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Jesse Cook: Nomad

On September 2, 2003, “Narada” label released “Nomad”, the fifth Jesse Cook studio album. It was recorded in 2003, at “20 Hz Sound Studios”, “Coach House Music”, “Groovy Drums Studios” in Toronto, Canada, “Leila Studios” in Cairo, Egypt, “Shydog Studio” in Austin, Texas, “Sonic Innovation Studio 2” in London.

Personnel:

  • Jesse Cook – guitar, arrangements
  • Alejandra Nuñez, Danny Wilde, Flora Purim, Kurt Neumann, Maryem Hassan Tollar, Mike Ferfolia, Montsé Cortés, Roula Said, Sam Llanas, Houda El Sombaty – vocals
  • James McNally – keyboards, bodhrán
  • Simon Emmerson – keyboards, bass
  • James McNally – accordion
  • Collin Barrett – bass 
  • N’faly Kouyate – kora
  • Paul Antonio – drums
  • Art Avalos, Hossam Ramzy, Rick Lazar – percussion
  • Simon Massey – drum programming
  • Chris Church, Saeid Kamal – violin
  • James McNally – whistle

Track listing:

All tracks by Jesse Cook, except where noted.

  1. Prelude
  2. Qadduka-i-Mayyas – traditional
  3. Surrender
  4. Early on Tuesday
  5. Beloved
  6. Waiting for Tide
  7. Down Like Rain
  8. Leila
  9. Maybe
  10. Nomad – Jesse Cook, Simon Emmerson, James McNally
  11. Worlds Away
  12. Toca Orilla – Jesse Cook, Alejandra Nuñez

Justin Currie: Lower Reaches

On August 19, 2013, “Compass” label released “Lower Reaches”, the third Justin Currie studio album. It was recorded in 2013, in Austin, Texas, and was produced by Mike McCarthy.

Personnel:

  • Justin Currie – vocals
  • Ricky Ray Jackson – acoustic, electric and pedal steel guitar
  • Davíd Garza – piano, organ, acoustic and electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Josh Block – drums, tambourine
  • Jim McDermott – drums
  • Bruce Robison – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Justin Currie.

  1. Falsetto
  2. Every Song’s the Same
  3. Bend to My Will
  4. Priscilla
  5. I Hate Myself for Loving You
  6. On a Roll
  7. Into a Pearl
  8. On My Conscience
  9. Half of Me
  10. Little Stars
  11. Guess (bonus track)
  12. London is Dead (bonus track) 

Parquet Courts: Wide Awake

On May 18, 2018, “Rough Trade” label released “Wide Awake”, the sixth Parquet Courts album. It was recorded 2017 – 2018, at “Sonic Ranch Studios” in Tornillo, Texas, “Electric Lady Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Danger Mouse.

Personnel:

  • Andrew Savage – vocals, guitar, keyboards, artwork, layout
  • Austin Brown – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Sean Yeaton – vocal, bass
  • Max Savage – vocals, percussion,synth, mixing
  • Frank Locrasto – piano
  • Ariane Bourdain, Ava DiFelice, Caden Castro-Kudler, Eleanor Adams, Julian Cohen, Kofi Dufu, Lucie Bismuth Berger, Mia Nikov, Minelle Jeddy, Rita Bochi – additional vocals
  • Kennie Tkahashi – engineer
  • Jonathan Schenke – additional engineer
  • Claudius Mittendorfer – mixing
  • Joe LaPorta – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Total Football
  2. Violence
  3. Before the Water Gets Too High
  4. Mardi Grass Beads
  5. Almost Had To Start a Fight
  6. In and Out of Patience
  7. Freebird 2
  8. Normalisation
  9. Back to Earth
  10. Wide Awake!
  11. NYC Observation
  12. Extinction
  13. Death Will Bring Change

Mystery Jets: Radlands

On April 30, 2012, “Rough Trade” label released “Radlands”, the fourth Mystery Jets studio album. It was recorded in a home studio in the Westlake area in Austin, Texas, “Vinter’s” in London, and was produced by Dan Carey, Richie Cooper, Blaine Harrison, Jack Flanagan and Kapil Trivedi.

