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.
Option selectors:
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- 1-800-Mikey: In Yun (Goner) [09-04] - post-punk [*]
- The 5.6.7.8's: Run Run Run (Bomb) [05-30] - garage rock
- A-F-R-O & Motion Plus: Frequencies (Fro Thizzle Productions) [06-26] - hip-hop [***]
- Michael Aadal: Aggressive Hymns, Energetic Ballads (Losen) [02-20] - jazz [***]
- Juhani Aaltonen + Raoul Björkenheim: Nostalgia (Eclipse Music) [02-20] - jazz [***]
- Christine Abdelnour/Frantz Loriot/David Meier/Pascal Niggenkemper: Et Il Y Aura . . . (Veto) [02-01] - jazz
- Joshua Abrams: Music for Pulse Meridian Foliation (Drag City) [03-27] - jazz [**]
- Joshua Achiron: Climbing (Calligram) [03-06] - jazz [**]
- Nicki Adams and Michael Eaton Featuring Francisco Mela: Arrival (J-man) [09-10] - jazz [***]
- Dave Adewumi: The Flame Beneath the Silence (Giant Step Arts) [03-27] - jazz [***]
- Aesop Rock & Homeboy Sandman: Miami Lice: Season Four (Rhymesayers Entertainment) [03-11] - hip-hop [***]
- Aesop Rock & Blockhead: Trouble Mountain (Rhymesayers) [11-13] - hip-hop
- أحمد [Ahmed]: Play Monk (Otoroku) [05-08] - jazz [A-]
- Yazz Ahmed: Shinrin-Yoku (Night Time Stories -EP) [05-29] - jazz [**]
- Akhavelli: Moorthodox Psyence (Below System) [05-29] - hip-hop [***]
- Ambrose Akinmusire/Mary Halvorson: Slo-Mo Neon Luminate Hoverings (Nonesuch) [06-12] - jazz [***]
- Naseem Alatrash: Bright Colors on a Dark Canvas (Levantine Music) [02-27] - jazz [***]
- Melissa Aldana: Filin (Blue Note) [02-13] - jazz [**]
- Ralph Alessi: A Sun That Never Sleeps (ECM) [07-03] - jazz [**]
- Ricky Alexander: Ragology (Turtle Bay) [02-20] - jazz [***]
- ALG Trio: Between the Vistula and the Hudson (Aesthetiko) [09-11] - jazz [A-]
- Ishmael Ali: Burn the Plastic, Sell the Copper (Amalgam) [02-13] - jazz [***]
- Ali & Charif Megarbane: Tirakat (Habibi Funk) [03-20] - Arabic [*]
- Eddie Allen's Push: Rhythm People (Origin) [01-16] - jazz [**]
- Marshall Allen: 101: An Audio Odyssey (Ropeadope) [07-24] - jazz [A-]
- Terry Allen: Blood Sucking Maniacs (Paradise of Bachelors) [04-24] - country [**]
- Tyrone Allen II: Upward (Dreams and Fears) [03-16] - jazz [*]
- Ben Allison/Steve Cardenas/Ted Nash: Triological (Sunnyside) [04-10] - jajzz [**]
- Paulo Almeida: Love in Motion (Dox) [04-24] - jazz [**]
- Wayne Alpern: Varieties & Extravaganzas (Henri Elkan Music) [04-17] - jazz [B]
- Rodrigo Amado/This Is Our Language Quartet: Wailers (2019, European Echoes) [04-03] - jazz [A-]
- Zoh Amba: Eyes Full (Matador) [06-05] - singer-songwriter [A-]
- David Ambrosio/Donny McCaslin/Ingrid Jensen/Bruce Barth/Victor Lewis: Civil Disobedience: Blue Note in the Progressive Sixties (Blue Frog) [05-16] - jazz [**]
- Amyl and the Sniffers: Truth or Consequence: Live From El Coyote (Rough Trade) [09-04] - alt-indie [*]
- Ancient Infinity Orchestra: It's Always About Liberation (Gondwana) [07-24] - jazz [**]
- Laurie Anderson With Sexmob: Let X = X (Nonesuch) [05-08] - synth pop [A]
- Marisa Anderson: The Anthology of UnAmerican Folk Music (Thrill Jockey) [05-22] - American primitivism [**]
- Thomas Anderson: Letters From the Hermit Kingdom (Out There) - singer-songwriter [A-]
- Thommy Andersson: Shimmering Blue (SteepleChase) [02-06] - jazz [***]
- Kristen Mather de Andrade: Sim Fin (Ansonica) [03-01] - Brazil/jazz [*]
- Courtney Marie Andrews: Valentine (Loose Future) [01-16] - country [*]
- Angine De Poitrine: Vol. II (Spectacles Bonzaï) [04-03] - math rock [***]
- Angles 4: Angles 4 (Relative Pitch) [08-21] - jazz [A-]
- Russ Anixter's Hippie Big Band: What Next? (self-released) [08-10] - jazz
- Samir Aouad: Casablanca (Les Luths Du Monde) [02-27] - jazz
- Florian Arbenz Feat. Bill Frisell/Greg Osby: Quiet Lights (Conversation Lab) [05-29] - jazz [***]
- Nia Archives: Emotional Junglist (Hijinxx/Island) [07-17] - soul [A-]
- Julian Argüelles: Echo Fields (Escapade) [03-27] - jazz [**]
- Atlantic Road Trip: Watch as the Echo Falls (Calligram) [04-03] - jazz [*]
- Atlantis Jazz Ensemble: Mystic Suite (Marlow) [02-27] - jazz
- Willow Avalon: Pink Pocket Pistol (Assemble Sound/Atlantic) [06-26] - country [**]
- Aymeric Avice/Luke Stewart/Chad Taylor: Deep in the Earth High in the Sky (RogueArt) [02-09] - jazz [***]
- B:A:N:S Band [Sophic Agnel/John Butcher/Pascal Niggenkemper/Ståle Liavik Solberg]: Foam & Mesh (Fundacja Słuchaj) [07-07] - jazz
- Baauer: U (LuckyMe) [06-12] - EDM [**]
- Baby Rose: Yearnalism (Secretly Canadian) [07-10] - pop soul [**]
- Baby Queen: I Hope You Don't Remember Me (Insanity) [07-24] - indie pop [*]
- Badger Hunt: Full Moon in My Pocket (self-released) [02-06] - jangle rock [**]
- Erykah Badu & the Alchemist: Before the World Blows (Control Freaq/Young) [08-28] - r&b [*]
- Elles Bailey: Can't Take My Story Away (Cooking Vinyl) [01-16] - Americana [**]
- Jocelyn Balu: Borumba ()
- Ballister + Luke Stewart: Clocking the Wheel (Aerophonic) [07-10] - jazz [A-]
- Lucian Ban & Elevation: Rush (Sunnyside) [09-11] - jazz [**]
- Teller Bank$: Hate Island ($357ENT) [03-29] - hip-hop [**]
- Richard Baratta: Another Kind of Bird (Savant) [06-02] - jazz [*]
- Rahsaan Barber: Eternal (Jazz Music City) [10-09] - jazz [U]
- Barcelona Art Orchestra & Miguel Zenón: Expressions: Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra (Miel Music) [06-26] - jazz [*]
- MC Paul Barman & Kenny Segal: Antinomian Pandemonium (Fused Arrow) [02-26] - hip-hop [**]
- Courtney Barnett: Creature of Habit (Mom + Pop/Fiction) [03-27] - alt/indie [A-]
- Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore: Tragic Magic (In Finé) [01-16] - new age [*]
- Sam Barsh/Mark Guiliana/Keyon Harold: Straight08 (La Reserve) [06-19] - jazz [**]
- Meredith Bates: The Observer Effect (Phonometrograph) [03-13] - electronic
- Lakecia Benjamin: We Dream (Artwork) [06-05] - jazz [**]
- Chuck Bergeron: Bass & Face: Duets With Ten Premier Vocalists (Summit) [06-05] - jazz [**]
- Abate Berihun & the Addis Ken Project: Addis Ken (Origin) [04-17] - jazz [*]
- Josh Berman Trio: Everybody Else's Life Too (Corbett vs. Dempsey) [06-19] - jazz [***]
- Matt Berninger: Type It Up (-EP)
- Steven Bernstein/Scotty Hard: ResoNation Trio/Ultra Resonance (Royal Potato Family) [06-05] - jazz [***]
- Bob Bert: Beach Bongo Bloodbath (Bar/None) [06-12] - post-punk [A-]
- Yaya Bey: Fidelity (Drink Sum Wtr) [04-17] - neo-soul [***]
- Dr. Gianni Bianchini: A Study in Songbook (Gianni Bianchi Entertainment) [08-01] - jazz [B]
- Eric Bibb: One Mississippi (Repute) [01-30] - blues [**]
- David Binney: History:Memory (Mythology) [03-06] - jazz
- Luciano Biondini/Michel Godard/Lucas Niggli: Fables of Time (Intakt) [03-13] - jazz [*]
- Nat Birchall Quartet: Path of Enlightenment (Ancient Archive of Sound) [03-27] - jazz [***]
- Nat Birchall Quartet: Live at Low Four Studio, Manchester (Ancient Archive of Sound) [07-17] - jazz
- Towa Bird: Gentleman (Interscope) [05-15] - pop [A-]
- Bitchin Bajas: Isle Peaks (Drag City -EP) [08-28] - ambient [**]
- Kimmi Bitter: Bittersweet (self-released) [08-21] - country [***]
- Black Nile: Indigo Garden (Hen House Studios) [04-10] - jazz [***]
- Michael Blake: Piccolos Before Rifles (Baby Tank) [05-01] - jazz [**]
- Michael Blake: Halloween Tales () [09-25] - jazz
- Ran Blake & Dominique Eade: Roots & Byways (Sunnyside) [07-03] - jazz [***]
- Ran Blake: Voices (Tzadik) [06-18] - jazz [***]
- Seamus Blake: The Electrifying Seamus Blake Plays the Music of Eddie Harris: EH! (Cellar) [07-03] - jazz [*]
- Carsie Blanton: The Red Album Vol. 2 (self-released -EP) [01-16] - singer-songwriter [A-]
- Carsie Blanton & the Burning Hell: Everything Is Great! (self-released) [04-01] - singer-songwriter [A]
- Samuel Blaser Quartet: Rosina () - jazz
- Ryan Blotnick: The Woods (Fishkill) [04-17] - jazz [**]
- Blu & Exile: Time Heals Everything (Dirty Science) [04-20] - hip-hop [***]
- Boards of Canada: Inferno (Music 70/Warp) [05-29] - downtempo [**]
- Bonnie "Prince" Billy: We Are Together Again (No Quarter/Domino) [03-06] - singer-songwriter [*]
- Bop Alloy: Masters of the Artistry (Bop Alloy) [03-20] - hip-hop [A-]
- Christiane Bopp: Rêver, Murmurer, Dire (Relative Pitch) [08-21] - jazz
- Christer Bothén/Oren Ambarchi/Johan Berthling/Andreas Werliin: Serpentine (Black Truffle) [08-14] - jazz [**]
- Andrea Brachfield: A Holiday Celebration of Light (Pacific Coast Jazz) [11-13] - Xmas jazz [U]
- Alain Bradette: To My Loved Ones (Quantum Gravity) [06-16] - jazz [U]
- Geof Bradfield/Myra Melford/Ben Goldberg/Dana Hall: Open or Close (Calligram) [09-04] - jazz [A-]
- Bobby Bradford/Mark Dresser/Hafez Modirzadeh: Sonic House Reunion (NoBusiness) [05-01] - jazz [**]
