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American Football: Same

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On March 22, 2019, “Polyvinyl” and “Big Scary Monsters” labels released the self-titled, third American Football album. It was recorded in 2018, at “ARC Studios” in Omaha, Nebraska, and was produced by Jason Cupp, Steve Holmes, Steve Lamos, Mike Kinsella and Nate Kinsella.

Personnel:

  • Mike Kinsella – vocals, guitar
  • Steve Holmes – guitar
  • Nate Kinsella – bass, glockenspiel
  • Steve Lamos – drums, trumpet
  • Rachel Goswell – vocals
  • Elizabeth Powell – vocals
  • Hayley Williams – vocals

Track listing:

  1. Silhouettes
  2. Every Wave to Ever Rise
  3. Uncomfortably Numb
  4. Heir Apparent
  5. Doom in Fool Bloom
  6. I Can’t Feel You
  7. Mine to Miss
  8. Life Support

Bright Eyes: The People’s Keys

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On February 15, 2011, “Saddle Creek” label released “The People’s Key”, the ninth Bright Eyes studio album. It was recorded in 2010, at “ARC Studios” in Omaha, Nebraska, and was produced by Mike Mogis.

Personnel:

  • Conor Oberst – vocals, guitars, piano, keyboards
  • Mike Mogis – guitars, pedal steel, programming, effects, programming, engineer
  • Nate Walcott – synthesizers, piano, organ, Mellotron
  • Andy LeMaster – vocals, guitar, bass guitar
  • Matt Maginn – bass guitar
  • Carla Azar – drums, percussion
  • Clark Baechle – drums
  • Shane Agsperen – drums, additional drums, additional percussion
  • Laura Burhenn – vocals
  • Denny Brewer – shamanic vocals
  • Andy LeMaster – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Conor Oberst.

  1. Firewall
  2. Shell Games
  3. Jejune Stars
  4. Approximate Sunlight
  5. Haile Selassie
  6. A Machine Spiritual (in the People’s Key}
  7. Triple Spiral
  8. Beginner’s Mind
  9. Ladder Song
  10. One for You, One for Me

Lullaby for the Working Class: Blanket Warm

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On September 24, 1996, “Bar / Non Records” label released “Blanket Warm”, the debut Lullaby for the Working Class studio album. It was recorded December 1994 – April 1996, at “Whoopass Recording Studio” at Lincoln, Nebraska.

Personnel:

  • Ted Stevens – vocals, guitar
  • Mike Mogis – guitar, banjo, mandolin, glockenspiel, recording, mixing
  • A.J. Mogis – bass, recording, mixing
  • Clint Schnase, Shane Aspegren – drums
  • Anil Seth – cello
  • Nathan Putens – clarinet
  • Andy Strain, Johnathon Hischke – trombone
  • Nate Walcott – trumpet
  • Chris Gordon – violin
  • Eric Medley – mastering
  • Thomas Irvin – artwork
  • Rob Walters – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Ted Stevens.

  1. Good Morning
  2. Honey, Drop the Knife
  3. Turpentine
  4. Spreading the Evening Sky with Crows
  5. Boar’s Nest
  6. Eskimo Song Duel
  7. Three Peas in a Pod
  8. Rye
  9. Queen of the Long-Legged Insects
  10. The Drama of Your Life
  11. February North 24th St.
  12. The Wounded Spider
  13. Good Night

Broken Spindles: fulfilled / complete

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On May 4, 2004, “Saddle Creek Records” label released “fulfilled/complete”, the second Broken Spindles studio album. It was recorded December 2003 – January 2004, at “Presto! Recording Studios” in Lincoln, Nebraska, and was produced by Mike Mogis.

Personnel:

  • Joel Petersen – vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass, artwork
  • Nate Walcott – piano, string arrangements
  • Geraldine Vo – vocals, artwork
  • Donna Carnes – violin
  • Kim Salistean – violin
  • Cindy Ricker – viola
  • Tracy Sands – cello
  • Mike Mogis – engineer, mixing
  • Doug Van Sloun – mastering
  • Jadon Ulrich – layout

Track Listing:

All tracks by Joel Petersen.

  1. Induction
  2. Fall In and Down On
  3. Song No Song
  4. To Die, For Death
  5. Move Away
  6. Practice, Practice, Preach
  7. Italian Wardrobe
  8. Events & Affairs
  9. Harm
  10. The Dream

Criteria: When We Break

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On August 23, 2005, “Saddle Creek Records” label released “When We Break”, the second Criteria studio album. It was recorded in 2005, at “C Plus Studio” in Omaha, Nebraska, “Presto! Recording Studios” in Lincoln, Nebraska, and was produced by AJ Mogis.

