Music Tracking 2026

These are 2026 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

  • The 5.6.7.8's: Run Run Run (Bomb) [05-30] - garage rock
  • Christine Abdelnour/Frantz Loriot/David Meier/Pascal Niggenkemper: Et Il Y Aura . . . (Veto) [02-01] - jazz
  • Aesop Rock & Blockhead: Trouble Mountain (Rhymesayers) [11-13] - hip-hop
  • Russ Anixter's Hippie Big Band: What Next? (self-released) [08-10] - jazz
  • Samir Aouad: Casablanca (Les Luths Du Monde) [02-27] - jazz
  • Atlantis Jazz Ensemble: Mystic Suite (Marlow) [02-27] - jazz
  • B:A:N:S Band [Sophic Agnel/John Butcher/Pascal Niggenkemper/Ståle Liavik Solberg]: Foam & Mesh (Fundacja Słuchaj) [07-07] - jazz
  • Jocelyn Balu: Borumba ()
  • Meredith Bates: The Observer Effect (Phonometrograph) [03-13] - electronic
  • Matt Berninger: Type It Up (-EP)
  • David Binney: History:Memory (Mythology) [03-06] - jazz
  • Nat Birchall Quartet: Live at Low Four Studio, Manchester (Ancient Archive of Sound) [07-17] - jazz
  • Michael Blake: Halloween Tales () [09-25] - jazz
  • Samuel Blaser Quartet: Rosina () - jazz
  • Christiane Bopp: Rêver, Murmurer, Dire (Relative Pitch) [08-21] - jazz
  • Anna Butterss: Mighty Vertebrate (International Anthem) [09-11] - jazz
  • Anna Butterss/John Raymond/Ben Lumsdaine: Beginningless (Northern Spy) [11-13] - jazz
  • Jeremiah Chiu: Edge Conditions (International Anthem) [10-09] - jazz
  • Gustavo Cortinas: The Drum Also Sings (Desafio Candente) [06-05] - jazz
  • Marilyn Crispell/Kirk Knuffke/Thommy Andersson: Paintbrush (Sunnyside) [10-09] - jazz
  • Stephan Crump: Passerine (Out of Your Head) [10-23] - jazz
  • Douglas J. Cuomo: A Raft, the Sky, the Wild Sea (Blue Cloud Music) [02-06] - jazz
  • Kris Davis Quartet: John Zorn: The Bagatelles Vol. 5 (Tzadik) [01-23] - jazz
  • Catherine Delaunay: L'Homme Des Damps (Nato) [01-09] - jazz
  • Dietrichs: Live Bahdu (Relative Pitch) [03-27] - jazz
  • Riley Downing: Landfill Poetry (Oh Boy) [08-28] - country
  • Downtown Boys: Public Luxury ()
  • Paul Dunmall Quartet: Afghan Women (RogueArt) [04-10] - jazz
  • E'Joung-Ju/Simon Mary/Anne-Laure Bourget: Samin Dong Rak (Label Ouest) [05-08] - jazz/Korean
  • Aly Eissa: Eggshells (Motvind) [06-19] - jazz
  • Emmeluth's Amoeba: With Love (Moserobie) [03-06] - jazz
  • Elery Eskelin: Across Breath, Voice, Silence (Hat Hut) [09-04] - jazz
  • Julieta Eugenio: Mi Boathouse (Dox) [10-02] - jazz
  • Exhaust: All the Beauties and Disasters (Intakt) [10-23] - jazz
  • Experiments in Opera: Anthony Braxton Theater Improvisations (EiO) [04-17] - jazz
  • Manés Fernandes: sQuigg: playground_etiQuette (Porta Jazz) [06-26] - jazz
  • Hugo Fernandez: Rivermind (self-released) [03-04] - jazz
  • Cassie Watson Francillon: Bardo (self-released) [01-02] - jazz
