20240630 Dexter Gordon Go!, CD: Blue Note 7243-4-98794-2-3 [1999]
20240629 The Bob Crewe Generation Orchestra Barbarella, Varèse Sarabande 302-067-436-8 ~ 44.1kHz/16bit FLAC: us.7digital.com [2017]
20240629 Freddie Hubbard First Light, CD: King / CTI KICJ-2512 JP [2016]
20240625 Serge Gainsbourg Aux Armes et Cætera, CD: Mercury / Universal 4744119 FR [2015]
20240624 Cavalera Schizophrenia, CD: Nuclears Blast NBR-7244-3 [2024]
20240624 Serge Gainsbourg Rock Around the Bunker, CD: Mercury / Universal 4744119 FR [2015]
20240624 Blossom Dearie Great Women of Song: Blossom Dearie, CD: Verve / UMe 602465237641 [2024]
20240622 Zu Bromio, Subsound SSR137 IT ~ 44.1kHz/24bit ALAC: subsoundrecords.bandcamp.com [2024]
20240622 Wheel Charismatic Leaders, Inside Out IOM703 ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: insideoutmusic.bandcamp.com [2024]
20240622 Zu The Lost Demo, Subsound SSR127 IT ~ 44.1kHz/24bit ALAC: subsoundrecords.bandcamp.com [2024]
20240622 ГРЕХ 2019, 44.1kHz/24bit ALAC: greh.bandcamp.com [2024]
20240621 Mark Dresser In the Shadow of a Mad King, CD: Tzadik TZ-4049 [2024]
20240620 Sam Cooke Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963: One Night Stand!, CD: RCA / Legacy / ABKCO 88883714962 [2005]
20240617 Bolt Thrower The IVth Crusade, Earache MOSH-70 ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: bolt-thrower.bandcamp.com [1992]
20240617 Gatecreeper Deserted, CD: Relapse RR7435 [2019]
20240616 Seal Seal [II], 2CD: Warner / Sire / Rhino R2-726219, 603497826377 DE [2024]
20240615 John Zorn New Masada Quartet, Vol. 1, LP: Tzadik TZ-6013 [2024]
20240615 Sean Ono Lennon Asterisms, LP: Tzadik TZ-6012 [2024]
20240614 Helen Merrill Great Women of Song: Helen Merrill, CD: Verve / UMe 602465237672 [2024]
20240613 Masada Sanhedrin: Unreleased Studio Recordings 1994—1997, 2CD: Tzadik TZ-7346-2 [2005]
20240611 Taylor Eigsti Plot Armor, GroundUP GUM0324TECD ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: qobuz.com [2024]
20240611 Metropole Orkest Perfect Vision: The Esquivel Sound, Basta 3093222 ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: qobuz.com [2013]
20240611 Shellac To All Trains, CD: Touch and Go TG-444-CD [2024]
20240610 Black Sabbath Forbidden, CD: BMG R2-712560, 603497834525, BMGCAT823QCD, 4050538972467 DE [2024]
20240610 Bolt Thrower Realm of Chaos, Earache MOSH-13 ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: bolt-thrower.bandcamp.com [1989]
20240609 The Ken Woodman Sound Town Talk!, CD: RPM RPM-230 UK [2002]
20240608 Bolt Thrower War Master, Earache MOSH-29 ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: bolt-thrower.bandcamp.com [1991]
20240607 Bolt Thrower Cenotaph, Earache MOSH-33 ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: bolt-thrower.bandcamp.com [1991]
20240607 Beth Gibbons Lives Outgrown, CD: Domino WIGCD287X, 887828028702 EU [2024]
20240606 Arooj Aftab Night Reign, CD: Verve 602458980288 [2024]
20240606 Deodato The Bosse Nova Sessions, Vol. 1, CD: IRMA IRMA-508350-2 IT [2002]
20240605 Miles Davis E.S.P., CD: Columbia / Legacy 88697524922-24 EU [2009]
20240604 Herbie Nichols The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Herbie Nichols, Blue Note ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC tidal.com [1997]
20240604 Gentle Giant Three Friends, CD: BGO BGOCD1090 UK [2013]
20240602 Deodato First Cuckoo, MCA MCA-491 ~ 44.1kHz/16bit FLAC: us.7digital.com [2021]
20240602 John Zorn & Jesse Harris Love Songs Live, CD: Tzadik TZ-9308 [2024]
20240601 Mortal Wound The Anus of the World, Dark Descent ~ 48.0kHz/24bit ALAC: darkdescentrecords.bandcamp.com [2024]
uncritical listening 202405
20240531 Podcast: Tape Op Podcast: Episode 93: Paula Cole
20240529 Podcast: TuneDig: Episode 44: Meshuggah’s “ObZen”
20240527 Podcast: HardLore: Stories from Tour: The Heaviest Band of All Time (Official Tournament)
20240524 Podcast: The Album Years: #46 (1985 Part 1) Phil Collins, Dire Straits, Prince & more!
20240523 Steve Moore Eye of Horus, L.I.E.S., 2024
20240521 Podcast: The Reason Roundtable: Death of an Authoritarian
20240520 Brutus Unison Life, Sargent House, 2022
20240520 Podcast: Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan: Sen. Vance, Sen. Peters, Ambassador Markarova, Fmr. Defense Sec. Gates, and more.
