Alex McManus is a musician from Omaha, Nebraska currently based in Vancouver, BC. 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.
Selected discography
Albums as The Bruces YearAlbum details1993Family Day Format: Cassette (Sing, Eunuchs!) Format: CD (2002 · Little Army) Format: Digital (Chunklet) Format: LP, ltd edition of 300 (2007 · Grotto Records)2002Hialeah Pink Format: LP (1995 · Sing, Eunuchs!/Theme Park) Format: CD (2002 · Little Army) Format: Digital (2002 · Chunklet)2002The War of the Bruces Format: CD (Misra)2004The Shining Path Format: CD (Misra)2018Thieves in the Wick--Songs of Simon Joyner Format: LP, ltd edition of 300 (Unread Records/Kerchow Records/Jackson Street Booksellers)
Singles as The Bruces YearSingle Details2000"102" / "Oil and Vinegar"
Format: 7-inch (Sommerveg)2018"I Make Marks" / "Invisible Ceiling"
Format: Lathe-cut 7-inch (Unread Records)
Compilation Appearances as The Bruces YearSongAlbum details1994"Killer"You and What Army? Format: Cassette (Sing, Eunuchs!)1995"Beginning to See the Light Fade"Our Salvation Is in Hand Format: CD (Theme Park)1996"Sharpening Stone"Songs from a Room Format: 7-inch (Sing, Eunuchs!)1996"Upbeat"Carry On Ooij--A Brinkman Waaghals Compilation Format: CD (Brinkman)2003"There"As Yet No Title - Skewed Songwriter Format: Cassette (Unread Records)
With Acorns YearRelease details1989Acorns Format: LP/Cassette (Post-Ambient Motion)1991Plainsongs Format: Cassette (self-released)
With Frontier Trust YearRelease detailsCredits1992The Highway Miles EP Format: 7-inch (One Hour Records)Bass, vocals
With Simon Joyner YearRelease detailsCredits1994The Cowardly Traveller Pays His Toll Format: LP (Sing, Eunuchs!) Format: LP (2008 · Team Love)Violin1995Heaven's Gate Format: LP (Sing, Eunuchs!) Format: CD (1996 · Brinkman)Violin1997Songs for the New Year Format: LP (Sing, Eunuchs!) Format: CD (Shrimper Records)Guest artist, guitar, violin1998Yesterday, Tomorrow and in Between Format: 2LP, CD (Sing, Eunuchs!)Guest artist2003"Here Come the Balloons" / "They Say Man Cannot Fly"
Format: 7-inch (Tongue Master)Acoustic guitar, electric guitar, percussion, vocals2004Lost with the Lights On Format: LP, CD (Jagjaguwar)2006Beautiful Losers: Singles and Compilation Tracks 1994-1999 Format: 2LP, CD (Jagjaguwar)Concertina, mastering, sequencing, violin, whistle (human) 2006Skeleton Blues Format: LP, CD (Jagjaguwar)Acoustic guitar, electric guitar, pedal steel2009Out into the Snow Format: LP, CD (Team Love)Musician2017Step into the Earthquake Format: LP, CD (Ba Da Bing!)Main personnel
With Vic Chesnutt YearRelease detailsCredits1995Is the Actor Happy? Format: LP, CD (Texas Hotel)Concertina, guitar, piano1996About to Choke Format: LP, CD (Capitol)Acoustic guitar, electric guitar1998The Salesman and Bernadette (with Lambchop) Format: LP/CD (Capricorn)Atmosphere, euphonium, electric guitar, backing vocals, whistle (human)
With Lambchop YearRelease details1996Thriller Format: LP, CD (Merge, City Slang)Performer1996"Cigarettiquette" / "Mr. Crabby"
Format: 7-inch (Merge)1997"Whitey" / "Playboy the Shit"
Format: 7-inch (Merge)1998What Another Man Spills Format: LP, CD (Merge, City Slang)1998"Your Fucking Sunny Day"
Format: 7-inch (Merge)1998"Give Me our Love (Love Song)"
