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The Paper Chase The Nighty Nite

Independent producer, engineer and composer and owner of Elmwood Recording Studios in Dallas. Principal songwriter of The Paper Chase and The Nighty Nite. Producer for St Vincent, Explosions in the Sky, Decemberists, Future Islands and others, now based in Los Angeles, USA.

ALBUMS

John Congleton And The Nighty Nite

Until The Horror Goes

WXPN Homegrown Originals Vol. 3

2025, LP, RSD, Comp, Ltd, Num, WXPN

Who Will Look After The Dogs?

The Murder Capital

Nocturnes (12 Tracks Of The Month's Best New Music)

2024, CD, Comp, Uncut (2), Kelsey Media

The Murder Capital

Love Of Country

2024, 7", Ltd, Human Season Records

Notebook Fantasy

2024, Vinyl White With Gold Splatter,

Mannequin Pussy

Punk/Pop Punk/Noise Rock

This Time / Here Today

We Blame Chicago

2024, Box Set Orange [Super Illuminary], Vinyl, Vinyl, Vinyl, Vinyl, Vinyl,

Indie Rock/Math Rock/Post Rock/Experimental

2024, Vinyl Dinked Edition,

Mannequin Pussy

2023, File, MP3, Single, Epitaph,

The Murder Capital

Gigi's Recovery

Death Cab For Cutie

An Arrow In The Wall

Explosions In The Sky

Dime In My Dryer

2022, File, AAC, Single, Not On Label

A Better Universe

2022, File, AAC, Single, Not On Label

2022, File, AAC, Single, Not On Label

Death Cab For Cutie

Here To Forever

2022, File, FLAC, Single, 24-, Atlantic,

Acoustic/Downtempo/Indie Rock/Leftfield

Death Cab For Cutie

2022, File, FLAC, Single, 24-, Atlantic

All Of Us Flames

For The Sake Of Bethel Woods

2022, Vinyl Transparent Teal,

Death Cab For Cutie

Asphalt Meadows

Radiate Like This

Home, Before And After

Echoes & Cocoons

2022, Vinyl Black / White [Quad],

Indie Rock/Alternative Rock

The Accidentals

2021, File, MP3, Single, 320, Not On Label (The Accidentals (4) Self-released)

2021, File, AAC, Single, Not On Label

2021, File, AAC, Single, Not On Label

Live From Blackalachia

The Accidentals

Briston Maroney

You And Your Friends

2020, LP, Album, Columbia

Wet Wool/My Only Ghost (draag me Remix)

2020, 7", Club, Ltd, Fat Possum Records

2020, 5xFile, FLAC, Single, Jagjaguwar

Bombay Bicycle Club

Everything Else Has Gone Wrong

Indie Rock/Indie Pop

Always Tomorrow

2020, Vinyl Yellow Translucent With Black Swirl,

Everything Everything

Megan Washington

Trust Fall / Just Like A Movie

2019, 7", RSD, Single, Ltd, Tra, Atlantic

There Will Be No Intermission

2019, 2x Vinyl 180g, Gatefold,

Sharon Van Etten

Remind Me Tomorrow

Lost Under Heaven*

Love Hates What You Become

The Seduction Of Kansas

Are You Bored Yet? / Scrawny

2019, Vinyl Orange Translucent, 180g,

Indie Rock/Alternative Rock

Past Tense (The Best Of Sparks)

Alternative Rock/Glam/Synth-pop/Art Rock

Nothing Happens

2018, 7", Single, Cle, Rounder Records

The New Whole Burbank Catalog - Warner Bros. Records Record Store Day 2018 Sampler

2018, CD, RSD, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Warner Bros. Records,

The Accidentals

2018, File, WAV, Single, 320, Not On Label (The Accidentals (4) Self-released)