- Anthony Branker & Other Ways of Knowing: Manifestations of a Diasporic Groove & Spirit (Origin) [03-20] - jazz [***]
- Stephen Braude With Yamara Band: Big Dipper (self-released) [10-01] - jazz [U]
- Alan Braufman: Anthem for Peace (The Control Group/Valley of Search) [05-15] - jazz [**]
- Patricia Brennan/Sylvie Courvoisier: Talamanti (Antlia) [06-26] - jazz [***]
- Phoebe Bridgers: Lost Weekend (Dead Oceans) [08-14] - singer-songwriter [***]
- Asher Brinson: Midnight Hurricane (AsherBrin) [04-03] - jazz [A-]
- Adam Brodsky: American Epitaph (Permanent) [06-05] - folk [A-]
- Rachel Brooke: This One's for You (Mal) [04-24] - country [***]
- Bobby Broom: Notes of Thanks (Steele) [05-01] - jazz [*]
- Zach Bryan: With Heaven on Top (Belting Bronco/Warner) [01-09] - country [A-]
- Betty Bryant: Nothin' Better to Do (Bry-Mar Music) [01-16] - jazz [***]
- BTS: Arirang (Big Hit) [03-20] - K-pop [**]
- Buck 65: Do Not Bend (Handsmade) [02-26] - hip-hop [A-]
- Dave Burrell & David Liebman: Reservoir (Bespoke Jazz) [03-27] - jazz [**]
- Anna Butterss: Mighty Vertebrate (International Anthem) [09-11] - jazz
- Anna Butterss/John Raymond/Ben Lumsdaine: Beginningless (Northern Spy) [11-13] - jazz
- By Storm: My Ghosts Go Ghost (Dead Air/By(e) Storm) [01-30] - hip-hop [*]
- Anthony Caceres: Let's Take a Trip (Jig in G) [02-27] - jazz [*]
- Mara Calder: We Stay Ugly 'Til the Pretty Decays (Black Metal Archives Label) [02-06] - art rock [A-]
- Jonas Cambien/Magnus Skavhaug Nergaard/Dag Erik Knedal Andersen: The Ear Behind the Airport (Motvind) [02-27] - jazz [***]
- Julie Campiche [Solo]: Unspoken (Ronin Rhythm) [02-13] - jazz [***]
- Garret T. Capps: I Still Love San Antone (Nudie) [03-10] - country [***]
- The Paul Carlon Trio: Between Us Three (TRRcollective) [07-17] - jazz [A-]
- Daniel Carter/Steve Hirsh: Convocation (Mahakala Music) [03-06] - jazz [***]
- Ron Carter & Ricky Dillard: Sweet, Sweet Spirit (Blue Note) [02-06] - jazz [*]
- Ron Carter & Yotam Silberstein: Duets (Jojo) [06-06] - jazz [A-]
- Gabrielle Cavassa: Diavola (Blue Note) [05-01] - jazz [**]
ERR: stream no grade: Curly Castro: Yaphet - Curly Castro: Yaphet (Backwoodz Studioz) [09-18] - hip-hop
- Greg Chako: Hard Bop for the Record (Mint400) [09-04] - jazz [B]
- Chalk: Crystalpunk (Alter Music) [03-13] - industrial rock [***]
- Rasheed Chappell: No Era for Margins (Perfect Time) [06-12] - hip-hop [**]
- Charli XCX: Wuthering Heights (Atlantic) [02-13] - soundtrack [**]
- Cheer-Accident: CheerAx Basement, Chicago 4/2/22 // Reggie's Chicago 9/26/23 (Cuneiform) [05-29] - jazz [*]
- Cheer-Accident: Your Smile/The Song Is Over (Cuneiform) [05-29] - jazz [B]
- Keyvan Chemirani: Tales of Nar (PeeWee!) [02-06] - jazz [***]
- Owen Chen: Eternal Wind: The Ghibli Collection (OA2) [04-03] - jazz [*]
- RJ Chesney: A Southern Man (Man of Straw) [09-25] - country [**]
- Chicago Soul Jazz Collective: No Wind & No Rain (Calligram) [04-10] - jazz [**]
- Billy Childs: Triumvirate (Mack Avenue) [04-24] - jazz [*]
- Jeremiah Chiu: Edge Conditions (International Anthem) [10-09] - jazz
- Chrome Hill & Dōjō: Free Rangers (Clean Feed) [03-20] - jazz [***]
- Cimota: [ˈkɪmɔtɑː] (Sonic Transmissions) [01-30] - jazz [***]
- Paul Citro: Keep Moving (Home) (Calligram) [05-01] - jazz [*]
- Alexander Claffy: Alive in Philadelphia Vol. 1: At Chris' Jazz Cafe (Cellar) [03-27] - jazz [**]
- Mike Clark: Kuon Ganjo (Time Without Beginning) (Wide Hive) [08-07] - jazz [**]
- John Clayton: The Two-o Duo Project (ArtistShare) [05-15] - jazz [**]
- Dawn Clement: Dear Ms. Dearie (Origin) [05-22] - vocal jazz [**]
- Carl Clements and the Real Jazz Trio: Retrospective (Greydisc) [03-01] - jazz [**]
- Emmet Cohen: Universal Truth (Mack Avenue) [05-29] - jazz [***]
- Cola: Cost of Living Adjustment (Fire Talk) [05-08] - art punk [*]
- Alexis Cole: Taking My Seat: A Musical Inheritance (Tiger Turn) [11-09] - vocal jazz [U]
- J. Cole: The Fall-Off (Cole World/Dreamville/Interscope) [02-06] - hip-hop [**]
- Andrés Coll Cosmic Trio: Ride to Heaven (XJAZZ Music) [04-17] - jazz [**]
- Isaiah Collier: Joy (Brownswood -EP) [07-31] - jazz [B-]
- Columbia Icefield: A Silence Opens (Out of Your Head) [05-29] - jazz [**]
- ContraPunctus [Mike McGinnis/Carmen Staaf/Gui Duvignau/Hamir Atwal]: ContraPunctus (Adhyâropa) [04-24] - jazz [***]
- Elizabeth Cook: Great Television (Agent Love) [08-14] - country [*]
- Corima: Hunab Ku (Soleil Zeuhl) [02-16] - jazz [*]
- Corook: How Do I Relate to You (Atlantic -EP) [05-29] [**]
- Gustavo Cortinas: The Drum Also Sings (Desafio Candente) [06-05] - jazz
- Jeff Cosgrove/Jeff Lederer/Mark Lysher/Tom Teasley: Two Jeffs (Grizzley Music) [06-01] - jazz [A-]
- George Cotsirilos: In the Wee Hours (OA2) [05-22] - jazz [*]
- Sylvie Courvoisier Trio: Éclats - Live in Europe (Intakt) [03-27] - jazz [***]
- Graham Coxon: Castle Rock (Transgressive) [06-19] - power pop [B]
- Liz Cracchiolo:
Just a Girl I'm a Woman (Pacific Coast Jazz) [09-18] - vocal jazz [**]
- Dominique Cravic Et Les Primitifs Du Futur: Les Crimes Du Musette (Buda Musique) [05-22] - jazz [***]
- Marilyn Crispell/Anders Jormin: Memento (ECM) [03-20] - jazz [*]
- Marilyn Crispell/Kirk Knuffke/Thommy Andersson: Paintbrush (Sunnyside) [10-09] - jazz
- Rodney Crowell: Then Again (New West) [06-26] - country [*]
- Stephan Crump: Passerine (Out of Your Head) [10-23] - jazz
- CS Cleaners: What's This? (Wharf Cat) [06-26] - post-punk [***]
- The Cucumbers: As You Heard Me: Songs From "Hello George" (self-relesed) [02-14] [A-]
- Douglas J. Cuomo: A Raft, the Sky, the Wild Sea (Blue Cloud Music) [02-06] - jazz
- Caleb Wheeler Curtis: Ritual (Chill Tone) [04-10] - jazz [***]
- Zaccai Curtis: Sonoluminescence Vol. 1 (Truth Revolution Recording Collective) [08-07] - jazz [***]
- Stew Cutler & Friends: Under Cover (Mostly) (self-released) [02-06] - jazz [*]
- Cyger & Butterworth: Plaid Pants (Outrageous8) [03-11] - jazz [**]
- Czarface/Frankie Pulitzer: Czarface Meets Frankie Pulitzer (Silver Age) [08-28] - hip-hop [A-]
- Daggerboard: The Skipper and Mike Clark (Wide Hive) [03-06] - jazz [**]
- Amalie Dahl's Dafnie Extended: Live at Moldejazz (Sonic Transmissions) [03-06] - jazz [*]
- Amalie Dahl's Dafnie & Lisa Ullén: Live at Kafé Hærverk (Trost) [09-25] - jazz [**]
- Dälek: Brilliance of a Falling Moon (Ipecac) [03-27] - hip-hop [***]
- Christopher Dammann: Dead Words (Shifting Paradigm) [07-17] - jazz [***]
- Lao Dan Chicago Quartet: Klotski (Trost) [05-15] - jazz [***]
- Mike Dana Jazz Orchestra: Farther (Still) (Origin) [09-18] - jazz [U]
- Daphni: Butterfly (Jiaolong) [02-06] - house [***]
- Caroline Davis: Fallows (Ropeadope) [03-27] - jazz [A-]
- Jesse Davis Quartet: Reflections (Cellar) [04-03] - jazz [A-]
- Kris Davis and the Lutoslawski Quartet: The Solastalgia Suite (Pyroclastic) [01-09] - jazz [***]
- The Kris Davis Trio: Lost in Geneva (Pyroclastic) [09-25] - jazz [A-]
- Kris Davis Quartet: John Zorn: The Bagatelles Vol. 5 (Tzadik) [01-23] - jazz
- Mikaela Davis: Graceland Way (Kill Rock Stars) [04-24] - Americana [*]
- Adam De Lucia: The Man Who Would Be King (self-released) [08-07] - jazz [U]
- Maya De Vitry: All My Faith (Mad Maker Studios) [07-24] - folk [A-]
- Michael Dease With the MSU Jazz Trombones: Spartan Strong (Origin) [01-16] - jazz [**]
- Michael Dease Big Band: Return Trajectory (Origin) [06-19] - jazz [**]
- Defcee & Steel Tipped Dove: We Will Be Brief (Fused Arrow) [08-07] - hip-hop [A-]
- Catherine Delaunay: L'Homme Des Damps (Nato) [01-09] - jazz
- Todd DelGiudice: Mas Alto (OA2) [09-18] - jazz [U]
- The Delines: The Set Up (Decor/El Cortez/Jealous Butcher) [03-06] [***]
- Daniel DeLorenzo: Can You Not (self-released) [09-01] - jazz [U]
- Alabaster DePlume: Dear Children of Our Children, I Knew: Epilogue (International Anthem) [05-05] - jazz [**]
- Jessye DeSilva: Glitter Up the Dark (Nine Athens) [04-03] - singer-songwriter [**]
- Dietrichs: Live Bahdu (Relative Pitch) [03-27] - jazz
- Dinosaur Jr.: Near There (Jagjaguwar) [08-28] - alt/indie [*]
- Mike DiRubbo: Way Out Northwest (Cellar) [07-17] - jazz [**]
- Rob Dixon: Naptown Soul (Strikezone) [08-21] - jazz [*]
- DJ Eprom: We Are the Biobots (JuNouMi) [01-21] - electronica [A-]
- DJ Fantome: Zando Beat! (Palenque) [01-11] - African [***]
- Django Festival Allstars: Evolution (Motéma) [02-13] - jazz [*]
- Thomas Dollbaum: Birds of Paradise (Dear Life) [05-22] - singer-songwriter [A-]
- DOMi & JD Beck: Who Asked? (Apeshit/Blue Note) [07-31] - jazz [B-]
- Denise Donatelli: Take My Breath Away (Savant) [08-14] - vocal jazz [B-]
- Armen Donelian: Inquiry (Sunnyside) [06-05] - jazz [*]
- Florence Dore: Hold the Spark (Propeller) [05-15] - country [A-]
- Doseone & Height Keech: Wood Teeth II (Hands Made -EP) [07-04] - hip-hop [**]
