Alex McManus

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Alex McManus is a musician from Omaha, Nebraska currently based in Vancouver, BC. [1] He has played with such bands as Acorns, Empire State, Lambchop, Vic Chesnutt, and Bright Eyes. He is also in his own band called The Bruces. [2]

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Selected discography

Albums as The Bruces

YearAlbum Details
1993Family Day
  • Format: Cassette (Sing, Eunuchs!)
  • Format: CD (2002 · Little Army)
  • Format: Digital (Chunklet) [3]
  • Format: LP, ltd edition of 300 (2007 · Grotto Records)
2002Hialeah Pink
  • Format: LP (1995 · Sing, Eunuchs!/Theme Park)
  • Format: CD (2002 · Little Army) [4]
  • Format: Digital (2002 · Chunklet) [5]
2002 The War of the Bruces
2004The Shining Path
2018Thieves in the Wick--Songs of Simon Joyner
  • Format: LP, ltd edition of 300 (Unread Records [8] /Kerchow Records/Jackson Street Booksellers)

Singles as The Bruces

YearSingle Details
2000"102" / "Oil and Vinegar"
  • Format: 7-inch (Sommerveg) [9]
2018"I Make Marks" / "Invisible Ceiling"
  • Format: Lathe-cut 7-inch (Unread Records) [10]

Compilation Appearances as The Bruces

YearSongAlbum Details
1994"Killer"You and What Army?
  • Format: Cassette (Sing, Eunuchs!) [11]
1995"Beginning to See the Light Fade"Our Salvation Is in Hand
  • Format: CD (Theme Park) [12]
1996"Sharpening Stone"Songs from a Room
  • Format: 7-inch (Sing, Eunuchs!) [13]
1996"Upbeat"Carry On Ooij--A Brinkman Waaghals Compilation
  • Format: CD (Brinkman) [14]
2003"There"As Yet No Title - Skewed Songwriter
  • Format: Cassette (Unread Records) [15]

With Acorns

YearRelease Details
1989Acorns
  • Format: LP/Cassette (Post-Ambient Motion) [16]
1991Plainsongs
  • Format: Cassette (self-released)

With Frontier Trust

YearRelease DetailsCredits
1992The Highway Miles EP
  • Format: 7-inch (One Hour Records)
Bass, vocals [17]

With Simon Joyner

YearRelease DetailsCredits
1994The Cowardly Traveller Pays His Toll
  • Format: LP (Sing, Eunuchs!)
  • Format: LP (2008 · Team Love)
Violin [18]
1995Heaven's Gate
  • Format: LP (Sing, Eunuchs!)
  • Format: CD (1996 · Brinkman)
Violin [19]
1997Songs for the New YearGuest artist, guitar, violin [20]
1998Yesterday, Tomorrow and in Between
  • Format: 2LP, CD (Sing, Eunuchs!)
Guest artist [21]
2003"Here Come the Balloons" / "They Say Man Cannot Fly"
  • Format: 7-inch (Tongue Master)
Acoustic guitar, electric guitar, percussion, vocals [22]
2004Lost with the Lights On
2006Beautiful Losers: Singles and Compilation Tracks 1994-1999Concertina, mastering, sequencing, violin, whistle (human) [23]
2006Skeleton BluesAcoustic guitar, electric guitar, pedal steel [24]
2009Out into the SnowMusician [25]
2017Step into the EarthquakeMain personnel [26]

With Vic Chesnutt

YearRelease DetailsCredits
1995 Is the Actor Happy? Concertina, guitar, piano [27]
1996 About to Choke Acoustic guitar, electric guitar [28]
1998 The Salesman and Bernadette (with Lambchop)Atmosphere, euphonium, electric guitar, backing vocals, whistle (human) [29]

With Lambchop

YearRelease Details
1996 Thriller Performer [30]
1996"Cigarettiquette" / "Mr. Crabby"
1997"Whitey" / "Playboy the Shit"
1998 What Another Man Spills
1998"Your Fucking Sunny Day"
1998"Give Me our Love (Love Song)"
2000 Nixon Electric guitar [31]
2000The Queens Royal TrimmaGuitar [32]
2000"Up with People" / "Miss Prissy" Electric guitar, group member [33]
2001 Tools in the Dryer
2002 Is a Woman Acoustic guitar, electric guitar [34]
2002Treasure Chest of the Enemy
  • Format: CD (self-released)
  • Tour-only release
Guitar [35]
2002Pet Sounds Sucks
  • Format: CD (self-released)
  • Tour-only release
Guitar [36]
2004 Aw Cmon
  • Format: LP, CD (Merge, City Slang)
  • Also released as 2LP, 2CD with No You Cmon
Guitar, piano (thumb), group member [37]
2004 No You Cmon Guitar, piano (thumb), group member [38]
2004L'Aurore (Sunrise)
  • Format: DVD (Carlotta Films)
2004Lambchop + The DAFO String Quartet: Boo Fucking Who?
  • Format: CD (self-released)
  • Tour-only release
Guitar [39]
2006 Decline of Country and Western Civilization, Pt. 2 Group member [40]
2006 Damaged Guitars [41]
2007No Such Silence (Live at the AB in Brussels)Guitar [42]
2008 Oh (ohio) Acoustic guitar, electric guitar [43]
2009Live at XX MergePerformer [44]

With Empire State

YearRelease DetailsCredits
1999Empire StateAutoharp, bells, cello, chimes, horn, marxophone, trombone [45]
2000Why Climb the Highest Mountain EP
2001Eternal CombustionMulti-instrumentalist [47]

With Bright Eyes

YearRelease DetailsCredits
2004 Lua EPComposer, guitar, vocals [48]
2005 I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning Guitar [49]
2005 Motion Sickness: Live Recordings Group member, performer [50]

Other Appearances

YearArtistRelease DetailsCredits
1999 Olivia Tremor Control at NPR StudiosTrombone, [51] percussion
2000The Deist's Pouch"Everybody Has a Pouch" / "Backsliding Deist's Prayer" Acoustic guitar, recorder, backing vocals [52]
2001 Summer Hymns A Celebratory Arm GestureTrombone [53]
2002 Azure Ray Burn and Shiver Euphonium, trombone [54]
2004A Tomato a Day (Brian Poloncic)The Moon Is Green
  • Format: CD (Public Eyesore)
Engineer [55]
2004 Tilly and the Wall Wild Like Children Assistant engineer [56]
2004Ed GrayFresh Coat on the Powder Keg
  • Format: 7-inch (Unread)
Engineer
2006Ed GrayThe Late Gray Ed Great
  • Format: LP (Hot Potato Records)
Electric guitar, violin, [57] engineer
2007 Charlie Louvin Charlie LouvinFeatured artist, vocals, [58] background vocals on "The Kneeling Drunkard's Plea"
2007Outlaw Con BandanaThe Triple Escape
  • Format: Lathe-cut LP
Engineer, musician [59]
2008 Crooked Fingers Forfeit/Fortune
  • Format: LP, CD (Red Pig & Foreign Leisure)
Assistant Engineer [60]
2009Miracles of GodO What a Wonderful Day
  • Format: LP, CD (Public School Records)
Engineer [61]
2010 William Tyler Behold the SpritBrass, electronics, tapes, violin [62]
2010Bill HooverHere We Go
  • Format: Lathe-cut LP
Engineer [63]

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