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Jim James: Uniform Distortion

On June 29, 2018, “ATO Records” label released “Uniform Distortion”, the third Jim James studio album. It was recorded in 2018, at “La La Land Studios” in Louisville, Kentucky, and was produced by Kevin Ratterman and Jim James.

Personnel:

  • Jim James – vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica, mixing
  • Seth Kaufman – bass
  • David Givan – drums
  • Jamie Drake – backing vocals
  • Kathleen Grace – backing vocals
  • Leslie Stevens – backing vocals
  • Kevin Ratterman – engineer
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Jim James.

  1. Just a Fool
  2. You Get to Rome
  3. Out of Time
  4. Throwback
  5. No Secrets
  6. Yes to Everything
  7. No Use Waiting
  8. All in Your Head
  9. Better Late Than Never
  10. Over and Over
  11. Too Good to Be True

Bonnie Prince Billy: Made a Place

On November 15, 2019, “Drag City” label released “Made a Place”, the 23rd Bonnie “Prince” Billy (Will Oldham) album. It was recorded in 2019, at “Downtown Recording” in Louisville, Kentucky, US, and was produced by Mark Nevers.

Personnel:

  • Bonnie “Prince” Billy – vocals, guitar
  • Jacob Duncan – woodwind, keyboards
  • Chris Rodahaffer – banjo, pedal steel guitar
  • Nathan Salsburg – guitar
  • Joan Shelley – vocals
  • Danny Kiely – bass guitar
  • Mike Hyman – drums
  • Cheyenne Mize – fiddle
  • Chris Greenwell – recording
  • Carl Saff – mastering
  • Dan Osborn – layout

Track listing:

All tracks by Bonnie “Prince” Billy.

  1. New Memory Box
  2. Dream Awhile
  3. The Devil’s Throat
  4. Look Backward on Your Future, Look Forward to Your Past
  5. I Have Made a Place
  6. Squid Eye
  7. You Know the One
  8. This Is Far from Over
  9. Nothing Is Busted
  10. Mama Mama
  11. The Glow, Pt. 3
  12. Thick Air
  13. Building a Fire

The Apples In Stereo: Yep Roc

On February 6, 2007, “Simian”, “Elephant 6” and “Yep Roc” labels released “New Magnetic Wonder”, the sixth Apples in Stereo studio album. It was recorded in 2006, at “Trout Studios” in Brooklyn, New York, in Lexington, Kentucky, in Denver, Colorado,
in Benton, Kentucky, and was produced by Bryce Goggin and Robert Schneider.

Personnel:

  • Robert Schneider – lead and backing vocals, lead and rhythm guitar, acoustic and electric piano, organ, synthesizer, mellotron, vocoder, electronic effects, percussion, handclaps, bass guitar, non-Pythagorean music scale
  • Hilarie Sidney – lead and backing vocals, drums, percussion, handclaps, rhythm guitar
  • Eric Allen – bass guitar, echoplex, space guitar, handclaps, backing vocals,
  • John Hill – rhythm guitar, phase shift, handclaps, backing vocals
  • Anonymous studio musicians – Mellotron tape banks.
  • Per Ole Bratset – lead guitar, sound effects
  • Bill Doss – piano fun, acoustic guitar, handclaps, backing vocals, vocal arrangement
  • Will Cullen Hart – drums, electronic effects, handclaps, backwards poetry, plastic whistle, backing vocals
  • Otto Helmuth – mandolin, handclaps, backing vocals
  • Jeff Holland – lap steel, echoplex
  • London audience – anger due to Apples’ overly-loud guitars
  • Jeff Mangum – drums, cow object, backing vocals, handclaps
  • John Fernandes – bass clarinet, violins
  • Craig Morris – lead and backwards guitar, Mellotron, fuzz bass
  • Adam Sachs – cowbell, tambourine
  • Zack Shaw – alto sax, weird toys, echoplex
  • Pete Fitzpatrick – euphonium
  • Bryce Goggin – electronic effects
  • John Ferguson – backing vocals
  • Matthew Goodman – backing vocals
  • Tony Miller – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks written by Robert Schneider except where noted.

