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
  • $uicideboy$: New World Depression (G59) [06-14] - hip-hop
  • 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-]
  • +/- [Plus/Minus]: Further Afield (Ernest Jennings)
  • ¥$ [Ye & Ty Dolla Sign]: Vultures 1 ( Yzy) [02-10] - hip-hop
  • ¥$ [Ye & Ty Dolla Sign]: Vultures 2 ( Yzy) [08-03] - hip-hop
  • AALY Trio [Mats Gustafsson/Peter Janson/Kjell Nordeson]: Sustain (Silkheart) [11-18] - jazz [A-]
  • Ab-Soul: Soul Burger (Top Dawg) [11-08] - hip-hop
  • Àbáse: Awakening (Oshu) [07-05] - jazz fusion
  • Sakina Abdou/Toma Gouband/Marta Warelis: Hammer, Roll and Leaf (Relative Pitch) [11-29] - jazz [***]
  • Abel [Dutch Rapper] & Sef: Ijsland (Burning Fik) [06-21] - hip-hop
  • 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
  • Chris Acker: Famous Lunch (Gar Hole) [10-11]
  • 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 [***]
  • ADHD: ADHD 9 (Enja/Yellowbird) [10-29] - 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 [**]
  • Alyssa Algood: From Here (Next) [04-19] - vocal jazz
  • Alkaline Trio: Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs (Rise) [01-26] - pop punk
  • Lina Allemano's Ohrenschmaus: Flip Side (Lumo) [10-04] - jazz [**]
  • 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) [04-26] - 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]
  • Angles + Elle-Kari With Strings: The Death of Kalypso (Thanatosis Produktion) [04-26] - jazz [**]
  • Jason Anick/Jason Yeager: Sanctuary (Sunnyside) [10-11] - jazz [***]
  • 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 Chordless Quintet: 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]
  • Astrel K: The Foreign Department (Tough Love)
  • 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
  • Steve Baczkowski: Cheap Fabric (Relative Pitch) [09-06] - jazz [**]
  • Denis Badault: Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Yolk) [06-26] - jazz
  • Bag of Bones: No One Gets Saved (577) [05-31] - jazz
  • Ka Baird: Ictum Exercises (Polyrhythmic Studies) (Astral Spirits) [11-15] - jazz
  • Balance and Composure: With You in Spirit (No Sleep/Memory Music) [10-04] - emo
  • Lucian Ban/Mat Maneri: Transylvanian Dance (ECM) [08-30] - jazz
  • Bill Banfield's Jazz Urbane: Take Time to Listen (Muse/Bluemoon) [07-19] - jazz
  • Nye Banfield: Trails and Traces (self-released) [01-12] - 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
  • Carlos Barretto: Solo: Lonely Dog (self-released) [03-21] - jazz
  • 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 [*]
  • The Bass Collective: Mabataku Mori (Nagalu) [03-16] - 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-]
  • Maya Beiser: Maya Beiser x Terry Riley: In C (Islandia) [04-05] - minimalism
  • The Belair Lip Bombs: Lush Life (Third Man) [08-26] - alt/indie
  • Beledo: Floating in the Void (Moonjune) [09-19] - jazz
  • Evan Nicole Bell: Runaway Girl (Humingbird -EP) [01-11] - blues [*]
  • Ruby Bell: Greatest Hits (Dog Show -EP) [09-12]
  • Belong: Realistic IX (Kranky) [08-09] - shoegaze
  • Alex Beltran: Rift (Calligram) [03-01] - jazz [***]
  • Lakecia Benjamin: Phoenix Reimagined (Live) (Ropeadope) [07-12] - 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
  • Towa Bird: American Hero (Interscope) [06-28] - singer-songwriter
  • 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 [A-]
  • 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
  • Kate Bollinger: Songs From a Thousand Frames of Mind (Ghostly International)
  • Silvia Bolognesi/Dudú Kouate/Griffin Rodriguez: Timing Birds (Astral Spirits) [04-19] - jazz [A-]
  • Stix Bones/Bob Beamon: Olimpik Soul (BONE Entertainment) [01-12] - jazz [*]
  • Marcel Bonfim: Farewell/Despedida (Shifting Paradigm) [01-19] - 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)
  • Surya Botofasina/Nate Mercereau/Carlos Niño: Subtle Movements (Leaving) - jazz
  • 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 [*]
  • Kelly Bray/Caleb Duval: Bray/Duval (F.I.M.) [08-01] - 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
  • Luiza Brina: Prece (self-released) [04-30] - chamber-folk
  • 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
  • The Bobby Broom Organi-sation: Jamalot Live (Steele) [05-24] - jazz [*]
  • Brother Ali: Love & Service (Travelers Media) [04-26] - hip-hop [*]
  • Peter Brötzmann/Paal Nilssen-Love: Chicken Shit Bingo (2015, Trost) [01-26] - jazz [*]
  • Peter Brötzmann/Toshinori Kondo/Sabu Toyozumi: Complete Link (NoBusiness) [05-27] - jazz [A-]
  • Peter Brötzmann/Paal Nilssen-Love: Butterfly Mushroom (2015, Trost) [12-06] - jazz [**]
  • Brown Horse: Reservoir (Loose Music) [01-19] - alt-country
  • Dirk Bruinsma: Low Reliefs (Cuneiform) [11-29] - jazz
  • Bruiser Wolf: My Story Got Stories (Fake Shore Drive/Bruiser Brigade) [01-12] - hip-hop
  • Zach Bryan: The Great American Bar Scene (Belting Bronco/Warner) [07/04] - country [**]
  • Betty Bryant: Lotta Livin' (Bry-Mar Music) [01-26] - jazz [A-]
  • Martin Budde: Back Burner (Origin) [03-22] - jazz [*]
  • Buddy: Don't Forget to Breathe (Empire) [03-29] - hip-hop
  • Sarah Buechi/Franz Hellmüller/Rafael Jerjen: Pink Mountain Sagas (Intakt) [09-27] - vocal jazz [**]
  • The Bug Club: On the Intricate Inner Workings of the System (Sub Pop) [08-30] - garage rock
  • The Bullfight: Amen, Demon (Brandy Alexander)
  • Bullion: Affection (Ghostly International) [04-26] - electronic
  • Bas Bulteel: Eye of the Storm (WERF) [09-12] - jazz
  • The Buoys: Lustre (Sony) [07-12] - alt/indie [***]
  • Eshon Burgundy: Eyes on the One From Nazareth (self-released -EP) [04-18] - hip-hop
  • Burial: Dreamfear/Boy Sent From Above (XL -EP) [02-09] - electronic [*]
  • Anne Burnell & Mark Burnell: This Could Be the Start of Something Big (Spectrum Music) [10-01] - vocal jazz [B]
  • Johanna Burnheart: Bär (self-released) - jazz
  • Cat Burns: Early Twenties (RCA) [07-12] - singer-songwriter
  • Cedric Burnside: Hill Country Love (Provogue) [04-05] - blues [**]
  • George Burton: White Noise (self-released) - jazz
  • John Butcher + 13: Fluid Fixations (Weight of Wax) [02-01] - jazz [A-]
  • John Butcher/Florian Stoffner/Chris Corsano: The Glass Changes Shape (Relative Pitch) [10-04] - jazz [**]
  • John Butcher/Pat Thomas/Dominic Lash/Steve Noble: Fathom (577) [09-15] - jazz
  • Isrea Butler: Congo Lament (Vegas) [06-01] - jazz [***]
  • Anna Butterss: Mighty Vertebrate (International Anthem) [10-04] - jazz [***]
  • Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard: Skinwalker (Communion) [04-12] - alt/indie
  • Chris Byars: Boptics (SteepleChase) [06-13] - jazz [**]
  • Alina Bzhezhinska & Tony Kofi: Altera Vita (BBE) [04-05] - jazz
  • C6Fe2RN6: C6Fe2RN6 (Astral Spirits) [08-30] - jazz [***]
  • Ruben Caban: Kangana (self-released) [02-15] - jazz
  • Camila Cabello: C,XOXO (Geffen/Interscope) [ 06-28] - alt-pop
  • George Cables: I Hear Echoes (HighNote) [11-15] - jazz [***]
  • Cage the Elephant: Neon Pill (RCA) [05-17] - indie pop
  • Ana Loua Caiano: Vou Ficar Neste Quadrado () - Portuguese
  • Chloé Cailleton & Nathalie Darche: Quart d'Heure Américain: Pour vous remercier de ne pas dédaigner ce petit rien (Pépin & Plume) [09-13] - jazz
  • Cakes Da Killa: Black Sheep (Young Art) [03-22] - hip-hop [**]
  • Luca Calabrese: I Shin Den Shin (Moonjune) - jazz
  • John Cale: POPtical Illusion (Domino) [06-14] - art rock [***]
  • Caligula's Horse: Charcoal Grace (InsideOut) [01-26] - prog metal
  • Kirin J Callinan: If I Could Sing (PIAS/Worse) [02-02] - art pop
  • Obed Calvaire: 150 Million Gold Francs (Ropeadope) [04-12] - jazz
  • Summer Camargo: To Whom I Love (Blue Engine) [03-15] - jazz [**]
  • Jonas Cambien: Jonas Cambien's Maca Conu (Clean Feed) [01-26] - jazz [***]
  • Camera Obscura: Look to the East, Look to the West (Merge) [05-03] - alt/indie
  • Nicola Caminiti: Vivid Tales of a Blurry Self-Portrait (self-released) [05-10] - jazz [***]
  • Isobel Campbell: Bow to Love (Cooking Vinyl) [ 06-14]
  • Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams: All This Time (Royal Potato Family) [04-05] - Americana
  • Candy: It's Inside You (Relapse) [06-07] - metalcore
  • Cane Hill: A Piece of Me I Never Let You Find (Out of Line) [11-01] - metalcore
  • Chocho Cannelle: Yo Te Cielo (Modulor Music) [09-27] - jazz
  • Gerald Cannon: Live at Dizzy's Club: The Music of Elvin & McCoy (Woodneck) [01-19] - jazz [***]
  • Jerry Cantrell: I Want Blood (Double J Music) [10-18] - alt-metal
  • Vinicius Cantuaria: Psychedelic Rio (Sunnyside) [03-22] - jazz
  • Caoilfhionn Rose: Constellation (Gondwana) [05-24] - new age
  • Caporaso Ensemble: Encounter (Psychosomatic) [04-26] - jazz [*]
  • Ian Carey & Wood Metal Plastic: Strange Arts (Slow & Steady) [03-22] - jazz [**]
  • Caribou: Honey (Merge/City Slang) [10-04] - house
  • Frank Carlberg Large Ensemble: Elegy for Thelonious (Sunnyside) [03-08] - jazz [**]
  • Gunhild Carling: Jazz Is My Lifestyle! (Jazz Art) [09-01] - jazz [***]
  • Willi Carlisle: Critterland (Signature Sounds) [01-26] - country [**]
  • Caroline Says: The Lucky One (Western Vinyl) [10-11] - indie folk
  • Sabrina Carpenter: Short n' Sweet (Island) [08-23] - pop [***]
  • Melissa Carper: Borned in Ya (Mae Music) [07-19] - country [A-]
  • Eladio Carrión: Sol Maria (Rimas) [01-19] - hip-hop
  • Daniel Carter & Playfield: Magic Heart (577) [01-19] - jazz
  • Daniel Carter/Patrick Holmes/Matthew Putman/Hilliard Greene/Federico Ughi: Telepathic Mysteries, Vol. 2 (577) [07-05] - jazz
  • Daniel Carter/Leo Genovese/William Parker/Francisco Mela: Shine Hear Vol. 2 (577) [09-06] - jazz [U]
  • Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes: Dark Rainbow (International Death Cult) [01-26] - alt/indie
  • James Carter: Un (Unaccompanied Baritone Saxophone) (J.M.I.) [05-17] - jazz [**]
  • James Carter Organ Trio: Live From Newport Jazz (Blue Note) - jazz
  • George Cartwright & Bruce Golden: Dilate (self-released) [01-03] - jazz [*]
  • Erika de Casier: Still (4AD) [02-21] - r&b
  • Kim Cass: Levs (Pi) [06-28] - jazz [***]
  • Cassyette: This World Fucking Sucks (23) [08-23] - nu metal
  • Cast: Love Is the Call (Cast) [02-16] - britpop
  • The Castellows: A Little Goes a Long Way (Warner Music Nashville -EP) [02-09] - country [**]
  • Bruno Castellucci: Legacy (GAM) [10-18] - jazz
  • Matt Castillo: Pushing Borders () - country
  • Cavalier: Different Type Time (Backwoodz Studioz) [04-19] - hip-hop [**]
  • Cavalier & Child Actor: Cine (Backwoodz Studioz) [11-15] - hip-hop
  • Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: Wild God (Bad Seed/Play It Again Sam) [08-30] - baroque pop [C+]
  • Caveira: Ficar Vivo (Shhpuma) [03-29] - jazz
  • Caxtrinho: Queda Livre (QTV) [08-22] - jazz [***]
  • William Cepeda Afro-Puerto Rican Big Band: The Sound of Puerto Rican Jazz (Casabe) - jazz
  • Ernesto Cervini's Turboprop: A Canadian Songbook (Three Pines) [03-08] - jazz [***]
  • A Certain Ratio: It All Comes Down to This (Mute) [04-19] - new wave [**]
  • Layale Chaker & Sarafand: Radio Afloat (In a Circle) [05-17] - jazz [A-]
  • A. Chal: Espíritu (Gazi World) [02-27]
  • Matt Champion: Mika's Laundry (RCA) [03-22]
  • Chanel Beads: Your Day Will Come (Jagjaguwar) [04-19] - dream pop
  • Manu Chao: Viva Tu (Because Music) [09-20] - world [A-]
  • Monique Chao Jazz Orchestra: Time Chamber (Da Vinci Jazz) [09-07] - jazz
  • Brian Charette: You Don't Know Jack! (Cellar Music) [12-06] - jazz [**]
  • Bill Charlap Trio: And Then Again (Blue Note) [08-16] - jazz [***]
  • Etienne Charles: Creole Orchestra (Culture Shock) [06-14] - jazz [*]
  • Charli XCX: Brat (Atlantic) [06-07] - electropop [***]
  • Charli XCX: Brat and It's Completely Different but Also Still Brat (Atlantic) [10-11] - electropop
  • Charly Bliss: Forever (Lucky Number) [08-16] - power pop
  • Chastity Belt: Live Laugh Love (Suicide Squeeze) [03-29] - alt/indie
  • Chat Pile: Cool World (The Flenser) [10-11] - sludge metal
  • Cheekface: It's Sorted (self-released) [01-22] - indie rock
  • Cheer-Accident: Relics ( Cuneiform) [02-23] - experimental rock
  • Chemtrails: The Joy of Sects (Pnkslm) [01-19] - glam rock
  • Annie Chen: Guardians (JZ Music) [02-23] - jazz [B]
  • Charles Chen: Charles, Play! (Cellar Music) [01-12] - jazz
  • Eric Chenaux Trio: Delilghts of My Life (Constellation) [05-31] - jazz
  • Chief Keef: Almighty So 2 (43B) [05-10] - hip-hop [***]
  • Childish Gambino: Atavista (RCA) [05-13] - hip-hop
  • The Children's Hour: Going Home (Sea Note)
  • John Chin/Jeong Lim Yang/Jon Gruk Kim: Journey of Han (Jinsy Music) [09-27] - jazz [*]
  • Rachel Chinouriri: What a Devastating Turn of Events (Elektra) [05-03] - alt/indie [**]
  • The Chisel: What a Fucking Nightmare (Pure Noise) [02-09] - hardcore punk [*]
  • Mina Cho's Grace Beat Quartet: "Beat Mirage" (International Gugak Jazz Institute) [02-09] - jazz [**]
  • The Choir Invisible [Charlotte Greve/Vinnie Sperazza/Chris Tordini]: Town of Two Faces (Intakt) [02-16] - jazz [***]
  • Mahmoud Chouki: Caravan: From Marrakech to New Orleans (Gallatin Street) [07-25] - jazz [**]
  • Julie Christmas: Ridiculous and Full of Blood (Red Creek) [06-14] - metal
  • Chromeo: Adult Contemporary (BMG) [02-16] - electropop [**]
  • The Church: Eros Zeta and the Perfumed Guitars (Communicating Vessels/Easy Action) [03-29] - dream pop
  • Cigarettes After Sex: X's (Partisan) [07-12] - dream pop
  • Cindy Lee: Diamond Jubilee (Realistik Studios) [03-29] - psychedelic pop [*]
  • Marc Ciprut: Moonshine (White Label) [07-11] - jazz [B]
  • Civerous: Maze Envy (20 Buck Spin) [03-22] - death metal
  • Clairo: Charm (Clairo) [07-12] - sophisti-pop [***]
  • Amy Clark: Cadair Idris (New Soil) - jazz
  • Gary Clark Jr.: JPEG RAW (Warner) [03-22] - blues [B-]
  • Josienne Clarke: Parenthesis, I (Corduroy Punk) [05-10] - folk
  • Gerald Cleaver: The Process (Positive Elevation/577) [08-16] - jazz
  • Dawn Clement/Steve Kovalcheck/Jon Hamar: Dawn Clement/Steve Kovalcheck/Jon Hamar Trio (self-released) [09-06] - jazz [*]
  • Carl Clements: A Different Light (Greydisc) [05-23] - jazz [***]
  • Cloud Nothings: Final Summer (Pure Noise) [04-19] - alt/indie
  • Trish Clowes & Ross Stanley: Journey to Where (Stoney Lane) [03-08] - jazz
  • Ed Clute: Shadows on the Moon (Rivermont) - jazz
  • Cnts: Thoughts & Prayers () [03-29] - noise rock
  • Cash Cobain: Play Cash Cobain (Giant Music) [08-23] - hip-hop
  • Amelia Coburn: Between the Moon and the Milkman () [03-08] - singer-songwriter
  • Coco & Clair Clair: Girl (Nice Girl World) [08-30] - hip-hop [A-]
  • Coco Chatru Quartet: Future (Trygger Music) [03-28] - jazz [***]
  • Cocodri: Station Marécage (MaAuLa) [01-26] - jazz
  • Jeff Coffin: Only the Horizon (Ear Up) [07-19] - jazz
  • Coffin Storm: Arcana Rising (Peaceville) [03-29] - metal
  • Anat Cohen Quartetinho: Bloom (Anzic) [09-27] - jazz [***]
  • Avishai Cohen: Ashes to Gold (ECM) [10-11] - jazz [**]
  • Avishai Cohen: Bright Light (Naïve) [10-25] - jazz [**]
  • Chris Cohen: Paint a Room (Hardly Art) [07-12] - indie pop
  • Emmet Cohen: Vibe Provider (Mack Avenue) [08-23] - jazz [**]
  • Cola: The Gloss (Fire Talk) [06-14] - post-punk
  • J. Cole: Might Delete Later (Dreamville/Interscope) [04-05] - hip-hop
  • Louis Cole, Metropole Orkest & Jules Buckley: Nothing (Brainfeeder) [08-09] - synth funk
  • Steve Coleman and Five Elements: PolyTropos/Of Many Turns (Pi) [10-25] - jazz [A-]
  • Johnny Coley: Mister Sweet Whisper (Mississippi) [11-15] - jazz
  • Scott Colley/Edward Simon/Brian Blade: Three Visitors (GroundUP Music) [11-01] - jazz [**]
  • Isaiah Collier & the Chosen Few: The Almighty (Division 81) [04-24] - jazz [**]
  • Isaiah Collier & the Chosen Few: The World Is on Fire (Division 81) [10-18] - jazz [A-]
  • Alfredo Colón: Blood Burden (Out of Your Head) [06-14] - jazz [A-]
  • Combat: Stay Golden (Counter Intuitive) [08-16] - power pop
  • Commodore Trio: Communal - EP (self-relesed - EP) [02-01] - jazz [*]
  • Common & Pete Rock: The Auditorium Vol. I (Loma Vista) [07-12] - hip-hop [***]
  • Commoner: A Commoner's Quest () [03-27] - doom metal
  • Confidence Man: 3AM (La La La) (Chaos/Polydor) [10-18] - dance-pop [***]
  • Confucius MC & Pitch 92: Stop Signs (HHV) [02-02] - hip-hop
  • Clarissa Connelly: World of Work (Warp) [ 04-12] - singer-songwriter
  • Jon Connor: III (All Varsity Music Group) [02-16] - hip-hop
  • Conway the Machine: Slant Face Killah () [05-10] - hip-hop
  • A.G. Cook: Britpop (New Alias) [05-10] - electronic [**]
  • Anastasia Coope: Darning Woman (Jagjaguwar) [05-31] - freak folk
  • Erland Cooper: Carve the Runes, Then Be Content With Silence (Mercury KX) [09-20] - modern classical
  • Jack Cooper: Jesus Green (Astral Spirits) [09-06] - jazz
  • Greg Copeland: Empire State (Franklin & Highland -EP) [09-06] - singer-songwriter [**]
  • Copywrite: The Last Supper () [05-10] - hip-hop
  • Coral Morphologic & Lick León: Projections ofa Coral City (Balmat) [04-05]
  • The Core: Roots (Moserobie) [04-12] - jazz [A-]
  • Chick Corea & Béla Fleck: Remembrance (Thirty Tigers) [05-10] - jazz [B]
  • Iván Cornejo: Mirada (Zaragoza/Interscope) [07-18] - alt-pop
  • Corridor: Mimi (Bonsound) [04-26] - indie rock
  • Chris Corsano/Joe Baiza/Mike Watt: Corsano Baiza Watt Trio (Yucca Alta) [09-06] - jazz [*]
  • Gustavo Cortiñas: Live in Chicago (Desafio Candente) [02-09] - jazz
  • Carly Cosgrove: The Cleanest of Houses Are Empty (Wax Bodega) [06-14] - emo-pop
  • Alison Cotton: Engelchen (Rocket)
  • Couch Slut: You Could Do It Tonight (Brutal Panda) [04-19] - metal
  • Counterparts: Heaven Let Them Die (Pure Noise -EP) [11-07] - metalcore
  • The Courettes: The Soul of . . . the Fabulous Courettes () [09-27]
  • Omar Courtz: Premera Musa (Mr. 305/Rimas) [09-20] - reggaeton
  • Sylvie Courvoisier: To Be Other-Wise (Intakt) [10-18] - jazz [***]
  • Marion Cousin/Elöise Decazes: Com a Lanceta Na Mão (Pagans/Le Saule/La République Des Granges)
  • Cower: Celestial Devestation (Human Worth)
  • Crack Cloud: Red Mile (Jagjaguwar) [07-26] - art punk
  • Crawlers: The Mess We Seem to Make (Polydor) [02-16] - alt/indie
  • Natalie Cressman & Ian Faquini: Guinga (GroundUP Music) [04-12] - jazz
  • Crimeapple & Big Ghost Ltd: Bazuko () [05-31] - hip-hop
  • Marilyn Crispell: Forest (FSR) - jazz
  • Charley Crockett: $10 Cowboy (Son of Davy) [04-26] - country [**]
  • Charley Crockett: $10 Cowboy Chapter II: Visions of Dallas (Son of Davy) [07-22] - country [***]
  • Crooked Little Sons: Regenerate () [03-15]
  • Jeff Crosby: Another Petal Falls Off of the Rose () - country
  • Sheryl Crow: Evolution (Valory Music Group) [03-29] - pop
  • Crows: Reason Enough (Bad Vibrations) [09-27] - garage rock
  • Crumb: Amama (Crumb) [05-17] - psychedelic pop
  • Stephan Crump: Slow Water (Papillon Sounds) [05-03] - jazz [***]
  • Crypt Sermon: The Stygian Rose (Dark Descent) [06-14] - heavy metal
  • Ivanna Cuesta: A Letter to the Earth (Orenda) [06-07] - jazz [A-]
  • Richie Culver: Hostile Environments () [ 06-14]
  • Cumgirl8: The 8th Cumming (4AD) [10-04] - post-punk
  • Grace Cummings: Ramona (ATO) [04-05] - singer-songwriter
  • Cuntroaches: Skin Graft ()
  • The Cure: Songs of a Lost World (Universal Music) [11-01] - gothic pop [*]
  • Buck Curran: One Evening and Other Folks Songs (Obsolete/ESP-Disk) [06-28] - folk [*]
  • Denzel Curry: King of the Mischievous South Vol. 2 (PH/Loma Vista/Concord) [07-19] - hip-hop
  • Caleb Wheeler Curtis: The True Story of Bears and the Invention of the Battery (Imani -2CD) [11-01] - jazz [A-]
  • Zaccai Curtis: Cubop Lives! (Truth Revolution Recording Collective) [05-10] - jazz [**]
  • Jeremiah Cymerman: Body of Light (5049) [05-03] - jazz [*]
  • Samara Cyn: The Drive Home (-EP) [10-25] - hip-hop
  • Cyril Cyril: Le Futur Ça Marche Pas (Bongo Joe) [04-26] - post-punk
  • Andrew Cyrille/Bill Frisell/Kit Downes: Breaking the Shell (Red Hook) - jazz
  • Emily D'Angelo: Freezing (Deutsche Grammophon) [08-30] - classical
  • D-Block Europe: Rolling Stone (UMG/D-Block/EGA) [01-12] - UK hip-hop
  • Da Beatminerz: Stifled Creativity (Soulspazm) - hip-hop
  • Tomasz Dąbrowski & the Individual Beings: Better (April) [03-29] - jazz [**]
  • Daggerboard: Escapement (Wide Hive) [03-08] - jazz [**]
  • Amalie Dahl's Dafnie: Står Op Med Solen (Aguirre) [04-05] - jazz [***]
  • Dal Sasso Big Band: Chick Corea's Three Quartets Revisited (Jazz & People) [05-17] - jazz
  • Tyler Daley: Son of Zeus (self-released) [03-08] - soul
  • The Dandy Warhols: Rockmaker (Sunset Blvd/Beat of the World) [03-15] - neo-psychedelia
  • Julia Danielle: Julia Danielle (Shifting Paradigm) [11-01] - jazz
  • Devon Daniels Quintet: LesGo! (Sam First) [07-19] - jazz [***]
  • Jacqui Dankworth: Windmills (Perdido) [11-22] - jazz [*]
  • The Dare: What's Wrong With New York? (Republic) [09-06] - new rave [*]
  • Douglas Dare: Omni (Erased Tapes) [05-10] - art pop
  • Dark Tranquililty: Endrtime Signals (Century Media) [08-16] - metal
  • Darkest Hour: Perpetual Terminal (MNRK) [02-23] - metal
  • Darkthrone: It Beckons Us All (Peaceville) [04-26] - black metal
  • [Sylvain Darrifourcq]: Stretchin' With MilesDavisQuintetOrchestra (Hector) [06-01] - jazz
  • Das Body: True Vulture () [01-26] - art pop
  • Daryll-Ann: Spring (Excelsior)
  • Sarah Davachi: The Head as Form'd in the Crier's Choir (Late Music) [09-13] - drone
  • Michelle David & the Tru-Tones: Brothers & Sisters (Record Kicks) [04-05] - soul
  • Josephine Davies: Satori: Weatherwards (Whirlwind) [10-18] - jazz [***]
  • Caroline Davis and Wendy Eisenberg: Accept When (Astral Spirits) [04-12] - jazz [*]
  • Caroline Davis: Portals Vol. 2: Returning (Intakt) [09-20] - jazz [**]
  • Guy Davis: The Legend of Sugarbelly (M.C.) [08-23] - blues [***]
  • Jamale Davis: Run With the Hunted (SteepleChase) [04-19] - jazz [**]
  • The Kris Davis Trio: Run the Gauntlet (Pyroclastic) [09-27] - jazz [***]
  • On Ka'a Davis: Here's to Another Day and Night for the LWA of the Woke (Tzadik) [05-00] - jazz [*]
  • Seth Andrew Davis/Will Yager: April 8th, 1969 (Ox Cart New Music) [06-06] - jazz