- Dave Douglas: Four Freedoms (Greenleaf Music) [01-30] - jazz [**]
- Dave Douglas: Transcend (Greenleaf Music) [04-24] - jazz [***]
- Riley Downing: Landfill Poetry (Oh Boy) [08-28] - country
- Charles Downs Quartet: Inner (ESP-Disk') [05-15] - jazz [A-]
- Downtown Boys: Public Luxury ()
- Kaja Draksler Octet: Bare, Unfolding (Zavod Sploh/Clean Feed) [01-16] - jazz [**]
- Olof Dreijer: Loud Bloom (Dh2) [05-08] - electronic [A-]
- Dry Cleaning: Secret Love (4AD) [01-09] - post-punk [***]
- Duchess: A Marvelous Party (Anzic) [06-12] - jazz [**]
- Hilary Duff: Luck . . . or Something (Atlantic) [02-20] - pop [**]
- Paul Dunmall Quartet: Afghan Women (RogueArt) [04-10] - jazz
- Louis Durra: Mood Music (self-released) [07-12] - jazz [**]
- Matt Dwonszyk: Live at the Sidedoor (self-released) [03-06] - jazz [***]
- E'Joung-Ju/Simon Mary/Anne-Laure Bourget: Samin Dong Rak (Label Ouest) [05-08] - jazz/Korean
- Open Mike Eagle/Kenny Segal: Doomed! (Backwoodz Studioz) [08-14] - hip-hop [**]
- Echo Party: Who Does Not Seek the Sky? (Mahakala Music) [04-30] - jaz [***]
- Neale Eckstein: Build Our Dreams (self-released) [05-22] - singer-songwriter [*]
- Eddy Current Suppression Ring: In Light of Recent Events (Suppression) [05-25] - alt/indie [***]
- Art Edmaiston & Chad Fowler: Memphis Mandala (Mahakala Music) [02-27] - jazz [*]
- E'DU & Judgitzu: Nuku (Nyege Nyege Tapes) [04-03] - Afrobeat [**]
- Marty Ehrlich: Cartographies of Flight: Lines Set Afloat Towards Hope (Corbett vs. Dempsey) [04-24] - jazz [***]
- Henriette Eilertsen Trio: Moder (Motvind) [03-13] - jazz [***]
- Wendy Eisenberg: Wendy Eisenberg (Joyful Noise) [04-03] - singer-songwriter [B]
- Aly Eissa: Eggshells (Motvind) [06-19] - jazz
- Eliane Elias: Ao Vivo (Candid) [05-22] - jazz [**]
- John Ellis & Double Wide: Fireball (Sunnyside) [01-23] - jazz [**]
- Elucid & Sebb Bash: I Guess U Had to Be There (Backwoodz Studioz) [03-13] - hip-hop [**]
- Avalon Emerson & the Charm: Written Into Changes (Dead Oceans) [03-20] - electropop [A-]
- Andy Emler/Claude Tchamitchian/Eric Echampard: There Is Another Way (La Buisonne) [03-20] - jazz [**]
- Emmeluth's Amoeba: With Love (Moserobie) [03-06] - jazz
- Emperor X: Unified Field (Bar/None) [06-26] - singer-songwriter [**]
- Entropic Hop: The Quest for the Normal Is the Death of the Self (ESP-Disk') [05-15] - jazz [***]
- Elery Eskelin: Across Breath, Voice, Silence (Hat Hut) [09-04] - jazz
- Gabriel Espinosa: The Brazilian Project (Origin) [05-22] - jazz [*]
- Julieta Eugenio: Mi Boathouse (Dox) [10-02] - jazz
- Jeff Evans Porkestra: Telling the Bees (self-released) [08-16] - roots rock [A-]
- Exhaust: All the Beauties and Disasters (Intakt) [10-23] - jazz
- Experiments in Opera: Anthony Braxton Theater Improvisations (EiO) [04-17] - jazz
- Roni Eytan: Melody People (PKmusik) [10-30] - jazz [U]
- Fakemink: The Boy Who Cried Terrified (EtnaVeraVela -EP) - UK hip-hop [*]
- Jimmy Farace: Big Shoulders, Big Sounds (Shifting Paradigm) [04-17] - jazz [**]
- Fatboi Sharif & Child Actor: Crayola Circles (Backwoodz Studioz) [04-24] - hip-hop [B]
- Fatboi Sharif & Elucid: Invasion Body Camera (Fused Arrow -EP) [08-12] - hip-hop [*]
- Fathers: Fathers (Blue Note) [07-10] - jazz [B]
- Christine Fawson: It Could Happen to You (self-released) [06-01] - jazz [***]
- Fcukers: Ö (Ninja Tune) [03-27] - dance-pop [***]
- Feeble Little Horse: Bitknot (Saddle Creek) [05-26] - alt-rock [**]
- The Femcels: I Have to Get Hotter (Getting Hotter) [01-25] - indie pop [**]
- Ferg's Imaginary Big Band: The New Atomic (Trash City) [06-26] - jazz [*]
- Manés Fernandes: sQuigg: playground_etiQuette (Porta Jazz) [06-26] - jazz
- Hugo Fernandez: Rivermind (self-released) [03-04] - jazz
- Diego Figuerido: Horse Blues (Arbors) [08-28] - jazz [*]
- Christian Finger: Zeit Zirkel (Finger Music) [10-01] - jazz [*]
- Fire-Toolz: Lavender Networks (Warp) [05-08] - electronic [*]
- Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (Exit) Knarr: Fly (Sauajazz) [06-05] - jazz [***]
- Flea: Honora (Nonesuch) [03-27] - jazz fusion [B-]
- FLO: Therapy at the Club (EMI) [08-07] - neo-soul [***]
- Flöjter: Paris Blow (Utech/Gigantonium) [01-20] - jazz [***]
- Flöjter: Brest Blow (Utech/Gigantonium) [04-26] - jazz [**]
- Flying Lotus: Big Mama (Brainfeeder -EP) [03-06] - IDM [*]
- Michael Formanek: New Digs (Intakt) [03-20] - jazz [***]
- Sullivan Fortner: Leave That in There (Artwork) [08-28] - jazz [**]
- Chad Fowler & Matt Lavelle Quartet: Whirlpool (Mahakala Music) [05-15] - jazz [***]
- Chad Fowler/Eri Yamamoto: Polkadots & Moonbeams (Mahakala Music) [09-06] - jazz [**]
- Cassie Watson Francillon: Bardo (self-released) [01-02] - jazz
- Marie-Paule Franke: Through the Cracks, the Light Is Born (MariPosa) [06-26] - vocal 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
- Nick Fraser: Areas (Elastic) [04-10] - jazz [*]
- David Friedman/Tony Miceli: Glow (SteepleChase) [02-13] - jazz [B]
- Friko: Something Worth Waiting For (ATO) [04-24] - alt/indie [B]
- Bill Frisell: In My Dreams (Blue Note) [02-27] - jazz [**]
- Satoko Fujii Orchestra Kobe: After the Storm (Libra) [08-07] - jazz [A-]
- Satoko Fujii Orchestra Berlin: Second Attempt (Libra) [09-04] - jazz [***]
- Satoko Fujii Orchestra Nagoya: Kore Kara (Libra) [10-02] - jazz [**]
- Champian Fulton: House Party (Turtle Bay) [04-10] - vocal jazz [A-]
- Peter Furlan: The Peter Furlan Project Live at Maureen's Jazz Cellar (Beany Bops) [01-26] - jazz [*]
- Joel Futterman/William Parker: Transcendent Universe (Burning Ambulance) [05-22] - jazz [A-]
- Asher Gamedze: A Semblance: Of Return (Northern Spy) [02-27] - jazz
- Rob Garcia: Sizzle Works (Connection Works) [05-29] - jazz
- George Garzone: Themes for Good Friends (Jojo) [09-11] - jazz [**]
- Sophie Gault: Unhinged (Torrez Music Group) [01-23] - singer-songwriter [**]
- Giveton Gelin: Island Dreamer: III of III (ID) [11-01] - jazz [U]
- George: Looking for Consonance (Out of Your Head) [05-08] - jazz [***]
- Rhiannon Giddens: Hope Is the Time With Feathers ()
- Clay Giberson: Moment's Notice (Origin) [10-23] - jazz [U]
- Hannah Gill: I Like the Sunrise (Turtle Bay) [06-19] - vocal jazz [**]
- Richard Gilman-Opalsky: A Fierce and Gentle Force (Edgetone) [03-15] - jazz [***]
- Girl Scout: Brink (Human Garbage) [03-26] - alt/indie [*]
- Margaret Glaspy: I Am Both (ATO) [08-07] - singer-songwriter [A-]
- Glass Triangle [Zeena Parkins/Mette Rasmussen/Ryan Sawyer]: 3 X 1 (Relative Pitch) [08-21] - jazz [*]
- Goal Weight [Maggie Cox & Jennifer Gersten]: Keep Telling Yourself That (Relative Pitch) [03-27] - jazz [***]
- Gogol Bordello: We Mean It, Man! (Casa Gogol) [02-13] - indie rock [A-]
- Golems of the Red Planet: Surf Masada: The Compositions of John Zorn (Heyday Again) [04-24] - jazz [***]
- Vinny Golia Quintet: Angular Momentum (Nine Winds) [01-16] - jazz [***]
- Phillip Golub: Partisan Ship (Berthold) [05-15] - jazz [**]
- Brad Goode Quintet: Live Your Dream (Origin) [06-19] - jazz [***]
- Kim Gordon: Play Me (Matador) [03-13] - industrial [***]
- Maria Grand: Both Sides (Lilaila) [04-23] - jazz [***]
- Ariana Grande: Petal (Republic) [07-31] - alt-pop [**]
- Devin Gray/Andrea Parkins/Frank Gratkowski: Hz of Gold (Rataplan) [03-06] - jazz [*]
- Gordon Grdina/Russ Lossing: Turnpike (Attaboygirl) [03-27] - jazz [**]
- Gordon Grdina's Nomad Trio: Ash (Attaboygirl) [03-27] - jazz [**]
- Rafael Greco: Versos Bajo Mi Sombra/Verses Under My Shadow (Blue Canoe) [04-17] - jazz [**]
- Al Green: To Love Somebody (Fat Possum -EP) [01-16] - r&b [**]
- Danny Green: Let the Music Happen (OA2) [10-23] - jazz [U]
- Kelly Green: Eat Your Greens! (Green Soul) [08-28] - jazz [**]
- Barry Greene: Giants (Origin) [04-17] - jazz [*]
- Grex: Auntie + Tebs (Geomancy) [09-10] - jazz [**]
- Gyrofield: Your Fight (Field Research -EP) [05-06] - techno [***]
- Andy Haas: In Praise of Insomnia (Resonant Music) - jazz [**]
- Andy Haas: Messianic Time (Resonant Music) [05-14] - jazz [**]
- Jared Hall: Hometown (Origin) [04-17] - jazz [**]
- Rich Halley 4: A Distant Land (Pine Eagle) [09-11] - jazz [***]
- Jon Hamar: Música Callada (Origin Classical) [06-19] - jazz [*]
- Tigran Hamasyan: Manifeste (Naïve) [02-06] - jazz [B]
- Colin Hancock and the Joymakers: A Texas-Sized Band (Turtle Bay) [04-24] - jazz [**]
- Simon Hanes: Gargantua (Pyroclastic) [03-27] - jazz [**]
- Aldous Harding: Train on the Island (4AD) [05-08] - singer-songwriter [**]
- Joy Harjo: Insomnia & Seven Steps to Grace (Smithsonian Folkways) [04-24] - jazz [***]
- Eric Harland: Vipassana II (Ropeadope) [06-05] - jazz [*]
- Stefon Harris + Blackout: Legacy Dances (Motéma) [08-28] - jazz [B]
- Wendell Harrison & Tribe: Tribute to Pharoah Sanders: Live at the Concert of Colors Detroit 2025 (Org Music) [05-08] - jazz [***]
