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The Offspring: Supercharged

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On October 11, 2024, “Concord” label released “Supercharged”, the eleventh Offspring (The) studio album. It was recorded September 2022 – May 2024, at “D-13” in Huntington Beach, “Plantation” and “A’ala” in Maui, “The Warehouse” in Vancouver, and was produced by Bob Rock.

Personnel:

  • Dexter Holland – vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards
  • Noodles – guitar
  • Jonah Nimoy – keyboards
  • Todd Morse – bass
  • Brandon Pertzborn – drums
  • Bob Rock – guitar, backing vocals
  • Adam Greenholtz – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Jamie Muhoberac – keyboards
  • Josh Freese – drums
  • Dave Pierce – strings, keyboards
  • Rebecca Shoichet – additional vocals
  • Adam Garrett – backing vocals
  • Bob Rock – mixing
  • Adam Greenholtz – mixing
  • Emily Lazar – mastering
  • Annie Kennedy – engineer assistant
  • Theo Wagner – engineer assistant
  • Ryan Enockson – engineer assistant
  • Stephen Hogan – engineer assistant
  • Andrew Fowler – engineer assistant
  • John Dibiasi – engineer assistant
  • Eric Helmkamp – additional recording
  • Daveed Benito – cover art

Track listing:

All tracks by Dexter Holland.

  1. Looking Out for #1
  2. Light It Up
  3. The Fall Guy
  4. Make It All Right
  5. OK, but This Is the Last Time
  6. Truth in Fiction
  7. Come to Brazil
  8. Get Some
  9. Hanging by a Thread
  10. You Can’t Get There from Here

Destroyer: Destroyer’s Rubies

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On February 21, 2006, “Merge” label released “Destroyer’s Rubies”, the seventh Destroyer studio album. It was recorded May – July 2005, at “JC/DC Studios” in Vancouver, British Columbia, and was produced by John Collins and David Carswell.

Personnel:

  • Dan Bejar – vocals, acoustic and rhythm guitar, tambourine
  • Nicolas Bragg – lead guitar
  • Ted Bois – piano, organ
  • Tim Loewen – bass
  • Scott Morgan – drums, baritone saxophone
  • Fisher Rose – vibraphone, trumpet
  • David Carswell – recording, mixing
  • John Collins – recording, mixing
  • Jamie Sitar – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Dan Bejar.

  1. Rubies
  2. Your Blood
  3. European Oils
  4. Painter In Your Pocket
  5. Looter’s Follies
  6. 3000 Flowers
  7. A Dangerous Woman Up to a Point
  8. Priest’s Knees
  9. Watercolours into the Ocean
  10. Sick Priest Learns to Last Forever

Destroyer: Kaputt

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On January 25, 2011, “Merge” and “Dead Oceans” labels released “Kaputt”, the ninth Destroyer album. It was recorded 2008 – 2010, at “JC/DC Studios” in Vancouver, British Columbia, and was produced by John Collins and David Carswell.

Personnel:

  • Dan Bejar – vocals, guitar, tambourine, piano
  • Nocolas Bragg – lead guitar
  • Ted Bois – keyboards, cover photography
  • Joseph Shabason – saxophone, flute, clarinet
  • JP Carter – trumpet
  • John Collins – bass
  • Joshua Wells – drums
  • Sibel Trasher – vocal
  • John Collins – engineer
  • Cady Bean-Smith – design

Track listing:

  1. Chinatown
  2. Blue Eyes
  3. Savage Night at the Opera
  4. Suicide Demo for Kara Walker
  5. Poor in Love
  6. Kaputt
  7. Downtown
  8. Song for America
  9. Prelude (Estuary)
  10. Nagel’s Marimba
  11. The Laziest River
  12. Palm Springs Life
  13. Landing on Water
  14. Bay of Pigs (Detail)

Chilliwack: Dreams, Dreams, Dreams

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In January 1977, “Mushroom” label released “Dreams, Dreams, Dreams”, the sixth Chilliwack album. It was recorded in 1976, at “Can-Base Studios” in Vancouver, Canada, and was produced by Bill Henderson and Ross Turney.

Personnel:

  • Bill Henderson – vocals, guitar, solina
  • Howard Froese – vocals, guitar, solina, piano
  • Glenn Miller – vocals, bass
  • Ross Turney – drums, percussion

Track listing:

  1. Fly at Night – Bill Henderson, Ross Turney
  2. Baby Blue – Bill Henderson, Ross Turney
  3. Rockin’ Girl – Bill Henderson, Glenn Miller
  4. California Girl – Bill Henderson
  5. Roll On – Bill Henderson, Ross Turney
  6. Something Better – Bill Henderson, Ross Turney
  7. Rain-O – Bill Henderson, Ross Turney, Glenn Miller, Lawrence
  8. Fly at Night (Reprise) – Bill Henderson, Ross Turney

Tegan And Sara: Hey, I’m Just Like You

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On September 27, 2019, “Sire” label released “Hey, I’m Just Like You”, the ninth Tegan and Sara studio album. It was recorded April – May 2019, in Vancouver, and was produced by Alex Hope.