  • Steve Davis: We See (Smoke Sessions) [10-25] - jazz [**]
  • Jean Dawson: Glimmer of God (P+) [10-18] - art pop
  • Andra Day: Cassandra (Cherith) (Warner) [05-10] - soul
  • Day Dream: Duke & Strays Live: Works by Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn (Corner Store Jazz -2CD) [11-08] - jazz [**]
  • Lucky Daye: Algorithm (Keep Cool/RCA) [06-28] - r&b
  • Lola De La Mata: Oceans on Azimuth (self-released)
  • Jon De Lucia: The Brubeck Octet Project (Musæum Clausum) [07-12] - jazz [***]
  • De Schuurman: Bubbling Forever (Nyege Nyege Tapes) [07-12] - Dutch house
  • Eefje De Visser: Heimwee (Sony) [09-13] - synthpop
  • The Dead South: Chains & Stakes (Six Shooter/DevilDuck) [02-09] - bluegrass
  • Deadletter: Hysterical Strength (So) [09-13] - art punk
  • Kim Deal: Nobody Loves You More (4AD) [11-22]
  • Dan Dean: Vocalise (Dan Dean Music) - jazz
  • George Dearborne: Lotta Honky Tonkin' Left in Me (Wingate) [07-12] - country [**]
  • Michael Dease: Found in Space: The Music of Gregg Hill (Origin) [09-20] - jazz [***]
  • Michael Dease: Grove's Groove (Le Coq) [08-23] - jazz
  • Death's Dynamic Shroud.wmv & Galen Tipton: You Like Music (Ghost Diamond) [03-15] - footwork
  • M.L. Deathman: Acid Horse 23 (Tesla Tapes)
  • Deceased . . .: Children of the Morgue (Hells Headbangers) [08-30] - metal
  • The Decemberists: As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again (YABB/Thirty Tigers) [06-14] - indie rock
  • Dehd: Poetry (Fat Possum) [05-10] - indie pop
  • Benoit Delbecq/Etienne Renard/Guilhem Flouzat: Triple Fever (dStream) [01-16] - jazz
  • The Dengie Hundred With Gemma Blackshaw: Who Will You Love (Tain)
  • KJ Denhert: The Evening News (Mother Cyclone) [02-27] - jazz
  • Departure Chandelier: Satan Soldier of Fortune (Nuclear War Now!) [01-14] - black metal
  • Hania Derej Quartet: Evacuation (ZenneZ) [06-21] - jazz [***]
  • Jason Derulo: Nu King (Atlantic) [02-16] - soul
  • Lea Desandre & Thomas Dunford: Idylle (Erato) [10-13] - classical
  • Desarbres Ensemble: Live at 6th Spontaneous Music Festival 2022 (Spontaneous Live Series) [04-04] - jazz
  • The Deslondes: Roll It Out (New West)
  • Taylor Deupree: Sti.ll (Nettwerk/12k) - electronic
  • Devouring the Guilt: Not to Want to Say (Kettle Hole) [06-08] - jazz [***]
  • Dharma Down: Owl Dreams (Dharma Down) [10-11] - jazz [*]
  • Al Di Meola: Twentyfour (Ear Music) [07-19] - jazz
  • Mickey Diamond & Ral Duke: Super Shredder () [04-05] - hip-hop
  • Álvaro Díaz: Sayonara (Universal Music Latino) [05-17] - Latin
  • Madi Diaz: Weird Faith (Anti-) [02-09] - singer-songwriter [A-]
  • Bruce Dickinson: The Mandrake Project (BMG) [03-01] - metal
  • Camille Dietrich: Grates of Love ( Ornette Coleman Fiend Club) [07-19] - jazz
  • Paul Dietrich: 5+4 (Shifting Paradigm) [10-13] - jazz
  • Ani DiFranco: Unprecedented Sh!t (Righteous Babe) [05-17] - anti-folk [*]
  • DIIV: Frog in Boiling Water (Fantasy) [05-24] - shoegaze [*]
  • Jorrit Dijkstra: PorchBone () [J|jazz]
  • Dillon & Batsauce: What Have We Done () [07-12] - hip-hop
  • Discovery Zone: Quantum Web (RVNG) [03-08] - synthpop
  • Dirty Three: Love Changes Everything (Drag City) [06-14] - post-rock
  • Divr: Is This Water (We Jazz) [02-02] - jazz [*]
  • The Rob Dixon/Steve Allee Quintet: Standards Deluxe (self-released) [02-01] - jazz [**]
  • DJ A-Tron & 03 Greedo: Crip, I'm Sexy (self-released) [11-13] - hip-hop
  • DJ Anderson do Paraiso: Queridão (Nyege Nyege Tapes) [03-01] - baile funk [B]
  • DJ Illogik: Time & Tenacity () [03-13] - hip-hop
  • DJ Muggs & Raz Fresco: The Eternal Now () [07-26] - hip-hop
  • DJ Ws da Igrejinha: Caça Fantasma, Vol. 1 ()
  • Djrum: Meaning's Edge (Houndstooth -EP) [11-22] - electronic [**]
  • Dödsrit: Nocturnal Will (Wolves of Hades) [03-22] - metal
  • Doechii: Alligator Bites Never Heal (Top Dawg/Capitol) [08-30] - hip-hop [**]
  • Dog Unit: At Home (Brace Yourself) [04-05] - post-rock
  • John Dokes: Our Day (Swing Theory Entertainment) [05-10] - jazz
  • Arnaud Dolmen/Leonardo Montana: LéNo (Quai Son) [03-29] - jazz [**]
  • Dolores Forever: It's Nothing (Sweat Entertainment) [09-27] - indie pop
  • Doris: Ultimate Love Songs Collection (Janine) [07-06] - experimental hip-hop
  • Giuseppe Doronzo/Andy Moor/Frank Rosaly: Futuro Ancestrale (Clean Feed) [01-26] - jazz [**]
  • Axel Dörner/Guilherme Rodrigues/Jung-Jae Kim/Stephen Flinn: Chess Music (Creative Sources -23) [2023-12-10] - jazz
  • Welf Dorr/Elias Meister/Dmitry Ishenko/Kenny Wollesen: So Far So Good (self-released) [06-21] - jazz [A-]
  • Dave Douglas: Gifts (Greenleaf Music) [04-12] - jazz [A-]
  • Natalie Douglas: Back to the Garden (Club 44) - jazz
  • Kit Downes: Dr. Snap (Bimhuis) [04-26] - jazz
  • William Doyle: Springs Eternal (Tough Love) [02-16] - art pop
  • Donato Dozzy: Magda (Spazio Disponibile) [01-19] - electronic
  • Drahla: Angeltape (Captured Tracks) [04-05] - art punk
  • Drakeo the Ruler: The Undisputed Truth (Stinc Team) [12-01] - hip-hop
  • Rose Droll: With Strangers ()
  • Drug Church: Prude (Pure Noise) [10-04] - punk
  • The Drums: Jonny (Anti-) [04-05]
  • Drunk Mums: Beer Baby (Legless) [03-07] - garage punk
  • Du Blonde: Sniff More Gritty (Daemon TV) [11-15] - power pop
  • Dubbeltrion: Bringing Scandi-Baltic Powerhousejazz to the People (Sonic Transmissions) [10-18] - jazz [**]
  • Ducks Ltd.: Harm's Way (Carpark) [02-09] - jangle pop [**]
  • Dummy: Free Energy (Trouble in Mind) [09-06] - neo-psychedelia
  • Duncecap: Pay or Dispute (Backwoodz Studioz) [01-26] - hip-hop
  • Thembi Dunjana: God Bless iKapa. God Bless Mzantsi (AfricArise) [06-28] - jazz
  • Paul Dunmall Quintet: Soultime Again (Stoney Lane) [01-19] - jazz
  • Paul Dunmall/Paul Rogers/Mark Sanders: Wildlife (Fundacja Słuchaj) [03-20] - jazz
  • Paul Dunmall/Tobias Delius/Olie Brice/Mark Sanders: No Better Than Butcher Bird (Fundacja Słuchaj) [07-13] - jazz
  • Paul Dunmall Quartet: Here Today Gone Tomorrow (RogueArt) [12-09] - jazz
  • Nick Dunston: Colla Voce (Out of Your Head) [04-26] - jazz [**]
  • DUOT & ZARM Ensemble: DUOT With Strings (Fundacja Słuchaj -23) [2023-10-15] - jazz
  • Isabelle Duthoit & Franz Hautzinger: Dans le Morvan (Relative Pitch) [02-23] - jazz [*]
  • Morten Duun: Code Breaker (Cmntx) [07-19] - jazz [*]
  • Gui Duvignau/Jacob Sacks/Nathan Ellman-Bell: Live in Red Hook (Sunnyside) [01-26] - jazz [*]
  • Steve Dyer: Enhlizweni: Song Stories From My Heartland (Ropeadope) - jazz
  • Dyke Drama: Up Against the Bricks (Salinas) [09-16] - pop punk
  • John Early: Now More Than Ever (Thirty Tigers) [09-13]
  • Earth Tongues: Anemone (Neither/Nor) [02-25] - jazz
  • Earthtone9: In Resonance Nexus () [ 06-21] - alt-metal
  • Dave East, Mike & Keys: Apt 6E (FTD) [05-31] - hip-hop
  • Yelena Eckemoff: Romance of the Moon (L&H Production) [05-10] - jazz [***]
  • Edition Redux: Better a Rook Than a Pawn (Audiographic -23) [2023-12-22] - jazz [***]
  • Euan Edmonds: Beyond Hope and Fear (Desafio Candente) [11-15] - jazz
  • Lara Eidi: Sun (self-released) [09-04] - jazz
  • Taylor Eigsti: Plot Armor (GroundUP Music) [03-01] - jazz [B-]
  • Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard and Soft (Interscope) [05-17] - pop [A-]
  • Einstürzende Neubauten: Rampen: APM (Alien Pop Music) (Potomak) [04-05] - post-industrial
  • Wendy Eisenberg: Viewfinder (American Dreams) [09-13] - jazz [**]
  • Ekko Astral: Pink Balloons (Topshelf) [04-17] - postpunk [***]
  • El Comité: Carrousel (Caramba) - jazz
  • El Cousteau: Merci, Non Merci (self-released) - hip-hop
  • Sara El Hachimi: Pencil in My Pocket (Current Moves) [04-11] - jazz
  • Philippe El Hage/Youssef Hbeisch: A Confused World (Musical Expression Institute) [11-01] - jazz
  • El Khat: Mute (Glitterbeat) [09-13] - world [*]
  • Kahil El'Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble: Open Me, a Higher Consciousness of Sound and Spirit (Spiritmuse) [03-08] - jazz [A-]
  • Elbow: Audio Vertigo (Polydor) [03-22] - art rock [B]
  • The Elephant: In the Room (Original Cultures) [03-29] - jazz
  • Elephant9: Mythical River (Rune Grammofon) [04-19] - jazz
  • Elephant9 With Terje Rypdal: Catching Fire (Rune Grammofon) [10-18] - jazz [***]
  • Eliane Elias: Time and Again (Candid) [07-28] - jazz [**]
  • James Elkington & Nathan Salsburg: All Gist (Paradise of Bachelors) [04-10]
  • Kurt Elling/Sullivan Fortner: Wildflowers Vol. 1 (Edition) [08-30] - jazz [B-]
  • Kurt Elling: Wildflowers Vol. 2 (Edition) [11-08] - jazz [C+]
  • Tinsley Ellis: Naked Truth (Alligator) [02-09] - blues [**]
  • Jacken Elswyth: At Fargrounds ( Wrong Speed)
  • Elucid: Revelator (Fat Possum) [10-11] - hip-hop [A-]
  • Joe Ely: Driven to Drive ()
  • Elyanna: Woledto (Universal Arabic Music) [04-10]
  • Emel: MRA (Yotanka) [04-19] - electropop
  • Eminem: The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope) [07-12] - pop rap [**]
  • Emmeluth's Amoeba: Nonsense (Moserobie) [02-09] - jazz [A-]
  • Signe Emmeluth: Banshee (Motvind) [03-15] - jazz [***]
  • Empirical: Wonder Is the Beginning (Whirlwind) [03-15] - jazz [**]
  • Empress Of: For Your Consideration (Major Arcana/Giant) [03-22] - alt-pop [**]
  • English Teacher: This Could Be Texas (Island) [04-12] - art rock [***]
  • Enoch: Waiting for Something to Happen () [03-08] - hip-hop
  • Enterprise Earth: Death: An Anthology (MNRK) [02-02] - deathcore
  • Christoph Erb/Magda Mayas/Gerry Hemingway: Hour Music (Veto) [05-03] - jazz
  • Erick the Architect: I've Never Been Here Before (self-released) [02-23] - hip-hop
  • Ernest: Nashville, Tennessee () [04-12] - country
  • Erotic Secrets of Pompeii: Mondo Maleficum () [01-25] - art rock
  • Peter Erskine and the Jam Music Lab All-Stars: Bernstein in Vienna (Origin) [01-19] - jazz [**]
  • Wayne Escoffery: Alone (Smoke Sessions) [08-30] - jazz
  • John Escreet: The Epicenter of Your Dreams (Blue Room Music) [06-07] - jazz [***]
  • Alejandro Escovedo: Echo Dancing (Yep Roc) [03-29] - folk
  • Danielle Esposito: Per Altri Motivi (Hypnote) [12-06] - jazz
  • John Esposito: Blues for Outlaw Hearts (Sunjump) - jazz
  • Estonian Voices: Kallimale (Sheikid) [04-19] - jazz
  • Ethel & Layale Chaker: Vigil (In a Circle) [05-17] - jazz [***]
  • John Etheridge: Blue Spirits Live (Dyad) [01-26] - jazz
  • Oran Etkin: Open Arms (Ground Up Music) [01-12] - jazz
  • Etran De L'Aïr: 100% Saharan Guitar (Sahel Sounds) [09-13] - Saharan rock [***]
  • Julieta Eugenio: Stay (Cristalyn) [03-29] - jazz [A-]
  • Eunuchs: Harbour Century ()
  • Jeff Evans Porkestra: Willow Pillow (self-releaed -EP) [04-19] - country [***]
  • Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band: Walk a Mile in My Shoe (Imani) [08-12] - jazz [*]
  • Peter Evans: Extra (We Jazz) [10-25] - jazz [***]
  • Everliven Sound & Slimline Mutha: Echo Chamber (self-released) [03-13] - hip-hop [***]
  • Everything Everything: Mountainhead (BMG) [03-01] - art pop
  • Sam Evian: Plunge (Flying Cloud/Thirty Tigers) [03-22] - indie pop
  • EvilGiane & Slimesito: Evilslime (Surf Gang) [05-03] - hip-hop
  • Ex-Easter Island Head: Norther (Rocket) [05-17] - ambient
  • Experiential Orchestra/James Blachly/Curtis J Stewart: American Counterpoints: Julia Perry & Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (Bright Shiny Things) [03-01] - concerto
  • Eye: Dark Light (New Heavy Sounds) [04-26] - alt-rock
  • Ezra Collective: Dance, No One's Watching (Partisan) [09-27] - jazz funk [*]
  • F.G.S.: Tinker Bell's Cough () [10-07]
  • Christian Fabian Trio: Hip to the Skip (Spicerack) [02-01] - jazz [*]
  • Joe Fahey: Andrea's Exile (Rough Fish) [08-16] - singer-songwriter [**]
  • Fake Fruit: Mucho Mistrust (Carpark) [08-23] - alt/indie [A-]
  • Falling in Reverse: Popular Monster (Epitaph) [08-16] - rap metal
  • Antonio Faraò: Tributes (Criss Cross Jazz) [06-14] - jazz
  • Alon Farber Hagiga With Dave Douglas: The Magician: Live in Jerusalem (Origin) [02-24] - jazz [***]
  • Fastball: Sonic Ranch (Sunset Blvd) [06-14]
  • Fat Dog: Woof. (Domino) [09-06] - new rave
  • Fat White Family: Forgiveness Is Yours (Domino) [04-26] - post-punk
  • Father John Misty: Mahashmashana (Sub Pop/Bella Union) [11-22] - singer-songwriter
  • Faune: Des Fantômes (Standard In-Fi)
  • Maria Faust Jazz Catastrophe: 3rd Mutation: Moth (Bush Flash) [04-19] - jazz [A-]
  • Faux Real: Faux Ever (City Slang) [10-11] - synthpop
  • Fcukers: Baggy$$ (Technicolour -EP) [09-06] - alt dance
  • Feeling Figures: Everything Around You (K) [09-27] - indie rock
  • Tanja Feichtmair/Mara Kolibri/Stefan Krist/Josef Novotny/Fredi Pröll/Julius Winter/Uli Winter: Adschi (Creative Sources) [02-27] - jazz
  • Ezra Feinberg: Soft Power (Tonal Union) [05-31] - ambient
  • Fennesz: Mosaic ()
  • Doug Ferony: Alright Okay You Win (Ferony Enterprizes Music) [10-01] - vocal jazz [B]
  • Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti & Frank Rosaly: Mestizx (International Anthem) [05-03] - vocal jazz [***]
  • R.A.P. Ferreira & Fumitake Tamura: The First Fist to Make Contact When We Dap (Ruby Yacht) [01-26] - hip-hop [***]
  • Sierra Ferrell: Trail of Flowers (Rounder) [03-22] - bluegrass [***]
  • Fictional Souvenirs [Pat Thomas/John Butcher/Ståle Liavik Solberg]: Volatile Object (Trost) [09-13] - jazz [***]
  • Field Music: Limits of Language (Memphis Industries) [10-11] - art pop
  • Lawrence Fields: To the Surface (Rhythm 'N' Flow) [02-02] - jazz [**]
  • Fievel Is Glauque: Rong Weicknes (Fat Possum) [10-25] - art pop
  • Amina Figarova: Suite for Africa (Amfi) - jazz
  • Fine: Rocky Top Ballads (Escho) [06-07]
  • Kelly Finnigan: A Lover Was Born (Colemine) [10-18] - soul
  • Finom: Not God (Joyful Noise) [05-24] - art rock
  • Nick Finzer: Legacy: A Centennial Celebration of JJ Johnson (Outside In Music) [04-05] - jazz [***]
  • Fire!: Testament (Rune Grammofon) [02-24] - jazz [***]
  • Delia Fischer: Beyond Bossa (Origin) [09-20] - vocal jazz [***]
  • The Flame: Towards the Flame Vol. 2 (577) [07-19] - jazz
  • Ingebrigt Håker Flaten/(Exit) Knarr: Breezy (Sonic Transmissions) [09-27] - jazz [**]
  • Fleshgod Apocalypse: Opera (Nuclear Blast) [08-23] - metal
  • Renée Fleming/Kelli O'Hara/Joyce DiDonato/Metropolitan Opera Orchestra/Metropolitan Opera Chorus/Yannick Nézet-Ségun: Kevin Puts: The Hours (Erato) [04-26] - opera
  • Fletcher: In Search of the Antidote (EMI) [03-22] - pop
  • Rod Fleeman Trio: Saturday Afternoon Live at Green Lady Lounge Volume 3 (Green Lady Radio) - jazz
  • Antonio Flinta: Anger, Commitment and Love (self-released) - jazz
  • FLO: Access All Areas (Island) [11-15] - dance-pop
  • Flo Milli: Fine Ho, Stay (RCA) [03-15] - hip-hop [**]
  • Floating Points: Cascade (Ninja Tune) [09-13] - IDM [A-]
  • Liana Flores: Flower of the Soul (Liana Flores) [06-28] - singer-songwriter
  • Floros Floridis/Matthias Bauer/Joe Hertenstein: Temporal Driftness (Evil Rabbit) [10-15] - jazz [A-]
  • The Flowers of Indulgence: Dylan's Lost Songs, Vol. 1 (Bothy Studio) [04-19] - folk rock [**]
  • Flukten [Hanna Paulserg]: Flukten (Odin) [05-31] - jazz [***]
  • Flung: All Heartbeat (Get Better) [04-05]
  • Sue Foley: One Guitar Woman: A Tribute to the Female Pioneers of Guitar (Stony Plain) [03-29] - blues [***]
  • The Folk Implosion: Walk Thru Me (Joyful Noise) [06-28] - folk rock
  • Joe Fonda Quartet: Eyes on the Horizon (Long Song) [11-15] - jazz [A-]
  • Alessandro Fongaro: Pietre () [07-05] - jazz
  • Fontaines D.C.: Romance (XL) [08-23] - indie rock [**]
  • Edy Forey: Culture Today (So Soul) [04-04] - jazz
  • Adam Forkelid: Turning Point (Prophone) [03-05] - jazz [***]
  • Elin Forkelid: Songs to Keep You Company on a Dark Night (Sail Cabin) [11-15] - jazz [**]
  • Forq: Big Party (GroundUP) [09-13] - jazz [*]
  • Keeley Forsyth: The Hollow (FatCat) [05-10] - art pop
  • Fort Romeau: Romantic Gestures, Vol. 1 (Romantic Gestures) [03-01]
  • Dan Fortin: Cannon (Elastic) - J\jazz
  • Fortunxte: I'm Still Healing (Fulfilled/Richwayz Life Entertainment) [04-23] - hip-hop
  • Michael Foster/Ben Bennett/Jacob Wick: Carne Vale (Relative Pitch) [11-15] - jazz [*]
  • Foster the People: Paradise State of Mind (Atlantic) [08-16] - indie pop
  • Four + Six: Four + Six (Jazz Hang) [03-29] - jazz [A-]
  • Four Tet: Three (Text) [03-15] - electronica [***]
  • Jonathan Fournel/Mozarteumorchester Salzburg/Howard Griffiths: Piano Concertos Nos. 18 KV 456 & 21 KV 467 (Alpha) [02-22] - classical
  • Fousheé: Pointy Heights (RCA/Trackmasters) [09-13] - indie pop
  • Chad Fowler/Shanyse Strickland/Sana Nagano/Melanie Dyer/Ken Filiano/Anders Griffen: Birdsong (Mahakala Music) [01-19] - jazz [**]
  • Fox Green: Light Darkness (self-released) [06-12] - alt/indie [A-]
  • Foxing: Foxing (Grand Paradise) [09-13] - art rock
  • Joel Frahm Trio: Lumination (Anzic) [10-04] - jazz [***]
  • Frail Body: Artificial Bouquet (Deathwish) [03-29] - screamo
  • Fer Franco: Ritos de Paso (self-released)
  • Mabe Fratti: Sentir Que No Sabes (Tin Angel/Unheard of Hope) [06-28] - art pop [**]
  • Alexandre Frazão Quinteto: Quintesséncia (self-released) [10-05] - jazz
  • Aaron Frazer: Into the Blue (Dead Oceans) [06-28] - pop soul
  • Eric Frazier: That Place Featuring "Return of the Panther Woman" (EFP Productions) [03-29] - jazz [***]
  • Fred Again . .: Ten Days (Atlantic) [09-06] - prog house [**]
  • Fredo Bang: Yes, I'm Sad (Def Jam) [01-19] - hip-hop
  • Ace Frehley: 10,000 Volts (MNRK) [02-23] - hard rock
  • Amaro Freitas: Y'Y (Psychic Hotline) [03-01] - jazz [**]
  • Paolo Fresu: Legacy (Tǔk Music) [05-24] - jazz
  • Jürg Frey: Outermost Melodies (Another Timbre) [05-27] - jazz
  • Erik Friedlander: Dirty Boxing (Skipstone) [06-28] - jazz
  • Friends & Neighbors: Circles (Clean Feed) [01-24] - jazz [***]
  • Sam Fribush Trio: People Please (Flybird Music) [03-15] - jazz
  • David Friesen: This Light Has No Darkness (Origin) [02-24] - jazz [B]
  • David Friesen: A Light Shining Through (Origin) [11-22] - jazz [***]
  • Friko: Where We've Been, Where We Go From Here (ATO) [02-16] - indie rock
  • Bill Frisell: Orchestras (Blue Note) [04-19] - jazz [**]
  • Ben Frost: Scope Neglect (Mute) [03-01] - metal
  • Marcelo Frota: Gira (Batov) - jazz
  • Froukje: Noodzakelijk Verdriet (Top Notch/Frak 'n Roll) [01-12] - synthpop
  • Fu Manchu: The Return of Tomorrow (At the Dojo) [06-14] - stoner rock
  • Satoko Fujii Tokyo Trio: Jet Black (Libra) [01-24] - jazz [***]
  • Satoko Fujii Quartet: Dog Days of Summer (Libra) [09-13] - jazz [***]
  • Masayoshi Fujita: Migratory (Erased Tapes) [09-06] - ambient
  • Full of Hell: Coagulated Bliss (Closed Casket Activities) [04-26] - grindcore
  • The Fully Celebrated Orchestra: Sob Story (Relative Pitch) [02-23] - jazz [**]
  • Funeral: I Know Something You Don't ()
  • FUR [Hélène Duret/Benjamin Sauzereau/Maxime Rouayroux]: Bond (BMC) [06-07] - jazz [**]
  • ERR: stream no grade: The Fury: Live in Brooklyn
  • The Fury: Live in Brooklyn (Giant Step Arts) [12-06] - jazz
  • Jake Xerxes Fussell: When I'm Called (Fat Possum) [07-12] - Americana
  • Joel Futterman: Innervoice (NoBusiness) [10-04] - jazz [***]
  • Joel Futterman: Forever (Mahakala Music) [06-28] - jazz [*]
  • Future & Metro Boomin: We Don't Trust You (Epic/Freebandz/Republic Boominati Worldwide) [03-22] - hip-hop [**]
  • Future & Metro Boomin: We Still Don't Trust You (Epic/Freebandz/Republic/Boominati Worldwide) [04-12] - hip-hop [**]
  • Future: Mixtape Pluto (Freebandz/Epic) [09-20] - hip-hop
  • Future Islands: People Who Aren't There Anymore (4AD) [01-26] - synthpop [*]
  • Future Palace: Distortion (Arising Empire) [09-06] - alt-metal
  • Joel Futterman/William Parker: Why (Soul City Sounds) - jazz [***]
  • Fuubutsushi: Meridians (Cached.Media) [07.08] - jazz
  • Rui Gabriel: Compassion (Carpark) [06-21] - indie rock
  • Amy Gadiaga: All Black Everything (Jazz Re:Freshed) [04-05] - jazz
  • Diamanda Galas: In Concert (Intravenal Sound Operations)
  • Liam Gallagher/John Squire: Liam Gallagher/John Squire (Parlophone)
  • Asher Gamedze & the Black Lungs: Constitution (International Anthem) [08-30] - jazz [*]
  • Ganavya: Like the Sky I've Been Too Quiet (Native Rebel) [03-15] - vocal jazz [**]
  • Ganavya: Daughter of a Temple (Leiter) [11-15] - vocal jazz [*]
  • Gangrene: Heads I Win, Tails You Lose (ALC) [04-19] - hip-hop [**]
  • Miha Gantar: New York City (Clean Feed) [04-30] - jazz
  • Raffi Garabedian: The Crazy Dog (Clandestine) [03-15] - jazz
  • Angélica Garcia: Gemelo (Partisan) [06-07] - art pop
  • Daniel Garcia Trio: Wonderland (ACT Music) - jazz
  • Nubya Garcia: Odyssey (Concord Jazz) [09-24] - jazz [B]
  • Renaud Garcia-Fons: Blue Maqam (L'Autre Distribution) [10-30] - jazz
  • Amanda Gardier: Auteur (Music Inspired by the Films of Wes Anderson) (self-released) [01-26] - jazz [A-]
  • Hilary Gardner: On the Trail With the Lonesome Pines (Anzic) [03-08] - jazz [*]
  • Tim Garland: Moment of Departure (Ubuntu Music) [05-03] - jazz
  • Kenny Garrett & Svoy: Who Killed AI? (Mack Avenue) [04-12] - jazz [**]
  • Orla Gartland: Everybody Needs a Hero (New Friends Music) [10-04] - indie pop
  • Gatecreeper: Dark Superstition (Nuclear Blast) [05-17] - death metal
  • Sally Gates/Steve Hirsh/Daniel Carter: Phosphene (Mahakala Music) [09-20] - jazz
  • Katie Gavin: What a Relief (Saddest Factory) [10-25] - indie folk
  • GB: Gusse Music (Posh Isolation) [05-30] - art pop
  • Gel: Persona (Blue Grape Music -EP) [08-16] - hardcore punk
  • Sam Gendel/Sam Wilkes: The Doober (Leaving) [05-01] - jazz
  • Sam Gendel/Benny Bock/Hans Kjorstad: Dream Trio (Leaving) [11-01] - jazz
  • Myriam Gendron: Mayday (Thrill Jockey) [05-10] - folk [**]
  • Leo Genovese/John Lockwood/Nat Mugavero: The Art of Not Playing (577) [04-26] - jazz
  • Leo Genovese/Demian Cabaud/Marcos Cavaleiro: Estrellero 2 (Sunnyside) [09-13] - jazz
  • Leo Genovese: Forward (577) [10-04] - jazz
  • Sheida Gharachedaghi/Mohammad Reza Aslani: Chess of the Wind (Mississippi)
  • Ghetts: On Purpose, With Purpose (Warner) [02-23] - UK hip-hop
  • Maddalena Ghezzi/Ruth Goller: Dolomite (Deng Yue) [05-17] - jazz
