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

IQ – The Met, Bury, England, Feb. 14, 2025 (ROIO; 2025)

IQ – The Met, Bury, England, Feb. 15, 2025 (ROIO; 2025)

moe. – The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, Feb. 8, 2025 (Nugs.net; 2025)

Kevin Sun – lofi at lowlands (Endectomorph; due May 9, 2025)

History Dog (Shara Lunon, Luke Stewart, Lesley Mok, Chris Williams) – Root Systems (Otherly Love; due May 9, 2025)

Steven Kazuo Takasugi – Il Teatro Rosso – No Hay Banda (No Hay Discos; due April 18, 2025)

Brandon Lopez – nada segrada (Relative Pitch; 2025)

Phish – Moon Palace Resort, Riviera Maya, Mexico, Jan. 29, 2025 (LivePhish; 2025)

Mastodon – Leviathan (Relapse; 2004)

Patrick Shiroishi & Dylan Fujioka – Left Up on the Tree (self-released; 2025)

claire rousay – january and feburary 2025 (Bandcamp subscriber exclusive; 2025)

Wendy Eisenberg – “I Don’t Miss You” (Joyful Noise; 2025)

Cradle of Filth – The Screaming of the Valkyries (Napalm; due March 21, 2025)

Christopher Cerrone – Don’t Look Down – Sandbox Percussion (Pentatone; 2025)

Laura Cocks – FATHM (Out of Your Head/Relative Pitch; 2025)

Jon Irabagon – Server Farm (Irabbagast; 2025)

Paul Paccione – Sea and Sky – Western Illinois University Singers, WIU Symphony Orchestra/Richard Hughey (Soundcloud; 2019)

Paul Paccione – Planxty Cage – Michael Campbell (Soundcloud; 2014)

Big Big Train – Empire (English Electric; 2020)

Pissgrave – Malignant Worthlessness (Profound Lore; 2025)

Knoll – As Spoken (self-released; 2025)

Autolith – Artificial Heaven (self-released; 2024)

Chat Pile – Cool World (The Flenser; 2024)

Hawkwind – Live at the Royal Albert Hall (Cherry Red; 2024)

Georgia Sea Island Singers featuring Bessie Jones & John Davis – Before This Time Another Year (Lomax Archives; 2025, recorded 1959 & 1960)

Various artists – Blues Unbound: Classics from the Lomax Archive (Lomax Archive; 2025, recorded 1941–78)

Fish – Albert Hall, Manchester, England, Feb. 21, 2025 (ROIO; 2025)