Greg Norman

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The Bitter Tears

American producer, engineer, and owner of Studio Greg Studios II in Chicago, Illinois. He also works for [l269885] since 1996.

ALBUMS

We Blame Chicago

Indie Rock/Math Rock/Post Rock/Experimental

Folk Rock/Indie Rock

We Lost The Sea

Triumph & Disaster

Post-Metal/Post Rock

Miracle Condition

2018, 7xFile, FLAC, Album, Not On Label (Miracle Condition Self-released),

Noise/Psychedelic Rock/Shoegaze

2016, CD, Album, Sip City Rcrds,

The Power Of Patrician Upbringing

Punk/Noise Rock

Math Rock/Post-Hardcore

Something I Learned Today

Ugly Music... For Ugly Minds

2006, CD, Smplr, Relapse Records,

Math Rock/Grindcore/Death Metal/Hardcore/Doom Metal/Experimental

Rough Trade Shops (Counter Culture 04 Best Of 2004)

Indie Rock/Abstract/UK Garage/Downtempo/Synth-pop/Experimental

2004, CD, Album, Thick Records

Post Rock/Avantgarde

Too Late Or Too Dead +2

2003, CD, EP, Southern Records

Sin, Squalor, And The American Lie

Just Stay in Bed

2022, CDr, Single, Promo, Temporary Residence Limited

Riderless Horse

The Bitter Tears

Jam Tarts In The Jakehouse

Nicolas Leirtrø

2025, Cass, Album, Ltd, Num, Sonic Transmissions Records,

Free Improvisation

2024, Cass, Ltd, Flesh And Bone Records

Never Quick, Never Easy

2024, 12", EP, Ran, Not On Label

Refrains Of The Day, Volume 2

2024, LP, Album, Lexical Records

The Color Of Cyan

2023, LP, Album, Ltd, Red, Guideline,

2023, LP, Ltd, Red, Spade Kitty Records

Refrains of the Day, Volume 1

True Champions Ride On Speed

2022, LP, Album, FONS Records, Gazer Tapes,

Math Rock/Post Rock

Black Ox Orkestar

Mizrakh Mi Ma'arav

2022, Flexi, 7", Single, Jewish Currents

2022, LP, Album, Flesh And Bone Records

Black Ox Orkestar

Everything Returns

2021, LP, Album, Not On Label (Neonmoms Self-released)

Natural Information Society* with Evan Parker

Descension (Out Of Our Constrictions)

Joshua Abrams' Cloud Script

2020, Vinyl Gatefold,

Avant-garde Jazz/Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz

Jason Wietlispach

Jim White (2) And Marisa Anderson

Half Heart: Songs From Twin Peaks

Neckbeard Deathcamp / Closet Witch / Racetraitor / Haggathorn

Grindcore/Hardcore/Black Metal/Noise

2019, LP, Album, Red, badHORROR

Joshua Abrams Natural Information Society

Mandatory Reality

2019, 2x Vinyl Black Vinyl 1st Edition,

Self-Extinguishing Emission

2018, LP, SCRAPES

Post-Hardcore/Noise

Actual Existence

Matthew Lux's Communication Arts Quartet

The Poison Arrows

2017, LP, Album, File 13 Records

Death And His Brother Sleep

2017, 7xFile, FLAC, Not On Label (Only The Bones Self-released)

Godspeed You! Black Emperor*

Luciferian Towers

2016, LP, Album, Don Giovanni Records

2016, Cass, Album, Ltd, Plustapes

Lovely Little Girls

Glistening Vivid Splash

Never Enough Hope

The Gravity Of Our Commitment

2015, 2xLP, Album, Num, Milk Factory Productions

Godspeed You! Black Emperor*

Asunder, Sweet And Other Distress

Post Rock/Drone

Sexually Fucked

Infinite Dissolution

Experimental/Black Metal/Ambient/Post Rock

vote of no confidence

Check The Spectrum

2014, CD, Album, Dig, Gubbey Records,

Indie Rock/Alternative Rock

The 3.5.7 Ensemble

Amongst The Smokestacks And Steeples

2014, 2xLP, Album, Milk Factory Productions,

Kim Deal, Morgan Nagler

Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra*

Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light On Everything

Alternative Rock/Avantgarde/Post Rock

2013, LP, Album, Ltd, 180, Migration Media

2013, LP, Michigan Independents Network,

Alternative Rock/Indie Rock

Heaven Earth Hell

2013, LP, Album, Not On Label,

Hot Shot / Likkle More

São Paulo Underground

Beija Flors Velho E Sujo

Return To Annihilation

2012, LP, Album, Num, MIE Music

Brooklyn Lines . . . Chicago Spaces

2012, CD, Album, Allos Documents,

Free Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz/Free Improvisation

Locrian & Christoph Heemann

Locrian & Christoph Heemann

Alphabet Of Movements

Free Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz

2010, CD, Album, Important Records (2)

Memories Are Hunting Horns

Folk Rock/Indie Rock

The Poison Arrows

New Found Resolutions

Krautrock/Abstract/Noise/Post Rock

2010, 7x Vinyl, 3x Vinyl, Box Set,

Post Rock/Doom Metal/Experimental

2008, CD, EP, Ltd, Not On Label

Nous (En) Sommes Encore Là

Going To The Bone Church

ft (the Shadow Government)*

The Black And White Album

Magnolia Electric Co.

