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Japandroids: Near to the Wild Heart of Life

On January 27, 2017, “ANTI-” label released “Near to the Wild Heart of Life”, the third Japandroids studio album. It was recorded 2015 – 2016, at “Rain City Recorders” in Vancouver, Canada, and was produced by Jesse Gander, Damian Taylor, Brian King and David Prowse.

Personnel:

  • Brian King – lead and backing vocals, guitar
  • David Prowse – lead and backing vocals, drums
  • Louise Burns – backing vocals
  • Melissa Gregerson – backing vocals
  • Olga Straffon – backing vocals
  • Jesse Gander – engineer
  • Damian Taylor – engineer
  • Peter Katis – mixing, additional production
  • Greg Giorgio – mixing assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Near to the Wild Heart of Life
  2. North East South West
  3. True Love and a Free Life of Free Will
  4. I’m Sorry (For Not Finding You Sooner)
  5. Arc of Bar
  6. Midnight to Morning
  7. No Known Drink or Drug
  8. In a Body Like a Grave

Low: The Great Destroyer

On January 25, 2005, “Sub Pop” label released “The Great Destroyer”, the seventh Low studio album. It was recorded May – September 2004, at “Tarbox Road Studios” in Cassadaga, New York, and was produced by Dave Fridmann, Mimi Parker, Zak Sally and Alan Sparhawk.

Personnel:

  • Mimi Parker – vocals, percussion, mixing
  • Zak Sally – bass guitar, mixing, painting, illustrations
  • Alan Sparhawk – vocals, guitar, mixing
  • Dave Fridmann – keyboards, mixing
  • Hollis Mae Sparhawk – vocals
  • Gerry Beckley – backing vocals
  • Tom Herbers – engineer
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Jeff Kleinsmith – layout

Track listing:

 All tracks by Mimi Parker, Zak Sally, and Alan Sparhawk

  1. Monkey
  2. California
  3. Everybody’s Song
  4. Silver Rider
  5. Just Stand Back
  6. On the Edge Of
  7. Cue the Strings
  8. Step
  9. When I Go Deaf
  10. Broadway (So Many People)
  11. Pissing
  12. Death of a Salesman
  13. Walk into the Sea

The Twilight Sad: It Won’t Be Like This All The Time

On January 18, 2019, “Rock Action” label released “It Won’t be like This All the Time”, the fifth Twilight Sad (The) studio album. It was recorded January – February 2018, at “Middle Farm Studios” in Devon, England, and was produced by Andy MacFarlane.

Personnel:

  • James Alexander Graham – vocals
  • Andy MacFarlane – guitars
  • Brendan Smith – keyboards
  • Jonathan Docherty – bass
  • Jonny Scott – drums, percussion
  • Andrew Bush – engineer
  • Chris Coady – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Dave “DLT” Thomas – artwork
  • Robert Smith – “vambo” (musical guidance)

Track listing:

All lyrics by James Alexander Graham; all music by Andy MacFarlane.

  1. (10 Good Reasons for Modern Drugs)
  2. Shooting Dennis Hopper Shooting
  3. The Arbor
  4. VTr
  5. Sunday Day 13
  6. I/m Not Here (missing face)
  7. Auge/Maschine
  8. Keep It All to Myself
  9. Girl Chewing Gum
  10. Let’s Get Lost
  11. Videograms

The Smile: Cutouts

On October 4, 2024, “XL Recordings” label released “Cutouts”, the third Smile (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2024, at “Abbey Road” in London, and was produced by Sam Petts – Davies.

Personnel:

  • Thom Yorke – voice, guitars, bass, piano, synthesizers, artwork, design
  • Jonny Greenwood – guitars, bass, piano, synthesizers, cello, MaxMSP, orchestral arrangements
  • Tom Skinner – vocals, drums, synthesizers, percussion
  • Robert Stillman – tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
  • Pete Wareham – baritone saxophone
  • London Contemporary Orchestra – strings
    • Hugh Brunt – conductor
    • Eloisa-Fleur Thom – leader
  • Joe Wyatt – recording, engineer assistant
  • Sam Petts-Davies – engineer, mixing
  • Oli Middleton – engineer
  • Tom Ashpitel – orchestral engineering, engineer assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Pete Clements – studio technician
  • Stanley Donwood – artwork, design

Track listing:

All lyrics by Thom Yorke, all music by Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood and Tom Skinner.

