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Tropical Fuck Storm: Deep States

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On August 20, 2021, “Joyful Noise Recordings” label released “Deep States”, the third Tropical Fuck Storm studio album. It was recorded 2020 – 2021, at “Studios Studios” in Nagambie, Victoria, and was produced by Gareth Liddiard and Mike Deslandes. At the 2021 “ARIA Music Awards”, “Deep States” won the award for “Best Hard Rock or Heavy Metal Album”

Personnel:

  • Gareth Liddiard – vocals, guitar, recording, mixing
  • Erica Dunn – guitars, keyboards
  • Fiona Kitschin – bass
  • Lauren Hammel– drums
  • Amy Taylor – synths
  • Sean Powell – synths
  • Dan Kelly – synths, acoustic drums
  • Mike Deslandes – recording, mixing
  • John Davis – mastering
  • Joe Becker – cover art
  • Jamie Wdziekonski – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Gareth Liddiard, Erica Dunn, Fiona Kitschin and Lauren Hammel.

  1. The Greatest Story Ever Told
  2. G.A.F.F.
  3. Blue Beam Baby
  4. Suburbiopia
  5. Bumma Sanger
  6. The Donkey
  7. Reporting of a Failed Campaign
  8. New Romeo Agent
  9. Legal Ghost
  10. The Confinement of the Quarks

Peter Bjorn and John: Writer’s Block

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On August 14, 2006, “Wichita” label released “Writer’s Block”, the third Peter Bjorn and John studio album. It was recorded in 2006, and was produced by Björn Yttling.

Personnel:

  • Peter Morén – vocals, acoustic guitar, guitar, Spanish guitar, piano, harmonica, noises, arrangements
  • Björn Yttling – vocals, bass, tambourine, piano, keyboards, synthesizer, electronic drums, whistling, arrangements
  • John Eriksson – vocals, drums, percussion, guitar, bass, tambourine, dulcimer, shaker, bongos, tubular bells, arrangements, field recordings
  • Victoria Bergsman – vocals
  • Linus Larsson – mixing
  • Henrik Jonsson – mastering
  • Graham Samuels – artwork, typography
  • Kerstin Hanson – typography
  • Johan Bergmark – band photography

Track listing:

  1. Writer’s Block
  2. Objects of My Affection – Peter Morén
  3. Young Folks – Björn Yttling, Peter Morén
  4. Amsterdam – Björn Yttling
  5. Start To Melt – John Eriksson
  6. Up Against the Wall – John Eriksson
  7. Paris 2004 – Peter Morén
  8. Let’s Call It Off – Björn Yttling
  9. The Chills – Björn Yttling, Peter Morén, John Eriksson
  10. Roll the Credits – Björn Yttling
  11. Poor Cow – Peter Morén

Polish Club: Now We Are Cookin’

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On August 13, 2021, “Island Records Australia” label released “Now We’re Cookin’”, the third Polish Club album. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by Scott Horscroft, David Novak and John-Henry Pajak.

Personnel:

  • David Novak – lead vocals, guitar
  • John-Henry Pajak – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Izaac Wilson – piano, organ, engineer
  • Scott Horscroft – organ, backing vocals, mixing
  • Kirsty Tickle – backing vocals
  • Madeleine Vercoe – backing vocals
  • Owen Butterworth – backing vocals
  • Dave Cooley – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by David Novak and John-Henry Pajak.

  1. Stop for a Minute
  2. New Age
  3. Getaway
  4. Fix Your Heart
  5. No Heaven
  6. Whack
  7. Just Talking
  8. I Didn’t Want That (For You)
  9. Baby We’re Burning
  10. Fuck Off & Die

As It is: The Great Depression

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On August 10, 2018, “Fearless Records” label released “The Great Depression”, the third As It Is studio album. It was recorded in 2018 and was produced by Machine (Eugene Freeman}, Benjamin Langford Biss, Patty Walters, Alistair Testo and Patrick Foley.

Personnel:                                                                                                               

  • Benjamin Langford Biss – vocals, guitar
  • Patty Walters – vocals, guitar
  • Alistair Testo – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Patrick Foley – drums, backing vocals
  • Julian Gariulo – additional guitar
  • Aaron Gillespie, Georgina Langford-Biss, Lottie Else, Marianna Funk, Sian Cowan, Sii Chun Lam, Skylar Wilkins – additional vocals
  • Machine – mixing
  • Paul Logus – mastering
  • The Butcher Billy – artwork
  • Sage LaMonica – design
  • Nonafaye Williams – product manager

Track listing:

  1. The Great Depression
  2. The Wounded World
  3. The Fire, the Dark
  4. The Stigma (Boys Don’t Cry)
  5. The Handwritten Letter
  6. The Question, the Answer
  7. The Reaper
  8. The two Tongues (Screaming Salvation)
  9. The Truth I’ll Never Tell
  10. The Haunting
  11. The Hurt, The Hope
  12. The End

Glass Animals: Dreamland

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On August 7, 2020, “Wolf Tone” label released “Dreamland”, the third Glass Animals studio album. It was recorded in 2020, and was produced by Dave Bayley.

