Tag: Brandee Younger

In From the Storm: My Favorite Records from ’25, January 1st to August 1st

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I fell behind in June but revved up to as close to the front of the line as can be expected, I suppose. I still have much business swirling around my head—every time I’ve dealt with the last piece of post-mortem paperwork, something new arrives in the mail, and there’s always grief—so I’m not going to say much other than what a rush of recorded matter has there been into this deity-forsaken world, and I’m thankful.

I have provided album cover images to stimulate you (above) and links in the items’ titles to lead you to purchase (please buy musicians’ music—please?). Later, I will add an updated Spitify playlist with a track a piece from everything on the list if you want to have a…song tasting. If an item is bolded, it is new to the list; if an item is italicized, it is a newly released record that contains older music (there are a few late-’24 entries that might have flown under your radar); if an item is asterisked, it’s very good up to the everlovin’ shit, depending on the number of *s; if an item you think is dandy isn’t on the list, I might not have caught up to it yet (or it didn’t move me, so it got real gone for a change). A truckload of new thangs have been loosed as I hunt and peck this morning; I’m just gonna have to wait until September 1st for the best of those. I hope you find something that can distract you beatifically (but temporarily) from the destruction at large. And…try the Red Hot Org EP that mixes the Kronos Quartet, Dylan’s most surrealistic protest song, and Terry Riley. It ain’t a spinach ice cream cone—it’s brilliant, and necessary.

AND OH YEAH! Do not overlook two shining 5-asterisk discs: jazz guitarist Mary Halvorson’s most mesmerizing recording in a career of them (special assistance from Patricia Brennan) and Irish folk giant Christy Moore’s powerful take on the troubles nouveux in his country (and the world).

MY LIST OF RECENT AURAL PLEASURE – SAMPLER PLAYLIST BELOW
BOLD = New to the List
ASTERISKED* = Damn good! to Holy SHIT! (one day, I will organize them)
ITALICIZED: Excavations from the Past / Reissues


Aesop Rock: Black Hole Superette (Rhymesayers) ****
Zoh Amba: Sun (Smalltown Supersound) ****
Ale Hop & Titi Bakorta:  Mapambazuko (Nyege Nyege Tapes) *****
Marshall Allen’s Ghost Horizons: Live in Philadelphia, Volume 1 (Otherly Love Records) ****
The Ancients: The Ancients (Eremite) ***
Ichiko Aoba: Luminescent Creatures (Psychic Hotline)
Artemis: Arboresque (Blue Note) ****

Backxwash: Only Dust Remains (Ugly Hag) ****
Bad Bunny: DeBI TiRAR MaS FOToS (Rimas Entertainment)****
Julien Baker & Torres: Send a Prayer My Way (Matador) ****
Gina Birch: Trouble (Third Man)
The Bitter Ends: The Bitter Ends (Trouble in River City)
Black Milk & Fat Ray: Food from the Gods (Computer Ugly / Fat Beats)
Blacks’ Myths Meets Pat Thomas: The Mythstory School (self-released) ***
Yugen Blakrok: The Illusion Of Being (I.O.T. Records) ***
Booker T & The Plasmic Bleeds: Ode To BC/LY… And Eye Know BO…. da Prez (Mahakala Music)
Benjamin Booker: Lower (Fire Next Time)
Johnny Bragg: Let Me Dream On (Org Music) ***
Brother Ali & Ant: Satisfied Soul (Mello Music)
Buck 65: Keep Moving (self-released)
Peter Brotzmann: The Quartet (Otoroku)****
Master Wilburn Burchette: Master Wilburn Burchette’s Psychic Meditation Music (Numero Group)***

Joe Chambers, Kevin Diehl, Chad Taylor: Onilu (Eremite) ****
Tyler Childers: Snipe Hunter (RCA / Hickman Holler)
Christer Bothén 3: L’Invisible  (thanatosis)****
clipping: Dead Channel Sky (Sub Pop)
Clipse: Let God Sort ‘Em Out (Roc Nation)***
Common and Pete Rock: The Auditorium, Volume 1 (Casa Loma)
Cosmic Ear: TRACES (We Jazz) *****
Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson: Bone Bells (Pyroclastic)
Chuck D: Chuck D Presents Enemy Radio—Radio Armageddon (Soundspeak)