  1. Foreign Spies
  2. Instant Psalm
  3. Zero Sum
  4. Colours Fly
  5. Eyes & Mouth
  6. Don’t Get Me Started
  7. Tiptoe
  8. The Slip
  9. No Words
  10. Bodies Laughing

Beth Orton: Weather Alive

On September 23, 2022, “Partisan” label released “Weather Alive”, the eighth Beth Orton studio album. It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by Beth Orton.

Personnel:

  • Beth Orton – lead and backing vocals, piano, electric piano, keyboards, loops, MIDI controller, electronics, engineer
  • Grey McMurray – electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Shahzad Ismaily – electruc guitar, bass, harmonica, synthesizer, percussion
  • Francine Perry – synthesizer
  • Dustin O’Halloran – synthesizer
  • Sam Beste – piano, vibraphone
  • Jesse Chandler – instruments
  • Tom Herbert – bass
  • Ali Friend – double bass
  • Chris Vatalaro – bass, drums
  • Tom Skinner – drums, drum programming
  • Alabaster DePlume – saxophone
  • Stuart Bogie – saxophone
  • Aaron Roche – trombone
  • Fabio Senna – engineer
  • Francine Perry – engineer
  • Dani Bennet Spragg – engineer
  • Craig Silvey – mixing
  • Dani Bennett-Spragg – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Joe Nino – Hernes – lacquer cut
  • Eliot Lee Hazel – creative director, artwork
  • Aaron Mitchell – packaging design

Track listing:

All tracks by Beth Orton.

  1. Weather Alive
  2. Friday Night
  3. Fractals
  4. Haunted Satellite
  5. Forever Young
  6. Lonely
  7. Arms Around a Memory
  8. Unwritten

The Walkmen: Lisbon

On September 14, 2010, “Fat Possum” and “Bella Union” labels released “Lisbon”, the fifth Walkmen (The) studio album. It was recorded 2009 – 2010, at “Gigantic”, “Mick” and “Woody’s” in New York, “Eimwood Recording” in Dallas, “Papi & Marisa’s”, “Python’s Palace” and “Brutalis” in Philadelphia, and was produced by John Congleton, Matt Barrick, Pater Bauer, Walter Martin, Hamilton Leithauser and Paul Maroon.

Personnel:

  • Hamilton Leithauser – vocals, guitar
  • Peter Bauer – organ, piano
  • Paul Maroon – guitar, trumpet, viola
  • Walter Martin – bass guitar, percussion
  • Matt Barrick – drums
  • Alec Ounsworth – vocals
  • Greg Glassman – trumpet
  • Anna Stumpf – trumpet
  • Kenny Warren – trumpet
  • Mike Irwin – trumpet
  • Paul Brandenburg – trumpet
  • Joe Ancowitz – trumpet
  • Kevin Moehringer– trombone
  • John Kozan – trombone
  • Dana Lyn – violin
  • Leyna Papach – violin
  • Rachel Golub – violin
  • Clara Kennedy – cello
  • Alex Waterman – cello, transcription
  • John Congleton – engineer, mixing
  • Chris Zane – engineer, mixing
  • Alex Aldi – second engineer
  • Mark Endozo – engineer assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Elizabeth Spiridakis – design
  • Luigi Ghirri – cover photography
  • Fred Maroon –inside photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Matt Barrick, Pater Bauer, Walter Martin, Hamilton Leithauser and Paul Maroon.

  1. Juveniles
  2. Angela Surf City
  3. Follow the Leader
  4. Blue as Your Blood
  5. Stranded
  6. Victory
  7. All My Great Designs
  8. Woe Is Me
  9. Torch Song
  10. While I Shovel the Snow
  11. Lisbon

Joshua Redman: Long Gone

On September 9, 2022, “Nonesuch” label released “Long Gone”, the second Joshua Redman Quartet studio album. It was recorded in 2007 at “The Herbst Theater” in San Francisco, and in September 2019, at “Sear Sound Studio C” in New York City, and was produced by James Farber and Joshua Redman.

