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]
• Michael Aadal: Aggressive Hymns, Energetic Ballads (Losen) [02-20] - jazz [***]
• Juhani Aaltonen + Raoul Björkenheim: Nostalgia (Eclipse Music) [02-20] - jazz [***]
• Christine Abelnour/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 [**]
• David 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 [***]
• أحمد [Ahmed]: Play Monk (Otoroku) [05-08] - jazz [A-]
• 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
• 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 [**]
• 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-]
• David Ambrosio/Donny McCaslin/Ingrid Jensen/Bruce Barth/Victor Lewis: Civil Disobedience: Blue Note in the Progressive Sixties (Blue Frog) [05-16] - jazz [**]
• 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 [***]
• Samir Aouad: Casablanca (Les Luths Du Monde) [02-27] - jazz
• Florian Arbenz w/Bill Frisell and Greg Osby: Quiet Lights (Conversation Lab) [05-29] - jazz
• Julian Argüelles: Echo Fields (Escapade) [03-27] - jazz [**]
• Atlantic Road Trip: Watch as the Echo Falls (Calligram) [04-03] - jazz [*]
• Aymeric Avice/Luke Stewart/Chad Taylor: Deep in the Earth High in the Sky (RogueArt) [02-09] - jazz [***]
• Elles Bailey: Can't Take My Story Away (Cooking Vinyl) [01-16] - Americana [**]
• Ballister + Luke Stewart: Clocking the Wheel (Aerophonic) [07-10] - jazz [A-]
• Teller Bank$: Hate Island ($357ENT) [03-29] - hip-hop [**]
• Richard Baratta: Another Kind of Bird (Savant) [06-02] - jazz [*]
• 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
• Steven Bernstein/Scotty Hard: ResoNation Trio/Ultra Resonance (Royal Potato Family) [06-05] - jazz [***]
• Yaya Bey: Fidelity (Drink Sum Wtr) [04-17] - neo-soul [***]
• Eric Bibb: One Mississippi (Repute) [01-30] - blues [**]
• 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 ()
• Black Nile: Indigo Garden (Hen House Studios) [04-10] - jazz [***]
• Michael Blake: Piccolos Before Rifles (Baby Tank) [05-01] - jazz
• Seamus Blake: The Electrifying Seamus Blake: EH! (Plays the Music of Eddie Harris) (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]
• Ryan Blotnick: The Woods (Fishkill) [04-17] - jazz [**]
• 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-]
• 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 [***]
• Alan Braufman: Anthem for Peace (The Control Group/Valley of Search) [05-15] - jazz [**]
• Patricia Brennan/Sylvie Courvoisier: Talamanti (Antlia) [02-26] - jazz [***]
• Asher Brinson: Midnight Hurricane (AsherBrin) [04-03] - jazz [A-]
• Adam Brodsky: American Epitaph (Permanent) [06-05] - folk [A-]
• 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 [***]
• Buck 65: Do Not Bend (Handsmade) [02-26] - hip-hop [A-]
• 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 [***]
• 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-]
• Chalk: Crystalpunk (Alter Music) [03-13] - industrial rock [***]
• 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
• Keyvan Chemirani: Tales of Nar (PeeWee!) [02-06] - jazz
• Owen Chen: Eternal Wind: The Ghibli Collection (OA2) [04-03] - jazz [*]
• Chicago Soul Jazz Collective: No Wind & No Rain (Calligram) [04-10] - jazz [**]
• Billy Childs: Triuimvirate (Mack Avenue) [04-24] - jazz
• Chrome Hill & Dōjō: Free Rangers (Clean Feed) [03-20] - jazz [***]
• Paul Citro: Keep Moving (Home) (Calligram) [05-01] - jazz [*]
• Mike Clark: Kuon Ganjo (Time Without Beginning) (Wide Hive) [08-07] - jazz [U]
• 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 [*]
• 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
