Music Tracking 2025

These are 2025 releases that I've taken note of, listed alphabetically by artist, with VA comps at the bottom. My grades, where available, are in brackets at the end of the line (stars in B+ range). Lines in blue indicate that I have a physical copy (albeit sometimes just a promo CDR); in green are records that I graded based on a Rhapsody stream or other such source. Most records have release dates and a brief generic note.

Unheard records are prioritized 0-3 (graded records are 4-5). The priotization is based subjectively on personal interests, reviews I've noticed, reviewers I particularly respect, what I know about the artists, etc. Roughly speaking: 0 is something I have no reason to consider (default page omits 0); 1 has been noted as having some cred somewhere; 2 is something I have some specific reason to search out; 3 is something I'll listen to ASAP.

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New Releases

• 2hollis: Star (Interscope) [04-04] - experimental hip-hop [**]
• Kris Adams/Peter Perfido: Away (Jazzbird) [05-01] - jazz [*]
• Nils Agnas: Köper Sig Ur En Kris (Moserobie) [03-14] - jazz [A-]
• Yazz Ahmed: A Paradise in the Hold (Night Time Stories) [02-28] - jazz [B]
• Ambrose Akinmusire: Honey From a Winter Stone (Nonesuch) [01-17] - jazz [**]
• Albare: Eclecticity (Alfi) [05-02] - jazz [*]
• Steve Allee Big Band: Naptown Sound (Jazzville) [03-15] - jazz [B]
• Carl Allen: Tippin' (Cellar) [01-10] - jazz [***]
• Marshall Allen: New Dawn (Mexican Summer) [02-14] - jazz [*]
• Marshall Allen's Ghost Horizons: Live in Philadelphia, Volume 1 (Otherly Love) [05-23] - jazz
• The Ancients [Isaiah Collier/William Hooker/William Parker]: The Ancients (Eremite) [01-31] - jazz
• Anika: Abyss (Sacred Bones) [04-04] - noise pop [***]
• Annie & the Caldwells: Can't Lose My (Soul) (Luaka Bop) [03-21] - soul [A-]
• Antonio Andrade: Here We Go! (Lifeshakes) [03-21]
• Russ Anixter's Hippie Big Band: What Is? (self-released) [02-07] - jazz [A-]
• Ichiko Aoba: Luminiscent Creatures (Hermine) [02-28] - new age [*]
• Florian Arbenz/Michael Arbenz/Ron Carter: The Alpine Session: Arbenz Vs. Arbenz Meets Ron Carter (Hammer) [02-21] - jazz [**]
• Arcade Fire: Pink Elephant (Columbia) [05-09] - indie rock
• Archer: Sudden Dusk (Aerophonic) [04-18] - jazz [A-]
• Artemis: Arboresque (Blue Note) [02-25] - jazz [**]
• Willow Avalon: Southern Belle Raisin' Hell (Assemble Sound/Atlantic) [01-17] - country [**]
• Backxwash: Only Dust Remains (Ugly Hag) [03-28] - hip-hop [***]
• Bad Bunny: Debí Tirar Más Fotos (Rimas Entertainment) [01-05] - Latin [***]
• Charlie Ballantine: East by Midwest (Origin) [04-18] - jazz [**]
• Banks: Off With Her Head (Her Name Is Banks) [02-28] - alt-pop [**]
• Barker: Stochastic Drift (Smalltown Supersound) [04-04] - techno [***]
• The Barlow: High Spirits () [04-25]
• MC Paul Barman: Tectonic Texts (Househusband) [03-25] - hip-hop [***]
• Basic: Dream City (No Quarter -EP) [03-07] - fusion [*]
• Bdrmm: Microtonic (Rock Action) [02-28] - indietronica [***]
• Believers [Brad Shepik/Sam Minaie/John Hadfield]: Hard Believer (Shifting Paradigm) [03-07] - jazz [***]
• Benefits: Constant Noise (Invada) [03-21] - electropop [**]
• Tim Berne/Tom Rainey/Gregg Belisle-Chi: Yikes Too (Screwgun/Out of Your Head) [01-17] - jazz [***]
• Håkon Berre: Mirror Matter (Barefoot) [05-12] - jazz [**]
• Ludovica Bertone: Migration Tales (Endectomorph Music) [04-18] - jazz [***]
• Michael Bisio: NuMBq (Mahakala Music) [02-14] - jazz [***]
• Black Country, New Road: Forever Howlong (Ninja Tune) [04-04] - art rock [B]
• Black Milk & Fat Ray: Food From the Gods (Computer Ugly/Fat Beats) [02-13] - hip-hop [**]
• Blacks' Myths Meet Pat Thomas: The Mythstory School (self-released) [03-07] - jazz [**]
• Robert Sarazin Blake: Let the Longing Run Wild & Free (Same Room) [02-07] - singer-songwriter [**]
• Blockhead: It's Only a Midlife Crisis if Your Life Is Mid (Future Archive) [02-21] - hip-hop [**]
• Jaap Blonk: Kurt Schwitters: Ursonate (Corbett vs. Dempsey) [04-04] - jazz
• Bonnie "Prince" Billy: The Purple Bird (No Quarter) [01-31] - singer-songwriter [***]
• Benjamin Booker: Lower (Fire Next Time/Thirty Tigers) [01-24] [**]