This Will Destroy You

New Others: Part One

The Decemberists

2018, Vinyl Gold Translucent,

The Decemberists

Once In My Life

Render Another Ugly Method

2018, Vinyl Pink,

The Decemberists

I'll Be Your Girl

This Will Destroy You

New Others: Part Two

Thrilled To Be Here

2017, 7", S/Sided, Single, Etch, Ltd, BMG,

Top Of The World

2017, File, FLAC, Single, Warner Bros. Records

Punk Drunk And Trembling

Alternative Rock

Indie Rock/Synth-pop

Manchester Orchestra

A Black Mile To The Surface

Folk Rock/Post Rock

Ones From The Heart (The Month's Best New Music)

2016, CD, Comp, Uncut (2),

Alternative Rock/Indie Rock/Post-Hardcore

2016, CDr, Single, Promo, Domino

Cut The Body Loose

Welcome To The Panopticon

Explosions In The Sky

2016, Vinyl Red Translucent, Vinyl Maroon Opaque, All Media,

You Gotta Move! (15 Tracks Of The Best New Music)

2015, CD, Comp, Uncut (2), Uncut (2)

Une Rentrée 2015

2015, CD, Comp, Les Inrockuptibles,

Acoustic/Indie Rock/Chanson/Folk Rock

Reason To Believe (15 Tracks Of The Month's Best New Music)

2015, CD, Comp, Uncut (2), Uncut (2),

Police Encounters

2015, CDr, Single, Promo, Domino

Heartless Bastards

2015, CDr, Single, Promo, Partisan Records

Heartless Bastards

2015, File, FLAC, Single, Partisan Records

Escape From Evil

Johnny Delusional

Grey Tickles, Black Pressure

2015, Vinyl Orange, Vinyl Lavender, CD, All Media,

Indie Rock/Experimental

Heartless Bastards

Heartless Bastards

Pure Bathing Culture

A Flourish And A Spoil

2015, Vinyl Purple, CD,

Alternative Rock

I'm Not Part Of Me

2014, CDr, Single, Promo, Wichita Recordings Ltd.

Pieta / Sparrow

2014, 10", EP, RSD, Ltd, Num, Pin, Loma Vista

The Best Of 2014

2014, CD, Comp, Uncut (2)

2014, CDr, Single, Promo, Loma Vista

Cloud Nothings, Speedy Ortiz

agnes b. Rue De Marseille - Live

2014, Cass, Ltd, Promo, High Note Records

Burn Your Fire For No Witness

Digital Witness

Here And Nowhere Else

Andrew Jackson Jihad

Christmas Island

Ximena Sariñana

No Todo Lo Puedes Dar

Angel Guts: Red Classroom

2014, Vinyl Red Translucent,

Experimental/Indie Rock/Noise

Carousel Ride EP

Andrew Jackson Jihad

Keep On Chooglin’

Alternative Rock/Indie Rock

The Black Angels

Black Joe Lewis

Blues Rock/Modern Electric Blues

Nightingale Floors

Alternative Rock/Indie Rock

Thao & The Get Down Stay Down*

Gangster Squad (Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture)

Easy Listening/Smooth Jazz/Country/Rockabilly/Rhythm & Blues/Vocal

Blood Red Shoes

2013, Vinyl Red,

Margot & The Nuclear So And So's

Rot Gut, Domestic

Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra

Theatre Is Evil

Alternative Rock

Murder By Death

Bitter Drink, Bitter Moon

2012, Vinyl White with Yellow splatter,

The Bloom And The Blight

Something For Kate

Leave Your Soul To Science

Indie Rock/Alternative Rock

2011, CDr, EP, Ltd, Future Recordings (3)

2011 (The Best Of The Year So Far)

The Nighty Nite

2011, Vinyl Blood Red,

Alternative Rock

Happy Birthday Bob (A 70th Birthday Gift To Bob Dylan)

2011, CD Jewel Case,

Alternative Rock/Rock & Roll/Country Blues/Lo-Fi/Doo Wop/Rockabilly/Delta Blues/Gospel/Folk

This Is Our Science

Indie Rock/Conscious

John Vanderslice With The Magik*Magik Orchestra

White Wilderness

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

Out In The Light

The Mountain Goats

All Eternals Deck

2011, Vinyl Clear, 180g,

Folk Rock/Indie Rock/Folk

The Golden Archipelago

This Will Destroy You

Suburban Nature

Shapes Stars Make

These Mountains Are Safe...