  • Frankfurt Radio Big Band/Nils Wogram/Jim McNeely: Trilogue + 15: A Tribute to Albert Mangelsdorff (ACT Music) [06-12] - jazz
  • Frankfurt Radio Big Band: Jim McNeely Expeditions (Sunnyside) [08-21] - jazz
  • Asher Gamedze: A Semblance: Of Return (Northern Spy) [02-27] - jazz
  • Rob Garcia: Sizzle Works (Connection Works) [05-29] - jazz
  • Rhiannon Giddens: Hope Is the Time With Feathers ()
  • Eric Hofbauer and EHX: Tongues/Hope Language (Creative Nation Music) [04-09] - jazz
  • Dave Holland/Norma Winstone/London Vocal Project: Vital Spark (Music of Kenny Wheeler) (Edition) [02-20] - jazz
  • Corcoran Holt: Freedom of Art (Holt House Music) [02-20] - jazz
  • The Human Hearts: Faith & Credit (Dromedary) [11-13]
  • Hyper Elastic Jinx: We Vote Force Majeure (Barefoot) [02-19] - jazz
  • Inpatient: Asylum ()
  • Brian Jackson: Now More Than Ever (BBE) [05-29] - jazz
  • Clément Janinet/Arve Henriksen/Ambre Vuillermoz/Robert Lucaciu: Garden of Silences (BMC) [05-01] - jazz
  • Guus Janssen: Live at the Pletterij (Geestgronden) [06-20] - jazz
  • Hilary Jeffrey: Green Prism: Music by Keith Tippett (Discus Music) [05-29] - jazz
  • Per Texas Johansson: Orkester Omnitonal På Musikaliska Kvarteret (Moserobie) [05-08] - jazz
  • Jump [Pat Thomas/Maria Dybbroe/Andrea S Giordano]: Of All People . . . Between Silence, Noise and Possibility (577) [11-12] - jazz
  • Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band: Incarnadine (self-released) [05-08] - jazz
  • Mike Khoury/Jason Kao Hwang/Ben Hall/Andrew Drury: Spite of Darkness (Entropy Stereo) [07-24] - jazz
  • Almut Kühne/João Pedro Brandão/Marcos Cavaleiro: Stones and Seeds (Carimbo Porta-Jazz) [02-06] - jazz
  • Seun Kuti: Na Dem () [11-06] - Afrobeat
  • Last Dream of the Morning [John Butcher/John Edwards/Mark Sanders]: Sharp Illusion (Fundacja Słuchaj -25) [2025-12-05] - jazz
  • Mary Lattimore & Julianna Barwick: Tragic Magic (InFiné) [01-16] - jazz
  • Matt Lavelle & the 12 Houses: Hymn to the Universe (Mahakala Music) [10-03] - jazz
  • Ari Lennox: Vacancy (Interscope) [01-23] - soul
  • Noa Levy & Paul Edis Trio: Portrait in Evans (Dot Time) [03-20] - jazz
  • Christian Lillinger: Open Form for Society II (Plaist) [04-23] - jazz
  • Fred Lonberg-Holm/João Madeira/Bruno Pedroso/Carlos Zinagaro: Convergência Do Vôo (4DaRecord) [02-06] - jazz
  • Finn Loxbo: Lummernikt (Fönstret) [09-23] - jazz
  • Alexis Marcelo: Solo Piano (Intakt) [01-30] - jazz
  • Brian Marsella & Sae Hashimoto: Tunnel Vision (Red Palace) [03-06] - jazz
  • Amy Martin: Bones () [07-17] - country
  • Magda Mayas: Chant (Unsounds) [05-15] - jazz
  • Magda Mayas' Filamental: Murmur (Relative Pitch) [02-20] - jazz
  • Terrence McManus/Gerry Hemingway: Simple and Other Compositions (Auricle) [11-16] - jazz
  • William McNally: Piano Puzzles & Magic Trix (Rivermont) - jazz