- Alexander Hawkins: No Nation but Imagination (Intakt) [05-22] - jazz [**]
- Hayeminol: Ingen Vår I År (Tarmkyllig) [01-16] - psychedelic rock [B]
- Phil Haynes/Ben Monder/Peyton Pleninger: Terra (Corner Store Jazz) [05-01] - jazz [***]
- Phil Haynes 2 Horns & What?: Avant Modern/Jazz Now (Corner Store Jazz -2CD) [10-02] - jazz [U]
- Miho Hazama: Frames (Edition) [04-24] - jazz [**]
- Heat On: 150 Swirl (Cuneiform) [08-28] - jazz [***]
- Heavenly: Highway to Heavenly (Skep Wax) [02-27] - twee pop [*]
- Alden Hellmuth: Tether (Leiter) [06-26] - jazz [***]
- Gerry Hemingway: Live at Bau 4 (Hat Hut) [04-24] - jazz [A-]
- Hemlocke Springs: The Apple Tree Under the Sea (AWAL) [02-13] - pop [***]
- Colin Heshmat: Elastic Groove (HMC) [07-23] - jazz [*]
- Marquis Hill: (Beautifulism) Sweet Surrender (Black Unlimited) [03-13] - jazz [B]
- Ned Hill Band: Saw Jesus at the Park (self-released -EP) [09-18] - country [*]
- David Hillyard & the Rocksteady 7: Home for Dinner (Org Music) [02-20] - ska sax [B]
- Clarence Hines Jazz Orchestra: Along the Way (OA2) [10-23] - jazz [U]
- Shelley Hirsch/Christian Weber/Alfred Vogel: Vanish (Boomslang) [01-30] - jazz [**]
- The Hobknobs: Helmets Off (12XU/THK) [06-26] - art-pop [**]
- Eric Hofbauer and EHX: Tongues/Hope Language (Creative Nation Music) [04-09] - jazz
- Devra Hoff: Baile as Baile (AUM Fidelity) [10-16] - jazz [U]
- Christopher Hoffman: REX (Out of Your Head) [01-16] - jazz [**]
- Jasper Høiby's 3Elements: Conversations of Hope (Edition) [03-27] - jazz [**]
- Dave Holland/Norma Winstone/London Vocal Project: Vital Spark (Music of Kenny Wheeler) (Edition) [02-20] - jazz
- John Hollenbeck & Hot Club Jazz Orchestra: Peace & Justice (Flexatonic) [08-14] - jazz [U]
- Corcoran Holt: Freedom of Art (Holt House Music) [02-20] - jazz
- Julia Holter: Materia (Domino) [09-04] - art pop [B]
- Homeboy Sandman/Jack Splash: Resonance Frequency (Dirty Looks) [07-31] - hip-hop [A-]
- Jana Horn: Jana Horn (No Quarter) [01-16] - folk rock [**]
- House of the Black Gardenia: Mazurka in Jazz (HOTGB) [03-27] - jazz [A-]
- Ray Wylie Hubbard: Reel 2 Reel 4 Real (Sound.ly Music) [08-21] - country [A-]
- Gwen Hughes: The First Noel: Jazz Hymns for Christmas (Fairfield) [10-15] - jazz [U]
- Julia Hülsmann Octet: While I Was Away (ECM) [01-30] - jazz [**]
- The Human Hearts: Faith & Credit (Dromedary) [11-13]
- Hurray for the Riff Raff: Live Forever: Live at the Old Town School of Folk Music (Nonesuch) [03-20] - alt-country [***]
- Steven Husted and Friends: Two Nights - "Live!" (self-released)) [02-16] - jazz [*]
- Gregory Hutchinson: Kind of Now: The Pulse of Miles Davis (Warner Music Arts) [04-03] - jazz [**]
- Jason Kao Hwang/Human Rites Trio: Second Life (Flying Panda Music) [10-01] - jazz [A-]
- Hyper Elastic Jinx: We Vote Force Majeure (Barefoot) [02-19] - jazz
- I Compani: Basta! Extended [The Last Concerts 2025] (I Compani) - jazz [***]
- I Compani: Basta! 7-Tet [The Last Concerts 2025] (I Compani) - jazz [**]
- Iceage: For Love of Grace & the Hereafter (Mexican Summer) [05-29] - post-punk [**]
- Joshua Idehen: I Know You're Hurting, Everyone Is Hurting, Everyone Is Trying, You Have Got to Try (Heavenly) [03-06] - UK hip-hop [A-]
- IDK: E.T.D.S. A Mixtape by .IDK. (Rhymesayers Entertainment) [01-23] - hip-hop [***]
- Illit: Mamihlapinatapai (Belift Lab -EP) [04-30] - K-pop [*]
- Imarhan: Essam (City Slang) [01-16] - tishoumaren [***]
- Kathy Ingraham: Jazz Dreams (Peirdon) [03-16] - vocal jazz [*]
- Randy Ingram: Sound Within: A Celebration of Bill Evans (Chill Tone) [07-10] - jazz [***]
- Inpatient: Asylum ()
- The Interplay Jazz Orchestra: Bite Your Tongue (self-released) [02-26] - jazz [***]
- Jon Irabagon: Focus Out (Irrabagast) [03-13] - jazz [***]
- Jon Irabagon and Dan Oestreicher: Saturday's Child (Irrabagast) [03-13] - jazz [***]
- Jon Irabagon: Raw Dog (Corbett vs. Dempsey) [05-29] - jazz [**]
- Irreversible Entanglements: Future Present Past (Impulse!) [03-27] - jazz [A-]
- It Was Her Idea: Daughter of War (PNL) [05-01] - jazz [*]
- Ital Tek: Mind Abandon (Planet Mu) [05-15] - electronica [**]
- Grace Ives: Girlfriend (True Panther/Capitol) [03-20] - alt-pop [***]
- Ize Trio: Global Prayer (self-released) [06-12] - jazz [**]
- Brian Jackson: Now More Than Ever (BBE) [05-29] - jazz
- Javon Jackson: Jackson Plays Dylan (Solid Jackson/Palmetto) [03-27] - jazz [*]
- Jamile/Vinicius Gomes: Boundless Species (La Reserve) [04-03] - Brazilian jazz [***]
- David Janeway Trio: Live at Blue LLama (SteepleChase) [05-04] - 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
- Tomas Janzon: Jazz Diary (Changes Music) [04-10] - jazz [**]
- Hilary Jeffrey: Green Prism: Music by Keith Tippett (Discus Music) [05-29] - jazz
- Ingrid Jensen: Landings (Newvelle) [03-01] - jazz [***]
- Ernesto Jodos/Rocio Giménez López: Una Casa Con Dos Pianos (Blue Art) [02-22] - jazz [**]
- Per Texas Johansson: Orkester Omnitonal På Musikaliska Kvarteret (Moserobie) [05-08] - jazz
- Johnny Blue Skies & the Dark Clouds: Mutiny After Midnight (High Top Mountain/Atlantic) [03-13] - alt-country [**]
- Aubrey Johnson: The Lively Air (Greenleaf Music) [03-20] - vocal jazz [**]
- Whitney Johnson/Lia Kohl/Macie Stewart: Body Sound (International Anthem) [03-20] - jazz [**]
- Carolyn Lee Jones: Eklektika (Catn'round Sound) [06-08] - vocal jazz [***]
- Mike Jones: Mike Jones With Strings (Capri) [08-21] - jazz [**]
- Anthony Joseph: The Ark (Heavenly Sweetness) [04-24] - spoken word [A-]
- Robert Jospé Quartet: The Night Sky (self-released) [01-11] - jazz [*]
- Joyce Manor: I Used to Go to This Bar (Epitaph -EP) [01-30] [*]
- JPEGMafia: Experimental Rap (Peggy/AWAL) [05-21] - hip-hop [*]
- Jump [Pat Thomas/Maria Dybbroe/Andrea S Giordano]: Of All People . . . Between Silence, Noise and Possibility (577) [11-12] - jazz
- Goran Kajfeš Subtropic Arkestra: & Avin Omar (We Jazz -EP) [06-26] - vocal jazz [B+(***)]
- Noah Kahan: The Great Divide (Mercury) [04-24] - folk [*]
- Paul Kahn: Willingness (Carl Cat) [06-19] - jazz [B-]
- Leven Kali: LK99 (Def Jam) [03-13] - funk [*]
- Karol G: No Me Arrepiento De Sentir Tanto (Interscope) [08-07] - Latin pop [***]
- Katseye: Wild (HYBE/Geffen -EP) [08-14] - girl group [**]
- Lenny Kaye: Goin' Local (Yep Roc) [07-17] - rock [**]
- Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band: Incarnadine (self-released) [05-08] - jazz
- Kehlani: Kehlani (Atlantic) [04-24] - r&b [**]
- Braxton Keith: Real Damn Deal (Warner Nashville) [05-15] - country [*]
- Kelela: New Avatar (Warp) [07-10] - r&b [**]
- The Paul Keller Orchestra: Thank You Notes: The Music of Gregg Hill (Cold Plunge) [03-27] - jazz [**]
- Reza Khan: Shadow Dancers (Painted Media) [10-30] - jazz [U]
- Mike Khoury/Jason Kao Hwang/Ben Hall/Andrew Drury: Spite of Darkness (Entropy Stereo) [07-24] - jazz
- Mike Khoury: For Hind Rajab (Relative Pitch) [04-24] - jazz [A-]
- Andrew Kim: Lineage (Origin) [07-24] - jazz [***]
- DoYeon Kim: Wellspring (TAO Forms) [05-01] - jazz [*]
- Kinact: Kinshasa in Action (Nyege Nyege Tapes) [03-26] - African [**]
- Kiri Ra!: Nen (We Jazz) [05-22] - jazz [**]
- Kiss Facility: Khazna (Ambient Tweets) [02-27] - dream pop [**]
- Kiwi Jr.: Blowin' Up (Perennial/K) [08-14] - alt/indie [**]
- KJADE: On Everything I Love (self-released) [02-21] - hip-hop [**]
- Erica von Kleist: Picc Pocket (self-released) [04-23] - jazz [B]
- The Klezmatics: We Were Made for These Times (Asphalt Tango) [05-01] - klezmer [**]
- Knats: A Great Day in Newcastle (Gearbox) [05-01] - jazz [B]
- Kneecap: Fenian (Heavenly) [05-01] - UK hip-hop [A-]
- Kirk Knuffke: Brother (SteepleChase) [03-13] - jazz [***]
- Anna Kolchina: Reach for Tomorrow (OA2) [02-27] - jazz [A-]
- Steve Kovalcheck: Buckshot Blues (OA2) [04-03] - jazz [***]
- Caroline Kraabel/Pat Thomas/John Edwards/Steve Noble: Transgressive Coastlines (Shrike) [01-05] - jazz [**]
- Kronos Quartet: Glorious Mahalia (Smithsonian Folkways) [04-03] - classical [A-]
- Jason Kruk: Beyond the Veil (SunGoose) [05-01] - jazz [B]
- Joachim Kühn: Joachim Kühn & Young Lions (ACT Music) [04-24] - jazz [A-]
- Almut Kühne/João Pedro Brandão/Marcos Cavaleiro: Stones and Seeds (Carimbo Porta-Jazz) [02-06] - jazz
- Seun Kuti: Na Dem () [11-06] - Afrobeat
- L'Rain: Fata Morgana (Mexican Summer) [08-14] - neo-psychedelia [B]
- La La Lars: Lilla Lars (Gothborgen) [03-20] - jazz [*]
- Ladytron: Paradises (Nettwerk) [03-20] - electropop [*]
- Julian Lage: Scenes From Above (Blue Note) [01-23] - jazz [*]
- Owen Lake and the Tragic Loves: Bury Deep My Heart (Carrier) [07-27] - country [***]
- Lalu: Lalu (self-released) - indie rock [*]
- Miranda Lambert: Crisco (Vanner) [10-02] - country [B]