2007, CD, CD, CD, CD, DVD, Box Set,

Folk Rock/Country Rock/Indie Rock

Call Me Lightning

The Resisting Dreamer

Working Nine To Wolf

2006, CD, Album, Lovitt Records,

Denying The West

2006, CD, Album, Johanns Face Records

Radiant Republic Of Texas

2006, File, DSF, EP, Satan Rides Shotgun

Magnolia Electric Co.

The Fire In Our Throats Will Beckon The Thaw

Post Rock/Post-Metal

March Into The Sea

Doom Metal/Post Rock/Ambient

Hardcore/Post Rock/Indie Rock

The Missouri Compromise

Creation Of Maine

2004, CD, Maxi, Roydale Records

Math Rock/Post Rock

I Am Not OK You're Not OK

2003, CD, Skinny Boy Records (3)

2002, CD, Album, Jagjaguwar

Give Us Barabbas

Hardcore/Post-Hardcore

The Detachment Kit*

They Raging. Quiet Army

Attacks On Bright America

2001, 10", EP, The Self-Starter Foundation

2001, CD, Album, Modern Radio Record Label

Atombombpocketknife

Indie Rock/Noise Rock/Post Rock

(It (Is) It) Critical Band

Rainy Day Regatta

Living As We Do In The Midst Of So Much Ordered Light And Noise

Gone Away / Kit's Choice

1998, 7", Secretly Canadian

Tren Brothers EP

1998, CD, EP, Drag City

How Memory Works

Emo/Post Rock/Indie Rock

The Sexy Accident

Kinda Like Fireworks

10xFile, MP3, Album, VBR, Not On Label (The Sexy Accident Self-released)

The Bitter Tears

The Grinning Corpse Who Went To Town

2005, CD, Album, Roydale Records

The Bitter Tears

Frank, J.P. & The Monkee

7", Not On Label

APPEARANCES +

Hardcore/Grindcore

Of Ghosts & Dust

Of Ghosts & Dust

2025, 12", Album, Cavetone Records

Natural Information Society* & Bitchin Bajas

2025, LP, Drag City,

Avant-garde Jazz/Experimental

2024, CD, Album, Corbett vs. Dempsey

A Window & A Mirror

2024, Box, Comp, Ltd, Num, Sig + LP, Album, RE, Aqu + LP, Joyful Noise Recordings,

Emo/Post Rock/Indie Rock/Folk Rock

The Mountains Pass

Jason Adasiewicz

2023, LP, Ltd, Corbett vs. Dempsey,

2023, CD, Album, Irabbagast Records

Natural Information Society Community Ensemble* With Ari Brown

Since Time Is Gravity

The Poison Arrows

Riderless Horse

The Poison Arrows

2021, 12", EP, It's Only A Record Records

Imperfect Authentic Cadence

2021, LP, Ltd, Debacle Records

2021, LP, Album, Ltd, Record Label

2021, File, FLAC, MP3, Single, Touch, TouchLine

Norwegian Gothic

Noise/Post-Punk/Alternative Rock/Post Rock

Natural Information Society* with Evan Parker

Descension (Out Of Our Constrictions)