Personnel:

  • Blaine Harrison – vocals, guitar, keyboards, photography
  • Jack Flanagan – vocals, bass, photography
  • Kapil Trivedi – drums, photography
  • Matt Park – pedal steel guitar
  • Fred Stitz – dobro 
  • H. Harrison – art direction, cover photography
  • The Streatham Gospel Singers
  • Sophie-Rose Harper – vocal
  • Alexis Smith, Mr. Dan – engineer
  • Oli Baiston – engineer assistant
  • Alexis Smith, Dan Carey – mixing
  • Alison Fielding – design
  • Benedict Morgan – photography
  • Tabitha Denholm – photography

Track listing:

  1. Radlands
  2. You Had Me at Hello
  3. Someone Purer
  4. The Ballad of Emerson Lonestar
  5. Greatest Hits
  6. The Hale Bop
  7. The Nothing
  8. Take Me Where the Roses Grow
  9. Sister Everett
  10. Lost in Austin
  11. Luminescence

Red House Painters: Old Ramona

On April 10, 2001, “Sub Pop” label released “Old Ramon”, the sixth and final Red House Painters studio album. It was recorded 1997 – 1998, at “Two Mendocino” in Comptche, California, “Studio B” in Austin, Texas, “Praire Sun Recording Studios” in Cotati, California, “Hyde Street Studios”, “Toast Studios” and “3030 Studios” in San Francsico, and was produced by Mark Kozelek.

Personnel:

  • Mark Kozelek – vocals, guitars
  • Jerry Vessel – bass
  • Phil Carney – guitars
  • Anthony Koutsos – drums
  • Craig Ross – guitar, backing vocals
  • Mike Hardwick – guitar
  • David Perales – violin
  • Michael Urbano – drums
  • Paul Revelli – drums
  • Andy Taub, Billy Anderson, David Bianco, Mark Needham, Philo Heyward, Steve Holsworth – engineer
  • Spine (Paul McMenamin) – art direction, design
  • James Fee – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Mark Kozelek.

  1. Wop-a-Din-Din
  2. Byrd Joel
  3. Void
  4. Between Days
  5. Cruiser
  6. Michigan
  7. River
  8. Smokey
  9. Golden
  10. Kavita

James McMurtry: Complicated Game

On February 24, 2015, “Complicated Game Records” label released “Complicated Game”, the ninth James McMurtry studio album. It was recorded in 2015, at “The Nappy Dugout”, “Marigny Recording Studio” in New Orleans, Louisiana, “La Louisianne Recording Studios”, “Electric Comoland”, “FHQ Studio” in Lafayette, Louisiana, “Wire Recording” in Austin, Texas, and was produced by Mike Napolitano and C.C. Adcock.

Personnel:

  • James McMurtry – vocal, acoustic guitar, resonator guitar, piano, dobro
  • Sam Broussard – electric guitar, strings arrangements
  • C. C. Adcock (Charles Clinton Adcock) – electric guitar, baritone guitar, keyboards, dobro, pub gang vocals, mixing
  • Derek Trucks – slide guitar
  • Richard Comeaux – pedal steel guitar
  • Curtis McMurtry – banjo
  • Dustin Welch – banjo
  • Danny Barnes – banjo
  • Dirk Powell – banjo, mandolin, violin, harpsichord, accordion, fiddle, backing vocals, pub gang vocals
  • Skirm – mandola, backing vocals
  • Donald Shaw – piano, accordion, harmonium
  • Benmont Tench – piano, electric piano, organ
  • Ivan Neville – synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Cornbread (Michael Traylor) – bass, pub gang vocals
  • Kevin Smith – double bass
  • Daren Hess – drums, percussion, pub gang vocals
  • Warren Storm – drums
  • Mike McGoldrick – bagpipes, low whistle, bodhrán, backing vocals
  • Rick Nelson – violin, cello
  • Quintron (Robert Rolston) – loops
  • Little Isidore – doo wop vocals
  • Tim Holt – backing vocals, pub gang vocals
  • David Forman – backing vocals, pub gang vocals
  • Trina Shoemaker – backing vocals
  • Doyle Bramhall II – backing vocals
  • Rory McGoldrick – pub gang vocals
  • Tony Trundle – pub gang vocals
  • Mike Napolitano – recording, mixing
  • Ben Mumphrey, Bobby Tis, David Rachou, Dave Rosser, Erik Flettrich, John Porter, Matt Aguiluz, Rick Nelson, Stuart Sullivan, Tony Daigle, Wes Fontenot – additional engineering
  • Brent Lambert – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by James McMurtry.