Christopher Dammann Sextet: Christopher Dammann Sextet (Out of Your Head)Deepstaria Enigmatica: The Eternal Now Is the Heart of a New Tomorrow (ESP-Disk)
The Delines: Mr. Luck & Ms. Doom (Jealous Butcher) ****
DJ Dadaman & Moscow Dollar: Ka Gaza (Nyege Nyege Tapes)
DJ Haram: Beside Myself (Hyperdub)
DJ Shaun-D: From Bubbling to Dutch House (Nyege Nyege Tapes)
Big Chief Bo Dollis Jr. & The Wild Magnolias: Chip Off The Old Block (Strong Place)
Doseone & Height Keech: Wood Teeth (Hands Made EP) ****
doseone & Steel Tipped Dove: All Portrait, No Chorus (BackwoodzStudios) ****

Silke Eberhard Trio: Being-A-Ning (Intakt)
Eddy Current Suppression Ring: Shapes and Forms (Cool Death EP)***
Marty Ehrlich Trio Exaltation: This Time (Sunnyside) ***
Electric Satie: Gymnopedia ’99 (In Sheep’s Clothing)****
Marco Eneidi Quintet: Wheat Fields of Kleylehof (Balance Point Acoustics / Botticelli) ****
Ex-Void: In Love Again (Tapete Records)

Fieldwork: Thereupon (Pi Records)
Craig Finn: Always Been (Tamaric / Thirty Tigers) ***
FKA twigs: Eusexua (Young Recordings Limited)
Robert Forster: Strawberries (Tapete) ****
Satoko Fujii GEN: Altitude 1100 Meters (Libra)
Satoko Fujii Trio: Dream a Dream (Libra) ****
Satoko Fuji / This is It!: Message (Libra)

Galactic and Irma Thomas: Audience with the Queen (Tchoup-Zilla)
Girl Scout: Headache (self-released EP)

Keiji Haino and Natsuki Tamura: what happened there? (Libra)
Mary Halvorson: About Ghosts (Nonesuch)*****
Hamell on Trial: Harp (for Harry) (Saustex)
Heat On: Heat On (Cuneiform)
The Hemphill Stringtet: Plays the Music of Julius Hemphill (Out of Your Head Records)
Patterson Hood: Exploding Trees & Airplane Screams (ATO) ***
William Hooker: Jubilation (Org Music) *****
William Hooker: A Time Within: Live at the New York Jazz Museum, January 14, 1977 (The Control Group / Valley of Search) ***

Horsegirl: Phonetics On and On (Matador)
HHY & The Kampala Unit: Turbo Meltdown (Nyege Nyege Tapes) ****
Hüsker Dü: Jan.30, First Ave., Part 1 (Numero EP) ****

Mikko Innanen and Ingebrigt Häker Flaten: Live in Espoo (Sonic Transmissions)
Michael Gregory Jackson: Frequency Equilibrium Koan (moved-by-sound)

Jeong – Bisio Duo (featuring Joe McPhee): Morning Bells Whistle Bright (ESP-Disk) ****
Rico Jones: Bloodlines (Giant Step Arts)
Anthony Joseph: Rowing Up the River to Get Our Names Back (Heavenly Sweetness) ****
JPEG Mafia: I Lay Down My Life for You (Director’s Cut) (self-released) *****

Karol G: Tropicoqueta (Bichota) ****

Kelela: In the Blue Light (Warp) ***

KINGDOM MOLOGI: Kembo (Nyege Nyege Tapes) ***
Kronos Quartet + The Hard Rain Collective: Hard Rain (Red Hot Org EP)

Lady Gaga: Mayhem (Interscope)
Lambrini Girls: Who Let The Dogs Out (City Slang US) *****
Steve Lehman: The Music of Anthony Braxton (Pi Recordings) *****
José Lencastre: Inner Voices (Burning Ambulance)***
Jinx Lennon: The Hate Agents Leer at the Last Agents of Hope (Septic Tiger) ***
James Brandon Lewis: Apple Cores (Anti-)
James Brandon Lewis Quartet: Abstraction is Deliverance (Intakt) ***
Jeffrey Lewis: The Even More Freewheelin’ Jeffrey Lewis (Don Giovanni)
Little Simz: Lotus (AWAL) ***
LOLO: LOLO (Black Sweat)
Rocio Gimenez Lopez: La Forma Del Sueno (Blue Art) ****
K. Curtis Lyle, Jaap Blonk, Damon Smith, Alex Cunningham: A Radio of the Body