• Booker T & the Bleeds: Ode to BC/LY . . . And Eye Know BO . . . Da Prez (Mahakala Music) [01-17] - jazz [B]
• Anouar Brahem: After the Last Sky (ECM) [03-28] - jazz [***]
• Emil Brandqvist Trio: Poems for Travellers (Skip) - jazz
• Brother Ali: Satisfied Soul (Mello Music Group) [02-14] - hip-hop [A-]
• Peter Brötzmann/Jason Adasiewice/Steve Noble/John Edwards: The Quartet: Cafe Oto, London, February, 10 & 11, 2023 (Otoroku) [03-07] - jazz [A-]
• Rob Brown: Walkabout (Mahakala Music) [01-24] - jazz [**]
• Buck 65: Keep Moving (Handsmade) [04-28] - hip-hop [A-]
• Jarod Bufe: Brighter Days (Calligram) [03-07] - jazz [***]
• Burnt Sugar/The Arkestra Chamber: If You Can't Dazzle Them With Your Brilliance, Then Baffle Them With Your Blisluth Pt. Two (Avant Groid Musica) [02-07] - jazz [**]
• Ethel Cain: Perverts (Daughters of Cain) [01-08] - darkwave [B]
• Frank Carlberg: Dream Machine (Red Piano) [02-21] - jazz [A-]
• Mackenzie Carpenter: Hey Country Queen (Valory Music) [05-07] - country [*]
• Sarah Mary Chadwick: Take Me Out to a Bar/What Am I, Gatsby? (Kill Rock Stars) [04-04] - singer-songwriter
• Alan Chaubert: Just the Three of Us: Me, the Trumpet and the Piano (Pacific Coast Jazz) [02-22] - jazz [**]
• Cyrus Chestnut: Rhythm, Melody and Harmony (HighNote) [04-25] - jazz [***]
• The Chills: Spring Board: The Early Unrecorded Songs (Fire) [02-28] - jangle pop [A-]
• Nels Cline: Consentrik Quartet (Blue Note) [03-14] - jazz [A-]
• Clipping.: Dead Channel Sky (Sub Pop) [03-14] - hip-hop [A-]
• Chris Cochrane's Collapsible Shoulder Big Band: Live 2019: A Map of Books (Cuneiform) [03-28] - rock
• Yuval Cohen Quartet: Winter Poems (ECM) [02-14] - jazz [**]
• Alex Coke & Carl Michel Sextet: Situation (PlayOn) [01-29]] - jazz [B]
• Liz Cole: I Want to Be Happy (self-released) [01-28] - jazz [B]
• Xhosa Cole: On a Modern Genius, Vol. 1 (Stoney Lane) [01-10] - jazz [***]
• Isaiah Collier/William Hooker/William Parker: The Ancients (Eremite) [01-25] - jazz [++]
• Corook: Committed to a Bit (Atlantic) [02-28] - alt-pop [***]
• Gustavo Cortiñas: The Crisis Knows No Borders (Desafio Candente) [04-11] - jazz [***]
• Alyn Cosker: Onta (Calligram) [05-02] - jazz [*]
• Anla Courtis & Lehtisalo: 1972 (Full Connect) [03-04] - electroacoustic [A-]
• Sylvie Courvoisier/Mary Halvorson: Bone Bells (Pyroclastic) [03-25] - jazz [A-]
• Marilyn Crispell/Thommy Andersson/Michala Østergaard-Nilsen: The Cave (ILK Music) [04-25] - jazz [*]
• Charley Crockett: Lonesome Drifter (Son of Davy) - country [**]
• Helene Cronin: Maybe New Mexico (self-released) [03-07] - country [A-]
• Ermelinda Cuellar: Under a Lavender Sky (self-released) [03-21] - vocal jazz [*]
• Cymande: Renascence (BMG) [01-31] - funk [**]
• Christopher Dammann: Sextet (Out of Your Head) [02-07] - jazz [***]
• Jonah David: Waltz for Eli (Swish Tap) [02-28] - jazz [*]
• Marie Davidson: City of Clowns (Deewee) [02-28] - techno [A-]
• James Davis' Beveled: Arc and Edge (Calligram) [05-02] - jazz [***]
• Stephen Davis Unit: The Gleaming World (577) - jazz
• Geoffrey Dean Quartet: Conceptions (Cellar Music) [04-04] - jazz [*]
• Deepstaria Enigmatica: The Eternal Now Is the Heart of a New Tomorrow (ESP-Disk) [02-25] - jazz [A-]
• Maya Delilah: The Long Way Around (Blue Note) [03-28]
• The Delines: Mr. Luck & Ms. Doom (Decor) [02-14] - country soul [**]
• Alabaster DePlume: A Blade Because a Blade Is Whole (International Anthem) [03-07] - chamber jazz [**]
• Destroyer: Dan's Boogie (Merge) [03-28] [**]
• The Devil Makes Three: Spirits (New West) [02-28] - alt-country [*]
• Dickson & Familiar: All the Light of Our Sphere (Sounds Familiar) [05-31] - jazz [U]
• John Dikeman/Sun-Mi Hong/Aaron Lumley/Marta Warelis: Old Adam on Turtle Island (Relative Pitch) [01-24] - jazz [B]
• DJ Dadaman & Moscow Dollar: Ka Gaza (Nyege Nyege Tapes) [04-25] - Afrobeat [***]
• Djrum: Under Tangled Silence (Houndstooth) [04-25] - electronic [***]
• Doodlebug & 80 Empire: A Galactic Love Supreme (Gladiator) [03-07] - hip-hop [B]
• Doseone/Steel Tipped Dove: All Portrait, No Chorus (Backwoodz Studioz) [01-10] - hip-hop [**]
• Silke Eberhard Trio: Being-a-Ning (Intakt) [03-14] - jazz [***]
• Edition Redux: Broadcast Transformer (Audiographic) - jazz
