Playlist (Given to the dust).

A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears, Aug. 25–31, 2025.

Linda May Han OhStrange Heavens (Biophilia; 2025)

Dory HayleyI Love Evil – compositions by Morton Feldman, Jordan Nobles, Katerina Gimon, Rodney Sharman, and Cassandra Miller (Redshift Music Society; due Sept. 26, 2025)

Phish – Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, October 8, 1999 (ROIO/Phish.in; 1999)

Kyle GannSerenity Meditation; Dmitri Shostakovich – Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor; Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 3 in E-flat (“Eroica”) – Leonidas Kavakos, Dallas Symphony Orchestra/Ilan Volkov (Dallas Symphony Orchestra/YouTube; 2025)

Jacob GarchikYe Olde II: At the End of Time (Yestereve; 2025)

Phish – Broadview Stage at SPAC, Saratoga Springs, NY, July 26, 2025 (LivePhish; 2025)

NileAmongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka (Relapse; 1998)

NileBlack Seeds of Vengeance (Relapse; 2000)

NileIn Their Darkened Shrines (Relapse; 2002)

FlowPromise (LMB Music; 2019)

Ace BandageWay Beyond (self-released; 2025)

Gabriel KahaneHeirloom – Jeffrey Kahane, The Knights/Eric Jacobsen (Nonesuch; due Oct. 10, 2025)

William Grant Still – Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4; Margaret BondsThe Montgomery Variations – Philadelphia Orchestra/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (Deutsche Grammophon; 2025)

NileAnnihilation of the Wicked (Relapse; 2005)

Aphex TwinSelected Ambient Works Volume II (Expanded Edition) (Warp; 1994/2024)

NileIthyphallic (Nuclear Blast; 2007)

NileThose Whom the Gods Detest (Nuclear Blast; 2009)

Linda Catlin SmithThe Plains – Cheryl Duvall (Redshift Music Society; due Oct. 3, 2025)

NileAt the Gates of Sethu (Nuclear Blast; 2012)

NileWhat Should Not Be Unearthed (Nuclear Blast; 2015)

Quartet MusicSummer Night (Delos; 1989)

King CrimsonPalazzo Dello Sport (Palasport), Brescia, Italy, March 20, 1974 (DGMLive/Nugs.net; 1974)

King CrimsonPalais Paul Videl, Avignon, France, March 24, 1974 (DGMLive/Nugs.net; 1974)

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street BandGiants Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ, Oct. 9, 2009 (ROIO; 2009)


[Title key: Bruce Springsteen, “Wrecking Ball”]

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