Disc 1:

  1. Can You Feel It? – co-written by Bill Doss
  2. Skyway
  3. Mellotron 1
  4. Energy
  5. Same Old Drag
  6. Joanie Don’t U Worry
  7. Sunndal Song – Hilarie Sidney
  8. Droplet
  9. Play Tough
  10. Sun is Out
  11. Non-Pythagorean Composition 1
  12. Hello Lola
  13. 7 Stars
  14. Mellotron 2

Disc 2:

  1. Sunday Sounds – Hilarie Sidney
  2. Open Eyes
  3. Crimson
  4. Pre-Crimson – Eric Allen
  5. Vocoder Ba Ba
  6. Radiation
  7. Beautiful Machine Parts 1-2
  8. Beautiful Machine Parts 3-4
  9. My Pretend
  10. Non-Pythagorean Composition 3

Breeders: All Nerve

On March 2, 2018, “4AD” label released “All Nerve”, the fifth  Breeders studio album. It was recorded in 2017, at “Candyland” in Dayton, Kentucky; “Electrical Audio” in Chicago and “Fernwood Studios” in Dayton, Ohio.

Personnel:

  • Kim Deal– lead vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards
  • Kelley Deal– vocals, guitar
  • Josephine Wiggs– vocals, bass, guitar
  • Jim MacPherson– drums
  • Kyle Rector – Farfisa organ
  • Courtney Barnett, Bones Sloane, Dave Mudie, Dylan Ranson-Hughes – backing vocals
  • Steve Albini– engineer, mixing
  • Mike Montgomery, Greg Norman, Tom Rastikis – engineer
  • Matt Boynton – mixing
  • Eric Gorman – mixing assistant
  • Greg Calbi, Bob Weston– mastering
  • Martin Andersen – photography
  • Chris Bigg – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Kim Deal, except where noted.

  1. Nervous Mary
  2. Wait in the Car – Kim Deal, Richard Presley
  3. All Nerve
  4. MetaGoth – Kim Deal, Josephine Wiggs
  5. Spacewoman – Kim Deal, Morgan Nagler
  6. Walking With a Killer
  7. Howl at the Summit
  8. Archangel’s Thunderbird – Falk Ulrich Rogner, John Weinzierl
  9. Dawn, Makin an Effort
  10. Skinhead # 2 – Kim Deal, Josephine Wiggs
  11. Blues at the Acropolis

My Morning Jacket: It Still Moves

On September 9, 2003, “ATO” label released “It Still Moves”, the third My Morning Jacket album. It was recorded in 2013, at “Above the Cadillac Studios” in Shelbyville, Kentucky, and was produced by Jim James.

Personnel:

  • Jim James – vocals, guitars, artwork
  • Johnny Quaid – vocals, guitars, artwork
  • Tom Blankenship – bass
  • Patrick Hallahan – drums
  • Danny Cash – keyboards, artwork, graphic design, layout design
  • Lester Snell – horn arrangements
  • Danny Kadar– engineer, mixing
  • Archie Mitchell – engineer
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Kathy Olliges – artwork
  • Linda Park – artwork
  • Sam Erickson – cover art, photography
  • Jojo Pennebaker – cover art, photography
  • Niko Bolas– studio construction

Track listing:

All tracks by Jim James.

  1. Mahgeetah
  2. Dancefloors
  3. Golden
  4. Master Plan
  5. One Big Holiday
  6. I Will Sing You Songs
  7. Easy Morning Rebel
  8. Run Thru
  9. Rollin Back
  10. Just One Thing
  11. Steam Engine
  12. One in the Same

My Morning Jacket: Circuital

On May 31, 2011, “ATO” label released “Circuital”, the sixth My Morning Jacket studio album. It was recorded in Louisville, Kentucky, and was produced by Jim James and Tucker Martine.

Personnel:

  • Jim James – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Tom Blakenship – bass guitar
  • Patrick Hallahan – drums, percussion
  • Carl Broemel – vocals, guitar, pedal steel, saxophone, horn arrangements
  • Bo Koster – vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, pianos, organs, glockenspiel, percussion
  • Oscar Utterstrom – trombone, euphonium
  • Chris Gregg – alto and baritone saxophone
  • Leif Shires – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Jeremy Kittel- violin, viola
  • Ben Sollee – cello
  • Black Metal Girls – group backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Jim James.

  1. Victory Dance
  2. Circuital
  3. The Day is Coming
  4. Wonderful (The Way I Feel)
  5. Outta My System
  6. Holdin on to Black Metal – includes portions of “E-Saew Tam Punha Huajai (Advice Column for Love Troubles Part I)”, written by Kwan Jai and Kwan Jit Sriprajan
  7. First Light
  8. You Wanna Freak Out
  9. Slow Slow Tune
  10. Movin’ Away