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Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats: South Of Here

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On June 28, 2024, “Stax” label released “South of Here”, the fourth Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats studio album. It was recorded 2023 – 2024, at “Broken Creek Studio” in Colorado, “Sonic Ranch” in Texas, and was produced by Brad Cook.

Personnel:

  • Nathaniel Rateliff – vocals, piano, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, slide guitar, banjo, art direction
  • Luke Mossman – guitar, pedal steel
  • Mark Shusterman – Hammond B3, piano, muted piano
  • Joseph Pope III – bass
  • Patrick Meese – drums, keyboards, piano, Omnichord
  • Phil Cook – dobro, piano
  • Jeff Dazey – tenor saxophone
  • Matt Douglas – additional tenor saxophone
  • Andreas Wild – baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
  • Daniel Hardaway – trumpet
  • Gerardo Ordonez – horns, additional engineering
  • Paul Voran – engineer, mixing
  • Mario Ramirez – engineer assistant
  • Mark Anderson – additional engineer assistant
  • Chris Colbert – mastering
  • Rett Rogers – art direction, photography
  • Clay Condor – exterior layout
  • Telepath Design – interior layout

Track listing:

All tracks by Nathaniel Rateliff.

  1. David and Goliath
  2. Heartless
  3. Remember I Was a Dancer
  4. Get Used to the Night
  5. South of Here
  6. Everybody Wants Something
  7. Center of Me
  8. Cars in the Desert
  9. I Would Like to Heal
  10. Call Me (Whatever You Like)
  11. Time Makes Fools of Us All

Hiss Golden Messenger: Quietly Blowing It

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On June 25, 2021, “Merge Records” label released “Quietly Blowing It”, the twelve Hiss Golden Messenger studio album. It was recorded 2020 – 2021, at “Overdub Lane”, “Echo Magic”, “The Shed”, “Starr Sound”, “The Old Pillow Studio”, “The Boom Boom Room”, “Dad’s Bar & Grill”, and was produced by M.C. Taylor.

Personnel:

  • M.C. Taylor – lead vocal, acoustic and electric guitar, additional recording
  • Chris Boerner – electric guitar
  • Buddy Miller – electric guitar
  • Josh Kaufman – acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin
  • Scott Hirsch – lap steel guitar, synthesizer
  • James Wallace – piano, additional recording
  • Devonne Harris – piano, Hammond organ, Wurlitzer, clavinet
  • Alex Bingham – bass, synthesizer
  • Brevan Hampden – drums, percussion
  • Matt McCaughan – drums, percussion, synthesizer
  • Stuart Bogie – saxophone
  • Matt Douglas – saxophone
  • Griffin Goldsmith – singing
  • Taylor Goldsmith – singing
  • Sonyia Turner – singing
  • Zach Williams – singing
  •  Luc Suèr – recording
  • Darryl Norsen – layout, design
  • Chris Frisina – cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by M.C. Taylor, except where noted.

  1. Way Back in the Way Back
  2. The Great Mystifier
  3. Mighty Dollar
  4. Quietly Blowing It
  5. It Will If We Let It
  6. Hardlytown
  7. If It Comes in the Morning – Anaïs Mitchell, M.C. Taylor
  8. Glory Strums (Loneliness of the Long – Distance Runner)
  9. Painting Houses – Gregory Alan Isakov, M.C. Taylor
  10. Angels in the Headlights
  11. Sanctuary

American Aquarium: Lamentations

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On May 1, 2020, “New West Records” label released “Lamentations”, the eleventh American Aquarium album. It was recorded in 2020, at “Dave’s Room” in Hollywood, and was produced by Shooter Jennings.

Personnel:

  • BJ Barham – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Shane Boeker – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Neil Jones – pedal steel guitar
  • Rhett Huffman – vocals, piano, organ, clavinet, harmonium, synthesizer, celesta
  • Alden Hedges – vocals, bass guitar
  • Ryan Van Fleet – drums, percussion
  • Matt Douglas – saxophone
  • Jamie Lin Wilson – vocals
  • The Watson Twins – vocals
  • David Spreng – recording
  • Tina Shoemaker – mixing
  • Pete Lyman – mastering
  • Tom Jean Webb – artwork
  • Kim Buie – A&R
  • Andrew Armbrister, Barry Molnaa, Corbett Fox, David D. Schleich, Dean Bunce, John Bitzberger, Waid McMillion – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by BJ Barham.

