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Pixies: The Night The Zombies Came

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On October 25, 2024, “BMG Rights Management” label released “The Night the Zombies Came”, the ninth Pixies studio album. It was recorded in 2024, and was produced by Tom Dalgety.

Personnel:

  • Black Francis – lead vocals, guitar
  • Joey Santiago – guitar, backing vocals
  • Emma Richardson – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • David Lovering – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Tom Dalgety – engineer, mixing
  • Robin Schmidt – mastering
  • Dave Snyder – engineer assistant
  • Matt Hall – engineer assistant
  • Joe Jones – engineer assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Black Francis, except where noted.

  1. Primrose
  2. You’re So Impatient
  3. Jane (The Night the Zombies Came)
  4. Chicken
  5. Hypnotised -Joey Santiago, Black Francis
  6. Johnny Good Man
  7. Motoroller
  8. I Hear You Mary – Joey Santiago, Black Francis
  9. Oyster Beds
  10. Mercy Me
  11. Ernest Evans
  12. Kings of the Prairie
  13. The Vegas Suite

The 1975: Being Funny In Foreign Language

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On October 14, 2022, “Dirty Hit” label released “Being Funny in a Foreign Language”, the fifth 1975 (the) studio album. It was recorded January – May 2022, at “Electric Lady” in New York City, “Real World” in Box, Wiltshire, and was produced by Matthew Healy, George Daniel and Jack Antonoff.

Personnel:

  • Matthew Healy – vocals, guitar, piano, clavinet, drums, percussion, string arrangements, creative direction
  • Adam Hann – guitar, programming, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Ross MacDonald – bass, double bass, keyboards, backing vocals
  • George Daniel – drums, keyboards, synthesizers, piano, percussion, programming, backing vocals, string arrangements
  • Jack Antonoff – guitar, piano, drums, backing vocals, violin, keyboards, synthesizers, programming, string arrangements
  • Tommy King – keyboards, synthesizers
  • BJ Burton – programming, synthesizers
  • Jamie Squire – piano, Wurlitzer, clavinet, synthesizers, organ, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Oli Jacobs – Wurlitzer
  • John Waugh – saxophone
  • Zem Audu – saxophone
  • Evan Smith – brass
  • Bobby Hawk – strings, string arrangements
  • Warren Ellis – strings, string arrangements
  • Michelle Zauner – backing vocals
  • Carly Holt – additional vocals
  • Sabrina the Teenage DJ – programming
  • Bobby Hawk – string arrangements
  • Ben Hudson – additional programming
  • BJ Burton – additional production
  • Laura Sisk – engineer
  • Oli Jacobs – engineer
  • Dom Shaw – engineer assistant
  • Katie May – engineer assistant
  • Freddy Williams – engineer assistant
  • John Rooney – engineer assistant
  • Dani Perez Carasols – engineer assistant
  • Liam Hebb – engineer assistant
  • Evan Smith – additional engineering
  • Jon Gautier – additional engineering
  • Andrew Gearhart – additional engineering
  • Dave Gross – additional engineering
  • Manny Marroquin – mixing
  • Chris Galland – mixing
  • Robin Florent – mixing assistant
  • Scott Desmarais – mixing assistant
  • Jeremie Inhaber – mixing assistant
  • Robin Schmidt – mastering
  • Samuel Burgess-Johnson – artwork, creative direction
  • Patricia Villirillo – creative direction
  • Ed Blow – creative direction
  • Samuel Bradley – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Matthew Healy and George Daniel, with co-writers as noted.

  1. The 1975 – BJ Burton, Tommy King
  2. Happiness – DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ
  3. Looking for Somebody (To Love) – Ilsey Juber, Jamie Squire
  4. Part of the Band – Jamie Squire
  5. Oh Caroline – Ilsey Juber, Jamie Squire, Benjamin Francis Leftwich
  6. I’m in Love with You – Adam Hann
  7. All I Need to Hear – Jamie Squire
  8. Wintering – Jacob Bugden
  9. Human Too – Jamie Squire, Benjamin Francis Leftwich
  10. About You
  11. When We Are Together – Rob Milton

The Hives: The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons

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On August 11, 2023, “Disques Hives” label released “The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons” the sixth Hives (The) studio album. It was recorded at “Atlantis” and “Riksmixningsverket” in Stockholm, and was produced by Patrik Berger.

