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Bob Mould: Here We Go Crazy

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On March 7, 2025, “Granary Music” and “BMG Rights Management” labels released “Here We Go Crazy”, the fifteenth Bob Mould studio album. It was recorded in 2024, at “Electrical Audio” in Chicago, “Tiny Telephone”, “Brothers” in Oakland Granary, San Francisco and Palm Springs, and was produced by Bob Mould.

Personnel:

  • Bob Mould – vocals, guitars, keyboards, percussion 
  • Jason Narducy – bass
  • Jon Wurster – drums, percussion
  • Beau Sorenson – engineer
  • Jeff Lipton – mastering
  • Maria Rice – mastering
  • Costanza Tinti – mastering assistant
  • Bob Weston – lacquer master cutting
  • Ryan Bakerink – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Bob Mould.

  1. Here We Go Crazy
  2. Neanderthal
  3. Breathing Room
  4. Hard to Get
  5. When Your Heart Is Broken
  6. Fur Mink Augurs
  7. Lost or Stolen
  8. Sharp Little Pieces
  9. You Need to Shiine
  10. Thread So Thin
  11. Your Side

Rachel’s: Music For Egon Schiele

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On February 20, 1996, “Quarterstick” label released “Music for Egon Schiele”, the second Rachel’s album. It was recorded in July 1995. The album was composed as score to a theatrical production, “Egon Schiele”, about the life of the painter Egon Schiele

Personnel:

  • Rachel Grimes – piano, mixing, design, photography
  • Christian Frederickson – viola
  • Wendy Doyle – cello
  • Bob Weston – engineer, mixing
  • Jason Noble – mixing, design, photography
  • John Loder – mastering
  • Egon Schiele – artwork
  • Aaron Frisbee, Chip Dumstorf – Graphic Technologies
  • Gregory King – booklet printing

Track listing:

 All tracks by Rachel Grimes

  1. Family Portrait
  2. Egon & Gertie
  3. First Self-Portrait Series
  4. Mime Van Osen
  5. Second Self-Portrait Series
  6. Wally, Egon & Models in the Studio
  7. Promenade
  8. Third Self-Portrait Series
  9. Egon, Edith & Wally Meet
  10. Egon & Wally Embrace and Say Farewell
  11. Egon & Edith
  12. Second Family Portrait

Polvo: Today’s Active Lifestyles

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On April 19, 1993, “Merge” label released “Today’s Active Lifestyles”, the second Polvo studio album. It was recorded in December 1992, and was produced by Bob Weston.

Personnel:

  • Ash Bowie – vocals, guitar
  • Dave Brylawski – vocals, guitar
  • Steve Popson – bass guitar
  • Eddie Watkins – drums

Track listing:

  1. Thermal Treasure
  2. Lazy Comet
  3. My Kimono
  4. Sure Shot
  5. Stinger (Five Wigs)
  6. Tilebreaker
  7. Shiska
  8. Time Isn’t On My Side
  9. Action Vs. Vibe
  10. Gemini Cusp

Mitski: The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We

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On September 15, 2023, “Dead Oceans” label released “The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We”, the seventh Mitski studio album. It was recorded in 2023, at “Bomb Shelter” in Nashville, “Sunset Sound” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Patrick Hyland.

Personnel:

  • Mitski Miyawaki – vocals, choir, keyboards
  • Fats Kaplin – pedal steel guitar, violin, mandolin, viola
  • Brooke Waggoner – piano, organ
  • Patrick Hyland – bass, drums, guitar, keyboards
  • Drew Erickson – piano, choir, orchestra, conductor
  • Dominic Davis – bass
  • Ross McReynolds – drums
  • Wayne Bergeron – trumpet
  • Danielle Ondarza – French horn 
  • Andrew Bulbrook – violin
  • Wynton Grant – violin
  • Rita Andrade – viola
  • Christine Kim – cello
  • Greg Huckins – woodwinds
  • Mark Hollingsworth – woodwinds
  • Fletcher Sheridan – choir, conductor
  • Adam Faruqi – choir
  • Andrea Zomorodian – choir
  • Ann Sheridan – choir
  • Ben Lin – choir
  • Caitlin Rose – choir
  • Callan Dwan – choir
  • Charles McDonald – choir
  • Courtney Taylor – choir
  • Elyse Willis – choir
  • Erin Rae – choir
  • Jessica Freedman – choir
  • Michael Lichtenauer – choir
  • Peter Mercer – choir
  • Tristen Gaspadarek – choir
  • Valerie Tambaoan – choir
  • Will Goldman – choir
  • Michael Harris – engineer
  • Nate Haessly – engineer
  • Patrick Hyland – recording, mixing
  • Bob Weston – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Mitski Miyawaki.