• 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 [***]
• Corima: Hunab Ku (Soleil Zeuhl) [02-16] - jazz [*]
• Corook: How Do I Relate to You (-EP)
• Gustavo Cortinas: The Drum Also Sings (Desafio Candente) [06-05] - jazz
• George Cotsirilos: In the Wee Hours (OA2) [05-22] - jazz [*]
• Sylvie Courvoisier Trio: Éclats - Live in Europe (Intakt) [03-27] - jazz [***]
• Liz Cracchiolo: Just a Girl I'm a Woman (Pacific Coast Jazz) [09-18] - vocal jazz [U]
• 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
• 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 [***]
• Stew Cutler & Friends: Under Cover (Mostly) (self-released) [02-06] - jazz [*]
• Cyger & Butterworth: Plaid Pants (Outrageous8) [03-11] - jazz [**]
• Daggerboard: The Skipper and Mike Clark (Wide Hive) [03-06] - jazz [**]
• Amalie Dahl's Dafnie Extended: Live at Moldejazz (Sonic Transmissions) [03-06] - 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 [***]
• Daphni: Butterfly (Jiaolong) [02-06] - house [***]
• Jesse Davis Quartet: Reflections (Cellar) [04-03] - jazz [A-]
• Kris Davis and the Lutoslawski Quartet: The Solastalgia Suite (Pyroclastic) [01-09] - jazz [***]
• 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 [**]
• Catherine Delaunay: L'Homme Des Damps (Nato) [01-09] - jazz
• The Delines: The Set Up (Decor/El Cortez/Jealous Butcher) [03-06] [***]
• 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
• DJ Eprom: We Are the Biobots (JuNouMi) [01-21] - electronica [A-]
• Django Festival Allstars: Evolution (Motéma) [02-13] - jazz [*]
• Thomas Dollbaum: Birds of Paradise (Dear Life) [05-22] - singer-songwriter [A-]
• Armen Donelian: Inquiry (Sunnyside) [06-05] - jazz [*]
• Florence Dore: Hold the Spark (Propeller) [05-15] - country [A-]
• Dave Douglas: Four Freedoms (Greenleaf Music) [01-30] - jazz [**]
• Dave Douglas: Transcend (Greenleaf Music) [04-24] - jazz [***]
• Riley Downing: Landfill Poetry (Oh Boy) - country
• Charles Downs Quartet: Inner (ESP-Disk') [05-15] - jazz [A-]
• 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
• 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
• 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 [*]
• Marty Ehrlich: Cartographies of Flight: Lines Set Afloat Towards Hope (Corbett vs. Dempsey) [04-24] - jazz [***]
• Marty Ehrlich: Open Air: The Complete Saxophone Quartet Compositions of Julius Hemphill (Out of Your Head) [08-28] - jazz
• Wendy Eisenberg: Wendy Eisenberg (Joyful Noise) [04-03] - singer-songwriter [B]
• 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-]
• 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 [***]
• Gabriel Espinosa: The Brazilian Project (Origin) [05-22] - jazz [*]
• Fakemink: The Boy Who Cried Terrified (EtnaVeraVela -EP) - UK hip-hop [*]
• Jimmy Farace: Big Shoulders, Big Sounds (Shifting Paradigm) [04-17] - jazz
• Fathers: Fathers (Blue Note) [07-10] - jazz
• 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 [**]
• Hugo Fernandez: Rivermind (self-released) [03-04] - 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-]
• Flöjter: Brest Flow (Utech) [04-26] - jazz
• Flying Lotus: Big Mama (Brainfeeder -EP) [03-06] - IDM [*]
• Michael Formanek: New Digs (Intakt) [03-20] - jazz [***]
• Marie-Paule Franke: Through the Cracks, the Light Is Born (MariPosa) [06-26] - vocal 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 [**]
• 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
• Sophie Gault: Unhinged (Torrez Music Group) [01-23] - singer-songwriter [**]