  • Finola Merivale/Catherine Sikora: Abhaile (Fort Evil Fruit) [04-30] - jazz
  • Buddy Miller: Buddy Miller ()
  • Billy Mohler: Live in Europe (Dox) [04-03] - jazz
  • Moor Mother/Amina Claudine Myers/Wadada Leo Smith & More: Peace Anthems (Red Hook) [07-31] - jazz
  • Jason Moran: Plays Duke Ellington (Yes) [02-27] - jazz
  • Gon Muruaga: Lines in the Sky (577) [10-30] - jazz
  • Luis Nacht & Camila Nebbia: Noche Y Niebla (Ears & Eyes) [03-06] - jazz
  • Camila Nebbia [The Hanged One]: Limbo (Relative Pitch) - jazz
  • Paal Nilssen-Love & Terrie Ex: What?! (Terp) [07-10] - jazz
  • Kaori Nishijima/Yasuhito Mori: Conversations at Vilja (Apparat Studios) [06-06] - jazz
  • NOHMI: Brightness & Darkness (ZenneZ) [01-23] - jazz
  • North Sea String Quartet: Zonar (Happy Seal) [03-01] - jazz
  • Mali Obomsawin: Automatic (Out of Your Head) [10-16] - jazz
  • Odense Jazz Orchestra: Meets Loren Stillman (AMM) [01-16] - jazz
  • Eivind Opsvik/Elias Stemeseder/Will Graefe: The Setting (Loyal) [02-20] - jazz
  • Orchestra of the Upper Atmosphere: Theta Seven (Discus Music) [01-30] - jazz
  • Rebecca Patterson/Ron Wilkins: The Vigil and the Sleeping Giant (Adhyâropa) [04-10] - jazz
  • Adrian Quesada: Trio Asesino (ATO) [03-27] - jazz
  • Adam Randolph: Invisible Threads () [09-18] - jazz
  • Enrico Rava Fearless Five with Joe Lovano: Corners (ECM) [10-16] - jazz
  • Tom Raworth & Giancarlo Nino Locatelli: A Decent Run (We Insist!) [05-28] - jazz
  • Sha Ray and DJ Haram: Critical Thot (Backwoodz Studioz) [06-19] - hip-hop
  • Joshua Redman: If Ever You Would Leave Us (We Play for Rollins) (Blue Note) [11-20] - jazz
  • Eli "Paperboy" Reed: Getting There ()
  • Ishmael Reed: Every Time I Feel the Spirit (Reading Group) [08-15] - spoken word
  • Marc Ribot Quartet: Hurry Red Telephone (Pi) [10-30] - jazz
  • Lisa Rich: I Still Rise (Tritone) [06-26] - vocal jazz
  • Emily Scott Robinson: Appalachia (Oh Boy) [01-30] - country
  • Willy Rodriguez: In the Unknown (I Will Find You) (Sunnyside) [03-13] - jazz
  • Jorge Rossy/Michael Kanan: Red on Maroon (UnderPool) [05-28] - jazz
  • Adam Rudolph/Alexis Marcelo/Kaoru Watanabe: Sunrise (Meta) [05-15] - jazz
  • Adam Rudolph: Ascensions (Omni Sound) [09-18] - jazz
  • Dabin Ryu: Discomfort (Endectomorph Music) [11-06] - jazz
  • Samo Salamon/Arild Andersen/Patrice Heral: Songs (Samo) [09-00] - jazz
  • Savant Flâneur: Hocketus (577) [09-25] - jazz
  • Jenny Scheinman: One Hundred Years Today (Royal Potato Family) [11-06] - jazz
  • Serengeti: Shark Attack () - hip-hop
  • Shake Stew: Ten One Two (Traumton) [02-13] - jazz
  • The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters: Reason (Corbett vs. Dempsey) [11-06] - jazz
  • Jim Snidero: House of Trane (Savant) [10-30] - jazz
  • Victor Solano: Sundate (Endectomorph Music) [10-09] - jazz
