Saturday, June 3, 2023

• Syntonic Research, Environments 1: Psychologically Ultimate Seashore
• Mune (Jean-Luc Guionnet & Claire Bergerault), Airs Trouves
• Ken Vandermark, Snapshots: Complete
• Henry Threadgill, The Other One
• Babatunde Olatunji, Drums of Passion
• Vangelis, Opera Sauvage
• Alvarius B., Alvarius B. (disc 1)
• Siouxsie and the Banshees, Through the Looking Glass
• Peter Ivers, Peter Ivers
• Led Zeppelin, Presence
• Beastie Boys, Paul’s Boutique
• Run-D.M.C., Tougher Than Leather

Friday, June 2, 2023

• Craven Faults, Standers
• J.G. Thirlwell, Dystonia (Mivos Quartet)
• Coe, Oxley, & Co., Nutty
• Pita, Live in Detroit USA 7.20.00
• Merzbow, Another Merzbow Records (disc 3)
• Wolf Eyes, Burned Mind
• The Fall, Totale’s Turns
• Sonic Youth, Sonic Youth
• Brainticket, Cottonwoodhill
• Powerman, Lost Tribe
• Run-D.M.C., King of Rock
• Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin

RIP Tony Coe

Thursday, June 1, 2023

• Albert Mangelsdorff, Tromboneliness
• Earth, A Bureaucratic Desire for Extra Capsular Extraction
• Killing Joke, The Peel Sessions 1979–1981
• Hugo Largo, Drum
• Tom Verlaine, Cover
• Peter Ivers, Nirvana Peter
• Robyn Hitchcock, Element of Light
• Siouxsie and the Banshees, Peepshow
• Talking Heads, True Stories
• Talking Heads, Stop Making Sense
• Basement Jaxx, Rooty
• Run-D.M.C., Raising Hell
• Kraftwerk, Electric Café

Wednesday, May 31, 2023

• Emahoy Tsegue-Maryam Guebrou, Jerusalem
• Éliane Radigue, Opus 17 (disc 2)
• Ken Vandermark & Hamid Drake, Eternal River
• Pharoah Sanders, Love in Us All
• 8 Bold Souls, Ant Farm (feat. Harrison Bankhead)
• Albert Mangelsdorff, A Jazz Tune I Hope
• Sonny Rollins, Way Out West
• Miles Davis, Live in Europe 1967: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 1 (disc 1) (feat. Wayne Shorter)
• Run-D.M.C., Run-D.M.C.
• Siouxsie and the Banshees, Through the Looking Glass
• Robyn Hitchcock, Globe of Frogs
• Peter Ivers, Peter Ivers
• Led Zeppelin, Coda
• Bo Diddley, Bo Diddley Is a Gunslinger

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

• Miles Davis, Live at the Fillmore East (March 7, 1970): It’s About That Time (disc 1) (feat. Wayne Shorter)
• Bongwater, Double Bummer (disc 2)
• Alvarius B., Alvarius B. (disc 1)
• The Sixths, Hyacinths & Thistles
• Future Bible Heroes, Memories of Love
• Powerman, Lost Tribe
• Eurythmics, Be Yourself Tonight
• Pretenders, Pretenders (disc 1)
• Peter Ivers, Terminal Love
• They Might Be Giants, Lincoln
• Van Dyke Parks, Discover America

Monday, May 29, 2023

• The Misfits, Collection (disc 2)
• Siouxsie and the Banshees, Peepshow
• Future Bible Heroes, I’m Lonely (And I Love It)

Sunday, May 28, 2023

• Alvarius B., Alvarius B. (disc 2)
• Siouxsie and the Banshees, Through the Looking Glass

Saturday, May 27, 2023

• Bill Callahan, Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle
• Peter Ivers, Nirvana Peter

Friday, May 26, 2023

• JP, Pink Electronics
• Radiohead, Kid A
• Siouxsie and the Banshees, Peepshow
• Powerman, Lost Tribe
• Peter Ivers, Peter Ivers

Thursday, May 25, 2023

• Craven Faults, Standers
• Siouxsie and the Banshees, Through the Looking Glass

Wednesday, May 24, 2023

• Earth, A Bureaucratic Desire for Extra Capsular Extraction
• Pere Ubu, Dub Housing
• Peter Ivers, Terminal Love