- Ella Langley: Dandelion (Sawgod/Columbia) [04-10] - country [***]
- Brian Landrus: Just When You Think You Know (BlueLand/Palmetto) [03-20] - jazz [*]
- 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
- Azar Lawrence: Turn the Music Up (Trazar) [09-25] - jazz [**]
- Lazy Californians: Back to San Francisco (Angel Island) [02-13] - jazz [***]
- Jeff Lederer/Mary LaRose With the Wildebeest Quintet: There's a Yearnin': Music for Winds and Voice (Little (i) Music) [05-01] - jazz [*]
- Scott Lee: Greetings From Florida: Postcards From Paradise (Sunnyside) [04-16] - jazz [*]
- Nicolas Leirtrø's Action Now!: Entrance (Sauajazz) [03-13] - jazz [***]
- Ravyn Lenae: Blue Island (Atlantic) [08-07] - alt-r&b [***]
- Ari Lennox: Vacancy (Interscope) [01-23] - soul
- Janel Leppin: Slowly Melting (Cuneiform) [03-27] - jazz [*]
- Janel Leppin's Ensemble Volcanic Ash: Pluto in Aquarius (Cuneiform) [03-27] - jazz [**]
- Janel Leppin: The Realist (Out of Your Head) [09-11] - jazz [***]
- Noa Levy & Paul Edis Trio: Portrait in Evans (Dot Time) [03-20] - jazz
- James Brandon Lewis Quartet: Omni (Intakt) [06-26] - jazz [A-]
- James Brandon Lewis: Calling Antonín (TAO Forms) [10-23] - jazz [U]
- Christian Lillinger: Open Form for Society II (Plaist) [04-23] - jazz
- Lime Garden: Maybe Not Tonight (So Young) [04-10] - indie rock [A-]
- Lip Critic: Theft World (Partisan) [05-01] - synth-punk [***]
- Tom Lippincott: Ode to the Possible (self-released) [03-02] - jazz [**]
- Gil Livni: All In (OA2) [01-16] - jazz [**]
- Charles Lloyd: Sangam & Friends (Blue Note) [07-24] - jazz [***]
- Mark Lomax II & the Urban Art Ensemble: The Unity Suite (CFG Multimedia) - jazz [A-]
- Mark Lomax, II/The Urban Art Ensemble: Black Odes: A Reclamation Suite (CFG Multimedia) - jazz [***]
- Fred Lonberg-Holm/João Madeira/Bruno Pedroso/Carlos Zinagaro: Convergência Do Vôo (4DaRecord) [02-06] - jazz
- Frank London/Loisada Fife & Drum Corps: Touzle Your Kurchy (Adhyâropa) - jazz [**]
- Los Cenzontles/Taj Mahal/David Hidalgo/Gary Haleamau/Sonny Lim: Adios Ke Aloha: Waves of the Same Sea (Los Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center) - Mexican [*]
- Los Thuthanaka: Wak'a (self-released -EP) [04-03] - electronic [B]
- Joe Lovano: Paramount Quartet (ECM) [05-29] - jazz [***]
- Shawn Lovato: Biotic (Endectomorph Music) [02-13] - jazz [***]
- Low Cut Connie: Livin in the USA (Contender) - rock [**]
- Finn Loxbo: Lummernikt (Fönstret) [09-23] - jazz
- Brian Lynch: Torch Bearers (Holistic MusicWorks) [03-06] - jazz [***]
- Lisanne Lyons: May I Come In (OA2) [02-27] - jazz [**]
- M.I.A.: M.I.7 (Ohmni) [04-17] - UK hip-hop [**]
- Doug MacDonald: Tribute to South Central (Dmac Music) [06-01] - jazz [**]
- Virginia MacDonald: In Search Of . . . (Cellar) [05-29] - jazz [***]
- Madonna: Confessions II (Warner) [07-03] - dance pop [A-]
- Chris Madsen/Dana Hall/Clark Sommers: Threefold (Calligram) [03-06] - jazz [***]
- Jennifer Madsen: Girl Talk (SingBaby Productions) [06-26] - jazz [**]
- Roberto Magris Trio: Live in Mexico City (JMood) [09-01] - jazz [***]
- Taj Mahal & the Phantom Blues Band: Time (Resonatin'/Thirty Tigers) [05-01] - blues [A-]
- Nduduzo Makhathini: The Myth We Choose (Blue Note) [06-26] - jazz [*]
- Mama's Broke: Reunion (Free Dirt) [08-28] - folk [*]
- Mammal Hands: Circadia (ACT Music) [02-27] - jazz [*]
- Mandy, Indiana: Urgh (Sacred Bones) [02-06] - noise pop [***]
- David Maranha/Rodrigo Amado: Desolation Row (Comets Coming) [08-07] - jazz [A-]
- Luke Marantz/Simon Jermyn: Echoes (Chill Tone) [01-09] - jazz [**]
- Alexis Marcelo: Solo Piano (Intakt) [01-30] - jazz
- Carla Marciano: Daydreaming: My Beloved Father Giovanni (Challenge) [09-25] - jazz [U]
- Roc Marciano: 656 (self-released) [01-23] - hip-hop [**]
- Michael Marcus Quartet: Next Stop Down (ESP-Disk') [06-26] - jazz [***]
- Hannah Marks: Feed the Fire (Endectomorph Music) [06-12] - jazz [***]
- Bruno Mars: The Romantic (Atlantic) [02-26] - pop [*]
- Branford Marsalis and Dianne Reeves: Dedicated to You (Blue Note) [09-18] - jazz [*]
- Wynton Marsalis & Vince Giordano: The Wonderful Word of Louis Armstrong (Blue Engine) [04-24] - jazz [**]
- Brian Marsella & Sae Hashimoto: Tunnel Vision (Red Palace) [03-06] - jazz
- Amy Martin: Bones () [07-17] - country
- Pedrito Martínez/Antonio Sánchez/Michael League: Elipsis (GroundUP Music) [01-16] - jazz [**]
- Tal Mashiach: Who's Around? (Anzic) [06-26] - jazz [B]
- Takashi Matsunaga: Ride Five (Ride Five) [07-06] - jazz [U]
- Joanna Mattrey/Camila Nebbia/Camiolo Ángeles/Violeta Garcia: Heavy Handed (Relative Pitch) [07-26] - jazz [**]
- Magda Mayas: Chant (Unsounds) [05-15] - jazz
- Magda Mayas' Filamental: Murmur (Relative Pitch) [02-20] - jazz
- Nick Mazzarella: Siena Sessions (Corbett vs. Dempsey) [08-07] - jazz [***]
- Ashley McBryde: Wild (Warner Nashville) [05-08] - country [A-]
- Nicole McCabe: Color Theory (Birdwatcher) [02-20] - jazz [***]
- Paul McCartney: The Boys of Dungeon Lane (MPL/Capitol) [05-29] - singer-songwriter [B]
- Terrence McManus/Gerry Hemingway: Simple and Other Compositions (Auricle) [11-16] - jazz
- William McNally: Piano Puzzles & Magic Trix (Rivermont) - jazz
- Media Puzzle: New Racehorse (Impressed) [04-16] - post-punk [*]
- Buck Meek: The Mirror (4AD) [02-27] [**]
- Elan Mehler: Renee Said (Newvelle) [03-17] - jazz [**]
- Melanie C: Sweat (Red Girl/Virgin) [05-01] - dance-pop [***]
- Myra Melford/Satoko Fujii: Katarahi (RogueArt) [05-15] - jazz [A-]
- Ava Mendoza: Alive Alone, Alive Together (Burning Ambulance) [05-14] - jazz [***]
- Finola Merivale/Catherine Sikora: Abhaile (Fort Evil Fruit) [04-30] - jazz
- The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis: Deface the Currency (Impulse!) [02-20] - jazz [**]
- Pat Metheny: Side-Eye III+ (Uniquity Music) [02-27] - jazz [*]
- Michaela Anne: These Are the Days (Georgia June) [05-08] - country [**]
- Sei Miguel: Viva! (O Carro De Fogo De Sei Miguel) (Clean Feed) [05-28] - jazz [***]
- Buddy Miller: Buddy Miller ()
- Mitski: Nothing's About to Happen to Me (Dead Oceans) [02-27] - singer-songwriter [*]
- Liudas Mockūnas/Samuel Blaser/Marc Ducret: Twisted Summer (Jersika) [04-10] - jazz [**]
- Mod Lang: Borrowed Time (Just Add Water) [02-20] - jangle pop [**]
- Model/Actriz: Swan Songs (True Panther/Dirty Hit -EP) [03-23] - dance-punk [**]
- Billy Mohler: Live in Europe (Dox) [04-03] - jazz
- Ami Molinelli: Raízes Do Choro E Samba (Amimo) [09-05] - Brazilian jazz [***]
- Hedvig Mollestad Weejuns: Bitches Blues (Rune Grammofon) [04-17] - jazz [***]
- Nils Petter Molvær: Be Quiet (Edition) [07-10] - jazz [B]
- Mon Rovîa: Bloodline (Nettwerk) [01-09] - singer-songwriter [*]
- Aja Monet: The Color of Rain (Drink Sum Wtr) [05-22] - neo-soul [A-]
- The Monochrome Set: Lotus Bridge (Tapete) [03-13] - jangle pop [B]
- Ashley Monroe: Dear Nashville (Mountainrose Sparrow) [03-27] - country [*]
- Michael Moody: The Ecstasy of Love (self-released) [03-20] - vocal jazz [B-]
- Glenn Morrow's Cry for Help: Our Final Album Vol. 1 (Bar/None) [07-17] - indie rock [**]
- Moor Mother/Amina Claudine Myers/Wadada Leo Smith & More: Peace Anthems (Red Hook) [07-31] - jazz
- Andrew Moorhead: Mirage (OA2) [05-22] - jazz [***]
- Jason Moran: Plays Duke Ellington (Yes) [02-27] - jazz
- Jason Moran/BlankFor.ms/Marcus Gilmore: Shards (Red Hook) [05-01] - jazz [***]
- Gurf Morlix: Cobwebs & Stardust (Rootball) [04-07] - country [**]
- Megan Moroney: Cloud 9 (Columbia Nashville) [02-20] - country [***]
- Van Morrison: Somebody Tried to Sell Me a Bridge (Townsend Music/Orangefield) [01-23] - blues [*]
- Simon Moullier: Ceiba (Simon Moullier Music) [04-24] - jazz [***]
- The Mountain Goats: Days (Thirty Tigers/Cadmean Dawn) [08-07] - alt/indie [***]
- Azuka Moweta and His Anioma Brothers Band of Africa: Kenechukwu (Palenque) [02-13] - African [A-]
- Tommy Muellner: Solitary Moon (Calligram) [10-02] - jazz [U]
- Gon Muruaga: Lines in the Sky (577) [10-30] - jazz
- Kacey Musgraves: Middle of Nowhere (Lost Highway) [05-01] - country [***]
- My Face Is Dancing: My Face Is Dancing (577/Positive Elevation) [09-04] - jazz [*]
- Quinsin Nachoff: Patterns From Nature (Whirlwind) [02-27] - jazz [***]
- Luis Nacht & Camila Nebbia: Noche Y Niebla (Ears & Eyes) [03-06] - jazz
- Namasenda: Limbo (Year0001) [05-08] - dance pop [***]
- Nandipha808: Who Made Who (Stena Academy) [04-10] - African [A-]
- Fabiano do Nascimento & Vittor Santos E Orquestra: Vila (Far Out) - Brazil [*]
- Rico Nasty: RX (Sugar Trap -EP) [07-24] - hip-hop [**]
- Navy Blue: Sir Render (Freedom Sounds) [06-05] - hip-hop [***]
- Camila Nebbia & Chris Corsano: Six or Seven Ways Towards Becoming Undone (Relative Pitch) [06-26] - jazz [***]