Jako Maron: Mahavelouz (Nyege Nyege Tapes) ****
Mazinga: Chinese Democracy Manifest—Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (Rubber Wolf)
Mean Mistreater: Do or Die (self-released)***
The Mekons: Horror (Fire) ***
Ava Mendoza/Gabby Fluke-Mogul/Carolina Perez: Mama Killa (Burning Ambulance) ***
M(h)aol: Something Soft (Merge) ***
Mac Miller: Baloonerism (Warner Records)
Billy Mohler: The Eternal (Contagious)
Moonchild Sanelly: Full Moon (self-released)
MonoNeon: You Had Your Chance…Bad Attitude! (Color Red) ****
Christy Moore: A Terrible Beauty (Claddagh) *****
Jason Moran/Trondheim Jazz Orchestra/Ole Morten Vågan: Go To Your North (Yes Records)
Matthew Muneses and Riza Printup: Pag-Ibko, Volume 1 (Irabbagast Records)
David Murray Quartet: The Birdsong Project Presents Birdly Serenade (Verve)
Amina Claudine Myers: Solace of the Mind (Red Hook) ****

Natural Information Society and Bitchin’ Bahas: Totality (Drag City)
Louis Nevins: The Fumes (Cavetone Records)
NOBRO: Set Your Pussy Free (Dine Alone) ***

Isabelle Olivier: Impressions (Rewound Echoes)
The Onions: Return to Paradise (Hitt Records)
Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet: Hauslive 4 (Palilalia) ***
Organic Pulse Ensemble: Ad Hoc (Ultraaani Records) *****
Aruan Ortiz: Creole Renaissance (Intakt)

Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra Led by Horace Tapscott: Live at Widney High December 26th, 1971 (The Village) ***
Ivo Perelmamn and Matthew Shipp: Armageddon Flower (TAO Forms)
Pitch, Rhythm, and Consciousness: Sextet (Reva Records)
Marek Pospieszalski Octet & Zoh Amba: NOW! (Project financed by a scholarship from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage “Młoda Polska” & Katowice City of Music UNESCO)
Public Enemy: Black Sky Over The Projects—Apartment 2025 (self-released) ***

Les Rallizes Denudes: Blind Baby Has Its Mother’s Eyes (Life Goes On)
R.A.P. Ferreira: Outstanding Understanding (Ruby Yacht)
Adam Rudolph, Dave Liebman, Billy Hart: Beingness (Meta)
Bobby Rush and Kenny Wayne Shepherd: Young Fashioned Ways (Deep Rush / RAM Records) ***

Sverre Sæbo Quintet: If, However, You Have Not Lost Your Self Control (SauaJazz)
SAULT: 10 (Sault Global) ***
Serengeti: mixtape 2 (serengetiraps / self-released)
Serengeti: Palookaville (serengetiraps / self-released) 
The Sex Pistols: Live in the U.S.A. South East Music Hall, Atlanta, January 5th, 1978 (UME)
The Sharp Pins: Radio DDR (K / Perennial Death) ****
Matthew Shipp: The Cosmic Piano (Canteloupe Records) ****
Anthony “Big A” Sherrod: Torchbearer of the Clarksdale Sound (Music Makers Recordings EP)
Slick Rick: Victory (Mass Appeal)
Luke Stewart / Silt Remembrance Ensemble: The Order (Cuneiform) ***
Ray Suhy / Lewis Porter Quartet: What Happens Next (Sunnyside) ***
SUMAC and Moor Mother: The Film (Thrill Jockey)
Sun Ra: Nuits de la Fondation Maeght 5 August 1970 (Strut) ***
John Surman:Flashpoint and Undercurrents (Cuneiform Records) ***

