20240928 The Kris Davis Trio feat. Robert Hurst & Johnathan Blake Run the Gauntlet, Pyroclastic PR-36 ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: krisdavis.bandcamp.com [2024]
20240926 Red Hot + Ra, Vol. 4: Outer Spaceways Incorporated: Kronos Quartet & Friends Meet Sun Ra, Red Hot Org LP-RH-003 ~ 48.0kHz/24bit ALAC: redhot.bandcamp.com [2024]
20240926 Virgil Moorefield The Temperature in Hell Is Over Three Thousand Degrees, CD: Tzadik TZ-7026 [1997]
20240926 Laurie Anderson Amelia, Nonesuch 075597904765 ~ 48.0kHz/24bit ALAC: laurieanderson.bandcamp.com [2024]
20240925 Dougie Bowne The Stars Are Indispensable, CD: Tzadik TZ-4051 [2024]
20240925 John Zorn Hannigan Sings Zorn, Vol. 2: Live at Miller Theatre, CD: Tzadik TZ-9314 [2024]
20240924 Henry Mancini The Days of Wine and Roses, 3CD: RCA 07863-66603-2 [1999]
20240923 Arun Ramamurthy Trio New Moon, Greenleaf GRE-CD-1111 ~ 48.0kHz/24bit ALAC: arunramamurthytrio.bandcamp.com [2024]
20240921 Ikue Mori Garden, CD: Tzadik TZ-7020 [1996]
20240921 Nervosa Jailbreak, Napalm NPR1198DP ~ 44.1kHz/24bit ALAC: nervosa-brazil.bandcamp.com [2023]
20240921 Chris Potter Eagle’s Point, CD: Edition EDN1227 EU [2024]
20240919 Elliott Sharp XenocodeX, CD: Tzadik TZ-7016 [1996]
20240918 Frank Zappa Apostrophe (!), 5CD: Zappa / UMe ZR20046, 00602465639902 [2024]
20240918 156/Silence People Watching, CD: SharpTone 7274-2 [2024]
20240917 Martin Denny / Si Zentner & His Orchestra Exotica Suite, Liberty LSS-14020 ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: prestomusic.com [2019]
20240916 Eyvind Kang 7 NADEs, CD: Tzadik TZ-7013 [1996]
20240915 The Jesus Lizard Rack, CD: Ipecac IPC-280CD [2024]
20240914 Flotsam and Jetsam I Am the Weapon, CD: AFM AFM-901-9 DE [2024]
20240914 Ennio Morricone The Exorcist II: The Heretic, LP: Jackpot JPR-069 [2021]
20240913 Jim O’Rourke Terminal Pharmacy, CD: Tzadik TZ-7011 [1995]
20240913 David Gilmour Luck and Strange, CD: Sony 19802804602 [2024]
20240912 Adam Levy Spry, 48.0kHz/24bit ALAC: adamlevy.bandcamp.com [2023]
20240911 Martin Denny Exotic Moog, LP: Jackpot JPR-061 [2023]
20240911 Gisburg No Stranger Not at All, CD: Tzadik TZ-7007 [1995]
20240910 John Zorn REDBIRD, CD: Tzadik TZ-7008 [1995
20240909 Patricia Brennan Septet Breaking Stretch, Pyroclastic PR-35 ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: patriciabrennanpyroclastic.bandcamp.com [2024]
20240908 Generation of Vipers Guilt Shrine, Translation Loss - ~ 48.0kHz/24bit ALAC: generationofviperstl.bandcamp.com, [2024]