- Camila Nebbia [The Hanged One]: Limbo (Relative Pitch) - jazz
- Negative Press Project: Friction Quartet (Envelopmental Music) [01-30] - jazz [*]
- Bob Nell & Michael Bisio Trios: We Are Here (Origin) [07-24] - jazz [**]
- Willie Nelson: Dream Chaser (Legacy) [05-29] - country [***]
- Neurosis: An Undying Love for a Burning World (Neurot) [03-20] - post-metal [B]
- New England Jazz Collaborative: Tributaries (ACP) [07-16] - jazz [**]
- The New Gypsies: The New Gypsies Featuring Vic Juris (2017, SteepleChase) - jazz [*]
- The New Pornographers: The Former Site Of (Merge) - new wave [**]
- Angelika Niescier: Chicago Tapes (Intakt) [01-23] - jazz [***]
- Pascal Niggenkemper Ensemble Tuvalu: D'Une Rive à L'Autre (Subran) [01-14] - jazz [**]
- Paal Nilssen-Love & Terrie Ex: What?! (Terp) [07-10] - jazz
- Kaori Nishijima/Yasuhito Mori: Conversations at Vilja (Apparat Studios) [06-06] - jazz
- Nite Bjuti: Minwi (Intakt) [05-15] - vocal jazz [**]
- NOHMI: Brightness & Darkness (ZenneZ) [01-23] - jazz
- Nolatet: Somethin' to Relax With (Royal Potato Family) [04-03] - jazz [*]
- Luke Norris: Moment From the Past (self-released) [03-20] - jazz [***]
- North Sea String Quartet: Zonar (Happy Seal) [03-01] - jazz
- Nubiyan Twist: Chasing Shadows (Strut) [03-20] - jazz-funk [*]
- Blue Morpho: (05-22) [art rock]
- Elephant: Out of Your Head (03-20) [J|jazz] - A-
- Angela O'Neill and the Outrageous 8: A Live Musical Tribute to Peggy Lee (Outrageous 8) [08-21] - vocal jazz [**]
- Mali Obomsawin: Automatic (Out of Your Head) [10-16] - jazz
- Octo Octa: Sigils for Survival (T4T LUV NRG) [04-30] - acid house [***]
- Odd Okoddo & Ogoya Nengo: Palagoma (From Cool Waters) [06-05] - African [***]
- Odense Jazz Orchestra: Meets Loren Stillman (AMM) [01-16] - jazz
- Lord Jah-Monte Ogbon: As of Now (Lex) [01-30] - hip-hop [A-]
- Linda May Han Oh/Melissa Aldana: Beneath Lifted Skies (Biophilia) [08-21] - jazz [***]
- Miles Okazaki: Boomtown (Pi) [06-26] - jazz [A-]
- Meg Okura: Isaiah (Adhyâropa) [02-20] - jazz [A-]
- Oliver-Smith Incomparables: Stomp Your Stuff (Turtle Bay) [08-28] - jazz [A-]
- Kate Olson: So It Goes (OA2) [01-16] - jazz [***]
- Henrik Olsson: Antumbra Ensemble (Cuneiform) [06-26] - jazz [B]
- OM: Südpol (Intakt) [06-19] - jazz [**]
- Onilu: Jakuta's Dance (577) [06-26] - jazz [***]
- Eivind Opsvik/Elias Stemeseder/Will Graefe: The Setting (Loyal) [02-20] - jazz
- Orchestre National De Jazz: With Carla (ONJ) [05-22] - jazz [**]
- Orchestra of the Upper Atmosphere: Theta Seven (Discus Music) [01-30] - jazz
- Bill Orcutt: Music in Continuous Motion (Palilalia) [03-13] - jazz [**]
- Orquesta Akokán: América! (Daptone) [07-17] - Latin [*]
- Outer Worlds Jazz Ensemble: The Kármán Line (ATA) [05-01] - jazz [***]
- The Outskirts: Orbital (Aerophonic) [04-07] - jazz [A-]
- Maisy Owen: Dark on a Sunny Day (Tompkins Square) [05-01] - folk [*]
- Genesis Owusu: Redstar Wu & the Worldwide Scourge (Ourness) [05-15] - hip-hop [***]
- John Pachnos: John Pachnos (Avgonyma Music) [05-15] - jazz [**]
- Beto Paciello: The Stoic Suite (Moons Arts) [04-17] - jazz [B]
- Nino Paid: Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Signal/Columbia) [08-04] - hip-hop [**]
- Chenxi Pan: This Very Moment (Origin) [03-20] - jazz [B]
- The Paranoid Style: Known Associates (Bar/None) [02-13] [A-]
- Shane Parish: Autechre Guitar (Palilalia) [02-27] - guitar [B]
- Jeff Parker ETA IVtet: Happy Today (International Anthem/Nonesuch) [05-15] - jazz [A-]
- William Parker: Waltz for Gregory (AUM Fidelity) [10-09] - jazz [U]
- Arlo Parks: Ambiguous Desire (Transgressive) [04-03] - alt-pop [**]
- Gretechen Parlato: The Wise Ones (Edition) [09-11] - vocal jazz [*]
- Ben Patterson: Stretch (Origin) [06-19] - jazz [**]
- Rebecca Patterson/Ron Wilkins: The Vigil and the Sleeping Giant (Adhyâropa) [04-10] - jazz
- Nicholas Payton/Butcher Brown: A Supreme Blue (Concord) [07-24] - jazz [B-]
- Carly Pearce: Honest Woman (Stoney Creek) [08-28] - country [***]
- Jeremy Pelt: Our Community Will Not Be Erased (HighNote) [02-27] - jazz [**]
- Sergio Pereira: Colors of Time (Sergio Pereira Music) [05-15] - jazz [***]
- Ivo Perelman/Wadada Leo Smith: Duologues 5 (Ibeji) [01-02] - jazz [***]
- Ivo Perelman: Trifecta (Mahakala Music -3CD) [04-10] - jazz [A-]
- Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp/William Parker/Bobby Kapp: Synesthesia (Defkaz) [05-19] - jazz [***]
- Ivo Perelman/Damon Smith: Duologue: Core of Existence (Squid Note) [05-22] - jazz [***]
- Ivo Perelman/Elliot Sharp/Cyro Baptista: Triacontagon (Defkaz) [06-01] - jazz [A-]
- Houston Person: From the Heart (Arbors) [08-28] - jazz [***]
- The Phoenix Trio: Tomorrow Is Today (Giant Step Arts) [06-19] - jazz [A-]
- Justin Pierce: Sway (Justin Pierce Music) [08-14] - jazz [A-]
- Sarah Pillow: Wanderer (Buckyball) [10-05] - vocal jazz [***]
- Leigh Pilzer: Keep Holding On (Strange Woman) [06-19] - jazz [***]
- Lido Pimienta: Caribenya (Anti-) [07-17] - Latin [*]
- John Pizzarelli: Dear Mr. Bennett (Green Hill Music) [03-03] - vocal jazz [***]
- PLRLS: Sleeping in a Dress (Si) [07-11] - post-punk [***]
- Polyfillas: An Assortment of Punk Originals (Dangerous) [09-04] - punk [U]
- Pony: Clearly Cursed (Take This to Heart) [02-13] - indie pop [**]
- Poppy: Empty Hands (Sumerian) [01-23] - metalcore [*]
- Benjie Porecki: Faster Than We Know (Funklove Productions) [03-02] - jazz [*]
- Chris Potter: Alive With Ghosts Today (Edition) [05-08] - jazz [*]
- Praed: Al Wahem (Ruptured/Annihaya) [03-06] - electronic [**]
- Margo Price: Days of Unrest (Loma Vista) [07-03] - country [A-]
- Prairie Princess: Jewish American Prairie Princess (self-released) [08-03] - anti-folk [**]
- Brooks Prumo Orchestra: Good Bait (self-released) [02-26] - jazz [**]
- Puma Blue: Croak Dream (PIAS) [02-06] - trip-hop [**]
- Punkt.Vrt.Plastik: Kompress (Intakt) [08-28] - jazz [**]
- Pussy Riot: Cyka (Stem) [06-12] - postpunk [A-]
- Matthew Putnam/Hilliard Greene/Francisco Mela: Bright Sun Outside (577) [08-21] - jazz [**]
- PVA: No More Like This (It's All for Fun) [01-23] - trip-hop [***]
- Quagmire & Christer Bothén: Rörane (Relative Pitch) [05-22] - jazz [**]
- Queen Herewin & PA. Dre: DOTOM: Death of the Old Me (Matic) [08-28] - hip-hop [***]
- Adrian Quesada: Trio Asesino (ATO) [03-27] - jazz
- Rebecca Rafla: Fundamentally Unfinished (Rebecca Raffla Music) [06-22] - vocal jazz [B]
- Ragini Trio: 3 (W.E.R.F.) [02-20] - jazz [A-]
- Adam Randolph: Invisible Threads () [09-18] - jazz
- Rapsody: God Gotta Afro & Gold Hoops (We Each Other/Roc Nation) [08-21] - hip-hop [A-]
- Ratboys: Singin' to an Empty Chair (New West) [02-06] - indie-rock [**]
- 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
- Raye: This Music May Contain Hope (Human Re Sources) [03-27] - pop soul [***]
- 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
- Julian Davis Reid and Circle of Trust: Mercy We Need (Too Lost) [09-25] - jazz [U]
- The Tomeka Reid Quartet: Dance! Skip! Hop! (Out of Your Head) [02-13] - jazz [A-]
- Dave Rempis/Joshua Abrams/Avreeal Ra + Jim Baker: The Walls of the Temple Are Made of Sound (Aerophonic) [11-27] - jazz [U]
- Ren: Vincent's Tale (Freckled Angels/Rebel Creator Services) [01-29] - UK hip-hop [A-]
- Reverso: Between Two Silences (Alternate Side) [03-27] - jazz [***]
- Jenny Reynolds: Willow & Stone (Pretty Okay Music) [06-19] - country [**]
- Mariam Rezaei/Sakina Abdou/Kobe Van Cauwenberghe: 1984 [I IX VIII IV]: The Forward Process (Dropa Disc) [02-14] - jazz [**]
- Marc Ribot Quartet: Hurry Red Telephone (Pi) [10-30] - jazz
- Tom Ricci: Happening in Buenos Aires: Live at Borges 1975 (self-released) [06-20] - jazz [**]
- Lisa Rich: I Still Rise (Tritone) [06-26] - vocal jazz
- Ron Rieder: Compositions in Blue and Other Hues (Meson) [01-01] - jazz [**]
- RJD2 & Supastition: According To (RJ's Electrical Connections) [02-27] - hip-hop [A-]
- Emily Scott Robinson: Appalachia (Oh Boy) [01-30] - country
- Jason Robinson: Blue Salience: For Yusef Lateef (Circumvention Music) [10-29] - jazz [U]
- Jim Robitaille Trio: Sonic (Whaling City Sound) [04-01] - jazz [**]
- Robyn: Sexistential (Konichiwa/Young) [03-27] - pop [A-]
- Olivia Rodrigo: You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love (Geffen) [06-12] - pop [A-]
- Willy Rodriguez: In the Unknown (I Will Find You) (Sunnyside) [03-13] - jazz
- Yvonne Rogers: The Button Jar (Pyroclastic) [05-08] - jazz [**]
- Kemuel Roig: Both Sides Now (Life in Music) [05-15] - jazz [***]
- Alex Roitman Tango Ensemble: La Cocina De Tango (ARTE-FL) [08-25] - jazz [***]
- The Rolling Stones: Foreign Tongues (Rolling Stones/Polydor) [07-10] - rock [A-]
- Rome Streetz: Sock It 2 My Pocket (Mass Appeal) [07-17] - hip-hop [**]
