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Zach Bryan: The Great American Bar Scene

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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 

Beirut: Gallipoli

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On February 1, 2019, “4AD” label released “Gallipoli”, the fifth Beirut studio album. It was recorded 2016 – 2017, at “The Relic Room” in New York City, “Sudestudio” in Guagnano, Italy, “Kaiku Studios” in Berlin, Germany, and was produced by Cach Condon and Gabe Wax.

Personnel:

  • Zach Condon – lead and backing vocals, piano, Rhodes piano, Farfisa orga, Hammond organ, pump organ, ukulele, trumpet, accordion, percussion, synth, Moog Voyager synthesizer, modular synthesizer, bells, Roland keyboard, ROLI Seaboard keyboard, shaker, drum machine, vocal recording, mixing
  • Paul Collins – bass, double bass, guitar, baritone guitar, Farfisa organ, tape machine, drum machine, modular synthesizer, percussion, synthesizer, space echo, backing vocals
  • Nick Petree – drums, percussion, hand drums, baritone ukulele, backing vocals
  • Kyle Resnick – trumpet
  • Ben Lanz – trombone, brass arrangements
  • Gabe Wax – engineer, mixing
  • Francesco Donadello – mastering
  • Norman Nitzsche – mastering
  • Brody Condon – artwork
  • Ben Wilkerson Tousley – design

Track listing:

All lyrics by Zach Condon, except where noted, all music by Zach Condon.

  1. When I Die – Zach Condon, Ryan Condon
  2. Gallipoli
  3. Varieties of Exile
  4. On Mainau Island
  5. I Giardini
  6. Gauze für Zah
  7. Corfu
  8. Landslide
  9. Family Curse
  10. Light in the Atoll
  11. We Never Lived Here
  12. Fin

Deerhunter: Monomania

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On May 7, 2013, “4AD” label released “Monomania”, the sixth Deerhunter studio album. It was recorded January – February 2013, at “Rare Book Room” in Brooklyn, and was produced by Nicolas Vernhes, Bradford Cox, Lockett Pundt, Frankie Broyles, Moses Archuleta and John McKay.

Personnel:

  • Bradford Cox – vocals, acoustic guitar, tapes, electric rhythm guitar, guitar, electric melody bass, synthesizer, organ, gamelan, treatments, little instruments, percussion, fog machine, metal box, recording, art direction
  • Lockett Pundt – lead vocals, electric rhythm guitar, electric lead guitar, octave lead guitar, low guitar, acoustic guitar, percussion, field recording
  • Frankie Broyles – acoustic guitar, electric lead guitar, electric guitar, electric rhythm guitar, steel guitar, high guitar, field recording
  • Josh McKay – bass guitar, Farfisa, Wurlitzer, Baldwin organ
  • Moses Archuleta – drums, percussion, videos, auxiliary hi-hat
  • Nicolas Vernhes – recording
  • Gabe Wax – engineer assistant
  • Joe Lambert – mastering
  • Matt de Jong – art direction
  • Winston Parker – neon calligraphy
  • Robert Semmer – photography
  • Proenza Schouler – clothing and direction

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Bradford Cox except where noted.

  1. Neon Junkyard
  2. Leather Jacket II
  3. The Missing – Lockett Pundt
  4. Pensacola
  5. Dream Captain
  6. Blue Agent
  7. T.H.M.
  8. Sleepwalking
  9. Back to Middle
  10. Monomania
  11. Nitebike
  12. Punk (La vie antérieure)

Beirut: No No No

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On September 11, 2015, “4AD” label released “No No No”, the fourth Beirut studio album. It was recorded in 2015, and was produced by Zach Condon and Gabe Wax.

Personnel:

  • Zach Condon – vocals, piano, synthesizer (Roland, Moog Rogue, Korg, Moog Sub Phatty, Moog Voyager, trumpet, organ, electric piano, mellotron, ukulele, Rhodes, celesta
  • Nick Petree – percussion, acoustic and electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Paul Collins – bass, electric guitar, double bass, organ, backing vocals
  • Perrin Cloutier – tom tom, accordion
  • Kyle Resnick – trumpet
  • Ben Lanz – trombone
  • Ben Russell – violin
  • Yuki Numata Resnick – violin
  • Clarice Jensen – cello

Track listing:

All tracks by Zach Condon.

  1. Gibraltar
  2. No No No
  3. At Once
  4. August Holland
  5. As Needed
  6. Perth
  7. Pacheco
  8. Fener
  9. So Allowed

Kurt Vile: Watch My Moves

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On April 15, 2022, “Verve Forecast” label released “Watch My Moves”, the ninth Kurt Vile studio album, It was recorded 2021 – 2022, and was produced by Kurt Vile and Rob Schnapf.

