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James McAlister

McAlister, James

Songwriter · Performer · Producer

Member of Circle of Birds, Ester Drang, Ghost Liotta, Pedro the Lion

IPI: 00434572164 ISNI: 0000 0004 0752 9986

186Recordings

2Works

14Releases

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Credits

125 BPM

LANZ, James McAlister

drums (drum set)

4th Stair

Sam Gendel, James McAlister

SongwriterPerformer

A Mind of Her Own

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

A Simple Plan

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

All Seeing Eye

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

All the Feeling

Ester Drang

via Ester Drang

Almost There

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Approaching Sydney by Water

James McAlister

SongwriterPerformer

April 6, 2039

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Arizona

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Auckland

LANZ, James McAlister

drums (drum set)

B

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Back to Dust

Ghost Liotta

via Ghost Liotta

Bad Diary Days

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Bad Things to Such Good People

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Bands With Managers

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Be Thou My Vision

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Before Everything

Ghost Liotta

via Ghost Liotta

Big Trucks

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Big Trucks

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Big Trucks

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Black Canyon

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Black Energy

Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner, James McAlister

SongwriterPerformer

Black Hole

Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner, James McAlister

SongwriterPerformer

Blue Canyon

James McAlister

SongwriterPerformer

Boson

Ghost Liotta

via Ghost Liotta

Caledonia

Ester Drang

via Ester Drang

Circle K

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Clean Up

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Come Back Alive

Ester Drang

via Ester Drang

Criticism as Inspiration

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Dead Man’s Point of View

Ester Drang

via Ester Drang

Diamond Ring

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Discretion

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Don’t Cry Now

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Don’t Wanna Move

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Earth

Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner, James McAlister

SongwriterPerformer

Everyone Is a Victim

Ester Drang

via Ester Drang

Eye on the Finish Line

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Felicity, Darling

Ester Drang

via Ester Drang

First Drum Set

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Fix

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Fly Catcher

James McAlister

SongwriterPerformer

Foregone Conclusions

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

From the Ruins

Ester Drang

via Ester Drang

Goldenwest

Ester Drang

via Ester Drang

Good Feeling

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Grave Mistake

Ester Drang

via Ester Drang

Great Expectations

Ester Drang

via Ester Drang

Halley’s Comet

Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner, James McAlister

SongwriterPerformer

Hooker With a Heart of Gold

Ester Drang

via Ester Drang

How Good Is Good Enough?

Ester Drang

via Ester Drang

Hymn

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

I Am Always the One Who Calls

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

I Am Always the One Who Calls

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

I Am Thoughts

Ghost Liotta

via Ghost Liotta

I Do

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

I Do

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

I Do (demo version)

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

I Don’t Want to Live (In a World of Infinite Keys)

Ester Drang

via Ester Drang

If They Only Knew

Ester Drang

via Ester Drang

In the Beginning

Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner, James McAlister

SongwriterPerformer

Indian Summer

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Interloc

LANZ, James McAlister

drums (drum set)

Invention

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Invention

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Is Nothing New

Ester Drang

via Ester Drang

It’ll All Work Out

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

It’s Too Late

Ester Drang

via Ester Drang

June 18, 1976

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

June 18, 1976

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Jupiter

Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner, James McAlister

SongwriterPerformer

Keep Swinging

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Kuiper Belt

Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner, James McAlister

SongwriterPerformer

Leaving the Valley

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Let Down

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Letter From a Concerned Follower

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Letter From a Concerned Follower (radio session)

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Life Cycle

Ghost Liotta

via Ghost Liotta

Little Help

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Lost Myself

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Lullaby

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Magazine

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Making the Most of It

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Mars

Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner, James McAlister

SongwriterPerformer

Mercury

Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner, James McAlister

SongwriterPerformer

Metal Heart

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Model Homes

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Modesto

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Moon

Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner, James McAlister

ComposerLyricistPerformer

My Phoenix

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Neptune

Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly, James McAlister

SongwriterPerformer

Never Leave a Job Half Done

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Never Leave a Job Undone

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

No One Could Ever Take Your Face

Ester Drang

via Ester Drang

Nonlinear B

Ghost Liotta

via Ghost Liotta

Nothing

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Obe

Ghost Liotta

via Ghost Liotta

Object One

Ghost Liotta

via Ghost Liotta

Oceans of You

Ester Drang

via Ester Drang

Of Minor Prophets and Their Prostitute Wives

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Of Minor Prophets and Their Prostitute Wives

