Playlists
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears, Dec. 29, 2025–Jan. 4, 2026. Phish – Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, Dec. 29, 2024 (LivePhish; 2024) Rapoon – Cidar Redux 25 (Stalplaat/self-released; 1994/2025) Henry Threadgill – Listen Ship (Pi Recordings; 2025) Jacob Garchik – Ye Olde II: At the End of
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears, Dec. 22–28, 2025. Sepultura – Roots (Roadrunner; 1996/2017) Incubus – S.C.I.E.N.C.E. (Immortal/Epic; 1997) Slipknot – Slipknot (Roadrunner; 1999) Kittie – Spit (Artemis; 2000) Deftones – White Pony (Maverick; 2000) Mudvayne – L.D. 50 (Epic; 2000) Tangerine Dream – Katowice Session 2025 (Eastgate; 2025)
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears, Dec. 15–21, 2025. Philip Glass – Koyaanisqatsi (Original Soundtrack Album) (Antilles; 1983) Goose – Goosemas: Show Upon Time, Amica Mutual Pavilion, Providence, RI, Dec. 13, 2025 (self-released; 2025) Porcupine Tree – Warszawa (Transmission; 2004) Dizgo – Fete Music Hall, Providence, RI, Dec. 11,
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears, Dec. 8–14, 2025. Peter Knight – For a Moment the Sky Knew My Name (Room40; 2025) Yuhan Su – Over the Moons (endectomorph music; 2025) more eaze & claire rousay – no floor (Thrill Jockey; 2025) Raven Chacon – Voiceless Mass – Present
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears, Dec. 1–7, 2025. Various artists – KPop Demon Hunters (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film) (Netflix/Republic; 2025) Claude Debussy – String Quartet in G minor; Karol Szymanowski – String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 – Belcea Quartet (Alpha; 2025) Ensemble Pamplemousse – Brightness Drifts
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears, Nov. 24–30, 2025. IQ – CK Wiatrak, Zabrze, Poland, Oct. 4, 2025 (ROIO; 2025) Kronos Quartet – Forgive Us For (Phenotypic; due Dec. 5, 2025) ▸ Rim Banna – Ya Taali’een el-Jabal (arr. Jonathan Berger); Hildur Guðnadóttir – Fólk fær andlit; Mariana Sadovska
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears, Nov. 17–23, 2025. Bob Dylan – Building Society Arena, Coventry, England, Nov. 13, 2025 (ROIO; 2025) George Tsontakis – Heartsounds; Meditations at Perigree; Sarabesque – Da Camera of Houston (Koch International Classics; 2004) Charles Wuorinen – Ashberyana; Fenton Songs I; Fenton Songs II;
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears, Nov. 10–16, 2025. Rosalía – Lux (Columbia; 2025) Ludwig van Beethoven – The Complete String Quartets, Vol. 2 – Ariel Quartet (Orchid Classics; 2025) Marie Schreer – until between (Coviello Classics; 2025) ▸ Marie Schreer – All things must be audible at all
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears, Nov. 3–9, 2025. Joseph Haydn – String Quartets Op. 33, Nos. 4-6 – Chiaroscuro Quartet (Bis; 2025) Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat (Op. 127) – Isidore String Quartet (Isidore String Quartet/YouTube; 2025) Pierre Boulez – Livre pour Quatuor
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears, Oct. 27–Nov. 2, 2025. Jackie McLean – Jacknife (Blue Note; 1975, recorded 1965–66) Charles Lloyd – Forest Flower (Atlantic; 1967) Bill Evans – At the Montreux Jazz Festival (Verve; 1968) Jack DeJohnette – The DeJohnette Complex (Milestone; 1968) Chick Corea – The Complete
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears, Oct. 20–26, 2025. Armida Quartett – Mozart: String Quartets, Vol. IV (Cavi-Music; 2021) Poiesis Quartet – Poiesis Quartet at Banff International String Quartet Competition 2025 (YouTube playlist; 2025) Armida Quartett – Mozart: String Quartets, Vol. V (Cavi-Music; 2022) Goose – Madison Square Garden,
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears, Oct. 13–19, 2025. Philip Glass – Glassworks (arr. Philip Hoch) – Philip Hoch (Orange Mountain Music; 2025) Yuhan Su – OVER the MOONs (endectomorph music; 2025) Carrie Frey – Seaglass: Works for String Quartet – The Rhythm Method (Gold Bolus; 2025) claire rousay
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears, Oct. 6–12, 2025. Big Big Train – A Flare on the Lens (InsideOut Music; 2024) Big Big Train – Are We Nearly There Yet? (English Electric; 2025) Rush – R40 Live (Anthem; 2015) Rush – R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour (Anthem; 2005) Max
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears, Sept. 28–Oct. 5, 2025. Fred Hersch – The Surrounding Green (ECM; 2025) Ralph Vaughan Williams – Symphonies Nos. 5 & 9 – London Symphony Orchestra/Antonio Pappano (LSO Live; 2025) David Behrman – On the Other Ocean (Lovely Music; 1978) Mason Bates – Philharmonia
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A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears, Sept. 22–28, 2025. Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla – Back to Nature: Čiurlionis & Gražinis – performances by Onutė Gražinytė, AIDIJA Chamber Choir, Upper School Choir of the National M. K. Čiurlionis School of Art, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France/Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (Deutsche
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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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