Personnel:

  • Tegan Quin – vocals, guitar
  • Sara Quin – vocals, guitar, glockenspiel
  • Alex Hope – guitar, keyboards, piano, synths, programming, backing vocals
  • Catherine Hiltz – bass
  • Carla Azar – drums
  • Rachael Findlen – engineer
  • Annie Kennedy – engineer assistant
  • Beatriz Artola – mixing
  • Emily Lazar – mastering
  • Emy Storey – art direction
  • Trevor Brady – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Tegan Quin and Sara Quin, except where noted.

  1. Hold My Breath Until I Die – Alexandra Robotham, Tegan Quinn, Sara Quinn
  2. Hey, I’m Just Like You
  3. I’ll Be Back Someday
  4. Don’t Believe the Things They Tell You (They Lie) – Tegan Quinn, Sara Quinn, Alexandra Robotham
  5. Hello, I’m Right Here – Tegan Quinn, Sara Quinn, Alexandra Robotham
  6. I Don’t Owe You Anything
  7. I Know I’m Not the Only One – Tegan Quinn, Sara Quinn, Alexandra Robotham
  8. Please Help Me
  9. Keep Them Close ‘Cause They Will Fuck You Too – Tegan Quinn, Sara Quinn, Alexandra Robotham
  10. We Don’t Have Fun When We’re Together Anymore – Tegan Quinn, Sara Quinn, Alexandra Robotham
  11. You Go Away and I Don’t Mind
  12. All I Have to Give the World Is Me

Scorpions: Face the Heat

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On September 21, 1993, “Mercury” label released “Face the Heat”, the twelfth Scorpions studio album. It was recorded in 1993, at “Little Mountain Sound Studios” in Vancouver, Canada, and was produced by Bruce Fairbairn,

Personnel:

  • Klaus Meine – lead and backing vocals, arrangements
  • Rudolf Schenker – rhythm and lead guitar, sitar, EBow, backing vocals
  • Matthias Jabs – rhythm and lead guitar, talk box
  • Ralph Rieckermann – bass
  • Herman Rarebell – drums, percussion
  • John Webster – keyboards
  • Luke Herzog – additional keyboards, arrangements
  • Helen Donath – opera voice
  • Rhian Gittins – girl’s voice
  • Paul Laine, Mark LaFrance – backing vocals
  • Bruce Fairbairn – backing vocals, arrangements
  • Mark Hudson – backing vocals
  • Erwin Musper – engineer, mixing
  • Mike Plotnikoff – engineer
  • George Marino – mastering
  • Hubert Kretzschmar – cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Klaus Meine and Rudolf Schenker, except where noted.

  1. Alien Nation
  2. No Pain No Gain – Rudolf Schenker, Klaus Meine, Mark Hudson
  3. Someone to Touch – Rudolf Schenker, Klaus Meine, Mark Hudson
  4. Under the Same Sun – Rudolf Schenker, Klaus Meine, Scott Fairbairn
  5. Unholy Alliance
  6. Woman
  7. Hate to Be Nice
  8. Taxman Woman
  9. Ship of Fools
  10. Nightmare Avenue – Matthias jabs, Klaus Meine, Mark Hudson
  11. Lonely Nights

The National: Laugh Track

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On September 18, 2023, “4AD” label released “Laugh Track”, the tenth National (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2023, at “Flora Recording & Playback” in Portland, Oregon, US, “Soundcheck” in Vancouver, Canada, and was produced by Tony Berg, John Leventhal, Tucker Martine, Matt Berninger, Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner, Bryan Devendorf and Scott Devendorf.

Personnel:

  • Matt Berninger – lead vocals
  • Aaron Dessner – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Bryce Dessner – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, string arrangements
  • Scott Devendorf – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Bryan Devendorf – drums, percussion, programming, backing vocals
  • Phoebe Bridgers – vocals
  • Rosanne Cash – vocals
  • Justin Vernon – vocals
  • London Contemporary Orchestra – strings
  • Pentagram – design
  • John Solimine – cover photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Matt Berninger, except where noted, all music as noted.

  1. Alphabet City – music by Bryce Dessner
  2. Deep End (Paul’s in Pieces) – music by Aaron Dessner
  3. Weird Goodbyes – music by Aaron Dessner
  4. Turn Off the House – music by Bryce Dessner
  5. Dreaming – music by Aaron Dessner
  6. Laugh Track – music by Aaron Dessner
  7. Space Invader – music by Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner
  8. Hornets – music by Aaron Dessner
  9. Coat on a Hook – music by Aaron Dessner
  10. Tour Manager – lyrics by Carin Besser, Matt Berninger, music by Bryce Dessner
  11. Crumble – music by Aaron Dessner
  12. Smoke Detector – music by Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner

Tegan And Sara: So Jealous

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On September 14, 2004, “Vapor” label released “So Jealous”, the fourth Tegan and Sara studio album. It was recorded in 2004, at “Mushroom Studios”, in Vancouver, Canada, and was produced by Sara Quin, Tegan Quin, John Collins, David Carswell and Howard Redekopp. In December 2004, magazine “Rolling Stone” named “So Jealous” one of the “Top 50 records of 2004”.

