On May 14, 2021, “Impulse!” label released “Black to the Future”, the fourth Sons of Kemet studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “Livingston Studio 1” in London, and was produced by Shabaka Hutchings and Dilip Harris.
On May 10, 2019, “Mac’s Records Label” released “Here Comes the Cowboy”, the fourth Mac DeMarco studio album. It was recorded 2018 – 2019, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Mac DeMarco.
Personnel:
Mac DeMarco – vocals, all instruments, engineer, mixing
On May 8, 2020, “Verve” label released “Mutable Set”, the fourth Blake Mills studio album. It was recorded in 2020, at “Sound City Studios”, “SWT”, “Boulevard Recording Studios”, and was produced by Blake Mills.
Personnel:
Blake Mills – vocals, guitar, arranger, art direction
Gabriel Kahane – piano
Aaron Embry – keyboards
David Boucher – acoustic bass, recording
Pino Palladino – electric bass
Abe Rounds – drums
Sem Gendel – saxophone
Rob Moose – strings, string arrangements
Joseph Lorge – recording
Joseph Lorge, Will Maclellan – additional recording
Maddy Baltor – engineer assistant
Greg Coller – mixing
Patricia Sullivan – mastering
Julio Chavez – art direction
Emilio Villalba – artwork
Ian Sefchick – artwork
Track listing:
Never Forever – Blake Mills, Cass McCombs
May Later – Blake Mills, Cass McCombs
Eat My Dust – Blake Mills
Money Is the One True God – Blake Mills
Summer All Ove – Blake Mills, Cass McCombs
Vanishing Town – Blake Mills, Cass McCombs
My Dear One – Blake Mills, Cass McCombs
Farsickness – Blake Mills, Gabriel Kahane
Mirror Box – Blake Mills
Window Facing a Window – lyrics by Blake Mills, music by Blake Mills, Armando Manzanero
In May 1958, “Blue Note” label released “Sonny Clark Trio”, the fourth Sonny Clark album. It was recorded in October 1957, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
Personnel:
Sonny Clark – piano
Paul Chambers – bass
Philly Joe Jones – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Reid Miles – design
Francis Wolff – photography
Track listing:
Be-Bop – Dizzy Gillespie
I Didn’t Know What Time It Was – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Two Bass Hit – Dizzy Gillespie, John Lewis
Tadd’s Delight – Tadd Dameron
Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise – Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg
I’ll Remember April – Gene DePaul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye
On May 3, 2019, “Columbia” label released “Father of the Bride”, the fourth Vampire Weekend studio album. It was recorded January 2016 – August 2018, at “Effie Street” in Silverlake, California, “Vox” in Hollywood, “Sony” in Akasaka, Minato, Japan, and was produced by Ariel Rechtshaid, Ezra Koenig, BloodPop, DJ Dahi and Rostam Batmanglij.
Personnel:
Ezra Koenig – lead vocals, guitars, mixing
Rostam Batmanglij – 12-string acoustic guitar
Tommy King – piano
Buddy Ross – synthesizers, Wurlitzer, piano, strings, backing vocals
Matt Chamberlain – drums
Greg Leisz – electric and pedal steel guitar
David Longstreth – guitar, backing vocals
Jake Longstreth – guitar
John Nixon – guitar
Ariel Rechtshaid – guitar
Steve Lacy – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar
Sam Gendel – saxophone
Serena McKinney – violins
Danielle Haim – lead and backing vocals
Jude Law – lead vocals
Jenny Lewis – vocal sample
Ariel Rechtshaid – engineer, mixing
Buddy Ross – engineer, mixing
Shawn Everett – engineer, mixing
Rostam Batmanglij – engineer, mixing
Dalton Ricks – engineer
Nick Rowe – engineer
Chris Kasych – engineer
John DeBold – engineer
Hiroya Takayama – engineer
Takemasa Kosaka – engineer
Dave Schiffman – engineer
P-Thugg (Patrick Gemayel) – engineer
Michael Harris – engineer
Jude Law – engineer
Manny Marroquin – mixing
Chris Galland – mixing
Robin Florent – mixing assistant
Scott Desmarais – mixing assistant
Emily Lazar – mastering
Chris Allgood – mastering assistant
Nick Harwood – art direction
Primo Kahn – cover design
Public-Library – cover design
Brendan Ratzlaff – illustration
Track listing:
All tracks by Ezra Koenig, except where noted.
