critical listening 202503

albums/LPs listened to from start-to-finish critically and preferably w/zero distractions.

20250331 Anoushka Shankar Chapter III: We Return to Light, Leiter LTR048 ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: anoushkashankar.bandcamp.com [2025]
20250331 Ikue Mori Of Ghosts and Goblins, CD: Tzadik TZ-4053 [2025]
20250330 Funkadelic Uncle Jam Wants You, CD: Charly SNAJ-726 CN [2003]
20250329 Steven Wilson The Overview, CD: Fiction / Universal SW8CD, 00602475245629 [2025]
20250329 Laceration I Erode, CD: 20 Buck Spin SPIN198 [2024]
20250328 Tiktaalika Gods of Pangaea, CD: Inside Out IOM740, 19802881392 [2025]
20250327 Steve Kuhn Trio with Eddie Gomez & Billy Drummond Waltz Red Side, CD: Venus VHCD-78162 JP [2010]
20250326 Cleric Retrocausal, CD: Web of Mimicry WoM-055 [2017]
20250325 Venamoris To Cross or to Burn, CD: Ipecac IPC-284CD [2025]
20250324 Steve Reich / Ensemble Signal Music for 18 Musicians, CD: Harmonia Mundi HMU-907608 [2015]
20250324 Yes Close to the Edge, LP: Atlantic / Rhino R2-727100, 603497820689 DE [2025]
20250323 STRESS TEST STRESS TEST, LP: Transylvanian COSMIC-19 [2025]
20250323 SpiritWorld Helldorado, Century Media 19802879201 ~ 48.0kHz/24bit ALAC: spiritworldprophet.bandcamp.com [2025]
20250322 Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson Bone Bells, Pyroclastic PR-40 ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: sylviecourvoisier.bandcamp.com [2025]
20250320 Vince Guaraldi It’s the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown!, CD: Lee Mendelson LM25EB02 [2025]
20250319 Steve Kuhn Trio with Gary Peacock & Billy Drummond Waltz Blue Side, CD: Venus VHCD-78163 JP [2010]
20250318 Steve Reich + Kronos Quartet + Pat Metheny Different Trains + Electric Counterpoint, CD: Nonesuch 75597904185 DE [2025]
20250318 Kathy McCord Kathy McCord, CD: King / CTI KICJ-2688 JP [2025]
20250318 Art Farmer Live in Tokyo: Art Farmer Meets Jackie McLean, CD: King / CTI KICJ-2662 JP [2025]
20250317 Henry Threadgill & Make a Move Everybodys Mouth’s a Book, CD: Pi PI01 [2001]
20250316 Kaisa’s Machine Moving Parts, Greenleaf GRE-CD-1114 ~ 48.0kHz/24bit ALAC: kaisamaensivu.bandcamp.com [2025]
20250315 Morphine Cure for Pain, CD: Rykodisc RCD-10262 [1993]
20250314 Kali Malone The Sacrificial Code, Ideologic Organ SOMA060 ~ 48.0kHz/24bit ALAC: kalimalone.bandcamp.com [2025]
20250313 Matt Berry Simplicity, CD: KPM / Acid Jazz AJXCD770 UK [2023]
20250313 Miles Davis Birth of the Blue, Analogue Productions / Columbia / Sony APJ-172, 19802816621 ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: us.7digital.com [2024]
20250313 iNFiNiEN Beyond the Veil, iNFiNiEN INF005 ~ 44.1kHz/24bit ALAC: infinien.bandcamp.com [2022]
20250312 Boston Pops Orchestra Slaughter on Tenth Avenue and Other Selections, CD: RCA Red Seal / Sony Classical 88985321742 EU [2016]
20250312 S.O.D. Bigger than the Devil, CD: Nuclear Blast NBA-CD6383-2 [1999]
20250307 Matteo Ciminari Mentalcoredrillings, FMR FMRCD709-0125 ~ 44.1kHz/24bit ALAC: matteociminari.bandcamp.com [2025]
20250307 Spiritbox Tsunami Sea, CD: Rise / Pale Chord RISE-549-2, 4099964127386 DE [2025]
20250307 Susie Ibarra Flower After Flower, CD: Tzadik TZ-7057 [2000]
20250306 Steve Lehman Trio + Mark Turner The Music of Anthony Braxton: Live in Los Angeles, Pi PI106 ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: stevelehman.bandcamp.com [2025]
20250306 Soulfly Soulfire, CD: BMG 538745100 TR [2022]
20250306 Fractal Sextet Sky Full of Hope, RareNoise RNR135 ~ 44.1kHz/24bit ALAC: stephanthelen.bandcamp.com [2024]
20250305 Sean Wolcott Light Music for Heavy Industry, Clockwork CLW-031 ~ 44.1kHz/24bit ALAC: seanwolcott.bandcamp.com [2025]
20250304 LaSalle Quartet String Quartet + Quartetto per Archi + Prelude for String Quartet, CD: Deutsche Grammophon 00289-483-5677 DE [2023]
20250303 Eyolf Dale When Shadows Dance, Edition EDN-1259 ~ 48.0kHz/24bit ALAC: eyolfdale.bandcamp.com [2025]
20250302 ARTEMIS Arboresque, Blue Note 00602475285533 ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: prestomusic.com [2025]
20250302 Tomorrow’s Fashion: Library Electronica 1972—1987, CD: Ace CDCHD-1640 EU [2024]
20250301 Billy Hart Quartet Just, CD: ECM ECM-2748 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: prestomusic.com [2025]
20250301 STRESS TEST STRESS TEST, Translyvanian ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: stresstestpdx.bandcamp.com [2025]

