DISCOGRAPHY

AS LEADER OR BAND MEMBER


• The Suckers - dasein
  • guitar, vox
• The Suckers - Imitopia
  • guitar, vox
• The Suckers - the colours & the crowns
  • guitar, theremin, vox
• World/Inferno Friendship Society - Just The Best Party (Gern Blandsten) BUY
  • keys, accordion, mandolin, bkg vox
• World/Inferno Friendship Society - Hallowmas Live at Northsix (DCN/GoKart Europe) BUY
  • keys, acc, bkg vox
• The Hold Steady - Almost Killed Me (CD on French Kiss; vinyl on Women Records) BUY
  • piano, organ
• The Hold Steady - Crisp Songs eMusic exclusives: "Modesto Is Not That Sweet" b/w "You Gotta Dance" BUY
  • accordion, harmonica
• Rock Against Bush - World/Inferno Friendship Society "The Expatriate Act" (Fat Wreck) BUY
  • keys
• Anti-Social Music - Greatest Hits Live BUY
  • accordion, composer
• Guignol - Guignol (Third Story Records TSR-002) BUY CD BUY MP3
  • accordion
• World/Inferno Friendship Society - Speak of Brave Men EP/7" (Gern Blandsten) BUY
  • keys, acc, bkg vox
• The Hold Steady - Separation Sunday (CD on French Kiss; Australian CD on Rogue Records; vinyl on Women Records) BUY
  • piano, organ
• World/Inferno Friendship Society - Me V. Angry Mob CD/Vinyl (The Company With The Golden Arm) BUY
  • keys, acc, bkg vox
• Guignol/Nanuchka - Drink The Best Wine First (Fistolo) BUY CD BUY MP3
  • accordion, keys, mandola
• Mehanata Bulgarian Bar "New York Gypsymania" comp - Guignol "Agada" & "All Or Nothing Machine" BUY
  • accordion, piano, mandola
• Anti-Social Music - Sings The Great American Songbook (Peacock Records) BUY CD BUY MP3
  • accordion, composer, vox
• World/Inferno Friendship Society - Red-Eyed Soul (CD on Chunksaah, deluxe vinyl on Bankshot!, European CD/vinyl on The Company With The Golden Arm) BUY
  • keys, accordion, vox, castanets, mandolin, string arrangements, production/engineering
• The Hold Steady - Boys & Girls In America (Vagrant) (plus B-sides) BUY
  • piano, organ, harmonica, bkg vox, accordion, saw, string arrangements
• The Hold Steady - Acoustic Session Fall 2006 (acoustic versions of BAGIA songs plus "Against The Wind" and "American Music")
  • piano, accordion, bkg vox, spoons
• The Hold Steady - Chips Ahoy! b/w Girls Like Status 7" (Full Time Hobby)
  • piano, organ, harmonica, vocals
• "I'm Not There" OST (Sony) - The Hold Steady "Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window" BUY
  • piano, organ, harmonica
• "Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theaters Colon The Soundtrack" OST - The Hold Steady "Girls Like Status" BUY
  • organ, harmonica, backing vox
• The Hold Steady - "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" (Minnesota Twins) Free Download
  • Wurlitzer, organ
• The Hold Steady - Live at Fingerprints EP (Vagrant) BUY
  • accordion, harmonica, bkg vox
• The Hold Steady - Stuck Between Stations CD single (b/w "Chips Ahoy! (Live at Fingerprints)", "Teenage Liberation") (Vagrant/Full Time Hobby) BUY
  • piano, accordion, organ, bkg vox
• The Hold Steady - Stuck Between Stations 7" #1 (b/w "Teenage Liberation", "Chips Ahoy! (Live at Fingerprints)") (Vagrant/Full Time Hobby)
