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Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats: South Of Here

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

Vamps: Wake Up

On November 27, 2015, “Virgin EMI” label released “Wake Up”, the second Vamps studio album. It was recorded in 2015, and was produced by Connor Ball, Tristan Evans, Carl Falk, Ammar Malik, Matt Prime, Metrophonic, Tobias Karlsson, Kevin Snevely, Red Triangle, Rami Yacoub and Jay Reynolds.  

Personnel:

  • Paul Gendler – guitars
  • Carl Falk – guitars, programming, additional backing vocals
  • Tobias Karlsson – keyboards, guitar, bass, programming
  • Rami Yacoub – bass, programming, additional backing vocals
  • Steve Mac – keyboards, strings, additional backing vocals
  • Alex Smith – keyboards, programming
  • Matt Furmidge – keyboards, programming
  • Jay Reynolds – keyboards, programming
  • Johan Carlsson – keyboards, programming
  • Chris Laws – additional drums
  • Rick Parkhouse – percussion
  • George Tizzard – percussion, keyboards
  • Matt Prime – programming
  • Silento – vocals
  • Phil Cook – additional programming
  • Thrice Noble – additional programming
  • Ammar Malik – additional backing vocals
  • Ross Golan – additional backing vocals
  • Savan Kotecha – additional backing vocals
  • Shellback – additional backing vocals
  • Kristoffer Fogelmark – additional backing vocals
  • Albin Nedler – additional backing vocals
  • Wayne Hector – additional backing vocals
  • Daniel Pursey – engineer
  • Alex Smith – engineer
  • Matt Furmidge – engineer
  • Dom Liu – engineer
  • Michael Brauer – engineer
  • Thomas Cullison – engineer
  • Rick Parkhouse – engineer
  • Chester Barrett – engineer
  • Chris Laws – engineer, mixing
  • Noah Passovoy – engineer, vocal production
  • Serban Ghenea – mixing
  • Matt Prime – mixing
  • Joe Zook – mixing
  • Jay Reynolds – mixing
  • Red Triangle – mixing
  • Tristan Evans – mixing
  • John Hanes – mixing assistant
  • Phil Cook – additional production

Track listing:

  1. Wake Up – Steve Mac, Ross Golan, Ammar Malik
  2. Rest Your Love – Rami Yacoub, Carl Falk, Sevan Kotecha, Shellback
  3. Volcano – Steve Mac, Ammar Malik, Wayne Hector, Richard Hawk
  4. Million Words – Bradley Simpson, James McVey, Connor Ball, Tristan Evans, Alex Smith, Samuel Preston, Jonny Coffer
  5. Windmills – Bradley Simpson, James McVey, Connor Ball, Tristan Evans, Steve Mac, Ammar Malik
  6. Stolen Moments – Bradley Simpson, James McVey, Connor Ball, Tristan Evans, Wayne Hector, Matt Prime
  7. I Found a Girl – Bradley Simpson, James McVey, Connor Ball, Tristan Evans, Steve Mac, Ammar Malik, Ross Golan, Claude Kelly, James Blunt
  8. Be with You – Bradley Simpson, James McVey, Connor Ball, Tristan Evans, Steve Mac, Ammar Malik
  9. Burn – Bradley Simpson, James McVey, Connor Ball, Tristan Evans, Joe O’Neill
  10. Cheater – Bradley Simpson, James McVey, Connor Ball, Tristan Evans, George Tizzard, Rick Parkhouse, Ed Drewett
  11. Boy Without a Car – Bradley Simpson, James McVey, Connor Ball, Tristan Evans, George Tizzard, Rick Parkhouse
  12. Held By Me – Johan Carlsson, Ross Golan

The Mountain Goats: Beat the Champ

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: I, I

On August 9, 2019, “Jagjaguwar” label released “I, I”, the fourth Bon Iver studio album. It was recorded in 2019, at “April Base” in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, “Sonic Ranch” in Tornillo, Texas, and was produced by Chris Messina, Brad Cook, and Justin Vernon.