Personnel:

  • Dave Bayley – vocals, vocal bass, keyboards, guitar, drums, synthesizer, percussion, strings, programming, mixing
  • Andrew MacFarlane – strings, guitar, keyboards, programming
  • Edmund Irwin Singer – guitar, keyboards, vocal bass, strings, synthesizer, programming
  • Joe Seaward – drums, percussion
  • Paul Epworth – percussion, strings, synthesizer
  • Orit Braha – vocals
  • Denzel Curry – vocals
  • Letta Mbulu – vocals
  • David Wrench – programming
  • Dave Bayley – recording
  • Riley McIntyre – recording
  • Luke Pickering – recording assistant
  • Chloe Kramer – recording assistant
  • David Wrench – mixing
  • Manny Marroquin – mixing
  • Derek “MixedByAli” Ali – mixing
  • David Nakaji – mixing
  • Chris Galland – mixing
  • Curtis “Sircut” Bye – mixing assistant
  • Cyrus “NOIS” Taghipour – mixing assistant
  • Jeremie Inhaber – mixing assistant
  • Robin Florent – mixing assistant
  • Scott Desmarais – mixing assistant
  • Chris Gehringer – mastering
  • Mike Bozzi – mastering
  • Paul Epworth – co-production

Track listing:

All tracks by Dave Bayley, except where noted.

  1. Dreamland
  2. Tangerine – Dave Bayley, Paul Epworth, Brittany Hazzard
  3. Home Movie: 1994 – Dave Bayley, Orit Braha
  4. Hot Sugar – Dave Bayley, Ann Bridgeforth, Dave Hamilton, Rony Darrel
  5. Home Movie: BTX
  6. Space Ghost Coast to Coast
  7. Tokyo Drifting – Dave Bayley, Caiphus Semenya, Denzel Curry
  8. Melon and the Coconut
  9. Your Love (Déjà Vu) – Dave Bayley, Paul Epworth
  10. Waterfalls Coming Out Your Mouth
  11. It’s All So Incredibly Loud
  12. Home Movie: Rockets
  13. Domestic Blues
  14. Heat Waves
  15. Home Movie: Shoes On
  16. Helium

John Stewart: Willard

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In July 1970, “Capitol” label released “Willard”, the third John Stewart studio album. It was recorded at “Crystal Sound” in Hollywood, California, “Woodland Studios” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Peter Asher.

Personnel:

  • John Stewart – vocal, acoustic and electric guitar, 12-string guitar, auto harp, boxes
  • James Taylor – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Fred “The Flash” Carter – acoustic guitar
  • Danny Kooch – electric guitar
  • Mike Stewart – guitar
  • Bobby Thompson – banjo
  • Ralph Schuckett – piano, harmonium
  • Carole King – piano
  • Peter Asher – tambourine, bass, auto harp, backing vocals
  • Norbert “Home town” Putnam – bass
  • Bryan Garofalo – bass, backing vocals
  • Joel Bishop O’Brien – drums, conga
  • Russ Kunkel – knees, drums, boxes
  • Kenneth “Down wind” Buttrey – knees, drums
  • Doug Kershaw – fiddle, backing vocals
  • Chris Darrow – fiddle
  • “Goodtime” Charlie McCoy – harp
  • Bill Mumy – cow bell
  • Buffy Ford – backing vocals
  • Abigale Haness – backing vocals
  • The People – backing vocals
  • John Andrew Tartaglia – orchestration
  • Richard Sanford Orshoff – engineer
  • Robert Paull – second engineer
  • James Wyeth – cover drawing
  • Henry Diltz – insert photos

Track listing:

All tracks by John Stewart.

  1. Big Joe
  2. Julie, Judy, Angel Rain
  3. Belly Full of Tennessee
  4. Friend of Jesus
  5. Clack Clack
  6. Hero From the War
  7. Back in Pomona
  8. Willard
  9. Golden Rollin’ Belly
  10. All American Girl
  11. Oldest Living Son
  12. Earth Rider
  13. Great White Cathedrals
  14. Marshall Wind

Architecture in Helsinki: Places Like This

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On July 27, 2007, “Polyvinyl” label released “Places Like This”, the third Architecture in Helsinki studio album. It was recorded October 2006 – January 2007, at “Big Jesus Burger Studios” in Sydney, Dave Sitek’s studio in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and was produced by Cameron Bird, James Cecil, Gus Franklin, Jamie Mildren, Sam Perry and Kellie Sutherland.