• Mathias Eick: Lullaby (ECM) [02-14] - jazz [**]
• Mats Eilertsen: 1 (Hemli) [03-28] - jazz
• Joe Elefante: Joe Elefante's Wheel of Dharma (self-released) [01-13] - jazz [*]
• Amir ElSaffar/Lorenzo Bianchi Hoesch: Inner Spaces (Kuroneko) [03-21] - jazz [*]
• Ensemble C: Every Journey (Adhyâropa) [03-08] - jazz [B]
• Peter Erskine & the Jam Music Lab All-Stars: Vienna to Hollywood: Impressions of E.W. Korngold & Max Steiner (Origin) [01-17] - jazz [*]
• The Ex: If Your Mirror Breaks (Ex) [04-06] - alt/indie [A-]
• Ex-Vöid: In Love Again (Tapete) [01-17] - jangle pop [*]
• FACS: Wish Defense (Trouble in Mind) [02-07] - post-punk [A-]
• Maria Faust Sacrum Facere: Marches Rewound & Rewritten (Stunt) [05-09] - jazz [**]
• Lorraine Feather: The Green World (Relation) [03-28] - vocal jazz [***]
• Sam Fender: People Watching (Polydor) [02-21] - heartland rock [*]
• Bryan Ferry/Amelia Barratt: Loose Talk (Dene Jesmond) [03-28] [A-]
• Joe Fiedler Trio 2.0: Dragon Suite (Multiphonics) [03-14] - jazz [***]
• Craig Finn: Always Been (Thirty Tigers) [04-04] - singer-songwriter [A-]
• Trygve Fiske Sextet: The Flowers. The Dance. The Rumble and the Stumble. (Slaraffensongs) [03-21] - jazz [**]
• FKA Twigs: Eusexua (Young/Atlantic) [01-24] - art pop [*]
• Food House: Two House (self-released) [02-28] - hyperpop [B]
• Sullivan Fortner: Southern Nights (Artwork) [02-14] - jazz [**]
• Nnenna Freelon: Beneath the Skin (Origin) [03-31] - vocal jazz [A-]
• Satoko Fujii GEN: Altitude 1100 Meters (Libra) [01-24] - jazz [***]
• Satoko Fujii Tokyo Trio: Dream a Dream (Libra) [02-28] - jazz [A-]
• Satoko Fujii This Is It!: Message (Libra) [05-09] - jazz [A-]
• Michika Fukumori: Eternity (Summit) [06-06] - jazz [U]
• Korham Futaci: Heavyweight Rehearsal Tapes (PUMA) [02-14] - jazz [A-]
• Galactic and Irma Thomas: Audience With the Queen (Tchoup-Zilla) [04-11] - r&b [***]
• Adrian Galante: Introducing Adrian Galante (Zoho) [04-25] - jazz [U]
• Daniel Garbin: Rising (6x20) [03-10] - jazz [*]
• GFOTY: Influenzer (Girlfriend) [03-07] - pop [*]
• Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson: What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow (Nonesuch) [04-18] - folk [***]
• John Glacier: Like a Ribbon (Young) [02-14] - UK hip-hop [*]
• Jon Gold: Chasing Echos (Entropic) [04-28] - jazz [C+]
• Brad Goode Polytonal Big Band: The Snake Charmer (Origin) [01-17] - jazz [**]
• Rose Gray: Louder, Please (PIAS) [01-17] - dance-pop [***]
• Groovology: Almost Home (Sugartown) [01-01] - jazz [B]
• Muriel Grossmann: MGQ Live in King Georg, Köln (Powerhouse) [03-05] - jazz [***]
• Ghais Guevara: Goyard Ibn Said (Fat Possum) [01-24] - hip-hop [***]
• The Haas Company Featuring Samuel Hällkvist: Vol. 3: Song for Mimi (Psychiatric) [05-01] - jazz [*]
• Keiji Haino/Natsuki Tamura: What Happened There? (Libra) [01-25] - jazz [A-]
• Hamell on Trial: Harp (for Harry) (Saustex) [04-04] - singer-songwriter [A-]
• Dave Hanson: Blues Sky (Origin) [03-31] - jazz [**]
• Joel Harrison: Guitar Talk Vol. 2: Classical Duos/Jazz Duos (AGS -2CD) [04-18] - jazz [*]
• Billy Hart Quartet: Just (ECM) [02-28] - jazz [**]
• Phil Haynes/Ben Monder: Transition[s] (Corner Store Jazz) [04-21] - jazz [B]
• Phil Haynes: Return to Electric (Corner Store Jazz) [04-21] - jazz [**]
• Hearts & Minds: Illuminescence (Astral Spirits) [01-13] - jazz
• Tim Hecker: Shards (Kranky) [02-21] - ambient [**]
• The Hemphill Stringtet: Plays the Music of Julius Hemphill (Our of Your Head) [04-04] - jazz [***]
• Nick Hempton/Cory Weeds: Horns Locked (Cellar Music) [02-28] - jazz [**]
• Daniel Herskedal: Movements of Air (Edition) [04-25] - jazz [B]
• Jake Hertzog: Ozark Concerto (Zoho) [03-21] - jazz [B-]
• Jacob Felix Heule/Teté Leguía/Sanishta Rivero/Martín Escalante: An Inscrutable Bodily Discomforting Thing (Kettle Hole) [03-07] - jazz [U]
• HHY & the Kampala Unit: Turbo Meltdown (Nyege Nyege Tapes) [04-11] - African/electronic [**]
• Lilly Hiatt: Forever (New West) [01-31] - singer-songwriter [*]
• Hieroglyphic Being: Dance Music 4 Bad People (Smalltown Supersound) [04-18] - electronic [***]
• Hiromi's Sonicwonder: Out There (Telarc) [04-04] - jazz [B]
