A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears.
Published by National Sawdust Log.

Moniek Darge – Sounds of Sacred Places (Igloo/Kye; 1987/2011)

Beside Myself by crys cole

crys cole – Beside Myself (Students of Decay; 2020)

The Taj-Mahal Travelers – July 15, 1972 (CBS Sony/États-Unis; 1972/2019)

The Sky Opens by Steve Roach

Steve Roach – The Sky Opens (Projekt; 2020)

A Small Register Of Motion by Kevin Drumm

Kevin Drumm – A Small Register of Motion (self-released; 2020)

Tomás Cabado – historia de la luz: cuaderno de guitarra – Tomás Cabado, Catriel Nievas (Edition Wandelweiser; 2019. Audio samples here.)

from pike by giacomo fiore and larry polansky

Giacomo Fiore and Larry Polansky – from pike (self-released; 2020)
> Ruth Crawford Seeger – Folksong Arrangements; Nat Evans – branching streams flow in the dark; Larry Polansky – 34 (more) chords: Charles Dodge in Putney

Sivan Silver-Swartz – untitled 6 – Nigel Deane, Patrick Behnke, Tanner Pfeiffer, Tal Katz, Julius Tedaldi (Edition Wandelweiser; 2019. Audio sample here.)

Play What They Want by Man Forever

Man Forever – Play What They Want (Thrill Jockey; 2017)

Romance by Oneida

Oneida – Romance (Joyful Noise; 2018)

Company – 1983 (Honest Jon's; 2020. Audio samples here.)

ea by The Alvaret Ensemble

The Alvaret Ensemble – ea (laaps; 2020)

RFG Inventions for Cello and Computer by Peter Zinovieff & Lucy Railton

Peter Zinofieff & Lucy Railton – RFG Inventions for Cello and Computer (PAN; 2020)

The Kid by Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – The Kid (Western Vinyl; 2017)

Liza Lim – The Heart’s Ear – Ensemble für Neue Musik Zurich (hat[now]ART; 2002)
> Voodoo Child; Veil; Inguz; The Heart's Ear; Philtre; Diabolical Birds

Rose City Band by Rose City Band

Rose City Band – Rose City Band (Thrill Jockey; 2019)

Gustav Mahler – Symphony No. 6 in A minor – San Francisco Symphony/Michael Tilson Thomas (SFS Media; 2002)

Can We Win by Shots

Shots – Can We Win (Regional Bears; 2018)

A gift like a hollow vessel by Arek Gulbenkoglu

Arek Gulbenkoglu – A gift like a hollow vessel (Penultimate Press; 2018)

Samir Amarouch – Electronica 1; Daniel Apodaka – Suoni Notturni; Luis Quintana – Smudges Over Dripping Ink; Théo Méringeau – Hoquetus Mechanicus – Etudiants du Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, musiciens de l'Ensemble Intercontemporain/Simon Proust (Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris/YouTube; 2019)

Mayhem – Daemon (Century Media; 2019)

EARS by Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – EARS (Western Vinyl; 2016)

Riot Ensemble – Speak, Be Silent (Huddersfield Contemporary Records; 2019)
> Chaya Czernowyn – Ayre: Towed through plumes, thicket, asphalt, sawdust and hazardous air I shall not forget the sound of; Anna Thorvaldsdóttir – Ró; Mirela Ivičević – Baby Magnify/Lilith's New Toy; Liza Lim – Speak, Be Silent; Rebecca Saunders – Stirrings Still II

Shots – Private Hate (Careful Catalog; 2019)

Judgement by Gabi Losoncy

Gabi Lonsoncy – Judgement (caduc.; 2015)

ECHO.TRIO.FRAGILE.EYOT. by JÜRG FREY

Jürg Frey – ECHO.TRIO.FRAGILE.EYOT. (a new wave of jazz; due April 15, 2020)
> Paysage d’échos – Jürg Frey; Streichtrio – Angharad Davies, Johnny Chang, Stefan Thut; Equilibre fragile – Jürg Frey; Eyot – Antonio Correa