Tuesday, May 23, 2023

• Powerman, Lost Tribe

Monday, May 22, 2023

• Black Sabbath, Paranoid
• Lee Perry, Dubstrumentals (disc 1)

Sunday, May 21, 2023

• Stereolab, Dots and Loops
• The Cure, Disintegration

Saturday, May 20, 2023

• Craven Faults, Standers
• Siouxsie and the Banshees, Peepshow
• Killing Joke, Brighter Than a Thousand Suns
• Peter Ivers, Terminal Love
• Roxy Music, Country Life

Friday, May 19, 2023

• Hollywood Harlots, Love, Gay Style
• Peter Ivers, Knight of the Blue Communion

Thursday, May 18, 2023

• Bill Callahan, Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle
• Philip Glass, Glassworks
• Miles Davis, Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 2 (disc 3) (feat. Wayne Shorter)
• Eiko Ishibashi, Car and Freezer
• Peter Ivers, Peter Ivers
• Canned Heat, Illinois Blues 1973
• Cheap Trick, At Budokan: The Complete Concert (disc 1)
• Arvo Zylo, Love Letter to No One, Volume Two (Mix Tape)

Wednesday, May 17, 2023

• 8 Bold Souls, Sideshow
• Miles Davis, Live in Europe 1967: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 1 (disc 1) (feat. Wayne Shorter)
• Earth, A Bureaucratic Desire for Extra Capsular Extraction
• Alvarius B., Alvarius B. (disc 1)
• Genesis, Foxtrot
• Little Feat, Sailin’ Shoes
• Tom Verlaine, Words From the Front
• Siouxsie and the Banshees, Peepshow
• Peter Ivers, Nirvana Peter
• Eiko Ishibashi, Works for Everything

Tuesday, May 16, 2023

• JP, Pink Electronics
• Surface of the Earth, Surface of the Earth
• Gabby Fluke-Mogul & Nava Dunkelman, Likht
• Dietrichs, Catch the Leaves
• Ken Vandermark, Snapshots: Complete
• Powerman, Lost Tribe
• King Crimson, Lizard
• King Crimson, Discipline
• The Cure, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
• Echo & the Bunnymen, Echo & the Bunnymen
• Siouxsie and the Banshees, Through the Looking Glass
• Peter Ivers, Terminal Love
• Cheap Trick, At Budokan: The Complete Concert (disc 2)

Monday, May 15, 2023

• Emahoy Tsegue-Maryam Guebrou, Jerusalem
• Éliane Radigue, Opus 17 (disc 1)
• Toshinori Kondo & Paul Lovens, The Last Supper
• Abdul Wadud & Leroy Jenkins, Straight Ahead / Free at Last
• Miles Davis, Live at the Fillmore East (March 7, 1970): It’s About That Time (disc 1) (feat. Wayne Shorter)
• Van Dyke Parks, Song Cycle
• Van Dyke Parks, Tokyo Rose
• The Cure, Seventeen Seconds

Sunday, May 14, 2023

• Éliane Radigue, Jouet électronique / Elemental I
• Eiko Ishibashi, Works for Everything
• Van Dyke Parks, Songs Cycled
• Van Dyke Parks, The Clang of the Yankee Reaper
• Tom Waits, Mule Variations
• Peter Ivers, Terminal Love
• Genesis, Foxtrot
• King Crimson, Beat
• Cheap Trick, Heaven Tonight
• Canned Heat, Illinois Blues 1973

Saturday, May 13, 2023

• Zoviet France, A Flock of Rotations
• Miles Davis, Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 2 (disc 3) (feat. Wayne Shorter)
• Miles Davis, Birth of the Cool

Friday, May 12, 2023

• Sonny Simmons, Manhattan Egos
• Jimmy Giuffre, Ad Lib
• Milt Jackson & John Coltrane, Bags & Trane
• Canned Heat, Illinois Blues 1973

Thursday, May 11, 2023

• Roscoe Mitchell & the Note Factory, Far Side
• Fred Anderson & Harrison Bankhead, The Great Vision Concert
• Genesis, Foxtrot
• The Meatmen, Stud Powercock: The Touch and Go Years 1981–1984

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

• Eiko Ishibashi, Works for Everything
• Peter Ivers, Terminal Love
• Tom Verlaine, Cover
• Tom Verlaine, Dreamtime
• The Pop Group, For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder?

