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]
Albums as The Bruces
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Album Details |
1993 |
Family Day
- Format: Cassette (Sing, Eunuchs!)
- Format: CD (2002 · Little Army)
- Format: Digital (Chunklet)[3]
- Format: LP, ltd edition of 300 (2007 · Grotto Records)
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2002 |
Hialeah Pink
- Format: LP (1995 · Sing, Eunuchs!/Theme Park)
- Format: CD (2002 · Little Army)[4]
- Format: Digital (2002 · Chunklet)[5]
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2002 |
The War of the Bruces
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2004 |
The Shining Path
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2018 |
Thieves in the Wick--Songs of Simon Joyner
- Format: LP, ltd edition of 300 (Unread Records[8]/Kerchow Records/Jackson Street Booksellers)
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Singles as The Bruces
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Year |
Single Details |
2000 |
"102" / "Oil and Vinegar"
- Format: 7-inch (Sommerveg)[9]
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2018 |
"I Make Marks" / "Invisible Ceiling"
- Format: Lathe-cut 7-inch (Unread Records)[10]
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Compilation Appearances as The Bruces
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Year |
Song |
Album Details |
1994 |
"Killer" |
You and What Army?
- Format: Cassette (Sing, Eunuchs!)[11]
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1995 |
"Beginning to See the Light Fade" |
Our Salvation Is in Hand
- Format: CD (Theme Park)[12]
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1996 |
"Sharpening Stone" |
Songs from a Room
- Format: 7-inch (Sing, Eunuchs!)[13]
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1996 |
"Upbeat" |
Carry On Ooij--A Brinkman Waaghals Compilation
- Format: CD (Brinkman)[14]
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2003 |
"There" |
As Yet No Title - Skewed Songwriter
- Format: Cassette (Unread Records)[15]
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With Acorns
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Year |
Release Details |
1989 |
Acorns
- Format: LP/Cassette (Post-Ambient Motion)[16]
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1991 |
Plainsongs
- Format: Cassette (self-released)
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With Frontier Trust
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Year |
Release Details |
Credits |
1992 |
The Highway Miles EP
- Format: 7-inch (One Hour Records)
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Bass, vocals[17] |
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Year |
Release Details |
Credits |
1994 |
The Cowardly Traveller Pays His Toll
- Format: LP (Sing, Eunuchs!)
- Format: LP (2008 · Team Love)
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Violin[18] |
1995 |
Heaven's Gate
- Format: LP (Sing, Eunuchs!)
- Format: CD (1996 · Brinkman)
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Violin[19] |
1997 |
Songs for the New Year
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Guest artist, guitar, violin[20] |
1998 |
Yesterday, Tomorrow and in Between
- Format: 2LP, CD (Sing, Eunuchs!)
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Guest artist[21] |
2003 |
"Here Come the Balloons" / "They Say Man Cannot Fly"
- Format: 7-inch (Tongue Master)
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Acoustic guitar, electric guitar, percussion, vocals[22] |
2004 |
Lost with the Lights On
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2006 |
Beautiful Losers: Singles and Compilation Tracks 1994-1999
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Concertina, mastering, sequencing, violin, whistle (human)[23] |
2006 |
Skeleton Blues
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Acoustic guitar, electric guitar, pedal steel[24] |
2009 |
Out into the Snow
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Musician[25] |
2017 |
Step into the Earthquake
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Main personnel[26] |
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Year |
Release Details |
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1996 |
Thriller
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Performer[30] |
1996 |
"Cigarettiquette" / "Mr. Crabby"
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1997 |
"Whitey" / "Playboy the Shit"
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1998 |
What Another Man Spills
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1998 |
"Your Fucking Sunny Day"
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1998 |
"Give Me our Love (Love Song)"
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2000 |
Nixon
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Electric guitar[31] |
2000 |
The Queens Royal Trimma
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Guitar[32] |
2000 |
"Up with People" / "Miss Prissy"
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Electric guitar, group member[33] |
2001 |
Tools in the Dryer
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2002 |
Is a Woman
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Acoustic guitar, electric guitar[34] |
2002 |
Treasure Chest of the Enemy
- Format: CD (self-released)
- Tour-only release
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Guitar[35] |
2002 |
Pet Sounds Sucks
- Format: CD (self-released)
- Tour-only release
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Guitar[36] |
2004 |
Aw Cmon
- Format: LP, CD (Merge, City Slang)
- Also released as 2LP, 2CD with No You Cmon
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Guitar, piano (thumb), group member[37] |
2004 |
No You Cmon
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Guitar, piano (thumb), group member[38] |
2004 |
L'Aurore (Sunrise)
- Format: DVD (Carlotta Films)
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2004 |
Lambchop + The DAFO String Quartet: Boo Fucking Who?
- Format: CD (self-released)
- Tour-only release
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Guitar[39] |
2006 |
Decline of Country and Western Civilization, Pt. 2
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Group member[40] |
2006 |
Damaged
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Guitars[41] |
2007 |
No Such Silence (Live at the AB in Brussels)
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Guitar[42] |
2008 |
Oh (ohio)
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Acoustic guitar, electric guitar[43] |
2009 |
Live at XX Merge
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Performer[44] |
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With Empire State
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Year |
Release Details |
Credits |
1999 |
Empire State
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Autoharp, bells, cello, chimes, horn, marxophone, trombone[45] |
2000 |
Why Climb the Highest Mountain EP
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2001 |
Eternal Combustion
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Multi-instrumentalist[47] |
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Other Appearances
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Year |
Artist |
Release Details |
Credits |
1999 |
Olivia Tremor Control |
at NPR Studios |
Trombone,[51] percussion |
2000 |
The Deist's Pouch |
"Everybody Has a Pouch" / "Backsliding Deist's Prayer"
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Acoustic guitar, recorder, backing vocals[52] |
2001 |
Summer Hymns |
A Celebratory Arm Gesture
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Trombone[53] |
2002 |
Azure Ray |
Burn and Shiver
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Euphonium, trombone[54] |
2004 |
A Tomato a Day (Brian Poloncic) |
The Moon Is Green
- Format: CD (Public Eyesore)
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Engineer[55] |
2004 |
Tilly and the Wall |
Wild Like Children
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Assistant engineer[56] |
2004 |
Ed Gray |
Fresh Coat on the Powder Keg
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Engineer |
2006 |
Ed Gray |
The Late Gray Ed Great
- Format: LP (Hot Potato Records)
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Electric guitar, violin,[57] engineer |
2007 |
Charlie Louvin |
Charlie Louvin
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Featured artist, vocals,[58] background vocals on "The Kneeling Drunkard's Plea" |
2007 |
Outlaw Con Bandana |
The Triple Escape
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Engineer, musician[59] |
2008 |
Crooked Fingers |
Forfeit/Fortune
- Format: LP, CD (Red Pig & Foreign Leisure)
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Assistant Engineer[60] |
2009 |
Miracles of God |
O What a Wonderful Day
- Format: LP, CD (Public School Records)
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Engineer[61] |
2010 |
William Tyler |
Behold the Sprit
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Brass, electronics, tapes, violin[62] |
2010 |
Bill Hoover |
Here We Go
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Engineer[63] |
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