• George: Looking for Consonance (Out of Your Head) [05-08] - jazz [***]
• 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 [*]
• 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 [***]
• 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
• 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 [**]
• Kelly Green: Eat Your Greens! (Green Soul) [08-28] - jazz [U]
• Barry Greene: Giants (Origin) [04-17] - 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 [**]
• 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 [***]
• 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 [**]
• Phil Haynes/Ben Monder/Peyton Pleninger: Terra (Corner Store Jazz) [05-01] - jazz [***]
• Heavenly: Highway to Heavenly (Skep Wax) [02-27] - twee pop [*]
• Alden Hellmuth: Tether (Leiter) [06-26] - jazz [***]
• Hemlocke Springs: The Apple Tree Under the Sea (AWAL) [02-13] - pop [***]
• Colin Heshmat: Elastic Groove (HMC) [07-23] - jazz [U]
• Marquis Hill: (Beautifulism) Sweet Surrender (Black Unlimited) [03-13] - jazz
• David Hillyard & the Rocksteady 7: Home for Dinner (Org Music) [02-20] - ska sax [B]
• Shelley Hirsch/Christian Weber/Alfred Vogel: Vanish (Boomslang) [01-30] - jazz
• 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
• Corcoran Holt: Freedom of Art (Holt House/Outside In Music) [02-20] - jazz
• 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 [**]
• Hyper Elastic Jinx: We Vote Force Majeure (Barefoot) [02-19] - jazz
• 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 [***]
• Imarhan: Essam (City Slang) [01-16] - tishoumaren [***]
• Kathy Ingraham: Jazz Dreams (Peirdon) [03-16] - vocal jazz [*]
• 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-]
• 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
• 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 [***]
• 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 [*]
• Goran Kajfeš Subtropic Arkestra: & Avin Omar (We Jazz -EP) [06-26] - vocal jazz [B+(***)]
• Noah Kahan: The Great Divide ()
• Paul Kahn: Willingness (Carl Cat) [06-19] - jazz [B-]
• Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band: Incarnadine (self-released) [05-08] - jazz
• Kehlani: Kehlani (Atlantic) [04-24] - r&b [**]
• The Paul Keller Orchestra: Thank You Notes: The Music of Gregg Hill (Cold Plunge) [03-27] - jazz [**]
• Mike Khoury/Jason Kao Hwang/Ben Hall/Andrew Drury: Spite of Darkness (Entropy Stereo) [07-24] - jazz
• Andrew Kim: Lineage (Origin) [07-24] - jazz [U]
• DoYeon Kim: Wellspring (TAO Forms) [05-01] - jazz [*]
• Kinact: Kinshasa in Action (Nyege Nyege Tapes) [03-26] - African [**]
• 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 [**]
• Kneecap: Fenian (Heavenly) [05-01] - UK hip-hop [A-]
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Lazy Californians: Back to San Francisco (Angel Island) [02-13] - jazz [***]
• Scott Lee: Greetings From Florida: Postcards From Paradise (Sunnyside) [04-16] - jazz [*]
• Janel Leppin: Slowly Melting (Cuneiform) [03-27] - jazz [*]
• Janel Leppin's Ensemble Volcanic Ash: Pluto in Aquarius (Cuneiform) [03-27] - jazz [**]
• Noa Levy & Paul Edis Trio: Portrait in Evans (Dot Time) [03-20] - jazz
• James Brandon Lewis Quartet: Omni (Intakt) [06-26] - jazz [A-]
• 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-]
• Fred Lonberg-Holm/João Madeira/Bruno Pedroso/Carlos Zinagaro: Convergência Do Vôo (4DaRecord) [02-06] - 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 [***]
• 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 ()
• Chris Madsen/Dana Hall/Clark Sommers: Threefold (Calligram) [03-06] - jazz [***]
