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Twin Shadow: Same

On July 9, 2021, “Cheree Cheree” label released the self-titled, fifth Twin Shadow (George Lewis Jr.) album. It was recorded in 2021, at “FAMA Studios”, in Santo Domingo, and was produced by Twin Shadow.  

Personnel:

  • Twin Shadow – vocals, bass guitar, electric guitar, piano, keyboards, saxophone, drums, programming engineer, mixing, executive producer
  • Ray Brady – electric guitar, programming
  • Dominique Xavier Taplin – keyboards
  • Trevor Dandy – vocals
  • Kadhja Bonet – backing vocals
  • D’Angelo Lacy – backing vocals
  • Guillermo Brown – backing vocals
  • Ligia Lewis – backing vocals
  • Wynne Bennett – backing vocals
  • Dave Cooley – mastering
  • Edward Bezalel – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by George Lewis, except where noted.

  1. Alemania – George Lewis, William Peacock
  2. Sugarcane
  3. Johnny & Jonnie
  4. Get Closer
  5. Is There Any Love – George Lewis, Edward Bezalel
  6. Gated Windows – George Lewis, Jan Hammer, Ivona Reich
  7. Modern Man
  8. Lonestar – George Lewis, Edward Bezalel
  9. Brown Sugar – George Lewis, Edward Bezalel, Raymond Brady III
  10. I Wanna Be Here (Shotgun) – George Lewis, Edward Bezalel

Xiu Xiu: Oh No

On March 26, 2021, “Polyvinyl” label released “Oh No”, the twelfth Xiu Xiu album. It was recorded 2020 – 2021, at Jamie Stewart’s home studio in Los Angeles “Nurse”, and was produced by Lawrence English, Greg Saunier and Angela Seo.

Personnel:

  • Jamie Stewart – vocals, autoharp, guitar, bajo quinto, banjo, bass guitar, drums, mandolin, organ, stylophone, synthesizer, viola, xylophone, drums, percussion, sampling. engineer, design
  • Angela Seo – vocals, harmonium, piano, synthesizer bass, gong, percussion, design
  • John Congleton – Optigan, synthesizer
  • Jonathan Meiburg – vocals, animal sounds
  • Greg Saunier – vocals, bass guitar, guitar, cymbals, sampling, synthesizer, engineer
  • Charlie Looker – bass guitar, guitar
  • Jherek Bischoff – double bass
  • Zachary Dawes – double bass, bass guitar
  • David Kendrick – drums, bongos, percussion
  • Alice Bag – vocals
  • Deb Demure – vocals
  • Fabrizio Modonese Palumbo – vocals
  • Gwendolyn Sanford – vocals
  • Liz Harris – vocals
  • Sharon Van Etten – vocals
  • Susanne Sachsse – vocals
  • Valerie Diaz – vocals
  • Twin Shadow – vocals, saxophone, engineer
  • Haley Fohr – vocals, engineer
  • Angus Andrew – vocals, engineer
  • Ben Chisholm – engineer
  • Brandon Jay – engineer
  • Dan Duszynski – engineer
  • Dirk Dresselhaus – engineer
  • Justin Higgins – engineer
  • Owen Pallett – engineer
  • Paul Beauchamp – engineer
  • Alan Douches – mastering
  • Danelle Abad – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Angela Seo and Jamie Stewart, except where noted.

  1. Sad Mezcalita
  2. I Can Not Resist
  3. The Grifters
  4. Goodbye for Good
  5. Oh No
  6. Rumps Room
  7. Fuzz Gong Fight
  8. I Dream of Someone Else Entirely
  9. One Hundred Years
  10. A Classic Screw
  11. It Bothers Me All the Time
  12. Saint Dymphna
  13. Knock Out
  14. A Bottle of Rum
  15. Ants