Sunday, June 15, 2025

• Costin Miereanu, Luna Cinese
• Iannis Xenakis, Alpha & Omega (disc 4)
• Irène Schweizer & Louis Moholo, Irène Schweizer, Louis Moholo
• Miles Davis, The Complete On the Corner Sessions (disc 2) (feat. Al Foster)
• USA/Mexico, Matamoros
• Sly & the Family Stone, A Whole New Thing
• The Beach Boys, Today!

Saturday, June 14, 2025

• Kory Reeder, Homestead (Apartment House)
• Iannis Xenakis, In het Orgelpark
• Howard Stelzer / Thaniel Ion Lee, Folie à deux: 3 (Humanhood)
• Louis Moholo-Moholo Octet, Spirits Rejoice!
• Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington, Recording Together for the First Time
• Tortoise, A Lazarus Taxon (disc 1)
• USA/Mexico, Laredo
• David Thomas and the Wooden Birds, Blame the Messenger
• Sly & the Family Stone, There’s a Riot Goin’ On
• Yes, Yesstory (disc 1)
• U2, October
• Todd Rundgren, Faithful
• The Beach Boys, Endless Summer

Friday, June 13, 2025

• Iannis Xenakis, Electroacoustic Works (disc 2)
• Mats Gustafsson, Ken Vandermark, Tomeka Reid, Chad Taylor, Pivot
• Dudu Pukwana & Spear, In the Townships (feat. Louis Moholo-Moholo)
• Miles Davis, The Complete On the Corner Sessions (disc 1) (feat. Al Foster)
• Pain Jerk & John Wiese, Terrazzo
• Matmos, Plastic Anniversary
• USA/Mexico, Del Rio
• Sly & the Family Stone, Dance to the Music
• The Beach Boys, Surf’s Up

RIP Louis Moholo-Moholo

Thursday, June 12, 2025

• Fuubutsushi, Setsubun
• Matmos, Return to Archive
• Nitzer Ebb, That Total Age
• Pig Heart Transplant, For Mass Consumption
• USA/Mexico, Matamoros
• The Ex, If Your Mirror Breaks
• Stereolab, Instant Holograms on Metal Film
• Yes, Yesstory (disc 1)
• Sly & the Family Stone, Life
• The Beach Boys, Love You

RIP Douglas McCarthy

Wednesday, June 11, 2025

• Mark Fell, Multistability
• Fennesz, Plays
• Iron Lung, Sexless//No Sex
• Bennie Maupin, The Jewel in the Lotus
• Miles Davis, The Cellar Door Sessions 1970 (disc 4)
• Tortoise, A Lazarus Taxon (disc 2)
• Allan Holdsworth, Metal Fatigue
• Eli Keszler, Eli Keszler
• Stereolab, Not Music
• Todd Rundgren, Faithful
• Sly & the Family Stone, Stand!
• The Beach Boys, Endless Summer

RIP Brian Wilson

Tuesday, June 10, 2025

• Jürg Frey, String Quartets (Edition Wandelweiser)
• Marc Hasselbalch, At the Price of Clarity
• McCoy Tyner / Joe Henderson, Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs’ (disc 1)
• Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington, Recording Together for the First Time
• Miles Davis, We Want Miles (feat. Al Foster)
• Tortoise, A Lazarus Taxon (disc 1)
• Iron Lung, Adapting // Crawling
• Roy Harper, HQ
• U2, October
• Stereolab, Chemical Chords
• Sly & the Family Stone, Fresh

RIP Sly Stone

Monday, June 9, 2025

• How Low Can You Go? (Dust to Digital) (disc 2)
• Duke Ellington, The Complete 1932–1940 Brunswick, Columbia and Master Recordings of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra (disc 1)
• Miles Davis, The Complete On the Corner Sessions (disc 5) (feat. Al Foster)
• Stereolab, Instant Holograms on Metal Film
• Britney Spears, The Essential Britney Spears (disc 2)