Personnel:

  • Cameron Bird – lead singer, guitars, percussion
  • Gus Franklin – organ, drums, bongos, engineer
  • Kellie Sutherland – melodica, harmony vocals
  • James Cecil – instrumentation, engineer
  • Jamie Mildren – instrumentation
  • Sam Perry – instrumentation
  • Patrick Davis – steel drums
  • Dale Packard – alto saxophone
  • Tim Stocker – baritone saxophone
  • Indra Adams – trumpet
  • Martin Pena – flute
  • Lee Sargent – sampler
  • Gary Olson – engineer
  • Chris Coady – engineer, mixing
  • Chris Gehringer – mastering
  • Rene Vaile – photography
  • Will Sweeney – illustration
  • Markus Karlsson – design

Track listing:

All tracks by James Cecil, Gus Franklin, Jamie Mildren, Sam Perry, Kellie Sutherland and Cameron Bird.

  1. Red Turned White
  2. Heart It Races
  3. Hold Music
  4. Feather In a Baseball Cap
  5. Underwater
  6. Like It or Not
  7. Debbie
  8. Lazy
  9. Nothing’s Wrong

Of Monsters and Men: Fever Dream

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On July 26, 2019, “Republic” label released “Fever Dream”, the third Of Monsters and Men studio album. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by Nanna Bryndis Hilmarsdóttir, Ragnar Þórhallsson, Brynjar Leifsson, Kristján Páll Kristjánsson, Arnar Rósenkranz Hilmarsson and Rich Costey.

Personnel:

  • Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir – vocals, guitar, synthesizer, piano, keyboards, percussion, samples
  • Ragnar Þórhallsson – vocals, guitar, piano, synthesizer, keyboards, samples
  • Brynjar Leifsson – guitar, synthesizer, samples
  • Kristján Páll Kristjánsson – bass, synth bass, synthesizer
  • Arnar Rósenkranz Hilmarsson – drums, percussion, synthesizer, piano, samples, programming
  • Steingrimur Karl Teague – piano
  • Viktor Orri Árnason – strings
  • Rich Costey – programming
  • Martin Cooke – engineer, programming
  • Rich Costey – mixing
  • KT Pipal – mixing assistant
  • Joe LaPorta – mastering
  • Davíð Arnar Baldursson – design, layout
  • Ragnar Þórhallsson – design, layout
  • Jón Sæmundur – paintings

Track listing:

  1. Alligator
  2. Ahay
  3. Róróró
  4. Waiting for the Snow
  5. Vulture, Vulture
  6. Wild Roses
  7. Stuck in Gravity
  8. Sleepwalker
  9. Wars
  10.  Under a Dome
  11. Soothsayer

The Isley Brothers: Twisting and Shouting

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On July 25, 1963, “United Artists” label released “Twisting and Shouting”, the third Isley Brothers (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1963, at “Bell Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Bert Bernes.

Personnel:

  • Ronald Isley – lead vocals
  • O’Kelly Isley, Jr. – backing vocals
  • Rudolph Isley – backing vocals
  • Alan Lorber – conductor 
  • Garry Sherman – conductor

Tracking listing:

All tracks by Rudolp Isley, O’ Kelly Isley and Ronald Isley, except where noted.

  1. Surf and Shout – Phil Medley, Ruth Batchelor
  2. Please, Please, Please – James Brown, Johnny Terry
  3. She’s the One
  4. Tango
  5. What’cha Gonna Do
  6. Stagger Lee – Lloyd Price, Harold Logan
  7. You’ll Never Leave Him – Bert Russell
  8. Let’s Go, Let’s Go, Let’s Go – Hank Ballard
  9. She’s Gone
  10. Shake It with Me Baby
  11. Long Tall Sally – Enotris Johnson
  12. Do the Twist – Dale Hawkins

Butch Walker: The Rise and Fall of Butch Walker and the Let’s-Go-Out-Tonites

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On July 11, 2006, “Epic” label released “The Rise and Fall of Butch Walker and the Let’s-Go-Out-Tonites”, the third Butch Walker album. It was recorded in 2006, and was produced by Butch Walker.

Personnel:

  • Butch Walker – vocals, additional guitars, additional bass, piano, organ, percussion
  • Randy Michael – acoustic guitars
  • Page Waldrop – pedal steel
  • James Hall – piano, trumpet, harmonica, backing vocals
  • Wes Flowers – Hammond organ, keys
  • Michael Guy Chislett – guitar, keyboards, claps, backing vocals
  • Darren Dodd – drums, percussion, claps, backing vocals
  • Dr. Brad Goron – horn section
  • Alecia “Pink” Moore – guest vocals
  • Yvette Petit – backing vocals

Track listing:

 All tracks by Butch Walker.

  1. Oooh…Aaah
  2. Hot Girls in Good Moods
  3. Ladies and Gentlemen…The Let’s Go Out Tonites!
  4. Bethamphetamine (Pretty, Pretty)
  5. Too Famous to Get Fully Dressed
  6. We’re All Going Down
  7. Dominoes
  8. Paid to Get Excited
  9. Song Without a Chorus
  10. The Taste of Red
  11. Rich People Die Unhappy
  12. This Is the Sweetest Little Song
  13. When Canyons Ruled the City