Hold You Now – Ezra Koenig, Hans Zimmer
Harmony Hall
Bambina
This Life – Ezra Koenig, Makonnen Sheran, Mark Ronson
Big Blue
How Long? – Ezra Koenig, William Shelby, Stephen Shockley, Leon F. Silvers III
Unbearably White
Rich Man – Ezra Koenig, S. E. Rogie
Married in a Gold Rush
My Mistake – Ezra Koenig, Ludwig Göransson
Sympathy – Ezra Koenig, Ariel Rechtshaid
Sunflower
Flower Moon – Ezra Koenig, Ariel Rechtshaid
2021 – Haruomi Hososno, Ezra Koenig
We Belong Together – Ezra Koenig, Rostam Batmanglij
On April 2, 2021, “Go Wow” label released through digital platforms “Godspeed”, the fourth Glasvegas studio album. It was recorded 2020 – 2021, in Glasgow, Scotland, and was produced by James Allan.
Personnel:
James Allan – vocals, recording, artwork, illustrations, design
Rab Allam – guitar
Paul Donoghue – bass
Jonna Lofgren – drums
Cenzo Townsend, Darren Lawson – mixing
Rob Sellens Camden Clerk – mixing assistant
Frank Arkwright – mastering
Angela McCluskey – photography
Track listing:
All tracks are written by James Allan except where noted.
In March 1973, “Warner Bros” label released “Ooh La La”, the fourth Faces studio album. It was recorded September 1972 – January 1973, at “Olympic Studios” in London, and was produced by Glyn Johns.
Personnel:
Rod Stewart – lead vocal, electric guitar
Ronnie Lane – lead vocal, rhythm and acoustic guitars, tambourine, bass, percussion
Ronnie Wood – lead and co-lead vocal, slide, acoustic, rhythm and guitars, electric bouzouki
Ian McLagan – co-lead and backing vocal, piano, organ, harmonium
On March 29, 2019, “Sahel Sounds” label released “Ilana”, the fourth Mdou Moctar album. It was recorded 2018 – 2019, at “High Bias Recordings” in Detroit, Michigan, and was produced by Christopher Kirkley and Michael Coltun.
In March 1971, “Liberty” label released “Split”, the fourth Groundhogs (The) album. It was recorded in November 1970, at “De Lane Lea Studios” in London, and was produced by Tony McPhee.
Personnel:
Tony McPhee – vocals, guitars
Peter Cruikshank – bass guitar
Ken Pustelnik – drums
Martin Birch – engineer
Chris Richardson – design, photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Tony McPhee
Split – Part One
Split – Part Two
Split – Part Three
Split – Part Four
Cherry Red
A Year in the Life
Junkman
Groundhog (based on “Ground Hog Blues” by John Lee Hooker)
On March 26, 2021, “Island” label released “Collections from the Whiteout”, the fourth Ben Howard studio album. It was recorded 2020 – 2021, at “Long Pond” in New York City, “La Frette” in Paris, and was produced by Aaron Dessner and Ben Howard.
Personnel:
Ben Howard – vocals, guitar, percussion
Aaron Dessner – guitar, piano
Mickey Smith – acoustic guitar, dulcimer
Nat Wason – electric guitar
Richard Thomas – keyboard, synthesizer
Kate Stables – vocals
Thomas Bartlett – synthesizer
Rob Moose – violin, viola
India Bourne – cello
Ryan Olson – sound effects
James Krivchenia – drums, percussion
Yussef Dayes – drums
Jason Treuting – drums, percussion
Kyle Keegan – drums Jonathan Low – engineer, mixing
Greg Calbi – mastering
Roddy Bow – artwork
Track listing:
Follies Fixture – Ben Howard
What a Day – Ben Howard, Aaron Dessner
Crowhurst’s Meme – Ben Howard, Yussef Dayes
Finders Keepers – Ben Howard, Aaron Dessner
Far Out – Ben Howard, Aaron Dessner
Rookery – Ben Howard
You Have Your Way – Ben Howard
Sage That She Was Burning – Ben Howard, Aaron Dessner
Sorry Kid – Ben Howard, Aaron Dessner
Unfurling – Ben Howard, Aaron Dessner
Metaphysical Cantations – Ben Howard, Aaron Dessner
Make Arrangements – Ben Howard, Aaron Dessner
The Strange Last Flight of Richard Russell – Ben Howard, Aaron Dessner, Yessef Dayes
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