Sunday, June 8, 2025

• Iron Lung, Sexless//No Sex
• USA/Mexico, Matamoros
• The Ex, If Your Mirror Breaks
• Yes, Yesstory (disc 1)

Saturday, June 7, 2025

• Yes, Yesstory (disc 2)

Friday, June 6, 2025

• Iron Lung, Adapting // Crawling
• Tortoise & The Ex, In the Fishtank

Thursday, June 5, 2025

• Philip Glass, Music with Changing Parts
• The Verlaines, Dunedin Spleen
• Jeff Lescher, All Is Grace

Wednesday, June 4, 2025

• Miles Davis, The Complete On the Corner Sessions (disc 3) (feat. Al Foster)
• Tortoise, TNT
• USA/Mexico, Matamoros

Tuesday, June 3, 2025

• Fuubutsushi, Setsubun
• Miles Davis, Dark Magus (disc 2) (feat. Al Foster)
• Tortoise, A Lazarus Taxon (disc 2)
• Iron Lung, Sexless//No Sex
• The Ex, If Your Mirror Breaks
• Randy Newman, Sail Away

Monday, June 2, 2025

• Iannis Xenakis, Medea / Oresteia (Erato)
• Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre, Forces and Feelings
• McCoy Tyner / Joe Henderson, Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs’ (disc 2)
• Archie Shepp, Live Newport 1965 Revisited
• John Coltrane, Evenings at the Village Gate
• Stan Getz & Gerry Mulligan, Getz Meets Mulligan in Hi-Fi
• Saxophones à Saint-Germain des Prés
• Miles Davis, Dark Magus (disc 1) (feat. Al Foster)
• Math, Bask Math
• Pig Heart Transplant, For Mass Consumption
• Tortoise & The Ex, In the Fishtank
• David Thomas & The Pedestrians, Monster Walks the Winter Lake
• Stereolab, Instant Holograms on Metal Film
• The Verlaines, Dunedin Spleen
• U2, Under a Blood Red Sky

RIP Al Foster

Sunday, June 1, 2025

• Iannis Xenakis, Eonta/Metastasis/Pithoprakta
• Bailey/Parker/Davies/Muir, The Music Improvisation Company 1968–1971
• Tortoise, A Lazarus Taxon (disc 1)
• David Thomas & The Pedestrians, More Places Forever
• USA/Mexico, Laredo
• Iron Lung, Adapting // Crawling
• Yes, Yesstory (disc 1)
• Stereolab, Refried Ectoplasm
• Bobby Conn, The Golden Age

May 2025 reading & viewing

fiction:

• Gary Indiana, Do Everything in the Dark *

nonfiction:

• (Harold Bloom, ed.), Modern Critical Interpretations: Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow
• Joan Didion, The Year of Magical Thinking
• Griffin Dunne, The Friday Afternoon Club>
• Chris Fink, Forage Like a Bear

movies:

• Luca Guadagnino, Queer

* = re-read/re-view

ratings (and occasional commentary) on my Goodreads and my Letterboxd

Saturday, May 31, 2025

• Rafael Toral, Space
• Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington, Recording Together for the First Time
• Fuubutsushi, Fuubutsushi
• Allan Holdsworth, Metal Fatigue
• David Thomas & The Pedestrians, The Sound of the Sand and Other Songs of the Pedestrian
• Iron Lung, Sexless//No Sex
• The Ex, If Your Mirror Breaks
• The Heptones, Party Time

Friday, May 30, 2025

• Rafael Toral, Chasing Sonic Booms
• Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre, Forces and Feelings
• Jimmy Lyons, The Box Set (Highlights)
• Mal Waldron, The Super Quartet Live at Sweet Basil
• Duke Ellington, The Complete 1932–1940 Brunswick, Columbia and Master Recordings of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra (disc 3)
• Allen Lowe & the American Song Project feat. Roswell Rudd, Dark Was the Night — Cold Was the Ground
• Yussef Dayes, Live at Joshua Tree
• Bill Bruford, One of a Kind
• Tortoise & The Ex, In the Fishtank
• David Thomas & The Pedestrians, Variations on a Theme
• Chris & Cosey, Heartbeat
• Stereolab, Instant Holograms on Metal Film
• The Verlaines, Dunedin Spleen
• Cameron Winter, Heavy Metal
• Bobby Conn, The Golden Age
• George Faith, To Be a Lover