Masahiko Tagashi: Session in Paris, Volume 1—Song of the Soil (with Don Cherry and Charlie Haden) (We Want Sounds)
Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’: Room on the Porch (Concord Jazz) 
Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’: Room on the Porch for Everyone (UMG EP) 
Cecil Taylor / Tony Oxley: Flashing Spirits (Burning Ambulance)
Ebo Taylor, Adrain Younge, and Ali Shaheed Muhammad: Jazz Is Dead 22 (Jazz is Dead)
Three-Layer Cake: “sounds the color of grounds” (Otherly Love)
Trio Glossia: Trio Glossia (Sonic Transmissions) ****
The Tubs: Cotton Crown (self-released)***

Kali Uchis: Sincerely (Capitol) ***
Akira Umeda & Metal Preyers: Clube de Mariposa Mórbida (Nyege Nyege Tapes)
The Untamed Youth: Git Up and Go (Hi-Tide / Nu-Tone)

Various Artists: African Jazz Invites O.K. Jazz (Planet Ilunga) ***
Various Artists: A Tribute to the King of Zydeco (Valcourt)
Various Artists: Democracy Forward (Bitter Southerner)
Various Artists: Prisoners’ Day Compilation (Majazz Project / Palestinian Sound Archive) ***
Various Artists: Roots Rocking Zimbabwe– The Modern Sound of Harare’ Townships 1975-1980 (Analog Africa) ****
Various Artists: Sweet Rebels—The Golden Era of Algerian Pop-Rai (We Want Sounds) ***
Vibration Black Finger: Everybody Cryin’ Mercy (Enid)

The War & Treaty: Plus One (Mercury Nashville)
Wet Leg: moisturizer (Domino)
Alfred White: The Definitive Alfred White (Music Makers Recordings)
Wheelhouse: House and Home (Aerophonic)
Simon Willson: Bet (Endectomorph Records)
billy woods: GOLLIWOG (x) (Backwoodz Studios)
Wu-Tang Clan: Black Samson, The Bastard (All Maf / 36 Chambers)

Jeong Lim Yang: Synchronicity (Fully Altered Media) 
Hiroshi Yoshimura: Flora (Temporal Drift) ***
Brandee Younger: Gadabout Season (Impulse) ***
The Young Mothers: Better If You Let It (Sonic Transmissions)****

SAMPLE THIS SHIT AND PUT IT ON SHUFFLE! We are not alone in the musical cosmos!







	


	


			
				


			

			
THIS STUFF! FEELS GOOD!: 110 Truly Interesting Records We’ve Received So Far in ’23 (not bad!)
		
	
	

		






Hi! I hope summer is off to as dazzling a musical start for you as it has for me! Not only have the records come marching in, but I am teaching a very enjoyable asynchronous class for Stephens College that’s built around Susan Rogers‘ and Ogi Ogas‘ This Is What It Sounds Like (you yourselves might well love not only the book but its fun associated website), which take a look at why our brains push us toward certain kinds of music and not others. My students are doing excellent work: I will send an essay by one of them up very soon, in which the author will enter the current Lewis Capaldi fuck-him/marry-him/kill-him scrum in enthusiastic form. They have to construct, explain, and interpret their unique listening profiles (see the book) for their final project, and I’m definitely looking forward to that.





Nut Notes:





*Boy howdy, that boygenius album has subtle and often barbed charms. Is it just me, or has the counterattack begun?





*It’s quite a boast, but Buck 65 wins this month’s “Truth in Title Advertising” award by a hair over…





*…JESSIE WARE, who got extra points for punctuation and makes me feel young again–seriously. For the record, I am currently 61, and can someone put her and Roisin Murphy on a US tour so I can go dance deliriously and live deliciously? 





*The Dropkick Murphys dropped their second (?) album of (literally) unsung Woody Guthrie songs last month–how’d I miss the first, which came out LAST YEAR (it just came in the mail yesterday)? While I was blasting it on Memorial Day, Nicole remarked, “Does his stuff stay relevant or what?” She’s an Okie, so she might be biased–but she’s also correct.





*Wild Up released their third record interpreting the amazing minimalist (but not exactly) work of Julius Eastman. This one is a bit more in your face, which is partly the particular Eastman compositions they chose to work with, but I bet they’ve spent some time with Eight Songs for a Mad King, where he makes one particular unforgettable vocal appearance.





