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Sam Beam: Love Letter for Fire

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On April 15, 2016, “Sub Pop” label released “Love Letter for Fire”, album by Sam Beam, and Jesca Hoop. It was recorded in 2015, at “Flora Recording & Playback” in Portland, Oregon, and was produced by Tucker Martine.

Personnel:

  • Sam Beam – vocals, guitar, design
  • Jesca Hoop – vocals, guitar, design
  • Rob Burger – keyboards, string arrangements
  • Sebastian Steinberg – bass
  • Glenn Kotche – drums, percussion
  • Eyvind Kang – violin, viola
  • Edward Rankin-Parker – cello
  • Tucker Martine – recording, mixing
  • Michael Finn – engineer assistant
  • Richard Dodd – mastering
  • John Golden – vinyl mastering
  • Keegan Curry – additional technician assistance
  • Dusty Summers – design
  • Josh Wool – back cover photography
  • Lissa Gotwals – front cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Sam Beam and Jesca Hoop.

  1. Welcome to Feeling
  2. One Way to Pray
  3. The Lamb You Lost
  4. We Two Are a Moon
  5. Midas Tongue
  6. Know the Wild That Wants You
  7. Every Songbird Says
  8. Bright Lights and Goodbye
  9. Kiss Me Quick
  10. Chalk It Up to Chi
  11. Valley Clouds
  12. Soft Place to Land
  13. Sailor to Siren

Nathaniel Rateliff: And It’s Still Alright

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On February 14, 2020, “Stax” label released “And It’s Still Alright”, the third Nathaniel Rateliff studio album. It was recorded 2019 -2020, at “National Freedom” in Cottage Grove, Oregon, “Broken Creek” in Littleton, Colorado, “Crown Lane Studios” in Denver, and was produced by Patrick Meese, James Barone and Nathaniel Rateliff.

Personnel:

  • Nathaniel Rateliff – vocals, acoustic slide and electric guitar, bass, congas
  • Luke Mossman – electric guitar
  • Daniel Creamer – organ, mellotron, piano
  • Eric Swanson – pedal steel 
  • Elijah Thomson – bass 
  • Patrick Meese – drums, percussion, vibraphone, bass, keyboards, piano, theravox, synths, backing vocals, engineer, mixing
  • James Barone – noise synth, engineer, mixing
  • Cat Martino – backing vocals
  • Elizabeth Ziman – backing vocals
  • Joanna Schubert – backing vocals
  • Kelly Winrich – additional recording
  • Joshua Block – additional recording
  • Chris Colbert – mastering
  • Rett Rogers – design, photography
  • Emily Philpott – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Nathaniel Rateliff.

  1. What a Drag
  2. And It’s Still Alright
  3. All or Nothing
  4. Expecting to Lose
  5. Tonight No. 2
  6. Mavis
  7. You Need Me
  8. Time Stands
  9. Kissing Our Friends
  10. Ruch On

Royal Coda: Compassion

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On November 7, 2019, “Blue Swan Records” label released “Compassion”, the second Royal Coda studio album. It was recorded in 2019, at “VuDu Recording Studios” in Port Jefferson, New York, “Interlace Audio” in Portland, Oregon, and was produced by Kris Crummett, Mike Watts and Dominic Nastasi.

Personnel:

  • Sergio Medina – guitar, programming
  • Kurt Travis – lead vocals
  • Will Swan – guitar, bass guitar
  • Joseph Arrington – drums, percussion
  • Kris Crummett – mixing, mastering
  • Donovan Melero – vocals, bass guitar
  • Kayla Connick – vocals
  • Lewes Herriot – cover art

Track listing:

  1. Ruby Leaf
  2. All in Question – Carlo Marquez
  3. Numbering Agent
  4. The Innocence Of
  5. Becoming the Memory
  6. Arms Race for God’s Grace
  7. Don’t Stay Long
  8. The Innocence Of (reprise)

Dance Gavin Dance: Afterburner

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On April 24, 2020, “Rise Records” label released “Afterburner”, the ninth Dance Gavin Dance studio album. It was recorded June – November 2019, at “Interlace Studio” in Portland, Oregon, and in Los Angeles, and was produced by Kris Crummett and Drew Fulk.