• HiTech: Honeypaqq Vol. 1 (Loma Vista) [05-09] - electronic
• Patterson Hood: Exploding Trees and Airplane Screams (ATO) [02-21] - alt/indie [***]
• William Hooker: Jubilation (ORG Music) [02-07] - jazz [**]
• Ale Hop & Titi Bakorta: Mapambazuko (Nyege Nyege Tapes) [01-24] - African [***]
• Horsegirl: Phonetics On and On (Matador) [02-14] - twee pop [**]
• Jon Irabagon: Server Farm (Irabbagast) [02-21] - jazz [***]
• Christoph Irniger Pilgrim: Human Intelligence Live (Intakt) [03-21] - jazz [**]
• Jason Isbell: Foxes in the Snow (Southeastern) [03-07] - Americana [A-]
• Ayumi Ishito: Roboquarians Vol. 2 (577) [01-03] - jazz [*]
• Vijay Iyer/Wadada Leo Smith: Defiant Life (ECM) [03-21] - jazz [**]
• Japanese Breakfast: For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women) (Dead Oceans) [03-21] - indie pop [*]
• Erik Jekabson: Breakthrough (Wide Hive) [01-17] - jazz [**]
• Jennie: Ruby (Columbia) [03-07] - K-pop [B]
• Eunye Jeong/Michael Bisio Duo: Morning Bells Whistle Bright (ESP-Disk) [03-14] - jazz [A-]
• Chris Jonas: Backwardsupwardsky (Edgetone) [03-04] - jazz [U]
• Eugenie Jones: Eugenie (Open Mic) [01-20] - vocal jazz [**]
• Jessica Jones Quartet: Edible Flowers (Reva) [01-03] - jazz [***]
• Rodney Jordan: Memphis Blue (Baxter Music) [03-14] - jazz [***]
• Anthony Joseph: Rowing Up River to Get Our Names Back (Heavenly Sweetness) [02-07] - jazz poetry [A-]
• Larry June, 2 Chainz & The Alchemist: Life Is Beautiful (The Freeminded/ALC/Empire) [02-07] - hip-hop [**]
• Barb Jungr and Her Trio Featuring Simon Wallace: Hallelujah on Desolation Row: The Songs of Bob Dylan & Leonard Cohen (Kristalyn) - vocal jazz
• Jupiter & Okwess: Ekoya (Airfono) [01-31] - African [*]
• Kaisa's Machine: Moving Parts (Greenleaf Music) [03-14] - jazz [**]
• Melissa Kassel & Tom Zicarelli Group: Moments (MKMusic) [05-01] - jazz [*]
• Kelela: In the Blue Light (Warp) [02-11] - vocal jazz [**]
• Nancy Kelly: Be Cool (Origin) [04-18] - vocal jazz [**]
• Kingdom Molongi: Kembo (Nyege Nyege Tapes) [03-28] - African [B-]
• Lola Kirke: Trailblazer (One Riot) [03-21] - country [***]
• Marilyn Kleinberg: Let Your Heart Lead the Way (Waking Up Music) [05-01] - vocal jazz [***]
• Knats: Knats (Gearbox) [03-28] - jazz [ *]
• KnCurrent: KnCurrent (Deep Dish) [05-01] - jazz [***]
• Alex Koo: Blame It on My Chromosomes (W.E.R.F.) [02-07] - jazz [*]
• Alison Krauss & Union Station: Arcadia (Down the Road) [03-28] - bluegrass [**]
• Clemens Kuratle Ydivide: The Default (Intakt) [01-24] - jazz [**]
• Benjamin Lackner: Spindrift (ECM) [01-17] - jazz [***]
• Lady Gaga: Mayhem (Interscope) [03-07] - electropop [***]
• Lambrini Girls: Who Let the Dogs Out (City Slang) [01-10] - punk [*]
• Karl Latham: Living Standards II (Dropzone Jazz) [01-17] - jazz [*]
• Ingrid Laubrock: Purposing the Air (Pyroclastic -2CD) [04-11] - jazz [B-]
• Le Vice Anglais: Vas-y (4DaRecord) [03-21] - jazz [***]
• Steve Lehman Trio + Mark Turner: The Music of Anthony Braxton (Pi) [02-28] - jazz [A-]
• Jinx Lennon: The Hate Agents Leer at the Last Isle of Hope (Septic Tiger) [94-04] [***]
• James Brandon Lewis Trio: Apple Cores (Anti-) [02-07] - jazz [A-]
• James Brandon Lewis Quartet: Abstraction Is Deliverance (Intakt) [05-30] - jazz
• Jeffrey Lewis: The Even More Freewheelin' Jeffrey Lewis (Don Giovanni/Blang) [03-21] - anti-folk [A-]
• Carol Liebowitz/Nick Lyons: The Inner Senses (SteepleChase LookOut) [06-01] - jazz [U]
• Kedr Livansky: Myrtus Myth (2MR) [03-07] - art pop [B]
• Damon Locks: List of Demands (International Anthem) [01-31] - jazz [A-]
• Lolo [Mamah Diabate/Jabel Kanuteh/Stefano Pilia/Marco Zanotti]: Lolo (Black Sweat) [01-28] - African [***]
• Loot: Loot (ICP) [03-16] - jazz [A-]
• Brandon Lopez: Nada Sagrada (Relative Pitch) [02-21] - jazz [***]
• Ramon Lopez: 40 Springs in Paris (RogueArt) [05-25] - jazz [U]
• Andy Fairweather Low: The Invisible Bluesman (Last Music) [02-07] - blues [***]
• Doug MacDonald: Santa Monica Session (DMAC Music) [01-01] - jazz [*]
• Madre Vaca: Yukon (Madre Vaca) [05-26] - jazz [U]
• John Mailander's Forecast: Let the World In (self-released) [01-24] - jazz [**]
• Manic Street Preachers: Critical Thinking (Columbia) [02-14] - power pop [*]
• Ben Markley: Tell the Truth (OA2) [02-28] - jazz [*]
