Patrick Sweany

Producer and engineer Joe McMahan helmed singer-songwriter Patrick Sweany's new album, Daytime Turned to Nighttime, a low-key collection of tunes that suggests the former Northeast Ohioan's mellower side. With its cooing background vocals and twangy guitars, album opener "First of the Week," for example, has a laid-back vibe to it. For the album, Sweany assembled a really funky rhythm section, enabling him to expand upon the garage blues sound for which he's known. (Niesel)