Thursday, May 29, 2025

• Iannis Xenakis, Medea / Oresteia (Erato)
• Jon Hassell, Dream Theory in Malaya: Fourth World Volume Two
• Howard Riley Trio, Angle
• Bennie Maupin, The Jewel in the Lotus
• Susan Alcorn Quintet, Pedernal
• Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, Buhaina’s Delight
• King Tubby & Soul Syndicate, Freedom Sounds in Dub
• Tortoise, Standards
• Iron Lung, Adapting // Crawling
• U.S. Maple, Sang Phat Editor
• Pere Ubu, Raygun Suitcase
• The Verlaines, Bird Dog
• Bill Fay, Life Is People
• Tom Verlaine, Dreamtime
• Thomas Dolby, The Flat Earth
• U2, War

March/April 2025 reading & viewing

fiction:

• Allan Hollinghurst, The Swimming-Pool Library
• Paul Lynch, Prophet Song
• Harry Crews, Body

visual:

• Barry Phipps, Driving a Table Down
• Wolf Von Eckardt, Marcel Breuer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Bryan Caplan, Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration
• David Heatley, My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down

nonfiction:

• Bob Dylan, Chronicles: Volume One
• Lisa Carver, Lover of Leaving
• Liz Pelly, Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist

movies:

• Federico Fellini, Fellini Satyricon
• Todd Haynes, Poison *
• Gordon Douglas, Them!
• George Butler & Robert Fiore, Pumping Iron
• Bong Joon Ho, Mickey 17

* = re-read/re-view

ratings (and occasional commentary) on my Goodreads and my Letterboxd

Wednesday, May 28, 2025

• Iannis Xenakis, Iannis Xenakis (Edition RZ) (disc 1)
• Olivia Block, Breach
• Group Ongaku, Music of Group Ongaku, 1960–61 (feat. Yasunao Tone)
• Burkhard Stangl & Christof Kurzmann, Schnee
• Ellery Eskelin, Trio New York
• Tortoise, A Lazarus Taxon (disc 2)
• Bill Bruford, Feels Good to Me
• Ruins, Refusal Fossil
• David Thomas & The Pedestrians, More Places Forever
• Bobby Conn, The Golden Age
• U2, The Unforgettable Fire
• The Heptones, Party Time

RIP Yasunao Tone

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

• Erik Satie, Uspud (Reinbert de Leeuw) (disc 2)
• Fuubutsushi, Natsukashii
• George Faith, To Be a Lover
• King Tubby & Soul Syndicate, Freedom Sounds in Dub
• Bill Bruford, One of a Kind
• Tortoise, A Lazarus Taxon (disc 1)
• Iron Lung, Sexless//No Sex
• The Ex, If Your Mirror Breaks
• Pere Ubu, Raygun Suitcase
• The Verlaines, Dunedin Spleen
• Spacemen 3, Sound of Confusion
• Stereolab, Instant Holograms on Metal Film
• U2, Boy

Monday, May 26, 2025

• Music Overheard (disc 1)
• Fuubutsushi, Fuubutsushi
• Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, Buhaina’s Delight
• Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington, The Great Reunion
• Yussef Dayes, Black Classical Music
• Matmos, For Alan Turing
• Pig Heart Transplant, For Mass Consumption
• Ruins, Refusal Fossil
• Tortoise & The Ex, In the Fishtank
• David Thomas & The Pedestrians, More Places Forever
• Led Zeppelin, Houses of the Holy
• Bill Fay, Life Is People