A Horse Called Golgotha

The Paper Chase

Someday This Could All Be Yours Vol. 1

White Winter Hymnals (15 Brilliant Tracks From The Bella Union Label)

Actor Out Of Work / Bicycle

Folk Rock/Indie Rock

Hardcore/Prog Rock/Heavy Metal

Even Born Again

Wounded Soldier

2008, CD, Album, Pluto Records (2)

Mount Righteous

When The Music Starts

2008, CD, Album, Not On Label (Mount Righteous Self-released)

This Will Destroy You & Lymbyc Systym

2008, CD Digipak,

Post Rock/Experimental

Micah P. Hinson And The Red Empire Orchestra

Micah P. Hinson And The Red Empire Orchestra

Micah P. Hinson And The Red Empire Orchestra

We Won't Have To Be Lonesome / You Ain't Callin' The Shots (Alternate Version)

Micah P. Hinson And The Red Empire Orchestra

When We Embraced / It's Just A Bit Make Believe

Shapes Stars Make

Shapes Stars Make

This Will Destroy You

This Will Destroy You

2008, CD Digipack,

Castaway But Blessed

The Polyphonic Spree

The Fragile Army

The Polyphonic Spree

2006, CD, Album, Kill Rock Stars

Black Tie Dynasty

2006, CD, EP, Idol Records

Black Tie Dynasty

2006, CD, Single, Idol Records

The Paper Chase

Now You Are One Of Us

The Appleseed Cast

Black Tie Dynasty

New Wave/Indie Rock/Post-Punk

The Polyphonic Spree

2005, CD, Album, Thick Records, Divot

New Wave/Hardcore/Indie Rock

Tim DeLaughter And The Polyphonic Spree

Thumbsucker: Original Score

Art Rock/Indie Rock

Post Rock/Avantgarde

The Paper Chase

God Bless Your Black Heart

Wolves With Pretty Lips

Chin Up Chin Up

We Should Have Never Lived Like We Were Skyscrapers

An Alliance Of Hearts

Too Late Or Too Dead +2

2003, CD, EP, Southern Records

The Paper Chase

What Big Teeth You Have

2003, CD, EP, Enh, Southern Records

Explosions In The Sky

The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place

Too Rock For Radio

The Paper Chase

Hide The Kitchen Knives

Something Good Is Going To Happen To You

Lucy Loves Schroeder

2001, CD, Maxi, Vile Beat Records

The Paper Chase

Cntrl-Alt-Delete-U

The Paper Chase

Young Bodies Heal Quickly, You Know

Ride My Pony / Another Place, Another Time

7", Belltune Records

CDr, Promo, BMG

Mute Tonal Evidence 2017

2017, CD, Comp, Promo, Mute,

Avantgarde/Post-Punk/Synth-pop

David Byrne & St. Vincent

Love This Giant

Your Past Life As A Blast b/w Gold Faces

2011, 2x Vinyl,

The Contractor And The Assassin

2003, CD, EP, Bad Taste Records

Alternative Rock

An Alliance Of Hearts

The Teresa Banks Profiles

These Binary Days Are Numbered

2000, 7", Single, Corporate Records (7)

We Sing And Play

Alternative Rock

13" Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto With Bison Horn Grips

2023, File, FLAC, Single, Merge Records

Disposable Everything

2023, Vinyl White & Red Swirl [Death Machine],

Indie Rock/Folk Rock/Punk

2022, 12", Album, Pic, Heavenly Recordings

All Of Us Flames

Death Cab For Cutie

Asphalt Meadows

2021, Vinyl Red Rain,

Indie Pop/Synth-pop/Chillwave

Draw Down The Moon

Aaron Lee Tasjan

Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan!