• Jennifer Madsen: Girl Talk (SingBaby Productions) [06-26] - 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 [*]
• Mammal Hands: Circadia (ACT Music) [02-27] - jazz [*]
• Mandy, Indiana: Urgh (Sacred Bones) [02-06] - noise pop [***]
• Luke Marantz/Simon Jermyn: Echoes (Chill Tone) [01-09] - jazz [**]
• Alexis Marcelo: Solo Piano (Intakt) [01-30] - jazz
• 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) [06-12] - jazz
• Bruno Mars: The Romantic (Atlantic) [02-26] - pop [*]
• Brian Marsella & Sae Hashimoto: Tunnel Vision (Red Palace) [03-06] - jazz
• Tal Mashiach: Who's Around? (Anzic) [06-26] - jazz [B]
• Magda Mayas: Chant (Unsounds) [05-15] - jazz
• Magda Mayas' Filamental: Murmur (Relative Pitch) [02-20] - jazz
• Ashley McBryde: Wild (Warner Nashville) [05-08] - country [A-]
• Nicole McCabe: Color Theory (Birdwatcher) [02-20] - 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 [U]
• 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+ (Ubiquity Music) [02-27] - jazz [*]
• Michaela Anne: These Are the Days (Georgia June) [05-08] - country [**]
• Sei Miguel: Viva! (Clean Feed) [05-28] - jazz
• 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 [**]
• Hedvig Mollestad Weejuns: Bitches Blues (Rune Grammofon) [04-17] - jazz [***]
• 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-]
• 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 [***]
• Azuka Moweta and His Anioma Brothers Band of Africa: Kenechukwu (Palenque) [02-13] - African [A-]
• Kacey Musgraves: Middle of Nowhere (Lost Highway) [05-01] - country [***]
• 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 [*]
• Camila Nebbia & Chris Corsano: Six or Seven Ways Towards Becoming Undone (Relative Pitch) [06-26] - jazz [***]
• Negative Press Project: Friction Quartet (Envelopmental Music) [01-30] - jazz [*]
• Bob Nell & Michael Bisio Trios: We Are Here (Origin) [07-24] - jazz [U]
• 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 [U]
• The New Gypsies: The New Gypsies Featuring Vic Juris (2017, SteepleChase) - jazz [*]
• 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
• 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-
• Ancestral: Whirlwind () [J|jazz]
• Octo Octa: Sigils for Survival (T4T LUV NRG) [04-30] - acid house [***]
• Odense Jazz Orchestra: Meets Loren Stillman (AMM) [01-16] - jazz
• Lord Jah-Monte Ogbon: As of Now (Lex) [01-30] - hip-hop [A-]
• Miles Okazaki: Boomtown (Pi) [06-26] - jazz [A-]
• Meg Okura: Isaiah (Adhyâropa) [02-20] - jazz [A-]
• Kate Olson: So It Goes (OA2) [01-16] - jazz [***]
• Henrik Olsson: Antumbra Ensemble (Cuneiform)
• 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
• Orchestra of the Upper Atmosphere: Theta Seven (Discus Music) [01-30] - jazz
• Bill Orcutt: Music in Continuous Motion (Palilalia) [03-13] - jazz [**]
• 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]
• 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-]
• Ben Patterson: Stretch (Origin) [06-19] - jazz [**]
• Rebecca Patterson/Ron Wilkins: The Vigil and the Sleeping Giant (Adhyâropa) [04-10] - jazz
• 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 [***]
• The Phoenix Trio: Tomorrow Is Today (Giant Step Arts) [06-19] - jazz [A-]
• Leigh Pilzer: Keep Holding On (Strange Woman) [06-19] - jazz [***]
• John Pizzarelli: Dear Mr. Bennett (Green Hill Music) [03-03] - vocal jazz [***]
• 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 () - country
• Bruce Prumo Orchestra: Good Bait (self-released) [02-26] - jazz
• Puma Blue: Croak Dream (PIAS) [02-06] - trip-hop [**]