  • Ghost Dubs: Damaged (Pressure) [07-05] - ambient dub
  • Ghost Trees: Intercept Method (self-released) [04-12] - jazz
  • Ghostface Killah: Set the Tone (Guns & Roses) (Mass Appeal) [05-10] - hip-hop
  • Beth Gibbons: Lives Outgrown (Domino) [05-17] - singer-songwriter [A-]
  • Ruth Gibbons: Lives Outgrown ()
  • Freddie Gibbs: You Only Die 1nce (ESGN) [10-31] - hip-hop
  • Claudia Gibson: The Fields of Chazy (self-released) [03-01] - folk [**]
  • Paula Rae Gibson: The Roles We Play to Disappear (33Xtreme) [10-16] - jazz
  • Marshall Gilkes and WDR Big Band: Life Songs (Alternate Side) [01-26] - jazz [***]
  • Behn Gillece: Stick Together (Posi-Tone) [04-26] - jazz
  • David Gilmour: Luck and Strange (Sony) [09-06] - prog rock
  • Ginetta's Vendetta: Fun Size (Kickin' Wiccan Music) [11-24] - jazz [*]
  • Raphael Gimenes: Dinamarca (One World Music)
  • Ginger Root: Shinbangumi (Ghostly International) [09-13] - pop
  • Girl and Girl: Call a Doctor (Sub Pop) [05-24] - alt/indie
  • Girl in Red: I'm Doing It Again Baby! (Columbia) [04-10] - alt-pop [**]
  • Girl Scout: Headache (235 Music) [11-08] - alt/indie
  • Girls in Synthesis: Sublimination () [05-03] - post-punk
  • Frode Gjerstad Trio: Unknown Purposes (Circulasione Totale) [09-04] - jazz [***]
  • Frode Gjerstad/Margaux Oswald/Ivar Myrset Asheim: Another Step (Circulasione Totale) [09-04] - jazz [*]
  • Glacial Tomb: Lightless Expanse (Prosthetic) [09-20] - death metal
  • John Glacier: Like a Ribbon (Young -EP) [02-24]
  • John Glacier: Duppy Gun (Young -EP) [06-20]
  • Glaive: May It Never Falter (Slowsilver03) [10-11] - emo rap
  • Margaret Glaspy: The Sun Doesn't Think (ATO -EP) [04-26] - singer-songwriter [***]
  • Philip Glass: Philip Glass Solo (Orange Mountain) [01-26] - minimalism
  • Glass Animals: I Love You So F***ing Much (Polydor) [07-19] - synthpop
  • Glass Beach: Plastic Death (Run for Cover) [01-19] - prog rock [B-]
  • Glassing: From the Other Side of the Mirror (Pelagic) [04-26] - metal
  • Glitterer: Rationale (Anti-) [02-23] - power pop
  • Roby Glod/Christian Ramond/Klaus Kugel: No Toxic (Nemu) [01-02] - jazz [A-]
  • GloRilla: Ehhthang Ehhthang (CMG/Interscope) [04-05] - hip-hop [***]
  • GloRilla: Glorious (CMG/Interscope) [10-11] - hip-hop [**]
  • Nicole Glover: Plays (Savant) [03-29] - jazz [A-]
  • Bob Gluck: And Every Fleck of Russet (Electrisongs) [01-05] - jazz
  • Gnod: Spot Land (Rocket)
  • The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick: The Iliad and the Odyssey and the Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (Count Your Lucky Stars) [04-25] - slowcore
  • Goat: Goat (Rocket) [10-11] - psychedelic rock
  • Goat Girl: Below the Waste (Rough Trade) [06-07] - post-punk
  • Jose Gobbo Trio: Current (self-released) [02-05] - jazz [**]
  • Goblin Band: Come Slack Your Horse! (Broadside Hacks)
  • God Is an Astronaut: Embers (Napalm) [09-06] - post-rock
  • Godfather Don: Thesis () [08-30] - hip-hop
  • Godspeed You! Black Emperor: No Title as of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead (Constellation) [10-04] - post-rock
  • Ben Goldberg/Todd Sickafoose/Scott Amendola: Here to There (Secret Hatch) [10-25] - jazz [**]
  • Adam Goldfarb: Fire Lapping at the Creek (Infrequent Seams) [04-12] - jazz
  • Larry Goldings/John Sneider: Chinwag (Sticky Mack) [01-07] - jazz
  • Lori Goldston: Convolutions (Nyahh)
  • The Vinny Golia Quintet 2024: Almasty (Nine Winds) [04-15] - jazz [**]
  • Ruth Goller: Skyllumina (International Anthem) [03-01] - jazz [B]
  • Phillip Golub: Abiding Memory (Berthold/Endectomorph Music) [06-21] - jazz [**]
  • Dayramir González: V.I.D.A. [Verdad, Independencia, Diversidad Y Amor] (self-released) [04-12] - jazz [B]
  • Dennis Gonzalez Legacy Band: Live at the Texas Theatre (Astral Spirits) [11-29] - jazz [A-]
  • Good Looks: Lived Here for a While (Keeled Scales) [06-07] - indie rock
  • Good Morning: Good Morning Seven (Polyvinyl)
  • The Sofia Goodman Group: Receptive (Joyous) [07-26] - jazz [*]
  • Charles Goold: Triptych Lespri (La Reserve) [06-28] - jazz [**]
  • Jon Gordon: 7th Ave South (ArtistShare) [05-03] - jazz [*]
  • Kim Gordon: The Collective (Matador) [03-08] - alt/indie [A-]
  • Harry Górski-Brown: Durt Dronemaker After Dreamboats (Glarc)
  • GospelbeacH: Wiggle Your Fingers (Curation) [04-26] - alt/indie
  • Gossip: Real Power (Columbia) [03-22] - alt/indie [**]
  • Gouge Away: Deep Sage (Deathwish) [03-15] - grunge
  • Vanisha Gould and Chris McCarthy: Life's a Gig (Fresh Sound New Talent) [01-12] - jazz [**]
  • Vanisha Gould: She's Not Shiny, She's Not Smooth (Cellar Live) [11-08] - jazz [**]
  • Ciara Grace: Write It Down (self-released) [05-10] - singer-songwriter [***]
  • Laura Jane Grace: Hole in My Head (Polyvinyl) [02-16] - punk/folk [***]
  • Enrico Granafel: It's Hard to Say Goodbye (CAP) [09-06] - jazz
  • María Grand With Marta Sánchez: Anohin (Biophilia) [03-29] - jazz [*]
  • Grandaddy: Blu Wav (Dangerbird) [02-16] - indie pop [B]
  • Ariana Grande: Eternal Sunshine (Republic) [03-08] - dance-pop [**]
  • Grande Mahogany: As Grande As (Laundry Music) [02-09] - psychedelic rock
  • John Grant: The Art of the Lie (Bella Union) [06-14] - art pop
  • Graphic Nature: Who Are You When No One Is Watching? (Rude) [07-12] - nu-metalcore
  • Frank Gratkowski/Ensemble Modern: Mature Hybrid Talking (Maria de Alvear World Edition) - jazz [**]
  • Gravelshard: Gravelshard (Phonogram Unit) [06-01] - jazz
  • Nick Gravenites and Pete Sears: Rogue Blues ()
  • Conan Gray: Found Heaven (Republic)
  • Devin Gray: Melt All of the Guns (Rataplan) [06-04] - jazz [**]
  • Saya Gray: Qwerty II ()
  • Gordon Grdina/Christian Lillinger: Duo Work (Attaboygirl) [02-16] - jazz [***]
  • Gordon Grdina's the Marrow: With Fathieh Honari (Attaboygirl) [02-16] - jazz [***]
  • The Green Child: Look Familiar (Upset the Rhythm)
  • Green Day: Saviors (Reprise) [01-19] - power pop
  • Geordie Greep: The New Sound (Rough Trade) [10-04] - avant-prog
  • Guillermo Gregorio: Two Trios (ESP-Disk -23) [2023-12-01] - jazz [***]
  • Griff: Vertigo (Warner Music UK) [07-12] - dance-pop
  • The Gringo Pistoleros: The Rise and . . . Subsequent Fall of the Texas Alien (self-released) [05-31] - country [**]
  • Erik Griswold/Chloe Kim/Helen Svoboda: Anatomical Heart (Earshift Music) [04-26] - jazz [**]
  • Gregory Groover Jr.: Loveabye (Criss Cross Jazz) [04-26] - jazz [**]
  • Andrea Grossi Blend 3 + Jim Black: Axes (We Insist!) [05-21] - jazz [***]
  • Growing Stone: Death of a Momma's Boy (Near Mint) [06-28]
  • Grupo Frontera: Jugando a Que No Pasa Nada () [05-10] - Latin
  • Richard Guba: Songs for Stuffed Animals (self-released) [06-06] - jazz [**]
  • Morgan Guerin: Tales of the Facade (Candid) [05-10] - jazz [*]
  • Giovanni Guidi: A New Day (ECM) [07-19] - jazz [**]
  • Joy Guidry: Amen (Whited Sepulchre) [05-10] - dark ambient
  • Gumbo: Stir the Pot (A Tiny Universe) [04-05] - hip-hop
  • Gunna: One of Wun (YSL/300 Entertainment) [05-09] - hip-hop
  • Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson: Stífluhringurinn (Carrier)
  • Gustaf: Package Pt. 2 (Royal Mountain) [04-05] - art punk
  • Mats Gustafsson & Liudas Mockūnas: Watching a Dog. Smiling (NoBusiness) [01-24] - jazz [*]
  • Isabell Gustafsson-Ny: Rosenhagtorn (War Winters) [07-26] - modern classical
  • ERR: grade bad priority: Tord Gustavsen Trio: Seeing
  • Tord Gustavsen Trio: Seeing (ECM) [10-04] - jazz [B]
  • Mickey Guyton: House on Fire (Capitol Nashville) [09-27] - country [*]
  • Caity Gyorgy: Hello! How Are You? (La Reserve) [08-09] - jazz [**]
  • Andy Haas: For the Time, Being (Resonant Music) - jazz [*]
  • The Haas Company [Featuring Andy Timmons]: Vol. 1: Galactic Tide (Psychiatric) [06-01] - jazz [B]
  • The Haas Company [Featuring Frank Gambale]: Vol. 2: Celestial Latitude (Psychiatric) [09-01] - jazz [**]
  • Aengus Hackett Trio: Aengus Hackett Trio (self-released) [04-24] - jazz
  • Marika Hackman: Big Sigh (Chrysalis) [01-12] - singer-songwriter [**]
  • Noah Haidu: Standards II (Sunnyside) [04-12] - jazz [**]
  • Russell Haight: Go Forth (OA2) [08-16] - jazz [***]
  • Hainbach: Breve (Seil) [09-17] - ambient
  • Half Waif: See You at the Maypole (Anti-) [10-04] - art pop
  • Sahra Halgan: Hiddo Dhawr (La Région/Danaya Music) [01-29] - African [***]
  • Jared Hall: Influences (Origin) [06-21] - jazz [***]
  • Nigel Hall & DJ Harrison: The Burning Bush: A Journey Through the Music of Earth, Wind & Fire (Regime Music Group) [05-10] - soul
  • Hallé/Sir Mark Elder: Elgar: Symphony No. 1 in A Flat/Symphony No. 2 in E Flat (Hallé) [05-03] - classical
  • Rich Halley 4: Dusk and Dawn (Pine Eagle) [10-25] - jazz [A-]
  • Charlie [Halloran] and the Tropicales: Jump Up (Nu-Tone) [08-02] - jazz [**]
  • Halsey: The Great Impersonator (Columbia) [10-25] - pop [A-]
  • Mary Halvorson: Cloudward (Nonesuch) [01-19] - jazz [**]
  • Tigran Hamasyan: The Bird of a Thousand Voices (Naive) [08-24] - jazz
  • Hamferð: Men Guðs Hond Er Sterk (Metal Blade) [03-22] - doom metal
  • Arnold Hammerschlag/Michael Bisio/Chris Corsano: Trio (self-released) [09-06] - jazz
  • Asmaa Hamzaoui & Bnat Timbouktou: L'bnat (EBB Music)
  • Hana Vu: Romanticism (Ghostly International) [05-03] - indie pop
  • Sarah Hanahan: Among Giants (Blue Engine) [06-21] - jazz [***]
  • Peter Hand: Blue Topaz (Whaling City Sound) [01-19] - jazz
  • Simon Hanes: Tsons of Tsunami (Tzadik) [02-23] - jazz [**]
  • Hannah Frances: Keeper of the Shepherd (Ruination) [03-01] - folk rock [*]
  • Barbara Hannigan/Bertrand Chamayou: Messaien (Alpha) [05-24] - classical
  • Barbara Hannigan: Hannigan Sings Zorn, Volume One (Tzadik) [08-01] - jazz
  • Eden Har-Gil: Hearts of Palm (XJazz) [03-29] - jazz
  • Ed Harcourt: El Magnifico (Deathless) [03-29] - chamber pop
  • The Hard Quartet: The Hard Quartet (Matador) [10-04] - indie rock [*]
  • Alex Harding/Lucian Ban: Blutopia (Sunnyside) [05-17] - jazz [**]
  • The Harlem Gospel Travelers: Rhapsody (Colemine) [08-23] - gospel
  • Iris Harley: Last Breath (self-released) [03-01] - vocal jazz
  • Sinéad Harnett: Boundaries (Matador) [10-04] - alt/indie
  • Tom Harrell: Alternate Summer (HighNote) [06-09] - jazz [**]
  • Dave Harrington: Skull Dream () [07-26] - fusion
  • Dave Harrington/Max Jaffe/Patrick Shiroishi: Speak, Moment (AKP) [03-08] - jazz [**]
  • Stefon Harris + Blackout: Sonic Creed Volume II: Life Signs (Motéma) [06-14] - jazz [*]
  • Joel Harrison & Alternative Guitar Summit: The Middle of Everywhere: Guitar Solos Vol. I (AGS) [07-24] - jazz [*]
  • HarrisP: Spirits of Mauronoros (Veego) - jazz
  • Keyon Harrold: Foreverland (Concord) [01-19] - jazz [**]
  • Jo Harrop: The Path of a Tear (Lateralize) [06-07] - jazz [***]
  • Beth Hart: You Still Got Me ()
  • Mercer Hassy Orchestra: Duke's Place (Mercer Hassy) [04-15] - jazz [A-]
  • Lalah Hathaway: Vantablack (SRG) [06-14] - neo-soul
  • The Havels, Irena & Vojtěch Havlovi: Four Hands (Animal Music)
  • Hamish Hawk: A Firmer Hand (So) [08-16] - indie rock
  • Maya Hawke: Chaos Angel (Mom+Pop) [05-31] - indie pop
  • Alexander Hawkins/Sofia Jernberg: Musho (Intakt) [04-19] - vocal jazz [*]
  • Hawkwind: Stories From Time and Space (Cherry Red) [04-05] - space rock [B]
  • Richard Hawley: In This City They Call You Love (BMG) [05-31] - singer-songwriter
  • Koryn Hawthorne: On God (Provident) [02-09] - gospel
  • Gemma Hayes: Blind Faith (Townsend) [ 09-27] - singer-songwriter
  • Louis Hayes: Artform Revisited (Savant) [07-05] - jazz [***]
  • David Hazeltine: Ballads and Blues Volume 1 (Cellar Music -EP) [01-26] - jazz [*]
  • David Hazeltine: Ballads and Blues Volume 2 (Cellar Music -EP) [08-16] - jazz [*]
  • Michael Head & the Red Elastic Band: Loophole (Modern Sky) [05-17] - folk-rock
  • The Headhunters: The Stunt Man (Ropeadope) - jazz
  • Paul Heaton: The Mighty Several (EMI) [10-11] - sophisti-pop [**]
  • The Heavy Heavy: One of a Kind ()
  • Heems & Lapgan: Lafandar (Veena Sounds) [02-16] - hip-hop [A]
  • Heems: Veena (Veena Sounds) [08-23] - hip-hop [***]
  • Eirik Hegdal Eklektisk Samband: Turnchest (Particular) - jazz [*]
  • Aaron Yale Heisler: Zoot's Soprano EP [Alternate Takes and Remixes From the Bechet Century] (Bathurst Manor -EP) [03-27] - jazz [B]
  • Alex Heitlinger Jazz Orchestra: Slush Pump Truck Stop (SteepleChase) [ 02-23] - jazz [B]
  • Helado Negro: Phasor (4AD) [02-09] - indietronica [**]
  • Sylvanie Hélary & Orchestre Incandescent: Rare Birds ( Yolk) [09-13] - jazz
  • Hellbutcher: Hellbutcher (Metal Blade) [05-31] - black metal
  • Hello Mary: Emita Ox (Frenchkiss) [09-13] - indie rock
  • Alden Hellmuth: Good Intentions (Fresh Sound New Talent) [09-08] - jazz [***]
  • Hemlock: 444 () [10-11]
  • Lauren Henderson: Sombras (Brontosaurus) [05-31] - vocal jazz
  • Arve Henriksen/Harmen Fraanje: Touch of Time (ECM) [01-26] - jazz [*]
  • Cory Henry: Church ()
  • Jihee Heo: Flow (OA2) [06-21] - jazz [**]
  • Kenji Herbert: A Million Forests of the Fall (Unit) [11-22] - jazz
  • Enrique Heredia Trio: Plays Herbie Nichols (Fresh Sound) [01-25] - jazz [***]
  • Heriot: Devoured by the Mouth of Hell (Century Media) [09-27] - metalcore
  • Hermanos Gutiérrez: Sonido Cósmico (Easy Eye Sound) [07-14] - Latin [A-]
  • Oscar Hernández & Alma Libre: No Words Needed (Ovation) [05-24] - jazz
  • Fred Hersch: Silent, Listening (ECM) [04-19] - jazz [*]
  • Jake Hertzog: Longing to Meet You (self-released) [06-01] - Jjazz [**]
  • Monika Herzig's Sheroes: All in Good Time (Zoho) [07-22] - jazz [**]
  • Conrad Herwig: The Latin Side of McCoy Tyner (Savant) [05-24] - jazz [**]
  • Elsa Hewitt: Chaos Emeralds (Tompkins Square) [04-12]
  • Hex Girlfriend: No Golf Cart Parking (-EP) [11-24]
  • Haley Heynderickx: Seed of a Seed (Mama Bird) [11-01] - indie folk
  • Hi! Capybaras: A/M/Y/G/D/A/L/A (self-released)
  • Hiatus Kaiyote: Love Heart Cheat Code (Brainfeeder) [06-28] - neo soul
  • Dylan Hicks & Small Screens: Modern Flora (Soft Launch) [09-06] - singer-songwriter [A-]
  • Lauran Hibberd: Girlfriend Material () [03-22]
  • Hifi Sean & David McAlmont: Daylight () [08-16]
  • The High Llamas: Hey Panda (Drag City) [03-29] - glitch pop
  • High on Fire: Cometh the Storm (MNRK) [04-19] - sludge metal
  • High Vis: Guided Tour (BIAS/Dais) [10-18] - alt rock
  • Hildegard: Jour 1596 (Chivi Chivi) [10-18] - neo-soul
  • Becky Hill: Believe Me Now? (Polydor) [05-31] - dance-pop
  • Marquis Hill Composers Collective: Beyond the Jukebox (Black Unlimited Music Group) [08-30] - jazz
  • Hinds: Viva Hinds (Lucky Number) [09-06] - indie pop [A-]
  • Steve Hirsh/Steve Swell/Jim Clouse/William Parker: Out on a Limb (Soul City Sounds) [09-06] - jazz [A-]
  • Christopher Hoffman: Vision Is the Identity (Out of Your Head) [03-22] - jazz [*]
  • Nils Hoffmann: Running in a Dream (Anjunabeats/Anjunadeep) [02-09]
  • Tobias Hoffmann Trio: Start/Stop (Klaeng) [12-12] - jazz
  • Jasper Høiby's 3 Elements: Like Water (Edition) [05-31] - jazz [***]
  • Robin Holcomb: One Way or Another, Vol. 2 (Westerlies) [05-31] - jazz
  • John Hollenbeck & NDR Bigband: Colouring Hockets (Plexatonic) [11-15] - jazz [***]
  • Mike Holober & the Gotham Jazz Orchestra: This Rock We're On: Imaginary Letters (Palmetto) [06-14] - jazz [B]
  • Julia Holter: Something in the Room She Moves (Domino) [03-22] - art pop [*]
  • Home Counties: Exactly as It Seems (Submarine Cat) [05-03] - dance-punk [*]
  • The Home Team: The Crucible of Life (Thriller) [07-12] - funk rock
  • Homeboy Sandman: Rich II (self-released) [06-07] - hip-hop [**]
  • Homeboy Sandman: Nor Can These Be Sold (At Least by Me) (self-released) [10-18] - hip-hop
  • Homeshake: CD Wallet (Shhoamkee) [03-08] - slowcore
  • Honeyglaze: Real Deal (Fat Possum) [09-20] - post-rock
  • Hyeseon Hong Jazz Orchestra: Things Will Pass (Pacific Coast Jazz) [08-23] - jazz [**]
  • Hooverphonic: Fake Is the New Dope (Sony) [03-22]
  • Jon Hopkins: Ritual (Domino) [08-30] - ambient
  • Jazzmeia Horn: Messages (Empress Legacy) [10-25] - vocal jazz [**]
  • Horse Jumper of Love: Disaster Trick (Run for Cover) [08-16] - slowcore
  • Hot Club of San Francisco: Original Gadjo (Hot Club) [09-13] - jazz [**]
  • François Houle/Kate Gentile/Alexander Hawkins: Fatrasies (Victo) [05-10] - jazz
  • Hour: Ease the Work (Dear Life) [04-12] - chamber folk
  • House of All: Continuum (Tiny Global) [04-02] - post-punk
  • Houses of Heaven: Within/Without (Felte) [04-26]
  • Hovvdy: Hovvdy (Arts & Crafts) [04-26] - alt/indie [*]
  • Brittany Howard: What Now (Island) [02-09] - psychedelic soul [**]
  • Vincent Hsu & the Jazz Supreme Orchestra: Music for the River Jazz Suite: The Spirit of Love River and Mississippi River (Truth Revolution) [10-23] - jazz
  • Nathan Hubbard/Kyle Motl: Obsidian (Confront) [11-04] - jazz
  • Hubbub: abb abb abb (Relative Pitch) [08-02] - jazz [**]
  • Fernando Huergo Big Band: Relentless (Whaling City Sound) [04-19] - jazz
  • Fana Hues: Moth ()
  • Hulder: Verses in Oath (20 Buck Spin) [02-09] - black metal
  • Daniel Humair/Samuel Blaser/Heiri Känzig [Helveticus]: Our Way (Blaser Music) [05-24] - jazz [***]
  • Human Error: Human Error (Astral Spirits) [11-22] - jazz
  • Humanist: On the Edge of a Lost and Lonely World (Bella Union) [07-26] - alt/indie
  • Ian Hunter: Defiance Part 2: Fiction (Sun) [04-19]
  • Nailah Hunter: Lovegaze (Fat Possum) [01-12] - art pop
  • Hurray for the Riff Raff: The Past Is Still Alive (Nonesuch) [02-24] - singer-songwriter [A-]
  • Christian Lee Hutson: Paradise Pop. 10 (Anti-) [09-27] - singer-songwriter
  • Jason Kao Hwang: Soliloquies: Unaccompanied Pizzicato Violin Improvisations (True Sound) [09-15] - jazz [A-]
  • I Am Three: In Other Words (Leo) [04-05] - jazz [A-]
  • Susie Ibarra/Jeffrey Zeigler/Graham Reynolds: Insectum (Golden Hornet) - jazz [**]
  • Ibibio Sound Machine: Pull the Rope (Merge) [05-03] - African [**]
  • Abdullah Ibrahim: 3 (Gearbox) [01-12] - jazz [*]
  • Ice Spice: Y2K! (10K/Capitol/Dolo) [ 07-26] - hip-hop [***]
  • Shawneci Icecold/Vernon Reid/Matthew Garrison & Grant Calvin Weston: Future Prime (Underground45) [09-01] - jazz [***]
  • Idaho: Lapse (Arts & Crafts) [05-31] - indie rock
  • Joshua Idehen: Mum Does the Washing (Big Wednesday -EP) [11-08] - house
  • Idles: Tangk (Partisan) [02-16] - art punk [**]
  • Iglooghost: Tidal Memory Exo (LuckyMe) [05-10] - electronic
  • Ihsahn: Ihsahn (Candlelilght) [02-16] - metal
  • Jun Iida: Evergreen (OA2) [01-19] - jazz
  • Il Sogno Del Marinaio: Terzo (Improved Sequence)
  • Ill Considered: Precipice (New Soil) [03-22] - jazz [***]
  • Ill Considered: Infrared (New Soil) [09-06] - jazz [**]
  • Illuminati Hotties: Power (Hopeless) [ 08-23] - twee pop [**]
  • Imperial Valley: IV (Folded Time)
  • Inert: 2Inert (self-released) [07-09]
  • Infant Island: Obsidian Wreath (Secret Voice) [01-12] - metal
  • Infinity Song: Metamorphosis Complete (Roc Nation) [06-14] - soft rock
  • Randy Ingram: Aries Dance (Sounderscore) [10-18] - jazz [**]
  • Mikko Innanen Autonomous: Hietsu (Fiasko) [02-02] - jazz [**]
  • The Innocence Mission: Midwinter Swimmers (Bella Union/Thérèse)
  • Inter Arma: New Heaven (Relapse) [04-26] - metal
  • Jon Irabagon's Outright!: Recharge the Blade (Irabbagast) [01-23] - jazz [***]
  • Jon Irabagon: Survivalism (Irabbagast) [01-23] - jazz [*]
  • Jon Irabagon Trio + One: Dinner & Dancing (Irabbagast) [07-30] - jazz [***]
  • Jon Irabagon: I Don't Hear Nothin' but the Blues: Volume 3 Part 2: Exuberant Scars (Irabbagast) [07-30] - jazz [**]
  • Iris Trio [Florian Hoefner]: Project Earth: The Blue Chapter (Centrediscs) - jazz
  • Iron & Wine: Light Verse (Sub Pop) [04-26] - alt/indie
  • Brandon Isaac: Another Level of Existence: Mastery of Acceptance (self-released) [05-27] - hip-hop
  • Jason Isbell: Live From the Ryman Vol. 2 (Southeastern) [10-04] - country-rock
  • Ayumi Ishito: Roboquarians Vol. 1 (577) [03-29] - jazz [**]
  • Itasca: Imitation of War (Paradise of Bachelors) [02-09] - singer-songwriter
  • Ive: Ive Switch (Starship Entertainment -EP) [04-29] - K-pop [A-]
  • Bon Iver: Sable, (Jagjaguwar -EP) [10-18] - singer-songwriter
  • Ethan Iverson: Technically Acceptable (Blue Note) [01-19] - jazz [*]
  • Iyamah: In Two Worlds (self-released) [04-05] - soul
  • Vijay Iyer: Compassion (ECM) [02-02] - jazz [***]
  • Ize Trio: The Global Suites (self-released) [08-02] - jazz [*]
  • J.P.: Coming Out Party () [06-07]
  • J.U.S X Squadda B: 3rd Shift (Bruiser Brigade) [08-06] - hip-hop [***]
  • Nicolás Jaar: Archivos de Radio Piedras (Other People) [ 04-27] - ambient
  • Jack J: Blue Desert (Mood Hut) [11-01] - soft rock
  • Javon Jackson/Nikki Giovanni: Javon & Nikki Go to the Movies (Solid Jackson/Palmetto) [08-23] - jazz [A-]
  • Keefe Jackson/Raoul van der Weide/Frank Rosaly: Live at de Tanker (Kettle Hole) [08-04] - jazz [***]
  • Laird Jackson: Life (self-released) - vocal jazz [*]
  • Francis Jacob: The Three Blind Mice (Sunnyside) [11-29] - jazz
  • Eric Jacobson: Heading Home (Origin) [08-16] - jazz [*]
  • Jahari Massamba Unit: YHWM Is Love (Law of Rhythm) [03-01] - hip-hop
  • Arushi Jain: Delight (Leaving) [03-29] - electronic [B-]
  • Jarien Jamanila: Jarien Plays Jamanila (Jamanila) [11-11] - jazz
  • James: Yummy (Virgin/Nothing but Love Music) [04-12] - pop-rock
  • Boldy James & Nicholas Craven: Penalty of Leadership () [01-12] - hip-hop
  • Boldy James/Conductor Williams: Across the Tracks (Near Mint) [06-28] - hip-hop [**]
  • Colin James: Chasing the Sun (Stony Plain) [08-23] - blues [B]
  • Joe James: Beast Living () [10-25]
  • José James: 1978 (Rainbow Blonde) [04-05] - vocal jazz
  • Janel & Anthony: New Moon in the Evil Age (Cuneiform) [06-28] - jazz [**]
  • Arne Jansen/Anders Jormin/Uwe Steinmetz: The Pilgrimage (Traumton) [11-15] - jazz
  • Janine Jansen/Klaus Mäkelä/Oslo Philharmonic: Sibelius/Prokofiev: Violin Concertos (Decca) [06-07] - classical
  • Sebastiaan Janssen/Hubert Kostkiewicz/Ken Vandermark/Marta Warelis: Koniec (Audiographic) [04-05] - jazz
