Music Tracking 2024

These are 2024 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

  • 2nd Grade: Scheduled Explosions (Double Double Whammy) [10-25] - jangle pop
  • 4Batz: U Made Me a St4r (4Batz/Gamma -EP) [05-03] - hip-hop
  • 21 Savage: American Dream (Slaughter Gang/Epic) [01-12] - hip-hop [**]
  • 40 Watt Sun: Little Weight (Fisher's Folly/Cappio) [09-06] - doom metal
  • 49 Winchester: Leavin' This Holler () - country
  • 070 Shake: Petrichor (GOOD Music/Def Jam) [11-15] - alt-pop
  • 156/Silence: People Watching (Sharp Tone) [09-13] - metalcore
  • 200 Stab Wounds: Manual Manic Procedures (Metal Blade) [06-28] - death metal
  • 454: Casts of a Dreamer () [10-01] - trap
  • 1010Benja: Ten Total (Three Six Zero) [03-22] - alt-pop [A-]
  • 1349: The Wolf and the King (Season of Mist) [10-04] - black metal
  • 1999 Write the Future: Hella [ . . . ] (88rising/RCA) [02-09] - pop rap
  • أحمد [Ahmed]: Giant Beauty (Fönstret) [04-08] - jazz [A-]
  • أحمد [Ahmed]: Wood Blues (Astral Spirits) [04-12] - jazz [A-]
  • اسم [ISM] [Pat Thomas/Joel Grip/Antonin Gerbal]: Maua (577) [02-16] - jazz [A-]
  • ¥$ [Ye & Ty Dolla Sign]: Vultures 1 ( Yzy) [02-10] - hip-hop
  • ¥$ [Ye & Ty Dolla Sign]: Vultures 2 ( Yzy) [08-03] - hip-hop
  • Ab-Soul: Soul Burger (Top Dawg) [11-08] - hip-hop
  • Àbáse: Awakening (Oshu) [07-05] - jazz fusion
  • Sakina Abdou/Toma Gouband/Maria Warelis: Hammer, Roll and Leaf (Relative Pitch) [11-29] - jazz
  • Aborted: Vault of Horrors (Nuclear Blast) [03-15] - metal
  • Gracie Abrams: The Secret of Us (Interscope) [06-21] - indie pop
  • Acceleration Due to Gravity: Jonesville: Music by and for Sam Jones (Hot Cup -EP) - jazz [***]
  • Accept: Humanoid (Napalm) [04-26] - metal
  • Jessica Ackerley: All of the Colours Are Singing (AKP) [08-16] - jazz [*]
  • Actress: Statik (Smalltown Supersound) [06-07] - electronic [*]
  • Nicki Adams/Michael Eaton: The Transcendental (SteepleChase LookOut) [03-22] - jazz [**]
  • Ryan Adams: Star Sign ()
  • Barry Adamson: Cut to Black () [05-16] - blues-rock
  • Adeem the Artist: Anniversary (Four Quarters) [05-03] - country [**]
  • Nick Adema: Urban Chaos (ZenneZ) [10-04] - jazz [***]
  • Neil Adler: Emi's Song (self-released) [05-29] - jazz [**]
  • Antonio Adolfo: Love Cole Porter (AAM Music) [06-10] - jazz
  • Adult Jazz: So Sorry So Slow (Spare Thought) [04-26] - art pop
  • Advancing on a Wild Pitch: Disasters, Vol. 2 (Hot Cup) [02-16] - jazz [A-]
  • Africatown, AL: Ancestor Sounds (Free Dirt) [02-23] - blues [**]
  • Okaidja Afroso: Àbòr Édín (Chechekule) - African [*]
  • Arooj Aftab: Night Reign (Verve) [05-31] - Pakistan jazz [***]
  • Agriculture: Living Is Easy (The Flenser) [05-03] - blackgaze
  • Christina Aguilera: The 25th Anniversary of Christina Aguilera (5020 -EP) [09-23] - pop
  • AI.Divino: Pyroglyphs () [03-23] - hip-hop
  • Aili: Nandakke? (Eskimo/NEWS) [02-23]
  • Cyrille Aimée: À Fleur De Peau (Whirlwind) [03-08] - vocal jazz [**]
  • Albare: Beyond Belief (AM) [02-12] - jazz [*]
  • Erlend Albertsen Bassspace: Name of the Wind (Dugnad Rec) [04-19] - jazz [**]
  • Jeremie Albino: Out Timein the Sun (Easy Eye Sound) [11-01] - Americana