• PVA: No More Like This (It's All for Fun) [01-23] - trip-hop [***]
• Quagmire & Christer Bothén: Rörane (Relative Pitch) [05-22] - jazz
• Adrian Quesada: Trio Asesino (ATO) [03-27] - jazz
• ERR: stream no grade: Rebecca Rafla: Fundamentally Unfinished
• Rebecca Rafla: Fundamentally Unfinished (Rebecca Raffla Music) [06-22] - vocal jazz
• Ragini Trio: 3 (W.E.R.F.) [02-20] - jazz [A-]
• Ratboys: Singin' to an Empty Chair (New West) [02-06] - indie-rock [**]
• Tom Raworth & Giancarlo Nino Locatelli: A Decent Run (We Insist!) [05-28] - jazz
• Raye: This Music May Contain Hope (Human Re Sources) [03-27] - pop soul [***]
• The Tomeka Reid Quartet: Dance! Skip! Hop! (Out of Your Head) [02-13] - jazz [A-]
• Ren: Vincent's Tale (Freckled Angels/Rebel Creator Services) [01-29] - UK hip-hop [A-]
• Reverso: Between Two Silences (Alternate Side) [03-27] - jazz [***]
• Mariam Rezaei/Sakina Abdou/Kobe Van Cauwenberghe: 1984 [I IX VIII IV]: The Forward Process (Dropa Disc) [02-14] - 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
• 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 ()
• 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 [***]
• 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
• Adam Rudolph/Alexis Marcelo/Kaoru Watanabe: Sunrise (Meta) [05-15] - jazz
• Jeff Rupert Quartet: Sea Spell (Rupe Media) [06-29] - jazz [**]
• Olaf Rupp: Berlin Eiskeller (Scatter Archive) [04-10] - jazz [**]
• Harvie S: Bright Dawn (Origin) [03-20] - jazz [**]
• Sad Daddy: Ozark Shine (Catfish Music/Free Dirt) [06-26] - country [**]
• Scott Sadlon: Songs From Thin Air (Buddha Boy) [01-28] - 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 [U]
• Sault: Chapter 1 (Forever Living Originals) [01-09] - funk [**]
• Schapiro 17: Best Laid Plans (Summit) [05-08] - jazz [*]
• Maria Schneider Orchestra: American Crow (ArtistShare -EP) [02-03] - jazz [B]
• Claudio Scolari Project: Lines of Now (Principal) [04-24] - jazz [U]
• 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 [*]
• 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 [**]
• Shalosh: What We Are Made Of (ACT Music) [03-27] - jazz [B]
• Aaron Shaw: And So It Is (Leaving) [02-13] - spiritual jazz [*]
• 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
• 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 [**]
• 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 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
• 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 [*]
• Clark Sommers: WaBaSH (Calligram) [08-07] - jazz [U]
• 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
• Alister Spence: Always Ever (Alister Spence Music) [04-24] - jazz [**]
• 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 [***]
• Tommaso Starace Organ Trio: Live at the Beaver Inn (Dodicilune) [05-20] - jazz
• Station Model Violence: Station Model Violence (Anti Fade) [02-27] - post-punk [*]
• Colin Stetson/Greg Fox/Trevor Dunn: Nethering (Envision) [02-23] - jazz [**]
• Matthew Stevens: Matthew Stevens (Candid) [05-08] - jazz [*]
• 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 [*]
• Soojin Suh: Prism of Existence (Endectomorph Music) [06-19] - jazz [**]
• Kevin Sun: Lofi at Lowlands 三 (Endectomorph Music) [03-13] - jazz [**]
• 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) [08-01] - jazz
• Steve Swallow: Winter Songs (ECM) [06-26] - jazz
• Swamp Dogg: Swamp Dogg Contemplates the Afterlife ()
• Earl Sweatshirt/MIKE/Surf Gang: Pompeii//Utility (10k) [04-03] - hip-hop [**]
• Joe Syrian Motor City Jazz Octet: A Blue Time (Circle 9) [04-24] - jazz [**]