*Nourished by Time…that is one eccentric but impressive r&b album. I was lazy sampling it and assumed from the cover it was going to be a rap album–I know next to nothing about this act–but it sure as hell is not. 





*Little Rock, Arkansas’ Kari Faux has a special title message for you that she backs up on her new record.





*Simply put, you’re gonna want that Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens record at the top of the “old stuff” list. I can’t believe it looking back, but I saw a show on that tour–I should have been too ignant to know–and it.is.theshit.





*You think harp and jazz is a twain that never should meet? Brandee Younger does not agree, nor did Dorothy Ashby, whose very convincing soon-come 5-LP reconsideration by New Land Younger contributes notes for. 





*”If you’re doing business with a religious son of a bitch, get it in writing!” It is SO nice to hear William S. Burroughs‘ inimitable and often prophetic voice coming from my speakers again, via Dais Records’ sharply assembled compilation of 1960s recordings. (That italicized quote isn’t on the record–look for Uncommon Quotes, if it’s still available–but many other worthy utterances are.)





*MARK LOMAX II never makes a foolish move.





*Brazil in the house…always. Check out #27 and #31 for sure.





*Kate Gentile‘s new free/experimental/jazz record is like walking blindfolded through a wind-blown percussion forest in the middle of the night.





*I have a feeling that The Gennett Suite, in which the artists “elasticize” the sound of the original classic recordings released on that label (think Bix), may meet with some jazz argumentation. I stand with Buselli and Walarab–the originals are strong enough to be stretched. They shine in this new light.





*Many (of the few) readers of the blog probably already know that Lux Interior and Ivy Rorshach of The Cramps were ace 45 collectors. I’m a BIG fan of theirs, but even I was not aware that Righteous Records is more deeply mining their collection, getting past that legendary stuff (“Love Me,” “I Can’t Hardly Stand It,” “The Strangeness in Me,’ “Bop Pills”–I can go on) and finding even more pretty worthy curiosities. Don’t miss the latest at the very end of the list, and it’s just the latest volume. 










(Bolded items are new to the list)





    

  1. Gina Burch: I Play My Bass Loud (Third Man)
    2. 




  2. 100 gecs: 10,000 gecs (Dog Show/Atlantic)
    3. 




  3. boygenius: the record (Interscope)
    4. 




  4. Buck 65: Super Dope (self-released?)
    5. 




  5. Jessie Ware: That! Feels Good! (Universal)
    6. 




  6. billy woods & Kenny Segal: Maps (Backwoodz Studios)
    7. 