The World Must Be Destroyed

2021, Vinyl White / Black / Pink (A-Side / B-Side),

Noise/Sludge Metal/Doom Metal/Post-Punk

My Best Days are Behind Me

2020, 2xLP, Album, Ltd, Comedy Minus One

2020, CD, Album, Touch

Interpretive Overlook

2020, File, WAV, Single, 16-, Comedy Minus One

Årabrot / Radar Men From The Moon

Gospel Lilies / We Wear Sadism On Our Sleeves

2019, 7", Single, Club, Ltd, God Unknown Records,

Industrial/Psychedelic Rock/Avantgarde/Experimental/Noise

Sleeping At Last

This Wild Willing

New Works For Solo Percussion

Ty Segall & Freedom Band

Deforming Lobes

Sleeping At Last

Sasquatch Turf War

Sasquatch Turf War

2018, LP, Album, Cavetone Records

My Way My Love / The Poison Arrows

2018, Cass, EP, Ltd, Num, S/Edition, Coup Sur Coup Records

Miguel Zenón* Featuring Spektral Quartet

Yo Soy La Tradición

2018, CD, Album, Miel Music

Michael Vallera

All Perfect Days

Who Do You Love

Noise Rock/Art Rock/Post-Punk

Alternative Rock/Indie Rock

Ten Years Under The Earth

2017, CD, Album, Ltd, Num, Unfathomless

Michael Vallera

Wait In The Car

Godspeed You! Black Emperor*

Luciferian Towers

For Lack Of Discipline You Will Die

2016, 7", EP, Sheep Chase,

Alternative Rock

2016, LP, Album, New Atlantis Records, Submarine Records (2),

Free Improvisation/Avant-garde Jazz/Jazz-Rock/Post Rock/Dub

A Season On The Line

The Startling Testimony Of Plumb Lines

Punk/Indie Rock/Krautrock/Post-Hardcore

November 2015: Glenn Danzig

2015, 27xFile, MP3, Album, 320, PRF

Minmae, Nad Navillus

Dans Les Tiroirs 1

2014, 7", Single, Ltd, Arbouse recordings

Local H's Awesome Mix Tape #2

2014, CD, EP, G & P Records,

Alternative Rock

Screaming Females

Live At The Hideout

2014, CD Digisleeve,

Alternative Rock

Make All The Hell Of Dark Metal Bright

2013, LP, Bathetic Records

Rob Mazurek, Exploding Star Orchestra Featuring Roscoe Mitchell

Matter Anti-Matter

2013, 2xCD, Album, Rogueart

Russian Circles

Deny The Absolute b/w The Truce

2012, LP, Ltd, Neal Markowski

Meet Some Freaks On Route 66

2012, CD, Album, La Repubblica XL

This Is Where Life Is

The Smashing Pumpkins

Scott Lucas & The Married Men

Blood Half Moon

Rock & Roll/Country Rock/Country

Locrian & Mamiffer

Bless Them That Curse You

2011, CD, Album, Not On Label (Filligar Self-released)

Countermeasures

2011, 8xFile, FLAC, Album, Not On Label (Light Coma Self-released)

Spare The Horses

Miami Ice Machine

2010, 12", G Dub Music

2010, CDr, Album, Shakefork Records

2010, 3xFile, MP3, Shakefork Records

Call Me Lightning

When I Am Gone My Blood Will Be Free

Magnolia Electric Co.

Rider. Shadow. Wolf.

2009, 7", Ltd, Secretly Canadian,

Acoustic/Indie Rock

2009, 2xCD, Album, RE + Comp, Neurot Recordings, Neurot Recordings

Jenny Gillespie

2009, 8xFile, FLAC, Album, Not On Label (Jenny Gillespie Self-released)

2009, 7", The Bus Stop Label

Crypto Superzeit International

2009, CD, Album, Johanns Face Records

Manic Street Preachers

Journal For Plague Lovers

Alternative Rock/Hard Rock/Indie Rock

Russian Circles

Stoner Rock/Doom Metal

Experimental/Ambient

The Poison Arrows

First Class, And Forever

Sleeping At Last

Alternative Rock/Emo/Indie Rock

Magnolia Electric Co.

The Poison Arrows

2008, CD, EP, File 13 Records,

Songs About A Sick Boy

2008, CD, Lovitt Records

A Tempo! A Tempo!

Pelican (2) / These Arms Are Snakes

Pink Mammoth / Gold Diggers

Bill Dixon with Exploding Star Orchestra

Bill Dixon With Exploding Star Orchestra

Avant-garde Jazz/Free Jazz

Canadian Rifle / American Cheeseburger

Canadian Rifle / American Cheeseburger

Road Born Orphan

2007, CDr, EP, Ltd, Hawthorne Street Records

Abstract/Post Rock

Travis Morrison Hellfighters

Alternative Rock

Armchair Apocrypha

Mick Turner / Tren Brothers

Post Rock/Experimental

Magnolia Electric Co.

2006, LP, Album, MP, Secretly Canadian,

Lo-Fi/Indie Rock/Folk Rock

Chronic Seizure

Chronic Seizure

2006, 7", Blu, Fashionable Idiots

The Autumn Defense

The Autumn Defense

2006, CD, Album, Reverberation

Math Rock/Experimental/Indie Rock

The Autumn Defense

The Autumn Defense

Folk Rock/Acoustic/Indie Rock

Love That's Last (A Wholly Hypnographic & Disturbing Work Regarding Oxbow)