  1. Copper Canteen
  2. You Got Me
  3. Ain’t Got a Place
  4. She Loves Me
  5. How’m I Gonna Find You Now
  6. These Things I’ve Come to Know
  7. Deaver’s Crossing
  8. Carlisle’s Haul
  9. Forgotten Coast
  10. South Dakota
  11. Long Island Sound
  12. Cutter

Timbuk 3: Greetings From Timbuk 3

In October 1986, “I.R.S.” label released “Greetings from Timbuk3”, the debut Timbuk 3 album. It was recorded in 1986 at “Dustbowl Studios” in Hollywood, “Lone Star Studios” in Austin, Texas, and was produced by Dennis Herring.

Personnel:

  • Barbara K. MacDonald – lead and co-lead vocals, backing vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, electric, 12-string and acoustic guitars, mandolin, bass, drums, percussion, harmonica, violin
  • Pat MacDonald – lead and co-lead vocals, backing vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, electric, 12-string and acoustic guitars, mandolin, bass, drums, percussion, harmonica, violin
  • Dennis Herring, Mark Teston – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Pat MacDonald, except where noted. 

  1. The Future’s So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades
  2. Life Is Hard
  3. Hairstyles and Attitudes
  4. Facts About Cats
  5. I Need You
  6. Just Another Movie
  7. Friction
  8. Cheap Black & White
  9. Shame On You – Barbara K. MacDonald, Pat MacDonald
  10. I Love You in the Strangest Way

Lana Del Rey: Blue Banisters

On October 22, 2021, “Interscope” label released “Blue Banisters”, the eighth Lana Del Rey studio album. It was recorded in 2013, 2017, 2020, 2021, at “Conway Recording Studios” in Los Angeles, “Dean’s List House of Hits” in Cypress, Texas, “Punto Rec Studios” in Turin, NY, “TAP Studios” in London, and was produced by Lana Del Rey, Zachary Dawes, Loren Humphrey, Mike Dean, Barrie-James O’Neill and Rick Nowels.

Personnel:

  • Lana Del Rey – vocals, horn and string arrangements, recording, mixing
  • Miles Kane – vocals
  • Gabe Simon – acoustic and electric guitar, bass, synth bass, piano, keyboards, organ, percussion, backing vocals, drum programming, sound effects
  • Greg Leisz – baritone guitar, pedal steel
  • Benji Lysaght – electric guitar
  • Evan Weiss – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Dean Reid – acoustic guitar, drum programming
  • Barrie-James O’Neill – guitar, piano
  • Rick Nowels – piano
  • Robert Grant Jr. – piano
  • Drew Erickson – organ, piano, Rhodes, synthesizer, keyboards, bass, drums, drum programming, Mellotron, Moog bass, horn and strings arrangements, conductor
  • Mike Dean – keyboards
  • Tyler Parkford – keyboards
  • Zachary Dawes – bass, synth bass, Höfner bass, piano, keyboards
  • Cian Riordan – synth bass
  • Griffin Goldsmith – drums
  • Darren Weiss – drums, percussion
  • Loren Humphrey – drums, percussion
  • Dan Fornero – trumpet
  • Wayne Bergeron – trumpet
  • Dan Rosenboom – trumpet
  • Blake Cooper – tuba
  • Owen Pallett – violin, viola, string arrangement
  • Andrew Bulbrook – violin
  • Wynton Grant – violin
  • Zach Dellinger – viola
  • Jacob Braun – cello
  • Melodye Perry – backing vocals,
  • Lisa Stone – backing vocals
  • Táta Vega – backing vocals
  • Jon Sher – engineer, recording assistant engineer
  • Mai Leisz – engineer
  • John Congleton – engineer
  • Loren Humphrey – engineer
  • Kieron Menzies – engineer
  • Dean Reid – engineer, mixing
  • Gabe Simon – engineer, mixing
  • Michael Harris – engineer, mixing
  • Sage Skolfield – engineer, mixing assistant
  • Sean Solymar – engineer, mixing assistant
  • Ben Fletcher – recording assistant
  • Alex Tomkins – recording assistant
  • Brian Rajaratnam – recording assistant
  • Drew Erickson – mixing
  • Cian Riordan – mixing
  • Jason Wormer – mixing
  • Barrie-James O’Neill – mixing
  • MIke Dean – mixing, mastering
  • Adam Ayan – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Text Book – Lana Del Rey, Gabe Simon
  2. Blue Banister – Lana Del Rey, Gabe Simon
  3. Arcadia – Lana Del Rey, Drew Erickson
  4. Interlude – The Trio – Ennie Morricone
  5. Black Bathing Suit – Lana Del Rey, Drew Erickson, Zachary Dawes
  6. If You Lie Down with Me – Lana Del Rey, Barrie-James O’Neill, Drew Erickson
  7. Beautiful – Lana Del Rey, Drew Erickson
  8. Violets for Roses – Lana Del Rey, Drew Erickson
  9. Dealer – Lana Del Rey, Loren Humphrey, Miles Kanem Tyler Parkford, Zachary Dawes
  10. Thunder – Lana Del Rey, Zachary Dawes
  11. Wildflower Wildfire – Lana Del Rey, Mike Dean, Sean Solymar, Sage Skolfield
  12. Nectar of the Gods – Lana Del Rey, Barrie-James O’Neill
  13. Living Legend – Lana Del Rey, Barrie-James O’Neill
  14. Cherry Blossom – Lana Del Rey, Rick Nowels
  15. Sweet Carolina – Lana Del Rey, Alana Champion, Caroline Grant, Robert Grant Jr.