  • The Alchemist/Oh No/Gangrene: Heads I Win, Tails You Lose (ALC/Gangrene) [04-19] - hip-hop
  • Alcest: Les Chants de l'Aurore (Nuclear Blast) [06-21] - post-metal
  • Melissa Aldana: Echoes of the Inner Prophet (Blue Note) [04-04] - jazz [**]
  • Louise Alder/RTim Mead/Anna Stéphany/Stuart Jackson/Adam Plachetka/Arcangelo/Jonathan Cohen: Handel: Theodora, HWV 60 (Alpha) [02-23] - baroque
  • Eric Alexander: Timing Is Everything (Cellar Music) [05-24] - jazz [**]
  • Eric Alexander/Mike LeDonne: Together (Cellar Music) [07-12] - jazz [**]
  • Monty Alexander: D Day (Pee Wee) [03-29] - jazz
  • Ricky Alexander: Just Found Joy (Turtle Bay) [04-26] - jazz
  • Alfa Mist & Amika Quartet: Recurring: Live at King's Place (Sekito) [10-11] - jazz [**]
  • Neal Alger: Old Souls (Calligram) [03-01] - jazz [**]
  • Alkaline Trio: Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs (Rise) [01-26] - pop punk
  • JD Allen: The Dark, the Light, the Grey and the Colorful (Savant) [10-04] - jazz [**]
  • JD Allen: A Garland of Holiday Songs (Savant) [11-22] - Xmas jazz
  • Marina Allen: Eight Pointed Star (Fire) [06-07] - singer-songwriter
  • Alyssa Allgood: From Here (Next) [04-19] - jazz
  • Alliance [Sharel Cassity/Colleen Clark]: Alliance (Shifting Paradigm) [03-15] - jazz [**]
  • Allie X: Girl With No Face (Twin Music) [02-23] - synthpop [***]
  • Ben Allison/Steve Cardenas/Ted Nash: Tell the Birds I Said Hello: The Music of Herbie Nichols (Sonic Camera) [02-02] - jazz [***]
  • Bernard Allison: Luther's Blues ()
  • Luther Allison: I Owe It All to You (Posi-Tone) [07-19] - jazz
  • Karrin Allyson: A Kiss for Brazil (Origin) [05-17] - vocal jazz [**]
  • Alma Tree [Ra Kalam Bob Moses/Vascro Trilla/Pedro Melo Alves]: Sonic Alchemy (Carimbo Porta-Jazz) [01-31] - jazz
  • Gonçalo Almeida: States of Restraint (Clean Feed) [06-28] - jazz [***]
  • Livio Almeida: The Brasilia Sessions (Zoho) [07-19] - jazz [**]
  • Altus: Mythos (Biophilia) [06-07] - jazz [***]
  • Holman Álvarez: Hidden Objects (Sunnyside) [11-08] - jazz [**]
  • Pedro Melo Alves: Conundrum Vol. 1: Itself Through Disappearance (Clean Feed) [06-28] - jazz
  • John Alvey: Loft Glow (Jazz Music City) [08-25] - jazz [**]
  • Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore: TexiCali (Yep Roc) [06-21] - country [A-]
  • Gino Amato: Latin Crossroads (Ovation) [09-01] - jazz [*]
  • Oren Ambarchi: With Pats on the Head, Just One Too Few Is Evil One Too Many Is Good That's All It Is (Black Truffle) [01-19] - jazz
  • Oren Ambarchi/Johan Berthling/Andreas Werlin: Ghosted II (Drag City) [04-26] - jazz [***]
  • Franco Ambrosetti: Sweet Caress (Enja) - jazz
  • Robby Ameen: Live at the Poster Museum (Origin) [07-26] - jazz [**]
  • Amen Dunes: Death Jokes (Sub Pop) [05-10] - art rock
  • American Aquarium: The Fear of Standing Still () - country
  • Amery: Continue as Amery (Night School) [05-31] - indie pop
  • Amigo the Devil: Yours Until the War Is Over (Liars Club/Ragtime Music Group) [02-23] - dark cabaret
  • Amblare: Amblare (Melodic Virtue) [04-05]
  • John Ambrosini: Songs for You (self-released) [06-01] - vocal jazz [B]
