AS BAND LEADER/MEMBER
AS PRODUCER
AS SESSION PLAYER/ARRANGER
UPCOMING OR UNRELEASED

AS BAND MEMBER OR LEADER

      • 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 S/T (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 EP CD/Vinyl (The Company With The Golden Arm) BUY
        • keys, acc, bkg vox
      • Guignol/Nanuchka Drink The Best Wine First EP (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) BUY MP3
        • 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) BUY CD BUY MP3
        • Vocals, banjo, guitar, accordion
      • Franz Nicolay “This Is Not A Pipe (Live) on Roll Over, Pretty (compilation) BUY
        •  Vocals, banjo
      • Franz Nicolay & Emilyn Brodsky “Party” (X-Ray Spex cover) on REBEL ON THE UNDERGROUND: A Tribute to X-Ray Spex BUY
        • Vocals, banjo, guitar
      • Anti-Social Music Sleeps Around: Music of dalek & His Name Is Alive BUY LP BUY DIGITAL
        • Executive producer, vocals
      • Franz Nicolay Do The Struggle (Xtra Mile/Sabot) BUY UK/EUROPE BUY N. AMERICA DIGITAL BUY N. AMERICA CD/VINYL
        • Vocals, banjo, guitar, keys, accordion, percussion, arrangements
      • Franz Nicolay “Rainbow Connection” (Muppets cover) on PV Undercover comp FREE DOWNLOAD
        • Vocals, banjo
      • Franz Nicolay & Frank Turner Sing Noel Coward split 7″ (Asbestos Records) BUY
        • piano, vocals
      • Franz Nicolay “I Had A Good Time Tonight” on Fest Friends 12″ vinyl comp (Underground Communique Records) BUY
        • guitar, vocals
      • Franz Nicolay Bad Advice EP BUY
        • Vocals, guitar, keys, percussion
      • Franz Nicolay/Mischief Brew I Drink/The Mary Ellen Carter split 7″ (Silver Sprocket) BUY
        • accordion, piano, percussion, vocals
      • Franz Nicolay The Hearts of Boston/No Matter How Good You Are 7″ (Sabot Productions) BUY
        • Vocals, guitar, accordion, percussion
      • Franz Nicolay & The Cut Ups Bearing Torches: The Rottingdean Session BUY
        • Vocals, guitar, accordion
      • Franz Nicolay To Us, The Beautiful! BUY U.S. BUY UK/EU DIGITAL DOWNLOAD
        • Vox, guitar, banjo, accordion, keys, percussion
      • Franz Nicolay “To Us, The Beautiful!” on Punknews.org ‘My Org’ Mixtape (cassette) BUY
        • Vox, guitar
      • Franz Nicolay “Springtime (Leatherface cover)” on Wolfmask’s Creep Comp (free download) DOWNLOAD
        • Vox, banjo
      • In The Forest Of The Night dance score for Alison Chase/Performance BUY
        • keys, accordion, electronics, saw, production
      • Guignol “Agada” in Angel Wagenstein: Art Is A Weapon (documentary film)
        • accordion, piano, mandola
      • Franz Nicolay “Everything Reminds Me Of Her” in A Brief Smile: A Tribute to Elliott Smith BUY
        • piano, vox
      • No Plan B dance/theater score for Alison Chase/Performance BUY
        • composer, performer, producer
      • Franz Nicolay PEOPSSONGS BUY
        • composer, producer
      • The Hold Steady “Entitlement Crew” b/w “A Snake In The Shower” BUY
        • keys
      • The Hold Steady “Eureka” b/w “Esther” BUY
        • keys
      • The Hold Steady “The Stove & The Toaster” b/w “Star 18” BUY
        • keys, vox
      • Guignol “Fight Dirty” in Deadpool 2: Super Duper Cut MOVIE SOUNDTRACK
        • accordion, vox
      • The Hold Steady “Confusion In The Marketplace” b/w “T-Shirt Tux” BUY
        • keys, vox
      • The Hold Steady “The Last Time That She Talked To Me” BUY
        • keys, vox
      • The Hold Steady “Thrashing Thru The Passion” BUY
        • keys, vox
      • The Hold Steady “Squidbillies Theme” LISTEN
        • piano, vocals
      • The Hold Steady Four on Ten (10″) BUY
        • keys, vocals
      • Franz Nicolay “New River, Spring For Me (demo)” on Don’t Stop Now III BUY
        • keys, vocals, production
      • The Hold Steady Heaven Is Whenever (Super Deluxe digital edition, Avatar Sessions) BUY
        • keys, accordion
      • The Hold Steady Open Door Policy BUY
        • keys, vocals, accordion
      • Franz Nicolay “I Am Not Your Broom” on Purple Toupee (They Might Be Giants charity covers comp) BUY
        • vocals, accordion, percussion
      • World/Inferno Friendship Society “Cats Are Not Lucky Creatures” (live from Fearless Music, 2005) on Band Together (Ukraine benefit comp) BUY
        • keyboards, vocals 
      • Franz Nicolay New River (Don Giovanni) BUY
        • keys, vocals, guitars
      • The Hold Steady The Price Of Progress BUY
        • keys, vocals
      • Alison Chase/Derek Dudek SoulForge WATCH
        • music and sound design
      • The Hold Steady “The Death of the Punchline/Radar & Leda” BUY
        • keyboards, vox
      • The Hold Steady “Death Star” on Silver Patron Saints: The Songs of Jesse Malin BUY
        • keys
      • Franz Nicolay & Daniel D’Oca “Winners Inn b/w Unusual Weathervanes” BUY
        • vocals
      • The Hold Steady “Certain Songs (Live at 9:30 Club) on Cardinals at the Window: A Benefit for Flood Relief in Western North Carolina BUY
        • piano
      • The Hold Steady “40 Bucks (Live from Brooklyn Bowl) on Good Music to Lift Los Angeles BUY
        • piano
      • Franz Nicolay & Daniel D’Oca “The Alarm Looks Like A Flashing Light b/w Busy Busy Still” BUY
        • vocals