uncritical listening 202503

singles, albums, playlists, and podcasts listened to throughout the day; typically while exercising (e.g., outdoor walking, gym) or infrequently while doing/otherwise at work. shout out to SomaFM; i listen to their various stations (all-time favorite: Illinois Street Lounge) on a daily basis far too often to annotate herein.

20250330 Branford Marsalis Quartet Belonging, Blue Note, 2025
20250329 Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 2: Mambo Fever, CD: Capitol CDP-7243-8-32564-2-6 [1996]
20250326 Danny Elfman The Danny Elfman Batman Collection, CD: La-La Land LLLCD-1327 [2014]
20250325 David Shire The Taking of Pelham 123, MGM, 2008
20250325 Podcast: The Reason Roundtable: Trumps Way with the Courts
20250324 Anita O’Day with The Gary McFarland Orchestra All the Sad Young Men, Verve, 1962
20250320 Resolution15 Svaha, Resolution15, 2013
20250320 Podcast: The Reason Roundtable: Why We Don’t Need the Department of Education
20240313 Combustible Edison Forbidden Isle of Demos, Sundazed / Modern Harmonic, 2023
20250312 Fun Boy Three Waiting, Chrysalis, 1983
20250312 Podcast: The Reason Roundtable: It’s Trump’s Economy Now
20250309 Destruction Cracked Brain, Brain Butcher Compact, 1990
20250309 Podcast: Honestly with Bari Weiss: The Best Reality TV Is Actually in the Oval Office
20250307 Red Snapper Reeled and Skinned, Flaw, 1995
20250306 Podcast: The Reason Roundtable: Trump vs. Zelenskyy: Democracy Dies in Drama?
20250306 iNFiNiEN Beyond the Veil, Infinien, 2022
20250306 iNFiNiEN Light at the Endless Tunnel, Infinien, 2017
20250306 Burial Untrue, Hyperdub, 2007
20250305 The Pharcyde Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde, Craft, 2017
20250303 Revocation Netherheaven, Metal Blade 3984-16000-6 ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: revocationband.bandcamp.com [2022]
20250302 Mombu & Mosca Violenta Hunting Demons, Head HR035 ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: head-records.bandcamp.com [2015]