Sunday, May 25, 2025

• J.S. Bach, Toccatas Vol. 1 (Glenn Gould)
• Muhal Richard Abrams w/ Amina Claudine Myers, Duet
• Thelonious Monk, At the Blackhawk
• Saxophones à Saint-Germain des Prés
• Gerry Mulligan, California Concerts, Volume 1
• Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington, Recording Together for the First Time
• Yussef Dayes, Live at Joshua Tree
• Tortoise, It’s All Around You
• Allan Holdsworth, Metal Fatigue
• Bill Bruford, Feels Good to Me
• George Faith, To Be a Lover
• The Heptones, Party Time
• Pere Ubu, Raygun Suitcase
• Bobby Conn, The Golden Age
• U2, War
• Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin
• David Ackles, American Gothic

Saturday, May 24, 2025

• J.S. Bach, Goldberg Variations (Murray Perahia)
• Erik Satie, Uspud (Reinbert de Leeuw) (disc 1)
• Michael Pisaro & Greg Stuart, Closed Categories in Cartesian Worlds
• Eleh, Radiant Intervals
• Bengt Frippe Nordström, Reality
• Duke Ellington & John Coltrane, Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
• Susan Alcorn & Tom Carter, Ajax Peak
• Ben Vida, DPElements
• Tortoise, Rhythms, Resolutions & Clusters
• Bill Bruford, One of a Kind
• King Tubby & Soul Syndicate, Freedom Sounds in Dub
• David Thomas & The Pedestrians, More Places Forever
• Joni Mitchell, Court and Spark
• The Verlaines, Dunedin Spleen
• The Jesus Lizard, Goat
• U2, Boy

Friday, May 23, 2025

• J.S. Bach, French Suites (Glenn Gould)
• Peter Ablinger, Grisailles (1–100)
• Terry Riley, ZOFO Plays Terry Riley
• Jim O’Rourke, Steamroom 66
• London Jazz Composers Orchestra w/ Irène Schweizer, Theoria
• Space Quartet, Directions
• Howard Riley, The Complete Short Stories 1998–2010 (disc 2)
• Terje Rypdal, Whenever I Seem to Be Far Away
• Omar Souleyman, Wenu Wenu
• Pig Heart Transplant, For Mass Consumption
• Tortoise, A Lazarus Taxon (disc 2)
• Bill Bruford, Feels Good to Me
• Bill Fay, Life Is People
• David Ackles, American Gothic

Thursday, May 22, 2025

• India: Super Percussion of India (King)
• J.S. Bach, The Goldberg Variations (Glenn Gould, 1981)
• Olivia Block, Breach
• White Winged Moth, Ribbon Arcade
• Bennie Maupin, The Jewel in the Lotus
• Bobo Stenson, Underwear
• Eberhard Weber, Endless Days
• Yussef Dayes, Live at Joshua Tree
• Tortoise, A Lazarus Taxon (disc 1)
• Pere Ubu, Raygun Suitcase
• John Cale, Fear

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

• Semar Pegulingan Club of Teges Kanyinan, Bali: Gamelan Semar Pegulingan: Gamelan of the Love God (Nonesuch)
• Arthur Russell, First Thought Best Thought (disc 2)
• Gene Ammons, Boss Tenor
• Donald Byrd, A New Perspective
• Ruins, Refusal Fossil
• Bill Bruford, Feels Good to Me
• U2, Boy

Tuesday, May 20, 2025

• Arthur Russell, First Thought Best Thought (disc 1)
• Muhal Richard Abrams w/ Amina Claudine Myers, Duet
• Booker Little, Booker Little and Friend
• Bobby Hutcherson, Happenings
• Miles Davis, Dark Magus (disc 2)
• Omar Souleyman, Wenu Wenu
• Roxy Music, Siren
• Bill Fay, Life Is People
• David Ackles, American Gothic

Monday, May 19, 2025

• Keith Jarrett, Solo Concerts: Bremen / Lausanne (disc 2)
• Jandek, Modern Dances
• Pere Ubu, Lady from Shanghai
• Killing Joke, what‘s THIS for...!

