Music Tracking 2022

These are 2022 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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  • Adults: For Everything, Always (Fika)
  • Sophie Agnel/John Butcher: La Pierre Tachee (Ni Vu Ni Connu) [01-01] - jazz
  • Noel Akchote: Music for the Film Loving Highsmith (Ayler) [04-03] - jazz
  • Alexisonfire: Otherness (Dine Alone) [06-24] - post-hardcore [-]
  • Alla Boara: Le Tre Sorelle (Shifting Paraigm) - jazz
  • Zoh Amba: O Life, O Light Vol 1 (577) [05-20] - jazz
  • Orlando Furioso [Vicente H Atria]: Orlando Furioso (Aguirre) [09-09] - jazz
  • Avail Hollywood: Love, Lies & Loyalty () - blues
  • Daniel Bachman: Almanac Behind (Three Lobed) [11-18] - free folk
  • Mike Baggetta/Jim Keltner/Mike Watt: Everywhen We Go (Big Ego) [11/18] - jazz
  • Ballister: Chrysopoeia (Aerophonic/Not Two) - jazz
  • Zach Barocas New Freedom Sound: Eight Freedoms (self-released) [08-12] - jazz
  • Espen Berg: The Trondheim Concert (NXN) [10-28] - jazz
  • Tim Berne + Nasheet Waits: Tangled (Screwgun) - jazz
  • Big Bad Brotzmann Quintet: Bambule! (Euphorium) - jazz
  • Big G: My Lucky Day () - blues
  • Michael Bisio: Inimitable (Mung) - jazz
  • Michael Bisio/Matthew Shipp: The Flow of Everything (Fundacja Sluchaj) [01-21] - jazz
  • Black Star: No Fear of Time (self-released) [05-03] - hip-hop
  • Jane Ira Bloom/Mark Helias: See Our Way (Radiolegs) [04-01] - jazz [+]
  • Claus Boesser-Ferrari: The Wind Cries Mary (Acoustic Music) [07-23] - jazz
  • Amy K Bormet: Tell Me What It's Like (Strange Woman) [05-16] - jazz
  • Boston Modern Orchestra Project/Odyssey Opera: Anthony Davis: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X (BMOP Sound) [09-27] - jazz
  • Anthony Braxton/James Fei: Duet (Other Minds) 2021 (Other Minds) [09-02] - jazz
  • Peter Brotzmann/Keiji Haino: The Intellect Given Birth to Here (Eternity) Is Too Young (Black Editions) [09-12] - jazz
  • Dai Burger: Back in Ya Mouf (self-released -21) [2021-12-10] - hip-hop
  • John Butcher/Thomas Lehn/Gino Robair: Shaped & Chased (Ni Vu Ni Connu) - jazz
  • Lisa Cameron/Damon Smith/Alex Cunningham: Time Without Hours (Storm Cellar) [10-11] - jazz
  • Daniel Carter/Ayumi Ishito/Eric Plaks/Zach Swanson/Jon Panikkar: Open Question Vol 1 (577) [01-22] - jazz
  • Catherine Marie Charlton: Simple Gifts: Solo Piano for the Holidays (self-released) - jazz
  • Evan Christopher: Blues in the Air: The Music of Sidney Bechet (Camille Productions) [07-31] - jazz
  • Willie Clayton: Caesar Soul & Blues () - blues
  • ChimyTina [Martina DaSilva & Dan Chmielinski]: Constellations (La Reserve) [06-17] - jazz
  • Cooper Moore & Stephen Gauci: Conversations Vol 2 (577) [02-04] - jazz
  • Cooper Moore/Stephen Gauci: Live at Roulette ( Gaucimusic) [08-12] - jazz
  • Eliane Correa & La Evolucion: Signo de Fuego (Somas Mas) [04-08] - jazz