  • Roxana Amed: Becoming Human (Sony Music Latin) [05-02] - Latin jazz [***]
  • Shirlette Ammons: Spectacles () [04-26]
  • Amyl and the Sniffers: Cartoon Darkness (B2B/Virgin) [10-25] - alt/indie [A-]
  • Anciients: Beyond the Reach of the Sun (Season of Mist) [08-30] - prog metal
  • Arild Andersen/Daniel Sommer/Rob Luft: As Time Passes (April) - jazz
  • Arild Andersen: Landloper (ECM) [11-29] - jazz
  • Bob Anderson: Live! (Jazz Hang) [03-29] - vocal jazz [*]
  • Bret Anderson/Paraorchestra/Charles Hazlewood: Death Songbook (BMG/World Circuit) [04-19] - indie pop
  • Laurie Anderson: Amelia (Nonesuch) [08-30] - 08-30 [A-]
  • Thomas Anderson: Hello, I'm From the Future (Out There) [04-01] - singer-songwriter [A-]
  • Erika Angell: The Obsessions With Her Voice (Constellation) [03-08]
  • Jason Anick/Jason Yeager: Sanctuary (Sunnyside) [10-11] - jazz [U]
  • Anitta: Funk Generation (Republic) [04-26] - favela funk [***]
  • Ankhlejohn: Pride of a Man () [09-04] - hip-hop
  • Sam Anning: Earthen (Earshift Music) [04-05] - jazz [***]
  • Another Dancer: I Try to Be Another Dancer (Bruit Direct Disques)
  • Bill Anschell: Improbable Solutions (Origin) [01-19] - jazz [*]
  • The Anti-Queens: Disenchanted (Stomp) [05-17] - punk
  • Antistatic: Relics (Cuneiform) [01-26] - jazz
  • Maggie Antone: Rhinestoned (Love Big) [08-23]
  • Anycia: Princess Pop That (United Masters) [04-26] - hip-hop [***]
  • Apathy: Connecticut Casual: Chapter 2 (Dirty Version) [04-12] - hip-hop [**]
  • Charlie Apicella & Iron City Meet the Griots Speak: Call to Action/Call to Prayer (OA2) [08-16] - jazz [**]
  • Omar Apollo: God Said No (Warner) [06-28] - alt-pop
  • Apparition: Disgraced Emanations From a Tranquil State (Profound Lore) [03-22] - death metal
  • AraabMuzik: Aggro Dr1ft (Milan)
  • Arab Strap: I'm Totally Fine With It 👍 Don't Give a Fuck Anymore 👍 (Rock Action) [05-10] - post-punk
  • Arashi With Takeo Moriyama: Tokuzo (Trost) [09-00] - jazz
  • Florian Arbenz: Conversation #10 & #11: ON! (Hammer) [03-15] - jazz [**]
  • Nia Archives: Silence Is Loud (Hijinxx/Island) [04-10] - electronic [A-]
  • Maria Chiara Argirò: Closer (Innovative Leisure) [04-26] - art pop
  • Tim Armacost: Something About Believing (TMA) [08-02] - jazz
  • Sergio Armaroli/Francesca Gemmo/Barry Guy: At Sotto Il Mare [First Visit] (Ezz-Thetics) [10-04] - jazz
  • Armiture: Mother Engine (Dots Per Inch Music) [02-09]
  • Daymé Arocena: Alkemi (Brownswood) [02-23] - Latin jazz [*]
  • Arrested Development: Bullets in the Chamber (Vagabond Productions) [01-12] - hip-hop [*]
  • Lynne Arriale Trio: Being Human (Challenge) [03-01] - jazz [**]
  • ARXX: Good Boy (Submarine Cat/Humming) [10-04]
  • Ashe: Willson (self-released) [09-06] - indie pop
  • Byron Asher's Skrontch Music: Lord, When You Send the Rain (Sinking City) [04-19] - jazz [**]
  • ASP: Japanese Girl (Avex Creative)
  • Mulatu Astatke and Hoodna Orchestra: Tension (Batov) [11-08] - jazz
  • Pete Astor: Tall Stories & New Religions () [03-15]
  • Ateez: Golden Hour: Part 1 (KQ Entertainment -EP) [05-31] - K-pop
  • Shinichi Atobe: Ongaku 1 (DDS -1) [04-19]