Sunday, May 18, 2025

• J. Guy Laughlin & Bbob Drake, Liminality
• Howard Riley Trio, Angle
• Saxophones à Saint-Germain des Prés (Gitanes)
• Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington, The Great Reunion
• Joe Lovano, From the Soul
• Yussef Dayes, Black Classical Music
• Fuubutsushi, Natsukashii
• Head of David, Dustbowl
• Killing Joke, Brighter Than a Thousand Suns
• U2, Boy
• Joni Mitchell, Court and Spark

Saturday, May 17, 2025

• Natural Information Society and Bitchin Bajas, Automaginary
• Killing Joke, Night Time

Friday, May 16, 2025

• Steve Reich, Tehillim (ECM)
• Milford Graves, Children of the Forest
• Paul Motian Trio, Le Voyage
• Duke Ellington, Black, Brown & Beige
• Omar Souleyman, Wenu Wenu
• The Heptones, Party Time
• Burning Spear, Creation Rebel

Thursday, May 15, 2025

• Saxophones à Saint-Germain des Prés
• Gerry Mulligan, California Concerts, Volume 1
• Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, Buhaina’s Delight
• Gene Ammons, Boss Tenor
• Yussef Dayes, Black Classical Music
• U2, War

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

• NRG Ensemble, Hold That Thought
• Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington, The Great Reunion
• John Fahey, Death Chants, Breakdowns and Military Waltzes
• David Ackles, American Gothic
• Joni Mitchell, Court and Spark

Tuesday, May 13, 2025

• Rafael Toral, Constellation in Still Time
• Paul Motian, Le Voyage
• Stan Getz & Gerry Mulligan, Getz Meets Mulligan in Hi-Fi
• Yussef Dayes, Black Classical Music
• Omar Souleyman, Jazeera Nights
• LFO, Frequencies
• Burning Spear, Creation Rebel
• Pere Ubu, New Picnic Time
• Graeme Downes, Hammers and Anvils

Monday, May 12, 2025

• Tim Daisy & Ken Vandermark, Fourth Atlas
• Edition Redux, Broadcast Transformer
• How Low Can You Go? (Dust to Digital) (disc 1)
• Pat Metheny, Bright Size Life
• Bill Bruford, Feels Good to Me
• Rocket from the Tombs, The Day the Earth Met...

Sunday, May 11, 2025

• Peter Ablinger, Augmented Studies
• Derek Bailey, Solo Guitar Volume 2
• Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington, The Great Reunion
• Cortex, Troupeau bleu
• Ruins, Refusal Fossil
• Pere Ubu, Shape of Things

Saturday, May 10, 2025

• Morton Subotnick, The Wild Bull
• Muhal Richard Abrams w/ Amina Claudine Myers, Duet
• Eddie Harris, Sings the Blues
• Pat Metheny, New Chautauqua
• King Tubby & Soul Syndicate, Freedom Sounds in Dub
• Lee Perry, Revolution Dub
• Rocket from the Tombs, The Day the Earth Met...
• U2, War

Friday, May 9, 2025

• Peter Brötzmann / Peter Friis Nielsen / Peeter Uuskyla, Medicina
• Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington, The Great Reunion
• Cortex, Troupeau bleu
• Omar Souleyman, Jazeera Nights
• Pere Ubu, Raygun Suitcase
• Lee Perry, Essential Madness from the Scratch Files
• A.R. Kane, Sixty Nine
• Prince, 1999 (disc 1)
• U2, Achtung Baby

Thursday, May 8, 2025

• Duke Ellington, The Complete 1932–1940 Brunswick, Columbia and Master Recordings of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra (disc 2)
• Omar Souleyman, Wenu Wenu
• U2, Zooropa
• Rocket from the Tombs, The Day the Earth Met…
• Michael Hurley, Watertower

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

• Jandek, Worthless Recluse
• Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, New Orleans Suite
• Five Star Hotel, Gray Data Deluxxx
• U2, The Unforgettable Fire

Tuesday, May 6, 2025

• Omar Souleyman, Dabke 2020
• LFO, Frequencies
• A.R. Kane, Sixty Nine
• U2, The Joshua Tree
• Lee Perry, Essential Madness from the Scratch Files