  1. Bug Like an Angel
  2. Buffalo Replaced
  3. Heaven
  4. I Don’t Like My Mind
  5. The Deal
  6. When Memories Show
  7. My Love Mine All Mine
  8. The Frost
  9. Star
  10. I’m Your Man
  11. I Love Me After You

Sebadoh: Bakesale

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On August 23, 1994, “Sub Pop” label released “Bakesale”, the fifth Sebadoh album. It was recorded in 1994, at “Fort Apache” in New Hampshire, US.

Personnel:

  • Lou Barlow – vocals, guitar, design
  • Jason Loewenstein – vocals, bass, design
  • Bob Fay – drums, design
  • Bob Weston – recording
  • Tim O’Heir – sequencing, recording, mixing
  • Jeff Kleinsmith – design

Track listing:

  1. License to Confuse
  2. Careful
  3. Magnet’s Coil
  4. Not a Friend
  5. Not Too Amused
  6. Dreams
  7. Skull
  8. Got It
  9. S. Soup
  10. Give Up
  11. Rebound
  12. Mystery Man
  13. Temptation Tide
  14. Drama Mine
  15. Together or Alone

Mudhoney: Plastic Eternity

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On April 7, 2023, “Sub Pop” label released “Plastic Eternity”, the eleventh Mudhoney studio album. It was recorded in November 2021, at “Crackle & Pop” in Seattle, Washington, and was produced by Johnny Sangster.

Personnel:

  • Mark Arm – vocals, guitar
  • Steve Turner – vocals, guitar
  • Guy Maddison – bass guitar, synthesizer
  • Dan Peters – vocals, drums, percussion, guitar
  • Johnny Sangster – organ, guitar, backing vocals, recording, mixing
  • Bob Weston – mastering
  • Jeff Kleinsmith – art direction, design
  • Nicholas Law – cover illustration
  • Emily Rieman – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Mark Arm, Guy Maddison, Dan Peters, and Steve Turner, except where noted.

  1. Souvenir of My Trip
  2. Almost Everything – Mark Arm, Guy Maddison, Dan Peters, Johnny Sangster, Steve Turner
  3. Cascades of Crap
  4. Flush the Fascists
  5. Move Under
  6. Severed Dreams in the Sleeper Cell
  7. Here Comes the Flood
  8. Human Stock Capital
  9. Tom Herman’s Hermits
  10. One or Two – Mark Arm, Guy Maddison, Dan Peters, Johnny Sangster, Steve Turner
  11. Cry Me an Atmospheric River – Mark Arm, Guy Maddison, Dan Peters, Johnny Sangster, Steve Turner
  12. Plasticity
  13. Little Dogs

Jim O’Rourke: Eureka

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On February 25, 1999, “Drag City” label released “Eureka”, the second Jim O’Rourke album. It was recorded July 1997 – December 1998, at “Steamroom” and “Solid Sound” in Chicago, and was produced by Jim O’Rourke.

