A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears…

Lynn Avery & Cole Pulice – Phantasy & Reality (Moon Glyph; 2024)

mastroKristo – Passage (Lost Tribe Sound; 2024)

Katharina Schmidt – If & When (Elm; 2024)

^^^ hat tip: The Slow Music Movement

Marillion – This Strange Engine – Deluxe Edition 2024 (Velvel/Ear Music; 1997/2024)

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center – American Visions (Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; 2024)

Harry Burleigh – Southland Sketches; Florence Price – Piano Quintet in A minor; Antonín Dvořák – String Quartet No. 3 in E-flat (Op. 97, B. 180)

Dweezil Zappa – Moore Theater, Seattle, WA, Aug. 8, 2024 (ROIO; 2024)

PainKiller – Guts of a Virgin (Earache; 1991)

Various artists/Jeff Conklin – The Trailhead 152 (11/10/24) (Mixcloud; 2024)

Zoviet-France – Monomishe (Red Rhino; 1983)

Zoviet-France - Popular Soviet Songs and Youth Music (Red Rhino; 1985)

Zoviet-France – Loh Land (Staalplaat; 1987)

Zoviet-France - Shouting at the Ground (Red Rhino; 1988)

Zoviet-France - Shadow, Thief of the Sun (Death of Vinyl; 1991)

^^^ hat tip: zensounds with Stephan Kunze

Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra/JoAnn Falletta – Contemporary Landscapes (Beau Fleuvre; 2024)

Kenneth Fuchs – Point of Tranquility; Russell Platt – Symphony in Three Movements (for Clyfford Still); Randall Svane – Oboe Concerto – Henry Ward; Wang Jie – The Winter That United Us

Various artists/Brad Sanders – The Best Metal on Bandcamp, November 2024 (Bandcamp; 2024)

Various artists/Dave Sumner – The Best Jazz on Bandcamp, October 2024 (Bandcamp; 2024)

Steven Masi – Ballades & Other Musings – compositions by Frédéric Chopin, Claude Debussy, and Sarah Kirkland Snider (Navona; 2024)

Cannibal Corpse – Eaten Back to Life (Metal Blade; 1990)

Massacre – From Beyond – Full Dynamic Range Edition (Earache; 1991)

John Zorn – Lamentations – Bill Frisell, Julian Lage, Gyan Riley (Tzadik; 2024)

Scorn – Vae Solis (Earache; 1992)

Scorn – Evanescence (Earache; 1994)

Lull – Moments (Release/Cold Spring; 1998/2021)

Quoit – Lounge (Possible; 1996)

Fret – Over Depth (Karlrecords; 2017)

PainKiller – Samsara (Tzadik; due Nov. 29, 2024)

PainKiller – The Equinox (Tzadik; due 2025)

tarotplane – ekkorääg (self-released; 2024)

Opeth – The Last Will and Testament (Reigning Phoenix; 2024)

Squanderers – If a Body Meet a Body (Shimmy-Disc; 2024)

Philip Golub – Loop 7 (greyfade; due Feb. 7, 2025)

Ivo Perelman’s São Paulo Creative 4 – Supernova (Tratore; 2024)

The Pineapple Thief – The Pineapple Thief 2024 (Spotify personal playlist; 2024)

Porcupine Tree – Closure/Continuation. Live. Amsterdam 07/11/22 (Music for Nations; 2023)

Various artists/Jeff Conklin – The Trailhead 154 (11/24/24) (WVKR-FM livestream; 2024, now on Mixcloud)

McCoy Tyner/Joe Henderson – Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs' (Blue Note; 2024, recorded 1966)

Garcia Peoples – Cosmic Cash (Beyond Beyond Is Beyond; 2018)

Garcia Peoples – Natural Facts (Beyond Beyond Is Beyond; 2019)

Kansas – Another Fork in the Road: 50 Years of Kansas – European edition (InsideOut; 2022)