  1. Me + Mine (Lamentations)
  2. Before the Dogwood Blooms
  3. Six Years come September
  4. Starts with You
  5. Brightleaf + Burley
  6. The Luckier You Get
  7. The Day I Learned to Lie To You
  8. A Better South
  9. How Wicked I Was
  10. The Long Haul

The Mountain Goats: Getting into Knives

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On October 23, 2020, “Merge Records” label released “Getting into Knives”, the nineteenth Mountain Goats (The) album. It was recorded in March 2020, at “Sam Philips Recording” in Memphis, and was produced by Matt Ross-Spang.

Personnel:

  • John Darnielle – vocals, guitars, piano
  • Matt Douglas – keyboards, woodwinds, guitars, accordion, backing vocals
  • Peter Hughes – electric and upright bass
  • Jon Wurster – drums, percussion
  • Chris Boerner – guitars
  • Bram Gielen – piano, guitars, keyboards
  • Charles Hodges – Hammond B-3
  • Sam Shoup – mellotron
  • Tom Clary – horns
  • Reba Russell – backing vocals
  • Susan Marshall – backing vocals
  • Matt Ross-Spang – engineer, mixing
  • Brent Lambert – mastering 
  • Daniel Murphy – design
  • Wesley Graham – assistant
  • Matt Denham – studio attaché
  • Ryan Matteson – assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by John Darnielle.

  1. Corsican Mastiff Stride
  2. Get Famous
  3. Picture of My Dress
  4. Ad Many Candles as Possible
  5. Tidal Wave
  6. Pez Dorado
  7. The Last Place I Saw You Alive
  8. Bell Swamp Connection
  9. The Great Gold Sheep
  10. Rat Queen
  11. Wolf Count
  12. Harbor Me
  13. Getting into Knive

The Mountain Goats: Dark in Here

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On June 25, 2021, “Merge” label released “Dark in Here”, the 20th Mountain Goats (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “Fames Studios” in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and was produced by Matt Ross-Spang.

Personnel:

  • John Darnielle – vocals. guitars, piano
  • Matt Douglas – piano, guitar, woodwinds
  • Peter Hughes – bass
  • Jon Wurster – drums, percussion
  • Spooner Oldham – Hammond B-3, Wurlitzer organ
  • Will McFarlane – guitar
  • Susan Marshall – vocal harmony
  • Reba Russell – vocal harmony
  • Matt Ross-Spang – engineer
  • Shana Gandhi – mixing
  • Brent Lambert – mastering
  • John Lee Gifford – production assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by John Darnielle.

  1. Parisian Enclave
  2. The Destruction of the Kola Superdeep Borehole Tower
  3. Mobile
  4. Dark in Here
  5. Lizard Suit
  6. When a Powerful Animal Comes
  7. To the Headless Horseman
  8. The new Hydra Collection
  9. The Slow Parts on Death Metal Albums
  10. Before I Got There
  11. Arguing with the Ghost of Peter Laughner About His Coney Island Baby Review
  12. Let Me Bathe in Demonic Light

The Mountain Goats: Beat the Champ

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On April 7, 2015, “Merge Records” label released “Beat the Champ” the fifteenth Mountain Goats (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2014 and was produced by Brandon Eggleston and Scott Solter.

Personnel:

  • John Darnielle – vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, keyboards
  • Peter Hughes – bass, electric guitar
  • Jon Wurster – drums, percussion
  • Nathan Golub – steel guitar
  • Austin Nevins – guitar
  • Brad Cook – background vocals
  • Phil Cook – organ, background vocals
  • Matt Douglas – woodwind, woodwind arrangement
  • Erik Friedlander – strings, string arrangement
  • Scott Solter – mixing
  • Brent Lambert – mastering
  • Rob Carmichael – graphic design, typography
  • Leela Corman – cover illustration, additional illustrations

Track listing:

All tracks by John Darnielle.