  • Chris Cortez: Live at Blue Bamboo (Blue Bamboo) [09-01] - jazz
  • Nicholas Craven/Boldy James: Fair Exchange No Robbery (Nicholas Craven Productions) [09-30] - hip-hop
  • Cruel Liars: Mightmare (Kill Rock Stars) - country
  • Emily D'Angelo: Enargeia (Deutsche Grammophon)
  • The James Dean Joint: Cabinbuzz (Spacehawk) [07-11]
  • Donnie Ray: I'm Just the Man for You () - blues
  • Dave Douglas Quintet: Songs of Ascent: Book 2 -- Steps (Greenleaf Music) [10-07] - jazz
  • Dreamstruck [Marilyn Crispell/Joe Fonda/Harvey Sorgen]: With Grace in Mind (Fundacja Sluchaj) [08-26] - jazz
  • Dropkick Murphys: This Machine Still Kills Fascists (Dummy Luck Music) [09-30] - folk rock
  • Nick Dunston: Spider Season (Out of Your Head) [07-15] - jazz
  • Joe Ely: Flatland Lullaby (Rack 'Em) [10-21]
  • Elzhi & Georgia Anne Muldrow: Zhigeist () [03-11] - hip-hop
  • Brian Ennels & Infinity Knives: King Cobra (Phantom Limb) [06-17] - hip-hop
  • Christoph Erb/Magda Mayas/Gerry Hemingway: Bathing Music (Veto) - jazz
  • Eucalyptus: Moves (Telephone Explosion) [05-13] - jazz
  • Kari Faux: Lowkey Superstar (Don Giovanni) [09-24] - hip-hop
  • Femuline Gaymeova: Todrick Hall ()
  • Fievel Is Glauque: Flaming Swords (La Loi) [11-25]
  • Ken Field & Alieno de Bootes (Alessandro Pizzin): Alien Field (Cuneiform) [08-12] - jazz
  • Catrin Finch/Seckou Keita: Echo (Bendigedig) [05-27] - jazz
  • Fire!: Requies (Rune Grammofon) - jazz
  • Gabby Fluke-Mogul: Love Songs (Relative Pitch) [06-10] - jazz
  • The Flying Luttenbachers: Terror Iridescence (ugExplode) [04-08] - jazz
  • Michael Formanek Quartet: Other Zones (Circular File) [09-02] - jazz
  • The Front Bottoms: Theresa (Fueled by Ramen -EP) [09-02] - alt/indie
  • Joel Futterman: Intervals II (Fundacja Sluchaj) [08-19] - jazz
  • Joel Futterman/Chad Fowler/Steve Hirsh: Ebb & Flow (Mahakala Music -2CD) [03-25] - jazz
  • Fuubutsushi: Yamawarau (Cached Media) [05-07] - jazz
  • Stephen Gauci/Joe Hertenstein Featuring Alexander von Schlippenbach & Jan Roder: Soundlift Berlin-New York (GauciMusic) - jazz
  • Stephen Gauci/Matthew Shipp/William Parker/Francisco Mela: Live at Scholes Street Studio (Gaucimusic) [11-04] - jazz
  • Sam Gendel: Cicada Lite: Live in Texas (Unseen Worlds) [07-29] - jazz
  • Tee Grizzley: Chapters of the Trenches (Grizzley Gang/300 Entertainment) [10-14] - hip-hop
  • Hammered Hulls: Careening (Dischord) [10-28] - punk
  • Kevin Hays/Bill Stewart: American Ballad (RGT) [06-27] - jazz
  • Hegge: Beyond Your Wildest Streams (Particular) [02-18] - jazz
  • Lisa Hilton: Paradise Cave (Ruby Slippers) - jazz
  • Robin Holcomb: One Way or Another, Vol 1 (Songlines) [10-14] - jazz
  • Jesca Hoop: Order of Romance (Memphis Industries) [09-16] - singer-songwriter
  • Hyper.Object: Inter.Independence (Phonogram Unit) [04-01] - jazz
  • Joan Jett & the Blackhearts: Changeup (Legacy) [03-25]
  • Park Jiha: The Gleam (Tak:til) [02-25] - post-minimalism