Personnel:

  • Sara Quin – vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, organ, percussion
  • Tegan Quin – vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, organ, percussion
  • David Carswell – guitar, piano
  • Howard Redekopp – guitar, keyboards
  • John Collins – guitar, percussion
  • David Carswell – guitar, piano
  • Matt Sharp – keyboards, Moog synthesizer
  • Chris Carlson – bass
  • Rob Chursinoff — drums, percussion
  • Nick Blasko – violin
  • Howard Redekopp – engineer, mixing
  • Joel Livesey – assistant engineer
  • Misha Rajaratnam – engineer assistant
  • Rob Stesanson – engineer assistant
  • Steve Hall – mastering
  • Emily Storey – design
  • Dustin Rabin – photography

Track listing:

  1. You Wouldn’t Like Me – Tegan Quin
  2. Take Me Anywhere – Tegan Quin
  3. I Bet It Stung – Sara Quin
  4. I Know I Know I Know – Tegan Quin
  5. Where Does the Good Go – Tegan Quin
  6. Downtown – Tegan Quin
  7. I Won’t Be Left – Tegan Quin
  8. Walking with a Ghost – Sara Quin
  9. So Jealous – Sara Quin
  10. Speak Slow – Tegan Quin
  11. Wake Up Exhausted – Tegan Quin
  12. We Didn’t Do It – Sara Quin
  13. Fix You Up – Tegan Quin
  14. I Can’t Take It – Sara Quin

Rheostatics: Here Comes The Wolves

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On September 6, 2019, “Six Shooter Records” label released “Here Come the Wolves”, the twelve Rheostatics album. It was recorded in 2019, at “Revolution Recording” and “Union Sound Company” in Toronto, Canada, and was produced by Chris Stringer.

Personnel:

  • Dave Bidini – vocals, guitar, bass
  • Martin Tielli – vocals, guitar, tenor guitar, banjo, additional engineering
  • Kevin Hearn – vocals, keyboards, accordion
  • Hugh Marsh – violin
  • Tim Vesely – vocals, bass guitar, additional engineering
  • Dave Clark – drums, percussion, keyboards, additional engineering
  • Chris Stringer – additional guitar, keyboards, percussion, engineer
  • Alex Gamble – engineer
  • Michael Philip Wojewoda – additional engineering, mixing
  • Darren McGill – engineer assistant
  • Luke Schindler – engineer assistant
  • Chris Peters – design, layout
  • João Carvalho – mastering
  • Bryan Lowe – mastering assistant
  • Chris Walla – mixing
  • Gus Van Go – mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Dave Bidini, Martin Tielli, Kevin Hearn, Hugh Marsh, Tim Vesely and Dave Clark.

  1. Vancouver
  2. AC/DC on the Stereo
  3. Rearview
  4. Here Come the Wolves
  5. It’s the Super Controller!
  6. Music is the Message
  7. Diamonds on Our Toes
  8. I Wanna Be Your Robot
  9. The Beautiful Night
  10. Goodbye Sister Butterfly
  11. Albatross
  12. Mountains and the Sea

Stars: In Our Bedroom After The War

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On July 10, 2007, “Arts & Crafts” label digitally released “In Our Bedroom After the War”, the fourth Stars studio album. It was recorded in 2007, at “Warehouse Studio” in Vancouver, Canada.

Personnel:

  • Amy Millan – lead and backing vocals, guitar
  • Chris Seligman – upright and grand piano, electric piano, synthesizer, French horn, string arrangements
  • Torquil Campbell – vocals, synth, melodica, pipe
  • Evan Cranley – bass, guitar, mandolin, synthesizer, Euphonium, percussion string arrangements
  • Pat McGee – drums, percussion, bells, choir
  • Andrew Whiteman – guitar
  • Robyn Kotyk – guitar, layout
  • Daniel Handler – accordion, liner notes 
  • Erik Hove – saxophone
  • Jesse Zubot – violin
  • Joseph Elworthy – cello
  • Moria Wylie – voice
  • Genevieve Walker, Jade McNelis – additional string arrangements
  • Bruno Dejarnac – recording
  • Jace Lasik – engineer
  • Eric Mosher – engineer
  • Joe Chiccarelli – mixing
  • Tom Campbell – mixing, pinting
  • Emily Lazar – mastering
  • Sam Koop – technician
  • Patrick Guay – design
  • Autumn De Wilde – band photography

Track listing:

  1. The Beginning After the End
  2. The Night Starts Here
  3. Take Me to the Riot
  4. My Favourite Book
  5. Midnight Coward
  6. The Ghost of Genova Heights
  7. Personal
  8. Barricade
  9. Window Bird
  10. Bitches in Tokyo
  11. Life 2: The Unhappy Ending
  12. Today Will Be Better, I Swear!
  13. In Our Bedroom After the War