20240908 Frank Zappa Frank Zappa for President, LP: Zappa / UMe ZR-20021-2, 602458870701 CZ [2024]
20240908 John Zorn The Hermetic Organ, Vol. 13: Biennale Musica Venezia, CD: Tzadik TZ-9313 [2024]
20240907 Alvin Curran Animal Behavior, CD: Tzadik TZ-7001 [1995]
20240907 Gabor Szabo Jazz Raga, CD: Light in the Attic LITA-053 [2010]
20240906 Impulse Records: Music, Message and the Moment, 2CD: Impulse! / UMe B0033422-02 [2021]
20240905 Martin Denny Exotic Percussion, CD: Reel to Reel RTRCD101 UK [????]
20240905 Martin Denny Forbidden Island, LP: Jackpot JPR-114 [2024]
20240905 Martin Denny The Enchanted Sea, LP: Jackpot JPR-115 [2024]
20240905 Frank London Brass Conspiracy, CD: Tzadik TZ-4050 [2024]
20240904 Martin Denny Exotic Percussion, LP: Jackpot JPR-116 [2024]
20240903 Melt-Banana 3+5, CD: A-Zap AZCD-0011 [2024]
20240902 DECEASED Children of the Morgue, Hells Headbangers HELLS-359 ~ 44.1kHz/24bit ALAC: the-true-deceased.bandcamp.com [2024]
20240902 ANCIIENTS Beyond the Reach of the Sun, Season of Mist SOM778D ~ 48.0kHz/24bit ALAC: anciientriffs.bandcamp.com [2024]
20240901 Charlie Parker Ornithology: The Best of Bird, CD: Craft / Savoy CR00753 [2024]
20240901 Dark Angel Leave Scars, CD: Century Media 9962082 DE [2008]
critical listening 202408
20240831 Dark Angel Time Does Not Heal, CD: Century Media 9962092 DE [2008]
20240831 NAILS Every Bridge Burning, CD: Nuclear Blast NBR-5376-3 [2024]
20240831 Wayne Shorter Celebration, Vol. 1, 2CD: Blue Note 00602465350685 [2024]
20240830 John Barry The Cotton Club, CD: Geffen GEFD-24062 [1992]
20240829 John Coltrane Soultrane, CD: Prestige PRCD-30006-2 [2006]
20240828 Jon Hopkins RITUAL, CD: Domino WIGCD523 EU [2024]
20240828 Zeal & Ardor Greif, CD: - ZAA04 CZ [2024]
20240826 David Liebman / Randy Brecker / Marc Copland / Drew Gress / Joey Baron QUINT3T, InnerVoice Jazz IVJ-106 ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: marccoplandjazz.bandcamp.com [2020]
20240825 Carpenter State Overheated, 48.0kHz/24bit ALAC: carpenterst.bandcamp.com [2024]
20240825 VAARA S/T, 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: vaara.bandcamp.com [2024]
20240824 Medeski Martin & Wood Uninvisible, CD: Blue Note 7243-5-35870-2-4 [2002]
20240824 Voïvod Angel Rat, CD: Metal Mind MASS-CD-1447-DG EU [2011]
20240820 Meshell Ndegeocello No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin, CD: Blue Note 00602465215045 [2024]
20240819 Milton + esperanza Milton + esperanza, CD: Concord CRE02521 MX [2024]
20240818 John Zorn Hannigan Sings Zorn, Vol. 1: Live in Concert, CD: Tzadik TZ-9311 [2024]
20240818 Gojira From Mars to Sirius, CD: Listenable POSH074 EU [2005]
20240817 µ-Ziq Grush, CD: Planet Mu ZIQ465CD PL [2024]
20240817 John Zorn Lamentations, CD: Tzadik TZ-9312 [2024]
20240816 Pig Destroyer Painter of Dead Girls, CD: Relapse RR7575 [2024]
20240812 Pat Metheny MoonDial, CD: BMG 964026842 [2024]
20240810 Miles Davis The Complete “In a Silent Way” Sessions, 3CD: Columbia / Legacy C3K-90921, CK-62070 [2001]
20240810 Fulci Duck Face Killings, 20 Buck Spin SPIN201 ~ 48.0kHz/24bit ALAC: listen.20buckspin.com [2024]
20240809 Miles Davis Get Up with It, 2CD: Columbia / Legacy 88697524922-44 EU [2009]
20240807 Miles Davis Miles in the Sky, CD: Columbia / Legacy 88697524922-30 EU [2009]
20240807 Krallice Inorganic Rites, P2 P2-043 ~ 44.1kHz/24bit ALAC: krallice.bandcamp.com [2024]
20240806 Chrystabell & David Lynch Cellophane Memories, CD: Sacred Bones SBR-344CD [2024]
20240804 Laura Mvula The Dreaming Room, CD: Sony / RCA 88875165682 EU [2016]
20240803 Ravi Shankar Three Ragas, CD: Angel 7243-5-67310-2-8 [2000]
20240803 Seu Jorge & Almaz Seu Jorge and Almaz, CD: Now-Again / Cafuné NA5068 [2010]
20240802 John Zorn Ballades, CD: Tzadik TZ-9310 [2024]
20240802 µ-Ziq Lunatic Harness, 2CD: Planet Mu ZIQ440CD PL [2022]
20240801 Hasbro Presents: The Transformers: Beast Machines, 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: qobuz.com [2024]