  • Japandroids: Fate & Alcohol (Anti-) [10-18] - indie rock
  • Dora Jar: No Way to Relax When You Are on Fire (Island) [09-13] - indie pop
  • Bryony Jarman-Pinto: Below Dawn (Tru Thoughts) [05-10] - neo-soul
  • Sarah Jarosz: Polaroid Lovers (Rounder) [01-26] - Americana
  • Paul Jarret: Acoustic Large Ensemble (Pegazz & l'Hélicon) [09-06] - jazz
  • Jawnino: 40 (True Panther) [05-03] - UK hip-hop
  • Jazz at the Ballroom [Champian Fulton]: Flying High: Big Band Canaries Who Soared (Jazz at the Ballroom/Cellar Music) [05-03] - jazz [***]
  • The Jazz Defenders: Memory in Motion (Haggis) [04-19] - jazz
  • Jazz Ensemble of Memphis: Playing in the Yard (Memphis International) [04-05] - jazz [*]
  • The Jazz Passengers: Big Large: In Memory of Curtis Fowlkes (FOOD) [05-10] - jazz [***]
  • Jelly Roll: Beautifully Broken (Stoney Creek/Republic) [10-11] - country
  • Cassandra Jenkins: My LIght, My Destroyer (Dead Oceans) [07-12] - sophisti-pop [*]
  • Chris Jennings & 5 Ways Home: Boy, She's the Dandy (Eden River) [08-30] - jazz
  • Christine Jensen Jazz Orchestra: Harbour (Justin Time) [08-13] - jazz [*]
  • Mathias Højgaard Jensen: Is as Is (Fresh Sound New Talent) [05-31] - jazz [A-]
  • The Jesus and Mary Chain: Glasgow Eyes (Fuzz Club) [03-08] - noise pop [**]
  • The Jesus Lizard: Rack (Ipecac) [09-13] - noise rock
  • Jimin: Muse (Big Hit/HYBE) [07-19] - K-pop
  • Kenneth Jimenez: Sonnet to Silence (We Jazz -23) [2023-11-17] - jazz
  • JIN: Happy (Big Hit/HYBE -EP) [11-15] - K-pop
  • Malcolm Jiyane Tree-O: True Story (New Soil/Mushroom Hour) [06-14] - jazz [**]
  • Jlin: Akoma (Planet Mu) [03-22] - electronic [***]
  • Nathalie Joachim: Ki Moun Ou Ye (Nonesuch) [02-16] - art pop
  • Joaju Cuarteto: Avy' a Jave (Polka Blue) [05-30] - jazz [**]
  • Joan as Police Woman: Lemons, Limes and Orchids (PIAS) [09-20] - art pop
  • Job for a Cowboy: Moon Healer (Metal Blade) [02-23] - metal
  • Joel and the Neverending Sextet: Marbled (Motvind) [09-13] - jazz [***]
  • Colin Johnco: Crabe Géant (Johnkôôl)
  • Johnny Blue Skies [Sturgill Simpson]: Passage Du Desir (High Top Mountain) [07-12] - country [**]
  • Chuck Johnson: Sun Glories (Western Vinyl) [08-16] - ambient
  • Josh Johnson: Unusual Object (Northern Spy) [04-05] - jazz [**]
  • Lucien Johnson: Ancient Relics ( Deluge) - jazz
  • Tom Johnson Jazz Orchestra: Time Takes Odd Turns (self-released) [08-30] - jazz [B]
  • Karen Jonas: The Rise and Fall of American Kitsch (self-released) [08-08] - country [*]
  • Caleb Landry Jones: Hey Gary, Hey Dawn (Sacred Bones) [04-05]
  • Darius Jones: Legend of e'Boi (The Hypervigilant Eye) (AUM Fidelity) [10-04] - jazz [A-]
  • Fergus Jones: Ephemera (Numero Group) [10-18] - ambient dub
  • Kelly Jones: Inevitable Incredible (Ignition) [05-03] - singer-songwriter
  • Norah Jones: Visions (Blue Note) [03-08] - vocal jazz [*]
  • Danny Jonokuchi Big Band: A Decade (Bandstand Presents) [08-23] - jazz [*]
  • I. Jordan: I Am Jordan (Ninja Tune) [05-10] - electronic [*]
  • The Joymakers: Down Where the Bluebonnets Grow (Turtle Bay) [09-20] - jazz [***]
  • Alvina Jöz: Jöz (Cinemo -23) [2023-09-22] - jazz
  • JPEGMafia: I Lay Down My Life for You (AWAL) [08-01] - hip-hop [*]
  • Judas Priest: Invincible Shield (Columbia) [03-08] - metal
  • Julia-Sophie: Forgive Too Slow (Ba Da Bing!) [07-26] - art pop
  • Julie: My Anti-Aircraft Friend (Atlantic) [09-13] - shoegaze [*]
  • Justice: Hyperdrama (Because Music) [04-26] - electronic
  • Ka: The Thief Next to Jesus (Iron Works) [08-19] - hip-hop [**]
  • Kai Tak: Designed in Heaven Made in Hong Kong () [06-21]
  • Eddie Kaine & Big Ghost Ltd;: Last Exit to Crooklyn () [04-02] - hiop-hop
  • Goran Kajfeš Tropiques: Tell Us (We Jazz) [05-03] - jazz [***]
  • Ariel Kalma/Jeremiah Chiu/Marta Sofia Honer: The Closest Thing to Silence (International Anthem) [02-02] - jazz [**]
  • Sara & Ayako Kanda: Fujin/Raijin (Nomart Editions) [03-20] - jazz
  • Ute Kanngießer/Eddie Prévost/Seymour Wright: Splendid Nettle (Matchless) - jazz
  • Benji Kaplan: Untold Stories (self-released) [05-01] - jazz [*]
  • Pandelis Karayorgis/George Kokkinaris: Out From Athens (Driff) [05-20] - jazz [**]
  • Jaz Karis: Safe Flight (MNRK) [09-20] - r&b
  • Kirke Karja/Étienne Renard/Ludwig Wandinger: Caught in My Own Trap (BMC) [02-16] - jazz
  • Karl Bartos: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Tapete) [02-09] - soundtrack
  • Mikailo Kasha: Bloom (self-released) [12-06] - jazz
  • Kasokeki-toki: Kasokeki-toki (Relativa) - jazz
  • Ras Kass/RJ Payne/Havoc: Guttr () [05-03] - hip-hop
  • Kassian: Supercontinent (-EP) [05-24] - deep house
  • Kaia Kater: Strange Medicine (Free Dirt) [05-17] - folk
  • Katseye: SIS (Soft Is Strong) (HYBE/Geffen -EP) [08-16] - dance-pop
  • Alex Kautz: Where We Begin (Sunnyside) [07-05] - jazz [*]
  • Kaytranada: Timeless (RCA) [06-07] - alt-r&b [***]
  • Kaze: Unwritten (Circum/Libra) [02-09] - jazz [***]
  • Ryan Keberle & Catharsis: Music Is Connection (Alternate Side) [10-18] - jazz [***]
  • Ryan Keberle : Bright Moments (Posi-Tone) [09-13] - jazz [**]
  • Charlotte Keeffe Right Here, Right Now Quartet: Alive! in the Studio (Discus Music -23) [2023-09-22] - jazz
  • Geoffrey Keezer: Live at Birdland (MarKeez) [08-16] - jazz
  • Kehlani: Crash (Atlantic) [06-21]
  • Jason Keiser: Kind of Kenny (OA2) [10-25] - jazz [**]
  • Roger Kellaway: Live at Mezzrow (Cellar Music) [05-17] - jazz [*]
  • Simone Keller: Hidden Heartache (Intakt) [03-15] - jazz [**]
  • Grace Kelly With Strings: At the Movies (PAZZ Productions) [03-01] - jazz
  • Julie Kelly: Freedom Jazz Dance (Laurelwood) [02-08] - jazz
  • Paul Kelly: Fever Longing Still (Cooking Vinyl) [11-01] - singer-songwriter
  • Walter Kemp 3: Black Whole Live (self-released) [01-26] - jazz
  • Myles Kennedy: The Art of Letting Go (Napalm) [10-11] - hard rock
  • Rae Khalil: Crybaby () [08-04]
  • Khruangbin: A La Sala (Dead Oceans) [04-05] - neo-psychedelia
  • Kiasmos: II (Erased Tapes) [07-05] - microhouse
  • Kid Bookie: Songs for the Living // Songs for the Dead () [09-13]
  • Kid Congo & the Pink Monkey Birds: That Delicious Vice (In the Red) [04-19] - garage rock
  • Kid Cudi: Insano () [01-12] - hip-hop
  • Kid Kapichi: There Goes the Neighbourhood (Spinefarm) [03-15] - dance-punk
  • Amirtha Kidambi's Elder Ones: New Monuments (We Jazz) [03-15] - jazz [**]
  • Kids in Glass Houses: Pink Flamingo (Family Recipe) [10-25] - pop punk
  • Kiefer: Something for Real (Stones Throw) [05-10] - jazz
  • Rebecca Kilgore: A Little Taste: A Tribute to Dave Frishberg (Cherry Pie Music) [10-28] - vocal jazz [***]
  • Killah Priest: Abraxas Rebis Simha Pleroma () [09-18] - hip-hop
  • Laryssa Kim: Contezza (City Tracks) [02-16] - art pop
  • Will Kimbrough: For the Life of Me (Soundly Music) [05-03] - folk
  • Izumi Kimura/Barry Guy/Gerry Hemingway: Six Hands Open as One (Fundacja Słuchaj) [04-01] - jazz [***]
  • Elizabeth King: Soul Provider (Bible & Tire) [04-12] - gospel
  • Kerry King: From Hell I Rise (Reigning Phoenix) [05-17] - metal
  • Marcus King: Mood Swings (Republic) [04-05] - neo-soul
  • King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard: Flight b741 (P(doom)) [08-09] - boogie rock
  • King Hannah: Big Swimmer (City Slang) [05-31] - alt/indie
  • Kings of Leon: Can We Please Have Fun (LoveTap/Capitol) [05-10] - garage rock
  • King of Pigs: After Victory Comes Defeat () [04-17]
  • Kinkajous: Nothing Will Disappear (Running Circle) [10-18] - jazz
  • Cassie Kinoshi's Seed.: Gratitude (International Anthem) [03-22] - jazz [*]
  • Tim Kinsella & Jenny Pulse: Broken Aquarium/The Viscosity (Astral Spirits) [10-11] - jazz
  • Sarah Kinsley: Escaper (Verve Forecast) [09-06] - indie pop
  • Kip & JJ Loui: Breadface EP (Kaplooey) [06-19] - singer-songwriter
  • Kira Kira: Kira Kira Live (Alister Spence Music) [10-01] - jazz [**]
  • Katy Kirby: Blue Raspberry (Anti-) [01-26] - indie folk [**]
  • Snorre Kirk: What a Day! (Stunt) [10-11] - jazz [***]
  • Lola Kirke: Country Curious (One Riot -EP) [04-20] - country [*]
  • Neal Kirkwood Big Band: Night City (Brooklyn Jazz Underground) [02-23] - jazz
  • Anni Kiviniemi Trio: Eir (We Jazz) [01-12] - jazz [***]
  • Michael Kiwanuka: Small Changes (Polydor) [11-15]
  • Paul Kleber: Little Home (Xjazz) [05-31] - jazz
  • Tobias Klein/Frank Rosaly/Maria Warelis: Tendresse (Relative Pitch) [06-28] - jazz [**]
  • Kneecap: Fine Art (Heavenly) [06-14] - hip-hop [A-]
  • Knocked Loose: You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To (Pure Noise) [05-10] - metalcore
  • Mark Knopfler: One Deep River (British Grove/EMI) [04-12]
  • Davey Knowles: Invisible Man ()
  • Julien Knowles: As Many, as One (Biophilia) [04-26] - jazz [*]
  • Kirk Knuffke: Super Blonde (SteepleChase) [09-20] - jazz [A-]
  • Lia Kohl: Normal Sounds (Moon Glyph) [08-30] - sound collage
  • Charlie Kohlhase's Explorer's Club: A Second Life (Mandorla Music) [06-07] - jazz [A-]
  • Kokoko!: Butu (Transgressive) - African
  • Abena Koomson-Davis: Where Is Love (WJ3) [02-16] - jazz
  • Cliff Korman Trio: Urban Tracks (SS) [12-06] - jazz [*]
  • Lenny Kravitz: Blue Electric Light (BMG) [05-24] - funk rock
  • Allegra Krieger: Art of the Unseen Infinity Machine (Double Double Whammy) [09-13] - singer-songwriter
  • KRM & KMRU: Disconnect (Phantom Limb) [06-14] - dark ambient
  • Marie Krüttli Trio: Scoria (Intakt) [10-18] - jazz [*]
  • Joachim Kühn French Trio: The Way (ACT Music) [09-27] - jazz
  • Rolf Kühn: Fearless (MPS) [10-25] - jazz [**]
  • Kurious & Mono En Stereo: Majician () [10-18] - hip-hop
  • Seun Kuti: Heavier Yet Lays the Crownless Head (Record Kicks) - Afrobeat
  • KVB: Tremors (Invada) [04-05] - darkwave
  • Talib Kweli & J. Rawls: The Confidence of Knowing () [09-13] - hip-hop
  • Jim Kweskin: Never Too Late: Duets With Friends (Storysound) [01-26] - folk [***]
  • Kyle: Smyle Again (Independently Popular/APG) [03-08] - hip-hop
  • Anysia Kym: Truest (10k -EP) [03-21] - hip-hop [*]
  • L'Impératrice: Pulsar (Microqlima) [06-07]
  • La Cozna: Ni Nuit, Ni Jour (Raffut Collectif) [08-23] - jazz
  • La Luz: News of the Universe (Sub Pop) [05-24] - neo-psychedelia
  • Lava La Rue: Starface (Dirty Hit) [07-19] - alt-pop
  • Lady Blackbird: Slang Spirituals (Foundation Music Productions/BMG) [09-13] - soul
  • Lady Gaga: Harlequin (Interscope) [09-27] - jazz? [*]
  • Pokey LaFarge: Rhumba Country ()
  • Julian Lage: Speak to Me (Blue Note) [03-01] - jazz [*]
  • Laila!: Gap Year (IIIXL) [09-06] - alt-r&b
  • Kendrick Lamar: GNX (PGLang/Interscope) [11-22] - hip-hop [***]
  • Miranda Lambert: Postcards From Texas (Republic Nashville) [09-13] - country [A-]
  • Liz Lamere: One Never Knows (In the Red)
  • Ray LaMontagne: Long Way Home (Liula) [ 08-16] - singer-songwriter
  • Dawn Landes: The Liberated Woman's Songbook (Fun Machine Music) [03-29] - folk [*]
  • Brian Landrus: Plays Ellington & Strayhorn (Palmetto) [07-12] - jazz [***]
  • Jon Langford & the Bright Shiners: Where It Really Starts (Tiny Global Productions) [03-08] - alt-country [**]
  • Ella Langley: Hungover (Sawgod/Columbia) [08-02] - country
  • LaRussell & Hit-Boy: Rent Due (Good Company -EP) [02-23] - hip-hop
  • Emiliano Lasansky: The Optimist (Outside In Music) [06-21] - jazz [***]
  • Harald Lassen: Opplevelser Fra N (Impro & Låt) (Jazzland) - jazz
  • Timo Lassy & Jaukka Eskola: Nordic Stew (Dox) [02-23] - jazz
  • The Last Dinner Party: Prelude to Ecstasy (Island) [02-02] - baroque pop [*]
  • Last Word Quintet: Falling to Earth (Origin) [03-22] - jazz [**]
  • Latin Mafia: Todos Los Días Todo El Día (Rimas) [10-24] - Latin
  • Latto: Sugar Honey Iced Tea (Streamcut/RCA) [08-09] - hip-hop
  • Ingrid Laubrock/Tom Rainey: Brink (Intakt) [08-16] - jazz [**]
  • Jim Lauderdale: My Favorite Place (Sky Crunch) [06-21] - country
  • Bill Laurance/The Untold Orchestra: Bloom (ACT Music) [04-26] - jazz [**]
  • Bill Laurance & Michael League: Keeping Company (ACT Music) [11-01] - jazz
  • Matt Lavelle & the 12 Houses: The Crop Circles Suite Part One (Mahakala Music) [04-11] - jazz [***]
  • Andy Laverne: Spot On (SteepleChase) [02-22] - jazz [**]
  • Liz Lawrence: Peanuts (Chrysalis)
  • LDL [Urs Leimgruber/Jacques Demierre/Thomas Lehn]: In the Endless Wind (Wide Ear) [04-27] - jazz
  • Remy Le Boeuf's Assembly of Shadows: Heartland Radio (SoundSpore) [03-16] - jazz [B]
  • Joëlle Léandre/Pascal Contet: Miniatures (Trost) [02-23] - jazz
  • Joëlle Léandre/Elisabeth Harnik/Zlatko Kaučič: Live in St. Johann (Funcadja Słuchaj) [05-14] - jazz
  • Joëlle Léandre: Lifetime Rebel (RogueArt -4CD) [07-15] - jazz
  • Jeff Lederer: Guilty!!! (Little (i) Music) [10-07] - jazz [**]
  • Ledisi: Good Life (BMG) [02-03] - r&b
  • Mike LeDonne Groover Quartet + Gospel Choir: Wonderful! (Cellar Music Group) [02-16] - jazz
  • Mike LeDonne/Eric Alexander [Heavy Hitters]: That's What's Up! (Cellar Music) [11-22] - jazz [***]
  • AJ Lee and Blues Summit: City of Glass ()
  • Chow Lee: Sex Drive (TC Music) [09-06] - hip-hop
  • Ellie Lee: Escape (Sori-E Naite Music) [05-24] - jazz [***]
  • Jihye Lee Orchestra: Infinite Connections (Motéma Music) [05-31] - jazz [*]
  • Peggy Lee/Julien Wilson/Theo Carbo/Dylan van der Schyff: Open Threat (Earshift Music) [09-10] - jazz [***]
  • Sam Lee: Songdreaming (Cooking Vinyl) [03-15] - folk
  • Oisin Leech: Cold Sea () [03-08] - indie folk
  • Lemadi Trio: Canonical Discourse (A New Wave of Jazz Axis) [10-15] - jazz [**]
  • Merce Lemon: Watch Me Drive Them Dogs Wild (Darling) [09-27] - alt-country
  • The Lemon Twigs: A Dream Is All We Know (Captured Tracks) [05-03] - alt/indie
  • Ravyn Lenae: Bird's Eye (Atlantic) [08-09] - r&b
  • José Lencastre/Zbigniew Kozera/Vasco Trilla: Chymeia (Phonogram Unit) [02-02] - jazz
  • MJ Lenderman: Manning Fireworks (Anti-) [09-06] - country rock [***]
  • Adrianne Lenker: I Won't Let Go of Your Hand (-EP) [03-11]
  • Adrianne Lenker: Bright Future (4AD) [03-22] - singer-songwriter [***]
  • Sean Ono Lennon: Asterisms (Tzadik) [02-01] - jazz
  • Peter Lenz: Breathe: Music for Large Ensembles (GambsART) [11-08] - jazz [B]
  • Carin León: Boca Chueca, Vol. 1 () [05-30] - sierreño
  • David Leon: Bird's Eye (Pyroclastic) [03-08] - jazz [**]
  • Kiran Leonard: Real Home (Memorials of Distinction) [04-17] - pop
  • Janel Leppin's Ensemble Volcanic Ash: To March Is to Love (Cuneiform) [06-28] - jazz [***]
  • Leprous: Melodies of Atonement (Inside Out) [08-30] - prog metal
  • Les Amazones d'Afrique: Musow Danse (Real World) [02-16] - African [***]
  • Les Savy Fav: Oui, LSF (Frenchkiss) [05-10] - post-punk [**]
  • Omer Leshem: Play Space (Ubuntu Music) [09-27] - jazz [**]
  • Andres Levin: Regreso a Gondwana (Tribe Caribe) - Latin jazz
  • Allegra Levy: Out of the Question (SteepleChase) [05-20] - vocal jazz
  • Cassandra Lewis: Lost in a Dream (Elektra) - country
  • James Brandon Lewis Quartet: Transfiguration (Intakt) [02-16] - jazz [A-]
  • Jeffrey Lewis: Ghosterbusters (-EP) - anti-folk
  • Molly Lewis: On the Lips (Jagjaguwar) [02-16] [*]
  • Luna Li: When a Thought Grows Wings (In Real Life) [08-23] - soft rock
  • Casimir Liberski/Tatsuya Yoshida: Troubled Water (Totalism) [03-21] - jazz
  • The Libertines: All Quiet on the Eastern Esplanade (Casablanca/Republic) [04-05] - alt/indie [B]
  • David Liebman & the CNY Jazz Orchestra: If a White Horse From Jerusalem . . . (CNY Jazz Arts Foundation) [08-10] - jazz [**]
  • Lil Tecca: Plan A (Galactic/Republic) [09-20] - pop rap
  • Lil Uzi Vert: Eternal Atake 2 (Atlantic) [11-01] - trap
  • Yunchan Lim: Chopin: Études (Decca) [04-19] - classical
  • Lime Garden: One More Thing (So Young) [02-16] - indie rock
  • The Linda Lindas: No Obligation (Epitaph) [10-11] - alt/indie [**]
  • Linkin Park: From Zero (Machine Shop/Warner) [11-15] - nu metal
  • Lip Critic: Hex Dealer (Partisan) [05-17] - synth punk
  • Dua Lipa: Radical Optimism (Warner) [05-03] - dance-pop [A-]
  • Liquid Mike: Paul Bunyan's Slingshot (self-released) [02-02] - alt/indie [**]
  • Lisha G & Trini Viv: Groovy Steppin Sh*t (Open Shift Distribution) [10-18] - trap
  • Little Feat: Sam's Place (Hot Tomato) [05-17] - blues-rock
  • Little Man Tate: Welcome to the Rest of Your Life (Best of Three) [02-23]
  • Little Simz: Drop 7 (Forever Living Originals -EP) [02-09] - UK hip-hop [**]
  • Live Edge Trio With Steve Nelson: Closing Time (OA2) [05-17] - jazz [**]
  • Lizzie No: Halfsies () [01-19] - singer-songwriter
  • LL Cool J: The Force (Def Jam) [09-06] - hip-hop [A-]
  • Charles Lloyd: The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow (Blue Note) [03-15] - jazz [A-]
  • Rosemary Loar: Vagabond Heart/Curação Vagabundo (Atlor Music) [07-18] - vocal jazz [***]
  • Giancarlo Nino Locatelli: Tilietulum (We Insist!) [12-21] - jazz
  • Mark Lockheart: Smiling (Edition) [03-29] - jazz
  • Locksmith: No Atheists in Foxholes (Landmark Entertainment) [03-15] - hip-hop
  • Loe Shimmy: Zombieland 2 () [03-22] - hip-hop
  • The Bruce Lofgren Group: Earthly and Cosmic Tales (Night Bird) [06-01] - jazz [B]
  • Logic: Ultra 85 () [08-09] - hip-hop
  • Logic1000: Mother (Because Music) [03-22] - deep house
  • Loidis: One Day (Incienso) [08-02] - dub techno
  • Lollise: I Hit the Water (Switch Hit) [09-06] - afrobeats
  • Loma: How Will I Live Without a Body? (Sub Pop)
  • Frank London/The Elders: Spirit Stronger Than Blood (ESP-Disk) [06-07] - jazz [***]
  • London Choral Sinfonia/Michael Waldron: The French Album (Orchid Classics) [06-28] - choral
  • London Grammar: The Greatest Love (Ministry of Sound) [09-13] - alt-pop
  • Jake Long: City Swamp (New Soil) [05-17] - jazz fusion
  • Gili Lopes: Algures (self-released) [01-12] - jazz
  • Luis Lopes: Dark Narcissus: Stereo Guitar Solo (Shhpuma) [09-19] - jazz [**]
  • Luis Lopes Humanization 4tet: Saarbrücken (Clean Feed) [12-05] - jazz [A-]
  • Jennifer Lopez: This Is Me . . . Now () [02-16]
  • Lord Spikeheart: The Adept (Hækalu) [04-19] - metal
  • Alex LoRe: Motivity (Weirdear) [10-18] - jazz [***]
  • Los Angeles Philharmonic: John Adams: Girls of the Golden West (Nonesuch) [04-26] - opera
  • Los Angeles Philharmonic/Gustavo Dudamel/Maria Dueñas/Los Angeles Master Chorale: Gabriela Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina () [06-07] - modern classical
  • Los Bitchos: Talkie Talkie (City Slang) [08-30] - neo-psychedelia
  • Los Campesinos!: All Hell (Heart Swells) [07-19] - indie rock
  • Lotus Crash: Lotus Crash [First Visit] (Ezz-Thetics) [11-15] - jazz
  • Lionel Loueke & Dave Holland: United (Edition) [11-08] - jazz [**]
  • Loukeman: Sd-2 (SD Music Group) [01-11] - outsider house
  • Love Fiend: Handle With Care (In the Red) [07-12]
  • The Loveless: Meet the Loveless (Cadiz Music) [01-19] - garage rock
  • The Lovely Eggs: Eggsistentialism (Egg) [05-17] - garage rock
  • Low Cut Connie: Connie Live (Contender) [11-01] - rock
  • Allen Lowe & the Constant Sorrow Orchestra: Louis Armstrong's America Volume 1 (ESP-Disk -2CD) [09-03] - jazz [A-]
  • Allen Lowe & the Constant Sorrow Orchestra: Louis Armstrong's America Volume 2 (ESP-Disk -2CD) [09-03] - jazz [A]
  • Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets: Indoor Safari (Yep Roc) [09-13] - pub rock [*]
  • Rosie Lowe: Lover, Other (Blue Flowers Music) [08-16] - alt-r&b
  • Lowen: Do Not Go to War With the Demons of Mazandaran (Church Road) [10-04] - doom metal
  • Lucifer: Luciver V (Nuclear Blast) [01-26] - metal
  • Salvoandrea Lucifora Quartet: Drifters (We Jazz-23) [2023-12-08] - jazz
  • Lucki: Gemini! (Empire) [06-14] - hip-hop
  • Lucy Rose: This Ain't the Way You Go Out (Communion) [04-19] - singer-songwriter
  • Old Man Luedecke: She Told Me Where to Go (Outside) [05-24] - country [B]
  • Rob Luft: Dahab Days (Edition) - jazz
  • Lúireach: Landless ( Glitterbeat) [06-07]
  • Tamara Lukasheva & INSO Lviv Orchestra: Anima (Tangible Music) [01-28] - jazz
  • Igor Lumpert/Inner Textures: I Am the Spirit of the Earth (Clean Feed) [11-18] - jazz [**]
  • Corb Lund: El Viejo (New West) [02-23] - country [***]
  • W.H. Lung: Every Inch of Earth Pulsates (Melodic) [10-18] - dream pop
  • Lupe Fiasco: Samurai (1st and 15th Too) [06-28] - hip-hop [**]
  • John Lurie: Painting With John (Royal Potato Family) [03-15] - jazz [***]
  • LustSickPuppy: Carousel From Hell (self-released) [04-26] - electro-industrial
  • Lutalo: The Academy (Winspear) [09-20] - indie rock
  • Brady Lux: Ain't Gone So Far (6483357 Records DK) [01-27] - country [***]
  • Lux Quartet: Tomorrowland (Enja/Yellowbird) [08-09] - jazz [A-]
  • Brian Lynch: 7X7BY7 (Holistic MusicWorks) [10-25] - jazz [***]
  • K. Curtis Lyle/George Sams/Adi Du Dharma Joshua Weinstein/Damon Smith/Ra Kalaam Bob Moses/Henry Claude: 29 Birds You Never Heard (Balance Point Acoustics) [07-13] - jazz
  • Lynks: Abomination (Heavenly) [04-12] - electropop
  • Shelby Lynne: Consequences of the Crown (Monument) [08-16] - country [B]
  • Hayoung Lyou: The Myth of Katabasis (Endectomorph Music) [11-15] - jazz [**]
  • Lyrics Born: Goodbye, Sticky Rice (Mobile Home) [10-25] - hip-hop [A-]
  • Joel Lyssarides/Georgios Prokopiou: Arcs & Rivers (ACT Music) [09-27] - jazz
  • M-Dot: Daze of Greed () [03-08] - hip-hop
  • Doug MacDonald: Sextet Session (DMAC Music) [03-01] - jazz [*]
  • Doug MacDonald and the Coachella Valley Trio: Live at the Rancho Mirage Library (DMAC Music) [10-01] - jazz [**]
  • Mach-Hommy: #Richaxxhaitian (Mach-Hommy) [05-17] - hip-hop [***]
  • Machacha: Kunst.Art () [05-05] - hip-hop
  • Jordan Mackampa: Welcome Home, Kid! (AWAL) [02-16] - soul
  • Melanie MacLaren: Bloodlust ()
  • Macseal: Permanent Repeat (Counter Intuitive) [07-12] - power pop
  • João Madeira/Margarida Mestre: Voz Debaixo (4DaRecord) [02-17] - jazz [**]
  • Robbie Madison: Live at Sambuca (Madison Productions) [03-22] - jazz
  • Orlando Madrid: From This Moment Forward (OM) [01-12] - jazz
  • Johnny Mafia: 2024: Année du Dragon (Howlin' Banana) [02-09] - pop punk
  • Magdalena Bay: Imaginal Disk (Mom + Pop) [08-23] - synthpop [**]
  • Roberto Magris: Europlane for Jazz: Freedom Is Peace (JMood) [12-01] - jazz [***]
