A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears…
Sawako – Sounds (12k; 2024, recorded 2003)
St. Lawrence String Quartet – Tippet Rise Art Center, July 19, 2019 (Tippet Rise Art Center/YouTube; 2021)
Franz Joseph Haydn – String Quartet in D (Op. 20, No. 4); Jonathan Berger – Tango alla zingarese; Osvaldo Golijov – Qohelet
King Crimson – Toad's Place, New Haven, CT, July 26, 1982, first show (DGMLive; 2024)
King Crimson – Toad's Place, New Haven, CT, July 26, 1982, second show (DGMLive; 2024)
Allman Brothers Band – Live from A&R Studios, Aug. 26, 1971 (Allman Brothers Band; 2016)
Allman Brothers Band – Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, May 1, 1973 (Allman Brothers Band; 2005)
Franz Joseph Haydn – String Quartet in C (Op. 76, No. 3 "Emperor"); String Quartet in B-flat (Op. 76, No. 4 "Sunrise") – St. Lawrence String Quartet (Phenotypic; 2023)
Germaine Sijstermans – Lagerhaussommer 2021 – Germaine Sijstermans, Rebecca Lane, Rishin Singh, Fredrik Rasten, Marcus Kaiser, Seamus Cater (self-released; 2022)
Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp – Magical Incantation (Soul City Sounds; 2024)
Jim Staley – Improvisation, Roulette, Brooklyn, NY, March 2, 1981 (Roulette; 1981)
Joanna Mattrey – Arrhythmia, Roulette, Brooklyn, NY, March 10, 2023 (Roulette; 2023)
The Handover – The Handover (Sublime Frequencies; due Apr. 5, 2024)
Kory Reeder – Everywhere Truth Rushes In (Kuyin; due June 14, 2024)
Deicide – Banished by Sin (Reigning Phoenix Music; 2024)
Darkthrone – It Beckons Us All (Peaceville; 2024)
Exhumation – Master's Personae (Pulverised; 2024)
Galaxy Tube – Galaxy Tube (Hooker Vision; 2024)
Chris Forsyth – Chris Forsyth Plays Love Devotion Surrender (No Algorithm; 2024)
Steve Reich – Grand Street Counterpoint – Rebekah Heller (Cantaloupe Music; 2024)
Mary Kouyoumdjian – 2 Suitcases – Standard Issue (self-released; 2024)
Taylor Ho Bynum & Jacqueline Kerrod – Simple Ways Such Self (Orenda; 2024)
David Torn – Adityahridayam 321 (self-released; 2024)
Wayne Horvitz – Live Forever, Vol. 3: Wayne Horvitz, Bill Frisell Duo: Frankfurt, Knitting Factory 1989-1990 (self-released; 2024)
Daniel Lentz – Lips (Unseen Worlds; due May 31, 2024, recorded 1967-80)
Chris Pitsiokos – Irrational Rhythms and Shifting Poles (Eleatic; 2024)
Inter Arma – New Heaven (Relapse; 2024)
Various/Tarotplane – ZikZak 11: Sounds Unseen: Contemporary Music from Europe & Beyond 1980-1994 (self-released; 2024)
Robert Ashley – Foreign Experiences (Lovely Music; 2020, recorded 1995)
Graeme Steele Johnson – forgotten sounds (Delos; due June 7, 2024)
Claude Debussy (arr. Johnson) – Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Charles Martin Loeffler – Octet; Timbres oubliés
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