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!” on 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
        • 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
      • The Debutante Hour An Awkward Time With… BUY
        • co-producer on “M. Bovary” and “Everybody Thinks I’m A Spy”
      • Emilyn Brodsky Eats Her Feelings BUY
        • producer, guitar, keys

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 S/T 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
        • Anthony Da Costa Secret Handshake BUY
          • keyboards, accordion
        • Hoots & Hellmouth Salt BUY
          • accordion
        • The Cut Ups Building Bridges. Starting Here. (Household Name Records) BUY
          • keys
        • Jack River Kings Mansion & the Money BUY
          • accordion, keys
        • Morning Glory Poets Were My Heroes (Fat Wreck) BUY
          • “casting”
        • The Secret History Americans Singing In The Dark BUY
          • vocals
        • Voltaire Raised By Bats BUY
          • accordion
        • Hamell On Trial The Happiest Man In The World (New West) BUY
          • banjo, accordion, saw, keys, string arrangements
        • Patrick Craig It Will Get Better EP BUY
          • vox
        • Direct Hit! Wasted Mind (Fat Wreck) BUY
          • keys
        • Emilyn Brodsky Digestion BUY
          • accordion, keys
        • Ivan Rivers Celebrated Folk Mixtape LISTEN
          • theremin, banjo, keys
        • The Cut Ups The Nerves BUY
          • keys, vox
        • Jack Cookson Thistles EP LISTEN
          • accordion
        • Radiator King A Hollow Triumph After All BUY
          • accordion, harmonica
        • Voltaire Heart Shaped Wound BUY
          • accordion
        • Telethon The Grand Spontanean BUY
          • keys, accordion, banjo, harmonica
        • Coody “I’ll Stick With You” LISTEN
          • keys
        • Drexel & The Spirit Flashback City LISTEN
          • keys, accordion, harmonica
        • The World/Inferno Friendship Society All Borders Are Porous To Cats BUY
          • accordion
        • The Swan Station “Take It Slow” DOWNLOAD
          • keys
        • Jocelyn Mackenzie PUSH (Righteous Babe) BUY
          • string arrangements, vocals
        • Jeff Rosenstock SKA DREAM (Polyvinyl) BUY
          • “luxurious piano”
        • Telethon Swim Out Past The Breakers BUY
          • harmonica, accordion, vocals
        • Sincere Engineer Bless My Psyche (Hopeless) BUY
          • keys, accordion
        • Crushed Ice Nights & Weekends (File 13) BUY
          • keys, harmonica
        • Frank Piegaro “Surf Cat” b/w “Epiphany Symphony” BUY
          • keys
        • Voltaire The Black Labyrinth BUY
          • accordion
        • Worriers Trust Your Gut BUY
          • keys
        • Sincere Engineer Cheap Grills BUY
          • keys, accordion, harmonica
        • Timeshares “Treatment Bound” on Let The Bad Times Roll BUY
          • keys
        • Billy Liar Crisis Actor BUY
          • keys
        • Teorama Voluptuous Panic BUY
          • accordion
        • Jeff Rosenstock Craig Before The Creek OST LISTEN WATCH
          • accordion
        • The Wandering A Better Machine BUY
          • accordion, keys
        • Sincere Engineer “Settle Up With Your Downfall” LISTEN
          • keys
        • Sincere Engineer “Parting Gift” LISTEN
          • keys

UPCOMING OR AS-YET-UNRELEASED

      • Max Levine Ensemble “Government Center” (Jonathan Richman cover)
        • keys
      • Billy Liar/Joe McMahon split 7″
        • accordion, keys
      • Travis Morrison “Giving Up”
        • keys, accordion
      • JUICEBOXXX “Rustbelt Nights”
        • keys
      • Hamell On Trial “Say His Name”
        • keys
      • Untitled Voltaire
        • accordion
      • Untitled Sincere Engineer
        • keys, accordion