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

Marty Ehrlich Trio Exaltation – Images of Time (Sunnyside; due May 30, 2025)

John Adams – Short Ride in a Fast Machine; Igor Stravinsky – Violin Concerto in D; Jean Sibelius – Symphony No. 5 in E-flat – Leila Josefowicz, Houston Symphony/Dalia Stasevska (Houston Symphony livestream; 2025)

James Opstad – Drift – GBSR Duo, Apartment House (Another Timbre; due July 2025)

Phish – Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle, WA, April 18, 2025 (LivePhish; 2025)

Anthony Braxton – Quartet (England) 1985 (Burning Ambulance Music; due June 4, 2025)

Ran Blake & Anthony Braxton – A Memory of Vienna (hatOLOGY; 1997)

Anthony Braxton – Ninetet (Yoshi’s) 1997, Vol. 1 (Leo; 2002)

PainKiller – The Great God Pan (Tzadik; 2025)

Chepang – Swatta (Holy Goat; 2023)

Arena – Lifian Tour MMXXII (Verglas Music; 2023)

Arena – Arena: Live (Verglas Music; 2013)

King Crimson – The Egg, Albany, NY, Sept. 9, 2014 (Nugs.net; 2024)

Veruta – Forked Tongue of Fire (Transylvanian Tapes; 2023)

Big Big Train – Regent Theatre, Arlington, MA, Apr. 17, 2025 (ROIO; 2025)

Pere Ubu – Elitism for the People 1975–1978 (Fire; 2015)

Linton Kwesi Johnson – Dread, Beat an’ Blood (Island; 1978)

Goose – The Shed, New York, NY, March 11, 2025 (self-released; 2025)

Anthony Braxton – Quintet (Tristano) 1997 (New Braxton House; 2012)

R. Grant Evans – Asymmetric Foxhound (Hooker Vision; 2025)

Natalia Lafourcade – Cancionera (Sony Music Mexico; 2025)

Cannibal Corpse – Chaos Horrific (Metal Blade; 2023)

Carcass – Torn Arteries (Nuclear Blast; 2021)

Jakko M. Jakszyk – “Son of Glen” from Son of Glen (InsideOut Music; due June 27, 2025)

Barbara Ellison – Murdúchann, Vol. 1 (self-released; 2025)

Michel van der Aa – From Dust – Sjaella (Disquiet Media; 2025)

Arena – Welcome to the Stage (Verglas Music; 1997)

Enslaved – Below the Lights (Osmose Productions; 2003)

Metallica – Master of Puppets (Elektra/Blackened; 1986/2017)

Megadeth – Rust in Peace (Capitol; 1990/2004)

Lamb of God – New American Gospel (Prosthetic; 2000)

Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath (Warner Bros./Rhino; 1970/2014)

Cannibal Corpse – Kill (Metal Blade; 2006)

Tomb Mold – The Enduring Spirit (20 Buck Spin; 2023)

Dead & Company – Sphere at the Venetian Resort, Las Vegas, NV, April 18, 2025 (Archive.org; 2025)