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The Pineapple Thief: It Leads To This

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On February 9, 2024, “Kscope” label released “It Leads to This”, the fifteenth Pineapple Thief (The) studio album. It was recorded 2021 – 2023, at “Bourne Place” in London, “Soord Studios” in Yeovil, Somerset, England, and was produced by Bruce Soord. 

Personnel:

  • Bruce Soord – vocals, guitars,  mixing
  • Beren Matthews – additional guitar, backing vocals
  • Steve Kitch – keyboards, mastering
  • Jon Sykes – bass, backing vocals
  • Gavin Harrison – drums, percussion, mixing
  • Beech – design

Track listing:

All lyrics by Bruce Soord, all music by Gavin Harrison and Bruce Soord.

  1. Put It Right
  2. Rubicon
  3. It Leads to This
  4. The Frost
  5. All That’s Left
  6. Now It’s Yours
  7. Every Trace of Us
  8. To Forget

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 – vocals, instrumentation
  • 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
  • Roberto Carlos Lange – engineer, mixing 
  • Rachel Alina – mastering
  • Crystal Zapata – design
  • Kristi Sword – drawing
  • Sol Talamantes – inner sleeve photography

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Helado Negro (Roberto Carlos Lange).

  1. LFO (Lupe Finds Oliveros)
  2. I Just Want to Wake Up with You
  3. Best for 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

Brittany Howard: What Now

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On February 9, 2024, “Island” label released “What Now”, the second Brittany Howard studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by Shawn Everett and Brittany Howard.

Personnel:

  • Brittany Howard – vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, bass, engineer, mixing
  • Brad Allen Williams – guitar
  • Lloyd Buchanan – keyboards
  • Paul Horton – keyboards, piano
  • Zac Cockrell – bass
  • Nate Smith – drums
  • Rod McGaha – trumpet
  • Shawn Everett – engineer, mixing
  • Emily Lazar – mastering
  • Chris Allgood – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Brittany Howard, except where noted.

  1. Earth Sign
  2. I Don’t
  3. What Now – Brittany Howard, Taylor Ann Avis Bogner
  4. Red Flags
  5. To Be Still – Brittany Howard, Brad Allen Williams
  6. Interlude
  7. Another Day
  8. Prove It to You
  9. Samson
  10. Patience
  11. Power to Undo
  12. Every Color in Blue

Palm: Rock Island

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On February 9, 2018, “Carpark” label released “Rock Island”, the second Palm studio album.

Personnel:

  • Kasra Kurt – vocal, guitar, recording
  • Eve Alpert – guitar
  • Gerasimos Livitsanos – bass
  • Hugo Stanley – drums, recording
  • Matt Labozza – recording, mixing
  • Sarah Register – mastering
  • Carl Rowatti – lacquer cut
  • Greg Burak – cover art
  • Aaron Lowell Denton – design, layout

Track listing:

All tracks by Kasra Kurt, Eve Alpert, Gerasimos Livitsanos and Hugo Stanley.

  1. Pearly
  2. Composite
  3. Dog Milk
  4. Forced Hand
  5. Theme from Rock Island
  6. Bread
  7. Colour Code
  8. Swimmer
  9. Heavy Lifting
  10. 20664
  11. (Didn’t What You Want) Happen

Damo Suzuki

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On February 9, 2024, Kenji Suzuki aka Damo Suzuki died aged 74. He was singer, recorded and performed with Dunkelziffer, Damo Suzuki’s Network, Damo Suzuki Band, Cul De Sac, Sixtoo, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Safety Magic, Audioscope, CongeladorRadio Massacre International, Simon Torssell Lerin, Bettina Hvidevold Hystad, Øresund Space Collective, Mugstar, Jelly Planet, Echo Ensemble, Numinous Eye, Steve Eto, and Spiritczualic Enhancement Center, best known as lead singer of the band Can.

Dover: Complications

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On February 9, 2015, “Sony Music Spain” label released “Complications”, the eighth and final Dover studio album. It was recorded July – September, at “Estudios Reno” in Madrid, Spain, and was produced by Jesús Antúnez.

Personnel:

  • Cristina Llanos – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Amparo Llanos – guitar
  • Samuel Titos – bass guitar
  • Jesús Antúnez – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Amparo Llanos and Cristina Llanos.

