A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears.

Dead & Company – Playing in the Sand, Riviera Maya, MX, 2/15/18 (Los Muertos/Rhino; 2019)

Pat Metheny – Tap: John Zorn's Book of Angels, Vol. 20 (Tzadik/Nonesuch; 2013. Audio samples here.)

Collider by Daníel Bjarnason

Daníel Bjarnason – Collider – Iceland Symphony Orchestra/Daníel Bjarnason (Bedroom Community; 2018)
> Blow Bright; The Isle Is Full of Noises – Hamrahild Choir; Collider

Thomas Adès – Asyla; Tevot; Polaris; Brahms – London Symphony Orchestra/Thomas Adès (LSO Live; 2017)

King Crimson – Palazzo dello Sport, Reggio Emilia, Italy, April 5, 1973 (DGMLive; 1973. Audio samples here.)

Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir – Vernacular (Sono Luminus; due March 8, 2019. Audio sample here.)
> Páll Ragnar Pálsson – Afterquake; Þuríður Jónsdóttir – 48 Images of the Moon; Halldór Smárason – O; Hafliði Hallgrímsson – Solitaire

Lorelei Ensemble – Impermanence – compositions from the Codex Calixtinus and Turin Manuscript, and by Guillaume Du Fay, Tōru Takemitsu, and Peter Gilbert (Sono Luminus; 2018)

MFCD E | Alloys by Lori Goldston | Judith Hamann

Lori Goldston|Judith Hamann – Alloys (Marginal Frequency; 2019)

Sonido Descompuesto by David Velez

David Vélez – Sonido Decompuesto (Unfathomless; 2012)

John Zorn – Leonard: Book of Angels, Vol. 30 – Garth Knox and the Saltarello Trio (Tzadik; 2017. Audio samples here.)

King Crimson – Palazzo dello Sport, Rome, Italy, April 6, 1973 (DGMLive; 1973. Audio samples here.)

the listening bell by Rapoon

Rapoon – the listening bell (Ultra-Mail Prod.; 2017)

Quatuor Bozzini – Bozzini+ (Huddersfield Contemporary Records; 2018)
> Bryn Harrison – Piano Quintet – Philip Thomas; Mary Bellamy – beneath an ocean of air – Philip Thomas; Monty Adkins – Still Juniper Snow – Sarah-Jane Summers

Anthony Vine – The Innocence of Trees – Quatuor Bozzini, Dudok Kwartet, BL!NDMAN Strings (Soundcloud; 2018)

Jessica Pavone – In the Action (Relative Pitch; due Feb. 15, 2019. More information here.)

Robert Ashley – Improvement (Nonesuch; 1982)

Catherine Lamb – Atmospheres Transparent/Opaque – Ensemble Dedalus (New World; 2019)
> Overlays Transparent/Opaque; Prisma Interius IX

bitter banquet by powerdove

Powerdove – bitter banquet (fo’c’sle; 2018)

Phill Niblock: Baobab by Quatuor Bozzini

Phill Niblock – Baobab – Quatuor Bozzini (Collection QB; 2019)
> Disseminate; Baobab

King Crimson – "The Terrifying Tale of Thela Hun Ginjeet" (from Tourbox 2008) (DGM; 1981/2008)

Andrew McIntosh // We See the Flying Bird/Five Songs by Yarn/Wire and Estelí Gomez

Andrew McIntosh – We See the Flying Bird/Five Songs – Estelí Gomez, Yarn/Wire (Populist; 2019)

Annette Bik – Double Bach … the experience of infinity for mortals (Col Legno; 2019)
> Johann Sebastian Bach – Partita No. 1 in B minor (BWV 1002); Eva Reiter – Allemande multipliée; Simone Movio – Incanto VII; Andreas Lindenbaum – En tournant; Bernhard Gander – Bourée Bourée

Interpretations by Elynor Freyss & Joshua Adam Acosta vs Bruno Duplant & Daniel Jones

Elynor Freyss & Joshua Adam Acosta vs Bruno Duplant & Daniel Jones – Interpretations (rhizome.s; 2017)
> Eva-Maria Houben – Zwischen; Michael Pisaro – Les Jours, Mon Aubépine; Lance Austin Olsen – Ruzawi

Jean Sibelius – Symphony No. 5 in E-flat; Symphony No. 7 in C – Boston Symphony Orchestra/Colin Davis (Philips/Decca; 1975/2012)

John Adams – Scheherazade.2 – Leila Josefowicz, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra/David Robertson (Nonesuch; 2016)

GTM (Syntax) 2017 by Anthony Braxton

Anthony Braxton – GTM (Syntax) 2017 (New Braxton House; 2019)