Personnel:

  • Tilian Pearson – clean vocals, backing unclean vocals
  • Jon Mess – unclean vocals
  • Will Swan – lead guitar, rap vocals, background vocals
  • Tim Feerick – bass guitar
  • Matthew Mingus – drums, percussion
  • Martin Bianchini – guitar
  • Marc Okubo – guitar
  • Zachary Garren – guitar
  • Sergio Medina – additional guitar
  • Andrew Wells – guitar, guest vocals
  • Johnny Franck – guest vocals
  • Mattias Adolfsson – artwork, design

Track listing:

 All tracks by Jonathan Mess, Matthew Mingus, Tilian Pearson, Timothy Feerick, and William Swan, except where noted.

  1. Prisoner – Jonathan Mess, Matthew Mingus, Tilian Pearson, Timothy Feerick, William Swan, Joseph Arrington
  2. Lyrics Lie
  3. Calentamiento Global
  4. Three Wishes
  5. One in a Million
  6. Parody Catharsis
  7. Strawberry’s Wake
  8. Born to Fail – Jonathan Mess, Matthew Mingus, Tilian Pearson, Timothy Feerick, William Swan, Joseph Arrington
  9. Parallels
  10. Night Sway
  11. Say Hi
  12. Nothing Shameful
  13. Into the Sunset

Built To Spill: Untethered Moon

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On April 18, 2015, “Warner Bros” label released “Untethered Moon”, the eighth Built to Spill studio album. It was recorded in 2014, at “Jackpot! Recording Studio” in Portland, Oregon, and was produced by Doug Martsch and Sam Coomes.

Personnel:

  • Doug Martsch – lead and backing vocals, guitar, cover photography
  • Sam Coomes – piano, mellotron, keyboards, shaker 
  • Jason Albertini – bass
  • Steve Gere – drums
  • Caitlin Gallupe, Duncan MacConnell, Jordan Minkoff – backing vocals
  • Adam Lee – recording, mixing
  • Larry Crane – recording
  • Sam Coomes – recording, mixing
  • Travis Harrison – mixing
  • Jeremy Sherrer – mixing
  • Jamal Ruhe – mastering
  • Erin Cunningham – painting
  • Doug Martsch, Karena Youtz, Tamara Shores – design
  • John Shinn – band photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Doug Martsch, Sam Coomes, Jason Albertini and Steve Gere, with contribution in the lyrics by Karena Youtz.

  1. All Our Songs
  2. Living Zoo
  3. On the Way
  4. Some Other Song
  5. Never Be the Same
  6. C.R.E.B.
  7. Another Day
  8. Horizon to Cliff
  9. So
  10. When I’m Blind

Built To Spill: You In Reverse

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On April 11, 2006, “Warner Bros” label released “You in Reverse”, the sixth Built to Spill album. It was recorded in 2005, at “Audible Alchemy” in Portland, Oregon, and was produced by Doug Martsch and Steven Wray Lobdell.

Personnel:

  • Doug Martsch – vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion
  • Jim Roth – guitar
  • Brett Nelson – bass
  • Scott Plouf – drums, percussion
  • Steven Wray Lobdell – guitar, piano, vibraphone, percussion
  • Sam Coomes – organ
  • Brett Netson – guitars

Track listing:

All tracks by Doug Martsch, Jim Roth, Brett Melsom and Scott Plouf.

  1. Goin’ Against Your Mind
  2. Traces
  3. Liar
  4. Saturday
  5. Wherever You Go
  6. Conventional Wisdom
  7. Gone
  8. Mess with Time
  9. Just a Habit
  10. The Wait

The Dandy Warhols: Odditorium or Warlords of Mars

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On September 13, 2005, “Capitol” label released “Odditorium or Warlords of Mars”, the fifth Dandy Warhols studio album. It was recorded April 2004 – January 2005, at “The Odditorium” in Portland, Oregon, and was produced Courtney Taylor-Taylor and Gregg Williams.

Personnel:

  • Courtney Taylor-Taylor– vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion, album cover concept
  • Peter Holmström– vocals, guitar
  • Zia McCabe– vocals, keyboards
  • Brent DeBoer– vocals, drums, guitar
  • Lockett Allbritton – vocals
  • Achilleas Anastasopolis – trumpet
  • Eric Early – banjo
  • John Fell – additional vocals
  • Sean Gothman – “number nine” on Smoke It

 Track Listing:

All tracks by Courtney Taylor-Taylor, except where noted.

