A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears, May 18–24, 2026.

Various artists – Save The Waves: People for Public Media (PBS Benefit Compilation) (Seawind of Battery; 2025)

Various artists – Soul of the Machine: Celebration of the Life & Legacy of ARP Founder Alan R. Pearlman (Projekt; 2025)

StillMarillion – Unreal to Reel, Vol. 1 (self-released; 2026)

Fish – Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirror (Expanded Edition) (EMI/Chocolate Frog; 1990/2024)

Phish – Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, Apr. 3, 1998 (LivePhish; 1998)

Teodora Stepančić – Transparent Duo – Laura Cetilia, Hannah Soren (Cloudchamber; 2026)

Eggy – Viva El Gonzo, San Jose Del Cabo, Mexico 5/9/2026 (Nugs.net; 2026)

Tangerine Dream – Live in Reims Cinema Opera, Sept. 23, 1975 (Culture Factory; 2022)

Eggy – 3S Artspace, Portsmouth, NH 5/14/2026 (Nugs.net; 2026)

Stick Men – 20260403 Elkton Music Hall, Elkton, MD (iapetus; 2026)

The Dream Syndicate – Sketches for Medicine Show (Fire Archive; 2026, recorded 1983–84)

Steven Wilson – Catalogue / Preserve / Amass (Headphone Dust; 2012)

Steve Swallow – Winter Songs (ECM; due June 26, 2026)

Myra Melford’s Be Bread – The Image of Your Body (Cryptogramophone; 2006)

Left to Die – Initium Mortis (Relapse; due July 17, 2026)

Death – Scream Bloody Gore (Deluxe Reissue) (Combat/Relapse; 1987/2016)

Willber Sunlight – Willber Sunlight (endectomorph music; due June 26, 2026)

Various composers – All These Lighted Things – Antwerp Symphony Orchestra/Elim Chan (Alpha; 2024)

▸ Sergei Prokofiev – Romeo and Juliet: Suites Nos. 1 & 2; Elizabeth Ogonek – All These Lighted Things; Maurice Ravel – Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2

Eggy – 3S Artspace, Portsmouth, NH 5/15/2026 (Nugs.net; 2026)

Fournier – Fournier (Caligari; 2026)

Death – Leprosy (Deluxe Reissue) (Combat/Relapse; 1988/2014)

Franz Joseph Haydn – Trois quatuors sur instruments d’époque, Op. 77 – Quatuor Mosaïques (Astrée; 1990)

Caroline Shaw – Orange – Attacca Quartet (New Amsterdam/Nonesuch; 2019)

Alex Van Gils & Carrie Frey – Lesser Arcana (Long Echo; due May 29, 2026)

James Romig – The Distortion of Memory – Trevor Babb (Edition Wandelweiser; 2026)

Archie Shepp – Live in San Francisco (Impulse!; 1966)

Bob Dylan – The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 [Rare and Unreleased] 1961–1991 (Columbia/Legacy; 1991)

Tangerine Dream – The Official Bootleg Series: Volume One (Reactive; 2015)

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Title key: Bob Dylan – “Subterranean Homesick Blues”