Blues Rock/Noise/Experimental/Sludge Metal/Doom Metal

Sleeping At Last

Chronic Seizure

Chronic Seizure

Unearthly Trance

Russian Circles

Radiant Republic Of Texas

Lightning Always Strikes Something

2005, CD, Satan Rides Shotgun

Let's Get Out Of This Terrible Sandwich Shop

2005, 7", Ltd, Num, Not On Label (Let's Get Out Of This Terrible Sandwich Shop Self-released)

Kidnapped By Neptune

Alternative Rock

Walking Cloud And Deep Red Sky, Flag Fluttered And The Sun Shined

The Wedding Present

Pelican (2) & Playing Enemy

Pelican (2) / Mono

2005, Vinyl Temporary Residence Version,

Blessed Black Wings

Neurot Recordings I

2004, CD + DVD + Comp, Neurot Recordings,

Alternative Rock/Folk Rock/Industrial/Modern Classical/Noise/Ambient/Acoustic/Doom Metal/Experimental

The Butchershop Quartet

The Rite Of Spring

2004, 2xCD, Album, Galapagos4

Radiant Republic Of Texas

Golden Gate Mistake

2004, CD, EP, Satan Rides Shotgun

Prayer + Pretend

2004, CD, Album, Johanns Face Records

That Man Will Not Hang

The Difference Between Me And You Is That I'm Not On Fire

Alternative Rock/Math Rock/Indie Rock

The Desert Fathers

The Spirituality

2003, CD, Album, Threespheres

Don't Touch That Dial

2003, CD, Single, Enh, Scopitones

The High Price Of Living Too Long With A Single Dream

2003, CD, Album, Lovitt Records

Atombombpocketknife / The Candies*

This Is Dance Time

2003, CD, Single, Ltd, Suiteside,

Folk Rock/Electro/Indie Rock

Dispelling The Myth Of Accurate Maps

2003, CD, Album, Johanns Face Records

Build A Bridge And Get Over It

2003, CD, Maxi, Alone Records, Alone Records

The Desert Fathers

The Spirituality

2003, CD, Advance, Album, Promo, Threespheres

2003, CD, Album, Not On Label (Quiver Lip Self-released)

Guided By Voices

Earthquake Glue

Mary Star Of The Sea

Alternative Rock

Sleeping At Last

Alternative Rock/Emo/Indie Rock

Guided By Voices

My Kind Of Soldier

Lo-Fi/Indie Rock

Tree Of No Return

Too Good To Be True

2002, CD, EP, Ohio Gold Records

Manual For Self Destruction

A Sun That Never Sets

Sludge Metal/Post-Metal/Ambient/Experimental

[Outnumbered Is Outflanked]

2001, CD, Album, Someoddpilot Records

Atombombpocketknife

God Save The ABPK

2001, CD, Album, Southern Records

Everything Went Shit

2001, CD, Comp, Johanns Face Records,

2001, CD, Album, The Roydale Recording Company Corporation, Inc

2001, CD, Album, Star Star Stereo

Explanation Of Scientific Explosion - Chicago-Midwest (U.S. Pop Life Vol. 14)

2001, CD, Comp, Contact Records

Andrew Bird's Bowl Of Fire

The Swimming Hour

Dixieland/Indie Rock

A Sun That Never Sets

Alternative Rock/Doom Metal/Avantgarde

Rainy Day Regatta

The Music Is On

2000, CD, Album, Harlan Records, Rotary Ten Records

The My Pal God Holiday Record 2

2000, CD, Comp, My Pal God Records,

Holiday/Indie Rock

2000, Vinyl, CD, Box Set,

Alternative Rock/Post-Punk/Math Rock

Changing Caring Humans (1997-1999 • A Collection Of Singles And Compilation Songs)

Alternative Rock/Hardcore/Noise/Ambient/Sludge Metal/Tribal

(It (Is) It) Critical Band

Math Rock/Post Rock

Mezcal / In This Hole

1999, 7", Single, Bread Machine,

Sean Na Na / Lucky Jeremy

Sean Na Na / Lucky Jeremy

1999, 7", Heart Of A Champion,

Shots Heard 'Round The World

Sweep The Leg Johnny

Tomorrow We Will Run Faster

Sludge Metal/Post-Metal

Atombombpocketknife

Atombombpocketknife

She's A Salt Shaker / Activate The Borders

1998, 7", Southern Records

The My Pal God Holiday Record

1998, CD, Comp, My Pal God Records

The 90 Day Men*

Math Rock/Indie Rock

If You Can Bake A Cake, You Can Build A Bomb...

Time Waits For No One

Minneapolis Sound/Soul/Funk

Godspeed You! Black Emperor*

Asunder, Sweet And Other Distress

The Smashing Pumpkins

Manic Street Preachers

Journal For Plague Lovers

Mary Star Of The Sea

Alternative Rock

A Sun That Never Sets

Alternative Rock/Doom Metal/Avantgarde