2020, 7", Red, Love OnLine Records

2020, File, FLAC, Single, Not On Label (FACS (2) Self-released)

Enter The Mirror

Indie Rock/Folk Rock

Suuns / Blonde Redhead

Go To My Head / Sunday Jam

2019, 7", Ltd, Not On Label

2019, LP, Album, Dew Process

Girl With Basket Of Fruit

2019, Vinyl Clear w/ Pink Smoke, Flexi-disc Yellow,

Abstract/Dark Ambient/Experimental/Industrial/Noise

Better Oblivion Community Center

Better Oblivion Community Center

The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs

2018, Vinyl Blue & Beige Split Sand & Sky,

2017, Cass, Album, So Sensation Records

2017, Cassette, File,

Indie Rock/Ambient/Art Rock/Shoegaze/Lo-Fi/Psychedelic Rock

The Past Is Not A Flood

2016, Vinyl Orange Marbled,

If You See Me, Say Yes

Flashbacks: A Collection of B-Sides from The Great Pretenders

Psychedelic Rock

2015, 7", Single, Ora, Capitol Records, Electromagnetic Recordings (2)

Graveface Sampler

2015, 11xFile, MP3, Smplr, 320, Graveface Records

2015, Vinyl Orange Translucent,

Alternative Rock

Secret In The Dark

Mini Mansions With Alex Turner

Swan City Vampires

Murder By Death

Everybody's Coming Down

The Great Pretenders

2014, 5xFile, ALAC, EP, Not On Label (Arum Rae Self-released)

A Little God In My Hands

2014, File, FLAC, Single, 24-, Mute

Experimental/Art Rock/Drone/Post Rock/Noise Rock

Ximena Sariñana

No Todo Lo Puedes Dar

This Will Destroy You

Another Language

2014, 2x Vinyl Copper [Custom Copper],

Death Is A Girl

2014, Vinyl Translucent Orange,

Psychedelic Rock

Music For A Good Home 3

2014, 31x File,

Alternative Rock/Dub/Experimental

2013, 12", Disappears

A Lifetime Of Waiting / Sunday

2013, 7", Single, Ltd, Jagjaguwar

In The Valley Below

The Belt (Album Sampler)

2013, CD, Promo, Smplr, Stranger Records, Ignition Records (2)

In The Valley Below

2013, CDr, EP, Oskar Recordings

In The Valley Below

In The Valley Below

Destruction In Yr Soul

2013, Vinyl Cyan Blue Inside White,

Indie Rock/Pop Rock

In The Valley Below

The Silver Gymnasium

Truly Freaking Out

Year Zero (The Original Soundtrack)

2012, LP, Album, Comp, Jagjaguwar

Victory And Associates

Plausibly Wild / Wildly Pausible

2012, 7", Gre, Latest Flame Records, Seismic Wave Entertainment

Victory And Associates

Friend Rock City

2012, File, FLAC, Single, Not On Label (Victory And Associates Self-released)

Guns, Sex & Glory

Rubble Guts And BB Eye

Hospital Ships & Heartscape Landbreak

Mary Of Quito / Seed Song

Something For Kate

Leave Your Soul To Science

2012, CD, CD Bonus, All Media,

Indie Rock/Alternative Rock/Acoustic

Release The Sunbird

On Your Own / You Can't Fool My Baby

2011, 7", Brushfire Records

Weapon / Empire

2011, 7", Whi, Not On Label (Rococode Self-released),

Pop Rock/Indie Rock

2011, CD, Album, And Records, Youth Inc.

2011, 34xFile, MP3, Comp, Shakefork Records

2011, 3x Vinyl,

Math Rock/Indie Rock

Explosions In The Sky

Take Care, Take Care, Take Care

2011, CD Slipcase,

Path Of Totality

Hardcore/Black Metal/Doom Metal

Wake And Be Fine

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

Release The Sunbird

Come Back To Us

This Will Destroy You

Wires Under Tension

Even Born Again

Victory And Associates

These Things Are Facts

2011, Vinyl Cyan Blue Splatter On Piss Yellow,

Alternative Rock

Carry On B/W Bird In Furs

2010, 7", Ltd, Num, Pin, Graveface Records,

The Green Hour Band

Coming Of Clockwise

2010, CD, Album, Scratch Records

Convalescing In Braille

2010, CD, Album, Simulacra Records

Call Me Lightning

When I Am Gone My Blood Will Be Free

Pyramid Of The Moon

2010, Vinyl Hot Pink/Yellow Haze,

Post Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Space Rock/Synth-pop

Nervous Curtains

Out Of Sync With Time

So I Ate Myself, Bite By Bite

Rough Travel For A Rare Thing (A Live Album)