Personnel:

  • Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist – vocals
  • Nicholaus Arson – guitar
  • Vigilante Carlstroem – guitar
  • The Johan and Only – bass guitar
  • Chris Dangerous – drums
  • Jonas Kullhammar – saxophone
  • Markus Krunegård – backing vocals
  • Pelle Gunnerfeldt – mixing
  • Robin Schmidt – mastering

Track listing:

All lyrics by Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist, all music by Chip Fitzsimmons, Montgomery Fitzsimmons, Randy Fitzsimmons, and Wilbur Fitzsimmons.

  1. Bogus Operandi
  2. Trapdoor Solution
  3. Countdown to Shutdown
  4. Rigor Mortis Radio
  5. Stick Up
  6. Smoke & Mirrors
  7. Crash into the Weekend
  8. Two Kinds of Trouble
  9. The Way the Story Goes
  10. The Bomb
  11. What Did I Ever Do to You
  12. Step Out of the Way

Viagra Boys: Cave World

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On July 8, 2022, “Year 0001” label released “Cave World”, the third Viagra Boys studio album. It was recorded 2021 – 2022, at “Robotberget” and “Riksmixningverket” in Stockholm, “Silence Studio” in Koppom, Sweden, and was produced by Pelle Gunnerfeldt and DJ Haydn.

Personnel:

  • Sebastian Murphy – vocals
  • Linus Hillborg – vocals, guitar,
  • Elias Jungqvist – vocals, keyboard, piano, vibraphone
  • Henrik Höckert – vocals, bass
  • Tor Sjöden – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Oscar Carls – vocals, saxophone, flute, guitar
  • Pelle Gunnerfeldt – vocals, guitar, keyboard, piano
  • DJ Haydn (Fabian Berglund) − keyboards, drums, turntable, engineer
  • Jason Williamson – vocals
  • Pelle Gunnerfeldt − engineer, mixing
  • Johan Gustafsson – engineer
  • Oscar Ulfheden – engineer
  • Robin Schmidt – mastering
  • Moa Romanova – art direction
  • Sebastian Murphy – art direction
  • André Jofré – creative lead
  • Victor Svedberg – final art

Track listing:

All tracks by Oscar Carls, Pelle Gunnerfeldt, Linus Hillborg, Henrik Höckert, Elias Jungqvist, Sebastian Murphy and Tor Sjöden, except where noted.

  1. Baby Criminal
  2. Cave Hole – Fabian Berglund
  3. Troglodyte
  4. Punk Rock Loser
  5. Creepy Crawlers
  6. The Cognitive Trade-Off Hypothesis
  7. Globe Earth – Fabian Berglund
  8. Ain’t No Thief
  9. Big Boy
  10. ADD
  11. Human Error – Fabian Berglund
  12. Return to Monke

Lonely The Brave: The Hope List

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On January 22, 2021, “Easy Life” label released “The Hope List”, the third Lonely the Brave studio album. It was recorded in 2020, and was produced by Jack Bennett.

Personnel:

  • Jack Bennett – vocals, mixing
  • Mark Trotter – lead guitar
  • Ross Smithwick – rhythm guitar
  • Andrew Bushen – bass
  • Gavin Edgeley – drums
  • Robin Schmidt – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Bound
  2. Distant Light
  3. Bright Eyes
  4. Chasing Knives
  5. The Hope List
  6. Keeper
  7. Untitled
  8. Something I Said
  9. Open Door
  10. Your Heavy Heart
  11. The Harrow

Creeper: Sanguivore

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On October 13, 2023, “Spinefarm” label released “Sanguivore”, the third Creeper studio album. It was recorded in 2003, at “Psalm Studios” in Wiltshire, England, “Rockfield Studios” in Monmountshire, Wales, and was produced by Tom Dalgety.

Personnel:

  • Will Gould – lead vocals
  • Ian Miles – guitars
  • Hannah Greenwood – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Sean Scott – bass
  • Jake Fogarty – drums
  • Tom Dalgety – keyboards, synthesizers, guitar, spoken word, mixing
  • Daan Temmink – grand piano
  • Jack Boston – backing vocals
  • Joanna Nye – backing vocals
  • Robin Schmidt – mastering
  • Welder Wings – artwork
  • Dan Capp – layout
  • Andy Ford – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Will Gould, Ian Miles and Tom Dalgety.