• Jako Maron: Mahavélouz (Nyege Nyege Tapes) [02-07] - afrofuturism [***]
• Branford Marsalis Quartet: Belonging (Blue Note) [03-28] - jazz [A-]
• Maruja: Tír Na Nóg (Music for Nations -EP) [02-21] - post-rock
• Will Mason Quartet: Hemlocks, Peacocks (New Focus) [01-10] - jazz [**]
• Mark Masters Ensemble: Dance, Eternal Spirits, Dance! (Capri) [06-06] - jazz [U]
• Mark Masters Ensemble: Sam Rivers 100 (Capri) [06-09] - jazz [U]
• Nicole McCabe: A Song to Sing (Colorfield) [03-07] - jazz [**]
• Tate McRae: So Close to What (RCA) [02-21] - pop [***]
• Medler Sextet: River Paths (OA2) [04-18] - jazz [**]
• Tobias Meinhart: Sonic River (Sonic River) [04-18] - jazz [**]
• Mekons: Horror (Fire) [04-04] - postpunk [A]
• Myra Melford: Splash (Intakt) [03-28] - jazz [***]
• Michi: Dirty Talk (Stones Throw) [02-28] - r&b [*]
• MIKE: Showbiz! (10k) [01-31] - hip-hop [**]
• Roger Clark Miller: Curiosity for Solo Electric Guitar Ensemble (Cuneiform) [ 02-28] - experimental rock
• Mira Trio: Machinerie (4DaRecord) [03-14] - jazz [**]
• Mdou Moctar: Tears of Injustice (Matador) [02-28] - Saharan rock [***]
• Mogwai: The Bad Fire (Rock Action) [01-24] - shoegaze [*]
• Billy Mohler: The Eternal (Contagious Music) [03-07] - jazz [***]
• Hedvig Mollestad Trio: Bees in the Bonnet (Rune Grammofon) [05-09] - jazz [***]
• Silvano Monasterios Venezuelan Nonet: The River (self-released) [04-04] - jazz [**]
• Patricio Morales: La Tierra Canta (Northsound) [04-01] - jazz [*]
• Gurf Morlix: A Taste of Ashes (Rootball) [04-01] - Americana [**]
• Leszek Możdżer/Lars Danielsson/Zohar Fresco: Beamo (ACT Music) [03-27] - jazz [*]
• Matthew Muñesses/Riza Printup: Pag-Ibig Ko Vol. 1 (Irabbagast) [04-04] - jazz [***]
• David Murray Quartet: Birdly Serenade (Impulse!) [04-25] - jazz [A-]
• Napoleon Da Legend & Giallo Point: F.L.A.W. (Legendary) [02-14] - hip-hop [***]
• Willie Nelson: Oh What a Beautiful World (Legacy) [04-25] - country [A-]
• Marius Neset: Cabaret (ACT Music) [02-28] - jazz [*]
• The Nightingales: The Awful Truth (Fire) [04-04] - postpunk [*]
• Paal Nilssen-Love Circus With the Ex Guitars: Turn Thy Loose (PNL) [03-21] - jazz [***]
• Caili O'Doherty: Bluer Than Blue: Celebrating Lil Hardin Armstrong (Outside In Music) [03-07] - jazz [**]
• Adam O'Farrill: For These Steets (Out of Your Head) [03-28] - jazz [A-]
• Arturo O'Farrill/The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra: Mundoagua: Celebrating Carla Bley (Zoho) [01-17] - jazz [***]
• Noel Okimoto: Hō'ihi (Noel Okimoto Music) [01-01] - jazz [B]
• Oklou: Choke Enough (True Panther/Because Music) [02-07] - alt-pop [**]
• Isabelle Olivier: Impressions (Rewound Echoes) [03-21] - jazz [**]
• Panda Bear: Sinister Grift (Domino) [02-28] - tropical rock [*]
• Andrea Parkins/Eliad Wagner: Drag Drop Spin & Crawl () - jazz
• Ben Patterson Jazz Orchestra: Mad Scientist Music (Origin) [03-31] - jazz [*]
• John Patitucci: Spirit Fall (Edition) [02-14] - jazz [***]
• Pé: Æzæl: Eternity of Nonexistence (Tokinogake) [05-09] - electronic [B]
• Jeremy Pelt: Woven (HighNote) [01-31] - jazz [*]
• Juan Perea: Lightkeeper (Zoho) [02-07] - jazz [*]
• Ivo Perelman/Ken Vandermark/Joe McPhee: Oxygen (Mahakala Music) [03-04] - jazz [***]
• Perfume Genius: Glory (Matador) [03-28] [B]
• Alberto Pinton's Relentless: Allt Större Klarhet (Moserobie) [03-14] - jazz [***]
• Pitch, Rhythm and Consciousness: Sextet (Reva) [04-22] - jazz [**]
• Benjie Porecki: All That Matters (Funklove Productions) [01-01] - jazz [**]
• Porridge Radio: The Machine Starts to Sing (Secretly Canadian -EP) [02-21] - indie rock [*]
• Jackson Potter: Small Things (Shifting Paradigm) [01-24] - jazz [**]
• Simona Premazzi/Kyle Nasser Quartet: From What I Recall (OA2) [05-16] - jazz [U]
• Noah Preminger: Ballades (Chill Tone) [02-25] - jazz [***]
• PremRock: Did You Enjoy Your Time Here . . . ? (Backwoodz Studioz) [03-21] - hip-hop [***]
• Private Property: Private Property (Kraakeslottet Platekompagni) [01-17] - punk-jazz [***]
• The Reddish Fetish With the Jersey City All Stars: Llegue (F&F) [05-01] - jazz [***]
• Ron Rieder: Día Precioso! (Mason) [05-15] - jazz [U]
• Rick Roe: Tribute: The Music of Gregg Hill (Cold Plunge) [01-05] - jazz [**]