critical listening 202502

20250228 Primus Green Naugahyde, CD: ATO / Prawn Song 88088217502 [2011]
20250228 Skúli Sverrisson with Bill Frisell Strata, Newvelle NV016LP ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: prestomusic.com, [2021]
20250227 Jean Claude Vannier & His Mandolin Orchestra Jean Claude Vannier et Son Orchestre de Mandolines, CD: Ipecac / Prodig’art IPC-285CD [2025]
20250226 Marvin Gaye I Want You, CD: Motown 314530887-2 [1998]
20250226 Pat Mastelotto Recidivate, 2CD: 7d 1115 [2012]
20250225 Living Colour Stain, CD: Epic EK-52780 [1993]
20250225 Monika Roscher Bigband Witchy Activities and the Maple Death, Zenna ZEN003CD ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: monikaroscher.bandcamp.com [2003]
20250225 Marvin Gaye Let’s Get It On, CD: Motown / Chronicles / UMe / Tamla 440-064-022-2 [2002]
20250224 Retromorphosis Psalmus Mortis, Season of Mist SOM814 ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: retromorphosisofficial.bandcamp.com [2025]
20250224 PainKiller The Equinox, CD: Tzadik TZ-9319 [2025]
20250223 Primus Antipop, CD: Interscope / Prawn Song 069490414-2 [1999]
20250222 Ethan Iverson Playfair Sonatas, Ulricht AudioVisual UAV5960 ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: prestomusic.com [2024]
20250222 SPY Seen Enough, Closed Casket Activities CCA143 ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: spyhc.bandcamp.com [2025]
20250221 Joe Lovano Rush Hour, CD: Blue Note CDP-7243-8-29269-2-4 [1995]
20250221 ISIS Mosquito Control / The Red Sea, Ipecac IPC-268 ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: isistheband.bandcamp.com [2023]
20250220 Walter Smith III three of us are from Houston and Reuben is not, Blue Note 00602465250893 ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: prestomusic.com [2024]
20250220 Pat Metheny with Dave Holland & Roy Haynes Question and Answer, CD: Geffen / Metheny Group GEFMD-24293 [1990]
20250219 16 Guides for the Misguided, CD: Relapse RR7587 [2025]
20250218 Ambrose Akinmusire Honey from a Winter Stone, CD: Nonesuch 075597905984 DE [2025]
20250216 John Barry The Concert John Barry, CD: Quartet / UMe QR572 [2025]
20250215 Vince Guaraldi It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown, CD: Lee Mendelson LM24SS02 [2024]
20250215 McCoy Tyner / Joe Henderson Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs’ 2CD: Blue Note 00602465975147 [2024]
20250215 Exocrine Maelstrom, CD: Unique Leader ULR284 [2020]
20250214 John Patitucci Spirit Fall, Edition EDN1258 ~ 48.0kHz/24bit ALAC: johnpatitucciofficial.bandcamp.com [2025]
20250212 Jinjer Duél, CD: Napalm NPR1328JC [2025]
20250212 2 Die 4 2 Die 4, CD: Morgan Creek 2959-20013-2 [1992]
20250211 Cartel Carnage Incorporated, Great Winds GW3149 ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: cartelcarnage.bandcamp.com [2012]
20250210 Pathogenic Crowned in Corpses, Skepsis ~ 44.1kHz/24bit ALAC: pathogenic.bandcamp.com [2025]
20250210 Walter Smith III return to casual, Blue Note 4886621 ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: prestomusic.com [2023]
20250209 John Barry Play It Again: Themes from Stage, Screen and Television:, CD: Quartet / UMe QR572 [2025]
20250208 Benjamin Lackner Spindrift, ECM ECM-2832 ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: prestomusic.com [2025]
20250207 Dream Theater Parasomnia, Inside Out IOM735 ~ 48.0kHz/24bit ALAC: insideoutmusic.bandcamp.com [2025]
20250207 John Barry Americans, CD: Quartet / UMe QR572 [2025]
20250206 Inna Faliks Manuscripts Don’t Burn, Sono Luminus DSL-92275 ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: prestomusic.com [2024]
20250206 Kenny Wheeler Legacy Some Days Are Better: The Lost Scores, Greenleaf GRE-CD-1113 ~ 44.1kHz/24bit ALAC: bandcamp.greenleafmusic.com [2025]
20250205 Sepultura Beneath the Remains, 2CD: Roadrunner / Roadracer R2-625161, 603497849833 EU [2020]
20250204 Trevor Jones The Dark Crystal, 3CD: La-La Land LLLCD-1646 [2025]
20250204 Michael Kamen License to Kill, 2CD: La-La Land LLLCD-1657 [2025]
20250203 Vince Guaraldi Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown, CD: Lee Mendelson LM25BMV02 [2025]
20250203 Exocrine The Hybrid Suns, CD: Unique Leader ULR339 [2022]
20250202 Ebo Taylor / Adrian Younge / Ali Shaheed Muhammad Eboy Taylor JID022, Jazz Is Dead ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: ebotaylor.bandcamp.com [2025]
20250202 REPLICANT Hypochondria of the Machine Transcending Obscurity ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: replicantband.bandcamp.com [2025]
20250202 Anoushka Shankar & Karsh Kale Breathing Under Water, CD: Manhattan 0946-3-95392-2-2 [2007]

uncritical listening 202502

20250226 Soulfly Conquer, CD: Roadrunner RR-7942-5 NL [2008]
20250224 Progressions: 100 Years of Jazz Guitar, 4CD: Columbia / Legacy C4K-86462 [2005]
20250223 Chris Benstead The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, Filmtrax, 2024
20250217 Grief Dismal, The Archivist, 2015
20250215 CTI Records: Birth of the Groove, CD: CTI / Epic / Legacy ZK-65134 [1997]
20250213 Podcast: The Reason Roundtable: DOGE vs. Deep State
20250209 The Trio Bulgarka Вокално трио Българка, Balkanton, 1989
20250209 Bill Laurance & The Untold Orchestra Bloom, ACT, 2024
20250208 Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory, Jagjaguwar, 2025
20250206 Gypsy Creams & Ginger Nuts: Sounds That Swept the Supermarkets, CD: RPM RPM-328 EU [2007]
20250205 Sepultura Dante XXI, CD: Krako / Tratore 7898369064381 BR [2006]
20250204 Podcast: The Reason Roundtable: Trump’s Dumb Trade War
20250202 Lou Reed & Metallica Lulu, Warner, 2011