Tuesday, May 9, 2023

• Miles Davis, Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 2 (disc 2) (feat. Wayne Shorter)
• Miles Davis, Birth of the Cool
• Canned Heat, Illinois Blues 1973

Monday, May 8, 2023

• Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, Roots & Herbs (feat. Wayne Shorter)
• Miles Davis, Quiet Nights
• Miles Davis, Sketches of Spain

Sunday, May 7, 2023

• Miles Davis, Volume 2
• Miles Davis, Miles Ahead
• Elvis Costello, King of America

Saturday, May 6, 2023

• Miles Davis, Dig
• Miles Davis, Birth of the Cool
• Jimmy Giuffre, Ad Lib
• Milt Jackson & John Coltrane, Bags & Trane
• Peter Ivers, Terminal Love
• Tom Verlaine, Flash Light
• The Meatmen, Stud Powercock: The Touch and Go Years 1981–1984

Friday, May 5, 2023

• Emahoy Tsegue-Maryam Guebrou, Jerusalem
• Eiko Ishibashi, Der Mull, Der Stadt und Der Tod
• Eiko Ishibashi, Works for Everything
• Royal Trux, Platinum Tips + Ice Cream
• Kurt Vile, Wakin on a Pretty Daze
• The American Song-Poem Anthology - Do You Know the Difference Between Big Wood and Brush

Thursday, May 4, 2023

• Evicshen, Hair Birth
• Keith Rowe & Toshimaru Nakamura, ErstLive 008
• Schlippenbach/Parker/Lytton, America 2003 (disc 1)
• In Order to Survive, Live/Shapeshifter (disc 1)
• The Pop Group, For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder?
• Royal Trux, Pound for Pound

Wednesday, May 3, 2023

• John Cage, Four Walls (Brilliant Classics) (disc 1)
• John Cage, A Dip in the Lake: Ten Quicksteps, Sixty-One Waltzes, and Fifty-Six Marches for Chicago and Vicinity (Robert Pleshar & Robert Anderson) (disc 2)
• John Cage, Etudes Boreales / Harmonies / 10'40.3'' (Wergo)
• Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, Roots & Herbs (feat. Wayne Shorter)
• Miles Davis, Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 2 (disc 2) (feat. Wayne Shorter)
• Eiko Ishibashi, Car and Freezer
• Genesis, Foxtrot
• Peter Ivers, Terminal Love
• Royal Trux, Veterans of Disorder
• The Velvet Underground, White Light/White Heat
• Canned Heat, Illinois Blues 1973

February–April 2023 reading & viewing

fiction:

• John Steinbeck, Sweet Thursday
• Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises

visual:

• Tom Djll, Speed of Silence
• Garry Trudeau, I’d Go With the Helmet, Ray

nonfiction:

• Jason Haaf, Harsh Cravings
• Julia Eckhardt, Éliane Radigue: Intermediary Spaces
• François J. Bonnet, The Music to Come
• Sarah L. Delany, A. Elizabeth Delany, Amy Hill Hearth, Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years
• John McPhee, La Place de la Concorde Suisse *

movies:

• Noah Baumbach, White Noise
• Raoul Walsh, Roaring Twenties
• Allan King, Orson Welles: The Paris Interview

* = re-read/re-view

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

Tuesday, May 2, 2023

• Ragnar Johnson, Sacred Flute Music from New Guinea: Madang / Windim Mabu (disc 2)
• John Cage, The Works for Violin 4
• Merzbow, 1930
• Borbetomagus, Sauter, Dietrich, Miller
• Circle, Circulus
• Jandek, The Mountain Step
• Jandek, When I Took That Train
• Eiko Ishibashi, The Dream My Bones Dream
• Keith Hudson, Playing It Cool & Playing It Right
• Dadawah, Peace & Love
• Roxy Music, Country Life
• Royal Trux, Sweet Sixteen
• The Meatmen, Stud Powercock: The Touch and Go Years 1981–1984
• The American Song-Poem Anthology - Do You Know the Difference Between Big Wood and Brush

Monday, May 1, 2023

• John Cage, Freeman Etudes, Books Three and Four (Irvine Arditti, violin) (Mode)
• John Cage, Sonatas and Interludes / Dream (Louis Goldstein)
• John Cage, Sixteen Dances (CP²)
• John Cage, Music of Changes (Herbert Henck, piano) (Wergo)
• John Cage, Music for Percussion Quartet (Percussion Ensemble Mainz) (Col Legno)
• Space Quartet, Directions
• The Pop Group, For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder?
• Genesis, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway

