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MGMT: Little Dark Age

On February 9, 2018, “Columbia” label released “Little Dark Age”, the fourth MGMT studio album. It was recorded September 2016 – May 2017, at “Baby Office” and “Kingsize Soundlabs” in Los Angeles, “The CRC” and “Tarbox Toad” in New York, and was produced by Patrick Wimberly, Dave Fridmann and Andrew VanWyngarden, Ben Goldwasser.

Personnel:

  • Andrew VanWyngarden – vocals, backing vocals, guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, bass, drums, percussion, programming
  • Ben Goldwasser – vocals, backing vocals, organ, keyboards, bass, synthesizer, flute,  programming
  • Josh Da Costa – additional drums
  • Ariel Pink – synthesizer, guitars, backing vocals
  • Danny Meyer – saxophone
  • Connan Mockasin – guitar, backing vocals
  • Cellars – vocals
  • Patrick Wimberly – vocals, bass, percussion, vibraphone
  • James Richardson – additional bass, synthesizer, French horn, recorder, guitar, bass
  • Sébastien Tellier – backing vocals
  • Patrick Wimberly – engineer
  • Dave Fridmann – engineer, mixing
  • Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson – additional engineering
  • Celso A. Estrada – engineer assistant
  • Tyler Karmen – engineer assistant
  • Matt Estep – mixing assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Steve Fallone – mastering

Track listing:

All lyrics by Andrew VanWyngarden, all music by Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser, except where noted.

  1. She Works Out Too Much
  2. Little Dark Age
  3. When You Die – lyrics by Andrew VanWyngarden, Ariel Pink, music by Andrew VanWyngarden, Ben Goldwasser, Ariel Pink
  4. Me and Michael
  5. TSLAMP – music by Andrew VanWyngarden, Ben Goldwasser, James Richardosn
  6. James
  7. Days That Gone Away – music by Andrew VanWyngarden, Ben Goldwasser, Patrick Wimberley, Connan Mockasin
  8. One Thing Left to Try
  9. When You’re Small – lyrics by Andrew VanWyngarden, Ben Goldwasser, music by Andrew VanWyngarden, Ben Goldwasser
  10. Hand It Over

Alanis Morissette: The Storm Before the Calm

On June 17, 2022, “Epiphany Music” and “Thirty Tigers” labels released “The Storm Before the Calm”, the tenth Alanis Morissette studio album. It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by Dave Harrington.

Personnel:

  • Alanis Morissette – vocals, percussion, flute
  • Dave Harrington – acoustic and electric guitar, pedal steel guitar, bass, piano, organ, Moog, mellotron, drums, congas, percussion, bells, ghaita, sampler, electronics
  • Tim Mislock – guitar, electronics
  • Andrew Fox – Korg MS20, electronics
  • Spencer Zahn – acoustic and electric bass, vibraphone, Moog
  • Cedric Lemoyne – electric bass
  • Victor Indrizzo – drums, percussion, bowed cymbals
  • Samer Ghadry – gongs, crystal bowl, Himalayan bowls
  • Mauro Refosco – surdo, tympani, concert toms, synare, udu, tamburelo, tabla, gongs, percussion
  • Stuart Bogie – clarinet, contralto clarinet, flute, tenor sax, baritone sax
  • Kiukl Adelbai, Tyler Karmen, Chris Dugan – additional engineering
  • Phil Weinrobe – mixing
  • Taylor Deupree – mastering
  • Rob Prior – cover art

Track listing:

All tracks by Alanis Morissette and Dave Harrington.

  1. Light – The Lightworker Lament
  2. Heart – Power of Soft Heart
  3. Explore – The Other Side of Stillness
  4. Space – Pause on Violence
  5. Purification – The Alchemical Crunch
  6. Restore – Calling Generation X
  7. Awakening – In Between Thoughts
  8. Ground – I Want to Live
  9. Safety – Empath in Paradise
  10. Mania – resting in the Fire
  11. Vapor – Amplified in Stillness

Sharon Van Etten: Remind Me Tomorrow

On January 18, 2019, “Jagjaguwar” label released “Remind Me Tomorrow”, the fifth Sharon Van Etten studio album. It was recorded in 2018, at “Sargent Recorders”,  “Studio 64” in Los Angeles, and was produced by John Congleton.

Personnel:

  • Sharon Van Etten– vocals, piano, organ
  • Heather Woods Broderick– backing vocals, synthesizer, electric piano
  • Zachary Dawes – bass, synthesizer
  • McKenzie Smith – drums, percussion
  • Luke Reynolds– lap steel guitar, guitar, tape loops, synthesizer, keyboards, celesta, bass
  • John Congleton– percussion, organ, theremin, synthesizer, drone, drum programming, tape loops, drum machine, loops, sequencer, engineering, mixing
  • Jamie Stewart– vocals, synthesizer, guitar, bells, percussion
  • Lars Horntveth– guitar, synthesizer, woodwinds, piano, celesta
  • Brian Reitzell– drums, organ, percussion, drone, cymbal
  • Joey Waronker– drums
  • Stella Mozgawa– drums
  • Sean Cook – additional engineering
  • Tyler Karmen – additional engineering
  • Greg Calbi– mastering
  • JN-H – lacquer cutting
  • Nathaniel David Utesch – design, layout
  • Katherine Dieckmann– front cover photography
  • Rob Houston – inner sleeve photography
  • Maya Judd – inner sleeve photography
  • Len Prince– inner sleeve, back cover, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Sharon Van Etten, except where  noted.

  1. I Told You Everything
  2. No One’s Easy to Love
  3. Memorial Day
  4. Comeback Kid – Sharon Van Etten, Sam Cohen
  5. Jupiter 4
  6. Seventeen – Sharon Van Etten, Kate Davis
  7. Malibu
  8. You Shadow
  9. Hands
  10. Stay