Alex McManus

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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Year	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)
2002	Hialeah 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 Format: CD (Misra)^[6]
2004	The Shining Path Format: CD (Misra)^[7]
2018	Thieves in the Wick--Songs of Simon Joyner Format: LP, ltd edition of 300 (Unread Records^[8]/Kerchow Records/Jackson Street Booksellers)

Year	Single 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]

Year	Song	Album 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]

Year	Release details
1989	Acorns Format: LP/Cassette (Post-Ambient Motion)^[16]
1991	Plainsongs Format: Cassette (self-released)

Year	Release details	Credits
1994	The Cowardly Traveller Pays His Toll Format: LP (Sing, Eunuchs!) Format: LP (2008 · Team Love)	Violin^[18]
1995	Heaven's Gate Format: LP (Sing, Eunuchs!) Format: CD (1996 · Brinkman)	Violin^[19]
1997	Songs for the New Year Format: LP (Sing, Eunuchs!) Format: CD (Shrimper Records)	Guest artist, guitar, violin^[20]
1998	Yesterday, 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]
2004	Lost with the Lights On Format: LP, CD (Jagjaguwar)
2006	Beautiful Losers: Singles and Compilation Tracks 1994-1999 Format: 2LP, CD (Jagjaguwar)	Concertina, mastering, sequencing, violin, whistle (human)^[23]
2006	Skeleton Blues Format: LP, CD (Jagjaguwar)	Acoustic guitar, electric guitar, pedal steel^[24]
2009	Out into the Snow Format: LP, CD (Team Love)	Musician^[25]
2017	Step into the Earthquake Format: LP, CD (Ba Da Bing!)	Main personnel^[26]

Alex McManus

Selected discography

Albums as The Bruces

Singles as The Bruces

Compilation Appearances as The Bruces

With Acorns

With Frontier Trust

With Simon Joyner

With Vic Chesnutt

With Lambchop

With Empire State

With Bright Eyes

Other appearances

References

External links

Related Articles

Year	Release details	Credits
1995	Is the Actor Happy? Format: LP, CD (Texas Hotel)	Concertina, guitar, piano^[27]
1996	About to Choke Format: LP, CD (Capitol)	Acoustic guitar, electric guitar^[28]
1998	The Salesman and Bernadette (with Lambchop) Format: LP/CD (Capricorn)	Atmosphere, euphonium, electric guitar, backing vocals, whistle (human)^[29]

Year	Release details
1996	Thriller Format: LP, CD (Merge, City Slang)	Performer^[30]
1996	"Cigarettiquette" / "Mr. Crabby" Format: 7-inch (Merge)
1997	"Whitey" / "Playboy the Shit" Format: 7-inch (Merge)
1998	What 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)
2000	Nixon Format: LP, CD (Merge, City Slang)	Electric guitar^[31]
2000	The Queens Royal Trimma Format: CD (City Slang) Tour-only release	Guitar^[32]
2000	"Up with People" / "Miss Prissy" Format: 7-inch (Merge)	Electric guitar, group member^[33]
2001	Tools in the Dryer Format: CD (Merge)
2002	Is a Woman Format: LP, CD (Merge, City Slang)	Acoustic guitar, electric guitar^[34]
2002	Treasure Chest of the Enemy Format: CD (self-released) Tour-only release	Guitar^[35]
2002	Pet 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 Format: LP, CD (Merge, City Slang) Also released as 2LP, 2CD with Aw Cmon	Guitar, piano (thumb), group member^[38]
2004	L'Aurore (Sunrise) Format: DVD (Carlotta Films)
2004	Lambchop + 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 Format: LP, CD (Merge, City Slang)	Group member^[40]
2006	Damaged Format: LP, CD (Merge, City Slang)	Guitars^[41]
2007	No Such Silence (Live at the AB in Brussels) Format: DVD (City Slang)	Guitar^[42]
2008	Oh (ohio) Format: LP, CD (Merge, City Slang)	Acoustic guitar, electric guitar^[43]
2009	Live at XX Merge Format: DVD (Merge)	Performer^[44]

Year	Release details	Credits
1999	Empire State Format: CD (Warm Electronic Recordings)	Autoharp, bells, cello, chimes, horn, marxophone, trombone^[45]
2000	Why Climb the Highest Mountain EP Format: 12" (Melodic Records)^[46]
2001	Eternal Combustion Format: CD (Warm Electronic Recordings)	Multi-instrumentalist^[47]

Year	Release details	Credits
2004	Lua EP Format: 7-inch, CD (Saddle Creek)	Composer, guitar, vocals^[48]
2005	I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning Format: LP, CD (Saddle Creek)	Guitar^[49]
2005	Motion Sickness: Live Recordings Format: LP, CD (Team Love)	Group member, performer^[50]

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" Format: 7-inch (Sommerveg) Featuring Vic Chesnutt and members of Calexico, Lambchop, and Empire State	Acoustic guitar, recorder, backing vocals^[52]
2001	Summer Hymns	A Celebratory Arm Gesture Format: CD (Misra)	Trombone^[53]
2002	Azure Ray	Burn and Shiver Format: CD (Warm Electronic Recordings)	Euphonium, trombone^[54]
2004	A Tomato a Day (Brian Poloncic)	The Moon Is Green Format: CD (Public Eyesore)	Engineer^[55]
2004	Tilly and the Wall	Wild Like Children Format: CD (Team Love)	Assistant engineer^[56]
2004	Ed Gray	Fresh Coat on the Powder Keg Format: 7-inch (Unread)	Engineer
2006	Ed Gray	The Late Gray Ed Great Format: LP (Hot Potato Records)	Electric guitar, violin,^[57] engineer
2007	Charlie Louvin	Charlie Louvin Format: CD (Tomkins Square)	Featured artist, vocals,^[58] background vocals on "The Kneeling Drunkard's Plea"
2007	Outlaw Con Bandana	The Triple Escape Format: Lathe-cut LP	Engineer, musician^[59]
2008	Crooked Fingers	Forfeit/Fortune Format: LP, CD (Red Pig & Foreign Leisure)	Assistant Engineer^[60]
2009	Miracles of God	O What a Wonderful Day Format: LP, CD (Public School Records)	Engineer^[61]
2010	William Tyler	Behold the Sprit Format: LP, CD (Tompkins Square)	Brass, electronics, tapes, violin^[62]
2010	Bill Hoover	Here We Go Format: Lathe-cut LP	Engineer^[63]