  1. Too Late
  2. Complications
  3. Four to the Floor
  4. Crash
  5. Mystified
  6. Like a Man
  7. New Wave Mechanics
  8. Tragedy
  9. Building a Fire

Dashboard Confessional: Crooked Shadows

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On February 9, 2018, “Fueled by Ramen” and “Dine Alone Records” labels released “Crooked Shadows”, the seventh Dashboard Confessional studio album. It was recorded in 2017, and was produced by Colin Brittain, Cash Cash, Chad Gilbert, Chris Carrabba, Jonathan Clark and Jonathan Howard.

Personnel:

  • Chris Carrabba – lead vocals, guitar, keyboard
  • Armon Jay – guitar, backing vocals
  • Scott Schoenbeck – bass, keyboard
  • Chris Kamrada – drums, percussion
  • Chrissy Constanza – vocal, piano
  • Lindsey Stirling – violin
  • Jonathan Clark – engineer
  • Jonathan Howard – engineer
  • Cash Cash – mixing
  • Nick Romei – design
  • Allan Geiger – design

Track listing:

  1. We Fight
  2. Catch You
  3. About Us
  4. Heart Beat Here
  5. Belong
  6. Crooked Shadows
  7. Open My Eyes
  8. Be Alright
  9. Just What to Say

Franz Ferdinand: Always Ascending

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On February 9, 2018, “Domino Recording Company” label released “Always Ascending”, the fifth Franz Ferdinand studio album. It was recorded in 2017 at “Motorbass” in Paris, “RAK” in London, and was produced by Philippe Zdar.

Personnel:

  • Alex Kapranos – lead vocals, lead guitar, keyboards, design
  • Dino Bardot – rhythm guitar, backing vocals, design
  • Julian Corrie – keyboards, lead guitar, backing vocals, design
  • Bob Hardy – bass guitar, design
  • Paul Thomson – drums, percussion, backing vocals, design
  • Terry Edwards – saxophone
  • Mike Horner – additional production
  • Pierre Juarez – additional production
  • Sam Potter – extra contribution 
  • Antoine Poyeton – engineer assistant
  • Will Purton – engineer assistant
  • Philippe Zdar – mixing
  • Mike Marsh – mastering
  • Melissa Appleton – Infinity Mirror construction
  • Edwin Burdis – coordination
  • Matthew Cooper – design
  • Alexis Anne Mackenzie – cover art, band collages
  • Sylvan Deleu – photography
  • David Edwards – band collage photos

Track listing:

All tracks by Julian Corrie, Bob Hardy, Alex Kapranos, Dino Bardot and Paul Thomson.

  1. Always Ascending
  2. Lazy Boy
  3. Paper Cages
  4. Finally
  5. The Academy Award
  6. Lois Lane
  7. Huck and Jim
  8. Glimpse of Love
  9. Feel the Love Go
  10. Slow Don’t Kill Me Slow

Chick Corea

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On February 9, 2020, Armando Anthony “Chick” Corea died aged 79. He was musician (piano, keyboards, percussion), composer and bandleader. He is regarded as one of the major piano players to emerge in jazz during the post-John Coltrane era. Recorded and performed with the most important Jazz musicians including Miles Davis, Mongo Santamaria, Willie Bobo, Blue Mitchell, Herbie Mann, Stan Getz, Roy Haunes, Miroslav Vitous, Stanley Clarke, Richard Davis, Joe Farrell, Joe Henderson, Eric Kloss, Hubert Laws, Herbie Mann, Blue Mitchell, John Patitucci, Wayne Shorter, Cal Tjader, Sonny Stitt, Dave Pike, Armando Peraza, Marion Brown, Sadao Watanabe, Larry Coryell, John Surman, Elvin Jones, Rolf Kühn, Airto Moreira, Antony Braxton, Pete La Roca, Al Di Meola, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Ron Carter, Gábor Szabó, Donald Byrd, Tete Montoliu, Chaka Khan, Eddie Gomez, Wallace Rooney, Herbie Hancock, Antonio Sanches, Gary Burton and Hiromi Uehara. Corea formed and lead Return to Forever, Circle, Chick Corea Elektric Band, Chick Corea Akoustic Band and Five Peace Band. As leader he released 77 studio and 23 live albums. Corea won 23 “Grammy Awards”.