  • Jeter Jones: Da Legend of Sweet Jeter Jones () - blues
  • Joyfultalk: Familiar Science (Constellation) [05-06] - jazz
  • King George: Juke Joint Music () - blues
  • Kosmos Trio: Brev Til En Ven (April) [10-14] - jazz
  • Takuya Kuroda: Midnight Crisp (First Word) [10-22] - jazz
  • Meschiya Lake & the New Movement: Looking the World Over (Sungroove) [05-06] - jazz
  • Mary LaRose: Out There [Music of Eric Dolphy] (Little (i) Music) [10-08] - jazz
  • Lass: Bumaye (Chapter Two) [06-17] - Afrian
  • Jake Leckie: The Guide (Ropeadope) [04-08] - jazz
  • Noah Lemish: Twelve (TPR) [10-21] - jazz
  • Jose Lencastre: Common Ground (Phonogram Unit) [04-01] - jazz
  • Steven Lugerner/Garret Lang/Albert Tootie Heath: It Takes One to Know One (Slow & Steady) [04-15] - jazz
  • Carmen Lundy: Fade to Black (Afrasia Productions) [09-30] - jazz
  • Rene Lussier: Au Diable Vert (ReR Megacorp/Circum-Disc) [09-30] - jazz
  • Doug MacLeod: A Soul to Claim (Reference) - jazz
  • Peter Madsen's CIA Trio: 88 Butterfly (Playscape) - jazz
  • Tony Malaby/Angelica Sanchez/Tom Rainey: Huapango (Rogue Art) [03-07] - jazz
  • Mama's Broke: Narrow Line (Free Dirt) [05-13] - folk
  • Matters Unknown: We Aren't Just (New Soil) [10-28] - jazz
  • Val McKnight: Ain't Nothin' Like a Country Boy () - blues
  • Jamie McDell: Jamie McDell (self-released) [02-25] - country
  • Joe McPhee/Jen Clare Paulson/Brian Labycz: The Mystery J (Corbett vs Dempsey -21) - jazz
  • Joe McPhee/Michael Bisio/Fred Lonberg-Holm/Juma Sultan: The Sweet Spot (RogueArt) - jazz
  • Joe McPhee/John Edwards/Klaus Kugel: Existential Moments (Not Two) - jazz
  • Metro Boomin: Heroes & Villains (Boominati/Republic) [12-02] - trap
  • Metrolight: Copyright Strike (Tee Pee -EP) [02-11] - electropop
  • Nicole Mitchell & Fabio Paolozzi: Medusae (Don Giovanni) [09-05] - jazz
  • Ben Monder/Tony Malaby/Tom Rainey: Live in Lisbon (Robalo Music) - jazz
  • Tommaso Moretti: Inside Out (Bace) [05-06] - jazz
  • Mud Morganfield: Portrait (Delmark) [11-22] - blues
  • Jay Morris Group: Tell My Story () - blues
  • MuniMuni's: MuniMuni's 33 (MuniMuni's) [03-25] - jazz
  • Neptune Power Federation: Le Demon De L'amour (Cruz Del Sur) [02-18] - fuzz metal [-]
  • Night Is Alive: Old New Borrowed & Blue (Night Is Alive) [01-05] - jazz
  • Nadje Noordhuis: Full Circle (Newvelle) [12-16] - jazz
  • Thandi Ntuli: Bik Elijah & the Children of Meroe (Next Music) [07-08] - jazz
  • The Nu Band: Renual (Not Two) - jazz
  • Arturo O'Farrill & the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra: Fandango at the Wall in New York (Tiger Turn) [09-29] - jazz
  • Emeka Ogboh: 6°30'33.372"N 3°22'0.66"E () [07-29] - ambient dub
  • Kresten Osgood: Plays the Organ for You (April) [06-03] - jazz
  • Abiodun Oyewole: Gratitude (AFAR) [01-28] - African
  • Jeff Parker/Eric Revis/Nasheet Waits: Eastside Romp (RogueArt) - jazz