  • The Taj Mahal Sextet: Swingin' Live at the Church in Tulsa (Lightning Rod) [03-08] - blues [***]
  • Mahti: Musiikki 3 (Riot Season)
  • Mai-Liis: Kaleidoscope (OA2) [07-26] - jazz [*]
  • Make Them Suffer: Make Them Suffer (Greyscale/SharpTone) [11-08] - metalcore
  • Nduduzo Makhathini: Unomkhubulwane (Blue Note) [06-07] - jazz [***]
  • Malcria: Fantasias Histericas (Iron Lung) - Mexican
  • Jesse Malin: Silver Patron Saints () [09-20]
  • Mall Girl: Pure Love (Jansen) [01-26] - indie pop
  • Rose Mallett: Dreams Realized (Carrie-On Productions) [09-01] - jazz [***]
  • Kali Malone: All Life Long (Ideologic Organ) [02-09] - minimalism [*]
  • Post Malone: F-1 Trillion (Mercury/Republic) [08-16] - country
  • Man Man: Carrot on Strings (Sub Pop) [06-07] - indie rock
  • Man Rei: Doer (Crash Symbols) [04-05]
  • Man Rei: Thread (Somewhere Press) [10-25]
  • Man/Woman/Chainsaw: Eazy Peazy (Fat Possum -EP) [11-08] - post-punk
  • Mannequin Pussy: I Got Heaven (Epitaph) [03-01] - indie rock [**]
  • David Maranha/Rodrigo Amado: Wrecks (Nariz Entupido) [10-25] - jazz [***]
  • The Marías: Submarine (Atlantic) [05-31] - indie pop
  • Roc Marciano: Marciology (Marci Enterprises) [03-29] - hip-hop [*]
  • Grégoire Maret/Romain Collin: Ennio (ACT Music) [04-26] - jazz [*]
  • Sunna Margrét: Finger on Tongue (No Salad)
  • Lasse Marhaug: Provoke (Smalltown Supersound) - jazz
  • The Marías: Submarine (Nice Life/Atlantic)
  • Laura Marling: Patterns in Repeat (Chryalis/Partisan) [10-25] - singer-songwriter [**]
  • Denman Maroney: Nits Musica (Cuneiform) [11-29] -
  • Delfeayo Marsalis Uptown Jazz Orchestra: Crescent City Jewels (Troubadour Jass) [08-30] - jazz [A-]
  • Brian Marsella/Jon Irabagon: Blue Hour (Irabbagast) [07-30] - jazz [*]
  • Claire Martin: Almost in Your Arms (Stunt) [09-27] - jazz [*]
  • Peter Martin: Generation S (Open Studio) - jazz
  • Kira Martini: Open Wide (Storyville) [05-31] - vocal jazz [*]
  • Jérôme Masco: Seeking Directions (Jazz Family) [11-29] - jazz
  • Masamoon: B.I.D.S. (Beautifully Ignorant Disrespectful Sh*t) () [05-07] - hip-hop
  • J Mascis: What Do We Do Now (Sub Pop) [02-02] - indie rock
  • Kenny Mason: 9 (RCA) [03-14] - hip-hop
  • Abbey Masonbrink: Rising (self-released) [05-17] - singer-songwriter [**]
  • Michel Massot-Tuur Florizoone-Marine Horbaczewski: Lignes de fruite (Aventura Musica) [09-24] - jazz
  • Masta Ace & Marco Polo: Richmond Hill (Fat Beats) [01-26] - hip-hop [**]
  • Master Peace: How to Make a Master Peace (PMR) [ 03-01] - indie pop
  • Mark Masters Ensemble: Sui Generis (Capri) [10-04] - jazz [**]
  • The Mavericks: Moon & Stars () [05-17] - Americana
  • Mavi: Shadowbox (Mavi 4 Mayor Music) [08-09] - hip-hop [**]
  • Maxïmo Park: Stream of Life (Lower Third/PIAS) [09-27] - indie rock
  • Maxo Kream: Personification (Stomp Down) [11-15] - hip-hop
  • Shawn Maxwell: J Town Suite (Cora Street) [05-01] - jazz [**]
  • Paula Maya: Rio De Janeiro (Yellow House) [08-01] - Brazilian vocal jazz [B]
  • Michael Mayo: Fly (Mack Avenue) [10-04] - jazz [*]
  • Maysa: Remix for Your Soul (Blue Velvet Soul) [03-29] - dance
  • Rob Mazurek Exploding Star Orchestra/Small Unit: Spectral Fiction (Corbett vs. Dempsey) [01-19] - jazz [***]
  • Rob Mazurek Quartet: Color Systems (RogueArt) [11-11] - jazz [***]
  • Rob Mazurek: Milan (Clean Feed) [03-29] - jazz [**]
  • Rob Mazurek Exploding Star Orchestra: Live at the Adler Planetarium ( International Anthem) [09-27] - jazz [**]
  • MC Juice/All Natural/Georgia Anne Muldrow: Calisthenics () [03-29] - hip-hop
  • MC Lyte: 1 of 1 () [09-20] - hip-hop
  • MC5: Heavy Lifting (EarMusic) [10-18] - hard rock [**]
  • Lizzy McAlpine: Older (RCA) [04-05] - singer-songwriter
  • Christian McBride/Edgar Meyer: But Who's Gonna Play the Melody? (Mack Avenue) [03-22] - jazz [*]
  • Nicole McCabe: Live at Jamboree (Fresh Sound) [02-16] - jazz [***]
  • Leyla McCalla: Sun Without the Heat (Anti-) [04-12] - folk [A-]
  • James McClaskey & the Rhythm Band: Later on Blues (BigTone) [ 04-10] - jazz [**]
  • Ron McClure: Just Sayin' (SteepleChase) [03-29] - jazz [***]
  • Del McCoury Band: Songs of Love and Life (McCoury Music) [06-28] - bluegrass
  • Fergus McCreadie: Stream (Edition) [05-03] - jazz
  • Scotty McCreery: Rise & Fall (Triple Tigers) [05-10] - country
  • Chad McCullough: In These Hills, Beyond (Calligram) [09-06] - jazz [***]
  • Thollem McDonas: Infinite-Sum Game (ESP-Disk) [10-18] - jazz [***]
  • Zara McFarlane: Sweet Whispers: Celebrating Sarah Vaughan (Universal) [06-14] - vocal jazz [**]
  • Mike McGinnis + 9: Outing: Road Trip II (Sunnyside) [02-16] - jazz [**]
  • Roy McGrath/Hana Fujisaki/Kitt Lyles/Gustavo Cortiñas: Entre Amigos (self-released) [11-15] - jazz
  • Declan McKenna: What Happened to the Beach? (Tomplicated) [02-09] - indie pop
  • Loreena McKennitt: The Road Back Home (Quinlan Road) [03-08]
  • Jon McKiel: Hex (You've Changed) [05-03] - singer-songwriter
  • Eliza McLamb: Going Through It (Royal Mountain) [01-19] - singer-songwriter [***]
  • Terence McManus: Music for Chamber Trio (Rowhouse Music) [09-24] - jazz [***]
  • Grey McMurray: Crying at Breakfast (Out of Your Head -EP) [10-25] - jazz [B-]
  • Michael McNeill: Barcode Poetry (Infrasonic Press) [10-01] - jazz [***]
  • Joe McPhee With Ken Vandermark: Musings of a Bahamian Son: Poems and Other Words (Corbett vs. Dempsey) [05-17] - jazz [**]
  • Joe McPhee & Paal Nilssen-Love: I Love Noise (PNL) [12-06] - jazz
  • Charles McPherson: Reverence (Smoke Sessions) [04-26] - jazz [***]
  • JD McPherson: Nite Owls (New West) [09-27] - singer-songwriter [**]
  • Rəhman Məmmədli: Azerbaijani Gitara Volume 2 (Bongo Joe) - world
  • Mega Ran X Jermiside: The Lure of Light (Hipnott) [03-22] - hip-hop
  • Megafauna: And So I Watch You From Afar (Pelagic/Velocity) [08-09] - math rock
  • Megan Thee Stallion: Megan (Hot Girl) [06-28] - hip-hop [***]
  • Brad Mehldau: Après Fauré (Nonesuch) [05-10] - jazz
  • Elan Mehler: Trouble in Mind (Sunnyside) [01-12] - jazz
  • Francisco Mela/Zoh Amba: Causa y Efecto (Vol. 2) (577) [02-02] - jazz [**]
  • Francisco Mela Featuring Leo Genovese and William Parker: Music Frees Our Souls Vol. 3 (577) [05-10] - jazz
  • Melt-Banana: 3+5 (Azap) [08-23] - noise rock
  • Melts: Field Theory (Fuzz Club) [04-12] - post-punk
  • Melvins: Tarantula Heart (Ipecac) [04-19] - sludge metal
  • Memorials: Memorial Waterslides (Fire)
  • Carlos Mena: Con Personas (With the People) (Pinch) [08-29] - jazz
  • Leslie Mendelson: After the Party (Royal Potato Family) [06-21] - alt/indie
  • Shawn Mendes: Shawn (Island) [11-15] - folk pop
  • Ava Mendoza/Dave Sewelson: Of It but Not Is It (Mahakala Music) [03-15] - jazz [***]
  • Chris Mentens: XMNTNS (self-released) - jazz
  • Nate Mercereau: Excellent Traveler (Third Man) [10-11] - jazz
  • Mercury Rev: Born Horses (Bella Union/Believe Music) [09-06] - chamber pop
  • Merely & Malibu: Essential Mixtape (Year0001) [11-15] - new age
  • Meridian Brothers: Mi Latinoamérica Sufre ( Ansonia) [07-12] - cumbia
  • The Messthetics/James Brandon Lewis: The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis (Impulse!) [03-15] - jazz [***]
  • Lyia Meta: Next (self-released) [07-26] - jazz
  • Meth: Shame (Prosthetic) [02-02] - sludge metal
  • Pat Metheny: MoonDial (BMG) [07-26] - jazz [*]
  • Metz: Up on Gravity Hill (Sub Pop/Dine Alone) [04-12] - post-hardcore
  • Amina Mezaache & Maracuja: Vortex (Veston Léger) [04-26] - jazz
  • MGMT: Loss of Life (Mom+Pop) [02-24] - neo-psychedelia
  • Michael & the Mighty Midnight Revival: Songs for Sinners and Saints (Loma Vista/VLNS) [08-02] - hip-hop
  • Piotr Michalowski/Damon Smith: How to Ripen in Ice (Balance Point Acoustics) [05-17] - jazz
  • Michelle: Songs About You Specifically (Transgressive) [09-27] - alt-pop
  • Microplastique: Blare Blow Bloom! (Irritable Mystic) [12-06] - jazz [**]
  • Microwave: Let's Start Degeneracy (Pure Noise) [04-26] - indie rock
  • Stephan Micus: To the Rising Moon (ECM) [11-15] - jazz
  • Middle Kids: Faith Crisis Pt. 1 (Lucky Number) [02-16] - power pop
  • Midnight: Hellish Expectations (Metal Blade) [03-08] - speed metal
  • Midnight Sons: Money Has No Owners (Chong Wizard) [03-29] - hip-hop [**]
  • Raul Midón: Lost & Found (ReKondite ReKords) [04-26] - soul [C+]
  • Midwife: No Depression in Heaven (The Flenser) [09-06] - slowcore
  • MIKE & Tony Seltzer: Pinball (10k -EP) [03-06] - hip-hop [*]
  • Milan W.: Leave Another Day (Stroom) [10-01] - neo-psychedelia
  • Sonny Miles: Gamma (Protect the Culture) [02-16] - soul
  • Milkweed: Folklore 1979 (Broadside Hacks)
  • Jordina Millà & Barry Guy: Live in Munich (ECM) [07-05] - jazz
  • Andy Milne and Unison: Time Will Tell (Sunnyside) [04-26] - jazz [**]
  • Minimum Wage Immanence Unit: A Thousand Years to a Bristlecone Pine (Confront) [04-17] - jazz
  • Elijah Minnelli: Perpetual Musket (FatCat)
  • Minnesota Orchestra/Osmo Vänskä/Jennifer Johnston/Women of the Minnesopta Chorale/Minnesota Boychoir: Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D Minor (BIS) [06-07] - classical
  • John Minnock: A Different Riff: Minnock Sings Shire (Dot Time) [04-18] - vocal jazz
  • Kylie Minogue: Tension II (BMG) [10-18] - dance-pop
  • Amalia Miranda: Mientgras Vivas Billas () [03-29]
  • Lin-Manuel Miranda & Eisa Davis: Warriors (Atlantic) [10-18]
  • Misha: Radiant (self-released) [04-05] - soul
  • Miss Li: Livet, Döden, Skiten Däremellan () [10-11]
  • Mista Sinista: ReBorn () [01-12] - hip-hop
  • Matt Mitchell: Illimitable (Obliquity) [05-03] - jazz [***]
  • Matt Mitchell: Zealous Angles (Pi) [08-16] - jazz [***]
  • Nicole Mitchell and Ballaké Sissoko: Bamako Chicago Sound System (FPE) [08-23] - jazz [A-]
  • Yuka Mito: How Deep Is the Ocean (Nana Notes) [10-11] - jazz [B]
  • Mizu: Forest Scenes (NNA Tapes) [03-22] - ambient
  • Mk.gee: Two Star & the Dream Police (R&R Digital) [02-09] - alt r&b [**]
  • Moby: Always Centered at Night (Mute) [06-14] - electronic [*]
  • Mdou Moctar: Funeral for Justice (Matador) [05-03] - Saharan [***]
  • Modney: Ascending Primes (Pyroclastic) [05-03] - jazz [*]
  • Moin: You Never End (AD 93) [10-25] - post-rock
  • Molchat Doma: Belaya Polosa (Sacred Bones) [09-06] - darkwave
  • Jesus Molina: Selah (Dynamo Production) [05-24] - jazz [B]
  • Ben Monder: Planetarium (Sunnyside) [09-27] - jazz [B]
  • Drori Mondlak/Karolina Strassmayer/David Friedman: Speak Your Truth (Lilypad) [05-30] - jazz
  • Mike Monford: The Cloth I'm Cut From (self-released) [05-04] - jazz [A-]
  • Mono: Oath (Temporary Residence) [06-14] - post-rock
  • Monolake: Studio (Imbalance Computer Music) [09-06] - ambient techno [***]
  • Jimmy Montague: Tomorrow's Coffee (self-released) [02-28] - alt/indie
  • Montanera: A Flor de Piel (Western Vinyl)
  • Montgomery & Turner: Sound Is (Our) Sustenance ( Astral Spirits) [04-26] - jazz
  • Bruno Montrone: Unaware Beauty (A.MA) [03-29] - jazz
  • Thurston Moore: Flow Critical Lucidity (Daydream Library Series) [10-04] [**]
  • Kelly Moran: Moves in the Field (Warp) [03-29] - modern classical [***]
  • More Eaze, Pardo & Glass: Paris Paris, Texas Texas (OOH-Sounds) [ 03-29]
  • Gurf Morlix: In Love at Zero Degrees (Rootball) [10-08] - Americana [**]
  • Dora Morelenbaum: Pique (Mr Bongo) [10-18] - MPB
  • Mork: Syv (Peaceville) [09-20] - black metal
  • Megan Moroney: Am I Okay? (Columbia Nashville) [07-12] - country [***]
  • Willie Morris: Attentive Listening (Posi-Tone) [03-01] - jazz [*]
  • Fred Moten/Brandop Löpez/Gerald Cleaver: The Blacksmiths, the Flowers (Reading Group) - jazz
  • Mother of Graves: The Periapt of Absence (Profound Lore) [10-18] - death metal
  • Mothica: Kissing Death (Heavy Heart/Rise) [08-23] - alt-pop
  • Simon Moullier: Elements of Light (Candid) [09-20] - jazz [*]
  • Mount Eerie: Night Palace (PW Elverum & Sun) [11-01] - slacker rock
  • Mount Kimbie: The Sunset Violent (Warp) [04-05] - indie rock
  • Move: Free Baile: Live in Shenzhen (Clean Feed) [06-28] - jazz [***]
  • Mr. Personality: Socially Attractive (self-released -EP) [05-31]
  • MRCY: Volume 1 (Dead Oceans) [05-10] - soul
  • Ms. Boogie: The Breakdown (self-released) [01-12] - drill [*]
  • Msaki x Tubatsi: Synthetic Hearts Part II (No Format!) [05-24] - African
  • MTB [Brad Mehldau/Mark Turner/Peter Bernstein]: Solid Jackson (Criss Cross Jazz) [11-29] - jazz [***]
  • Kjetil Mulelid: Agoja (Odin) [03-22] - jazz [**]
  • Riley Mulherkar: Riley (Westerlies) [02-16] - jazz [***]
  • Viktoria Mullova & Alasdair Beatson: Beethoven Violin Sonatas Nos. 6, 1 and 8 (Signum Classics) [05-03] - chamber music
  • Mumbles: In the Pocket of Big Sad () [03-29] - indie rock
  • Mumu Fresh: The Healing (self-released) [05-14] - soul
  • Demetrio Muñiz: Tromboneando con Demetrio Muñiz (Egrem) - jazz [**]
  • Mura Masa: Curve 1 (Pond) [08-23] - electropop
  • Martha Skye Murphy: Um (AD 93) [06-14] - ambient pop
  • David Murray Quartet: Francesca (Intakt) [05-17] - jazz [A-]
  • Yulia Musayelyan: Strange Times (Wherego Music) [11-15] - jazz
  • Kacey Musgraves: Deeper Well (MCA Nashville) [03-15] - country [A-]
  • Mustafa: Dunya (Jagjaguwar) [09-27] - neo-soul
  • Mustard: Faith of a Mustard Seed (10 Summers) [07-26] - hip-hop
  • Mutant Academy: Keep Holly Alive () [10-08] - hip-hop
  • Mute: After You've Gone (Endectomorph Music) [05-13] - jazz [***]
  • Wolfgang Muthspiel: Etudes/Quietudes (Clap Your Hands) [10-18] - jazz [**]
  • Mxmtoon: Liminal Space (AWAL) [11-01] - bedroom pop
  • My Dying Bride: A Mortal Binding (Nuclear Blast) [04-19] - metal
  • Helga Myhr & Tanja Orning: Klangkorpus (Motvind) [10-18] - jazz
  • Kim Myhr & Kitchen Orchestra: Hereafter (Sofa Music) [02-23] - jazz [*]
  • Jasmine Myra: Rising (Gondwana) [05-03] - jazz
  • The Mysterines: Afraid of Tomorrows (Fiction) [06-21] - garage rock
  • Simon Nabatov: Raging Bulgakov (Fundacja Słuchaj) - jazz
  • Simon Nabatov Quartet Feat. Ralph Alessi: Lovely Music (Clean Feed) [04-25] - jazz [***]
  • Nacka Forum: Peaceful Piano (Moserobie) [10-18] - jazz [A-]
  • Nada Surf: Moon Mirror (New West) [09-13] - power pop
  • Naemi: Dust Devil (3XL) [04-25]
  • Youn Sun Nah: Elles (Warner Bros.) [01-26] - jazz
  • NAHreally & the Expert: Blip () [03-29] - hip-hop
  • Nails: Every Bridge Burning (Nuclear Blast) [ 08-30] - grindcore
  • David Nance: David Nance & Mowed Sound (Third Man) [02-09] - psychedelic rock
  • Nap Eyes: The Neon Gate (Paradise of Bachelors) [10-18] - indie rock
  • Nascent: Don't Grow Up Too Soon ()
  • Fabiano do Nascimento & Sam Gendel: The Room (Real World) [01-26] - chamber jazz [**]
  • Milton Nascimento/Esperanza Spalding: Milton + Esperanza (Concord) [08-09] - Brazilian jazz [**]
  • Kate Nash: 9 Sad Symphonies (Kill Rock Stars) [06-21] - alt/indie [A]
  • The National: Rome (4AD) [12-13] - alt/indie
  • John Nau: Four Corners (Posi-Tone) [12-06] - jazz
  • Navy Blue: Memoirs in Armour (Freedom Sounds) [08-02] - hip-hop [***]
  • Jacqui Naylor: Treasures of the Heart (Ruby Star) [03-14] - jazz
  • Jason Nazary & Tizia Zimmerman: Particularly Irrelevant (Wide Ear) [11-01] - jazz
  • Meshell Ndegeocello: No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin (Blue Note) [08-02] - vocal jazz [**]
  • Camila Nebbia/Leo Genovese/Alfred Vogel: Eyes to the Sun (Boomslang) [09-20] - jazz [***]
  • Camila Nebbia & Angelica Sanchez: In Another Land, Another Dream (Relative Pitch) [10-18] - jazz [A-]
  • Camila Nebbia/Sofia Salvo/Lara Alarcón/Alfred Vogel: Pnkstrasse53 (Boomslang) [11-08] - jazz [**]
  • Neck Deep: Neck Deep (Hopeless) [01-19] - pop punk
  • The Necks: Bleed (Northern Spy) [10-11] - jazz [*]
  • Necrophobic: In the Twilight Grey (Century Media) - metal
  • Necrot: Lifeless Birth (Tankcrimes) [04-12] - death metal
  • Richard Nelson/Makrokosmos Orchestra: Dissolve (Adhyâropa) [02-02] - jazz [**]
  • Willie Nelson: The Border (Legacy) [05-31] - country [A-]
  • Willie Nelson: Last Leaf on the Tree (Legacy) [11-01] - country [**]
  • Nemahsis: Verbathim () [ 09-13]
  • Neon Dilemma [Elias Stemeseder/Robert Landfermann/Leif Berger]: Neon Dilemma (Klaeng) [06-01] - jazz
  • New Jazz Underground [Ft. Axel Tosca + Gina D'Soto]: Harlem to Havana: Afro-Cuban Modernism Vol. 1 (self-released) [01-22] - jazz
  • The New Mastersounds: Old School (One Note) [03-29] - jazz [*]
  • New Orleans Klezmer All Stars: Tipish (self-released) [04-23] - jazz [***]
  • The New Orleans Night Owls: St. Louis Rag and Other Ragtime Classics (Rivermont) - jazz
  • New Regency Orchestra: New Regency Orchestra (Mr Bongo) [06-14] - jazz [**]
  • The New Wonders: Steppin' Out (Turtle Bay) [04-05] - jazz [***]
  • NewDad: Madra (Fair Youth/Atlantic) [01-26] - shoegaze
  • Sam Newsome/Max Johnson: Tubes (Unbroken Sounds) [03-01] - jazz [**]
  • Ngwaka Son Systéme: Iboto Ngenge (Eck Echo) [02-24] - African [***]
  • Nicolette & the Nobodies: The Long Way () [04-12] - alt-country
  • Nidia & Valentina Magaletti: Estradas (Latency) [09-13] - batida
  • Night Motor: Vessels () [04-29]
  • Night Tapes: Assisted Memories (Nettwerk -EP) [06-07] - dream pop
  • Nightwish: Yesterwynde (Nuclear Blast) [09-20] - symphonic metal
  • Nile: The Underground Awaits Us All (Napalm) [08-23] - death metal
  • Paal Nilssen-Love/Ken Vandermark: Japan 2019 (PNL/Audiographic -7CD) [02-09] - jazz
  • Cornelia Nilsson: Where Do You Go? (Stunt) [02-23] - jazz [**]
  • Carlos Niño & Friends: Placenta (International Anthem) [05-24] - jazz [*]
  • Tony Njoku: Last Bloom (Prah) [05-03]
  • NLE Choppa: Slut Szn (Warner) [09-26] - hip-hop [*]
  • Noahfinnce: Growing Up on the Internet (Hopeless) [03-08] - pop punk
  • Tom Noble: House of Spirits (Razor N Tape) [11-22]
  • Che Noir: The Color Chocolate, Volume 1 (Poetic Movement -EP) [01-26] - hip-hop [**]
  • The Nordic Quintet: Originals (AMM) [01-26] - jazz
  • Normani: Dopamine (RCA) [06-14] - pop rap [**]
  • Runar Norsett Trio: Endless Journey (Losen) [08-16] - jazz
  • Nourished by Time: Catching Chickens (XL -EP) [03-22] - alt r&b
  • Nout: Live Album (Trost) [03-07] - jazz
  • Jade Novah: Where Have I Been? (Let There Be Art) [03-01] - soul
  • Eva Novoa: Novoa/Gress/Gray Trio, Volume 1 (577) [03-01] - jazz [**]
  • Eva Novoa: Novoa/Carter/Mela Trio, Vol. 1 (577) [11-22] - jazz [A-]
  • Oz Noy: Fun One (Criss Cross Jazz) [11-29] - jazz
  • Nsqk: ATP (Honey) [08-14] - reggaeton
  • Nubiyan Twist: Find Your Flame (Strut) [05-03] - jazz [*]
  • Nuse Tyrant: Juxtaposed Echoes (M25) [07-10] - hip-hop [**]
  • NxWorries: Why Lawd? (Stones Throw) [06-14] - hip-hop
  • O.: WeirdOs (Speedy Wunderground) [06-21] - nu jazz [*]
  • Adam O'Farrill: Hueso (Food) [08-30] - jazz [***]
  • The Michael O'Neill Sextet: Synergy: With Tony Lindsay (Jazzmo) [04-19] - jazz [**]
  • Mali Obomsawin/Magdalena Abrego [Deerlady]: Greatest Hits (Out Of Your Head) [01-19] - singer-songwriter [**]
  • The Obsessed: Gilded Sorrow (Ripple Music) [02-16] - doom metal
  • Oceans of Slumber: Where Gods Fear to speak (Season of Mist) [09-13] - prog metal
  • Office Culture: Enough? (Ruination) [10-18] - art pop
  • The Offspring: Supercharged (Concord) [10-11] - skate punk
  • Dina Ögon: Orion (Playground Music Scandinavia) [02-02] - psychedelic pop
  • Lothar Ohlmeier/Tobias Klein: Left Side Right (Trytone) [02-16] - jazz [**]
  • Hildegunn Øiseth: Garden on the Roof (Clap Your Hands) [05-24] - jazz
  • Okay Kaya: Oh My God - That's So Me (Jagjaguwar) [09-06] - indie pop
  • Miles Okazaki: Miniature America (Cygnus) [07-19] - jazz [B]
  • Nils Økland Band: Gjenskinn (Hubro) [03-01] - jazz [**]
  • ØKSE: ØKSE (Backwoodz Studioz) [08-09] - rap jazz [A-]
  • Ol' Burger Beats: 74: Out of Time (Coalmine) [02-16] - hip-hop [**]
  • Joy Oladokun: Observatiosn From a Crowded Room (Amigo) [10-18] - singer-songwriter
  • Alicia and Michael Olatuja: Olatuja (Whirlwind) [05-31] - jazz [*]
  • Old 97's: American Primitive (ATO) [04-05] - alt/indie [*]
  • Old Mountain: Another State of Rhythm (Clean Feed) [01-26] - jazz [**]
  • Ombiigizi: Shame (Arts & Crafts) [11-01] - post-punk
  • Omni: Souvenir (Sub Pop) [02-16] - post-punk
  • Ona K: Full, New, Luna (Catpig) [01-22] - r&b
  • One Another Orchestra: One Another Orchestra (Nato) [03-24] - jazz
  • One for All: Big George (Smoke Sessions) [03-15] - jazz [*]
  • One Step Closer: All You Embrace (Run for Cover) [05-17] - emo-pop
  • Oneida: Expensive Air (Joyful Noise) [07-19] - psychedelic rock
  • Only the Poets: One More Night (-EP) [05-31]
  • Onra: Nosthaigia (All City) [05-20]
  • Onsloow: Full Speed Anywhere Else (Tiny Engines) [10-25]
  • Ndubisi Onyedieke: Orile to Berlin (Sonar Kollectiv) - jazz
  • Oolong: Oolong (self-released) [04-20]
  • The Ophelias: Ribbon (self-released -EP) [04-12] - chamber pop
  • Opeth: The Last Will and Testament (Reigning Phoenix) [ 11-22] - prog metal
  • Orange Goblin: Science, Not Fiction (Peaceville) [07-19] - stoner metal
  • Oranssi Pazuzu: Muuntautuja (Nuclear Blast) [10-11] - metal
  • Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet: Four Guitars Live (Palilalia) [03-22] - jazz [A-]
  • Bill Orcutt: How to Rescue Things (Palilalia) [12-06] - jazz [*]
  • Origami Angel: Feeling Not Found (Counter Intuitive) [09-27] - emo-pop
  • Orquesta Akokán: Caracoles (Daptone) [07-12] - Latin jazz
  • Orquestra Jazz de Matosinhos: Músicas Brasileiras, Músicos Portugueses (self-released) [03-28] - jazz
  • Oruã: Passe (Transfusão Noise) [07-19] - psychedelic rock
  • Okwy Osadebe and Highlife Soundmakers International: Egwu Mmanwu Igbo (Music of Igbo Masquerade) (Palenque) [10-04] - African
  • Anders Osborne: Picasso's Villa ()
  • Osees: Sorcs 80 (Castle Face) [08-09] - garage punk
  • Kresten Osgood Quintet: Live at H15 Studio (ILK Music) [06-07] - jazz [**]
  • Simon Oslender/Steve Gadd/Will Lee: All That Matters (Leopard/Broken Silence) [10-25] - jazz
  • Oso Oso: Life Till Bones (Yunahon Entertainment) [08-09] - emo-pop
  • Magnus Öström & Dan Berglund: e.s.t. 30 (ACT Music) [05-31] - jazz