  • Michaël Attias: Quartet Music Vol. I: LuMiSong (Out of Your Head) [03-01] - jazz [B+(***)]
  • Michaël Attias: Quartet Music Vol. II: Kardamon Fall (Out of Your Head) [10-18] - jazz [B+(***)]
  • Michaël Attias: Quartet Music Vol. I + II: LuMiSong + Kardamon Fall (Out of Your Head) [10-18] - jazz [A-]
  • The Attic & Eve Risser: La Grande Crue (NoBusiness) [10-04] - jazz [A-]
  • Aurora: What Happened to the Heart? (Glassnote) [06-07] - alt-pop
  • Avalanche Kaito: Talitakum (Glitterbeat) - African
  • Avery Anna: Breakup Over Breakfast (Warner Music Nashville) [07-19]
  • Awon & Parental: Sublime (HHV) [02-09] - hip-hop [***]
  • Awon x Phoniks: Golden Era 2 (Don't Sleep) [08-09] - hip-hop [A-]
  • The B Boys: We Get Down () [09-13] - hip-hop
  • Ab Baars/Joost Buis/Berlinde Deman: Cecil's Dance (Wig) [01-08] - jazz
  • Lucian Ban/Mat Maneri: Transylvanian Dance (ECM) [08-30] - jazz
  • Bill Banfield's Jazz Urbane: Take Time to Listen (Muse/Bluemoon) [07-19] - jazz
  • Reinier Bass & Ben van Gelder: This Is Water (DoYouMind?)
  • Bab L' Bluz: Swaken (Real World) [05-10] - Morocco [*]
  • Babehoven: Water's Here in You (Double Double Whammy) [04-26] - indie folk
  • The Baby Seals: Chaos (Trapped Animal) [04-19]
  • Bacchae: Next Time (Get Better) [07-05] - post-punk [***]
  • Sebastian Bach: Child Within the Man (Reigning Phoenix) [05-10] - metal
  • Bad Moves: Wearing Out the Refrain (Don Giovanni) [09-13] - power pop [***]
  • The Bad Plus: Complex Emotions (Mack Avenue) [11-08] - jazz [**]
  • BADBADNOTGOOD: Mid Spiral: Order (XL -EP) [05-22] - jazz fusion
  • Art Baden: How Much of It Is Real (Rainy Days) [08-16] - jazz [**]
  • Hyeonseon Baek: Longing (You & Me Music) [04-26] - jazz
  • Baekhyun: Hello, World (INB100 -EP) [09-06] - K-pop
  • Dmitry Baevsky: Roller Coaster (Fresh Sound New Talent) [12-06] - jazz [**]
  • David Bailis: Tree of Life (Create or Destroy) [10-11] - jazz [**]
  • Andy Baker: From Here, From There (Calligram) [10-04] - jazz [**]
  • Jim Baker/Steve Hunt/Jakob Heinemann: Horizon Scanners (Clean Feed) [01-26] - jazz [**]
  • Adam Bałdych: Passacaglia (ACT Music) [01-26] - jazz
  • Charlie Ballantine: Love Letters & Graffiti (Green Mind) [06-07] - jazz
  • Kelsea Ballerini: Patterns (Black River) [10-25] - country
  • Ballister: Smash and Grab (Aerophonic) [01-16] - jazz [A-]
  • Jan Bang: Reading the Air (Punkt Editions) [01-19] - jazz
  • Ashtyn Barbaree: Sent Through the Ceiling (Artists 3 60) [10-25] - Americana [***]
  • Rahsaan Barber & Everyday Magic: Six Words (Jazz Music City) [09-06] - jazz [**]
  • Bark Culture: Warm Wisdom (Temperphantom) [09-06] - jazz [*]
  • Andrew Barker/William Parker/Jon Irabagon: Bakunawa (Out of Your Head) [08-30] - jazz [***]
  • Mimi Barks: This Is Doom Trap (Silent Cult) [09-26] - trap metal
  • Kenny Barron: Beyond This Place (Artwork/PIAS) [05-10] - jazz [A-]
  • Karl Bartos: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Tapete) [02-09] - soundtrack
  • Nik Bärtsch's Ronin: Spin (Ronin Rhythm) [11-29] - jazz [***]
  • Basher: May Day (Sinking City) [05-31] - jazz
  • Bashy: Being Poor Is Expensive (Bish Bash Bosh) [07-12] - UK hip-hop