…And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead: IX

On October 10, 2014, “Superball Music” label released “IX”, the ninth …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead album. It was recorded in 2014, at “Sonic Ranch Studios” in Tornillo, Texas, “White Door” in Dripping Springs, Texas, and was produced by Sean Rolie and Chris “Frenchie” Smith.

Personnel:

  • Conrad Keely – vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, recording, mixing 
  • Jason Reece – vocals, guitar, drums, recording, mixing
  • Autry Fulbright II – vocals, bass, recording, mixing
  • Jamie Miller – drums, percussion, recording, mixing
  • Erin O’Keefe – vocal
  • Chris “Frenchie” Smith – additional vocals, additional guitar, additional sampler, additional mellotron, additional percussion, recording, mixing
  • Jason Elinoff – violin, viola
  • Emily Booher – cello
  • Sean Rolie – additional percussion, recording, mixing
  • Pauly Deathwish Etheredge – strings arrangements
  • Charles Godfrey – additiona engineering
  • Zach Mauldin – additional engineering
  • Alex Lyon – mastering
  • Sokeuntevy Oeur – illustration

Track listing:

  1. The Doomsday Book
  2. Jaded Apostles
  3. A Million Random Digits
  4. Life Without a Liar
  5. The Ghost Within
  6. The Dragonfly Queen
  7. How To Avoid Huge Ships
  8. Bus Linesheme
  9. Lost in the Grand Scheme
  10. Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears
  11. Sound of the Silk

Bill Callahan: Gold Record

On September 4, 2020, “Drag City” label released “Gold Record”, the seventh Bill Callahan album (eighteenth overall when including studio albums released as Smog). It was recorded in June 2019, at “Estuary Studio” in Austin, Texas.

Personnel:

  • Bill Callahan – vocals, guitar, synthesizer, percussion
  • Matt Kinsey – acoustic and electric guitar, bass
  • Jaime Zuverza – bass
  • Adam Jones – drums
  • Carl Smith – baritone clarinet
  • Derek Phelps – flugelhorn
  • John Congleton – recording, mixing
  • Dan Osborn – front cover
  • Hanly Banks Callahan – back cover
  • Anubhav Saxena – highway photography
  • Erik Pronske – automobile photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Bill Callahan.

  1. Pigeons
  2. Another Song
  3. 35
  4. Protest Song
  5. The Mackenzies
  6. Let’s Move to the Country
  7. Breakfast
  8. Cowboy
  9. Ry Cooder
  10. As I Wander