  • piano, accordion, organ, bkg vox
• The Hold Steady - Stuck Between Stations 7" #2 (b/w "American Music") (Vagrant/Full Time Hobby)
  • piano, accordion, spoons, bkg vox
• World/Inferno Friendship Society - Addicted To Bad Ideas: Peter Lorre's Twentieth Century (Chunksaah Records) BUY
  • keys, vox
• The Hold Steady - Massive Nights CD single (Vagrant/Full Time Hobby)
  • organ, piano, bkg vox
• Franz Nicolay "The Black Rose Paladins (Demos 2007)" [OUT OF PRINT]
  • piano, guitar, vocals
• The Hold Steady "Stay Positive" (Vagrant/Rough Trade) BUY
  • piano, organ, accordion, saw, mandola, harpsichord, bkg vox, string arrangements
• The Hold Steady "Sequestered In Memphis" 7" (Rough Trade) BUY
  • keys, bkg vox
• The Dresden Dolls & Franz Nicolay - "Ballad of a Teenage Queen" on All Aboard: A Tribute To Johnny Cash (Anchorless Records) BUY CD VINYL
  • accordion, saw, percussion, bkg vox
• Franz Nicolay "Major General" (Fistolo Records) BUY CD in U.S.; BUY CD in U.K. & Europe; BUY MP3
  • Producer, vocals, guitar, piano, organ, percussion, accordion, banjo, string arrangements
• The Hold Steady "Atlantic City" (Springsteen cover) on Heroes (War Child benefit comp) BUY CD/MP3 VINYL
  • piano, bkg vox
• The Hold Steady "A Positive Rage" DVD documentary/live CD package (Vagrant Records) BUY
  • keys, accordion, bkg vox, string arrangements
• Franz Nicolay "St. Sebastian of the Short Stage" EP (Team Science Records) BUY VINYL BUY MP3
  • Producer, accordion, keys, guitar, vox
• Anti-Social Music "Fracture: The Music of Pat Muchmore" (Innova) BUY CD BUY MP3
  • accordion
• Guignol & Mischief Brew "Fight Dirty" (Fistolo Records, CD) BUY CD (The Cottage Records, cassette) BUY CASSETTE BUY MP3
  • accordion, piano, bkg vox
• Emily Hope Price & Franz Nicolay "Z for Zachariah" STREAM
  • vocals, mandola, banjo, glockenspiel, xylophone
• "World/Inferno Presents: Vox Inferne" 7" (Team Science Records) BUY
  • vocals, arrangements
• The Bushwick Book Club, Vol. 1: January-November 2009 (BBC-GBM) BUY
  • Producer, piano, accordion, percussion, vocals
• Guignol "Live on WUML 3/9/10" BUY
  • accordion
• Franz Nicolay "It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) [feat. Sxip Shirey]" on Subterranean Homesick Blues: A Tribute to Bob Dylan's "Bringing It All Back Home" (Reimagine Music) BUY
  • Producer, vocals, banjo, guitar, percussion
• Franz Nicolay "Luck & Courage" (Team Science Records/Decor Records/Sabot Productions) BUY US/UK MP3
  • Vocals, banjo, glockenspiel, guitar, horn & string arrangements, keys, percussion, pong laang, ukulele
• Anti-Social Music vs. Franz Nicolay "Unlucky & Discouraged (Remixes)" DOWNLOAD
  • Source material
• Franz Nicolay "It Is Never A Mistake To Say Goodbye" on "Live Fast Get Folked" compilation Download
  • baritone ukulele, vocals
• "Con Artist" (DVD) dir. by Michael Sladek, incl. music by Guignol & Mischief Brew BUY
  • accordion
• Franz Nicolay "This Is Not A Pipe" on Xtra Mile Records "Xtra Mile High Club Vol. 3" (compilation) BUY/Stream
  • Vocals, banjo
• Franz Nicolay "Live Free (Tour EP 2011)"
  • Vocals, banjo, guitar, accordion
  
