Playlists

  • A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Survival Unit III – The Art of Flight: For Alvin Fielder (Astral Spirits; 2022) Josep Maria Guix – Images of Broken Light – Abel Tomàs, Arnau Tomàs, Josep Colom, London Sinfonietta/Geoffrey Paterson (Neu; 2019) Carcass – Reek of Putrefaction (Earache; 1988) Tangerine Dream…

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  • A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Envy of None – Envy of None (Kscope; 2022) Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch – Ravage (130701/FatCat; due May 27, 2022) Gerycz/Powers/Rolin – Beacon (self-released; 2022) Kiss – Off the Soundboard: Tokyo 2001 (UMe; 2022) Richard Strauss – Elektra – Nina Stemme, Elza van den Heever,…

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  • A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Reinier van Houdt – drift nowhere past/the adventure of sleep (Elsewhere; due April 25, 2022) Tim Parkinson – archive: 2003 – performances by Parkinson Saunders, Craig Shepard/Tim Parkinson, Julia Eckhardt, and Jürg Frey (self-released; 2022) Sirone – Artistry (Of the Cosmos/moved-by-sound; 1979/2022) Jamaaladeen…

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  • A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Roxy Music – Viva! (Island; 1976) Roxy Music – Heart Still Beating (Reprise; 1990) Roxy Music  – Live at the Apollo (London 2001) (Warner Music Vision; 2002) Fossil Aerosol Mining Project – Real Time 3-20-22 (self-released; 2022) Demdike Stare – Embedded Content (DDS;…

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  • A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Albert Ayler Quartet with Don Cherry – European Recordings Autumn 1964 revisited (ezz-thetics; 2022) Albert Ayler – Spirits Rejoice and Bells revisited (ezz-thetics; 2022) Anchor and Burden – Weigh Anchor (Iapetus; 2021) Lori Goldston & Stefan Christoff – Punk Equinox (Dasa Tapes; 2022)…

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  • A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Gurun Gurun – Uzu Oto (Buh; due March 11, 2022) Hideo Yamaki, Dave Douglas, Bill Laswell – Misogi (Greenleaf Music subscriber exclusive; 2022) Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach – Sonatas & Rondos – Marc-André Hamelin (Hyperion; 2022) Amosphère – More Die of Heartbreak (更多的人死于心碎)…

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  • This week’s Night After Night Playlist includes choice sounds from Krallice, Lasse Marhaug/Jérôme Noetinger, Eva-Maria Houben, Isaiah Ceccarelli, and more—bend an ear.

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  • A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… George Lewis – Minds in Flux – BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Ilan Volkov (ROIO; 2021) Alvin Singleton – After Fallen Crumbs; Shadows; A Yellow Rose Petal – Atlanta Symphony Orchestra/Louis Lane, Robert Shaw (Nonesuch/First Edition; 1989/2007) Philip Glass – Symphony No. 11 – Bruckner…

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  • Playlist (Crowd the Tropes)

    A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Tangerine Dream – Croydon 1975 (from The Bootleg Box Set, Vol. 1) (Reactive/Esoteric; 2012) Paul Lewis – Brahms: Late Piano Works, Opp. 116-119 (Harmonia Mundi; due Jan. 21, 2022) Igor Levit – Life – compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach, Ferruccio Busoni, Robert Schumann,…

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  • A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Marillion – Live in Hammersmith (Racket Lightsavers exclusive; 2021) Various artists – The Secret Museum of Mankind – Guitars Vol. 1: Prologue to Modern Styles (Jalopy; 2021) Will Ackerman/Jeff Oster/Tom Eaton – Brothers (Retso; 2021) Olivia Block – Innocent Passage in the Territorial…

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  • Playlist (for Dec. 27)

    A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Steve Roach/Michael Stearns – Beyond Earth & Sky (Projekt; 2021) Jonny Greenwood – Spencer (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Mercury KX; 2021) King Crimson – Selections from 2021 U.S. Tour (DGMLive; 2021) Pauchi Sasaki – Yaqulla (self-released; 2021) Tim Parkinson & Travis Just –…

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  • A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Andrew McIntosh – A moonbeam is just a filtered sunbeam (Another Timbre; 2021) Arooj Aftab – Vulture Prince (New Amsterdam; 2021) Renata Tebaldi – Lebendige Vergangenheit (Preiser; 2002) Catherine Lamb – muto infinitas – Rebecca Lane, Jon Heilbron (Another Timbre; 2021) Catherine Lamb…

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  • A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Quiet Evenings – Narrows (Hooker Vision; 2021) Motion Sickness of Time Travel – The True Book of Space (Hooker Vision; 2021) Ethan Iverson – Every Note Is True (Blue Note; due Feb. 11, 2022) Michael Pisaro-Liu – Revolution Shuffle (Erstwhile; 2021) Michael Pisaro-Liu…

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  • A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Marillion – Live at Hammersmith – The Light at the End of the Tunnel (MarillionVOD; 2021) Genesis – Trespass (Charisma; 1970) King Crimson – Music Is Our Friend (Live in Washington, D.C. and Albany, 2021) (DGM; 2021) Ava Mendoza – New Spells (Astral…

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  • Playlist (Rang Dizzy Inside).

    A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Mach-Hommy – Pray for Haiti (Griselda/Daupe; 2021) Federico Antonini – I was a teenage metalhead and all I have now is this tinnitus (Superpang; 2021) Body Void – Bury Me Beneath This Rotting Earth (Prosthetic; 2021) Apparition – Feel (Profound Lore; 2021) Genesis…

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  • A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Stephen Hough – Chopin Nocturnes (Hyperion; 2021) Paul Hindemith – Nusch-Nuschi-Tänze; Sancta Susanna; Symphony "Mathis der Maler" – Ausrine Stundyte, Renée Morloc, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony/Marin Alsop (Naxos; 2021) Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn – String Quartets – Takács Quartet (Hyperion; 2021) Marillion –…

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  • A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Serena Gabriel featuring Steve Roach – Seeing Inside (Soundquest Music; 2021) Kate Moore – The Dam – Icebreaker (Rookery Hill; due Nov. 5, 2021) Graham Fitkin – Mesh – Icebreaker (Rookery Hill; 2021) Steve Martland – Re-mix – Icebreaker (Rookery Hill; 2021) John…

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  • Playlist (Safe As Houses).

    A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… King Crimson – Selections from 2021 U.S. Tour (DGMLive; 2021) Karl Böhm – Lucerne Festival Historic Performances – Vienna Philharmonic (Audite; 2021) Paul Hindemith – Concerto for Woodwinds, Harp and Orchestra; Anton Bruckner – Symphony No. 7 in E Various artists – The…

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  • A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Number Pieces by John Cage John Cage – Number Pieces – Apartment House (Another Timbre; 2021) John Cage – The Fives (X) – Barton Workshop (Megadisc; 2002) Orlando Jacinto Garcia – String Quartets Nos. 1-3 – Amernet Quartet (Métier; 2021) Sulphur English by…

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  • A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears… Metallica – Kill 'em All (Remastered Deluxe Box Set) (Megaforce/Blackened; 1983/2016) Kansas – Two for the Show (Kirshner/Legacy; 1978/2008) Bob Bellerue – Radioactive Desire (Elevator Bath; due Aug. 20, 2021) The Heart Pumps Kool-Aid by —__–___ —__–__ (Seth Graham & more eaze) –…

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