Monday, May 5, 2025

• Natural Information Society and Bitchin Bajas, Automaginary
• Cortex, Troupeau bleu
• Five Star Hotel, Gray Data Deluxxx
• Bill Bruford, One of a Kind
• Jah Lion, Colombia Colly
• Pere Ubu, The Tenement Year
• U2, Boy
• Michael Hurley, Watertower

Sunday, May 4, 2025

• Sarah Hennies, Psalms
• Jürg Frey, String Quartets (Edition Wandelweiser)
• JG Thirlwell, Dystonia (Mivos Quartet)
• Miles Davis, The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions (disc 1)
• LFO, Frequencies
• King Tubby & Soul Syndicate, Freedom Sounds in Dub
• Pere Ubu, Cloudland
• U2, The Joshua Tree
• Lee Perry, Essential Madness from the Scratch Files
• Marianne Faithfull, The Collection (disc 2)

Saturday, May 3, 2025

• Natural Information Society, Totality
• Rafael Toral, Moon Field
• John Butcher / Phil Durrant / Mark Wastell, Around the Square, Above the Hill
• Anna Butterss, Activities
• Eddie Harris, Sings the Blues
• Omar Souleyman, Wenu Wenu
• Pere Ubu, Song of the Bailing Man
• Graeme Downes, Hammers and Anvils
• U2, The Unforgettable Fire
• The Beach Boys, Pet Sounds

Friday, May 2, 2025

• Mora, Live at Deadtech
• Tim Daisy & Ken Vandermark, Fourth Atlas
• Cortex, Troupeau bleu
• Omar Souleyman, Dabke 2020
• LFO, Frequencies
• Bohannon, Insides Out
• Max Romeo, Open the Iron Gate 1973–1977
• Lee Perry, Essential Madness from the Scratch Files
• Dinosaur, Kiss Me Again
• Pere Ubu, The Modern Dance
• Mission of Burma, The Horrible Truth About Burma
• A.R. Kane, Sixty Nine
• U2, The Joshua Tree
• The Verlaines, Dunedin Spleen
• Bill Fay, Life Is People
• David Ackles, American Gothic
• Marianne Faithfull, The Collection (disc 2)
• Michael Hurley, Watertower

Thursday, May 1, 2025

• Jürg Frey, String Quartet No. 4 (Quatuor Bozzini)
• Keith Jarrett, Spheres
• Rafael Toral, Sound Mind Sound Body
• Mark Fell, UL8
• Epic Cuts from Deep Swamps (Festival of the Swamps)
• Derek Bailey / Evan Parker / Anthony Braxton, Company 2
• Pat Metheny, Bright Size Life
• Bohannon, On My Way
• Pere Ubu, The Art of Walking
• A.R. Kane, Sixty Nine
• U2, The Unforgettable Fire
• David Ackles, American Gothic
• Michael Hurley, Snockgrass

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

• Kevin Drumm, Frozen Pipes
• Bailey/Parker/Davies/Muir, The Music Improvisation Company 1968–1971
• Count Basie & His Orchestra, The Atomic Mr. Basie
• Yussef Dayes, Black Classical Music
• Cortex, Troupeau bleu
• Pere Ubu, Datapanik in the Year Zero
• Lee Perry, Essential Madness from the Scratch Files
• U2, The Joshua Tree
• Marianne Faithfull, The Collection (disc 2)

Tuesday, April 29, 2025

• Philip Glass, Music in Twelve Parts. Concert à Paris, 1975
• Ben Vida, DPElements
• Kevin Drumm, 11
• Tim Daisy / Michael Thieke / Ken Vandermark, Triptych
• The Necks, Mindset
• Pärson Sound, Pärson Sound (disc 1)
• Five Star Hotel, Gray Data Deluxxx
• Bohannon, On My Way
• Thomas Brinkmann, Tina / Argo
• Max Romeo, Open the Iron Gate 1973–1977
• Pere Ubu, Dub Housing
• U2, The Unforgettable Fire
• A.R. Kane, Sixty Nine
• Michael Hurley, Snockgrass

RIP David Thomas