  7. Liv.e: Girl in The Half Pearl (Real Life / AWAL)
    8. 




  8. Kelela: Raven (Warp)
    9. 




  9. National Information Society: Since Time is Gravity (Eremite)
    10. 




  10. Allen Lowe and the Constant Sorrow Orchestra: In the Dark (ESP-Disk)
    11. 




  11. Rodrigo Campos: Pagode Novo(YB Music)
    12. 




  12. Ethnic Heritage Ensemble: Spirit Gatherer—A Tribute to Don Cherry (Spiritmuse)
    13. 




  13. Yaeji: With a Hammer (XL Recordings)
    14. 




  14. Jason Moran: From the Dancehall to the Battlefield (Yes Records)
    15. 




  15. London Brew: London Brew (Concord)
    16. 




  16. Fire! Orchestra: Echoes (Rune Grammofon)
    17. 




  17. Wadada Leo Smith: Fire Illuminations (Kabell)
    18. 




  18. The Mark Lomax II Trio: Tapestry (CFG Multimedia)
    19. 




  19. Dropkick Murphys: Okemah Rising (Dummy Luck Music)
    20. 




  20. Islandman (featuring Okay Temiz and Muhlis Berberoglu: Direct-to-Disc Sessions (Night Dreamer)
    21. 




  21. Parannoul: After the Magic (Poclanos/Top Shelf)
    22. 




  22. Belle and Sebastian: Late Developers (Matador)
    23. 




  23. Satoko Fujii & Otomo Yoshihide: Perpetual Motion (Ayler Records)
    24. 




  24. The Urban Art Ensemble: “Ho’opomopono” (CFG Multimedia 16-minute single)
    25. 




  25. The Necks: Travel (Northern Spy)
    26. 




  26. Kali Uchis: Red Moon in Venus (Geffen)
    27. 




  27. Marina Sena: Vicio Inerente (Sony)
    28. 




  28. Wild Up: Julius Eastman, Volume 3—If You’re So Smart, Why Aren’t You Rich? (New Amsterdam)
    29. 




  29. Willie Nelson: I Don’t Know a Thing About Love—The Songs of Harlan Howard (Legacy)
    30. 




  30. Allen Lowe and The Constant Sorrow Orchestra: America—The Rough Cut (ESP-Disk)
    31. 




  31. Edward Simon: Femeninas (ArtistShare)
    32. 




  32. Tyshawn Sorey: Continuing (Pi Recordings)
    33. 




  33. Nourished by Time: Erotic Probiotic 2 (Scenic Route)
    34. 




  34. Walter Daniels: “From Death to Texas” / “Seems Like a Dream” (Spacecase Records 45)
    35. 




  35. Tyler Keith & The Apostles: Hell to Pay (Black & Wyatt)
    36. 




  36. Algiers: Shook (Matador)
    37. 




  37. KAYTRAMINE: KAYTRAMIUNE, Amine, & KAYTRANADA (CLBN)
    38. 




  38. Withered Hand: How to Love (Reveal)
    39. 




  39. ensemble 0: Jojoni (Crammed Discs)
    40. 




  40. Henry Threadgill: The Other One (Pi)
    41. 




  41. Kari Faux: REAL BITCHES DON’T DIE (drunk sum wtr records)
    42. 




  42. Kiko El Crazy: Pila’e Teteo (Rimas)
    43. 




  43. Kill Bill—The Rapper: Fullmetal Kaiju (EXO)
    44. 




  44. Lewis Capaldi: Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent (Vertigo Berline)
    45. 




  45. Rough Image: Rough Image (WV Sorcerer Productions)
    46. 




  46. Ingrid Laubrock: The Last Quiet Place (Pyroclastic)
    47. 




  47. Rob Mazurek & Exploding Star Orchestra: Lightning Dreamers (International Anthem)
    48. 




  48. Kaze & Ikue Mori: Crustal Movement (Circum/Libra)
    49. 




  49. DJ Black Low: Impumelelo (Awesome Tapes from Africa)
    50. 




  50. Rocket 88: House of Jackpots (12XU)
    51. 




  51. Taiko Saito: Tears of a Cloud (Trouble in the East)
    52. 




  52. JPEGMAFIA x Danny Brown: Scaring the Hoes (self-released)
    53. 




  53. Lakecia Benjamin: Phoenix (Whirlwind)
    54. 




  54. Mat Muntz: Phantom Islands (Orenda)
    55. 




  55. Satoko Fujii: Torrent (Libra Records)
    56. 




  56. Javon Jackson: “With Peter Bradley”—Soundtrack and Original Score (Solid Jackson)
    57. 




  57. Das Kondensat: Anderen Planeten(Why Play Jazz)
    58. 




  58. Iris DeMent: Workin’ On a World (FlariElla)
    59. 




  59. David Mirarchi: Ink Folly, Orchid Gleam (Unbroken Sounds)  (coming soon….)
    60. 




  60. Baaba Maal: Being (Atelier Live/Marathon Artists)
    61. 




  61. Romulo Froes & Tiago Rosas: Na Goela (YB Music)
    62. 




  62. Buselli – Wallarab Jazz Orchestra: The Gennett Suite (Patois Records)
    63. 




  63. Florian Arbenz: Conversation #9—Targeted (Hammer Recordings)
    64. 




  64. James Brandon Lewis: Eye of I (Anti-)
    65. 




  65. Tomas Fujiwara’s Triple Double: March On (self-released EP—coming in March)
    66. 




  66. Ice Spice: Like…?(10K Projects / Capitol Records EP)
    67. 




  67. otay:onii: Dream Hacker (WV Sorcerer Productions)
    68. 