• Ted Rosenthal Trio: High Standards (TMR Music) - jazz
• Bobby Rush/Kenny Wayne Shepherd: Young Fashioned Ways (Deep Rush/Thirty Tigers) [03-21] - blues [**]
• Saba & No I.D.: From the Private Collection of Saba and No I.D. (From the Private Collection) [03-18] - hip-hop [A-]
• Samo Salamon/Ra Kalam Bob Moses Orchestra: Dream Suites Vol. 1 (Samo) [04-10] - jazz [A-]
• Moonchild Sanelly: Full Moon (Transgressive) [01-10] - alt-pop [A-]
• Gina Saputo: Daydream (GSJQ Productions) [04-18] - vocal jazz [**]
• Michael Sarian: Esquina (Greenleaf Music) [04-25] - jazz [**]
• Sault: 10 (Forever Living Originals) [04-19] [*]
• Eric Schmitt: Wait for the Night (self-released) [04-11]
• Mark Scott III: Soft Light (Miller Three Publishing) [02-21] - jazz [**]
• Dave Sewelson/Gabby Fluke-Mogul/George Cartwright/Anthony Cox/Steve Hirsh: Murmuration (Mahakala Music) [02-07] - jazz [**]
• Shygirl: Club Shy Room 2 (Because Music -EP) [02-28] - dance-pop [***]
• Jaysun Silver: No Excuses! (self-released) [02-11] - punk [*]
• Jae Sinnett: The Blur the Lines Project (J-Nett Music) [01-06] - jazz [*]
• Six Sex: X-Sex (Dale Play -EP) [03-06] - hard dance [A-]
• Skaiwater: #mia (GoodTalk/Capitol -EP) [02-14] - hip-hop [*]
• Skrillex: Fuck U Skrillex U Think Ur Andy Warhol but Ur Not!! <3 (Atlantic/Owsla) [04-01] - electronic [B-]
• Ches Smith: Clone Row (Otherly Love) [06-06] - jazz [U]
• Steve Smith and Vital Information: New Perspective (Drum Legacy) [02-07] - jazz [B]
• Jim Snidero: Bird Feathers (Savant) [02-21] - jazz [***]
• Songhoy Blues: Héritage (Transgressive) [01-17] - African [***]
• Sonic Chambers Quartet: Kiss of the Earth (577) [04-11] - jazz
• Squid: Cowards (Warp) [02-07] - art rock [*]
• Stemeseder Elias/Christian Lillinger + Craig Taborn: Umbra III: Live Setting (Intakt) [01-17] - jazz [**]
• Dayna Stephens: Hopium (Contagious Music) [02-07] - jazz [*]
• Luke Stewart/Silt Rembrance Ensemble: The Order (Cuneiform) [04-25] - jazz
• Macie Stewart: When the Distance Is Blue (International Anthem) [03-21] - jazz [*]
• Dave Stryker: Stryker With Strings Goes to the Movies (Strikezone) [01-10] - jazz [B-]
• Ray Suhy/Lewis Porter Quartet: What Happens Next (Sunnyside) [03-14] - jazz [*]
• The Third Mind: Live Mind (Yep Roc) [02-14] - Americana [**]
• Omar Thomas Large Ensemble: Griot Songs (Omar Thomas Music) [02-07] - jazz [*]
• Joona Toivanen Trio: Gravity (We Jazz) [01-31] - jazz [**]
• David Torn: Peace Upon You (self-released) [03-05] - jazz
• Mitch Towne: Refuge (Cross Towne) [04-04] - jazz [*]
• ERR: stream no grade: Transcendence: Music of Pat Metheny
• Transcendence: Music of Pat Metheny (FMR) [07-01] - jazz
• Trio Glossia: Trio Glossia (Sonic Transmissions) [02-07] - jazz [***]
• Ryan Truesdell: Gil Evans Project Live at Jazz Standard, Vol. 2 (Outside In Music) [05-30] - jazz [U]
• The Tubs: Cotton Crown (Trouble in Mind) [03-07] - jangle pop [*]
• Mark Turner: We Raise Them to Lift Their Heads (Loveland Music) [02-28] - jazz [**]
• Kali Uchis: Sincerely, (Capitol) [05-09] - pop soul
• Gregory Uhlmann/Josh Johnson/Sam Wilkes: Uhlmann/Johnson/Wilkes (International Anthem) [03-14] - jazz [**]
• Julia Úlehla and Dálava: Understories (Pi) [05-02] - jazz [**]
• Unity Quartet [Helio Alves/Guilherme Monteiro/Gili Lopes/Alex Kautz]: Samba of Sorts (Sunnyside) [04-18] - jazz [**]
• University of Nevada Las Vegas Jazz Ensemble 1: Let the Good Times Roll (Vegas) [03-01] - jazz [**]
• Sharon Van Etten: Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory (Jagjaguwar) [02-07] - new wave [*]
• Jordan VanHemert: Survival of the Fittest (Origin) [05-16] - jazz [U]
• Chris Varga: Breathe (Calligram) [03-07] - jazz [*]
• Inés Velasco: A Flash of Cobalt Blue (self-released) [06-06] - jazz [U]
• Mathilde Grooss Viddal/Friensemblet: Tri Vendur Blés Ho I Den Høgaste Sky (Losen) - jazz [*]
• Vincenzo Virgillito: Precondition (self-released) [01-01] - jazz [B]
• Michael Waldrop: Native Son (Origin) [05-16] - jazz [U]
• Sunny War: Armageddon in a Summer Dress (New West) [02-21] - alt-country [*]
• The War and Treaty: Plus One (Mercury/UMG Nashville) [02-14] - country [B-]
• Dean Wareham: That's the Price of Loving Me (Carpark) [03-28] - singer-songwriter [A-]