  • Basic: This Is Basic (No Quarter) [09-06] - fusion [***]
  • John Basile: Heatin' Up (StringTime Jazz) [04-01] - jazz [*]
  • BassDrumBone: Afternoon (Auricle) [06-24] - jazz [***]
  • Bat for Lashes: The Dream of Delphi (AWAL) [05-31] - art pop
  • Jon Batiste: Beethoven Blues [Batiste Piano Series, Vol. 1] (Verve/Interscope) [11-15] - jazz/classical
  • Jamie Baum Septet+: What Times Are These (Sunnyside) [04-05] - jazz [*]
  • BbyMutha: Sleep Paralysis (True Panther) [04-18] - hip-hop [**]
  • Beabadoobee: This Is How Tomorrow Moves (Dirty Hit) [08-09] - indie pop [A-]
  • Beachwood Sparks: Across the River of Stars (Curation) [07-19] - neo-psychedelia
  • Beak>: >>>> (Invada) [05-28] - krautrock
  • Jazmin Bean: Traumatic Livelihood (Island) [02-23] - indie pop [**]
  • Beans: Zwaard (Tygr Rawwk) [03-13] - hip-hop [*]
  • Beardish: Song for Beating Hearts ()
  • Beatenberg: The Great Fire of Beatenberg (Leafy Outlook) [04-05]
  • Been Stellar: Scream From New York, NY (Dirty Hit) [06-21] - post-punk revival
  • Bégayer: Évohé Bègue (Murailles Music/Via Parigi/Le Saule)
  • Albert Beger/Ziv Taubenfeld/Shay Hazan/Hamid Drake: Cosmic Waves (NoBusiness) [05-27] - jazz [A-]
  • Beholder Quartet: Suspension of Disbelief (Sachimay) [04-15] - jazz [A-]
  • Being Dead: Eels (Bayonet) [09-27] - garage rock
  • Beings: There Is a Garden (No Quarter) [06-07] - jazz [A-]
  • Beledo: Floating in the Void (Moonjune) [09-19] - jazz
  • Evan Nicole Bell: Runaway Girl (Humingbird -EP) [01-11] - blues [*]
  • Belong: Realistic IX (Kranky) [08-09] - shoegaze
  • Alex Beltran: Rift (Calligram) [03-01] - jazz [***]
  • Lakecia Benjamin: Phoenix Reimagined (Live) (Ropeadope) [07-12] - jazz
  • Ben Bennett/Michael Foster/Jacob Wick: Carne Vale (Relative Pitch) [11-15] - jazz
  • Benny the Butcher: Everybody Can't Go (Def Jam) [01-26] - hip-hop
  • Benny the Butcher & 38 Spesh: Stabbed & Shot 2 () [08-18] - hip-hop
  • Oddgeir Berg Trio: A Place Called Home (Ozella) [06-21] - jazz [*]
  • Bruno Berle: No Reino Dos Afetos 2 (Psychic Hotline) [04-05] - Brazil [***]
  • Durand Bernarr: En Route (DSing -EP) [05-31]
  • Tim Berne/Hank Roberts/Aurora Nealand [Oceans And]: Lucid/Still (Screwgun) [04-22] - jazz
  • Peter Bernstein: Better Angels (Smoke Sessions) [09-27] - jazz [*]
  • Berwyn: Who Am I (Sony [UK]) [07-12] - UK hip-hop
  • Better Lovers: Highly Irresponsible (SharpTone) [10-25] - metalcore
  • The Bevis Frond: Focus on Nature (Fire) [03-01] - alt/indie
  • Yaya Bey: Ten Fold (Big Dada) [05-10] - alt-r&b [***]
  • Beyoncé: Cowboy Carter (Parkwood/Columbia) [03-29] - country-pop [**]
  • Laila Biali: Wintersongs (self-released) [11-01] - jazz
  • Pat Bianchi: Three (21H) [02-09] - jazz [***]
  • Eric Bibb: Live at the Scala Theatre Stockholm (Repute) [04-05] - blues [**]
  • Bibi Club: Feu De Garde (Secret City) [05-10] - indie pop
  • Carlos Bica: 11:11 (Clean Feed) [06-28] - jazz [**]
  • Big Bambi: Compositions for Bass Guitar & Bassoon, Vol. I (Greene Avenue Music) [09-27] - jazz [**]
  • Big Brave: A Chaos of Flowers (Thrill Jockey) [04-19] - doomgaze
  • Big Chief Solo-Ra: The Primer (self-released) [03-28] - hip-hop
