Tuesday 18 March 2008

She & Him - Volume 1

March 2008 She & Him - Volume One Merge Records MRG324 (lp, cd, download) Double Six Recordings DS009 (cd)

1. Sentimental Heart
2. Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?
3. This Is Not a Test
4. Change Is Hard
5. I Thought I Saw Your Face Today
6. Take It Back
7. I Was Made for You
8. You Really Got a Hold on Me
9. Black Hole
10. Got Me
11. I Should Have Known Better
12. Sweet Darlin'
13. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

Zooey Deschanel - Vocals, Piano, Percussion, Xylophone
M. Ward - Keyboards, Guitar, Vocals, String Arrangement, Bass
Mike Coykendall - Percussion, Bass, Guitar
Tom Hagerman - Strings (01, 06)
Mike Moggis - Percussion, Guitar (01, 04, 12)
Rachel Blumberg - Percussion (05, 07, 09, 12)
Peter Broderick - Strings (05, 12)
Adam Selzer - Percussion (12)
Paul Brainerd - Guitar (06, 11)

Recorded in Fall 2006 and Winter 2007

Tuesday 4 March 2008

White Hinterland - Phylactery Factory

March 2008 White Hinterland - Phylactery Factory Dead Oceans DOC009 (lp, cd)

1. The Destruction of the Art Deco House
2. Dreaming of the Plum Trees
3. Calliope
4. Hometown Hooray
5. Lindberghs + Metal Birds
6. A Beast Washed Ashore
7. Napoleon At Waterloo
8. Hung on a Thin Thread
9. Vessels

Adam Selzer - Guitar
Jordan Hudson - Vibes
Laura Gibson - Background Vocals
Casey Dienel - Vocals, Melodica, Mellotron, Roland Synthesizer, Piano (Upright)
Dave Depper - Electric Bass
Peter Broderick - Violin, Accordion, Saw