20240801 Jack DeJohnette Sound Travels, CD: eOne / Golden Beams EOM-CD-2403 [2012]
uncritical listening 202408
20240828 Scatterbrain Here Comes Trouble, CD: In-Effect 88561-3012-2 [1990]
20240828 Podcast: Twenty Thousand Hertz: Lofi Girl
20240827 Podcast: The Reason Roundtable: Wait, Democrats Now Say They Love Freedom?
20240826 Podcast: The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds: Ep460: Ep461: Henry Rollins Stays Fanatic!!! Pt 1 of 2
20240826 Lennie Tristano Quintet Live in Toronto 1952, Jazz, 1989
20240825 Podcast: The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds: Ep460: David Yow - The Jesus Lizard, Scratch Acid
20240825 Generation of Vipers Guilt Shrine, Translation Loss, 2024
20240825 Podcast: NBC Meet the Press: August 25 — Sens. JD Vance and Elizabeth Warren
20240823 Meshuggah Immutable, Atomic Fire, 2022
20240822 Plini Impulse Voices, Plini, 2020
20240822 Podcast: THe Reason Roundtable: Why Libertarians Hate Kamala Harris’ Economic Platform
20240817 Podcast: The Eddie Trunk Podcast: Jason Bonham
20240817 Podcast: The Glenn Show: John McWhorter — Is Kamala Harris the Next Obama?
20240816 Mezzrow Summon Thy Demons, Fireflash, 2023
20240815 Carpenter State Overheated, Carpenter State, 2024
20240815 Podcast: Darko.Audio podcast: 10 MORE hi-fi myths busted by Peter Comeau
20240810 Blood Red Throne Nonagon, Soulseller, 2024
20240810 Podcast: Honestly with Bari Weiss: A Tim Walz Face-Off: Radical? Moderate? We Debate!
20240807 Max Roach Drums Unlimited, Atlantic, 1965
20240807 Podcast: The Reason Roundtable: Weighing Kamala Harris’ Veep Options
20240806 Jerry Cantrell Brighten, CD: - JCALBUM [2021]
20240805 Dark Angel Darkness Descends, Columbia, 1998
20240804 The Headhunters Return of The Headhunters, Verve, 2004
20240803 Podcast: Honestly with Bari Weiss: Can You Drink Your Way to Sobriety?
20240802 Dengue Fever Ting Mong, Tuk Tuk, 2023
20240801 Podcast: The Reason Roundtable: What Kamala Harris’ Coronation Says About the Democratic Party
uncritical listening 202407
20240731 Blood Incantation Starspawn, Dark Descent, 2016
20240731 Akhlys House of the Black Geminus, Debemur Morti, 2024
20240730 Wormed Omegon, Season of Mist, 2024
20240728 Podcast: Talk Louder: Danny Lilker
20240727 Municipal Waste The Art of Partying, Earache, 2007
20240727 Podcast: Talk Louder: Gene Hoglan
20240876 Podcast: Thunderdome Metal Reviews: The Church of Heavy Metal: Meshuggah, “Chaosphere,” (11/9/1998), Review
20240725 Municipal Waste Hazardous Mutation, Earache, 2005
20240725 Podcast: The Eddie Trunk Podcast: Lizzy Hale & Kerry King
20240724 Derrick Mason, Bryan Daly, Peter Thomas Kpm 1000 Series: Jazz Graphics / The Spy Set, KPM, 1968
20240724 Podcast: The Reason Roundtable: Biden’s Out. Harris Is In. Everyone Else Is Screwed.
20240722 Podcast: Honestly with Bari Weiss: The Free Press Live: Biden Drops Out
20240721 Podcast: Making Sense with Sam Harris: #376 — How Democracies Fail
20240720 Tropicale: When La Dolce Vita Discovered Exotica, Calypso, Mambo, Samba and Other Tropical Rhythms (1959—1969), Creazioni Artistiche Musicali, 2024
