocals, guitar, arrangements
  • Michael Hunter
  • Tameca Jones – vocals
  • Jessie Payo – vocals
  • Josh Block
  • Finom
  • Eric Slick
  • Jared Samuel
  • Cat Clemons 

Track listing:

  1. Light On
  2. Econolining
  3. Flash Bare Ass
  4. Cat City #2
  5. Look Good
  6. Second Dimension
  7. I Still Exist
  8. Your Future as God
  9. Swinging Door
  10. We Can Move Along
  11. Hand Out Giving
  12. Precious Child