The Octopus Project

Tomorrow Becomes You

You Don't Have To Win, But You Have To Fight

MLCD [My Little Cheap Dictaphone]*

The Tragic Tale Of A Genius

2010, CD Digipak,

Art Rock/Indie Rock

Cloak And Cipher

Alternative Rock

2009, CD, Album, Western Vinyl

Don't Be A Baby, Come And Get It

2009, CD, Album, Seismic Wave Entertainment

Traindodge / Prize Country

Split CD Single

2009, CDr, EP, Not On Label

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle

Shutter Release

Shoegaze/Post Rock/Indie Rock/Ambient

Memoria - A Tribute To The Alternative 90's

Grunge/Indie Rock/Emo/Punk/Power Pop/Folk

Pink Mountaintops

Drive Like Maria

Lucy Brown b/w Shelter

2008, 7", Single, Ltd, Gre, Sub Pop

Billy Gaz Station

Skins And Licks

2008, CD, Album, Kicking Records

2008, CD, Album, Dig, Latest Flame Records

The Long Forgotten Friend

2008, CD Digipak,

Post Rock/Pop Rock/Indie Rock

White Fields And Open Devices

Blues Rock/Space Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Indie Rock

Bastards Of Light

2006, CD, Album, Zahr Records

2005, CD, Album, Flameshovel,

Alternative Rock/Indie Rock/Garage Rock/Post Rock

Asphalt Razorblade

Sexual Massacre

2005, CD, Album, Enh, Not On Label (Asphalt Razorblade Self-released)

The Paper Chase

Hide The Kitchen Knives

Gentleman Coward

Chances Are You're Probably Not Going To Like This

A Bum Note And A Bead Of Sweat

2001, CD, Album, Last Beat Records

CDr, Promo, BMG

The Paper Chase

...And The Machines Are Winning

1999, 7", Magister Ludi Records

APPEARANCES +

Good News For People Who Love Bad News (20th Anniversary Expanded Edition)

The Paper Chase Meet Red Worms' Farm

The Paper Chase Meet Red Worms’ Farm

Math Rock/Indie Rock/Post-Punk/Art Rock

All Areas Volume 270

2024, CD, Comp, Promo, Visions Magazine

Musikexpress 03/24

2024, CD, Promo, Smplr, Musikexpress,

Indie Rock/Indie Pop

Murder In The Red Barn

Songs of Discontinuity

Classic Rock Compilation 126

2023, CD, Comp, Promo, Classic Rock (3)

Chronicles Of A Diamond

Musikexpress 07/22

2022, CD, Comp, Promo, Musikexpress

Nothing Special

2022, Vinyl Cloudy Skies colored vinyl,

2021, File, FLAC, Club, Not On Label (Will Sheff self-released), Not On Label (Okkervil River self-released)

Alternative Rock/Indie Pop/Indie Rock

Sparks, Edgar Wright

The Sparks Brothers

2021, 2x Blu-ray,

New Wave/Pop Rock/Synth-pop

2020, Vinyl Blue Klaus,

Experimental/Ambient/Avantgarde

Murder In The Red Barn / Guns Blazing

Space Album / Smell Where The Real Power Is

2019, 2xCass, FTAM

Bird Songs Of A Killjoy

Feeding Seahorses By Hand

Alternative Rock

Yico = 曾軼可*

Anti! Yico = 非! 軼可

2018, CD, Album, 好有感覺音樂

AJJ's Ugly Spiral: Lost Works 2012-2016

Negative Houses

2018, Vinyl Gold Metallic,

Art Rock/Post Rock/Experimental

The Glowing Man

2016, 2x CD, DVD, All Media,

Noise/Post Rock

Pure Bathing Culture

I Trace Your Symbol EP

2015, 2xFile, FLAC, Single, Not On Label (Xiu Xiu Self-released)