• Reggie Watkins: Rivers (BYNK) [03-28] - jazz [***]
• WDR Big Band: Bluegrass (MCG Jazz) [03-01] - jazz [*]
• The Weather Station: Humanhood (Fat Possum) [01-17] - art pop [*]
• Dan Weiss Quartet: Unclassified Affections (Pi) [06-06] - jazz [U]
• Jesse Welles: Middle (self-released) [02-21] - folk rock [**]
• Rodney Whitaker: Mosaic: The Music of Gregg Hill (Origin) [02-28] - jazz [***]
• Simón Willson: Bet: Live at Ornithology (Endectomorph Music) [02-28] - jazz [***]
• Christian Winther: Sculptures From Under the City Ice (Earthly Habit) [02-07] - singer-songwriter [**]
• Wolf Eyes: Wolf Eyes X Anthony Braxton (ESP-Disk) [02-14] - jazz [*]
• Michael Wollny Trio: Living Ghosts (ACT Music) [02-28] - jazz [***]
• Billy Woods: Golliwog (Backwoodz Studioz) [05-09] - hip-hop
• Clay Wulbrecth: The Clockmaster (Instru Dash Mental) [05-02] - jazz [*]
• Y: Y (Hideous Mink -EP) [04-04] - dance-punk [**]
• Jeong Lim Yang: Synchronicity (Sunnyside) [01-31] - jazz [***]
• YHWH Nailgun: 45 Pounds (AD 93) [03-21] - art punk [A-]
• The Young Mothers: Better If You Let It (Sonic Transmissions) [02-21] - jazz-hop [**]
• Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad: Jazz Is Dead 22: Ebo Taylor (Jazz Is Dead) [01-31] - jazz [*]
• James Zito: Zito's Jump (self-released) [04-15] - jazz [*]

Reissues, Etc.

• Albert Ayler Trio: Prophecy Live First Visit (1964, Ezz-Thetics) [02-28] - jazz
• Scrapper Blackwell: Mr. Scrapper's Blues (1962, Craft) [03-25] - blues [A-]
• Paul Bley: Open, to Love (1973, ECM) - jazz [*]
• Borghesia: Clones (1984, Dark Entries) [05-07] - electronic [**]
• Charles Brackeen: Rhythm X (1968, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [***]
• Johnny Bragg: Let Me Dream On (Org Music) [03-07] - r&b [*]
• The Brass Company: Colors (1974, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [***]
• Peter Brötzmann Trio: Hurricane (Old Heaven Books) [03-24] - jazz [***]
• George Colligan: Live at the Jazz Standard (Whirlwind) [05-02] - jazz [**]
• Stanley Cowell:: Musa: Ancestral Streams (1974, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [***]
• Stanley Cowell: Regeneration (1975, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [B]
• Stanley Cowell/Billy Harper/Reggie Workman/Billy Hart: Such Great Friends (1983, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [A-]
• Curlew: East/West/Also (1990, Cuneiform) [03-28] - jazz
• The Descendants of Mike and Phoebe: A Spirit Speaks (1974, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [B]
• Kenny Dorham: Blue Bossa in the Bronx: Live From the Blue Morocco (1957, Resonance) [04-12] - jazz [***]
• Ellery Eskelin: Trio New York About (or On) First Visit (2011-13, Ezz-Thetics) [02-07] - jazz [A-]
• Shamek Farrah: First Impressions (1974, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [***]
• Shamek Farrah & Sonelius Smith: The World of the Children (1976, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [**]
• Patrick Forgas: Cocktail (1977, Cuneiform) [03-28] - jazz-rock
• Erik Friedlander and Michael Nicolas: John Zorn's Bagatelles: Vol. 2 (2019, Tzadik) [03-24] - jazz [**]
• John Gordon: Step by Step (1975, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [**]
• Vince Guaraldi Trio: Jazz Impressions of a Boy Named Charlie Brown (1964, Craft -2CD) [04-11] - jazz [**]
• Mary Halvorson Quartet: John Zorn's Bagatelles: Vol. 1 (Tzadik) [01-24] - jazz [A-]
• Billy Harper: Capra Black (1973, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [**]
• Joe Henderson: Multiple (Craft) [03-07] - jazz [A-]
• John Hicks: Hells Bells (1975, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [***]
• John Hicks: Steadfast (1975, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [**]
• Homeboy Sandman: Rich 2.5 (self-released) [01-24] - hip-hop [***]
• Homeboy Sandman & Illingsworth: Dancing Tree (self-released -EP) [02-28] - hip-hop [***]
• Homeboy Sandman & Yeyts.: Corn Hole Legend (self-released -EP) [04-04] - hip-hop [*]
• William Hooker: A Time Within: Live at the New York Jazz Museum, January 14, 1977 (Valley of Search) [03-28] - jazz [***]
• Freddie Hubbard: On Fire: Live From the Blue Morocco (1967, Resonance) [04-12] - jazz [**]