Personnel:

  • Kurt Vile – vocals, piano, keyboards, acoustic and slide guitar, electric guitar, drum machine, synth bass, synthesizer programming, engineer, art direction
  • Rob Laakso – bass, acoustic and electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Jesse Trbovich – bass, keyboards, acoustic and electric guitar, harmonica
  • Chris Cohen – electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Julia Shapiro – vocals, electric guitar
  • Lydia Lund – vocals, electric guitar
  • Cate Le Bon – vocals, piano
  • Farmer Dave Scher – keyboards, lap steel guitar 
  • Craig McQuiston – bass
  • Matt Schuessler – bass, upright bass
  • Kyle Spence – drums, percussion
  • Sarah Jones – drums, percussion
  • Stella Mozgawa – drums, percussion
  • James Stewart – tenor saxophone
  • Annie Truscott – vocals, violin
  • Adam Langellotti – synthesizer programming, engineer
  • Matt Schuessler – engineer
  • Gabe Wax – engineer
  • Ted Young – engineer, mixing
  • Rob Schnapf – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Steve Fallone – mastering
  • Geoff Gans – art direction, design
  • Joey Lipstein – cover photography
  • Robert Robinson – back cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Kurt Vile except where noted.

  1. Goin’ on a Plane Today
  2. Flyin’ (Like a Fast Train)
  3. Palce of OKV in Reverse
  4. Like Exploding Stones
  5. Mount Airy Hill (Way Gone)
  6. Hey Like a Child
  7. Jesus on a Wire
  8. To Sho
  9. Cool Water
  10. Chazzy Don’t Mind
  11. (shiny things)
  12. Say the Word
  13. Wages of Sin – Bruce Springsteen
  14. Kurt Runner
  15. Stuffed Leopard

Spoon: Lucifer on the Sofa

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On February 11, 2022, “Matador” label released “Lucifer on the Sofa”, the tenth Spoon studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2021, at “Public Hi-Fi” and “The Catacomb” in Austin, Texas, “Off Track Betting” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Mark Rankin, Dave Fridmann, Justin Raisen, Britt Daniel, Jim Eno, Alex Fischel, Ben Trokan and Gerardo Larios.

Personnel:

  • Britt Daniel – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboards, Mellotron, percussion, handclaps, engineer
  • Alex Fischel – electric guitar, piano, keyboards, Melodica, ARP Solina, drums
  • Gerardo Larios – electric guitar, bass guitar, piano, organ, bass drum, handclaps
  • Dave Fridmann – keyboards, engineer, mixing
  • Ben Trokan – bass guitar
  • Jim Eno – drums, percussion, engineer, mixing
  • Jennifer Marigliano – percussion
  • Ted Tafaro – saxophone
  • Steve Berlin – horns
  • Caroline Rose – backing vocals
  • Grant Eppley – engineer
  • Anthony Lopez – engineer
  • Mark Rankin – engineer, mixing
  • Gabe Wax – engineer, additional producer
  • Mike McCarthy – mixing
  • Tchad Blake – mixing
  • Andrew Scheps – mixing
  • Dave Cooley – mastering
  • Edel Rodriguez – illustration
  • Matt de Jong – design
  • Jamie-James Medina – design
  • Undercard – design
  • Mike Krol – cover art assistance

Track listing:

  1. Held – Bill Callahan
  2. The Hardest Cut – Britt Daniel, Alex Fischel
  3. The Devil & Mister Jones – Andrew Cashen, Britt Daniel
  4. Wild – Jack Antonoff, Britt Daniel
  5. My Babe – Britt Daniel
  6. Feels Alright – Britt Daniel, Alex Fischel
  7. On the Radio – Britt Daniel
  8. Astral Jacket – Britt Daniel
  9. Satellite – Britt Daniel
  10. Lucifer on the Sofa – Britt Daniel, Alex Fischel

Fleet Foxes: Crack-Up

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On June 16, 2017, “Nonesuch” label released “Crack-Up”, the third Fleet Foxes album. It was recorded July 2016 – January 2017, at “Electric Lady”, “Sear Sound”,  “Rare Book Room”, “The Void” in New York, “The Unknown” in Anacortes, and “Avast Recording Company” in Seattle, and was produced by Robin Pecknold and Skyler Skjelset.