Personnel:

  • Sean Carey– voice, drums, piano
  • Matt McCaughan – drums, synthesis
  • Andrew Fitzpatrick – synthesis, guitar
  • Michael Lewis– bass guitar, synthesizers, saxophone
  • Justin Vernon– voice, guitar, bass guitar, synthesizers, radio
  • Jenn Wasner– voice, guitar, synthesizers, chorus
  • Rob Moose– violin, viola, octave viola, piano, string arrangements, arrangements

Worm Crew – horns

  • Rob Moose– conducting
  • CJ Camerieri– trumpet, flugelhorn, French horn
  • Michael Lewis – tenor and soprano saxophones
  • Hideaki Aomori – clarinets, alto saxophone
  • Tim Albright – trombone
  • Randy Pingrey – trombone
  • Ross Garren – harmonicas
  • Trever Hagen – barn, shoes, slides, prepared trumpet f.
  • Wheezy– drum programming, programming
  • James Blake– vocals, Prophet 600
  • Mike Noyce – vocals
  • Jeremy Nutzman a.k.a. Velvet Negroni– vocals
  • Camilla Staveley-Taylor– vocals, distorted vocals
  • Aaron Dessner– piano, guitar
  • BJ Burton– programming, arrangement, TR 8’s
  • Buddy Ross – synthesizer, Messina, piano, Wurlitzer
  • Joe Rainey, Sr. – vocals
  • Michael Migizi Sullivan, Sr. – vocals
  • Phil Cook– voice, piano, B3
  • Zach Hanson – piano, keyboards, Juno
  • Brad Cook – synthesizer, basses, Folktek Modified Omnichord
  • Chris Messina – synthesizer, engineering, mixing
  • Ben Lester– CP-70 electric piano
  • Psymun– sampling
  • Brian Moen – drums
  • Jake Luppen – guitar
  • Bruce Hornsby– voice, piano
  • Elsa Jensen – voice
  • Moses Sumney– voice
  • Brooklyn Youth Chorus – chorus
  • Bryce Dessner– chorus, piano
  • Toni Pierce-Sands – claps
  • Christian Warner – voice
  • Graham Tolbert – voice
  • Noah Goldstein – programming
  • Francis Starlite– Buchla
  • Sad Sax of Shit – saxophones
  • Joe Westerlund – shaker
  • JT Bates – drums
  • Jeremy Ylvisaker– electric guitar
  • Zach Hanson – engineer, mixing
  • Marta Salogni – additional engineering
  • Jerry Ordonez – engineer assistant, additional mixing
  • Zac Hernandez – engineer assistant
  • Alli Rogers – assistant engineering
  • Rob Moose– string arrangements engineering
  • Greg Calbi– mastering
  • BJ Burton– additional engineering, mixing
  • Trever Hagen – additional engineering
  • Andrew Sarlo – additional engineering
  • Josh Berg – additional engineering
  • Wayne Pooley – additional engineering
  • Bella Blasko – additional engineering
  • Noah Goldstein – additional engineering
  • Andra Chumas – executive production
  • Eric Timothy Carlson – art direction
  • Aaron Anderson – art direction
  • Graham Tolbert – photography
  • TU Dance – dance movement and visuals
  • Toni Pierce-Sands
  • Uri Sands
  • Taylor Collier – dancing
  • Jacob Lewis – dancing
  • Alexander Pham – dancing
  • Randall Riley – dancing
  • Alexis Staley – dancing
  • Christian Warner – dancing

Track listing:

  1. Yi – Justin Vernon, Trever Hagen, BJ Burton
  2. iMi – Justin Vernon, James Blake, Rob Moose, Brad Cook, Mike Lewis, Mike Noyce, BJ Burton, Jeremy Nutzman, Channy Leaneagh, Josh Bergon
  3. We – Justin Vernon, Wheezy, Brad Cook, Phil Cook, Andrew Sarlo
  4. Holyfields – Justin Venon, Brad Cook, Chris Messina, Rob Moose
  5. Hey, Ma – Justin Vernon, Brad Cook, BJ Burton
  6. U (Man Like) – Justin Vernon, Bruce Hornsby, Naeem Hanks, Chris Messina
  7. Naeem – Justin Vernon, BJ Burton, Trever Hagen, JT Bates, Noah Goldstein, Brad Cook
  8. Jelmore – Justine Vernon, Buddy Ross
  9. Faith – Justin Vernon, Camila Staveley-Taylor, BJ Burton, Francis Farewell Starlite
  10. Marion – Justin Vernon, Rob Moose
  11. Salem – Justin Vernon, Sean Carey, Channy Leaneagh, Andrew Broder
  12. Sh’Diah – Justin Vernon, Ryan Olson
  13. RABi – Justin Vernon, Brad Cook, Mike Lewis