Personnel:

  • Steve Pedersen– vocals, guitar, recording
  • Aaron Druery- guitar
  • AJ Mogis– vocals, bass, recording, engineer, mixing
  • Mike Sweeney- drums
  • Doug Van Sloun- mastering

 Track listing:

  1. Prevent the World
  2. Draped in the Blood
  3. Good Luck
  4. Kiss the Wake
  5. Grey Matter
  6. Salt in Game
  7. Self Help
  8. Run Together
  9. Ride the Snake
  10. On Time
  11. Connections

Good Life: Everybody’s Coming Down

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On August 14, 2015, “Saddle Creek Records” label released “Everybody’s Coming Down”, the fifth Good Life studio album. It was recorded in 2015, at “ARC Studios” in Omaha, Nebraska.

Personnel:

  • Tim Kasher– vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Ryan Fox – vocals, guitars, keyboards, electronic percussion
  • Stefanie Drootin-Senseney– vocals, bass, keyboards
  • Roger L. Lewis – drums, acoustic and electronic percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Tim Kasher, Stefanie Drootin-Senseney, Ryan Fox and Roger L. Lewis.

  1. 7 in the Morning
  2. Everybody
  3. The Troubadour’s Green Room
  4. Holy Shit
  5. Flotsam Locked into a Groove
  6. Forever Coming Down
  7. Happy Hour
  8. Diving Bell
  9. Skeleton Song
  10. How Small We Are
  11. Ad Nausea
  12. Midnight Is Upon Us

Bright Eyes: Lifted of the Story in the Soll, Keep Your Ear to the Ground

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On August 13, 2002, “Saddle Creek” label released “Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground”, the fourth Bright Eyes album. It was recorded December 2001 – January 2002, at “Presto!”, in Lincoln, Nebraska, and was produced by Mike Mogis.

Personnel:

  • Conor Oberst– voice, guitar, piano, rhodes, organ
  • Mike Mogis– banjos, bells, hammered dulcimer, vibraphone, glockenspiel, mandolin, guitar, dobro, pedal steel
  • Andy LeMaster– electric guitar, keyboards, vocal harmonies
  • Ted Stevens– electric guitar
  • Maria Taylor– piano, organ, vocal harmonies
  • Matt Maginn, Casey Scott– bass
  • Matt Focht, Clint Schnase, Mike Sweeney– drums
  • Clark Baechle– drums, clarinet
  • Clay Leverett – drums, vocal harmonies
  • Jiha Lee– flute, vocal harmonies
  • Chris Brooks – piano
  • Sean Cole– harmonica
  • Julee Dunekacke– French horn
  • Margaret Fish – bassoon
  • Orenda Fink– trumpet, vocal harmonies
  • Jason Flatowicz– trombone
  • Katie Muth– oboe
  • Tiffany Kowalski– violin
  • Gretta Cohn– cello
  • Todd Baechle, Jenny Lewis, Blake Sennett, Choir – vocal harmonies

Track listing:

  1. The Big Picture
  2. Method Acting
  3. False Advertising
  4. You Will. You? Will. You? Will. You? Will
  5. Lover I Don’t Have to Love
  6. Bowl of Oranges
  7. Don’t Know When But a Day Is Gonna Come
  8. Nothing Gets Crossed Out
  9. Make War
  10. Waste of Paint
  11. From a Balance Beam
  12. Laura Laurent
  13. Let’s Not Shit Ourselves (To Love and to Be Loved)

Pete Yorn: Back & Fourth

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On June 23, 2009, “Columbia” label released “Back & Fourth”, the fourth Pete Yorn album. It was recorded 2006–2009, in Omaha, Nebraska, and was produced by Mike Mogis.