20240519 Podcast: Talkin’ Slayer: A Metal Podcast and Half-@ssed Audiobook: Talkin’ Slayer, Episode 54: Jeff Hanneman, 11 Years Gone…Did He Throw in the Towel After Diabolus?
20240519 Podcast: NBC Meet the Press: May 19 — Sen. Marco Rubio, Gov. Wes Moore and Michael Phelps
20240517 Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge Sugar: Season 1, Apple Video Programming, 2024
20240517 Podcast: Talkin’ Slayer: A Metal Podcast and Half-@ssed Audiobook: Talkin’ Slayer, Episode 41… Slayer vs. Dave: Endgame. Plus a South of Heaven story.
20240516 Podcast: The Jasta Show: Monthly Music Show - Milwaukee Metal Fest 2024
20240514 Podcast: The Reason Roundtable: Campaigns Can’t Get Worse, Can They?
20240509 Podcast: The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds: Steve Albini (1962-2024) - The Vinyl Guide Interview
20240507 Podcast: The Reason Roundtable: Americans Care About Inflation, but Politicians Don’t
20240506 Podcast: The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds: Ep447: Matt Pike & Coady Willis of High on Fire
20240504 Podcast: Tape Op Podcast: Episode 23: Michael Beinhorn
20240503 Podcast: Tape Op Podcast: Episode 38: Tony Visconti
20240502 Podcast: Dead Wax: THE FRANK ZAPPA PRIMER by his son Dweezil
20240501 Nick Johnston Child of Bliss, Remarkably Human, 2024
20240501 Podcast: The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds: Ep445: Dweezil Zappa - Return of the Son of…
critical listening 202405
20240531 Deodato Whirlwinds, CD: BGO BGOCD847 UK [2009]
20240530 Sepultura Schizophrenia, CD: Roadrunner 1686-187642 [1997]
20240529 Gatecreeper Dark Superstition, CD: Nuclear Blast NBR-7223-2 [2024]
20240529 Alessandro Stefana Alessandro “Asso” Stefana, CD: Ipecac IPC-220CD [2024]
20240527 Yusef Lateef Atlantis Lullaby: The Concert from Avignon, 2CD: Elemental / INA 5990450 EU [2024]
20240525 David Murray Quartet Francesca, Intakt Intakt-CD-422 ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: intaktrec.bandcamp.com [2024]
20240524 Municipal Waste Tango and Thrash, CD: Nuclear Blast NBR-7106-3 [2024]
20240524 Entheos Dark Future, CD: Spinefarm 2557851502 [2017]
20240524 Neck of the Woods Luxury Trap, 44.1kHz/24bit ALAC: neckofthewoods.bandcamp.com [2024]
20240524 BAT Under the Crooked Claw, Nuclear Blast NBR-7037 ~ 48.0kHz/24bit ALAC: bewareofthebat.bandcamp.com [2024]
20240523 Deodato Love Island, CD: Warner Bros. / Warner Jazz 81227-3621-2 DE [2002]
20240522 Cannonball Adderley Poppin’ in Paris: Live at L’Olympia 1972, CD: Elemental / INA 5990449 EU [2024]
20240519 Brad Mehldau After Bach II, CD: Nonesuch 075597900774 DE [2024]
20240518 Tzompantli Beating the Drums of Ancestral Force, 20 Buck Spin SPIN188 ~ 48.0kHz/24bit ALAC: listen.20buckspin.com [2024]
20240518 On Ka’a Davis …Here’s to Another Day and Night for the Lwa of the Woke, CD: Tzadik TZ-4048 [2024]
20240512 John Carpenter Lost Themes IV: Noir, Sacred Bones SBR336 ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: johncarpentermusic.bandcamp.com [2024]
20240511 Anoushka Shankar Chapter II: How Dark It Is Before Dawn, Leiter LTR037 ~ 48.0kHz/24bit ALAC: anoushkashankar.bandcamp.com [2024]
20240511 Municipal Waste The Last Rager, CD: Nuclear Blast NB-5169-2 [2019]
20240510 Modney Ascending Primes, Pyroclastic PR-3334 ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: modney.bandcamp.com [2024]
20240510 Zombi Direct Inject, Relapse RR7540 ~ ALAC: zombi.bandcamp.com [2024]
20240510 Neck of the Woods Luxury Trap, 44.1kHz/24bit ALAC: neckofthewoods.bandcamp.com [2024]
20240507 Full of Hell Coagulated Bliss, Closed Casket Activities CCA130 ~ 48.0kHz/24bit ALAC: fullofhell.bandcamp.com [2024]
20240504 Nuclear Tomb Terror Labyrinthian, Everlasting Spew SPIT088CD ~ 48.0kHz/24bit ALAC: everlastingspew.bandcamp.com [2024]
20240502 High on Fire Electric Messiah, eOne EOM-CD-6641 ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: highonfire.bandcamp.com [2018]
