Steve Smith
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears, Sept. 15–21, 2025. Robert Rich – Rainforest (Hearts of Space; 1989) Robert Rich/Steve Roach – Strata (Hearts of Space; 1990) Robert Rich – What We Left Behind (Soundscape; 2016) Robert Rich – Sunyata & Inner Landscapes (Soundscape, Auricle/Soundscape; 1982, 1988/2013) Robert Rich –…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears, Sept. 8–14, 2025. Charles Ives – Three Places in New England; Orchestral Set No. 2; Carl Ruggles – Sun-treader; Men and Mountains; Ruth Crawford Seeger – Andante for Strings – Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, Cleveland Orchestra/Christoph von Dohnányi (Decca; 1995) Anton Bruckner – Symphony…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears, Sept. 1–7, 2025. Coleman Hawkins – The Hawk Relaxes (Prestige; 1961) Walt Dickerson – This Is Walt Dickerson! (New Jazz; 1961) Ahmed Abdul-Malik – The Music of Ahmed Abdul-Malik (New Jazz; 1961) Bill Barron – Hot Line (Savoy; 1962) Walt Dickerson – Unity…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears, Aug. 25–31, 2025. Linda May Han Oh – Strange Heavens (Biophilia; 2025) Dory Hayley – I 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,…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears, Aug. 18–24, 2025. Paul Cornish – You’re Exaggerating! (Blue Note; 2025) Charles Lloyd – Figure in Blue (Blue Note; due Oct. 10, 2025) Horace Silver – Silver in Seattle: Live at the Penthouse (Blue Note; due Oct. 24, 2025) Tyshawn Sorey and Kirsten…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears, Aug. 11–17, 2025. Patricia Brennan – Of the Near and Far (Pyroclastic; due Oct. 24, 2025) Mary Halvorson – About Ghosts (Nonesuch; 2025) Sylvie Courvoisier & Wadada Leo Smith – Angel Falls (Intakt; due Oct. 3, 2025) Ingrid Laubrock – Purposing the Air…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears, Aug. 4–10, 2025. Patrick Shiroishi – I shouldn’t have to worry when my parents go outside (self-released; 2021) The Armed – The Future Is Here and Everything Needs to Be Destroyed (Sargent House; 2025) Dead & Company – Golden Gate Park, San Francisco,…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears, July 28–Aug. 3, 2025. Thee Reps – Cryptocartography (Gold Bolus; 2025) Jeff Tobias – One Hundredfold Now in This Age (Repeating Cloud; due Oct. 17, 2025) Tim Berne – Yikes Too (Out of Your Head; 2025) Jessica Pavone – What Happens Has Become…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears, July 21–27, 2025. Phish – Folsom Field, Boulder, CO, July 3, 2025 (LivePhish; 2025) Fieldwork – Thereupon (Pi Recordings; due Sept. 5, 2025) Phish – Folsom Field, Boulder, CO, July 4, 2025 (LivePhish; 2025) Cecil Taylor/Tony Oxley – Flashing Spirits (Burning Ambulance; 2025,…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears, July 14–20, 2025. Marillion – Sala Bikini, Barcelona, Spain, December 12, 2000 (Front Row Club; 2003) James Brandon Lewis Quartet – Abstraction Is Deliverance (Intakt; 2025) Myra Melford – Splash (Intakt; 2025) Blurry & The Blur Girls – The Lot Radio, July 10,…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears, July 7–13, 2025. Marillion – Academy, Manchester, England, November 18, 1999 (Front Row Club; 2002) Marillion – Salle des fêtes Beaulieu, Lausanne, Switzerland, October 19, 1991 (Front Row Club; 2002) Vines – I’ll be here (Vines Music; due July 18, 2025) Celer –…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears, June 30–July 6, 2025. Goose – Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, June 28, 2025 (self-released; 2025) Organs Obsolete – Sense (self-released; 2024) Sloppy Heads – Sometimes Just One Second (self-released; 2023) Prairiewolf – Prairiewolf (Centripetal Force; 2023) Organs Obsolete – RRH1 (Daksina;…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears, June 23–29, 2025. IQ – Dominion (Giant Electric Pea; 2025) Gintė Preisaitė – Octesonance (self-released; 2025) Treen (Amalie Dahl, Gintė Preisaitė, Jan Philipp) – Baob_ (self-released; 2024) Baraboro (Gintė Preisaitė) – Coatlicue’s dreams (self-released; 2021) Ginteflokk (Gintė Preisaitė, Ekkoflok) – At Koncertkirken, Vinterjazz…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears, June 16–22, 2025. Dickie Landry – Fifteen Saxophones (Northern Light/Unseen Worlds; 1977/2011) Toshimaru Nakamura/Gintė Preisaitė – Live at Ftarri (Ftarri; 2025) Leilehua Lanzilotti – beyond the accident of time (Lōʻihi; due June 27, 2025) Tangerine Dream – Trinity Centre, Bristol, UK, March 16,…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears, June 9–15, 2025. Goose – Fiddler’s Green, Greenwood Village, CO, June 7, 2025 (self-released; 2025) Xordox – Terraform (Ectopic Ents; 2025) Tangerine Dream – EAST (the missing encores) – Edition J (self-released; 2022) Houser : Weathers : Wyche – Stone Mineral Metal Memory…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears, June 2–8, 2025. Goose – Outlaw Field, Boise, ID, June 1, 2025 (self-released; 2025) Roscoe Mitchell – Nine to Get Ready (ECM; 1999) 40 Watt Sun – Little Weight (Cappio; 2024) Dirk Serries/Mark Wastell – Dual Activity (Confront; 2025) Oceans of Silver and…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears, May 26–June 1, 2025. Goose – Chateau Sessions Pt III (self-released; 2025) Pop Music Fever Dream – Songs for Emotion (Godless America; 2024) Weak Signal – Fine (12XU; 2024) TV on the Radio – Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes (20th Anniversary Edition) (Touch…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears, May 19–25, 2025. Heather Stebbins – On Separation (Outside Time; due May 30, 2025) Bob Dylan – Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre Phoenix, AZ, May 13, 2025 (ROIO; 2025) Ivo Perelman + Matthew Shipp String Trio – Armageddon Flower (TAO Forms; due June 20,…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears, May 12–18, 2025. Vidna Obmana – Twilight of Perception Redux, Volume One: 1990-1998 (Zoharum; 2024) Ash Fure – ANIMAL (Smalltown Supersound; 2025) Joshua Fried – phse 4 (phse; 2025) Vidna Obmana – Twilight of Perception Redux, Volume Two: 1995-2002 (Zoharum; 2025) Marcus Gilmore…
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Houser : Weathers : Wyche – Stone Mineral Metal Memory Metaphor (Aural Canyon; due May 16, 2025) Prairiewolf – The Electric Room, Louisville, KY, April 25, 2025 (Archive.org; 2025) Maria Gajraj – exhale. – compositions by Maria Gajraj, Robyn Jacob and George Rahi,…
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