  • Margaux Oswald Collateral Damage: In Time, Hollow Oaks Become Chapels (Clean Feed) [07-02] - jazz [**]
  • Royel Otis: Pratts & Pain (Ourness) [02-16] - indie pop
  • Roberto Ottaviano: Lacy in the Sky With Diamonds (Clean Feed) [06-28] - jazz [A-]
  • Matthew Ottingnon: Volant (Earshift) [07-26] - jazz
  • Out Of/Into [Joel Ross/Gerald Clayton/Kendrick Scott/Matt Brewer/Immanuel Wilkins]: Motion I (Blue Note) [12-06] - jazz [**]
  • Outfit [Daniel Romano]: Too Hot to Sleep (You've Changed) [03-01] - country
  • Sam Outlaw: Terra Cotta (Black Hills) [03-07] - country [*]
  • Chuck Owen & Resurgence: Magic Light (Origin) [04-26] - jazz [*]
  • Charles Owens Trio: The Music Tells Us (La Reserve) - jazz
  • Christopher Owens: I Wanna Run Barefoot Through Your Hair (True Panther) [10-18] - singer-songwriter
  • Kelly Lee Owens: Dreamstate (Dirty Hit) [10-18] - prog house
  • Ulysses Owens Jr and Generation Y: A New Beat (Cellar Music) [01-19] - jazz [**]
  • Oxygen Destroyer: Guardian of the Universe (Redefining Darkness) [08-09] - death metal
  • Berke Can Özcan & Jonah Parzen-Johnson: It Was Always Time (We Jazz) [11-01] - jazz [**]
  • Makoto Ozone: Gemini (Ubuntu Music) [01-19] - jazz
  • Pa Salieu: Afrikan Alien (Warner Music UK) [11-15] - UK hip-hop
  • Dorothea Paas: Think of Mist (Telephone Explosion) [11-15] - singer-songwriter
  • Michael Pagán: Paganova (Capri) [07-19] - jazz [***]
  • Painkiller: Samara (Tzadik) [11-24] - jazz
  • Palaye Royale: Death or Glory (Sumerian) [08-30] - glam rock
  • Pale Jay: Low End Love Songs (Karma Chief) [09-06]
  • Pale Waves: Smitten (Dirty Hit) [09-27] - dream pop
  • Fabiana Palladino: Fabiana Palladino (Paul Institute/XL) [04-05] - sophisti-pop [***]
  • Pallbearer: Mind Burns Alive (Nuclear Blast) [05-17] - doom metal
  • Nerina Pallot: A Psalm for Emily Salvi () [11-01]
  • Henrik Palm: Nerd Icon (Svart) [04-19] - alt/indie
  • Jason Palmer: The Cross Over: Live in Brooklyn (Giant Step Arts -2CD) [12-06] - jazz [A-]
  • Paris Paloma: Cacophony (Nettwerk) [08-30] - folk pop
  • Paloma Faith: The Glorification of Sadness (Sony) [02-16] - dance-pop
  • Sergio Pamies: Time to Say (New Trad) - jazz
  • Mavis Pan: Rising (self-released) [10-04] - jazz [*]
  • Matt Panayides Trio: With Eyes Closed (Pacific Coast Jazz) [09-20] - jazz [**]
  • Diana Panton: Soft Winds and Roses (Sono) [10-25] - jazz
  • Paranoid London: Arseholes, Liars and Electronic Pioneers (Paranoid London) [02-09]
  • The Paranoid Style: The Interrogator (Bar/None) [02-02] - rock [A-]
  • Parannoul: Sky Hundred (Longinus) [08-03] - shoegaze
  • Emile Parisien Quartet: Let Them Cook (ACT) [03-01] - jazz [***]
  • Evan Parker: The Heraclitean Two-Step, Etc. (False Walls -4CD) [11-29] - jazz
  • Jeff Parker ETA IVtet: The Way Out of Easy (International Anthem) [11-22] - jazz [A-]
  • William Parker/Cooper-Moore/Hamid Drake: Heart Trio (AUM Fidelity) [06-21] - jazz [A-]
  • William Parker & Ellen Christi: Cereal Music (AUM Fidelity) [06-21] - jazz [***]
  • William Parker/Hugo Costa/Philipp Ernsting: Pulsar (NoBusiness) [10-04] - jazz [A-]
  • Aaron Parks: Little Big III (Blue Note) [10-18] - jazz [*]
  • Tess Parks: Pomegranate (Fuzz Club) [10-25] - neo-psychedelia
  • Charlie Parr: Little Sun (Smithsonian Folkways) [03-22] - folk [*]
  • Shane Parish: Repertoire (Palilalia) [05-17] - jazz
  • Charlie Parr: Little Sun (Smithsonian Folkways) [03-22] - folk
  • Rob Parton's Ensemble 9+: Relentless (Calligram) [06-07] - jazz [*]
  • Party Dozen: Crime in Australia (Temporary Residence)
  • Partynextdoor: Partynextdoor 4 (P4) (OVO Sound/Santa Ana) [04-26] - alt-r&b
  • Jonah Parzen-Johnson: You're Never Really Alone (We Jazz) [03-08] - jazz [**]
  • Hermeto Pascoal: Pra Você, Ilza (Rocinante) [05-28] - jazz
  • Tex Patrello: Minotaur (self-released) [05-02] - art pop
  • Chris Patrick: The Calm (CXR) [04-03] - hip-hop
  • Zacchae'us Paul: Jazz Money (Candid) [06-21] - jazz
  • Ben Patterson Jazz Orchestra: Groove Junkies (Origin) [05-17] - jazz [**]
  • J. Pavone String Ensemble: Reverse Bloom (Astral Spirits) [05-03] - jazz
  • Rita Payés: De Camino al Camino (Sony España) [10-13] - jazz
  • Alistair Payne: This Thread Walks (Dox) [05-24] - jazz
  • Paysage d'Hiver: Die Berge (Kunsthall Produktionen) [11-08] - black metal
  • Hery Paz: River Creatures (Porta Jazz) [01-30] - jazz [***]
  • Carly Pearce: Hummingbird (Big Machine) [06-07] - country [***]
  • Pearl Jam: Dark Matter (Republic) [04-19] - alt/indie
  • Katy J Pearson: Someday, Now (Heavenly) [09-20] - art pop
  • Orville Peck: Stampede (Warner) [08-02] - country
  • Hayden Pedigo: Live in Amarillo, Texas (Mexican Summer) [09-06] - American primitivism
  • Pedro the Lion: Santa Cruz (Polyvinyl)
  • Peel Dream Magazine: Rose Main Reading Room (Topshelf) [09-04] - art pop
  • Peeling Flesh: The G Code (Unique Leader) [09-06] - metal
  • Peggy Gou: I Hear You (XL) [06-07] - house
  • Rich Pellegrin: Topography ( Slow and Steady) - jazz
  • Jeremy Pelt: Tomorrow's Another Day (HighNote) [03-02] - jazz [*]
  • Nathy Peluso: Grasa (5020/Sony) [05-24] - art pop
  • Clarence Penn: Behind the Voice (Origin) [06-21] - jazz [*]
  • Pentadox: As if It Were Tomorrow (Challenge) [10-11] - jazz
  • Ken Peplowski: Unheard Bird (Arbors) [04-05] - jazz [B-]
  • Ken Peplowski: Live at Mezzrow (Cellar Music) [07-05] - jazz [***]
  • Perc: The Cut Off (Perc Trax)
  • Perdurabo: Magnetar () [01-26] - electronic
  • Ivo Perelman/Barry Guy/Ramon Lopez: Interaction (Ibeji Music) [01-28] - jazz [A-]
  • Ivo Perelman/Mark Helias/Tom Rainey: Truth Seeker (Fundacja Słuchaj) [02-28] - jazz [A-]
  • Ivo Perelman/Chad Fowler/Reggie Workman/Andrew Cyrille: Embracing the Unknown (Mahakala Music) [03-29] - jazz [**]
  • Ivo Perelman Quartet: Water Music (RogueArt) [04-00] - jazz [A-]
  • Ivo Perelman/Fay Victor/Jim Morris/Ramon Lopez: Messa Di Voce (Mahakala Music) [04-15] - jazz [***]
  • Ivo Perelman/Tom Rainey: Duologues 1: Turning Point (Ibeji Music) - jazz [***]
  • Ivo Perelman/Gabby Fluke-Mogul: Duologues 2: Joy (Ibeji Music) [08-07] - jazz [**]
  • Ivo Perelman/Ingrid Laubrock: Duologues 3: Crystal Clear (Ibeji Music) [10-01] - jazz [***]
  • Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp: Magical Incantation (Soul City Sounds) [05-24] - jazz [A-]
  • Ivo Perelman/Aruán Ortiz/Ramón López: Ephemeral Shapes (Fundacja Słuchaj) [07-15] - jazz [***]
  • Ivo Perelman/Iva Bittová/Michael Bisio: Vox Popoli Vox Dei (Mahakala Music) [08-15] - jazz [**]
  • Ivo Perelman/Nate Wooley: Polarity 3 (Burning Ambulance) [10-04] - jazz [B]
  • Ivo Perelman's São Paulo Creative 4: Supernova (self-released) [11-12] - jazz [**]
  • Sergio Pereira: Bossa+ (Tiger Turn) - jazz
  • Danilo Pérez & Bohlusän Big Band: Lumen (Prophone) [10-25] - jazz [*]
  • Pernice Brothers: Who Will You Believe (New West) [04-05] - chamber pop
  • Peter Perrett: The Cleansing (Domino) [11-01] - singer-songwriter [**]
  • Lee "Scratch" Perry & Youth: Spaceship to Mars () [08-30] - reggae
  • Persher: Sleep Well (Thrill Jockey)
  • Eric Person: Rhythm Edge (Distinction) [10-01] - jazz [B]
  • Houston Person/Peter Beets: Live in Holland: Houston Person Meets Peter Beets Trio (Maxanter) - jazz [A-]
  • Personal Trainer: Still Willing (Bella Union) [08-02] - post-hardcore
  • Pest Control: Year of the Pest (Quality Control HQ -EP) [10-25] - hardcore punk [***]
  • Pet Shop Boys: Nonetheless (Parlophone) [04-26] - new wave [A-]
  • Peter Cat Recording Co.: Beta बेटा () [08-09] - sophisti-pop
  • Kim Petras: Slut Pop Miami () [02-16]
  • Grace Petrie: Build Something Better () [03-08] - folk rock
  • Madeleine Peyroux: Let's Walk (Just One Recording/Thirty Tigers) [06-28] - vocal jazz [***]
  • Phantogram: Memory of a Day (Neon Gold) [10-18] - alt-pop
  • Phelimuncasi & Metal Preyers: Izigqinamba (Nyege Nyege Tapes) [04-05] - gqom [A-]
  • Phosphorescent: Revelator (Verve) [04-05] - Americana
  • Nacho Picasso & Televangel: Jesse's Revenge () [07-12] - hip-hop
  • Kate Pierson: Radios & Rainbows (Lazy Meadow Music) [09-20] - art pop [**]
  • Dave Pietro: The Talisman (SteepleChase) [01-19] - jazz [**]
  • Laurence Pike: The Undreamt of Centre (Leaf)
  • Jean-Michel Pilc/François Moutin/Ari Hoenig: You Are the Song (Justin Time) [05-12] - jazz
  • Pillow Queens: Name Your Sorrow (Royal Mountain) [04-19] - indie rock
  • The Pineapple Thief: It Leads to This (K-Scope)
  • Pissed Jeans: Half Divorced (Sub Pop) [03-01] - alt/indie [*]
  • Planet Asia/Local Astronauts: No Retirement (Local Astronauts/Goldchain Music) [04-12] - hip-hop
  • Planet D Nonet: Echoes of Harlem: A Salute to Duke Ellington Vol. 2 (Eastlawn) [07-19] - jazz [***]
  • Playfield [Daniel Carter/Luisa Muhr/Ayumi Ishito/Eric Plaks/Aron Namenwirth/Yutaka Takahashi/Zachary Swanson/Jon Panikkar: Magic Heart (Vol. 2) (577) [01-19] - jazz
  • Peso Pluma: Éxodo (Double P) [06-21] - corrido tumbado
  • PNY Quintet: Over the Wall (RogueArt) [03-00] - jazz [**]
  • Poeji: Nant (Squama) [08-09] - jazz
  • Evita Polidoro: Nerovivo (Tǔk Music) - jazz
  • Pollycock: Magic Mothers () [05-31]
  • Polo Perks/AyooLii/FearDorian: A Dog's Chance (3500) [06-21] - hip-hop
  • Pom Pom Squad: Mirror Starts Moving Without Me (City Slang) [10-25] - alt-pop
  • Pom Poko: Champion (Bella Union) [08-16] - indie rock
  • Pond: Stung! (Spinning Top) [06-21] - neo-psychedelia
  • Pony Boy All-Star Big Band: This Is Now: Live at Boxley's (Pony Boy) [08-09] - jazz [**]
  • Bolis Popul: Letter to Yu (Deewee) [03-08] - electronic [***]
  • Poppy: Negative Spaces (Sumerian) [11-15] - metalcore
  • Porches: Shirt (Domino) [09-13] - slacker rock
  • Porij: Teething (Play It Again Sam) [04-26] - electronic [**]
  • Porridge Radio: Clouds in the Sky They Will Always Be There for Me (Secretly Canadian) [10-18] - indie rock
  • Marek Pospieszalski Octet & Zoh Amba: Now! (Instant Classics) [11-29] - jazz [*]
  • Potatohead People: Eat Your Heart Out (Bastard Jazz) [05-10] - electronic
  • Chris Potter/Brad Mehldau/John Patitucci/Brian Blade: Eagle's Point (Edition) [03-08] - jazz [A-]
  • Potter Payper: Thanks for Hating (36TL) [02-23] - UK hip-hop
  • Pouty: Forget About Me (Get Better) [02-09] - postpunk [**]
  • Jonathan Powell: Mambo Jazz Party (Circle 9) [08-09] - jazz [***]
  • Jen Powers/Matthew J Rolin Duo: Clearing (Astral Spirits) [06-21] - jazz
  • Jessica Pratt: Here in the Pitch (Mexican Summer) [ 05-03] - singer-songwriter [B]
  • Julian Prégardien/Les Épopées/Stéphane Fuget: Monteverdi: L'Orfeo (Château de Versailes Spectacles) [06-14] - opera
  • Pregoblin: Pregoblin II ()
  • Noah Preminger/Rob Garcia [Dead Composers Club]: Hildegard Project: The Music of Hildegard Von Bingen (Connection Works) [05-03] - jazz
  • Yvonnick Prené/Geoff Keezer: Jobim's World (Sunnyside) [06-07] - jazz [*]
  • Present: This Is NOT the End (Cuneiform) [03-29] - jazz
  • Previous Industries: Service Merchandise (Merge) [06-28] - hip-hop [A-]
  • Katherine Priddy: The Pendulum Swing (Cooking Vinyl) [02-16] - singer-songwriter
  • Dafnis Prieto: 3 Sides of the Coin (Dafnison Music) [09-27] - jazz [A-]
  • Primal Scream: Come Ahead (BMG) [11-08] - funk rock
  • John Primer & Bob Corritore: Crawlin' Kingsnake (VizzTone) [03-29] - blues [***]
  • Princ€ss: Princ€ss (Wherethetimegoes) [03-11] - hypnagogic pop
  • Jeanfrançois Prins: Blue Note Mode (GAM) [03-01] - jazz [**]
  • Prize Horse: Under Sound (New Morality Zine) [02-16] - metal
  • Chuck Prophet: Wake the Dead (Yep Roc) [10-25] - singer-songwriter
  • Katie Pruitt: Mantras (Rounder) [04-05] - country [**]
  • H. Pruz: No Glory (Mtn Laurel) [03-29] - singer-songwriter
  • PSA: PSA (PSA) [02-23] - jazz
  • Public Acid: Deadly Struggle (Beach Impediment) [02-23] - hardcore punk
  • Public Service Broadcasting: The Last Flight (So) [10-04] - post-rock
  • Dan Pugach Big Band: Bianca (Outside In Music) [03-08] - jazz
  • Puli: Swirling (Open Space) [10-11]
  • Lucía Pulido Ensamble: Colombia y México, Dos Pueblos Una Raíz (Club del Disco) [06-28] - Latin jazz
  • Punchlove: Channels (Kanine) [03-01] - shoegaze
  • Tutu Puoane: Wrapped in Rhythm, Vol. 1 (SoulFactory) [03-15] - vocal jazz [*]
  • Pye Corner Audio: The Endless Echo (Ghost Box) [04-05] - ambient
  • Pylon Reenactment Society: Magnet Factory (Strolling Bones) [02-09] - new wave [***]
  • PYPY: Sacred Times (Goner)
  • QOW Trio: The Hold Up (Ubuntu Music) [01-24] - jazz [A-]
  • Quadeca: Scrapyard (DeadAir) [02-16] - hip-hop
  • Quartet Diminished: Deerand (MoonJune) [09-19] - jazz
  • Quatuor Bozzini: Jürg Frey: String Quartet No. 4 (Collection QB)
  • Alvin Queen Trio: Feeling Good (Stunt) [06-14] - jazz [*]
  • Queen Esther: Things Are Looking Up (EL) [04-09] - blues [A-]
  • Reggie Quinerly: The Thousandth Scholar (Redefinition) [01-19] - jazz [**]
  • R.N.A. Organism: R.N.A.O. Meets P.O.P.O. (Mesh-Key)
  • Neta Raanan: Unforeseen Blossom (Giant Step Arts) [08-23] - jazz [***]
  • Bruno Råberg Tentet: Evolver (Orbis Music) [06-01] - jazz [**]
  • Radio Massacre International: Galactic Furnace (Cuneiform) [10-25]
  • Ralfy the Plug: Grandmaster Ralfy (self-released) [10-31] - hip-hop
  • Hania Rani: Nostalgia (Gondwana)
  • Rahim C Redcar: Hopecore (Because Music)
  • RaiNao: Capicú (Sonar) [02-24] - Latin
  • Jordan Rakei: The Loop (Decca) [05-10] - alt r&b
  • Arun Ramamurthy Trio: New Moon (Greenleaf Music) [09-20] - Indian jazz
  • Rapsody: Please Don't Cry (Jamla/Roc Nation) [05-17] - hip-hop [**]
  • The Raveonettes: Sing . . . (Cleopatra) [07-19]
  • Rita Ray: Live in Concert (Funk Embassy) [09-06] - jazz
  • Real Bad Man & Lukah: Temple Needs Water. Village Needs Peace. (Old Soul Music/Real Bad Man) [03-29] - hip-hop [**]
  • Real Estate: Daniel (Domino) [02-24] - jangle pop
  • Tim Reaper & Kloke: In Full Effect (Hyperdub) [09-20] - jungle
  • Rodrigo Recabarren/Pablo Menares/Yago Yazquez: Familia (Greenleaf Music) [02-23] - jazz
  • Recognize Ali: As You Sow So Shall You Reap () [02-09] - hip-hop
  • Red Clay Strays: Made by These Moments (RCA) [07-26] - country
  • Red Sun: Best Buds :) (Thumbs Up -EP) [04-05] - emo-pop
  • Redd Kross: Redd Kross (In the Red) [06-28] - power pop
  • Finn Rees: Dawn Is a Melody (Mr Bongo) [05-31] - jazz
  • Reut Regev's R*Time: It's Now: R*Time Plays Doug Hammond (ESP-Disk) [11-15] - jazz [***]
  • Rema: Heis (Mavin Global Holdings/Jonzing World/Interscope) [07-11] - amapiano
  • Remedy [Thomas Heberer/Joe Fonda/Joe Hertenstein]: Live at Jazzkammer (self-released) [05-27] - jazz [**]
  • Cene Resnik/Samo Salamon/Samuel Ber: The Thinkers (Samo) [10-21] - jazz [***]
  • Emilio Reyna: Los Niños Perdidos (Ropeadope Sur) [05-17] - jazz
  • Reyna Tropical: Malegría (Psychic Hotline) [03-29] - Latin
  • Rodrigo Recabarren/Yago Yazquez/Pablo Menares: Familia (Greenleaf Music) [02-23] - jazz
  • Red Hot Org & Meshell Ndegeocello: Red Hot & Ra: The Magic City (Red Hot Organization) [04-10]
  • Reef the Lost Cauze: The Triumphant (Good MuSick) [02-02] - hip-hop
  • Kenny Reichert: Switch (Calligram) [06-07] - jazz [**]
  • Tomeka Reid Quartet: 3+3 (Cuneiform) [04-26] - jazz [A-]
  • Tomeka Reid/Isadora Edwards/Elisabeth Coudoux: Reid/Edwards/Coudoux (Relative Pitch) [02-23] - jazz [**]
  • Dave Rempis/Pandelis Karayorgis/Jakob Heinemann/Bill Harris: Truss (Aerophonic/Drift) [04-23] - jazz [A-]
  • Dave Rempis/Tashi Dorji Duo: Gnash (Aerophonic) [06-25] - jazz [***]
  • Dave Rempis/Jason Adasiewicz/Joshua Abrams/Tyler Damon: Propulsion (Aerophonic) [10-04] - jazz [A-]
  • Markus Reuter: Sea of Hopeless Angels (Flatiron) - jazz
  • Travis Reuter: Quintet Music (self-released) [04-19] - jazz [***]
  • Reverso: Shooting Star [Etoile Filante] (self-released) [01-19] - jazz
  • Revival Season: Golden Age of Self Snitching (Heavenly) [02-23] - hip-hop [***]
  • Revivalists: Gratitude and Motivation ()
  • Trent Reznor/Atticus Ross: Challengers [Original Soundtrack] (Milan) [04-26] - soundtrack
  • Trent Reznor/Atticus Ross/Boys Noize: Challengers [Mixed] by Boys Noize (The Null Corporation)
  • Gruff Rhys: Sadness Sets Me Free (Rough Trade) [01-26] - singer-songwriter [B]
  • Lisa Rich: As Long as You're Living (Tritone) [06-24] - jazz
  • Zach Rich: Solidarity (OA2) [02-23] - jazz [*]
  • Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn: Quiet in a World Full of Noise (Merge) [10-04] - art pop
  • Tommy Richman: Coyote (ISO Supremacy/Pulse) [09-27] - synth funk
  • Amy Rigby: Hang in There With Me (Tapete) [08-30] - singer-songwriter [A-]
  • Rich Ruth: Water Still Flows (Third Man) [06-21] - jazz
  • Steph Richards: Power Vibe (Northern Spy) [05-03] - jazz [***]
  • Max Richter: In a Landscape (Decca) [09-06] - post-minimalism
  • Ride: Interplay (Wichita) [03-29] - shoegaze [*]
  • Ron Rieder: Latin Jazz Sessions (self-released) [03-04] - jazz [***]
  • Amy Rigby: Hang in There With Me (Tapete) [08-30] - singer-songwriter [A-]
  • Riley!: Keep Your Cool (Counter Intuitive) [04-19] - emo-pop
  • Ripped to Shreds: Sanshi (Relapse) [09-27] - death metal
  • RiTchie: Triple Digits [112] (self-released) [04-05] - hip-hop
  • Lee Ritenour & Dave Grusin: Brasil (Candid) - jazz
  • Diego Rivera: With Just a Word (Posi-Tone) [02-02] - jazz [***]
  • Diego Rivera: Ofendra (Posi-Tone) [10-11] - jazz [***]
  • RM: Right Place, Wrong Person (HYBE/Big Hit) [05-24] - r&b
  • Troy Roberts: Green Lights (Toy Robot Music) [05-10] - jazz [**]
  • Joanne Robertson & Dean Blunt: Backstage Raver (World Music) [05-16] - dream pop
  • Titi Robin Quartet: Le Sable et L'Écume (Suraj Productions) - jazz
  • Jason Robinson: Ancestral Numbers (Playscape) [05-14] - jazz [A-]
  • Jason Robinson: Ancestral Numbers II (Playscape) [10-08] - jazz [A-]
  • Porter Robinson: Smile! :D (Mom+Pop/Sample Sized) [07-26] - indie rock
  • Terre Roche: Inner Adult (self-released) [05-17] - singer-songwriter [**]
  • Moses Rockwell Featuring Plain Old Mike: Regular Henry Sessions (Hipnott) [03-01] - hip-hop [***]
  • Ernesto Rodrigues/Bruno Parinha/João Madeira: Into the Wood (Creative Sources) [01-09] - jazz [A-]
  • Julius Rodriguez: Evergreen (Verve) [06-14] - jazz
  • Pete Rodriguez: I'm Pete Rodriguez, Volume 1 (Sunnyside) [10-25] - jazz
  • Willy Rodriguez: Seeing Sounds (Coucs) [03-29] - jazz
  • Maggie Rogers: Don't Forget Me (Capitol) [04-10] - singer-songwriter [A-]
  • Javier Rojo: Música Para Amansar Fieras (Fresh Sound New Talent) - jazz
  • Rome Streetz & Daringer: Hatton Garden Holdup () [10-04] - hip-hop
  • Elias Rønnenfelt: Heavy Glory (Escho) [10-25] - singer-songwriter
  • Room 31: Crazy Town (Positive Elevation/577) [03-24] - jazz
  • Rosali: Bite Down (Merge) [03-22] - singer-songwriter [B]
  • Adonis Rose Trio [+ One]: For All We Know (Storyville) [03-15] - jazz [**]
  • Jeremy Rose & the Earshift Orchestra: Discordia (Earshift Music) [03-01] - jazz [***]
  • Maggie Rose: No One Gets Out Alive (Big Loud) [04-05] - singer-songwriter
  • Rose Hotel: A Pawn Surrender (Strolling Bones) [06-07] - indie pop
  • Brandon Ross Phantom Station: Off the End (Sunnyside) [04-19] - jazz [**]
  • Renee Rosnes: Crossing Paths (Smoke Sessions) [12-06] - jazz [*]
  • Joel Ross: Nublues (Blue Note) [02-09] - jazz [A-]
  • Thom Rotella: Side Hustle (HighNote) - jazz
  • Jim Rotondi: Finesse (Cellar Music) [02-09] - jazz [B]
  • Claire Rousay: Sentiment (Thrill Jockey) [04-19] - ambient pop [*]
  • Ada Rovatti: The Hidden World of Piloo (Piloo) [01-19] - jazz
  • Gonzalo Rubalcaba/Hamilton De Holanda: Collab (Sony Music Brazil) [07-19] - jazz
  • Adam Rudolph: Autumn Moon Meditation (Meta) [11-09] - jazz
  • Jeff Rupert: It Gets Better (Rupe Media) [09-06] - jazz [***]
  • Alice Russell: I Am (Tru Thoughts) [04-05]
  • Catherine Russell/Sean Mason: My Ideal (Dot Time) [08-26] - jazz [A-]
  • Ruthven: Rough & Ready (Paul Institute/XL) [10-25] - alt-r&b
  • Bill Ryder-Jones: Iechyd Da (Domino) [01-12] - singer-songwriter [A-]
  • Joana Sá: A Body as Listening (Clean Feed) [01-26] - jazz
  • Jerome Sabbagh: Heart (Analog Tone Factory) [08-30] - jazz [**]
  • Laetitia Sadier: Rooting for Love (Drag City) [02-24] - ambient pop
  • Sadistik/Maulskull: Oblivion Theater () [02-23] - hip-hop
  • Taliba Safiya: Black Magic (self-released) - blues [*]
  • Jamie Saft Trio: Plays Monk (Oystertones) [11-22] - jazz [*]
  • SahBabii: Saaheem (self-released) [11-08] - hip-hop
  • Saigon/Fredro: The Jordan Era (Payday) [05-03] - hip-hop
  • Samara Joy: Portrait (Verve) [10-11] - vocal jazz [*]
  • Dali de Saint Paul/Maxwell Sterling: Penumbra (Accidental Meetings)
  • Anne Sajdera: It's Here (Bijuri) [09-20] - jazz [*]
  • Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus (Milan)
  • Akira Sakata/Jim O'Rourke/Mette Rasmussen/Chris Corsano: Live at SuperDeluxe Volume 1 (Trost) [04-19] - jazz [*]
  • Samo Salamon/Vasil Hadzimanov/Ra-Kalam Bob Moses: Dances of Freedom (Samo) [01-15] - jazz [A-]
  • Salma e Mac: S&M (self-released) [09-06] - Brazil
  • Samana: Samana (The Road) [05-24] - indie folk
  • Jeymes Samuel: The Book of Clarence [The Motion Picture Soundtrack] (Geneva Club/Roc Nation) [01-12] - soundtrack
  • Angelica Sanchez/Chad Taylor: A Monster Is Just an Animal You Haven't Met Yet (Intakt) [03-15] - jazz [***]
  • Angelica Sanchez/Barry Guy/Ramón López: Live at Jazzdor (Maya) [08-02] - jazz
  • Marta Sanchez Trio: Perpetual Void (Intakt) [04-19] - jazz [***]
  • Joe Sanders: Parallels (Whirlwind) [10-11] - jazz [B]
  • Otis Sandsjö: Y-Otis Tre (We Jazz) [02-23] - jazz [B]
  • Myles Sanko: Let It Unfold (213 Music) [10-04] - jazz
  • Melvis Santa: Jazz Orishas (Distro) [05-31] - jazz
  • Julie Sassoon/Lothar Ohlmeier/Mia Ohlmeier: Inside Colours Live (Jazzwerkstatt) - jazz
  • Carla Santana/José Lencastre/Maria do Mar/Gonçalo Almeida: Defiant Ilussion (A New Wave of Jazz) [01-08] - jazz [***]
  • Michael Sarian: Live at Cliff Bell's (Shifting Paradigm) [09-13] - jazz [***]
  • Masahiko Satoh & Takeo Moriyama Feat. Leon Brichard & Idris Rahman: Live at Café Oto (BBE) [09-06] - jazz
  • Satya: Songs of the Fathers: A Celebration of the Music of Abdullah Ibrahim (Resonant Artists) [03-22] - jazz
  • Thomas Sauerborn: [Zimbel] (Anunaki Tabla) [03-01] - jazz