• Craig Taborn: Dream Archives (ECM) [01-16] - jazz [*]
• Tanya Tagaq: Saputjiji (Six Shooter) [03-06] - singer-songwriter [A-]
• Taroug: Chott (Denovali) [03-27] - electronic [*]
• Katelyn Tarver: Tell Me How You Really Feel (Nettwerk) [03-06] - pop [**]
• 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 [**]
• Jean-Luc Thomas Quartet: Sillons (Hirustica) [05-08] - jazz
• Micah Thomas: Lucid (self-released) [06-19] - jazz
• Pat Thomas & XT: Strata, Act (Joy Contemporary) (We Jazz) [01-30] - jazz [**]
• Vance Thompson: Lost and Found (Moondo) [01-16] - jazz [*]
• Henry Threadgill/Vijay Iyer/Dafnis Prieto: Fifteen (Nonesuch) [08-21] - jazz
• 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 [**]
• Tokischa: Amor & Droga (Warner Latina) [04-16] - Latin [***]
• Viktoria Tolstoy & Jacob Karlzon: Who We Are (ACT Music) [03-27] - vocal jazz [**]
• Álvaro Torres Trio: Mairena (Fresh Sound New Talent) [05-01] - 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: Electical Field of Love (Pi) [03-27] - jazz [***]
• Mark Turner: Patternmaster (ECM) [03-13] - jazz [*]
• The Twilight Sad: It's the Long Goodbye (Rock Action) [03-27] - shoegaze [**]
• Udeigwe: Four Lemmas (LU Factors) [05-01] - jazz [*]
• Gregory Uhlmann: Extra Stars (International Anthem) [03-06] - jazz [*]
• Underscores: U (self-released) [03-20] - electrpop [**]
• 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: Kana (International Anthem) [06-12] - 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 [**]
• Karsten Vogel: Late Night Ballads (Storyville) [02-20] - jazz [*]
• Terry Waldo & the Gotham City Band: Treasury Volume 3 (Turtle Bay) - jazz [A-]
• Christian Wallumrød Ensemble: Non Sonett (Aspen Edities) [05-08] - jazz
• 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
• Joe Webb: Neath Beat (Edition) [05-22] - jazz [**]
• Weird Nightmare: Hoopla (Sub Pop) [05-01] - alt/indie [*]
• Ben Wendel: BaRcoDe (Edition) [03-13] - jazz [**]
• Tierra Whack: Whack's Museum () - hip-hop
• What You May Call It: Da Qi (MechaBenzaiten) [05-08] - jazz [**]
• White Denim: Wd13 (Bella Union) [04-24] - psychedelic pop [**]
• Håvard Wiik/Antonio Borghini/Tim Daisy: One Brief Cure (Relay) [02-14] - jazz
• Wiki: Ancient History () - 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 [*]
• Lucinda Williams: World's Gone Wrong () [01-23] - roots rock
• 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-]
• Wrens: Live @ NUBLU (Out of Your Head) [06-12] - jazz
• Xaviersobased: Xavier (1C/Surf Gang/Atlantic) [01-30] - hip-hop [**]
• XG: The Core (Xgalx) [01-23] - J-pop [A-]
• Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad: Jazz Is Dead 26: Antonio Carlos & Jocafi (Jazz Is Dead) [04-03] - jazz [***]
• Zen Zadravec: New Paradigm (Marmite) [06-26] - 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
• Tucker Zimmerman: Dream Me a Dream ()
• Zu: Ferrum Sidereum (House of Mythology) [01-09] - avant-metal [**]

Reissues, Etc.

• Angine De Poitreau: Vol. 1 (2024, Spectacles Bonzaï) [04-03] - math rock [***]
• Louis Armstrong: Reference: Hot Five & Hot Seven at 100 (1925-28, AlAy/Thingamajig) [01-02] - jazz
• Albert Ayler Quintet: Reference: Copenhagen, Bordeaux 1966 & Newport 1967 Live First Release (AlAy/Thingamajig -25) [2025-] - jazz
• Kenny Barron/Ray Drummond/Ben Riley: So Many Lovely Things: Live in Brecon (1995, Elemental Music) [06-12] - jazz [A-]
• Johannes Bauer/Michael Griener/Olaf Rupp: Aufsturz (2007, Scatter Archive) [05-01] - jazz [***]
• Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers: Jazz Messengers '70 (Good Time) [06-04] - jazz