  • Big Freedia With the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra: Live at the Orpheum Theater (Queen Diva) [04-19] - hip-hop [***]
  • Big Hit/Hit-Boy/The Alchemist: Black & Whites () [05-28] - hip-hop
  • Big Sean: Better Me Than You (FF to Def/Def Jam) [08-30] - hip-hop
  • Big Special: Postindustrial Hometown Blues (So) [05-10] - post-punk
  • BigXthaPlug: Take Care (United Masters/BigXthaPlug) [10-11] - hip-hop
  • Bilal: Adjust Brightness ()
  • Bingo Fury: Bats Feet for a Widow (The State51 Conspiracy) [02-16] - jazz-rock
  • Andrew Bird Trio: Sunday Morning Put-On (Loma Vista) [05-24] - vocal jazz
  • The Bird Calls: Old Faithful (Ruination) [05-31] - folk
  • Mateusz Bliskowski/Grzegorz Nadolny/Piotr Biskupski: Imaginary Landscape (self-released) [04-13] - jazz
  • BKtherula: LVL5 P2 (Warner)
  • Bruna Black/John Finbury: Vã Revelação (Green Flash) [05-14] - vocal jazz [**]
  • Luke Black: Chainsaws in Paradise (Amuseio) [05-24] - electropop
  • Black Art Jazz Collective: Truth to Power (HighNote) [02-16] - jazz [B]
  • The Black Crowes: Happiness Bastards (Silver Arrow) [03-15] - blues-rock
  • Black Curse: Burning in Celestial Poison (Supulchral Voice) [10-25] - black metal
  • The Black Dahlia Murder: Servitude (Metal Blade) [09-27] - death metal
  • Black Dresses: Laughingfish ()
  • Black Grape: Orange Head (Dgaff) [01-19] - alt dance
  • The Black Keys: Ohio Players (Nonesuch) [04-05]
  • Black Lives: People of Earth (Jammin' Colors) [04-19] - jazz [***]
  • Bladee: Cold Visions (Trash Island) [04-24] - rage/tread
  • Carsie Blanton: After the Revolution (self-released) [03-21] - singer-songwriter [***]
  • Carsie Blanton: The Red Album Vol. 1 (self-released -EP) - folk [***]
  • Bleachers: Bleachers (Dirty Hit) [03-08] - alt-pop
  • Mary J. Blige: Gratitude (300 Entertainment/Mary Jane Productions) [11-15] - r&b
  • Blood Incantation: Absolute Elsewhere (Century Media) [10-04] - prog death metal
  • Błoto: Grzybnia (Astigmatic) [10-11] - jazz
  • Blu/Shafiq Husayn: Out of the Blue (Nature Sounds) [03-29] - hip-hop
  • Blu & Evidence: Los Angeles (Bigger Picture Music/New World Color) [07-12] - hip-hop [**]
  • Blu & Exile: Love (The) Ominous World () [09-20] - hip-hop
  • T.K. Blue: Planet Bluu (Jaja) [10-25] - jazz [**]
  • Blue Bendy: So Medieval (The State 51 Conspiracy) [04-12] - art pop
  • Blue Lab Beats: Blue Eclipse (Decca) [04-19] - nu jazz [B]
  • Blue Moods: Swing & Soul (Posi-Tone) [01-05] - jazz [***]
  • Blueprint: Falling Down (Weightless -EP) [04-13] - hip-hop
  • John Blum Quartet Featuring Marshall Allen: Deep Space (Astral Spirits) [08-21] - jazz
  • Blunt Chunks: The Butterfly Myth (Telephone Explosion) [04-19]
  • Bnny: One Million Love Songs (Fire Talk) [04-05] - dream pop
  • Naima Bock: Below a Massive Dark Land (Sub Pop) [09-27] - chamber folk
  • Bodega: Our Brand Could Be Yr Life (Chrysalis) [ 04-12] - art punk
  • Sega Bodega: Dennis (Harmonia Mundi) [04-26] - glitch pop
  • The Body: The Crying Out of Things (Thrill Jockey) [11-08] - industrial metal
  • The Body & Dis Fig: Orchards of a Futile Heaven (Thrill Jockey) [02-23] - death industrial