20240720 Podcast: Darko.Audio podcast: #56 - If EVERY hi-fi manufacturer did this… (+ FiiO, IKEA & Triangle)
20240717 Dissimulator Lower Form Resistance, 20 Buck Spin, 2024
20240717 Podcast: Making Sense with Sam Harris: #375 — On the Attempted Assassination of President Trump
20240717 Podcast: The Reason Roundtable: Is Violent Rhetoric To Blame for the Trump Assassination Attempt?
20240716 Municipal Waste Slime and Punishment, CD: Nuclear Blast NB-3233-2 [2017]
20240715 Podcast: Honestly with Bari Weiss: Salena Zito Was Four Feet Away When She Heard the Bullets
20240715 Podcast: NBC Meet the Press: July 14 — The fallout of the assassination attempt on Donald Trump
20240714 Testament Practice What You Preach, Atlantic, 1989
20240713 Shakti This Moment (feat. Shankar Mahadevan, Zakir Gussain & John McLaughlin)
20240713 Podcast: The Glenn Show: John McWhorter — Biden’s Disastrous Debate
20240711 Flotsam and Jetsam When the Storm Comes Down, Geffen / UMG 1990
20240709 Burnt by the Sun Heart of Darkness, Relapse, 2009
20240709 Podcast: The Reason Roundtable: Why the Media Covered for Biden
20240708 Dipygus Dipygus, Crypt of the World, 2024
20240708 Podcast: Scars and Guitars: Dave Witte (Municipal Waste)
20240708 Podcast: Honestly with Bari Weiss: Was Legalizing Weed a Mistake? A Debate.
20240707 Podcast: Honestly with Bari Weiss: Hello, and Welcome to My TED Talk
20240707 Replacire The Center That Cannot Hold, Season of Mist, 2024
20240707 Podcast: Talk Louder: Max Cavalera: GAAD
20240706 Cosmic Jaguar El Era del Jaguar, Serhii Bondar, 2024
20240706 Podcast: Talk Louder: Chuck Billy
20240705 Clear Clover Spectate - EP, Clear Clover, 2024
20240704 Bobby McFerrin The Voice, Elektra / Asylum, 1984
20240704 Podcast: Darko.Audio podcast: #55 - We wish we’d known about this earlier…
20240702 Podcast: The Reason Roundtable: Biden, Cognitive Decline, and the End of American Empire
20240701 Candy It’s Inside You, Relapse, 2024
20240701 Podcast: NBC Meet the Press: June 30 — Sen. Raphael Warnock and Gov. Doug Burgum
critical listening 202407
20240731 The House That Trane Built: The Best of Impulse Records, CD: Impulse! B0006680-02 [2006]
20240730 Category 7 Category 7, Metal Blade 3984-15088 ~ 48.0kHz/24bit ALAC: category7.bandcamp.com [2024]
20240729 Jack DeJohnette Music for the Fifth World, CD: Manhattan CDP-0777-7-99089-2-9 [1992]
20240729 Astor Piazzolla & The New Tango Quintet Tango: Zero Hour, CD: Nonesuch 755979469-2 AR [1998]
20240728 Bolt Thrower …For Victory, Earache MOSH120 ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: bolt-thrower.bandcamp.com [1994]
20240726 Duke Ellington & His Orchestra …And His Mother Called Him Bill, CD: RCA Victor / BMG 74321851512 EU [2001]
20240726 Bill Evans Conversations with Myself, CD: Verve 314-521-409-2 [1997]
20240725 Municipal Waste Hazardous Mutation, CD: Earache MOSH-323CD EU [2005]
20240724 Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra Futuremuzik, CD: Scamp SCP-9724-2 [1998]
20240724 OLDD WVRMS Abysséphale, 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: olddwvrms.bandcamp.com [2024]
20240722 GNSACH INFINIHATE, 44.1kHz/24bit ALAC: gnasch.bandcamp.com [2024]
20240722 Gloop Tension, 48.0kHz/24bit ALAC: gloopmusic.bandcamp.com [2024]
20240722 Peter-Thomas-Sound-Orchester Raumpatrouille, CD: Bungalow BUNG-009 DE [1996]
20240719 Mr. Bungle Disco Volante, 2LP: Rhino / Warner R1-725866, 081227818418 CZ [2024]
20240718 Mark Guiliana MARK, Edition EDN-1245 ~ 48.0kHz/24bit ALAC: markguiliana.bandcamp.com [2024]
20240716 Municipal Waste Hazardous Mutation, CD: Earache MOSH-323CD EU [2005]
20240715 Les Chants du Hasard Livre Quart, 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: leschantsduhasard.bandcamp.com [2024]
20240714 Testament The Legacy, Nuclear Blast NBR7113 ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: qobuz.com [2024]