• Carla Bley: Joyful Noise (Live in Hamburg 1984) (Made in Germany) [05-15] - jazz
• Roland Brival: Créole Gypso (1980, Soundway) [03-20] - jazz
• Marion Brown: Live in Europe 1968 & 1972 (NoBusiness) [05-01] - jazz [**]
• Marion Brown: Awofofora (1976, Aguirre) [04-03] - jazz [***]
• Donald Byrd: The Cat Walk (Blue Note) [05-15] - jazz [B]
• Terry Callier: At the Earl of Old Town (1967, Time Traveler) [04-18] - folk [**]
• Daniel Carter/Sabir Mateen/William Parker/Lou Grassi: Keeping It in Context (1996, NoBusiness) [05-01] - jazz [A-]
• Joe Chambers: Double Exposure (1977, Muse/Time Traveler) [01-29] - jazz
• Eddie Condon: Surprise! Eddie Condon at Town Hall, c. April 1944 (1944, Jazz Lives) - jazz [***]
• Jacques Coursil: Black Suite (1971, BYG/Charly) [02-13] - jazz
• 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 [**]
• Antoine Dougbé: Antoine Dougbé Et L'Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou (1977-82, Analog Africa) [04-17] - African [A-]
• Marty Ehrlich/Julius Hemphill: Circle the Heart (1982, Relative Pitch) [01-23] - jazz [**]
• Duke Ellington: Copenhagen 1964 (Storyville) [02-13] - jazz [A-]
• James Emery & Anthony Braxton: Articulations, Florence, 1992 (self-released) - jazz
• Bill Evans: At the BBC (1965, Elemental Music) [04-18] - jazz [***]
• Pierre Favre Trio: Bird Food (1968, Songs) [06-19] - jazz [**]
• Ella Fitzgerald: Live at the Falkoner Theatre Copenhagen 6th February 1966 (Gearbox) [07-24] - vocal jazz
• Satoko Fujii: Satoko Fujii's Bunker Ulmenwall Orchestra (2014, Libra) [07-10] - jazz
• Dexter Gordon: Dexter Calling . . . (1961, Blue Note Tone Poet) [05-01] - jazz [B+]
• Bennie Green: Back on the Scene (1958, Blue Note Tone Poet) [02-06] - jazz [***]
• Muriel Grossmann: Quartet (2008, Modernistas) [03-28] - jazz [***]
• Grupo Um: Nineteen Seventy Seven (1977, Far Out) [01-30] - fusion [**]
• Roy Hargrove: Bern (2000, Time Traveler) [04-18] - jazz [**]
• Julius Hemphill: Dogon A.D. (1972, New World) [02-26] - jazz
• Joe Henderson: Consonance: Live at the Jazz Showcase (1978, Resonance -2CD) [04-18] - jazz [A-]
• Joe Henderson Quartets: Tetragon (1967-68, Craft) [03-13] - jazz [A-]
• Andrew Hill: Compulsion!!!!! (1965, Blue Note Tone Poet) [03-06] - jazz [A-]
• Bobby Hutcherson: Components (1965, Blue Note Tone Poet) - jazz [***]
• Intercommunal Free Dance Music Orchestra: Vol. 1: Concert À Prades-Le-Lez (1974, Souffle Continu) [04-27] - jazz [***]
• Intercommunal Free Dance Music Orchestra: Vol. 2: Concert À Prades-Le-Lez (1974, Souffle Continu) [04-27] - 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+]
• Ahmad Jamal: At the Jazz Showcase: Live in Chicago (1976, Resonance) [04-18] - jazz [***]
• Freddie King: Feeling Alright: The Complete 1975 Nancy Pulsations Concert (Elemental Music -2CD) [04-18] - blues [**]
• Yusef Lateef: Alight Upon the Lake: Live at the Jazz Showcase (1975, Resonance -3CD) [04-18] - jazz [***]
• Daunik Lazro/Joëlle Léandre/Paul Lovens: For Baritone Sax, Double Bass & Drumset (2013, Relative Pitch) [04-24] - jazz [**]
• Peggy Lee: Too Marvelous for Words (1955, Peggy Lee Associates) [06-12] - vocal jazz
• Les Rallizes Dénudés: Disque 4: '76 Studio Et Live (Temporal Drift) [05-08] - psychedelic rock [A-]
• James Brandon Lewis & Lutosławski Quartet: These Are Soulful Days (2021, TAO Forms) [04-18] - jazz [A-]
• Doug MacDonald Trio: Live in Beverly Hills (2012, DMAC Music) [01-01] - jazz [**]
• Lawrence Marable: Tenorman (1956, Jazz West/Blue Note Tone Poet) [03-06] - jazz [A-]