Personnel:

  • Joshua Redman – soprano and tenor saxophone
  • Brad Mehldau – piano
  • Christian McBride – bass
  • Brian Blade – drums
  • James Farber – engineer, mixing
  • Brian Montgomery – engineer
  • Owen Mulholland – engineer assistant
  • Steven Sacco – engineer assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Joshua Redman.

  1. Long Gone
  2. Disco Ears
  3. Statuesque
  4. Kite Song
  5. Ship to Shore
  6. Rejoice

Mercury Rev: Born Horses

On September 6, 2024, “Bella Union” label released “Born Horses”, the tenth Mercury Rev album. It was recorded in 2024, and was produced by Simon Raymonde, Grasshopper, Jesse Chandler. Jonathan Donahue and Marion Genser.

Personnel:

  • Jonathan Donahue – vocals, piano, arrangements, orchestration
  • Grasshopper – guitar, bells, omnichord, percussion, whistle, horn arrangements
  • Jesse Chandler – bass pedals, flute, mellotron, piano, tenor saxophone, vibraphone
  • Marion Genser – atmosphere, harmonium, organ, Prophet synthesizer, sounds
  • Chris Heitzman – electric bass, 12 String Acoustic guitar
  • Will Bryant – accordion, Hammond organ
  • Martin Keith – upright bass
  • Jeff Lipstein – drums
  • Thomas Green – saxophone
  • Danny Wayside – cornet
  • Megan Gould – violin
  • Peter Katis – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Marion Genser – artwork
  • David Clark Perry – packaging
  • Simon Raymonde – executive producer

Track listing:

All lyrics by Jonathan Donahue, all music by Jesse Chandler, Jonathan Donahue, Marion Genser and Sean Mackowiak.

  1. Mood Swings
  2. Ancient Love
  3. Your Hammer, My Heart
  4. Patterns
  5. A Bird of No Address
  6. Born Horses
  7. Everything I Thought I Had Lost
  8. There’s Always Been a Bird in Me

Interpol: Marauder

On August 24, 2018, “Matador” label released “Marauder”, the sixth Interpol studio album.  It was recorded December 2017 – April 2018, at “Tarbox Road” in Cassadaga, New York, and was produced by Dave Fridmann.

Personnel:

  • Daniel Kessler – lead guitar
  • Paul Banks – vocals, bass guitar, rhythm guitar
  • Brandon Curtis – keyboards
  • Sam Fogarino – drums, percussion
  • Roger Joseph Manning Jr. – keyboards
  • Dave Fridmann – recording, mixing
  • Michael Fridmann – engineer assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Matt de Jong – artwork
  • Jamie-James Medina – artwork, back photography
  • Elliot Richardson – cover art subject
  • Garry Winogrand – cover art photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul Banks, Sam Fogarino and Daniel Kessler.

  1. If You Really Love Nothing
  2. The Rover
  3. Complications
  4. Flight of Fancy
  5. Stay in Touch
  6. Interlude 1
  7. Mountain Child
  8. NYSMAW
  9. Surveillance
  10. Number 10
  11. Party’s Over
  12. Interlude 2
  13. It Probably Matters

R.E.M.: Chronic Town

On August 24, 1982, “I.R.S.” label released “Chronic Town”, the debut R.E.M. EP. It was recorded October 1981 – June 1982, at “Drive-In Studio” in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and was produced by Mitch Easter, Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe.

Personnel:

  • Michael Stipe – vocals
  • Peter Buck – acoustic and electric guitar, electric sitar
  • Mike Mills – bass guitar, synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Bill Berry – drums, maracas, timbales, backing vocals
  • Mitch Easter – tape loops, engineer
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • R.A. Miller – artwork
  • Ron Scarselli – design
  • Kako .n. – graphics
  • Curtis Knapp – cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe.

  1. Wolves, Lower
  2. Gardening at Night
  3. Carnival of Sorts (Boxcars)
  4. 1,000,000
  5. Stumble