Personnel:

  • Jim O’Rourke – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, piano, organ, synthesizer, bells
  • Ken Champion – pedal steel guitar, piano
  • Richard Skabbs – organ
  • Darin Gray – bass guitar
  • Rian Murphy – drums
  • Glenn Kotche – drums, percussion
  • Tim Barnes – percussion
  • Steve Butters – percussion
  • Ken Vandermark – saxophone
  • Joan Morrone – French horn
  • Jeb Bishop – trombone
  • Rob Mazurek – cornet
  • Bob Weston – trumpet
  • Mike Colligan – clarinet
  • Julie Pomerleau – violin, viola
  • Fred Lonberg-Holm – cello
  • Brian Calvin – backing vocals
  • Jeff Stafford – backing vocals
  • Jennifer Peterson – backing vocals
  • Maureen Loughnane – backing vocals
  • Edith Frost – backing vocals
  • Teria Gartelos – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Jim O’Rourke, except where noted.

  1. Prelude to 110 or 220/Women of the World – Jim O’Rourke, Ivor Cutler
  2. Ghost Ship in a Storm
  3. Movie on the Way Down
  4. Through the Night Softly
  5. Please Patronize Our Sponsors
  6. Something Big – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  7. Eureka
  8. Happy Holidays

Atlas Sound: Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See but Cannot Feel

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On February 18, 2008, “Kranky” and “4AD” labels released “Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See but Cannot Feel”, the Atlas Sound album. It was recorded in 2007, and was produced by Bradford Cox.

Personnel:

  • Bradford Cox – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, drums, engineer, mixing, cover artwork
  • Brian Foote – mixing
  • Bob Weston – mastering
  • Lauren Jones – back collage
  • Craig S. McCaffrey – layout assistance

Track listing:

All tracks by Bradford Cox.

  1. A Ghost Story
  2. Recent Bedroom
  3. River Card
  4. Quarantined
  5. On Guard
  6. Winter Vacation
  7. Cold As Ice
  8. Scraping Past
  9. Small Horror
  10. Ready, Set, Glow
  11. Bite Marks
  12. After Class
  13. Ativan
  14. Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See but Cannot Feel

Broken Bells: Into The Blue

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On October 7, 2022, “AWAL” label released” Into the Blue”, the third Broken Bells studio album. It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by Danger Mouse.

Personnel:

  • James Mercer – vocals, guitar, bass
  • Brian Burton (Danger Mouse) – organ, piano, synth, mellotron
  • Inflo (Dean Wynton Josiah Cover) – piano, backing vocals
  • Sam Cohen – drums, synth, bass, bells, guitar, backing vocals
  • David Christian – drums
  • Nate Walcott – horns
  • Oliver Hill – strings, violin
  • Kaitlin Wolfberg – strings, violin
  • Lauren Baba – strings, viola
  • Emily Elkin – strings, cello
  • Alba Ponce De Leon, Alecia Chakour – backing vocals
  • Oliver Hill – strings arrangements
  • Matt Koening – recording
  • Kennie Takahaski – recording
  • Todd Monfalcone – additional engineering
  • Bob Weston – mastering
  • Jacob Escobedo – artwork, illustration
  • Kelly Ford – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Brian Burton and James Mercer except where noted.

  1. Into the Blue – Brian Burton, James Mercer, Sam Cohen
  2. We’re Not in Orbit Yet…
  3. Invisible Exit
  4. Love on the Run – Brian Burton, Dean Josiah Cover, James Mercer, Sam Cohen
  5. One Night
  6. Saturdays – Brian Burton, James Mercer, James Milne
  7. Forgotten Boy – Brian Burton, Emil Thielhelm, James Mercer, Michael Esposito, Ralph Scala, Ronald Gilbert
  8. The Chase
  9. Fade Away

J. Tillman: Singing Ax

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On September 14, 2010, “Western Vinyl” label released “Singing Ax”, the eight J. Tillman album. It was recorded in February 2010, and was produced by Steve Albini and Bob Weston.

Personnel:

  • J. Tilman – vocals, guitar, piano, bass, harmonica
  • Steve Albini – recording
  • Bob Weston – mastering
  • Colin Wolberg – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by J. Tillman.

  1. Three Sisters
  2. Diamondblack
  3. Love No Less Worthy
  4. One Task
  5. One Beloved Tyrant
  6. Tillman’s Rag
  7. Mere Ornaments
  8. Singing Ax
  9. Madness On the Mountain
  10. Maria
  11. A Seat at the Table