Format: 7-inch (Merge)2000Nixon Format: LP, CD (Merge, City Slang)Electric guitar2000The Queens Royal Trimma Format: CD (City Slang) Tour-only releaseGuitar2000"Up with People" / "Miss Prissy"
Format: 7-inch (Merge)Electric guitar, group member2001Tools in the Dryer Format: CD (Merge)2002Is a Woman Format: LP, CD (Merge, City Slang)Acoustic guitar, electric guitar2002Treasure Chest of the Enemy Format: CD (self-released) Tour-only releaseGuitar2002Pet Sounds Sucks Format: CD (self-released) Tour-only releaseGuitar2004Aw Cmon Format: LP, CD (Merge, City Slang) Also released as 2LP, 2CD with No You CmonGuitar, piano (thumb), group member2004No You Cmon Format: LP, CD (Merge, City Slang) Also released as 2LP, 2CD with Aw CmonGuitar, piano (thumb), group member2004L'Aurore (Sunrise) Format: DVD (Carlotta Films)2004Lambchop + The DAFO String Quartet: Boo Fucking Who? Format: CD (self-released) Tour-only releaseGuitar2006Decline of Country and Western Civilization, Pt. 2 Format: LP, CD (Merge, City Slang)Group member2006Damaged Format: LP, CD (Merge, City Slang)Guitars2007No Such Silence (Live at the AB in Brussels) Format: DVD (City Slang)Guitar2008Oh (ohio) Format: LP, CD (Merge, City Slang)Acoustic guitar, electric guitar2009Live at XX Merge Format: DVD (Merge)Performer
With Empire State YearRelease detailsCredits1999Empire State Format: CD (Warm Electronic Recordings)Autoharp, bells, cello, chimes, horn, marxophone, trombone2000Why Climb the Highest Mountain EP Format: 12" (Melodic Records)2001Eternal Combustion Format: CD (Warm Electronic Recordings)Multi-instrumentalist
With Bright Eyes YearRelease detailsCredits2004Lua EP Format: 7-inch, CD (Saddle Creek)Composer, guitar, vocals2005I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning Format: LP, CD (Saddle Creek)Guitar2005Motion Sickness: Live Recordings Format: LP, CD (Team Love)Group member, performer
Other appearances YearArtistRelease detailsCredits1999Olivia Tremor Controlat NPR StudiosTrombone, percussion2000The Deist's Pouch"Everybody Has a Pouch" / "Backsliding Deist's Prayer"
Format: 7-inch (Sommerveg) Featuring Vic Chesnutt and members of Calexico, Lambchop, and Empire StateAcoustic guitar, recorder, backing vocals2001Summer HymnsA Celebratory Arm Gesture Format: CD (Misra)Trombone2002Azure RayBurn and Shiver Format: CD (Warm Electronic Recordings)Euphonium, trombone2004A Tomato a Day (Brian Poloncic)The Moon Is Green Format: CD (Public Eyesore)Engineer2004Tilly and the WallWild Like Children Format: CD (Team Love)Assistant engineer2004Ed GrayFresh Coat on the Powder Keg Format: 7-inch (Unread)Engineer2006Ed GrayThe Late Gray Ed Great Format: LP (Hot Potato Records)Electric guitar, violin, engineer2007Charlie LouvinCharlie Louvin Format: CD (Tomkins Square)Featured artist, vocals, background vocals on "The Kneeling Drunkard's Plea"2007Outlaw Con BandanaThe Triple Escape Format: Lathe-cut LP Engineer, musician2008Crooked FingersForfeit/Fortune Format: LP, CD (Red Pig & Foreign Leisure)Assistant Engineer2009Miracles of GodO What a Wonderful Day Format: LP, CD (Public School Records)Engineer2010William TylerBehold the Sprit Format: LP, CD (Tompkins Square)Brass, electronics, tapes, violin2010Bill HooverHere We Go Format: Lathe-cut LPEngineer
References
External links The Bruces Simon Joyner Lambchop Unread Records Saddle Creek Records Lazy-i Interview: January 2003