20240502 High on Fire Bat Salad, eOne EOM-LP-46090 ~ 44.1kHz/24bit ALAC: highonfire.bandcamp.com [2019]
20240501 Nuclear Tomb Offer Your Life, 48.0kHz/24bit ALAC: nucleartomb1.bandcamp.com [2022]
20240501 METZ Up on Gravity Hill, CD: Sub Pop SP1560 [2024]
uncritical listening 202404
20240430 Podcast: The Reason Roundtable: Where Do Libertarians Stand on the Campus Wars?
20240428 Podcast: NBC Meet the Press: April 28 — Sens. Mitch McConnell and Tim Kaine, plus Ruby Bridges
20240426 Deicide Banished by Sin, Reigning Phoenix, 2024
20240420 Anoushka Shankar Chapter II: How Dark It Is Before Dawn - EP, Leiter Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, 2024
20240417 High on Fire Electric Messiah, Entertainment One, 2018
20240417 Podcast: The Reason Roundtable: Congress Does Not Come Back With a Warrant
20240415 Podcast: The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds: Ep444: Recording Melvins with Buzz Osborne & Toshi Kasai
20240415 Anthrax Anthrology: No Hit Wonders (1985-1991), Island Def Jam, 2005
20240411 Podcast: The Reason Roundtable: The White House Lied About Its IRS Funding Only Targeting the Rich
20240410 Podcast: Scratching the surface with City Kitty: Midoma
20240409 Les McCann Talk to the People, Atlantic, 2006
20240406 Podcast: The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds: Ep443: Chester Thompson (Genesis, Zappa and more)
20240405 Tangerine Dream Zeit, Esoteric, 2011
20240405 Podcast: The Reason Roundtable: Trump’s and Biden’s Terrible Tariffs
20240401 Podcast: Tape Op Podcast: Episode 23: Michael Beinhorn
critical listening 202404
20240430 Charles Mingus Cumbia & Jazz Fusion, CD: Atlantic R2-695177, 603497838363 DE [2023]
20240428 St. Vincent All Born Screaming, CD: Total Pleasure 196922834172 [2024]
20240427 Bill Frisell Orchestras, 2CD: Blue Note 00602458837339 [2024]
20240426 High on Fire Cometh the Storm, CD: MNRK Heavy MNK-CD-440169 [2024]
20240426 Sheila E. Bailar, CD: Stiletto Flats / Sony 19764402411 [2024]
20240423 Marta Sanchez Trio with Chris Tordini & Savannah Harris Perpetual Void, Intakt-CD-421 ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: intaktrec.bandcamp.com [2024]
20240421 FM Skyline Images, 100% Electronica ~ 44.1kHz/24bit ALAC: fmskyline100p.bandcamp.com [2024]
20240421 Pearl Jam Dark Matter, CD: Monkeywrench 60258971187 [2024]
20240420 John Zorn The Hermetic Organ, Vol. 12: The Bosch Requiem, CD: Tzadik TZ-9307 [2024]
20240419 The Melvins Tarantula Heart, CD: Ipecac IPC-276 [2024]
20240416 David Arnold The World Is Not Enough, 2CD: La-La Land LLLCD-1477 [2018]
20240415 Necrot Lifeless Birth, Tankcrimes TC138 ~ 48.0kHz/24bit ALAC: downloads.tankcrimes.com [2024]
20240414 Dave Douglas GIFTS, Greenleaf GRE-CD-1108 ~ 48.0kHz/24bit ALAC: davedouglas.bandcamp.com [2024]
20240412 Glenn Gould Bach: The Goldberg Variations, CD: Sony Classical 88875032222 EU [2015]
20240406 Blossom Dearie Blossom Dearie, CD: Verve / Polygram 837-934-2 [1989]
20240405 Brittany Howard What Now, CD: Island 602458769012 [2024]
20240404 Les McCann Never a Dull Moment! Live from Coast to Coast 1966-67, 3CD: Resonance HCD-2066 [2023]
20240403 Tangerine Dream Legend, CD: Varèse Sarabande VSD-5645 [1995]
20240402 Rustic Overtones ¡Viva Nueva!, CD: Tommy Boy TBCD1471 [2001]