  1. Southwestern Territory
  2. The Legend of Chavo Guerrero
  3. Foreign Object
  4. Animal Mask
  5. Choked Out
  6. Heel Turn 2
  7. Fire Editorial
  8. Stabbed to Death Outside San Juan
  9. Werewolf Gimmick
  10. Luna
  11. Unmasked
  12. The Ballad of Bull Ramos
  13. Hair Match

Bon Iver: 22, A Million

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On September 30, 2016, “Jagjaguwar” label released “22, A Million”, the  third Bon Iver studio album. It was recorded 2012 – 2016, at “April Base” studio in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and was produced by April Base.

Personnel:

  • Justin Vernon – “Maker”, OP-1, guitar, prophet, bass, drums, M1
  • Chris Messina – “Maker’s Maker”
  • BJ Burton – “Noble Black Eagle”, C1 programming, C2 programming, saxophone, programming
  • Ryan Olson – “Scream Defence”, MIDI capture piano, sampler, field recorder
  • Brad Cook – “Wings”
  • Zach Hanson – “Professional Mixer”
  • Mike Perry – “Neighbour”
  • Andra Chumas – “Mother Nourishment”
  • Rob Moose – “The Whisperer”, violins arrangement, violas arrangement, saxophones arrangement
  • Cherie Minske – “Rookie”
  • Jack – “The Prospector”
  • Michael Lewis – “The Oracle”, saxophones
  • Drew – “Key’s Grip”
  • Sad Sax of Shit – saxophones
  • Al Falaschi
  • Anthony Barba
  • Christopher Thomas
  • Clay Lyons
  • Clay Pufahl
  • Dustin Laurenzi
  • Mark Henderson
  • Matt Douglas
  • Nelson Devereaux
  • Peterson Ross
  • Scott Fultz
  • Michael Lewis
  • Andy Fitzpatrick – the 22000, OP-1
  • Joe “Squints” Westerlund – bowed cymbals
  • Trever Hagen – prepared trumpet
  • Chris Rosenau – acoustic and electric guitars
  • James Buckley – basses
  • Sean Carey – drums, percussion, DX7
  • Matt McCaughan – metal drum, drums
  • Andrew Broder – V3 programming, audible programming
  • Colin Stetson – saxophones
  • Jessica Stavely Taylor, Elise Carey – voices
  • Camilla Stavely Taylor – voices
  • Michael Vincent, Vognar Noyce – voice
  • Huntley Miller – mastering
  • Eric Timothy Carlson – cover art

Track listing:

  1. 22 (OVER S∞∞N) – Justin Vernon
  2. 10 d E A T h b R E a s T – Justin Vernon, Ben Lester, BJ Burton
  3. 715 – CR∑∑KS – Justin Vernon
  4. 33 GOD – Justin Vernon
  5. 29 #Strafford APTS – Justin Vernon, BJ Burton
  6. 666 ʇ – Justin Vernon
  7. 21 M◊◊N WATER – Justin Vernon, Sean Carey
  8. 8 (circle) – Justin Vernon, Ryan Olson, BJ Burton, Michael Lewis
  9. ____45_____ – Justin Vernon, Michael Lewis
  10. 00000 Million – Justin Vernon, Michael Lewis

Mountain Goats: Goths

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On May 19, 2017, “Merge” label released “Goths”, the sixteenth Mountain Goats studio album. It was recorded in 2017, and was produced by Brandon Eggleston and Scott Solter.

Personnel:

  • John Darnielle– vocals, piano, rhodes piano
  • Peter Hughes– bass, vocals
  • Jon Wurster– drums, percussion
  • Matt Douglas – vocals, woodwind, woodwind arrangement, additional keys
  • Robert Bailey, Dan Perry – vocal arrangement
  • Scott Solter – mixing
  • Rob Carmichael – design, typography
  • Leela Corman– cover illustration, additional illustrations

Track listing:

All tracks by John Darnielle, except where noted.

  1. Rain in Soho
  2. Andrew EldritchIs Moving Back to Leeds
  3. The Grey King and the Silver Flame Attunement
  4. We Do It Different on the West Coast
  5. Unicorn Tolerance
  6. Stench of the Unburied
  7. Wear Black
  8. Paid in Cocaine
  9. Rage of Travers
  10. Shelved – John Darnielle, Peter Hughes
  11. For the Portuguese Goth Metal Bands
  12. Abandoned Flesh