  • Space: London Concert (Fönstret) [10-09] - jazz
  • Tommaso Starace Organ Trio: Live at the Beaver Inn (Dodicilune) [05-20] - jazz
  • Håkon Thelin: Echoes and Traces, Together (Peninsula Audio) [04-24] - jazz
  • These Things Happen: A Gentle Reminder (Corbett vs. Dempsey) [02-27] - jazz
  • Jean-Luc Thomas Quartet: Sillons (Hirustica) [05-08] - jazz
  • Christian Wallumrød Ensemble: Non Sonett (Aspen Edities) [05-08] - jazz
  • Trevor Watts/Barry Guy/Ramon Lopez: The First Touch (Fundacja Słuchaj) [03-06] - jazz
  • Anna Webber: It's Easier to Imagine the End of the World . . . (Intakt) [10-30] - jazz
  • Cory Weeds: Hip to Be Square: Plays Huey Lewis & the News (Boop Bop Bing Bash!) (Cellar) [10-16] - jazz
  • The Whirling: Mingbauset (Unit) - jazz
  • Lucinda Williams: World's Gone Wrong () [01-23] - roots rock
  • Jay Worthy and George Clinton: Generation P (Empire) [08-28] - hip-hop
  • Rafael Zaldivar: Zaldivar/McBride/Mela: Meeting in New York Vol. 1 (577) [09-18] - jazz
  • Zanja All Stars: Cuban Jam Session Volume 2 (Zanja) [12-12] - jazz

Reissues, Etc.

  • Louis Armstrong: Reference: Hot Five & Hot Seven at 100 (1925-28, AlAy/Thingamajig) [01-02] - jazz
  • Louis Armstrong: The Complete Louis Armstrong in New York 1924-1925 (Mosaic) - jazz
  • Albert Ayler Quintet: Reference: Copenhagen, Bordeaux 1966 & Newport 1967 Live First Release (AlAy/Thingamajig -25) [2025-] - jazz
  • Anthony Braxton: Six Monk's Compositions (1987) (Black Saint) [05-01] - jazz [A-]
  • Roland Brival: Créole Gypsy (1980, Soundway) [03-20] - jazz
  • Donald Byrd: The Cat Walk (Blue Note) [05-15] - jazz [B]
  • Joe Chambers: Double Exposure (1977, Muse/Time Traveler) [01-29] - jazz
  • John Coltrane: Ascension (Edition I & II) (1965, Impulse! [Verve Vault]) [06-19] - jazz [A-]
  • Jacques Coursil: Black Suite (1971, BYG/Charly) [02-13] - jazz
  • Miles Davis: Ascenseur Pour L'Échafaud (1957, Decca France) [05-22] - jazz [B+]
  • Miles Davis: The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965 (Columbia/Legacy -8CD) [01-30] - jazz [A]
  • The DKV Thing Trio: Collider (2015, Trost) [05-27] - jazz [**]
  • James Emery & Anthony Braxton: Articulations, Florence, 1992 (self-released) - jazz
  • Red Garland Quintet: Soul Junction (1957, Craft) [01-23] - jazz [**]
  • Mick Goodrick: In Pas(s)ing (1978, ECM) [07-10] - jazz [A-]
  • Dexter Gordon: Dexter Calling . . . (1961, Blue Note Tone Poet) [05-01] - jazz [B+]
  • Sir Roland Hanna: Songs of Hope, Inspiration and Joy (IPO) [08-14] - jazz
  • Julius Hemphill: Dogon A.D. (1972, New World) [02-26] - jazz [A-]
  • Andrew Hill: Compulsion!!!!! (1965, Blue Note Tone Poet) [03-06] - jazz [A-]
  • Bobby Hutcherson: Components (1965, Blue Note Tone Poet) - jazz [***]
  • Michael Gregory Jackson: Clarity [50th Anniversary Edition] (1976, Moved-By-Sound) [05-29] - jazz