• Michael Gregory Jackson: Frequency Equilibrium Koan (1977, Moved-by-Sound) [02-24] - jazz
• Ginger Johnson and His African Messengers: African Party [Deluxe Edition] (1967, Innovative Collective/BBE Music) [01-17] - jazz [A-]
• Steve Lacy Three: Live Lugano 1984 First Visit (Ezz-Thetics) [02-08] - jazz
• Mazinga: Chinese Democracy Manifest: Greatest Hits, Volume II (Rubber Wolf) [01-12] - punk
• Rob Mazurek: Alternate Moon Cycles [IA11 Edition] (2012, International Anthem) [03-28] - jazz [**]
• Mac Miller: Balloonerism (REMember Music/Warner) [01-17] - hip-hop [***]
• Charles Mingus: Mingus in Argentina: The Buenos Aires Concerts (1977, Resonance -2CD) [04-12] - jazz [A-]
• James Moody: 80 Years Young: Live at the Blue Note March 26, 2005 (Origin) [05-16] - jazz [U]
• Moskito: Idolar (2001, Awesome Tapes From Africa) [05-23] - African
• Music Inc. [Charles Tolliver/Stanley Cowell/Cecil McBee/Jimmy Hopps]: Music Inc. (1970, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [**]
• Music Inc. [Charles Tolliver/Stanley Cowell/Cecil McBee/Jimmy Hopps]: Live at Sluggs' Volume I & II (1970, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [***]
• The New York Bass Violin Choir: The New York Bass Violin Choir (Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [**]
• Billy Parker's Fourth World: Freedom of Speech (1974, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [**]
• Cecil Payne: Zodiac (1972, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [***]
• Art Pepper: Geneva 1980 (Omnivore) [03-14] - jazz [***]
• Art Pepper: An Afternoon in Norway: The Kongsberg Concert (1980, Elemental Music) [05-09] - jazz [***]
• The Piano Choir: Handscapes (1972, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [B]
• The Piano Choir: Handscapes 2 (1974, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [*]
• The Reference Group: File Under Unpopular (2007-08, Cuneiform) [03-28] - rock
• Charlie Rouse: Two Is One (1974, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [B]
• Serengeti: Mixtape 2 (self-released) [03-07] - hip-hop [*]
• Spectacular Diagnostics: Raw Game [Ten Year Edition] (2015, Vinyl Digital) [02-00] - hip-hop [***]
• Studio: West Coast (2006, Ghostly International) [01-24] - electronic [A-]
• John Surman: Flashpoints and Undercurrents (Cuneiform) [01-31] - jazz
• Horace Tapscott's Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra: Live at Widney High December 26th, 1971 (The Village) [05-09] - jazz
• Cecil Taylor Unit: Live at Fat Tuesday's February 9, 1980 First Visit (Ezz-Thetics) [02-27] - jazz
• Cecil Taylor Unit: Live at Fat Tuesday's February 10, 1980 First Visit (Ezz-Thetics) [02-02] - jazz
• Charles Tolliver With Gary Bartz/Herbie Hancock/Ron Carter/Joe Chambers: Right Now . . . and Then (1968, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [A-]
• Charles Tolliver's Music Inc: Live at the Loosdrecht Jazz Festival (1972, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [***]
• Charles Tolliver Music Inc & Orchestra: Impact (1975, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [**]
• Charles Tolliver Music Inc: Compassion (1977, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [A-]
• Charles Tolliver: Live in Berlin: At the Quasimodo (1988, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [***]
• Trigger: John Zorn's Bagatelles: Vol. 3 (2019, Tzadik) [03-24] - jazz [*]
• Harold Vick: Don't Look Back (1974, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [**]
• Albert White: The Definitive Albert White (Music Maker) [02-01] - blues [*]
• Yo La Tengo: Old Joy (2006 Mississippi -EP) [02-28] - alt/indie [*]
• Neil Young: Oceanside Countryside (1977, Reprise) [03-07] - folk rock [***]
• Krautrock Eruption: An Introduction to German Electronic Music 1970-1980 (Bureau B) [03-21] - krautrock [B]
• Music Is a Message From Space (Corbett vs. Dempsey) [03-28] - jazz [*]
• Salsa de la Bahia Vol. 3: A Colection of SF Bay Area Salsa and Latin Jazz: Renegade Queens (1991-2025, Patois, 2CD) [03-31] - Latin jazz [*]
• Strata-East: The Legacy Begins (1968-75, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [***]

Priority Counts

• Priority 2: 39
• Priority 3: 1
• Priority 4: 251
• Priority 5: 124

Total: 415