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Of Up and Coming Monarchs

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Of Up and Coming Monarchs

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Old Wisdom

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

On Your Way Out

Ester Drang

via Ester Drang

One Hundred Times

Ester Drang

via Ester Drang

Only Yesterday

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Options

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Over the Green

James McAlister

SongwriterPerformer

Own Valentine

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Parting

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Penetration

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Piano Bench

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Pillar of Smoke on Fiji Hill

James McAlister

SongwriterPerformer

Pluto

Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner, James McAlister

SongwriterPerformer

Political Science

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Political Science

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Portrait

James McAlister

SongwriterPerformer

Powerful Taboo

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Priests and Paramedics

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Progress

Pedro the Lion

via Pedro the Lion

Saturn

Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner, James McAlister

SongwriterPerformer

Shadow Mountain

James McAlister

SongwriterPerformer

Slow Dancing (James McAlister remix)

Aly & AJ, James McAlister

SongwriterPerformer

Stair 1

Sam Gendel, James McAlister

SongwriterPerformer

Stair Three

Sam Gendel, James McAlister

SongwriterPerformer

Sun

Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner, James McAlister

SongwriterPerformer

The Second Stair

Sam Gendel, James McAlister

SongwriterPerformer

Tides

Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner, James McAlister

SongwriterPerformer

Uranus

Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner, James McAlister

SongwriterPerformer

Venus

Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner, James McAlister

SongwriterPerformer

Wall of Death

Wilderado, Ken Pomeroy, James McAlister

Songwriteracoustic guitarProducer

We Live in Warm Duvets

LANZ, James McAlister

Musical Works (2)

Saturn0 verifiedT-920082895-1 EARTH0 verifiedT-920082487-9

Groups (4)

Circle of Birds

Group

Ester Drang

Group

Ghost Liotta

Group

Pedro the Lion

Group · 2004–2004

Discography (14)

Auckland

Auckland

Diamond Staircase

Diamond Staircase

2025

Mercury

Mercury

2017

Music for Drums

Music for Drums

2009

Planetarium

Planetarium

2017 · 4AD

Planetarium

Planetarium

2017 · 4AD

Planetarium

Planetarium

2017

Portrait

Portrait

2021 · 37d03d

Saturn

Saturn

2017

Scissortail

Scissortail

2021

Scissortail

Scissortail

2021

Slow Wave

Slow Wave

2021

Three Breaths

Three Breaths

2018

Venus

Venus

2017

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David Motter

Erik Walters

Frank Lenz

Jeff Shoop

John Spiker

Johnathon Ford

Joshua Golden

Ken Maiuri

Kyle Winner

Nick Peterson

Paul Mumaw

Rebecca Cole

Sean Lane

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Who is James McAlister?

James McAlister is a songwriter and performer. James McAlister is a member of Circle of Birds, Ester Drang, Ghost Liotta and Pedro the Lion, and credits from those groups are included in this catalog.

Our database contains 186 recordings, 2 musical works, and 14 releases credited to James McAlister. Credits data is sourced from the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC), MusicBrainz (CC0), and Spotify.

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What identifiers does James McAlister have?

James McAlister is identified by IPI 00434572164 and ISNI 0000 0004 0752 9986. IPI numbers identify a songwriter or publisher across collection societies; ISNI identifies a creative contributor across registries.

How many recordings is James McAlister credited on?

The index links James McAlister to 186 recordings and 2 musical works, each carrying its own ISRC. Credits come from the MLC, MusicBrainz (CC0), and Spotify.