Personnel:

  • Pete Yorn– lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar,  percussion
  • Mike Mogis – baritone guitar, electric guitar, hammer dulcimer, mandolin, bowed vibes, e-bow, percussion, vibraphone, Wurlitzer, string arrangements
  • Jonny Polonsky – bajo sexto, 12-string electric guitar, acoustic and electric guitar, nylon string guitar
  • Nate Walcott – Hammond B-3 organ, horn arrangements, piano, tack piano, string arrangements
  • Walt Vincent – keyboard bass, synthesizer bass, Wurlitzer
  • Ben Brodin – Hammond B-3 organ, piano, pump organ, vibraphone, Wurlitzer, bowed vibes,
  • Joe Carnes – bass guitar, upright bass
  • Scott Gaeta – drums
  • Joey Waronker– drums, percussion
  • Tom Hartig – tenor saxophone
  • Darrin Pettit – tenor and baritone saxophone
  • Scott Quackenbush – trumpet
  • Jay Wise – trombone
  • Jason DeWater – French horn
  • Leslie Fagan – flute, alto flute
  • Craig Fuller – tuba
  • Anton Patzner – violin, string arrangements
  • Louis Patzner – cello, string arrangements
  • Orenda Fink – backing vocals
  • Rick Rubin – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Pete Yorn.

  1. Don’t Wanna Cry
  2. Paradise Cove
  3. Close
  4. Social Development Dance
  5. Shotgun
  6. Last Summer
  7. Thinking of You
  8. Country
  9. Four Years
  10. Long Time Nothing New

Lightspeed Champion: Falling off the Lavender Bridge

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On January 21, 2008, “Domino” label released “Falling off the Lavender Bridge”, the debut Lightspeed Champion (Devonté Hynes) album. It was recorded in 2007, at “ARC Studios” in Omaha, Nebraska, and was produced by Mike Mogis.

Personnel:

  • Devonté Hynes- vocals, guitar
  • Emmy the Great- additional vocals
  • Tim Kasher- additional vocals
  • Derek Pressnall, Kianna Alarid, Susan Sanchez, David Coyote Bones, Nik Fackler, Joe Knapp- group vocals
  • Clark Baechle- drums
  • Kimberley Salistean, Cynthia Ricker, Donna Carnes and Tracy Sands – strings
  • Nate Walcott- strings arrangement
  • Tom Clarke – cello
  • Miguel Picanco – oboe
  • Mark Benson – clarinet
  • Karen Murphy – flute
  • Mike Mogis – engineer, mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Devonté Hynes.

  1. Number One
  2. Galaxy of the Lost
  3. Tell Me What It’s Worth
  4. All to Shit
  5. Midnight Surprise
  6. Devil Tricks for a Bitch
  7. I Could Have Done This Myself
  8. Salty Water
  9. Dry Lips
  10. Everyone I Know Is Listening to Crunk
  11. Let the Bitches Die
  12. No Surprise (for Wendela) / Midnight Surprise

First Aid Kit: Stay Gold

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On June 6, 2014, “Columbia” label released “Stay Gold”, the third First Aid Kit studio album. It was recorded in 2014, at “ARC Studios” in Omaha, Nebraska, and was produced by Mike Mogis.

Personnel:

  • Klara Söderberg – vocals, guitar, percussion
  • Johanna Söderberg – vocals, keyboard, autoharp, percussion
  • Benkt Sörderberg – bass, percussion
  • Niclas Lindström – drums, percussion
  • Brian Sherwood – viola
  • Jeffery King – violin
  • Mike Mogis- bass, percussion, pedal steel, Marxophone, electric guitar, lap dulcimer, mandolin, programming, autoharp, acoustic guitar
  • Nathaniel Walcott – piano, organ, electric piano, trumpet
  • Paul Ledwon – cello
  • Susanna Gilmore – violin
  • Ben Brodin – Mellotron, vibraphone
  • John Klinghammer – clarinet, bass clarinet
  • Leslie Fagan – flute, alto flute
  • Anna Söderberg – percussion
  • Isak Söderberg – percussion
  • Dan Fletcher – violin
  • Frank Seligman – violin
  • Judy Divis – viola
  • Juliet Yoshida – violin
  • Keith Plenert – violin
  • Phyllis Duncan – violin
  • Scott Shoemaker – violin
  • Thomas Kluge – viola
  • Tim Strang – cello
  • Tracy Dunn – violin
  • Will Clifton – upright bass
  • Mike Mogis – engineer, mixing
  • Ben Brodin – engineer assistant
  • Doug Van Sloun – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Klara and Johanna Söderberg.

  1. My Silver Lining
  2. Master Pretender
  3. Stay Gold
  4. Cedar Lane
  5. Shattered & Hollow
  6. The Bell
  7. Waitress Song
  8. Fleeting One
  9. Heaven Knows
  10. A Long Time Ago