  • Sault: Acts of Faith (Forever Living Originals) [07-06] [*]
  • Greg Saunier: We Sang, Therefore We Were () [04-26]
  • A. Savage: The Loft Sessions (Rough Trade -EP) [04-03] - singer-songwriter [*]
  • Ann Savoy: Another Heart (Smithsonian Folkways) [04-19] - Cajun [*]
  • Scene Queen: Hot Singles in Your Area (Hopeless) [06-28] - nu metal
  • Scheen Jazzorkester & Cortex: Frameworks: Music by Thomas Johansson (Clean Feed) [01-26] - jazz [***]
  • Jenny Scheinman: All Species Parade (Royal Potato Family) [10-11] - jazz [***]
  • Jörg A. Schneider/Luis Lopes: Schneider/Lopes (Schneidercollaboration) [09-15] - jazz [**]
  • ScHoolboy Q: Blue Lips (Interscope) [03-01] - hip-hop [*]
  • Adam Schroeder/Mark Masters: CT! Adam Schroeder & Mark Masters Celebrate Clark Terry (Capri) [01-19] - jazz [***]
  • Frank Paul Schubert/Michel Pilz/Stefan Scheib/Klaus Kugel: Live at FreeJazz Saar 2019 (Nemu) [05-01] - jazz [***]
  • Dave Schumacher & Cubeye: Smoke in the Sky (Cellar) [04-19] - jazz [***]
  • Radam Schwartz: Saxophone Quartet Music (Arabesque) [05-01] - jazz [A-]
  • Claudio Scolari Project: Intermission (Principal) [03-25] - jazz [A-]
  • Claudio Scolari Project: Opera 8 (Principal) [04-05] - jazz [***]
  • Dred Scott/Moses Patrou/Tom Beckham/Matt Pavolka: Cali Mambo (Ropeadope) [09-20] - jazz [**]
  • Bianca Scout: Pattern Damage ()
  • Brandon Seabrook: Object of Unknown Function (Pyroclastic) [10-18] - jazz [*]
  • Seafood Sam: Standing on Giant Shoulders (Drink Sum Wtr) [04-19] - hip-hop
  • Kit Sebastian: New Internationale (Brainfeeder) [09-27] - neo-psychedelia
  • See You Space Cowboy: Coup De Grâce (Pure Noise)
  • Ty Segall: Three Bells (Drag City) [01-26] - prog rock
  • Hannah Selin: Dream Journal & the Apocalypse (Gold Bolus) [04-12] - classical
  • Mei Semones: Kabutomushi (Bayonet) [04-05] - alt/indie
  • Altin Sencalar: Discover the Present (Posi-Tone) [03-29] - jazz [*]
  • Senyawa: Vajranala (The State51 Conspiracy)
  • Charlie Sepulveda: This Is Latin Jazz ()
  • Serengeti: KDIV (Othar) [05-03] - hip-hop [A-]
  • Ben Seretan: Allora (Tiny Engines) [07-26] - indie rock
  • Sara Serpa: Encounters & Collisions (Biophilia) [11-15] - vocal jazz [*]
  • Serpentwithfeet: Grip (Secretly Canadian) [02-16] - alt-r&b
  • Dirk Serries/Rodrigo Amado/Andrew Lisle: The Invisible (Klanggalerie) [06-28] - jazz [***]
  • Simona Severini/Daniele Richiedei/Giulio Corini: Fedra (Parco Della Musica) [03-15] - jazz
  • Sexyy Red: In Sexyy We Trust (Rebel) [05-24] - hip-hop
  • Shabaka: Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace (Impulse!) [04-10] - jazz [**]
  • Shabaka: Possession (Impulse! -EP) [12-06] - jazz [B]
  • Shabazz Palaces: Exotic Birds of Play (Sub Pop) [03-29] - hip-hop
  • Shaboozey: Where I've Been, Isn't Where I'm Going (Republic/Empire) [05-31] - country [*]
  • Shackleton & Six Organs of Admittance: Jinxed by Being (Drag City) [06-28] - tribal ambient
  • Shae Universe: Love's Letter (self-released) [02-14] - neo-soul
  • Nadine Shah: Filthy Underneath (EMI North) [02-23] - art pop [*]
  • Shakira: Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran (Sony Music Latin) [03-22] - Latin [***]
  • Shannon & the Clams: The Moon Is in the Wrong Place (Easy Eye Sound) [05-10] - power pop
  • Elliott Sharp: Ere Guitar (Intakt) [06-21] - jazz
  • Sharp Pins: Radio DDR () [05-19] - power pop
  • Caroline Shaw & So Percussion: Rectangles and Circumstance (Nonesuch) [06-14] - post-minimalism
  • She-Nut: Demarcation (Get Better -EP) [03-22]
  • Sheer Mag: Playing Favorites (Third Man) [03-01] - power pop [**]
  • Shellac: To All Trains (Touch and Go) [05-17] - math rock
  • Joan Shelley: Mood Ring (No Quarter -EP) - folk
  • Maya Shenfeld: Under the Sun (Thrill Jockey) [02-23] - drone
  • Brad Shepik: Human Activity: Dream of the Possible (Shifting Paradigm) [10-11] - jazz [A-]
  • Collin Sherman: String Planes (Ex-tol) - jazz
  • Brindley Sherratt/Julius Drake: Fear No More (Delphian) [04-26] - classical
  • Shibusashirazu: Shibukoh (Chitei) [10-13] - jazz
  • Matthew Shipp/Steve Swell: Space Cube Jazz (RogueArt) [01-15] - jazz [***]
  • Matthew Shipp Trio: New Concepts in Piano Trio Jazz (ESP-Disk) [04-05] - jazz [A-]
  • Matthew Shipp: The Data (RogueArt) [06-17] - jazz [***]
  • Yuuko Shiokawa/András Schiff: Brahms, Schumann (ECM) [10-11] - classical
  • Patrick Shiroishi: Glass House (Otherly Love) [09-20] - jazz [*]
  • Idit Shner & Mhondoro: Ngatibatanei [Let Us Unite!] (OA2) [04-26] - jazz [A-]
  • Sarah Shook & the Disarmers: Revelations (Abeyance) [03-29] - country [**]
  • Wilson Shook/Ted Byrnes: Joy (Other Ghosts) [05-05] - jazz
  • The Shop Window: Daysdream () [05-03]
  • Shovel Dance Collective: The Shovel Dance (American Dreams) [10-11] - prog folk
  • Showrocka & Mickey Factz: Manifest Destiny (Pay the Rappers) [04-19] - hip-hop
  • ShrapKnel: Nobody Planning to Leave (Backwoodz Studioz) [06-07] - hip-hop [B]
  • Michael Shrieve: Drums of Compassion (7D Media) [05-24] - jazz [*]
  • Jacob Shulman: High Firmament (Endectomorph) [03-01] - jazz [B]
  • Jacob Shulman: Ferment Below (Endectomorph) [03-01] - jazz [B]
  • SHY FX and Mr. Williamz: Rudeboy Design Soundtape (Digital Soundboy) [06-07] - mixtape
  • Shygirl: Club Shy (Because Music -EP) [02-09] - dance-pop [*]
  • Sia: Reasonable Woman (Atlantic) [05-03] - pop
  • Ben Sidran: Rainmaker (Bonsai) [04-26] - jazz
  • Zofie Siege: Gems in Dirt (Nuova Materia)
  • Linda Sikhakhane: Iladi (Blue Note) [07-12] - jazz [***]
  • Yotam Silberstein: Standards (Jojo) [02-23] - jazz
  • Silkroad Ensemble: American Railroad (Nonesuch) [11-15] - folk
  • Flavio Silva: Eko (Break Free) [06-07] - jazz [**]
  • Marlon Simon and the Nagual Spirits: On Different Paths (Truth Revolution) [01-26] - jazz
  • Nala Sinephro: Endlessness (Warp) [09-06] - jazz fusion [***]
  • Sinkane: We Belong (City Slang) [04-05]
  • Josh Sinton: Couloir & Book of Practitioners Vol 2: Book W (Form Is Possibility -2CD) [01-12] - jazz [***]
  • Sipaningkah: Langkah Suruik (Chinabot)
  • Alex Sipiagin: Horizons (Blue Room Music) [05-24] - jazz
  • SiR: Heavy (Top Dawg) [03-22] - r&b
  • Sisso & Maiko: Singeli Ya Maajabu (Nyege Nyege Tapes) [05-24] - Afrobeat [*]
  • Ballaké Sissoko/Derek Gripper: Ballaké Cissoko & Derek Gripper (Matsuli Music) [05-10] - African [***]
  • Mama Sissoko: Live (Meruba-ML) [02-16] - African
  • Rotem Sivan: Dream Louder (self-released) [01-12] - jazz
  • Six Organs of Admittance: Time Is Glass (Drag City) [04-26] - alt/indie
  • Skaiwater: #Gigi (GoodTalk/Capitol) [06-14] - pop rap
  • Skandal: Melodi () [ 10-23]
  • Skee Mask: ISS010 (Ilian Tape) [03-28] - electronic [**]
  • Jae Skeese & Superior: Testament of the Times (RRC Music/BarsOverBs) [03-08] - hip-hop [A-]
  • Skilla Baby: The Coldest (Geffen/Rebel Music) [04-26] - hip-hop
  • Skillet: Revolution (self-released) [11-01] - hard rock
  • Tom Skinner: Voices of Bishara Live at "mu" (International Anthem) [05-10] - jazz [**]
  • Håkon Skogstad: 8 Concepts of Tango (Øra Fonogram) [03-15] - jazz [*]
  • Harry Skoler: Red Brick Hill (Sunnyside) [07-12] - jazz [**]
  • Bria Skonberg: What It Means (Cellar Live) [07-26] - jazz [**]
  • Skrilla: Zombie Love Kensington Paradise (Priority) [11-01] - drill
  • Skyzoo: Keep Me Company (Old Soul Music) [11-29] - hip-hop [***]
  • M Slago/Homeboy Sandman: And We Are Here (Fly 7 Music) [08-09] - hip-hop [***]
  • Slash: Orgy of the Damned (Gibson) [05-17] - blues
  • Sleater-Kinney: Little Rope (Loma Vista) [01-19] - alt/indie [B]
  • Sleepytime Gorilla Museum: Of the Last Human Being (Avant Night)
  • Slift: Ilion (Sub Pop) [01-19] - heavy psych
  • Margaret Slovak & Chris Maresh: A Star's Light Does Fall (Slovak Music) [11-01] - jazz [*]
  • Slow Hollows: Bullhead (Danger Collective) [03-08] - alt/indie
  • Small Black Arrows: The British Museum () [05-31]
  • The Smashing Pumpkins: Aghori Mhori Mei (Tirty Tigers/Martha's) [08-02] - alt-metal
  • The Smile: Wall of Eyes (XL) [01-26] - art rock [B]
  • The Smile: Cutouts (XL) [10-04] - art rock
  • Ches Smith: Laugh Ash (Pyroclastic) [02-02] - jazz [*]
  • Connie Smith: Love, Prison, Wisdom and Heartaches (Fat Possum) [04-11] - country [**]
  • Jubu Smith: Jubu (Little Village) [06-30] - jazz
  • Ronny Smith: Struttin' (Pacific Coast Jazz) [04-19] - jazz [*]
  • Sy Smith: Until We Meet Again (Foreign Exchange Music) [01-26] - r&b
  • TV Smith: Handwriting (JKP/Easy Action) [05-03] - punk [***]
  • Wadada Leo Smith & Joe Morris: Earth's Frequencies (Fundacja Słuchaj) [01-30] - jazz
  • Wadada Leo Smith & Amina Claudine Myers: Central Park's Mosaics of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens (Red Hook) [05-10] - jazz [*]
  • Walter Smith III: Three of Us Are From Houston and Reuben Is Not (Blue Note) [09-27] - jazz [A-]
  • Chris Smither: All About the Bones (Signature Sounds) [05-03] - folk [A-]
  • SML: Small Medium Large (International Anthem) [06-28] - jazz [***]
  • Jim Snidero: For All We Know (Savant) [02-16] - jazz [A-]
  • Snotty Nose Rez Kids: Red Future (Savage Mob) [09-13] - hip-hop [***]
  • Snow Patrol: The Forest Is the Path (Polydor) [09-13] - post-britpop
  • Snow Strippers: Night Killaz Vol. 2 (Surf Gang -EP) [05-08] - dubstep
  • Soccer Mommy: Evergreen (Loma Vista) [10-25] - alt/indie [*]
  • Soft Kill: Escape Forever (Cercle Social) [04-12] - post-punk
  • Soft Play: Heavy Jelly (BMG) [07-19] - garage punk
  • The Softies: The Bed I Made (Father/Daughter) [08-23] - twee pop
  • Vera Sola: Peacemarker (Spectraphonic/City Slang) [02-02] - singer-songwriter [**]
  • Sol Sol: Almost All Things Considered (Sail Cabin) - jazz
  • Ben Solomon: Echolocation (Giant Step Arts) [09-03] - jazz [***]
  • Sólstafir: Hinj Helga Kvöl (Century Media) [11-08] - post-metal
  • Something Else! [Featuring Vincent Herring]: Soul Jazz (Smoke Sessions) [06-14] - jazz [*]
  • Daniel Sommer/Arve Henriksen/Johannes Lundberg: Sounds & Sequences (April) [10-25] - jazz [**]
  • Peter Somuah: Highlife (ACT Music) [11-01] - jazz [**]
  • Daniel Son & Futurewave: Bushman Bodega (WavGodMusic) [07-12] - hip-hop [*]
  • Sonic Tender: Odd Objects (Robalo Music) [02-16] - jazz
  • Astrid Sonne: Great Doubt (Escho) [01-26] - art pop
  • Sophie: Sophie (Transgressive) [09-25] - EDM [**]
  • Tyshawn Sorey/Adam Rudolph: Archaisms II (Meta) [06-07] - jazz [**]
  • Tyshawn Sorey Trio: The Susceptible Now (Pi) [10-11] - jazz [***]
  • Omar Souleyman: Erbil (Mad Decent) [03-29] - dabke [***]
  • Sound the Alarm: Sound the Alarm: A Large Ensemble Instigation for Palestine [Recorded Live in Concert] (Relative Pitch) [11-21] - jazz [A-]
  • The Soundcarriers: Through Other Reflections (Phosphonic) [08-16] - neo-psychedelia
  • Luciana Souza: Twenty-Four Short Musical Episodes (Sunnyside) [08-30] - jazz
  • Soweto Gospel Choir & Groove Terminator: History of House () [ 08-02] - African
  • Space: Embrace the Space (Relative Pitch) [03-15] - jazz [***]
  • Kavain Wayne Space & XT: Yesyespeakersyes (Feedback Moves) [03-15] - jazz [B]
  • Spaces Unfolding + Pierre Alexandre Tremblay: Shadow Figures (Bead) [11-15] - jazz
  • Alena Spanger: Fire Escape (Ruination) [03-22]
  • Spanish Harlem Orchestra: Swing Forever (Ovation) [08-23] - jazz [**]
  • Alan Sparhawk: White Roses, My God (Sub Pop) [09-27] - alt-pop
  • Spectral Voice: Sparagamos (Dark Descent) [02-09] - metal
  • Spectral Wound: Songs of Blood and Mire (Profound Lore) [08-23] - black metal
  • Spectres: Presence () [03-15]
  • Speed: Only One Mode (Flatspot/Last Ride) [07-12] - metalcore
  • Brittney Spencer: My Stupid Life (Elektra) [01-19] - country
  • Vic Spencer & August Fanon: Psychological Cheat Sheet 5 () [10-29] - hip-hop
  • Vinnie Sperrazza Apocryphal: Sunday (Loyal Label) [01-19] - jazz [***]
  • Simon Spiess Quiet Tree: Euphorbia (Intakt) [01-19] - jazz [**]
  • Spirit of the Beehive: You'll Have to Lose Something (Saddle Creek) [08-23] - neo-psychedelia
  • Split System: Vol. II (Legless) [02-09] - garage rock [***]
  • Splitter Orchester: Splitter Musik (Hyperdelia -3CD) [04-19] - jazz [**]
  • Miro Sprague/Marty Jaffe/Jason Ennis: Tone Forest (Outside In Music) [08-20] - jazz
  • Kandace Springs: Run Your Race (SRP) [04-05] - vocal jazz
  • Sprints: Letter to Self (City Slang) [01-05] - post-punk [A-]
  • Squarepusher: Dostrotime (Warp) [03-01] - drill and bass [***]
  • St. Vincent: All Born Screaming (Virgin) [04-26] - singer-songwriter [**]
  • Larry Stabbins: Strangeness Oscillation (Noetic) - jazz
  • Peter Stampfel/Eli Smith/Walker Shepard: Wildernauts (Don Giovanni) [01-18] - folk [**]
  • Anthony Stanco: Stanco's Time (OA2) [06-21] - jazz [**]
  • Stand Atlantic: Was Here (Hopeless) [08-23] - nu metal
  • Vince Staples: Dark Times (Def Jam/Blacksmith) [05-23] - hip-hop [***]
  • The Staples Jr. Singers: Searching (Luaka Bop) [06-14] - gospel
  • Star Splitter [Gabriele Mitelli/Rob Mazurek]: Medea (We Insist!) [05-21] - jazz [B]
  • Starflyer 59: Lust for Gold (Velvet Blue) [08-16] - dream pop
  • Ayra Starr: The Year I Turned 21 (Mavin Global Holdings) [05-31] - afrobeats [**]
  • State Champs: State Champs (Pure Noise) [11-08] - pop-punk
  • State Faults: Children of the Moon (Deathwish) [07-26] - screamo
  • The Staves: All Now (Nonesuch) [03-22] - alt/indie
  • Gwen Stefani: Bouquet (Interscope) [11-15] - soft rock
  • Jason Stein/Marilyn Crispell/Damon Smith/Adam Shead: Spi-raling Horn (Balance Point Acoustics) [05-03] - jazz [A-]
  • Jason Stein: Anchors (Tao Forms) [09-13] - jazz [***]
  • Stemeseder Lillinger Quartet: Umbra II (Intakt) [06-21] - jazz [***]
  • Dayna Stephens: Closer Than We Think (Cellar Music) [04-05] - jazz [***]
  • Mike Stern: Echoes and Other Songs (Mack Avenue) [09-13] - jazz
  • Stetsasonic: Here We Go Again (SpitSLAM) [04-05] - hip-hop
  • Colin Stetson: The Love It Took to Leave You (Invada) [09-13] - post-minimalism [**]
  • Becca Stevens: Maple to Paper (GroundUP Music) [08-30] - jazz
  • Leslie Stevens: Leslie Stevens (Lyricland) [02-23] - country
  • Luke Stewart Silt Trio: Unknown Rivers (Pi) [05-03] - jazz [A-]
  • Thomas Stieger: Choices (Leopard/Jazzline) [09-13] - jazz
  • Still Corners: Dream Talk (Wrecking Light) [04-05] - dream pop
  • Still House Plants: If I Don't Make It, I Love U (Bison) [04-10] - art rock [B-]
  • The Story So Far: I Want to Disappear (Pure Noise) [06-21] - pop punk
  • Geoff Stradling & the StradBand: Nimble Digits (Origin) [04-26] - jazz [***]
  • Chuck Strangers: A Forsaken Lover's Plea (Lex) [03-15] - hip-hop
  • Billy Strings: Highway Prayers (Reprise) [09-27] - bluegrass
  • Thomas Strønen: Relations (ECM) [11-28] - jazz
  • The Dave Stryker Trio With Bob Mintzer: Groove Street (Strikezone) [01-24] - jazz [**]
  • Suburban Lawns: Baby (Rubellan)
  • Milton Suggs: Pure Intention (Imani) [07-12] - jazz
  • Mai Sugimoto: Sunlight Filtering Through the Leaves (Asian Improv) [02-02] - jazz
  • Sulida: Utos (Clean Feed) [06-28] - jazz [***]
  • Melinda Sullivan/Larry Goldings: Big Foot (Colorfield) [08-16] - jazz
  • Sum 41: Heaven :x: Hell (Rise) [03-29] - alt metal
  • Sumac: The Healer (Thrill Jockey) [06-21] - avant-metal
  • Moses Sumney: Sophcore (Tuntum -EP) [08-02] - alt-r&b [*]
  • Kevin Sun: The Fate of the Tenor (Endectomorph) [03-08] - jazz [***]
  • Kevin Sun: Quartets (Endectomorph Music, 2CD) [10-18] - jazz [***]
  • Sun Ra Arkestra [Under the Direction of Marshall Allen]: Lights on a Satellite (In+Out) [11-22] - jazz [A-]
  • Sunburned Hand of the Man: Nimbus (Three Lobed)
  • Sunny Day Real Estate: Diary (Live at London Bridge Studio) (self-released) [05-03] - post-hardcore
  • Sunny Five [Tim Berne/David Torn/Ches Smith/Devin Hoff/Marc Ducret]: Candid (Intakt) [01-19] - jazz [***]
  • Superposition: II (We Jazz) [07-19] - jazz [**]
  • John Surman: Words Unspoken (ECM) [02-16] - jazz [A-]
  • Susanna: Meditations on Love (SusannaSonata) [ 08-23] - art pop
  • Tierney Sutton and San Gabriel 7: Good People (JRL-SGS) [03-01] - vocal jazz
  • Suuns: The Breaks (Joyful Noise) [09-06] - art-rock
  • Svaneborg Kardyb: Superkilen (Gondwana) [10-18] - jazz
  • Anders Svanoe: Astro Eclipse: State of the Baritone Vol. 6 (Irabbagast) [06-04] - jazz
  • Swamp Dogg: Blackgrass: From West Virginia to 125th St (Oh Boy) [05-31] - bluegrass [***]
  • Sweet Meg: Bluer Than Blue (Turtle Bay) [05-24] - jazz [**]
  • Sweet Meg: Live at Honky Tonk Tuesday July 2024 (self-released) [09-30] - jazz [B]
  • Steve Swell's Imbued With Light: Hommage à Galina Ustvolskaya (Silkheart) [10-23] - jazz [***]
  • Taylor Swift: The Tortured Poets Department (Republic) [04-19] - pop [A-]
  • Mohammad Syfkhan: I Am Kurdish (Nyahh)
  • Joe Syrian Motor City Jazz Octet: Secret Message (Circle 9) [11-15] - jazz [**]
  • Takács Quatet: Schubert: String Quartet in G Major D887/String Quartet in B Flat Major D112 (Hyperion) [06-07] - classical
  • Aki Takase Japanic: Forte (Budapest Music Center) [04-19] - jazz [**]
  • Aki Takase/Daniel Erdmann: Ellington (Enja/Yellowbird) [04-19] - jazz [**]
  • Takkak Takkak: Takkak Takkak (Nyege Nyege Tapes) - African
  • Ohad Talmor/Chris Tordini/Eric McPherson: Back to the Land (Intakt -2CD) [09-25] - jazz [***]
  • Christian Tamburr/Dominick Farinacci/Michael Ward-Bergeman: Triad (Ropeadope) [03-22] - jazz [A-]
  • Natsuki Tamura/Jim Black: NatJim (Libra) [05-17] - jazz [***]
  • Natsuki Tamura/Satoko Fujii: Aloft (Libra) [07-12] - jazz [***]
  • Natsuki Tamura/Satoko Fujii/Ramón López: Yama Kawa Umi (Not Two) [12-06] - jazz [***]
  • Vazesh: Tapestry (Earshift Music) [11-08] - jazz
  • Tapir: The Pilgrim, Their God & the King of My Decrepit Mountain (Heavenly/PIAS) [01-26] - indie folk
  • Tarbaby: You Think This America (Giant Step Arts) [06-25] - jazz [***]
  • Tasha: All This and So Much More (Bayonet) [09-20] - r&b
  • Aaron Lee Tasjan: Stellar Evolution (Blue Élan) [04-12] - power pop
  • Kaidi Tatham: Fusion Moves (Reel People Music) [03-29] - hip-hop
  • Tatyana: It's Over (Sinderlyn) [03-22]
  • Curtis Taylor: Taylor Made (Curtis Taylor Music) [04-12] - jazz [**]
  • Teens in Trouble: What's Mine (Asian Man) [03-29]
  • Teiku: Teiku (577) [04-12] - jazz [***]
  • Alfie Templeman: Radiosoul (Chess Club) [06-07] - indie pop
  • Tems: Born in the Wild (RCA) [06-07] - r&b
  • Terminal Nation: Echoes of the Devil's Den (20 Buck Spin) [05-03] - metal
  • Jacky Terrasson: Moving On (Earth Sounds) [04-19] - jazz
  • Terton [Louie Belogenis/Trevor Dunn/Ryan Sawyer]: Outer, Inner, Secret (Tzadik) [01-12] - jazz [***]
  • Jonathan Tetelman/PFK-Prague Philharmonia: The Great Puccini (Deutsche Grammophon) - classical
  • TGB: Room 4 (Clean Feed) [03-29] - jazz [**]
  • Tha Dogg Pound: W.A.W.G. (We All We Got) () - hip-hop
  • Tha God Fahim: Dump Goat 2 (5360114 DK) [02-19] - hip-hop
  • Thandii: Dream With You (self-released) [09-02]
  • Thandii: Come as You (self-released) [09-02]
  • That Mexican OT: Texas Technician (Manifest/GoodTalk/Good Money/Interscope) [03-01] - hip-hop
  • The The: Ensoulment (Cineola/EarMusic) [09-06] - alt-rock
  • Thee Marloes: Perak (Big Crown) [08-09] - soul jazz
  • Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Michael Feinstein: Gershwin Rhapsody (Decca) [02-23] - jazz
  • This Is Lorelei: Box for Buddy, Box for Star (Double Double Whammy) [06-14] - singer-songwriter [**]
  • Thollem: Worlds in a Life, Two (ESP-Disk) [04-05] - jazz [**]
  • Fred Thomas: Window in the Rhythm (Polyvinyl) [10-04] - singer-songwriter [*]
  • Igmar Thomas' Revive Big Band: Like a Tree It Grows (self-released) [10-2] - jazz
  • Leon Thomas III: Mutt (Ezmny/Motown) [09-27] - r&b
  • Michael Thomas: The Illusion of Choice (Criss Cross Jazz) [03-01] - jazz [***]
  • Micah Thomas: Mountains (Artwork) [09-13] - jazz
  • Pat Thomas/Dominic Lash/Tony Orrell: BleySchool: Where? (577) [08-02] - jazz
  • Pat Thomas: The Solar Model of Ibn Al-Shatir (Otoroku) [09-06] - jazz [**]
  • Pat Thomas: This Is Trick Step (577) [09-19] - jazz [**]
  • Russell Thompkins Jr.: Riding Solo (SoulMusic/Platinum Garage) [02-02] - r&b
  • D. Clinton Thompson: Donnie's Mood (Borrowed) [03-15]
  • Linda Thompson: Proxy Music (Storysound) [06-21] - folk [*]
  • Richard Thompson: Ship to Shore (New West) [05-31]
  • Hayden Thorpe: Ness (Domino) [09-27] - art pop
  • Thou: Umbilical (Sacred Bones) [05-31] - metal
  • Three Blind Mice: A Thing in Your Life (self-released) [11-17] - jazz
  • Dlala Thukzin: Finally Famous Too (Dlala) [09-27] - house
  • Thumbscrew: Wingbeats (Cuneiform) [09-27] - jazz [***]
  • Camille Thurman With the Darrell Queen Quartet: Confluence Vol. 1: Alhambra (Epidote) [10-04] - jazz
  • Thus Love: All Pleasure (Captured Tracks) [11-01]
  • TiaCorine: Almost There (South Scope/Interscope -EP) [02-02] - hip-hop [**]
  • Bryson Tiller: Bryson Tiller (RCA) [04-05] - alt r&b
  • Mary Timony: Untame the Tiger (Merge) [02-24] - post-punk [B]
  • Tinashe: Quantum Baby (Nice Life) [08-16] - alt-r&b [**]
  • Tindersticks: Soft Tissue (Lucky Dog/City Slang) [09-13] - slowcore
  • Hiruy Tirfe: 10,000 Hours (Tirfe) [01-26] - jazz
  • Don Toliver: Hardstone Psycho (Cactus Jack/Atlantic/Hardstone) [06-14] - hip-hop
  • Viktoria Tolstoy: Stealing Moments (ACT) [03-01] - jazz [*]
  • Tomin [Perea-Chamblee]: Flores Para Verene/Cantos Para Caramina (International Anthem) [08-02] - jazz [*]
  • Tomin [Perea-Chamblee]: A Willed and Conscious Balance (International Anthem) [11-01] - jazz [**]
  • Tomorrow X Together: The Star Chapter: Sanctuary (Big Hit/HYBE -EP) [11-04] - K-pop
  • Tiziano Tononi/Emanuele Parrini: Other Interactions on . . . July 5th (Felmay) [05-17] - jazz
  • Tonus: Analog Deviation (A New Wave of Jazz Axis) [10-15] - jazz [*]
  • Zach Top: Cold Beer & Country Music (Leo33) [05-07] - country [**]
  • Kavus Torabi: The Banishing (Believers Roast)
  • Rafael Toral: Spectral Evolution (Moikai) [02-24] - jazz [*]
  • Toro Y Moi: Hole Earth (Dead Oceans) [09-06] - alt-pop
  • Torres: What an Enormous Room (Merge) [01-26] - art rock
  • Samuel Torres & the Latin Chamber Ensemble: A Dance for Birds (Blue Conga) [05-24] - jazz