20240713 Duke Ellington’s Spacemen The Cosmic Scene, CD: Music on CD / Sony / Columbia / Legacy MOCCD14222, 8718627235232 EU [2022]
20240713 Bobby McFerrin Bang!Zoom, CD: Blue Note CDP-531677 [1995]
20240712 200 Stab Wounds Manual Manic Procedures, Metal Blade 3984-16047-2 ~ 48.0kHz/24bit ALAC: 200stabwounds.bandcamp.com [2024]
20240711 Igorrr Spirtuality and Distortion, Metal Blade 3984-15690-2 ~ 44.1kHz/24bit ALAC: igorrr.bandcamp.com [2020]
20240711 Jenny Scheinman Quartet Live at Yoshi’s, CD: Avant AVAN-045 JP [2000]
20240710 Misha Mengelberg Trio Who’s Bridge, CD: Avant AVAN-038 JP [1994]
20240709 Joe Lovano Viva Caruso, CD: Blue Note 7243-5-35986-2-4 [2002]
20240708 Dexter Gordon The Other Side of Round Midnight, CD: Blue Note CDP-7-46397-2, DIDX-929 [1986]
20240707 Black Hole Deity Profane Geometry, Everlasting Spew SPIT086 ~ 48.0kHz/24bit ALAC: everlastingspew.bandcamp.com [2024]
20240706 Devin Townsend Ziltoid the Omniscient, 2CD: Inside Out IOMSECD-280 / SPV SPV-79500-CD+CD-E DE [2007]
20240705 Gypsy Creams & Ginger Nuts: Sound That Swept the Supermarkets, CD: RPM RPM-328 EU [2007]
20240705 John Zorn Her Melodious Lay, CD: Tzadik TZ-9309 [2024]
20240704 Dexter Gordon Our Man in Paris, CD: Blue Note 7243-8-34200-2-5 [1996]
20240703 Dexter Gordon Sophisticated Giant, CD: Music on CD / Sony / Columbia / Legacy MOCCD14221, 8718627235225 EU [2022]
20240703 Bobby McFerrin Medicine Music, CD: EMI CDP-7-92048-2 [1990]
20240702 Duke Ellington Ellington at Newport 1956 (Complete), 2CD: Columbia / Legacy C2K-64932, CK-65916 [1999]
20240701 The Bob James Trio Bold Conceptions, CD: Verve / Mercury SR-60768, 314-557-454-2 [1998]
uncritical listening 202406
20240630 Eliane Elias Time and Again, Candid, 2024
20240630 Podcast: A Deeper Listen: Melvins Influence & 40 Year Career
20240630 Podcast: A Deeper Listen: Behind the Console: From Prince to PhD
20240630 Podcast: A Deeper Listen: Prince’s Long-Lost Album Is Still Relevant
20240626 Igorrr Spirituality and Distortion, Metal Blade, 2020
20240626 Podcast: Wild Card with Rachel Martin: A rare dive into David Lynch’s mind
20240625 Podcast: The Reason Roundtable: Eating Doritos While Drowning in Debt
20240624 Duke Ellington & His Orchestra Ellington Uptown, Sony, 2004
20240624 The Bob Crewe Generation Orchestra Barbarella, Paramount / Varèse Sarabande, 2016
24020623 Podcast: A Deeper Listen: Brad’s Final Album and the Late Shawn Smith
20240623 Podcast: A Deeper Listen: The McFerrin Family Legacy of Joy
20240622 Podcast: Talk Louder: Carl Canedy
20240621 Podcast: Devin Townsend Podcast: Episode 8 - Thomas Haake
20240620 Podcast: The Reason Roundtable: Abortion, Guns, and Hunter Biden.
20240619 Lalah Hathaway VANTABLACK, Hathaway / SRG-ILS, 2024
20240617 Podcast: The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds: Ep452: Managing the Miles Davis Legacy with Vince Wilburn Jr
20240616 Podcast: NBC Meet the Press: June 16 — Reps. Byron Donalds and Ro Khanna, plus actor Michael Imperioli
20240616 JASTA …And Jasta for All, Perseverance, 2024
20240613 Podcast: The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds: Ep451: Data, Trends & the Future of Discogs
20240613 Podcast: The Reason Roundtable: Partisan Border Wars
20240607 Apocalyptica Plays Metallica, Vol. 2, Throwdown / BMG, 2024
20240606 Bolt Thrower Those Once Loyal, Metal Blade, 2005
20240605 Podcast: The Reason Roundtable: Should Donald Trump Have Been Convicted?
20240604 Astrud Gilberto Now, Perception, 1972
20240604 Podcast: The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds: Michael Cuscuna (1948-2024) - The Vinyl Guide Interview
20240602 Meshuggah Contradictions Collapse, Atomic Fire, 2008
20240602 Podcast: The Rockman Power Hour: Episode #102: Buzz Osborne (Melvins) interview + BONUS GUEST!
20240601 Eumir Deodato Inútil Paisagem: As Maiores Composições de Antonio Carlos Jobim, Universal, 1964