  1. Colder Than the Coldest Winter Was Cold (intro)
  2. Love Is the New Feel Awful
  3. Easy
  4. All the Money or the Simple Life Honey – Courtney Taylor-Taylor, Miles Zuniga
  5. The New Country – Courtney Taylor-Taylor, Peter Holmström
  6. Holding Me Up
  7. Did You Make a Song with Otis (interlude)
  8. Everyone Is Totally Insane
  9. Smoke It – Courtney Taylor-Taylor, Miles Zuniga
  10. Down Like Disco
  11. There Is Only This Time – Courtney Taylor-Taylor, Peter Holmström
  12. A Loan Tonight – Courtney Taylor-Taylor, Peter Holmström, Zia McCabe, Brent DeBoer

The Dandy Warhols: The Dandy Warhols Come Down

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On July 15, 1997, “Capitol” label released “…The Dandy Warhols Come Down”, the second Dandy Warhols (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1996 at Courtney Taylor-Taylor’s apartment, “Sound Impressions”, “Stiles Recording”, “Falcon Studios” in Portland, Oregon, and was produced by Tony Lash and Courtney Taylor-Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Courtney Taylor-Taylor– lead vocals, guitar, mixing, sleeve design, art direction
  • Peter Holmström– guitar, additional vocals
  • Zia McCabe– keyboard bass, keyboards, percussion, additional vocals
  • Eric Hedford – drums, backing vocals
  • Tony Lash – keyboards, percussion, drums
  • Aquaman – additional production
  • Stephen Birch – design, art direction
  • Jeff Bizzell – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Courtney Taylor-Taylor, except where noted.

  1. Be-In
  2. Boys Better
  3. Minnestoter
  4. Orange
  5. I Love You
  6. Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth
  7. Every Day Should Be a Holiday
  8. Good Morning
  9. Whipping Tree
  10. Green
  11. Cool as Kim Deal
  12. Hard On for Jesus – Courtney Taylor-Taylor, Peter Holmstrom
  13. Pete International Airport – Courtney Taylor-Taylor, Peter Holmstrom
  14. The Creep Out – Courtney Taylor-Taylor, Peter Holmstrom, Zia McCabe, Eric Hedford
  15. One

Gordian Knot: Emergent

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On January 14, 2003, “Sensory” label released “Emergent”, the second Gordian Knot  studio album. It was recorded in 2002, at “Wolf Studios” in London, “Knotwork Studios” in Oregon, “Beall Concert Hall” in Eugene, and was produced by Scott Burns, Sean Malone and Mark Prator.

Personnel:

  • Sean Malone– vocals, bass guitar, Chapman stick, fretless guitar, keyboards, e-bow, echoplex, loops
  • Paul Masvidal – vocals, guitars
  • Bob Brunin – vocals, guitars, fretless guitars
  • Jason Göbel – guitars
  • Jim Matheos – acoustic guitars
  • Steve Hackett – guitars
  • Sean Reinert- drums, v-drums, percussion
  • Bill Bruford – drums
  • Sonia Lynn – vocals

Track listing:

  1. Arsis
  2. Muttersprache
  3. A Shaman’s Whisper
  4. Fischer’s Gambit
  5. Grace (live)
  6. Some Brighter Thing
  7. The Brook the Ocean
  8. Singing Deep Mountain

The Decemberists: The King Is Dead

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On January 14, 2011, “Capitol” label released “The King Is Dead”, the sixth  Decemberists (The) album. It was recorded in 2010, at “Pendarvis Farm” in Portland, Oregon, and was produced by Tucker Martine.

Personnel:

  • Colin Meloy– vocals, acoustic , 12-string,  baritone and tenor guitar, harmonica, pump organ, percussion
  • Chris Funk– pedal steel, electric guitar,  banjo, bouzouki
  • Jenny Conlee–   piano,  organ,  accordion, Wurlitzer
  • Nate Query– bass guitar, cello
  • John Moen– drums, tambourine, shaker, percussion, backing vocals
  • Peter Buck– mandolin, 12-string electric, electric and baritone guitar
  • Annalisa Tornfelt – violin
  • David Rawlings– backing vocals
  • Gillian Welch– backing vocals
  • Laura Veirs– backing vocals
  • Tucker Martine– tambourine, recording, mixing
  • Rich Hipp, Clinton Welander – engineer assistant
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Jeri Heiden for SMOG Design, Inc. – design
  • Carson Ellis – illustration, lettering
  • Autumn de Wilde – photography

Track listing:

All songs by Colin Meloy.

  1. Don’t Carry it All
  2. Calamity Song
  3. Rise to Me
  4. Rox in the Box
  5. January Hymn
  6. Down by the Water
  7. All Arise!
  8. June Hymn
  9. This is the Way We Fight
  10. Dear Avery