Sunday, April 30, 2023

• Domaine Poétique, Domaine Poétique (disc 5)
• Unentitled (These Records)
• Autechre, Gantz Graf
• Autechre, Confield
• Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, Roots & Herbs
• Eiko Ishibashi, Car and Freezer
• Genesis, Foxtrot
• Royal Trux, Royal Trux
• Pussy Galore, Historia de la Musica Rock
• Lemonheads, It’s a Shame About Ray

Saturday, April 29, 2023

• JP, Pink Electronics
• Dry Thrust, The Less You Sleep
• Eiko Ishibashi, Works for Everything
• The Durutti Column, The Return of the Durutti Column
• The Pop Group, Y
• Peter Ivers, Terminal Love
• Stereolab, Mars Audiac Quintet
• Royal Trux, Cats and Dogs
• The Dils, Dils Dils Dils
• Bad Religion, Against the Grain
• The Lemonheads, Lick
• The American Song-Poem Anthology - Do You Know the Difference Between Big Wood and Brush

Friday, April 28, 2023

• John Cage, Music of Changes (David Tudor, piano)
• Alexander Von Schlippenbach, Piano Solo ’77
• Peter Kowald & Barry Guy, Paintings
• Fred Anderson & Harrison Bankhead, The Great Vision Concert
• Eiko Ishibashi Trio, 6 Feet Under
• Jim O’Rourke, Simple Songs
• Jandek, White Box Requiem
• Pere Ubu, Lady from Shanghai
• The Pop Group, For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder?
• Pussy Galore, Dial M for Motherfucker
• Royal Trux, Accelerator

Thursday, April 27, 2023

• Schlippenbach Trio, Complete Combustion
• 8 Bold Souls, Sideshow (feat. Harrison Bankhead)
• Frank Zappa, Zoot Allures
• Eiko Ishibashi, Car and Freezer
• Neil Michael Hagerty, Plays That Good Old Rock and Roll
• Pussy Galore, Sugarshit Sharp
• Royal Trux, Thank You
• The Ventures, Live in Japan ’65

Wednesday, April 26, 2023

• Wadada Leo Smith, String Quartets Nos. 1–12 (disc 1)
• Fred Anderson, Birdhouse (feat. Harrison Bankhead)
• Miles Davis, Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 2 (disc 1) (feat. Wayne Shorter)
• Eiko Ishibashi Trio, 6 Feet Under
• Television, Live at the Old Waldorf
• Pussy Galore, Right Now!
• Neil Michael Hagerty, Neil Michael Hagerty
• Kurt Vile, B’lieve I’m Goin Down...
• The Verlaines, Bird Dog
• Bad Religion, Against the Grain
• Bad Brains, Bad Brains
• X-Ray Spex, Germ Free Adolescents
• The Dils, Dils Dils Dils
• The Meatmen, Stud Powercock: The Touch and Go Years 1981–1984
• The American Song-Poem Anthology - Do You Know the Difference Between Big Wood and Brush

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

• Jürg Frey, Lieues D’Ombres (Reinier van Houdt, piano) (disc 2)
• Maurizio Bianchi, Aktivitat
• Kevin Drumm, Earrach II
• Illusion of Safety, Organ Choir Drone
• Derek Bailey, Pat Thomas, Steve Noble, And
• Atomic, Pet Variations
• 8 Bold Souls, Last Option (feat. Harrison Bankhead)
• Pere Ubu, Lady from Shanghai
• Tom Verlaine, Dreamtime
• Alvarius B, Baroque Primitiva
• Kurt Vile, Bottle It In

Monday, April 24, 2023

• Anthony Davis, Return from Space (feat. Abdul Wadud)
• Gard Nilssen Acoustic Unity, To Whom Who Buys a Record
• In Order to Survive, Meditation / Resurrection (disc 2)
• Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, Roots & Herbs (feat. Wayne Shorter)
• Weather Report, Domino Theory (feat. Wayne Shorter)
• Eiko Ishibashi, Car and Freezer
• The Soft Machine, Volume Two
• The Pop Group, For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder?
• MX-80 Sound, So Funny
• Government Issue, Crash
• The Screaming Blue Messiahs, Gun-Shy
• The Screaming Blue Messiahs, Zurich 7th December 1989
• The Allman Brothers Band, Dreams (disc 2)