  1. Further Than Forever
  2. Cry to Heaven
  3. Sacred Blasphemy
  4. The Ballad of Spook & Mercy
  5. Lovers Led Astray
  6. Teenage Sacrifice
  7. Chapel Gates
  8. The Abyss
  9. Black Heaven
  10. More Than Death

Nothing But Thieves: Dead Club City

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On June 30, 2023, “Sony Music UK” label released “Dead Club City”, the fourth Nothing but Thieves studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by Domenic Craik and Jonathan Gilmore.

Personnel:

  • Conor Mason – vocals
  • Dominic Craik – guitar, synthesizer, programming
  • Joe Langridge-Brown – guitar, backing vocals
  • Philip Blake – bass guitar
  • James Price – drums
  • Jonathan Gilmore – programming
  • Torre Florim – synthesizer, backing vocals, programming
  • Matt Johnson – synthesizer, programming
  • Freddy Williams – engineer
  • Mike Crossey – mixing
  • Robin Schmidt – mastering
  • Luke Brickett – cover art

Track listing:

All tracks by Dominic Craik, Joseph Langridge-Brown and Conor Mason, except where noted.  “Welcome to the DCC” and “Members Only” co-written with Julian Emery and Jim Irvin.

  1. Welcome to DCC – Dominic Craik, Joseph Langridge-Brown, Conor Mason, Julian Emery, Jim Irvin.
  2. Overcome
  3. Tomorrow Is Closed
  4. Keeping You Around
  5. City Haunts
  6. Do You Love Me Yet?
  7. Members Only
  8. Green Eyes – Siena
  9. Foreign Language
  10. Talking to Myself
  11. Pop the Balloon

Ryuichi Sakamoto: 12

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On January 17, 2023, “Milan” and “Commons” labels released “12”, the twentieth Ryuichi Sakamoto album. It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by Ryuichi Sakamoto.

Personnel:

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto – electronics, keyboards, mixing
  • Matsumura Kazuyuki – mixing
  • Robin Schmidt – mastering
  • Shigeru Buzawa – lacquer cut
  • Lee Ufan – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Ryuichi Sakamoto.

  1. 20210310
  2. 20211130
  3. 20211201
  4. 20220123
  5. 20220202
  6. 20220207
  7. 20220214
  8. 20220302 – Sarabande
  9. 20220302
  10. 20220307
  11. 20220404
  12. 20220304

Circa Waves: Never Going Under

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On January 13, 2023, “Lower Third” and “PIAS Recordings” labels released “Never Going Under”, the fifth Circa Waves studio album. It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by Kieran Shudall.

Personnel:

  • Kieran Shudall – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Joe Falconer – vocals, guitar
  • Sam Rourke – vocals, bass guitar, keyboards
  • Colin Jones – vocals, drums
  • Dan Grech-Marguerat – mixing
  • Matty Green – mixing
  • Caesar Edmunds – mixing
  • Robin Schmidt – mastering
  • Connor Dewhurst – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Kieran Shudall, except where noted.

  1. Never Going Under
  2. Do You Wanna Talk
  3. Hell on Earth
  4. Your Ghost
  5. Carry You Home
  6. Northern Town
  7. Electric City
  8. Want It All Today – Kieran Shudall, Sam Rourke
  9. Golden Days
  10. Hold On
  11. Living in the Grey

Pixies: Doggerel

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On September 30, 2022, “BMG Rights Management” label released “Doggerel”, the eighth Pixies studio album. It was recorded in 2022, at “Guilford Sound” in Guilford, Vermont, and was produced by Tom Dalgety.

Personnel:

  • Black Francis – lead vocals, guitar
  • Joey Santiago – guitar
  • Paz Lenchantin – bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
  • David Lovering – drums
  • Tom Dalgety – engineer, mixing
  • Dave Snyder – engineer assistant
  • Matt Hall – engineer assistant
  • Robin Schmidt – mastering
  • Chris Bigg – design
  • Martin Masai Andersen – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Black Francis, except where noted.

  1. Nomatterday
  2. Vault of Heaven
  3. Drags of the Wine – Black Francis, Joey Santiago
  4. Haunted House
  5. Get Simulated
  6. The Lord Has Come Back Today
  7. Thunder and Lightning
  8. There’s a Moon On
  9. Pagan Man – Black Francis, Joey Santiago
  10. Who’s More Sorry Now?
  11. You’re Such a Sadducee
  12. Doggerel