  68. Sylvie Courvoisier & Cory Smythe: The Rite of Spring—Spectre d’un songe (Pyroclastic)
    69. 




  69. Nakimbembe Embaire Group: Nakimbembe Embaire Group (Nyege Nyege Tapes)
    70. 




  70. Karol G: Manana Sera Bonito (Universal Music Latino)
    71. 




  71. Andrew Cyrille: Music Delivery / Percussion (Intakt)
    72. 




  72. Kate Gentile: b i o m e i.i (Obliquity)
    73. 




  73. Yves Tumor:Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) (Warp)
    74. 




  74. Lonnie Holley: Oh Me Oh My (Jagjaguwar)
    75. 




  75. Lana Del Rey: Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd (Polydor)
    76. 




  76. Yonic South: Devo Challenge Cup (Wild Honey)
    77. 




  77. Rudy Royston: Day (Greenleaf Music)
    78. 




  78. Lankum: False Lankum (Rough Trade)
    79. 




  79. Staples Jr. Singers: Tell Heaven (EP) (Luaka Bop) Note: the vinyl gets you more great minutes of testifying.
    80. 




  80. Brandee Younger: Brand New Life (Impulse!)
    81. 




  81. Heinali: Kyiv Eternal (Injazero)
    82. 




  82. Tri-County Liquidators: “Flies” / “Weep Then Whisper” / “Bitter” (self-released)
    83. 




  83. Vinny Golia Quartet: No Refunds (Unbroken Sounds)
    84. 




  84. Black Country, New Road: Live at Bush Hall (Ninja Tune)
    85. 




  85. The Art Ensemble of Chicago: From Paris to Paris (Rogue Art)
    86. 




  86. Clarence “Bluesman” Davis: Shake It For Me (Music Maker Foundation)
    87. 




  87. Aroof Aftab, Vijay Iyer & Shahzad, Ismaily: Love in Exile (Verve)
    88. 




  88. Asher Gamedze: Turbulence and Pulse (International Anthem)
    89. 




  89. Angel Bat Dawid: Requiem for Jazz (International Anthem)
    90. 




  90. Kara Jackson: Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love? (September Recordings)
    91. 




  91. Billy Valentine: Billy Valentine and The Universal Truth (Flying Dutchman)
    92. 






Excavations and Reissues





(Note: These are not in order of my love for them–still sorting that out.)





    

  1. Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens: Music Inferno—The Indestructible Beat Tour 1988-89 (Umsakazo Records)
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  2. Dorothy Ashby: With Strings Attached (New Land Records)
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  3. Walter Bishop, Jr.: Bish at the Bank—Live in Baltimore (Cellar Live)
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  4. William S. Burroughs: Nothing Here But the Recordings (Dais Records)
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  5. Balka Sound: Balka Sound(Strut)
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  6. Hiatus Kaiyote: Choose Your Weapon (Flying Buddha / Sony Masterworks)
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  7. Dream Dolphin: Gaia—Selected Ambient & Downtempo Works (1996​-​2003) (Music from Memory)
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  8. Various Artists: Purple Haze from East, Volume 1 (WV Sorcerer Productions)
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  9. Various Artists: Purple Haze from East, Volume 2 (WV Sorcerer Productions)
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  10. Shizuka: Heavenly Persona (Black Editions)
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  11. Jacqueline Humbert & David Rosenboom: Daytime Viewing (Unseen Worlds)
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  12. Bob Dylan: Time Out of Mind Stripped Naked (Columbia)
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  13. Various Artists: Blacklips Bar—Androgyns and Deviants / Industrial Romance for Bruised and Battered Angels 1992-1995 (Anthology Recordings)
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  14. RP Boo: Legacy Volume 2 (Planet Mu)
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  15. Les Raillizes Denudes: ’77 Live (Temporal Drift)
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  16. Luther Thomas: 11th Street Fire Suite (Corbett vs. Dempsey)
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  17. Eddie Lockjaw Davis and Shirley Scott: Cookin’ With Jaws and The Queen(Craft)
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  18. Professor James Benson: The Gow-Dow Experience (Jazzman Records)
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  19. Various Artists: Strontium 90, Shrimps & Gumbo—Lux & Ivy Dig Motorcycle Boots & Mutants (Righteous Records)
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