- Ben Rosenblum: The Longest Way Round (One Trick Dog) [02-27] - jazz [***]
- Ted Rosenthal Trio: The Good Old Days (TMR Music) [05-01] - jazz [***]
- Jefferson Ross: Low Country Wedding (self-released) [04-10] - singer-songwriter [A-]
- Joel Ross: Gospel Music (Blue Note) [01-30] - jazz [**]
- Jorge Rossy/Michael Kanan: Red on Maroon (UnderPool) [05-28] - jazz
- Jim Rotondi & Dena DeRose: Out of the Past (Cellar) [08-21] - jazz [*]
- Adam Rudolph/Alexis Marcelo/Kaoru Watanabe: Sunrise (Meta) [05-15] - jazz
- Adam Rudolph: Ascensions (Omni Sound) [09-18] - jazz
- Jeff Rupert Quartet: Sea Spell (Rupe Media) [06-29] - jazz [**]
- Olaf Rupp: Berlin Eiskeller (Scatter Archive) [04-10] - jazz [**]
- Catherine Russell: Live @ Jazz at Lincoln Center (Dot Time) [04-24] - vocal jazz [***]
ERR: stream no grade: Ray Russell: Dangerous Bends - Ray Russell: Dangerous Bends (Cuneiform) [09-25] - jazz
- Dabin Ryu: Discomfort (Endectomorph Music) [11-06] - jazz
- Harvie S: Bright Dawn (Origin) [03-20] - jazz [**]
- Andrew Sa: American Rough (Bloodshot) [06-26] - country [*]
- Sad Daddy: Ozark Shine (Catfish Music/Free Dirt) [06-26] - country [**]
- Scott Sadlon: Songs From Thin Air (Buddha Boy) [01-28] - jazz [***]
- Jamie Safir: Momentum (Chill Tone) [09-04] - jazz [U]
- Samo Salamon/Arild Andersen/Patrice Heral: Songs (Samo) [09-00] - jazz
- Cécile McLorin Salvant: With Every Breath I Take (Nonesuch) [06-26] - vocal jazz [*]
- Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band: Arsenio and Beyond: Live at the Bronx Music Hall (Jazzheads) [04-10] - jazz [*]
- Christopher Sánchez: Latin Jazz Meets Opera (Zoho) [05-08] - jazz [***]
- David Sanchez: Tambó (Ropeadope) [05-15] - jazz [***]
- Marta Sanchez: For the Space You Left (Out of Your Head) [04-17] - jazz [A-]
- Armand Sangalang: Waypoints (Calligram) [08-07] - jazz [***]
- Cindy Blackman Santana: Coherence (Mack Avenue) [07-31] - jazz [*]
- Sault: Chapter 1 (Forever Living Originals) [01-09] - funk [**]
- Savant Flâneur: Hocketus (577) [09-25] - jazz
- Schapiro 17: Best Laid Plans (Summit) [05-08] - jazz [*]
- Jenny Scheinman: One Hundred Years Today (Royal Potato Family) [11-06] - jazz
- Maria Schneider Orchestra: American Crow (ArtistShare -EP) [02-03] - jazz [B]
- Claudio Scolari Project: Lines of Now (Principal) [04-24] - jazz [**]
- Bill Scorzari: Sidereal Days (Day 2) (self-released) [09-25] - singer-songwriter [A]
- Fie Schouten/Vincent Courtois/Sofia Borges/Pierre Baux: Open Space (Relative Pitch) [03-27] - jazz [**]
- Dave Schumacher & Cubeye: Agua Con Gas (Cubeye Music) [04-17] - jazz [B]
- Jill Scott: To Whom It May Concern (Human Re Sources/Blues Babe) [02-13] - neo-soul [***]
- Brandon Seabrook: Hellbent Daydream (Pyroclastic) [02-20] - jazz [*]
- Noé Sécula/Jorge Rossy: A Sphere Between Other Obsessions (Fresh Sound New Talent) [01-30] - jazz [*]
- Serengeti: Symphony of Psalms (CC King) [05-23] - hip-hop [*]
- Serengeti: Shark Attack () - hip-hop
- Serengeti: KennyV (CC King) [06-07] - hip-hop [*]
- Serokolo 7: Maramfa Musick Pro (Nyege Nyege Tapes) [04-24] - Afrobeat [*]
- Shabaka: Of the Earth (Shabaka) [03-06] - jazz [*]
- Aktu el Shabazz: As Seen on TV (766303 DK) [01-04] - hip-hop [**]
- Shake Stew: Ten One Two (Traumton) [02-13] - jazz
- Shalosh: What We Are Made Of (ACT Music) [03-27] - jazz [B]
- Aaron Shaw: And So It Is (Leaving) [02-13] - spiritual jazz [*]
- Andy Sheppard: Salt Catchers (ECM) [09-11] - jazz [*]
- Matthew Shipp/William Parker: A Whole System Of (TAO Forms) [11-06] - jazz [U]
- Sideshow: Tigray Funk (10k) [02-27] - hip-hop [**]
- Paul Silbergleit Trio: The Stillness of July (Calligram) [05-01] - jazz [**]
- Susana Santos Silva/Vasco Trilla: Mushin (Defkaz) [05-23] - jazz [*]
- Judi Silvano's Garden Winds: First Flight (JSL) [10-01] - vocal jazz [B-]
- Harlan Silverman: Music for Stillness (Intentional) [03-04] - jazz [***]
- Jae Skeese & Ill Tone Beats: The Good Part, Vol. 1 (Griselda) [03-06] - hip-hop [**]
- Skerik: Skerik 061725 (Loosegroove) [04-24] - jazz [**]
- Harry Skoler: Echoes (Red Brick Hill) [05-01] - jazz [**]
- Bria Skonberg: Brass (Cellar) [03-13] - jazz [**]
- Bria Skonberg: Indigo (Cellar) [07-03] - jazz [***]
- Skyzoo & Apollo Brown: Luxury Tax (First Generation Rich/Escapism) [09-25] - hip-hop [**]
- Slayyyter: Wor$t Girl in America (Columbia) [03-27] - dance-pop [**]
- Sleaford Mods: The Demise of Planet X (Rough Trade) [01-16] - synth punk [**]
- The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters: Reason (Corbett vs. Dempsey) [11-06] - jazz
- The Sleeveens: National Anthem (Goner) [05-01] - garage punk [*]
- Slow Tiger: Slow Tiger (Endectomorph Music) [07-17] - jazz [**]
- Slut Intent: Slutworld (self-released -EP) [01-01] - hardcore [*]
- Sky Smeed: Live at the Rock House (self-released) [04-03] - Americana [A-]
- David G Smith: Hero Street (Hey Dave) [06-26] - Americana [***]
- Wadada Leo Smith: Constellations and Hemispheres (Burning Ambulance Music) [09-25] - jazz [***]
- Walter Smith III: Twio Vol. 2 (Blue Note) [03-06] - jazz [**]
- Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra: Ellington Masterworks (MCG Jazz) [06-12] - jazz [***]
- SML: Spontaneous Music Live (International Anthem) [06-26] - jazz [A-]
- Snail Mail: Ricochet (Matador) [03-27] - alt/indie [*]
- Jim Snidero: House of Trane (Savant) [10-30] - jazz
- Victor Solano: Sundate (Endectomorph Music) [10-09] - jazz
- Clark Sommers: WaBaSH (Calligram) [08-07] - jazz [***]
- Peter Somuah: Walking Distance (ACT Music) [03-19] - jazz [***]
- Tyshawn Sorey: Monochromatic Life (Afterlife) (Dacamera) [01-30] - jazz [B]
- Tyshawn Sorey: Members . . . Don't! (Pi) [05-29] - jazz [A-]
- Omar Sosa/Joo Kraus/Diego Pinera: Vibe Factor (Music Hub) [03-11] - jazz [***]
- Yuyo Sotashe & Chris Pattishall: Invocation (self-released -EP) [03-20] - jazz [**]
- Nicolas Souchal/João Madeira/Bruno Parrinha: Parcours D'Impulsions (4DaRecord) [05-12] - jazz [*]
- Space: London Concert (Fönstret) [10-09] - jazz
- Speaker Music: Synoptic Audio (Planet Mu) [07-10] - electronica [**]
- Alister Spence: Always Ever (Alister Spence Music) [04-24] - jazz [**]
- Springfield Symphony Jazz Orchestra: Royalty: The Music of Duke Ellington & Count Basie (T2 Music) [08-07] - jazz [U]
- Squirrel Nut Zippers: Squirrel Nut Zippers Starring in "Fat City" (The Ballad of Lil' Tony) (Music Maker) [03-06] - jazz cabaret [**]
- Karen Stachel, Norbert Stachel & LehCats: Live @ the Breakroom With Giovanni Hidalgo (Purple Room Productions, 2CD) [03-20] - jazz [***]
- Vince Staples: Cry Baby (Loma Vista) [06-05] - hip-hop [A-]
- Tommaso Starace Organ Trio: Live at the Beaver Inn (Dodicilune) [05-20] - jazz
- Ringo Starr: Long Long Road (UME) [04-24] - country rock [C+]
- Station Model Violence: Station Model Violence (Anti Fade) [02-27] - post-punk [*]
- Elias Stemeseder/Thomas Morgan: Io Pur Respiro (Squama) [07-10] - jazz [***]
- Colin Stetson/Greg Fox/Trevor Dunn: Nethering (Envision) [02-23] - jazz [**]
- Matthew Stevens: Matthew Stevens (Candid) [05-08] - jazz [*]
- Co Streiff/Russ Johnson Quartet: Oracle (Intakt) [08-21] - jazz [***]
- The Strokes: Reality Awaits (RCA/Cult) [07-24] - alt-indie [**]
- Dave Stryker: Blue Fire: The Van Gelder Session (Strikezone) [01-09] - jazz [**]
- Stu Bangas & Wordsworth: Chemistry (1332) [01-30] - hip-hop [A-]
- Harry Styles: Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally. (Erskine/Columbia) [03-06] - pop [*]
- AJ Suede: Atomic Justice (Knowhatimean -EP) [07-14] - hip-hop [*]
- Soojin Suh: Prism of Existence (Endectomorph Music) [06-19] - jazz [**]
- Kevin Sun: Lofi at Lowlands 三 (Endectomorph Music) [03-13] - jazz [**]
- Kevin Sun: Kevin Sun, I (Endectomorph Music) [09-25] - jazz [U]
- Kevin Sun: Kevin Sun, II (Endectomorph Music) [09-25] - jazz [U]
- Helen Sung Big Band: Oracles (Sunnyside) [06-12] - jazz [*]
- Mattias Svensson: Embrace (Origin) [01-16] - jazz [**]
- Skúli Sverrisson/Bill Frisell: For All Your Flowers (Newvelle) [08-07] - jazz [*]
- Steve Swallow: Winter Songs (ECM) [06-26] - jazz [***]
- Swamp Dogg: Swamp Dogg Contemplates the Afterlife (S-Curve) [06-19] - r&b [A]
- Earl Sweatshirt/MIKE/Surf Gang: Pompeii//Utility (10K/Tan Cressida/Surf Gang) [04-03] - hip-hop [**]
- Sweeping Promises: You Say I Romanticize (Sub Pop) [08-14] - post-punk [A-]
- Sweet Megg: Massive Negroni (self-released) [05-01] - vocal jazz [**]
- Sweet Pill: There's Still a Glow (Hopeless) [03-13] - emo [*]
- Syd: Beard (Free Lunch/Warner) [07-17] - r&b [**]
- Joe Syrian Motor City Jazz Octet: A Blue Time (Circle 9) [04-24] - jazz [**]
- Antony Szmierek: Decoding Birdsong (Mushroom Music) [08-21] - prog house [A-]
- Craig Taborn: Dream Archives (ECM) [01-16] - jazz [*]