critical listening 202501

20250131 Billy Cobham Total Eclipse, CD: Atlantic / Rhino / Warner 0081227952433 EU [2015]
20250129 Joe Lovano Wind Ensemble Worlds, CD: Evidence ECD-22132-2 [1995]
20250129 Sevendust Next, CD: BMG 538940112 DE [2023]
20250127 E.S.T. (Esbjörn Svensson Trio) Somewhere Else Before, CD: Columbia / Superstudio Gul CK-85834 [2001]
20250126 Sneaker Pimps Becoming X, CD: Clean Up / Virgin 7243-8-42587-2-6 [1997]
20250126 Miles Davis Sketches of Spain, CD: Columbia / Legacy 88697524922-11 EU [2009]
20250125 Benny Goodman The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert, 2D: Columbia / Legacy C2K-65143 [1999]
20250125 John Zorn / JACK Quartet The Complete String Quartets, 2CD: Tzadik TZ-9318-2 [2025]
20250125 Tormentor Tyrant Excessive Escalation of Cruelty, Everlasting Spew SPIT099 ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: everlastingspew.bandcamp.com [2025]
20250124 Pat Metheny Group The Way Up, CD: Nonesuch / Metheny Group 79876-2 [2005]
20250124 Yes The Yes Album, LP: Atlantic / Rhino R2-725175, 603497831715 DE [2023] 20250123 Yes Fragile, LP: Atlantic / Rhino R2-726068, 603497827770 DE [2024]
20250122 Stick to Your Guns Keep Planting Flowers, SharpTone 7377-0 ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: sharptonerecords.bandcamp.com [2025]
20250122 Sparks Kimono My House, CD: Edsel EDSL0228 EU [2024]
20250121 Jakob Bro Taking Turns, ECM ECM-2543 ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: prestomusic.com [2024]
20250105 Bill Laurance & Michael League Keeping Company, ACT ACT-9961-2 ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: qobuz.com [2024]
20250103 Charles Mingus Mingus Plays Piano: Spontaneous Compositions and Improvisations, 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: prestomusic.com [2004]
20250102 John Barry Out of Africa, 2CD: Intrada / UMe ISC-500, Special-Collection-Volume-500 [2024]

uncritical listening 202501

20250130 The Real… Harry Belafonte, 3CD: Columbia / Sony 88843058712 EU [2014]
20250129 The Real… Bossa Nova, 3CD: Columbia / Sony 88843058712 EU [2014]
20240128 Arthur Russell World of Echo, Audika, 2004
20250124 Zafer Dilek Oyun Havaları, Yonca Müzik / Ergin Bener, 1975
20250124 Martin Phipps Black Doves, Netflix, 2024
20250123 Podcast: The Reason Roundtable: Donald Trump’s Chaotic and Contradictory Day 1
20250118 Sevendust Animosity, CD: TVT TVT-5870-2 [2001]
20250117 Sevendust Home, CD: TVT TVT-5820-2 [1999]
20250117 Podcast: Honestly with Bari Weiss: H.R. McMaster’s Tell-all on Trump
20250116 Meshuggah Koloss, CD: Nuclear Blast NB-2388-8 [2012]
20250116 (hed) pe (hed) pe, CD: Jive 01241-41606-2 [1997]
20250115 Werewolves Die for Us, Direct-Merch, 2024
20250115 Exocrine Legend, Season of Mist, 2024
20250114 Killer Be Killed Killer Be Killed, CD: Nuclear Blast NB-3255-0 [2014]
20250113 Meshuggah Immutable, CD: Atomic Fire AF0026DB [2022]
20250113 Helmet Betty, CD: CD: Interscope 92404-2 [1994]
20250112 Meshuggah Chaosphere, CD: Atomic Fire AF0109JC DE [2023]
20250112 Helmet Meantime, CD: CD: Interscope 7-92162-2 [1992]
20250109 King Diamond The Spider’s Lullaby, CD: Metal Blade 3984-14776-2 [2009]
20250108 King Diamond Dreams of Horror, 2CD: Metal Blade / Rhino 3984-15325-2 [2014]
20250102 Esbjörn Svensson Trio 301, ACT, 2012