Music Tracking 2024

These are 2024 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.

Option selectors:

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New Releases

• 21 Savage: American Dream () [01-12]
• 1010Benja: Ten Total (Three Six Zero) [03-22]
• Nicki Adams/Michael Eaton: The Transcendental (SteepleChase LookOut) [03-22] - jazz [**]
• Advancing on a Wild Pitch: Disasters Vol 2 (Hot Cup) [02-16] - jazz [A-]
• Cyrille Aimée: À Fleur De Peau (Whirlwind) [03-08] - vocal jazz [**]
• Albare: Beyond Belief (AM) [02-12] - jazz [*]
• Neal Alger: Old Souls (Calligram) [03-01] - jazz [U]
• Allie X: Girl With No Face () [02-23] - synthpop
• Ben Allison/Steve Cardenas/Ted Nash: Tell the Birds I Said Hello: The Music of Herbie Nichols (Sonic Camera) [02-02] - jazz [***]
• Oren Ambarchi: With Pats on the Head, Just One Too Few Is Evil One Too Many Is Good That's All It Is (Black Truffle) [01-19] - jazz
• Owen Ambarchi/Johan Berthling/Andreas Werlin: Ghosted II () [04-26]
• Amblare: Amblare (Melodic Virtue) [04-05]
• Roxana Amed: Becoming Human (Sony Music Latin) [05-02] - Latin jazz [U]
• Bob Anderson: Live! (Jazz Hang) [03-29] - vocal jazz [U]
• Thomas Anderson: Hello, I'm From the Future (Out There) [04-01] - singer-songwriter [A-]
• Anitta: Funk Generation () [04-26]
• Sam Anning: Earthen (Earshift Music) [04-05] - jazz [***]
• Bill Anschell: Improbable Solutions (Origin) [01-19] - jazz [*]
• Antistatic: Relics (Cuneiform) [01-26] - jazz
• Florian Arbenz: Conversation #10 & #11: ON! (Hammer) [03-15] - jazz [**]
• Nia Archives: Silence Is Loud (Hijinxx/Island) [04-10]
• Lynne Arriale Trio: Being Human (Challenge) [03-01] - jazz [**]
• Ab Baars/Joost Buis/Berlinde Deman: Cecil's Dance (Catalytic-Sound) [01-08] - jazz
• Jim Baker/Steve Hunt/Jakob Heinemann: Horizon Scanners (Clean Feed) [01-26] - jazz [**]
• Adam Bałdych: Passacaglia (ACT Music) [01-26] - jazz
• Ballister: Smash and Grab (Aerophonic) [01-16] - jazz [A-]
• Jan Bang: Reading the Air (Punkt Editions) [01-19] - jazz
• John Basile: Heatin' Up (StringTime Jazz) [04-01] - jazz [*]
• Beatenberg: The Great Fire of Beatenberg (Leafy Outlook) [04-05]
• Alex Beltran: Rift (Calligram) [03-01] - jazz [U]
• Benny the Butcher: Everybody Can't Go () [01-26] - hip-hop
• The Bevis Frond: Focus on Nature () [03-01] - alt/indie
• Beyoncé: Cowboy Carter (Parkwood/Columbia) [03-29] - country-pop [**]
• Pat Bianchi: Three (21H) [02-09] - jazz
• Black Art Jazz Collective: Truth to Power (HighNote) [02-16] - jazz [B]
• The Black Keys: Ohio Players (Nonesuch) [04-05]
• Blue Bendy: So Medieval (The State 51 Conspiracy) [04-12]
• Blue Moods: Swing & Soul (Posi-Tone) [01-05] - jazz [***]
• Bnny: One Million Love Songs (Fire Talk) [04-05]
• Stix Bones/Bob Beamon: Olimpik Soul (BONE Entertainment) [01-12] - jazz [*]
• Borknagar: Fall () [02-23] - metal
