Tag: ATO Records
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Amanda Shires, Take It Like a Man, 2022 on ATO Records
Eighth solo LP from Amanda Shires, recorded at RCA Studio B in Nashville. I’m cautious not to read any songwriter too literally or autobiographically, but it is hard not to (now) read this as foreshadowing her divorce from Jason Isbell, making it part of a group of records about the dissolution of their marriage. Guests…
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Black Pumas, Chronicles of a Diamond, 2023 on ATO
Sophomore album from Black Pumas – following up the giant success of their self-titled debut in 2019 with “Colors” which was a bit inescapable (and brilliant). Doesn’t get as much attention as the debut – the dreaded sophomore slump – but I think it is every bit as good an album. My copy, via Barnes…
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Old Crow Medicine Show, Paint This Town, 2022 on ATO
Seventh full length studio album from Old Crow Medicine Show, recorded in their own studio (Hartland) in East Nashville, TN. Molly Tuttle guests on banjo on “Bombs Away.” My copy via Waterloo Records in Austin TX, is one with blue sky and yellow flowers – different versions exist with purple, blue, and red variations of…
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St. Paul and the Broken Bones, The Alien Coast, 2022 on ATO Records
I’m a big fan of St. Paul and the Broken Bones since their debut album, Half the City, came out in 2014. On this record the 8-piece band is founders Paul Janeway and Jessie Phillips plus Al Gamble, Allen Bransetter, Amari Ansari, Browan Lollar, Chad Fisher, and Kevin Leon. This is their 4th studio full-length…
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St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Angels in Science Fiction, 2023 on ATO Records
This is the fifth full length album from Alabama’s St. Paul & The Broken Bones, and their second on ATO. Beautiful packing with a lovely lyrics booklet. It’s also a great record, with its origins reportedly in letters Paul Janeway wrote to his (at the time) not yet born child. It’s the kind of album,…
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Benjamin Booker, Self-Titled, 2014 on ATO Records
Wonderful debut full-length on ATO from New Orleans based blues / soul guitarist/singer/songwriter Booker. Recorded (analog) at the Bomb Shelter (Nashville) and produced by Andrija Tokic who worked with Alabama Shakes and Hurray for the Riff Raff. My copy via Vinyl Destination in Lowell MA
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Lisa Hannigan, At Swim, 2016 on ATO Records
Like many people, I first got familiar with Lisa Hannigan given her role on Damien Rice’s debut record O, but it is well worth checking out her solo work which starts around 2009 with Sea Sew. This LP, her third, was produced by omnipresent Aaron Dessner of The National. My copy via Newbury Comics in…
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Dawes, Nothing is Wrong, 2011 on ATO Records
My copy is a 2021 reissue on two 45rpm 12″ records plus a bonus 7″ single (Strangers Getting Stranger / Rest Easy) and a die-cut jacket that shows one of the custom sleeves from inside, which I picked up direct from Rounder Records last year. I love this album, which has a couple of my…
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Adam’s House Cat, Town Burned Down, 2018 on ATO Records
Adam’s House Cat, Town Burned Down, 2018 on ATO Records Originally recorded back in 1990, but not released – new vocals were cut in 2018 for this release. Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley of Drive-By Truckers in their first band together with John Cahoon and Chuck Tremblay via VNYL
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Dylan LeBlanc, Renegade, 2019 on ATO Records
Dylan LeBlanc, Renegade, 2019 on ATO Records Dylan LeBlanc‘s fourth studio album and first on ATO. Produced by Dave Cobb – great fit of artist and production here. “Lone Rider” cowritten with his dad James LeBlanc Signed copy via Magnolia Record Club
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My Morning Jacket, The Waterfall II, 2020 on ATO
My Morning Jacket, The Waterfall II, 2020 on ATO Jim James and crew follow up to 2015’s The Waterfall – recordings made then but not released until now. Via Magnolia Record Club
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Allen Stone, Self-Titled, 2012 on ATO Records.
Allen Stone, Self-Titled, 2012 on ATO Records. This version came with a bonus 4 track EP I think I first heard Allen Stone on Live From Daryl’s House (episode 51) – there’s also a great Tiny Desk session release last April, recorded in February just before Covid shutdown
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Brandi Carlile, The Firewatcher’s Daughter, 2015 on ATO
Brandi Carlile, The Firewatcher’s Daughter, 2015 on ATO (label founded by Dave Matthews and Coran Capshaw). Another solid 2xLP release from Carlile and the Hanseroth Twins, including Wherever Is Your Heart, Mainstream Kid, and The Eye Via Magnolia Record Club
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Jim James, Tribute To 2, 2017 on ATO records.
Jim James, Tribute To 2, 2017 on ATO records. Frontman of My Morning Jacket, sequel to his first covers album Tribute To. Got this in a 50% off clearence bin at a Barnes and Noble in NH