  • Body Bag Ben/Vega7 the Ronin: Kawasaki Killers (Body Bag Productions/Fat Beats) [03-29] - hip-hop
  • Body Bag Ben/XP the Marxman: Good Times, Bad Times () [06-28] - hip-hop
  • Body Count: Merciless (Century Media) [11-22] - rap metal
  • Body Meat: Starchris (Partisan) [08-23] - glitch pop
  • Body Meπa: Prayer in Dub (Hausu Mountain) [11-22] - jazz [***]
  • Boeckner: Boeckner! (Sub Pop) [03-15] - art pop
  • Silvia Bolognesi/Dudú Kouate/Griffin Rodriguez: Timing Birds (Astral Spirits) [04-19] - jazz
  • Stix Bones/Bob Beamon: Olimpik Soul (BONE Entertainment) [01-12] - jazz [*]
  • Bonny Light Horseman: Keep Me on Your Mind/See You Free (Jagjaguwar) [06-07] - folk-rock
  • Benjamin Boone: Confluence: The Ireland Sessions (Origin) [09-20] - jazz [***]
  • Claire Booth/Christopher Glynn: Arnold Schoenberg: Expressionist Music (Orchid Classics) [06-07] - classical
  • Christiane Bopp/Bernard Santacruz/Bruno Tocanne: What About? (IMR/Musea) [12-18] - jazz
  • Willi Bopp/Camille Émaille/Gianni Gebbia/Heiner Goebbels/Cécile Lartigau/Nicolas Perrin: The Mayfield (Intakt) [08-16] - jazz [**]
  • Karen Borca/Paul Murphy: Entwined (Relative Pitch) [11-15] - jazz [***]
  • Matthieu Bordenave: The Blue Land ( ECM) - jazz
  • Borderlands Trio [Stephan Crump/Kris Davis/Eric McPherson]: Rewilder (Intakt) [05-17] - jazz [***]
  • Borknagar: Fall (Century Media) [02-23] - metal
  • Bòsc: Bòsc (La Crue/La Grande Folie)
  • Bossman Dlow: Mr. Beat the Road (Alamo) [03-15] - hip-hop
  • Boston Manor: Sundiver (SharpTone) [ 09-06] - alt-rock
  • Surya Botofasina: Ashram Sun (Spiritmuse)
  • Geoff Bradfield: Colossal Abundance (Calligram) [09-06] - jazz [***]
  • Aziza Brahim: Mawja (Glitterbeat) [02-23] - maghreb pop [**]
  • Anthony Branker & Imagine: Songs My Mom Liked (Origin) [06-21] - Jazz [***]
  • Brat: Social Grace (Prosthetic) [03-15] - metalcore
  • Alan Braufman: Infinite Love Infinite Tears (Valley of Search) [05-17] - jazz [***]
  • Anthony Braxton: 10 Comp (Lorraine) 2022 (Braxton House) [03-29] - jazz [*]
  • Patricia Brennan Septet: Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic) [09-06] - jazz [A-]
  • Olie Brice/Rachel Musson/Mark Sanders: Immense Blue (West Hill) [01-14] - jazz [**]
  • Leon Bridges: Leon (Columbia) [10-04] - pop soul
  • Bridgetown Sextet: Functionizin' (Rivermont) [01-27] - jazz [**]
  • Bright Eyes: Five Dice, All Threes (Dead Oceans) [09-20] - indie folk
  • Bright Light Bright Light: Enjoy Youth (YSKWN!) [05-17]
  • Brigitte Calls Me Baby: The Future Is Our Way Out (ATO) [08-02] - jangle pop
  • Brijean: Macro (Ghostly International) [07-12] - downtempo
  • Bring Me the Horizon: Post Human: Nex Gen (Sony) [05-24] - alt metal
  • British Murder Boys: Active Agents and House Boys (Downwards)
  • Felipe Brito: Não Deixe Para Amanhã (Outside In Muisic) [09-06] - jazz
  • Johnny Britt: After We Play (J-Jams) [03-17] - pop jazz
  • Britti: Hello, I'm Britti (Easy Eye Sound) [02-02] - singer-songwriter [B+(**)]
  • Owen Broder: Hodges: Front and Center Vol Two (Outside In Music) [04-12] - jazz [A-]
  • Brian Bromberg: LaFaro (Be Squared) [04-05] - jazz