• Olie Brice/Rachel Musson/Mark Sanders: Immense Blue (West Hill) [01-14] - jazz
• Owen Broder: Hodges: Front and Center Vol Two (Outside In Music) [04-12] - jazz [A-]
• Peter Brötzmann/Paal Nilssen-Love: Chicken Shit Bingo (Trost) [01-26] - jazz [*]
• Martin Budde: Back Burner (Origin) [03-22] - jazz [U]
• Burial: Dreamfear/Boy Sent From Above (XL -EP) [02-09] - electronic [*]
• Cedric Burnside: Hill Country Love () [04-05] - blues
• Cakes Da Killa: Black Sheep (Young Art) [03-22] - hip-hop
• Jonas Cambien: Jonas Cambien's Maca Conu (Clean Feed) [01-26] - jazz [***]
• Nicola Caminiti: Vivid Tales of a Blurry Self-Portrait (self-released) [05-10] - jazz [U]
• Gerald Cannon: Live at Dizzy's Club: The Music of Elvin & McCoy (Woodneck) [01-19] - jazz [***]
• Caporaso Ensemble: Encounter (Psychosomatic) [04-26] - jazz [*]
• Ian Carey & Wood Metal Plastic: Strange Arts (Slow & Steady) [03-22] - jazz [**]
• Frank Carlberg Large Ensemble: Elegy for Thelonious (Sunnyside) [03-08] - jazz [**]
• Willi Carlisle: Critterland (Signature Sounds) [01-26] - country [**]
• Daniel Carter & Playfield: Magic Heart (577) [01-19] - jazz
• The Castellows: A Little Goes a Long Way (Warner Music Nashville -EP) [02-09] - country [**]
• Ernesto Cervini's Turboprop: A Canadian Songbook () - jazz
• Layale Chaker & Sarafand: Radio Afloat (In a Circle) [05-17] - jazz [U]
• Matt Champion: Mika's Laundry (RCA) [03-22]
• Brian Charette: Groovin' With Big G (SteepleChase) [03-01] - jazz
• Chastity Belt: Live Laugh Love () [03-29]
• Cheekface: It's Sorted () [01-22] - indie rock
• Annie Chen: Guardians (JZ Music) [02-23] - jazz [B]
• The Chisel: What a Fucking Nightmare () [02-09] - hardcore punk
• Mina Cho's Grace Beat Quartet: "Beat Mirage" (International Gugak Jazz Institute) [02-09] - jazz [**]
• The Choir Invisible [Charlotte Greve/Vinnie Sperazza/Chris Tordini]: Town of Two Faces (Intakt) [02-16] - jazz [***]
• Chromeo: Adult Contemporary (BMG) [02-16] - electropop [**]
• Cindy Lee: Diamond Jubilee (Realistik Studios) [03-29] - psychedelic pop
• Gary Clark Jr.: Jpeg Raw () [03-22] - blues
• Coco Chatru Quartet: Future (Trygger Music) [03-28] - jazz [U]
• Commodore Trio: Communal - EP (self-relesed - EP) [02-01] - jazz [*]
• Coral Morphologic & Lick León: Projections ofa Coral City (Balmat) [04-05]
• The Core: Roots (Moserobie) [04-12] - jazz [U]
• Gustavo Cortinas: Live in Chicago (Desafio Candente) [02-09] - jazz
• Crawlers: The Mess We Seem to Make () [02-16] - alt/indie
• Sheryl Crow: Evolution () [03-29]
• Stephan Crump: Slow Water (Papillon Sounds) [05-03] - jazz [***]
• Grace Cummings: Ramona (ATO) [04-05]
• Daggerboard: Escapement (Wide Hive) [03-08] - jazz [**]
• Jamale Davis: Run With the Hunted (SteepleChase) [04-19] - jazz
• Benoit Delbecq/Etienne Renard/Guilhem Flouzat: Triple Fever (dStream) [01-16] - jazz