Survival Sounds B Sides

The Black Angels

Clear Lake Forest

George Dorn Screams

It's Been A Long Time Since We Moved

2013, 3xFile, MP3, EP, 320, Not On Label (George Dorn Screams Self-Released)

Une Rentrée 2013 - Volume 1

2013, CD, Comp, Les Inrockuptibles,

Alternative Rock/Indie Rock/Synth-pop/Psychedelic Rock/Chanson/African

2013, Box, Comp + 7", Red + 7", Whi + 7", Blu + 7", Lav , Little Mafia Records, Little Mafia Records, Little Mafia Records, Little Mafia Records, Little Mafia Records, Little Mafia Records, Little Mafia Records, Little Mafia Records, Little Mafia Records, Little Mafia Records, Little Mafia Records,

Garage Rock/Punk

The Polyphonic Spree

Fellow Travelers

David Byrne & St. Vincent

Brass Tactics EP

The Boom Boom Box

Until Your Eyes Get Used To The Darkness

2012, CD, Album, Kirtland Records

If I Didn't Know Better

2012, 9xFile, ALAC, Not On Label (Arum Rae Self-released)

A Tribute To Repo Man

Alternative Rock/Punk/Indie Rock

2011, 12", Single, Jagjaguwar,

The War On Drugs

2011, 2x Vinyl,

Rough Trade Shops (Green Man '11)

Folk Rock/Indie Rock

The Mountain Goats

All Eternals Deck

Folk Rock/Indie Rock

The War On Drugs

Blue Water White Death

Blue Water White Death

George Dorn Screams

2009, CD, Album, Ampersand (3)

2009, CD, Album, Gutterth Records

The Mountain Goats

The Life Of The World To Come

2009, 2x Vinyl Purple,

Acoustic/Indie Rock

Nightmare Revisited

2008, CD Digipak,

Alternative Rock/Pop Rock/Indie Rock/Lo-Fi/Contemporary/Electro/Nu Metal

Shiny Around The Edges

I Just Can't Let You Say Goodbye

2007, 7", Whi, Paperstain Records

Explosions In The Sky

All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone

Leftfield/Post Rock

The Paper Chase And Xiu Xiu

Cover Nick Cave

2005, 7", Ltd, Stickfigure Records,

Art Rock/Indie Rock

Body/End/Basement

Chin Up Chin Up

Chin Up Chin Up

The Long Con Volume 1

2004, CD, Comp, Pyramid Scheme

William Elliott Whitmore

The Day The End Finally Came........

2004, 7", EP, Southern Records

The Paper Chase / Will Johnson

The Riot Jack / I Did A Terrible Thing

2004, 7", Single, Idol Records

Tracks & Fields

Alternative Rock/Folk Rock/Noise/Indie Rock/Post Rock/Experimental/Garage Rock/Punk

Explosions In The Sky

The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place

Haymarket Riot (2) / Hitch

Figuritas 45 Singles Series: La Calavera

2002, 7", Ltd, What Else? Records

Dennis Jernigan

Giant Killer: A Heart Like David Disc 1

2001, Vinyl Gatefold,

The Crooner Rides Again

2000, CD, Album, The Clandestine Project Recordings

Communication:Duration

2000, CD, EP, Urinine Records

The Paper Chase, E-Class (2) , And Lugsole

Essays On: Frantic Desperation, Anihilation, And From Another Passerby.

1998, CD, The Clandestine Project Recordings

The Nu Nation Project

Gospel/Contemporary R&B

The Prince Of Egypt (Inspirational)

Gospel/Rhythm & Blues/Alternative Rock/Vocal

Sworn To Fun Loyal To None

Fat Possum Records 2016 Summer Sampler

2016, CD, Comp, Smplr, Fat Possum Records

Psychedelic Rock/Dream Pop/Folk Rock/Soft Rock/Trip Hop/Ballad/Alt-Pop

This Will Destroy You

New Others: Part Two

David Byrne & St. Vincent

Love This Giant

Alternative Rock/Experimental/Indie Rock

Explosions In The Sky

The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place