- Tanya Tagaq: Saputjiji (Six Shooter) [03-06] - singer-songwriter [A-]
- Ayumi Tanaka/Thomas Morgan/Thomas Strønen: Windflower (ECM) [08-11] - jazz [**]
- Taroug: Chott (Denovali) [03-27] - electronic [*]
- Katelyn Tarver: Tell Me How You Really Feel (Nettwerk) [03-06] - pop [**]
- Technocats: Passionata: The Music of Gregg Hill (Cold Plunge) [08-28] - jazz [***]
- Håkon Thelin: Echoes and Traces, Together (Peninsula Audio) [04-24] - jazz
- These Things Happen: A Gentle Reminder (Corbett vs. Dempsey) [02-27] - jazz
- They Might Be Giants: Eyeball (Idlewild -EP) [01-15] - art rock [B-]
- They Might Be Giants: The World Is to Dig (Idlewild) [04-14] - art rock [**]
- This Is Lorelei: The Singer in My Band (Matador) [09-11] - alt/indie [***]
- Jean-Luc Thomas Quartet: Sillons (Hirustica) [05-08] - jazz
- Micah Thomas: Lucid (Birdwatcher) [06-19] - jazz [**]
- Pat Thomas & XT: Strata, Act (Joy Contemporary) (We Jazz) [01-30] - jazz [**]
- Vance Thompson: Lost and Found (Moondo) [01-16] - jazz [*]
- Tyler "Twerk" Thomson: Plays in Bands (self-released) [03-01] - jazz [A-]
- Henry Threadgill/Vijay Iyer/Dafnis Prieto: Fifteen (Nonesuch) [08-21] - jazz [A-]
- Henry Threadgill Zooid: Cut You Where You Was (Pi) [08-28] - jazz [***]
- Thundercat: Distracted (Brainfeeder) [04-03] - neo-soul [*]
- Tinariwen: Hoggar (Wedge) [03-13] - Saharan [**]
- Tinashe: Popstar (Atlantic) [09-25] - neo-soul [***]
- Tipps and Obermiller: Little Kid Heart (self-released) [07-10] - singer-songwriter [A-]
- Tokischa: Amor & Droga (Warner Latina) [04-16] - Latin [***]
- Viktoria Tolstoy & Jacob Karlzon: Who We Are (ACT Music) [03-27] - vocal jazz [**]
- Fumi Tomita: Yokai: Songs of the Japanese Supernatural (OA2) [10-16] - jazz [U]
- Álvaro Torres Trio: Mairena (Fresh Sound New Talent) [05-01] - jazz [**]
- Tres Hongos: More Chips (Relative Pitch) [07-24] - jazz [**]
- Tricky: Different When It's Silent (False Idols) [06-17] - trip-hop [*]
- Trio Imagination: Creative Inspirations (Pi) [09-25] - jazz [U]
- Trio Sowari: Further Reflections (Shrike) [06-21] - jazz [*]
- Frnak Trompeter/Richard Gilman-Opalsky: Antifascist Freedom Music (Mahakala Music) [07-04] - jazz [**]
- Carolyn Trowbridge: Found Memories (self-released) [01-09] - jazz [B]
- Juanma Trujillo/Kenneth Jiménez/Vasco Trilla: Nada Es Nada (Ramble) [05-29] - jazz [**]
- Harriet Tubman & Georgia Muldrow: Electrical Field of Love (Pi) [03-27] - jazz [***]
- The Tubs: Hard Life (Merge) [09-11] - indie rock [*]
- Mark Turner: Patternmaster (ECM) [03-13] - jazz [*]
- The Twilight Sad: It's the Long Goodbye (Rock Action) [03-27] - shoegaze [**]
- Twisted Teens: Blame the Clown (Jazz Life) [02-13] - punk [**]
- Twisted Teens: Florida Water Blues (Going Underground) [07-10] - punk [***]
- Udeigwe: Four Lemmas (LU Factors) [05-01] - jazz [*]
- Gregory Uhlmann: Extra Stars (International Anthem) [03-06] - jazz [*]
- Gebhard Ullmann: Coffee and Berries (Trouble in the East/ESP-Disk') [05-22] - jazz [***]
- Underscores: U (self-released) [03-20] - electrpop [**]
- UNLV Combos: Back Home (Vegas) [11-01] - jazz [U]
- UNLV Jazz 1: My Favorite Things (Vegas) [11-01] - jazz [U]
- Vaiano's Paisanos: Vaiano's Paisanos (Jalopy) [05-01] - folk [***]
- Peter Van Huffel/Rieko Okuda/Sofia Borges: Lagrangian Points (4DaRecord) [04-18] - jazz [***]
- Kalia Vandever: Mana (International Anthem) [06-12] - jazz [*]
- April Varner: Ella (Cellar) [03-20] - vocal jazz [***]
- Gary Versace Trio: Three Track Mind (Sunnyside) [04-03] - jazz [**]
- Victor Vieira-Branco's Bark Culture: The Giant Is Awkward (Temperphantom) [06-05] - jazz [**]
- Ron Vincent: Ray's Hat Trick (Origin) [10-23] - jazz [U]
- Visible Cloaks: Pradessence (RVNG) [05-22] - ambient [B]
- Karsten Vogel: Late Night Ballads (Storyville) [02-20] - jazz [*]
- Terry Waldo & the Gotham City Band: Treasury Volume 3 (Turtle Bay) [06-05] - jazz [A-]
- Christian Wallumrød Ensemble: Non Sonett (Aspen Edities) [05-08] - jazz
- Lex Walton: Ultimate Love Forever (Sub Pop -EP) [08-26] - noise-pop [**]
- Jessie Ware: Superbloom (EMI) [04-17] - dance-pop [*]
- Marta Warelis: Still Life With Lemons (Relative Pitch) [05-22] - jazz [**]
- Trevor Watts/Barry Guy/Ramon Lopez: The First Touch (Fundacja Słuchaj) [03-06] - jazz
- Trevor Watts/John Edwards/Tollef Østvang: In the Know (Motvind) [08-28] - jazz [A-]
- WDR Big Band: Jagged Edges & Elegant Lines: The Music of Ayn Inserto (Summit) [08-07] - jazz [***]
- Joe Webb: Neath Beat (Edition) [05-22] - jazz [**]
- Anna Webber: It's Easier to Imagine the End of the World . . . (Intakt) [10-30] - jazz
- Brennan Wedl: Brennan Wedl (Anti-) [08-21] - singer-songwriter [***]
- Cory Weeds: Hip to Be Square: Plays Huey Lewis & the News (Boop Bop Bing Bash!) (Cellar) [10-16] - jazz
- Weird Nightmare: Hoopla (Sub Pop) [05-01] - alt/indie [*]
- Ben Wendel: BaRcoDe (Edition) [03-13] - jazz [**]
- The Westerlies: Have You Heard? The Music of Bill Frisell, Vol. 1 (Westerlies) [03-20] - jazz [**]
- Westside Cowboy: It Goes On (Island) [08-21] - indie rock [**]
- Tierra Whack: Whack's Museum (Interscope) [06-18] - hip-hop [***]
- What You May Call It: Da Qi (MechaBenzaiten) [05-08] - jazz [**]
- The Whirling: Mingbauset (Unit) - jazz
- White Denim: Wd13 (Bella Union) [04-24] - psychedelic pop [**]
- Chris Whiteman/John Toomey Quartet: Live at Révéler (self-released) [10-02] - jazz [U]
- Håvard Wiik/Antonio Borghini/Tim Daisy: One Brief Cure (Relay) [02-14] - jazz [***]
- Wiki: Ancient History (Wikset) [06-21] - hip-hop [***]
- Immanuel Wilkins Quartet: Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. 1 (Blue Note) [03-20] - jazz [**]
- Immanuel Wilkins Quartet: Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. 2 (Blue Note) [04-17] - jazz [**]
- Immanuel Wilkins Quartet: Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. 3 (Blue Note) [05-15] - jazz [**]
- Rich Willey: Laid Back Vol. 1 (Boptism) [05-30] - jazz [*]
- Earl "Guitar" Williams: The Soul King of Bessemer, AL (Music Maker) [05-08] - blues [**]
- Lucinda Williams: World's Gone Wrong () [01-23] - roots rock
- Saul Williams: Leap Life (Big Dada) [08-28] - spoken word [**]
- Willow: The Thread (Three Six Zero) [07-24] - art-pop [*]
- Gaia Wilmer Large Ensemble Featuring Mônica Salmaso: Parabólico: Reflections on Gilberto Gil Volume I (Sunnyside) [08-14] - jazz [**]
- Matt Wilson's Good Trouble: Love Is the Whole Thing, We Are Only Pieces (Palmetto) [09-18] - jazz [**]
- Steve Wilson: Enduring Sonance (Smoke Sessions) [05-01] - jazz [*]
- Martin Wind: Stars (Newvelle) [01-30] - jazz [A-]
- Winged Wheel: Desert So Green (12XU) [01-09] - rock [**]
- Ben Wolfe: Any Time After Now (Resident Arts) [05-15] - jazz [*]
- Jack Wood: For Every Man There's a Woman (Jazz Hang) [03-24] - jazz [***]
- Work Money Death: A Portal to Here (ATA) [02-13] - jazz [A-]
- Charlie Worsham: Once Upon a Second Time Around (ONErpm) [08-07] - country [***]
- Jay Worthy and George Clinton: Generation P (Empire) [08-28] - hip-hop
- Wrens: Live @ NUBLU (Out of Your Head) [06-12] - jazz [**]
- Jack Wright and Ben Bennett: Tourne (self-released) [04-16] - jazz [A-]
- Xaviersobased: Xavier (1C/Surf Gang/Atlantic) [01-30] - hip-hop [**]
- Charli XCX: Music, Fashion, Film (Atlantic) [07-24] - pop [***]
- XG: The Core (Xgalx) [01-23] - J-pop [A-]
- Yard Act: You're Gonna Need a Little Music (Universal Island) [07-17] - alt/indie [**]
- Otomo Yoshihide/Kei Matsumaru: Shutsumin (Trost) [06-19] - jazz [B-]
- Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts: As Time Explodes (Reprise) [04-18] - rock [A-]
- Neil Young & the Chrome Hearts: Second Song (Reprise) [09-18] - rock [A-]
- Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad: Jazz Is Dead 26: Antonio Carlos & Jocafi (Jazz Is Dead) [04-03] - jazz [***]
- Adrian Younge: Jazz Is Dead 27: Joyce & Tutty Moreno (Jazz Is Dead) [08-01] - jazz [*]
- Your Brother's Keeper & Gary Bartz: Where Rivers Meet (Brownswood) [06-19] - jazz [***]
- Jerry Z: Break Allegro (Drawbar) [10-09] - jazz [U]
- Zen Zadravec: New Paradigm (Marmite) [06-26] - jazz [*]
- 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
- Zel: Still Right Here (self-released) [02-12] - plugg [***]
- Miguel Zenón/Luis Perdomo: El Arte Del Bolero Vol. 3 (Miel Music) [08-28] - jazz [U]
- Tucker Zimmerman: Dream Me a Dream (Big Potato) - singer-songwriter [***]
- Zu: Ferrum Sidereum (House of Mythology) [01-09] - avant-metal [**]
ERR: stream no grade: : Concrete Rock: New York DIY - Concrete Rock: New York DIY (Desert Island) [06-26] - indie rock
Reissues, Etc.
Priority Counts
- Priority 2: 162
- Priority 3: 21
- Priority 4: 659
- Priority 5: 253
Total: 1095
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