20240401 Storm Corrosion Storm Corrosion, CD: Roadrunner 1686-176455 [2012]
20240401 Civerous Mazy Envy, 20 Buck Spin SPIN180 ~ 44.1kHz/24bit ALAC: listen.20buckspin.com [2024]
20240401 Molly Lewis On the Lips, Jagjaguwar JAG439 ~ 48.0kHz/24bit ALAC: cafemolly.bandcamp.com [2024]
critical listening 202403
20240331 M.O.D. U.S.A. for M.O.D., CD: Megaforce 0202861956-2 [1992]
20240331 Ominum Monument, Witches Brew BREW106 ~ 44.1kHz/24bit ALAC: ominumthrash.bandcamp.com [2022]
20240330 CNTS Thoughts & Prayers, CD: Ipecac IPC-278CD [2024]
20240328 Squarepusher Vic Acid, Warp WAP90 ~ 44.1kHz/16bit FLAC bleep.com [1997]
20240327 Mercyful Fate 9, CD: Metal Blade 3984-14242-2 [1999]
20240326 Alice Coltrane The Carnegie Hall Concert, 2CD: Impulse! / UMe 602458828689 [2024]
20240323 Charles Lloyd The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow, 2CD: Blue Note 00602458167948 [2024]
20240322 Emperor Prometheus: The Discipline of Fire & Demise, CD: Candlelight CANUS0018CD [2001]
20240321 Primus Miscellaneous Debris, 96.0kHz/24bit FLAC: prostudiomasters.com [2018]
20240321 John Barry On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, 192.0kHz/24bit ALAC hdtracks.com [2015]
20240320 Phantom Orchard Hit Parade of Tears, CD: Tzadik TZ-4047 [2024]
20240319 Periphery Periphery IV: Hail Stan, CD: eOne / 3DOT EOM-CD-9705 [2019]
20240316 David Leon Bird’s Eye, Pyroclastic PR-32 ~ 48.0kHz/24bit ALAC: davidleon.bandcamp.com [2024]
20240316 Carmen McRae Great Women of Song: Carmen McRae, CD: Verve / UMe 602458813302 [2024]
20240316 Slimelord Chytridiomycosis Relinquished, 20 Buck Spin SPIN177 ~ 48.0kHz/24bit ALAC: listen.20buckspin.com [2024]
20240315 Eye Flys Eye Flys, Thrill Jockey THRILL-598 ~ 48.0kHz/24bit ALAC: eyeflys.bandcamp.com [2024]
20240314 Squarepusher Dostrotime, CD: Warp WARPCD366, 5056614706499 EU [2024]
20240313 Job for a Cowboy Moon Healer, CD: Metal Blade 3984-16033-2 [2024]
20240313 Slayer Show No Mercy, LP: Metal Blade 3984-16066-2 EU [2024]
20240312 David Sanborn another Hand, CD: Elektra Musician 9-61088-2 [1991]
20240310 Exhorder Defectum Omnium, CD: Nuclear Blast NBR-7157-3 [2024]
20240309 John Coltrane Blue Train: The Complete Masters, 2CD: Blue Note B0036125-02 [2022]
20240309 John Barry Body Heat, 2CD: Film Score Monthly FSM-Vol.15-No.4 [2012]
20240308 Judas Priest Invincible Shield, CD: Epic 19658851642 [2024]
20240308 George Martin Live and Let Die, 2CD: La-La Land LLLCD-1625 [2024]
20240308 Julian Lage Speak to Me, CD: Blue Note 00602458276381 [2024]
20240305 Judas Priest Defenders of the Faith, CD: Epic / Columbia / Legacy / Sony 88697967872 EU [2011]
20240305 Ministry HOPIUMFORTHEMASSES, CD: Nuclear Blast NBR-7016-2 [2024]
20240305 David Arnold Tomorrow Never Dies, 2CD: La-La Land LLLCD-1607 [2022]
20240304 Sunny Five (Tim Berne) Candid, Intakt-CD-415 ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: timberneintakt.bandcamp.com [2024]
20240303 John Barry Octopussy, 2CD: La-La Land LLLCD-1637 [2024]
20240302 Ches Smith Laugh Ash, Pyroclastic PR-31 ~ 48.0kHz/24bit ALAC: chessmithpyroclastic.bandcamp.com [2024]
20240301 Sleepytime Gorilla Museum Of the Last Human Being, CD: Avant Night AVNT-001 [2024]
20240301 Sean Ono Lennon Asterisms, CD: Tzadik TZ-4046 [2024]