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
    • accordion, composer
  • Guignol - Guignol (Third Story Records TSR-002) Buy
    • accordion
  • World/Inferno Friendship Society - Speak of Brave Men EP/7" (Gern Blandsten) Buy
    • keys, acc, bkg vox
  • Anti-Social Music/Dalek - Music for ASM (unreleased)
    • producer, 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
    • accordion, keys, mandola
  • Mehanata Bulgarian Bar "New Tork Gypsymania" comp - Guignol "Agada" & "All Or Nothing Machine" Buy
    • accordion, piano, mandola
  • Anti-Social Music - Sings The Great American Songbook (Peacock Records) Buy
    • 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
    • accordion, saw, percussion, bkg vox
  • Franz Nicolay "Major General" (Fistolo Records) Buy in U.S.Buy in U.K. & Europe.
    • Producer, vocals, guitar, piano, organ, percussion, accordion, banjo, string arrangements
  • The Hold Steady "Atlantic City" (Springsteen cover) on Heroes (War Child benefit comp)Buy
    • 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
    • Producer, accordion, keys, guitar, vox
  • Anti-Social Music "Fracture: The Music of Pat Muchmore" (Innova)
    • accordion
  • Guignol & Mischief Brew "Fight Dirty" (Fistolo Records, CD) Buy CD (The Cottage Records, cassette) Buy cassette
    • 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
    • Vocals, banjo, glockenspiel, guitar, horn & string arrangements, keys, percussion, pong laang, ukulele
  • Anti-Social Music vs. Franz Nicolay "Unlucky & Discouraged (Remixes) Free Download
    • Source material
  • Franz Nicolay "It Is Never A Mistake To Say Goodbye" on "Live Fast Get Folked" compilation Download
    • baritone ukulele, 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!" - 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 SoulBuy
    • 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
    • producer, engineer, string arrangement for "Manek & Ilona"
  • The Debutante Hour "Follow Me" EP Buy
    • producer, banjo
  • Pearl and The Beard "Killing The Darlings" Buy
    • producer, string arrangements, keys, accordion, additional vocals and percussion
  • Anti-Social Music "Is The Future Of Everything" Buy
    • 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
    • accordion
  • Mark Eitzel "Klamath" Buy
    • accordion
  • Demander "Future Brite"
    • keys
  • Yoni Gordon & The Goods "Turning Chaos Into A Career" Buy
    • accordion, organ
  • B Is For Baroness "B Is For Baroness" Listen
    • 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


    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
  • Anna Vogelzang "Canary In A Coal Mine"
    • accordion
  • Voltaire "Riding A Black Unicorn"
    • accordion