Playlist (Stay a while in the present tense).

A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears, Jan. 5–11, 2026.

Phish – Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, Dec. 28, 2025 (LivePhish; 2025)

Reverso – Between Two Silences (Alternate Side; due March 2026)

Gong – “The Wonderment” (Kscope; 2026)

Phish – Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, Dec. 29, 2025 (LivePhish; 2025)

Jasmine Guffond – Muzak for the Encouragement of Unproductivity (Line; 2025)

IQ – Dark Matter (Giant Electric Pea; 2004)

Ivo Perelman & Wadada Leo Smith – Duologues 5 (Ibeji; 2026)

Rachel Beetz – Tone Keepers (Outside Time; due Feb. 6, 2026)

IQ – Frequency (Giant Electric Pea; 2009)

Cecil Taylor – Village Vanguard, New York, NY, June 24, 1994 (ROIO/YouTube; 2023)

Morton Feldman – Trios – GBSR Duo, Taylor MacLennan (Another Timbre; 2026)

▸ Why Patterns?; Crippled Symmetry; For Philip Guston

Phish – Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, Dec. 30, 2025 (LivePhish; 2025)

Felix Mendelssohn – Octet in E-flat; George Enescu – Octet in C- Quatuor Ébène, Belcea Quartet (Erato; 2026)

Chris Pitsiokos Ensemble – “Michael Henderson” from Doing Something, Doing Nothing (Eleatic; due Feb. 20, 2026)

Jon Raskin & Jon Bafus – Ultimately, It’s Everything (BLALKED; 2025)

Phish – Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, Dec. 31, 2025 (LivePhish; 2026)

The Dead – Blender Theatre, New York, NY, March 30, 2009 (ROIO/Archive.org; 2009)

The Dead – Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, April 25, 2009 (ROIO/Archive.org; 2009)

Grisha Shaknes – field recordings (Disappearing; 2026)

Matthew Revert – 28.4.25 (OTOroku; 2025)