  
  AS PRODUCER
  
  
• Mirah/Emilyn Brodsky/The Vibration - split 7" (Third Story) BUY
  • producer, guitars, keys, acc
• The Old Bailey "You Want It? They've Got It!" - Reds Strike The Blues: A Tribute To The Redskins BUY
  • producer, banjolin, piano, bkg vox
• "Please My Favorite Don't Be Sad" on World/Inferno Friendship Society - Red-Eyed Soul BUY CD/VINYL BUY MP3
  • producer
• The Debutante Hour "The Birth And Death Of Meaning" BUY CD BUY MP3
  • Producer, additional engineering, guitars, glockenspiel, mandola, keys, baritone ukulele, ukulele, banjo, additional vox and percussion
• Pearl And The Beard "Black Vessel" EP BUY CD BUY MP3
  • producer, engineer, string arrangement for "Manek & Ilona"
• The Debutante Hour "Follow Me" EP BUY
  • producer, banjo
• Pearl and The Beard "Killing The Darlings" BUY CD BUY MP3
  • producer, string arrangements, keys, accordion, additional vocals and percussion
• Anti-Social Music "Is The Future Of Everything" BUY CD BUY MP3
  • producer, editor
  
  
  SESSIONS
  
  
• Leftover Crack - Fuck World Trade (Alternative Tentacles) BUY
  • accordion, keys
• The Blam - Caveat Emptor BUY
  • accordion
• Mischief Brew - Smash The Windows (Fistolo) BUY
  • accordion
• Nanuchka - A Carefully Planned Accident (self-released) BUY
  • keyboards, accordion
• Demander - The Unkindness of Ravens (self-released) BUY
  • Moog, accordion
• The Ratchets - Glorybound (Pirates Press) BUY
  • piano, organ
• The Sharp Things - A Moveable Feast (Bar/None) BUY
  • accordion
• The Loved Ones - Build & Burn (Fat Wreck Chords) BUY
  • piano, organ, accordion, harmonica, saw
• The Max Levine Ensemble - OK Smartypants (Plan-It-X) Free Download
  • keyboards
• The Living End "White Noise" (Dew Process) BUY
  • keys, string arrangements
• Emilyn Brodsky "Emilyn Brodsky's Greatest Tits" (Third Story Records) BUY
  • keys, accordion
• Star Fucking Hipsters "Until We're Dead" (Fat Wreck Chords) BUY
  • accordion, keys
• Jennifer O'Connor "Here With Me" (Matador) BUY
  • accordion, piano, organ
• Voltaire "To The Bottom Of The Sea" (Mars Needs Music) BUY
  • accordion
• The 241ers "Murderers" (Household Name Records) BUY
  • accordion
• Alan Semerdjian "The Big Beauty" BUY
  • accordion, tack piano
• Likeness To Lily "Farewell, Recruit" BUY
  • accordion
• The Loved Ones "Distractions" EP (Fat Wreck Chords) BUY
  • keys
• Emily Hope-Price "The Crux and the Bluestocking" BUY
  • accordion
• Pearl and the Beard "God Bless Your Weary Soul, Amanda Richardson" BUY CD BUY MP3
  • accordion
• Mark Eitzel "Klamath" BUY
  • accordion
• Demander "Future Brite" BUY
  • keys
• Yoni Gordon & The Goods "Turning Chaos Into A Career" BUY
  • accordion, organ
• B Is For Baroness "B Is For Baroness" BUY
  • accordion
• Yoni Gordon & The Goods "Fairytale of New York (feat. Franz Nicolay & Emilyn Brodsky)" (Free Christmas single) Free Download
  • accordion, keys, bkg vox
• Amanda Palmer & Jason Webley "Evelyn Evelyn" BUY
  • vocals
• Maurice Davis Band "Are We Permanent" BUY
  • keyboards
• The New Students "Ship of Fools" BUY
  • saw
• Frank Turner "England Keep My Bones" BUY
  • accordion
• Junior Battles "Idle Ages" BUY
  • keys, banjo
• Anna Vogelzang "Canary In A Coal Mine" BUY
  • accordion
• More Humans "Demon Station" BUY
  • keys
• Voltaire "Riding A Black Unicorn" BUY
  • accordion
  
  
  UPCOMING OR AS-YET-UNRELEASED
  
  
• Franz Nicolay/Mischief Brew split 7"
  • accordion, piano, percussion, vocals
• Anti-Social Music "Sleeps Around" (Music of Dalek & His Name Is Alive)
  • executive producer, keys, vocals
• Max Levine Ensemble "Government Center" (Jonathan Richman cover, Third Story Records)
  • keys
• Anthony Da Costa "Secret Handshake"
  • keyboards, accordion
• Untitled project from Hoots & Hellmouth
  • accordion
• Untitled project by The Secret History
  • vocals
• Franz Nicolay & Emilyn Brodsky "Party" (X-Ray Spex cover)
  • vocals, banjo, guitar
• Untitled project by Hamell On Trial
  • banjo, accordion, saw, keys
• Untitled project by Jack River Kings
  • accordion, keys
• Untitled project by The Cutups
  • keys