Personnel:

  • Robin Pecknold– vocals, classical guitar, dreadnought, electric guitar, string electric, Fender bass, piano, synthesizer, Baldwin electric harpsichord, prepared autoharp , marimba, Moog Minitaur, Hammond organ, mellotron, train loop, water loop, Korg drum machine, percussion, varispeed, footsteps, door, Memory Man Deluxe
  • Casey Wescott – piano, chromatic bells, qraqebs, kettledrum, programming, koto, harpsichord , Blue Noise synth, SuperColliderbirdsong
  • Morgan Henderson– cello, qraqebs, double bass, pitched bass clarinet, pitched flute, pitched clarinet , alto flute
  • Skyler Skjelset – vocals, electric guitar, Fender bass, piano, synthesizer, pencil on paper, cicada loop, glass harmonica, bowed cymbal, shamisen, percussion, programming, fole, Korg drum machine, amplifier noise, footsteps, Moog Minitaur, water harp
  • Christian Wargo– vocals, bass, drum kit
  • Hannah Epperson – violin
  • Matthew Barrick, Christopher Icasiano, Neal Morgan– drum kit, percussion
  • Brian McPherson – spoken word
  • The Westerlies – horns
  • Zubin Hensler, Riley Mulherkar – trumpet
  • Andy Clausen – arrangement, trombone
  • Willem de Koch – trombone
  • Russel Durham – first violin
  • Jeremy Kittel – second violin
  • Nicholas Cords – viola
  • Dave Eggar– cello
  • Chris Allen, Grant Valentine, Owen Mulholland, Gabe Wax, Casey Wescott, Adam Burd, Gosha Usov, Beatriz Artola – engineer
  • Gabriel Gall – arrangements
  • Phil Ek– mixing
  • Greg Calbi– mastering
  • Ben Tousley, Robin Pecknold – design, layout
  • Shawn Brackbill – band portrait
  • Sean Pecknold, Adi Goodrich – paintings
  • Hiroshi Hamaya– front and back cover, interior photos

Track listing:

All tracks by Robin Pecknold, except where noted.

  1. I Am All That I Need / Arroyo Seco / Thumbprint Scar – Gabriel Gall
  2. Cassius
  3. – Naiads, Cassadies
  4. Kept Woman
  5. Third of May / Ōdaigahara
  6. If You Need to, Keep Time on Me
  7. Mearcstapa
  8. On Another Ocean (January / June)
  9. Fool’s Errand
  10. I Should See Memphis – Gabriel Gall
  11. Crack-Up

War On Drugs: Lost In The Dream

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Lost in the dream

On March 18, 2014, “Secretly Canadian” label released “Lost in the Dream”, the third War on Drugs studio album. It was recorded August 2012–November 2013, at “Uniform Recording” in Philadelphia,”Echo Mountain” in Asheville,  “Fidelitorium”’ in Kernersville, “Rare Book Room” in Brooklyn, “Miner Street” in Philadelphia, “Water Music” inHoboken, “Public Hi-Fi” in Austin, “University of the Arts”, “Adam Granduciel’s House” in Philadelphia, and was produced by Adam Granduciel.

Personnel:

  • Adam Granduciel– vocals, ARP Omni, ARP String Ensemble,  dubs, electronics, Fender Rhodes, guitars, harmonica, Linn Drum, mixing, Oberheim synthesizer, organ, drums, percussion, piano, slide guitar, synthesizer, Wurlitzer, arranger, engineer, art direction, photography, publishing
  • Robbie Bennett – ARP String Ensemble, organ, piano, synthesizer, Wurlitzer
  • Anthony LaMarca – guitar
  • Dave Hartley– bass, fretless bass, percussion, synthesizer
  • Charlie Hall – drums
  • Jon Ashley – drums, engineer assistant
  • Pat Berkery – drums, percussion
  • Mike Sneeringer – drums
  • Michael Johnson –ARP 2600, Eventide, engineer
  • Ricky Ray Jackson – pedal steel
  • Mike Sobel – lap steel guitar
  • Paul Sukeena – guitar
  • Carter Tanton – guitar
  • Nicolas Vernhes – tambourine, organ, engineer, mixing
  • Joseph Shabason – saxophone
  • David Fishkin – saxophone
  • Jon Natchez – baritone saxophone
  • Jeff Zeigler – additional production, drum programming, engineer, mixing, pitch adjustment, pre-mixing
  • Gabe Wax – assistant engineer, mixing assistant, tape effects
  • Jon Lowe – engineer
  • Brad Bell – engineer
  • John Congleton – engineer
  • Sean Kelly – engineer assistant
  • Ted Richardson – engineer assistant
  • Matt Schimelfenig – engineer assistant
  • Greg Calbi– mastering
  • Steve Fallone – mastering assistant
  • Daniel Murphy – design, layout
  • Dusdin Condren – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Adam Granduciel, except where noted.

  1. Under the Pressure
  2. Red Eyes
  3. Suffering
  4. An Ocean in Between the Waves
  5. Disappearing
  6. Eyes to the Wind
  7. The Haunting Idle
  8. Burning
  9. Lost in the Dream
  10. In Reverse