• Charlie Mariano/Sal Nistico: Barcelona Meeting (1989, Fresh Sound) - jazz [**]
• Hank Mobley: Hank (1957, Blue Note Tone Poet) [01-09] - jazz [***]
• Thelonious Monk: Live in Paris, 1967: Volume One (Rhythm-a-Ning) [04-24] - jazz
• Lee Morgan: City Lights (1957, Blue Note Tone Poet) [02-06] - jazz [**]
• Sunny Murray/Sabu Toyozumi: Sun's Blessings (1999, NoBusiness) [05-01] - jazz [A-]
• Red Norvo: The Secret Session (1942, Dot Time) [01-30] - jazz [**]
• Evan Parker/Paul Rogers/Louis Moholo: Tebugo (1992, Jazz in Britain -25) [2025-12-18] - jazz [***]
• Art Pepper: Everything Happens to Me: 1959 Live at the Cellar (Omnivore -4CD) [02-20] - jazz [A-]
• The Oscar Peterson Trio: At Baker's Keyboard Lounge: The Complete Recordings (1960, Verve, 2CD) [04-17] - jazz [***]
• Michel Petrucciani: Kuumbwa (1987, Elemental Music -2CD) [04-18] - 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: Live at Old Town School of Folk (2010, Oh Boy) [06-12] - folk [**]
• Ranil Y Su Conjunto Tropical: Galaxia Tropical (Analog Africa) [02-06] - Peru [A-]
• Tom Raworth & Peter Brötzmann: No Hard Feelings: For Steve Lacy (2005, Corbett vs. Dempsey) [05-22] - jazz [***]
• Paul Ricci: The Path (1996-2021, Origin) [01-16] - jazz [**]
• Tom Ricci: Happening in Buenos Aires: Live at Borges 1975 (self-released) [06-20] - jazz [U]
• Woody Shaw: Love Dance (1976, Time Traveler) [01-30] - jazz
• Shudan Sokai: Alive at Alone (1977, Aguirre) [04-03] - jazz
• Louis Stewart: Joyce Notes (1982, Livia) [03-27] - jazz [A-]
• Sun Ra: East Two + 7 (1972-73, Cosmic Myth) [06-19] - jazz
• Sun Ra: Do the Impossible [Original Soundtrack to the Documentary] (1957-82, Modern Harmonic) [06-12] - jazz
• Cecil Taylor Unit: Fragments: The Complete 1969 Salle Pleyel Concerts (Elemental Music -2CD) [04-18] - jazz [A-]
• Cecil Taylor New Unit: Words & Music: The Last Bandstand (2016, Fundacja Słuchaj) [01-19] - jazz [A-]
• Cecil Taylor Orchestra Humane: At Iridium 2004 (Burning Ambulance) [07-03] - jazz
• John Taylor With Stan Sulzmann: Quintessence (1987, Jazz in Britain) [02-18] - jazz [*]
• This Is Lorelei: Box for Buddy, Box for Star [Super Deluxe] (Double Double Whammy) [04-17] - pop [**]
• 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-]
• Twisted Teens: Blame the Clown (2025, Jazz Life) [02-13] - punk [**]
• Charles Tyler Ensemble: Voyage From Jericho (1974, Frederiksberg) [01-23] - jazz [*]
• John Vanore & Abstract Truth: Easter Island Suite (1989-2024, Acoustical Concepts) [02-06] - jazz [*]
• Vardis: 100 M.P.H. '79 Revisited (1978-80, High Roller) [04-24] - hard rock [***]
• The Visitors [Earl & Carl Grubbs]: Motherland (1975, Craft) [05-29] - jazz [**]
• Miroslav Vitous: Mountain Call (2003-10, ECM) [03-27] - jazz [*]
• Mal Waldron: Stardust & Starlight: At the Jazz Showcase (1979, Resonance) [04-18] - jazz [A-]
• Tyrone Washington: Natural Essence (1967, Blue Note Tone Poet) [01-09] - jazz [A-]
• Larry Young: Mothership (1969, Blue Note Tone Poet) [04-03] - jazz [B+]
• Accentuate the Positive (Songbook Ink) [07-03] - jazz
• CBGB: A New York City Soundtrack 1975-1986 (Cherry Red -4CD) - punk
• Fight the Fire: Digital Reggae, Conscious Roots and Dub in Nigeria 1986-91 (Soundway) [03-27] - African reggae [***]
• J Jazz Volume 5: Deep Modern Jazz From Japan 1970-1988 (BBE) [06-05] - jazz
• Kaiso Power: Sound Revolution in Trinidad 1970-1980 (Soundway) [05-29] - calypso [*]
• Steppin' Out: The Roots of Garage Rock 1963-1965 (Strawberry -3CD) - rock

Priority Counts

• Priority 2: 151
• Priority 3: 11
• Priority 4: 353
• Priority 5: 173

Total: 688