  • Aaron Parks/Matt Brewer/Eric Harland: Volume One (self-released) [03-03] - jazz
  • Aaron Parks/Matt Brewer/Eric Harland: Volume Two (self-released) [06-06] - jazz
  • Ivo Perelman Quartet: Magic Dust (Mahakala Music) [02-18] - jazz
  • Ivo Perelman: Reed Rapture in Brooklyn (Mahakala Music) [10-26] - jazz
  • The Philadelphia Experiment [Uri Caine/Christian McBride/Ahmir Thompson/DJ Logic]: Live at Newport Jazz 2017 (Newport Jazz) [11-01] - jazz
  • Max Pope: Counting Sheep (Virgin) [07-01]
  • Gene Pritsker's Sound Liberation: Let's Save the World Suite (Composers Concordance) [09-02] - jazz
  • Protoje: Third Time's the Charm () [09-23] - dancehall
  • PUBLIQuartet: What Is American (Bright Shiny Things) [06-17] - jazz
  • Putochinomaricon: Jaja Equisde (Distopia Aburrida) (Elefant)
  • Tomeka Reid/Kyoko Kitamura/Taylor Ho Bynum/Joe Morris: Geometry of Trees (Relative Pitch) [05-20] - jazz
  • The Relay: The Relay (Same Island Music) - jazz
  • Rival Consoles: Now Is (Erased Tapes) - ambient
  • Perry Robinson/Mark Whitecage/Ken Filiano/Lou Grassi: Live@VisionFest20 (Not Two) - jazz
  • Ernesto Rodrigues/Jose Lencastre/Miguel Mira/Hernani Faustino/Joao Lencastre: Affinity Suite (Creative Sources) [06-03] - jazz
  • Andreas Roysum/Christian Meaas Svendsen/Kresten Osgood: Music Improvised on September 23rd 2021 (Astral Spirits) - jazz
  • Rusty: The Resurrection of Rust (Capitol -EP) [07-01] - pub rock
  • Molly Ryan: Sweepin' the Blues Away (Turtle Bay) [11-11] - jazz
  • Timucin Sahin's Flow State: Funk Poems for 'Bird' (Panoramic) [11-04] - jazz
  • Selene Saint-Aime: Potomitan (Komos) [03-25] - jazz
  • Akira Sakata/Takeo Moriyama: Mitochrondria (Trost) - jazz
  • Samon Salamon & New Freequestra: Free Distance Vol 2: Poems Are Opening (Fundacja Sluchaj) [03-15] - jazz
  • Sarah Ruth and Monte Espina: Cuatro Estaciones (Full Spectrum) [10-07] - ambient
  • Gina Schwarz & Multiphonics 8: Way to Blue (Cracked Anegg) [09-09] - jazz
  • Slavo Rican Assembly: Intercosmic (Riverboat) [10-21] - jazz
  • Wadada Leo Smith/Henry Kaiser/Alex Varty: Pacifica Koral Reef (577) [01-07] - jazz
  • Kristina Socanski: Philip Glass: Solo Piano (Oclassica) - minimalism
  • Steamboat Switzerland: Terrifying Sunset (Trost) [01-28] - jazz
  • Carl Stone: We Jazz Reworks Vol 2 (We Jazz) [10-21] - jazz
  • Studio Dan/Anthony Coleman: . . . Im Gebirg (ROS) - jazz
  • Cassiopeia Sturm & Patrick Shiroishi: The Invention of the Saxophone (Surface World) [07-08] - jazz
  • Neil Swainson: Fire in the West (Cellar) [08-19] - jazz
  • Swiss Jazz Orchestra & Christoph Irniger: The Music of Pilgrim (Stadt Zurich Kultur/nWog) [10-21] - jazz
  • Tasche de la Rocha: Tasche de la Rocha & the Psychedelic Roses (Sinking City) [10-21]
  • Joanne Shaw Taylor: Nobody's Fool (Keeping the Blues Alive) [10-28] - blues
  • Claude Tchamitchian Quintet: Ways Out (Emouvance) [06-27] - jazz