  • Fred Jackson: Hootin' 'N Tootin' (1962, Blue Note Tone Poet) [04-03] - jazz [B+]
  • Clifford Jordan: Night of the Mark VII (1975, Time Traveler/Muse) [10-23] - jazz
  • Peggy Lee: Too Marvelous for Words (1955, Peggy Lee Associates) [06-12] - vocal jazz
  • Lounge Lizards: Live 79-81 (Analogue Pulse) [07-10] - jazz
  • Thelonious Monk: Thelonious Alone in San Francisco (1959, Craft) [04-03] - jazz [**]
  • Thelonious Monk: Monk Live in Paris, 1967: Volume Two (Rhythm-a-Ning) [10-09] - jazz
  • Jelly Roll Morton: New Orleans Joys: The Earliest Recordings, 1923-1926 (Tompkins Square -2CD) [11-06] - jazz
  • Leon Parker Trio 93: Foundations (Sunnyside) [10-30] - jazz
  • Michel Petrucciani/Jim Hall/Wayne Shorter: Power of Three (1986, Blue Note Tone Poet) [07-03] - jazz [B+]
  • Poing: Giants of Jazz (2001, Royal) [03-13] - jazz
  • John Prine: Found Dogs (Oh Boy) [10-09] - folk
  • Ma Rainey: Mother of the Blues: The Complete Paramount Recordings 1923-1928 (Black Swan) [07-24] - blues
  • Schlippenbach Trio: Elf Bagatellen (1990, Cien Fuegos) [01-30] - jazz [**]
  • Alexander von Schlippenbach: Main Lines/1967 (Corbett vs. Dempsey) [09-11] - jazz
  • Manfred Schoof: The Early Quintet (Corbett vs. Dempsey) [11-13] - jazz
  • Woody Shaw: Love Dance (1976, Time Traveler) [01-30] - jazz
  • Tomasz Stanko: Balladyna (1976, ECM) [05-15] - jazz [B+]
  • Sun Ra: Do the Impossible [Original Soundtrack to the Documentary] (1957-82, Modern Harmonic) [06-12] - jazz
  • Cecil Taylor Orchestra Humane: At Iridium 2004 (Burning Ambulance) [07-03] - jazz
  • Cecil Taylor Unit: Live at the KiMo Theater Albuquerque 1979 (Eremite) [10-16] - jazz
  • Keith Tippett/Claudio Gabbiani/Roberto Musci: Music for Labyrinths (2000, Dark Companion) - jazz
  • Keith Tippett: Mujician: Music to Accompany the Authorised Biography of Martin Phillips (1976-84, Jazz in Britain) [05-15] - jazz
  • Keith Tippett: At the BBC 1969-70 (Rhythm and Blues) [05-22] - jazz
  • Charles Tolliver All Stars: Right Now . . . and Then (1968, Strata-East) [04-18] - jazz [A-]
  • Ralph Towner/Gary Peacock: Oracle (1993, ECM) [06-26] - jazz [**]
  • Charles Tyler Ensemble: Voyage From Jericho (1974, Frederiksberg) [01-23] - jazz [*]
  • Larry Young: Mothership (1969, Blue Note Tone Poet) [04-03] - jazz [B+]
  • Accentuate the Positive (Songbook Ink) [07-03] - jazz
  • Armagideon Time: When Punk Met Dub 1978-1984 (Cherry Red -3CD) [04-05] - punk
  • CBGB: A New York City Soundtrack 1975-1986 (Cherry Red -4CD) - punk
  • J Jazz Volume 5: Deep Modern Jazz From Japan 1970-1988 (BBE) [06-05] - jazz
  • Phonographic Yearbook 1924: Open Up Your Golden Gate (Archeophone) [05-27] - jazz
  • Steppin' Out: The Roots of Garage Rock 1963-1965 (Strawberry -3CD) - rock

Priority Counts

  • Priority 2: 162
  • Priority 3: 21

Total: 183