Sunday, April 23, 2023

• JP, Pink Electronics
• Zoviet France, Just an Illusion
• Zoviet France, A Flock of Rotations
• Tom Djll, Speed of Silence
• Eiko Ishibashi Trio, 6 Feet Under
• Eiko Ishibashi, I’m Armed
• Van Dyke Parks, Super Chief
• Hassan Wargui, Tiddukla
• Sun City Girls, Funeral Mariachi
• Pere Ubu, Datapanik in the Year Zero
• The Pop Group, Y
• GG Allin, Freaks, Faggots, Drunks & Junkies
• The Dils, Dils Dils Dils
• Bad Religion, Against the Grain
• The Ventures, Live in Japan ’65

Saturday, April 22, 2023

• Éliane Radigue, Feedback Works 1969–1970
• The Hafler Trio, A Thirsty Fish (disc 1)
• Zoviet France, Garista
• Merzbow, Tauromachine
• Tim Daisy, Relucent
• Derek Bailey, This Guitar
• Rodrigo Amado, Refraction Solo
• William Parker Quartet, Meditation / Resurrection (disc 1)
• David Grubbs, The Coxcomb
• The Pop Group, We Are All Prostitutes
• Alvarius B, Baroque Primitiva
• Joni Mitchell, Shadows and Light
• Eiko Ishibashi, Drive My Car

RIP Mark Stewart

Friday, April 21, 2023

• Longing for the Past: The 78 RPM Era in Southeast Asia (Dust to Digital) (disc 3)
• Ragnar Johnson, Sacred Flute Music from New Guinea: Madang / Windim Mabu (disc 2)
• Toshi Ichiyanagi / Michael Ranta / Takehisa Kosugi, Improvisation Sep. 1975
• Surface of the Earth, Surface of the Earth
• Merzbow, Tauromachine
• Mette Rasmussen & Chris Corsano, A View of the Moon (From the Sun)
• The Necks, Travel
• Weather Report, Tale Spinnin’
• Joni Mitchell, Mingus
• Eiko Ishibashi, Car and Freezer
• Richard Lloyd, Field of Fire (2006 rework)
• The Housemartins, The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death

Thursday, April 20, 2023

• Cameroon: Baka Pygmy Music (Odeon)
• Zoviet France, Eostre
• Illusion of Safety, The False Mirror
• Weather Report, Domino Theory
• Henry Threadgill, Easily Slip Into Another World
• Hassan Wargui, Tiddukla
• Sun City Girls, A Bullet Through the Last Temple
• Television, Live Portland Oregon 1978 (disc 2)
• Joni Mitchell, Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter
• R.E.M., Document
• The Meatmen, Stud Powercock: The Touch and Go Years 1981–1984
• Lightnin’ Hopkins, Classic Sides 1946-1951 (disc 5)

Wednesday, April 19, 2023

• Keith Jarrett, Sun Bear Concerts (disc 1)
• The Necks, Silverwater
• Henry Threadgill, Poof
• Big John Patton, Let ’Em Roll
• Eiko Ishibashi Trio, 6 Feet Under
• Jim O’Rourke, The Visitor
• The Durutti Column, The Return of the Durutti Column
• Jandek, A Kingdom He Likes
• The Red Krayola, Corrected Slogans
• Tom Verlaine, Words From the Front
• Alvarius B, Baroque Primitiva
• Eugene Chadbourne, To Doug
• Joni Mitchell, Both Sides Now

Tuesday, April 18, 2023

• Music of Morocco (Dust to Digital) (disc 4)
• The Necks, Aquatic
• Jandek, The Mountain Step
• Sun City Girls, High Asia/Lo-Pacific (disc 1)
• Sonic Youth, Sonic Nurse
• Jim O’Rourke, Simple Songs
• The Housemartins, The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death

Monday, April 17, 2023

• Music of Morocco (Dust to Digital) (disc 1)
• Zoviet France, Shouting at the Ground
• Tom Djll, Speed of Silence
• Jandek, The End of It All

Sunday, April 16, 2023

• Evicshen, Hair Birth
• Weather Report, Tale Spinnin’ (feat. Wayne Shorter)
• Sun City Girls, A Bullet Through the Last Temple
• Alvarius B, Baroque Primitiva
• Hassan Wargui, Tiddukla
• Jandek, Shadow of Leaves
• Tom Verlaine, Cover
• Eugene Chadbourne, To Doug