  • Total Blue: Total Blue (Music From Memory) [07-19] - new age
  • Touché Amoré: Spiral in a Straight Line (Rise) [10-11] - screamo
  • Tramhaus: The First Exit (Subroutine) [09-20] - post-punk
  • Trance Macabre: Trance Macabre (Redscroll) [07-05] - jazz
  • Trance Map (Evan Parker and Matthew Wright): Horizons Held Close (Relative Pitch) [11-15] - jazz [**]
  • Transatlantic Trance Map: Marconi's Drift (False Walls) [09-13] - J [**]
  • Transition Unit: Fade Value (A New Wave of Jazz Axis) [10-15] - jazz [***]
  • Rebecca Trescher Tentet: Character Pieces (self-released) [05-03] - jazz
  • Tribulation: Sub Rosa in Æternum (Century Media) [11-01] - gothic metal
  • Triples: Assemble24 (Modhaus) [05-08] - K-pop
  • Tropical Fuck Storm: Tropical Fuck Storm's Inflatable Graveyard (Three Lobed) [09-27] [*]
  • Tristwch Y Fenywod: Tristwch Y Fenywod (Night School) [08-30]
  • Trueno: El Último Baile () [02-23] - pop rap
  • Ryan Truesdell: Synthesis: The String Quartet Sessions (ArtistShare -3CD) [06-21] - jazz [**]
  • Juanma Trujillo: Howl (Endectomorph Music) [07-12] - jazz [**]
  • Truth & Devotion: Heaven at Last (Holy Grail) [01-15] - gospel
  • Misha Tsiganov: Painter of Dreams (Criss Cross Jazz) [07-12] - jazz
  • Toshi Tsuchitori/Eric-Maria Couturier: Different Echoes in the Same Dust (Ryuko Gakusha) - jazz
  • Akiko Tsuruga: Beyond Nostalgia (SteepleChase) [01-19] - jazz [**]
  • Rosie Tucker: Utopia Now! (Sentimental) [03-22] - alt/indie [***]
  • Tucker Brothers: Live at Chatterbox (Midwest Crush Music) [02-01] - jazz [*]
  • Tulpas: Atsibo (Astral Spirits) [09-13] - jazz [**]
  • Alexi Tuomarila: Departing the Wasteland (Edition) [11-22] - jazz
  • Turbo Lotus: Turbo Lotus (Park West) [09-24] - jazz
  • Andromeda Turre: From the Earth (Starbilt) [07-26] - jazz [*]
  • Steve Turre: Sanyas (Smoke Sessions) [06-28] - jazz [***]
  • Twenty One Pilots: Clancy (Fueled by Ramen/Elektra) [05-24] - alt-pop
  • Twice: With You-th (JYP/Republic -EP) [03-24] - K-pop
  • Twin Talk: Live (Shifting Paradigm) [09-27] - jazz [**]
  • Twisters: The Album (Atlantic) [07-19] - country
  • Twin Pillars: 48 Pillars of Power: Volume 1 (self-released) [05-25] - hip-hop
  • Two Shell: Two Shell (Young) [10-25] - electronic
  • Tyla: Tyla (Epic) [03-22] - pop [**]
  • Tyler, the Creator: Chromakopia (Columbia) [10-28] - hip-hop [***]
  • Tzompantli: Beating the Drums of Ancestral Force (20 Buck Spin) [05-17] - death metal
  • Oded Tzur: My Prophet (ECM) [06-07] - jazz [**]
  • Kali Uchis: Orquídeas (Geffen) [01-12] - Latin [A-]
  • David Udell: It's Worth It (self-released) [06-18]
  • Federico Ughi: Infinite Cosmos Calling You You You, Vol. 1 (577) [03-08] - jazz
  • Ugly: Twice Around the Sun (self-released -EP) [04-03] - art rock
  • Ulcerate: Cutting the Throat of God (Debemur Morti) [06-14] - metal
  • Lisa Ullén: Heirloom (Fönstret) [02-12] - jazz [**]
  • Ultimate Thunder: A Spider Will Come to Eat Your Flesh (Easy Listening) [05-10] - experimental rock
  • The Umbrellas: Fairweather Friend (Tough Love) [01-26] - jangle pop [*]
  • Umuumu.: We Are Umuumu. (Dramatist) [05-04] - jazz
  • Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats: Nell' Ora Blu (Rise Above) [05-10] - psychedelic rock
  • Undeath: More Insane (Prosthetic) [10-04] - death metal
  • Underworld: Strawberry Hotel (Virgin Music) [10-25] - techno
  • Uniform: American Standard (Sacred Bones) [08-23] - sludge metal
  • Unionen: Unionen (We Jazz) [12-06] - jazz [***]
  • Unknown T: Blood Diamond (Stay Solid/Island) [01-12] - UK hip-hop
  • Unto Others: Never, Neverland (Century Media) [09-20] - metal
  • USA Nails: Feel Worse (One Little Independent) [03-22] - noise rock
  • Usher: Coming Home (Mega) [02-09] - r&b
  • The Vaccines: Pick-Up Full of Pink Carnations (Super Easy) [01-12] - punk-rock revival
  • Chucho Valdés/Royal Quartet: Cuba and Beyond (InterCat Music Group) [08-30] - jazz [**]
  • Valebol: Valebol (Otherly Love) [04-05]
  • Joey Valence & Brae: No Hands ( JVB) [06-07] - hip-hop
  • Kiki Valera: Vacilón Santiaguero (Circle 9 Music) [05-31] - jazz [***]
  • Colin Vallon: Samares (ECM) - jazz
  • Vampire Weekend: Only God Was Above Us (Columbia) [04-05] - alt/indie [**]
  • Peter Van Huffel's Callisto: Meandering Demons (Clean Feed) [03-29] - jazz [***]
  • Peter Van Huffel/Meinrad Kneer/Yorgos Dimitriadis: Synomilies (Evil Rabbit) [10-01] - jazz [**]
  • Petra Van Nuis & Dennis Luxion: From Me to You (String Damper) [05-13] - vocal jazz
  • Vanguard Jazz Orchestra: Centennial: The Music of Thad Jones: Live at the Village Vanguard (BCM+D) [08-30] - jazz
  • Jordan VanHemert: Deep in the Soil (Origin) [04-26] - jazz [**]
  • Vanishing: Shelter of the Opaque (The State51 Conspiracy)
  • Julia Vari Feat Negroni's Trio: Somos (Alternative Representa) [02-16] - vocal jazz [A-]
  • Juliet Varnedoe Jazz Band: Cajun Bleu (self-released) [04-12] - jazz
  • April Varner: April (Cellar Music) [06-29] - jazz
  • Papo Vázquez Mighty Pirates Troubadours: Songs Del Yucayeke (Picaro) [06-21] - jazz
  • Vedo: Next Chapter (New Wav/Empire) [05-17] - soul
  • Alan Vega: Insurrection (In the Red) [05-31] - synth punk
  • Donald Vega: As I Travel (Imagery/Tiger Turn) [10-27] - jazz
  • Vegyn: The Road to Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions (Plz Make It Ruins) [04-05] - trip hop
  • Piet Verbist: Flamenco Jazz Summit: El Mar Empieza Aquí (Origin) [08-16] - jazz [***]
  • Angela Verbrugge: Somewhere (OA2) [05-17] - vocal jazz [**]
  • Benjamin Vergara & Amanda Irrarrazabal: Último Sosiego (577) [01-04] - jazz
  • Martina Verhoeven Quintet: Indicator Light (Live at Paradox 2023) (A New Wave of Jazz Axis) [10-15] - jazz [A-]
  • Verraco: Breathe . . . Godspeed (Timedance -EP) [05-31] - electronic [***]
  • Luis Vicente Trio: Come Down Here (Clean Feed) [06-28] - jazz [**]
  • Vicious Blade: Relentless Force (Redefining Darkness) [09-27] - death metal
  • Fay Victor: Herbie Nichols SUNG: Life Is Funny That Way (Tao Forms -2CD) [04-05] - jazz [A]
  • Village of the Sun: Live in Tokyo (Gearbox) [10-25] - jazz [**]
  • Villagers: That Golden Time (Domino) [05-10] - chamber folk
  • Liba Villavecchia Trio + Luis Vicente: Muracik (Clean Feed) [03-29] - jazz [**]
  • Violence Gratuite: Baleine à Boss (Hakuna Kulala) [06-14] - pop rap
  • Shawna Virago: Blood in Her Dreams () [05-31]
  • Adèle Viret Quartet: Close to the Waer (Lézard Inouie) [10-11] - jazz
  • Vitrol: Suffer & Become (Century Media) [01-26] - metal
  • Void Patrol: Live @ Victo (Les Disques Victo) [03-08] - jazz
  • Vola: Friend of a Phantom (Mascot) [11-01] - prog metal
  • Volapuk: Where Is Tamashii? (Cuneiform) [11-29]
  • Hana Vu: Romanticism (Ghostly International) [05-03] - alt/indie
  • Bob Vylan: Humble as the Sun (Ghost Theatre) [04-05] - UK rap [A-]
  • Tashi Wada: What Is Not Strange? (RVNG Intl)
  • Morgan Wade: Obsessed (Ladylike/RCA Nashville) [08-16] - country [A-]
  • Terry Waldo & the Gotham City Band: Treasury Volume 1 (Turtle Bay) [11-22] - jazz [***]
  • Kelsey Waldon: There's Always a Song (Oh Boy) [05-10] - country [***]
  • Pritesh Walia: Hope Town (Pritesh Walia Music) [11-01] - jazz
  • Alan Walker: A Little Too Late (Aunt Mimi's) [06-28] - singer-songwriter [*]
  • Alice Wallace: Here I Am () - country
  • Ian Wallace & OP!: Words & Sounds Vol 1.5 (self-released) [01-16] - hip-hop
  • The Wall 4tet [Carlos "Zingaro"/Florian Stoffner/Fred Lonberg-Holm/João Madeira]: Na Parade (Catalytic) - jazz
  • Wallice: The Jester (Dirty Hit) [11-15] - indie pop
  • Wallows: Model (Atlantic) [05-24] - indie pop
  • Jack Walrath: Live at Smalls (Cellar Music) [03-12] - jazz [***]
  • Jennifer Walshe/Tony Conrad: In the Merry Month of May (Blue Chopsticks) [05-24] - jazz
  • Walt Disco: The Warping (Lucky Number)
  • Ben Waltzer: The Point (Calligram) [10-04] - jazz [**]
  • Wand: Vertigo (Drag City) [07-26] - neo-psychedelia
  • Joanna Wang: Hotel La Rut (Sony Music) [05-06] - prog pop
  • Greg Ward/Ziv Ravitz/Matthew Stevens/Leo Genovese: Full Cream (Sugah Hoof) [11-01] - jazz
  • Marta Warelis/Andy Moor: Escape (Relative Pitch) [06-21] - jazz [**]
  • Warmdeutig: It Was Long Ago, It Will Be a Long Time (self-released) [07-05] - jazz
  • Warmdüscher: Too Cold to Hold (Strap Originals) [11-15] - art punk
  • The Warning: Keep Me Fed (Lava/Republic) [06-28] - alt metal
  • Kenny Warren: Sweet World (Out of Your Head) [05-24] - jazz [**]
  • Kamasi Washington: Fearless Movement (Young) [05-03] - jazz [***]
  • Mamiko Watanabe: Being Guided by the Light (Jojo) [02-23] - jazz
  • Suki Waterhouse: Memoir of a Sparklemuffin (Sub Pop) [09-13] - indie pop
  • WateRR & Wavy Da Ghawd: Washed Ashore () [02-01] - hip-hop
  • Rod Wave: Last Lap (Alamo/Hit House Entertainment) [10-11] - hip-hop
  • Waxahatchee: Tigers Blood (Anti-) [03-22] - singer-songwriter [***]
  • Weasel Walter Large Ensemble: Igneity: After the Fall of Civilization (Improved Sequence) [03-29] - jazz
  • Jane Weaver: Love in Constant Spectacle (Fire) [04-05] - art pop
  • Anna Webber: Simpletrio2000 (Intakt) [10-18] - jazz [***]
  • Florian Weber: Imaginary Cycle (ECM) [09-13] - jazz
  • Philip Weberndoerfer: Tides (Shifting Paradigm) [08-23] - jazz [**]
  • Faye Webster: Underdressed at the Symphony (Secretly Canadian) [03-01] - singer-songwriter [*]
  • Paul Wee/Swedish Chamber Orchestra/Michael Collins: Henselt & Bronsart: Piano Concertos (BIS) [05-31] - classical
  • Cory Weeds Meets Champian Fulton: Every Now and Then: Live at OCL Studios (Cellar Music) [04-12] - jazz [***]
  • Amber Weekes: A Lady With a Song: Amber Weekes Celebrates Nancy Wilson (Amber Inn) [06-01] - vocal jazz [*]
  • The Weeknd: Dancing in the Flames (XO/Republic) [09-13] - synthpop
  • Judith Wegmann/Jens Ruland/Robert Torche: Kon. Takte [First Visit] (Ezz-Thetics) [09-21] - jazz
  • Randy Weinstein: HarmoniMonk (Random Chance) [05-15] - jazz [**]
  • Weird of Mouth [Mette Rasmussen/Craig Taborn/Ches Smith]: Weird of Mouth (Otherly Love) [10-04] - jazz [A-]
  • Dan Weiss: Even Odds (Cygnus) [03-29] - jazz [A-]
  • David Weiss Sextet: Auteur (Origin) [09-20] - jazz
  • Gillian Welch/David Rawlings: Woodland (Acony) [08-23] - folk [***]
  • Paul Weller: 66 (Polydor) [05-24] - soft rock
  • Jesse Welles: Hells Welles () - country
  • Ben Wendel: Understory: Live at the Village Vanguard (Edition) [10-04] - jazz
  • Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties: In Lieu of Flowers (Hopeless) [04-12] - folk-rock [B-]
  • Mike Westbrook: Band of Bands (Westbrook Music) [06-28] - jazz
  • Hein Westergaard/Katt Hernandez/Raymond Strid: The Knapsack, the Hat, and the Horn (Gotta Let It Out) [02-25] - jazz [**]
  • Stian Westerhus & Maja S. K. Ratkje: All Losses Are Restored (Crispin Glover) [03-15] - jazz [B]
  • Westside Gunn & DJ Drama: Still Praying (Griselda) [11-01] - hip-hop
  • Western Jazz Collective: Dark Journey: The Music of Andrew Rathbun (Origin) [10-25] - jazz [**]
  • Koe Wetzel: 9 Lives (Columbia) [07-19] - country
  • Tierra Whack: World Wide Whack (Interscope) [03-15] - hip-hop [A-]
  • Kirk Whallum: Epic Cool (Mack Avenue) [05-17] - pop jazz
  • Wheel: Charismatic Leaders (Inside Out) [05-03] - prog metal
  • Andy Wheelock/Whee 3 Trio: In the Wheelhouse (OA2) [10-25] - jazz [**]
  • While She Sleeps: Self Hell (Spinefarm) [03-29] - metalcore
  • Conchúr White: Swirling Violets (Bella Union) [01-19] - singer-songwriter [***]
  • Jack White: No Name (Third Man) [07-19] - garage rock [**]
  • Whitelands: Night-bound Eyes Are Blind to the Day (Sonic Cathedral) [02-23] - dream pop
  • Amanda Whiting: The Liminality of Her (First Word) [03-22] - jazz
  • WHO Trio: Live at Jazz Festival Willisau 2023 [First Visit] (Ezz-Thetics) [06-12] - jazz [***]
  • Whose Hat Is This?: Pony Boy (Heartcore) [04-26] - jazz
  • Why?: The Well I Fell Into (Waterlines) [08-02] - indie pop
  • Cecily Wilborn: Kuntry Gurl Playplist (self-released) - country [*]
  • Wildflower: Green World () [03-01]
  • Friso van Wijck: Friso van Wijck's Candy Container (TryTone) [11-01] - jazz [***]
  • Wilco: Hot Sun Cool Shroud (dBpm -EP) [06-28] - alt/indie [*]
  • Andrew Wilcox: Dear Mr. Hill (Truth Revolution Recording Collective) [08-16] - jazz
  • Wild Pink: Dulling the Horns (Fire Talk) [10-04] - indie rock
  • Immanuel Wilkins: Blues Blood (Blue Note) [10-11] - jazz [**]
  • Cole Williams: How We Care for Humanity (Four Corner) [10-25] - vocal jazz [**]
  • Kathryn Williams & Withered Hand: Willson Williams (One Little Independent) [04-26] [*]
  • Lucinda Williams: Sings the Beatles From Abbey Road (Highway 20) [12-06] [*]
  • Pharrell Williams: Virginia (Black Yacht Rock, Vol. 1: City of Limitless Access) (Black Yacht Rock)
  • Yasmin Williams: Acadia (Nonesuch) [10-04] - American primitivism
  • Kelly Willis/Melissa Carper/Brennen Leigh: Wonder Women of Country (Brooklyn Basement -EP) [03-15] - country [**]
  • Willow: Empathogen (Three Six Zero/Gamma)
  • Charlotte Day Wilson: Cyan Blue (XL) [05-03] - r&b
  • Lainey Wilson: Whirlwind (BBR) [08-23] - country [***]
  • Matt Wilson: Matt Wilson's Good Trouble (Palmetto) [06-14] - jazz [A-]
  • Matt Wilson's Christmas Tree-O: Tree Jazz: The Shape of Christmas to Come (Palmetto) [10-25] - jazz [***]
  • Adam Wiltzle: Eleven Fugues for Sodium Pentothal (Kranky) [04-05] - ambient
  • Kathrine Windfeld Sextet: Aldebaran (Stunt) [03-29] - jazz [***]
  • Mark Wingfield: The Gathering (Moonjune) - jazz
  • Mark Winkler: The Rules Don't Apply (Café Pacific) [01-12] - vocal jazz [**]
  • Norma Winstone/Kit Downes: Outpost of Dreams (ECM) [05-07] - vocal jazz [***]
  • Norma Winstone: Wheeler With Words (AMM) [11-01] - vocal jazz
  • Luke Winslow-King: Flash-a-Magic (Bloodshot) [09-06] - blues-rock [*]
  • Cameron Winter: Heavy Metal (Partisan) [12-06] - singer-songwriter
  • Wintersun: Time II (Nuclear Blast) [08-30] - metal
  • Carl Winther/Richard Andersson/Jeff "Tain" Watts: Waw! (Hobby Horse) [06-07] - jazz
  • Wishy: Triple Seven (Winspear) [08-16] - shoegaze
  • Wisp: Pandora (Interscope -EP) [04-05]
  • Wojtek the Bear: Shaking Hands With the NME () [04-12] - indie pop
  • Remi Wolf: Big Ideas (Island) [07-12] - dance-pop
  • Warren Wolf: History of the Vibraphone (Cellar Music) [08-23] - jazz [**]
  • Wolf Eyes & Anthony Braxton: Difficult Messages Volume Five: Wolf Eyes & Anthony Braxton Live in Los Angeles (self-released) [04-15] - jazz
  • Ben Wolfe: The Understated (Resident Arts) [08-09] - jazz [*]
  • Chelsea Wolfe: She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She (Loma Vista) [02-09] - darkwave [**]
  • Michael Wollny & Joachim Kühn: Duo (ACT Music) [01-26] - jazz
  • Andrea Wolper: Wanderlust (Moonflower Music) [04-12] - jazz [A-]
  • Marv Won: I'm Fine, Thanks for Asking (Mello Music Group) [04-05] - hip-hop
  • WoochieWobbler: Is My Future Bright? (3455092 DK -EP) [01-15] - hip-hop [**]
  • Amy Aileen Wood: The Heartening (Colorfield) [05-03] - jazz
  • Jack Wood & Nichaud Fitzgibbon: Movie Magic: Great Songs From the Movies (Jazz Hang) [10-01] - vocal jazz [**]
  • Jasmine Wood: Piano Reverb (AD 93) [03-08]
  • Lucy Woodward: Lucy Woodward & the Rocketeers (GroundUP Music) [07-05] - vocal jazz
  • Al Wootton: Lifted From the Earth (Berceuse Heroique)
  • Lizz Wright: Shadow (Blues & Greens) [04-12] - vocal jazz [*]
  • Wu-Lu: Learning to Swim on Empty (Warp)
  • Wunderhorse: Midas (Communion) [08-30] - alt/indie
  • Wussy: Cincinnati Ohio (Shake It) [11-15] - alt/indie
  • Luzia von Wyl Ensemble: Frakmont (LU) [05-03] - jazz
  • X: Smoke & Fiction (Fat Possum) [08-02] - postpunk [*]
  • X4: Trophied Up () [08-21]
  • Xavi: Next (Interscope) [10-11] - corrido tumbado
  • Xaviersobased: Keep It Goin Xav (34Ent) [01-15] - hip-hop [*]
  • Min Xiao-Fen: Metta (Asian Improv) [03-23] - Korean
  • Xiu Xiu: 13" Frank Beltrame Italian Stileetto With Bison Horn Grips (Polyvinyl) [09-27] - neo-psychedelia
  • Jamie XX: In Waves (Young) [09-20] - electropop [A-]
  • YAI: Sky Time (AKP) [09-06] - jazz
  • Koichi Yamaguchi Trio: Afureli (Uhauha Music) [08-25] - jazz
  • Eri Yamamoto Quadraphonic: Fly With the Wings (Mahakala Music) [10-04] - jazz [***]
  • Miki Yamanaka Trio: Chance (Cellar Live) - jazz
  • Yang: Rejoice! (Cuneiform) [07-26] - jazz
  • Nilüfer Yanya: My Method Actor (Ninja Tune) [09-13] - art pop [***]
  • Yard Act: Where's My Utopia? (Island) [03-01] - art punk [**]
  • Fumio Yasuda: Sora (Pourquoi) [11-12] - jazz
  • John Canning Yates: The Quiet Portraits (Violette) [04-19] - singer-songwriter
  • Yatta: Palm Wine () [10-25]
  • Yeat: 2093 (Field Trip/Capitol) [02-16] - hip-hop
  • Yes Indeed: King of Blue (Meaksuma)
  • Dwight Yoakam: Brighter Days (Thirty Tigers) [11-15] - country
  • Yobs: Yobs () [05-03]
  • Darryl Yokley's Sound Reformation: Un Mundo En Soledad (Truth Revolution Recording Collective) [11-01] - jazz
  • Yoo Doo Right: From the Heights of Our Pastureland (Mothland)
  • Thom Yorke: Confídenza (XL) [04-26] - soundtrack
  • Otomo Yoshihide/Chris Pitsiokos: Uncanny Mirror (Eleatic) [05-17] - jazz
  • Yoth Iria: Blazing Inferno (Edged Circle Productions) [11-08] - metal
  • Younee: Improvisations Live in Germany (Fulminantmusic) [11-01] - jazz
  • Lola Young: This Wasn't Meant for You Anyway (Island) [06-21] - alt-pop
  • Michon Young: Love Is My Lane (self-released) [04-26] - soul
  • Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Fu##in' Up (Reprise) [04-26] - rock [***]
  • Young Jesus: The Fool (Saddle Creek) [05-24] - art rock
  • Young Jonn: Jiggy Forever (Chocolate City Music)
  • Young Miko: Att. (The Wave Music Group) [04-05] - pop rap
  • Your Arms Are My Cocoon: Death of a Rabbit (self-released) [08-11] - screamo
  • Your Old Droog: Movie (self-released) [06-20] - hip-hop
  • yPLO: ob TRU (Feedback Moves) [01-24] - jazz
  • Yung Lean & Bladee: Psykos (Year0001/World Affairs) [03-13] - post-punk
  • Yungmorpheus & Alexander Spit: Waking Up & Choosing Violence () [06-28] - hip-hop
  • Rachel Z: Sensual (Dot Time) [03-29] - jazz
  • Lechuga Zafiro: Desde los Oídos de un Sapo (Tra Tra Trax) [10-18] - Latin
  • Rebeka Rusjan Zajc: Prelude (Clean Feed) [01-26] - jazz
  • Zanias: Ecdysis () [02-16]
  • Zanja All Stars: Cuban Jam Session Volume 1 (Zanja) - Latin jazz
  • Alice Zawadzki/Fred Thomas/Misha Mullov-Abbado: Za Górami (ECM) [09-13] - jazz
  • Zawose Queens: Maisha (Real World) [06-07] - African
  • Zayn: Room Under the Stairs ()
  • Zeal & Ardor: Greif (self-released) [08-23] - alt-metal
  • Denny Zeitlin: Panoply (Sunnyside) [06-14] - jazz [**]
  • Miguel Zenón: Golden City (Miel Music) [08-30] - jazz [A-]
  • Zetra: Zetra (Nuclear Blast) [09-13] - gothic metal
  • Tucker Zimmerman: Dance of Love (4AD) [10-11] - singer-songwriter [A-]
  • Carlos Zingara/João Madeira/Sofia Borges: Trizmaris (4DaRecord) [11-21] - jazz [U]
  • Dann Zinn: Two Roads (Ridgeway) [10-04] - jazz [**]
  • John Zorn: Her Melodious Lay (Tzadik) [05-31] - jazz
  • John Zorn & Jesse Harris: Love Songs Live (Tzadik) [05-31] - jazz [**]
  • John Zorn: Lamentations (Tzadik) [08-16] - jazz [**]
  • John Zorn: New Masada Quartet, Volume 3: Live at Roulette (Tzadik) [10-18] - jazz [A-]
  • John Zorn: Ballades (Tzadik) - jazz [*]
  • John Zorn: Ou Phrontis (Tzadik) [12-09] - jazz [**]
  • Zsela: Big for You (Mexican Summer) [06-14] - art pop
  • Christopher Zuar Orchestra: Exuberance (self-released) [05-11] - jazz [**]
  • The Zutons: The Big Decider (Icepop) [04-26] - alt/indie
  • Outer Spaceways Incorporated: Kronos Quartet and Friends Meet Sun Ra (Red Hot +) [06-21] - jazz [**]

Reissues, Etc.

  • 2R+2B [Gunārs Rozenbergs/Raimonds Raubiško/Boriss Bannihs/Vladmirs Boldirevs]: Live at the Tbilisi Jazz Festival 1978 (Jersika) [07-12] - jazz
  • 10,000 Maniacs: MTV Unplugged [Expanded Edition] (1993, Elektra/Rhino) [09-06]
  • ABBA: The Singles: The First 50 Years (1972-2022, Polar) [10-25]
  • John Abercrombie/Dave Holland/Jack DeJohnette: Gateway (1975, ECM) [05-31] - jazz
  • Cannonball Adderley: Burnin' in Bordeaux: Live in France 1969 (Elemental Music) [04-26] - jazz [**]
  • Cannonball Adderley: Poppin' in Paris: Live at L'Olympia 1972 (Elemental Music) [04-20] - jazz [***]
  • The Cannonball Adderley Quintet: Live in Montreal: May 1975 (Liberation Hall) [05-17] - jazz
  • África Negra: Antologia Vol. 2 (1979-90, Bongo Joe) [08-02] - African [A-]
  • Air: Moon Safari [Deluxe Edition] (1998, Rhino)
  • The Monty Alexander Trio: Montreux Alexander: Live! at the Montreux Festival (1976, MPS) [04-20] - jazz
  • Angling: Was It 1984 or 1985? (Cuneiform) [11-29] - fusion
  • Aphex Twin: Music From the Merch Desk 2016-2023 (Warp) [12-17] - breakbeat
  • Armand Hammer: BLK LBL (Backwoodz Studioz) [01-24] - hip-hop
  • Louis Armstrong: Louis in London (1968, Verve) [07-12] - jazz [A-]
  • Louis Armstrong All Stars: Lausanne 1952 [Swiss Radio Days Jazz Series, Vol. 48] (TCB) [10-25] - jazz [***]
  • Art Ensemble of Chicago: A Jackson in Your House (1969, BYG Actuel) [02-02] - jazz [**]
  • Art Ensemble of Chicago: Message to Our Folks (1969, BYG Actuel) [06=07] - jazz [***]
  • Dorothy Ashby: Afro-Harping [Deluxe Edition] (1968, Verve) - jazz
  • Atrás del Cosmos: Cold Drinks, Hot Dreams (1980, Blank Forms Editions) [04-19] - jazz [A-]
  • Albert Ayler With Don Cherry: 1964 Recordings [First Visit Completed] (Ezz-Thetics) [07-26] - jazz
  • Albert Ayler Trio: Prophecy Live [First Visit] (1964, Ezz-Thetics) [11-15] - jazz
  • Derek Bailey/Sabu Toyozumi: Breath Awareness (1987, NoBusiness) [05-27] - jazz [***]
  • Chet Baker & Jack Sheldon: In Perfect Harmony: The Lost Album (1972, Jazz Detective) [04-20] - jazz [**]
  • Duck Baker: Breakdown Lane: Free Jazz Guitar 1976-1998 (ESP-Disk) [11-01] - jazz [**]
  • Robbie Basho: Snow Beneath the Belly of a White Swan: The Lost Live Recordings (Tompkins Square -5CD) [12-06]
  • William Basinski: September 23rd (1982, Temporary Residence) [09-23] - electronic [*]
  • Sidney Bechet: Live in Paris: 1952-1958 (Frémeaux & Associés -3CD) [10-00] - jazz
  • Steve Beresford/Anne Marie Beretta: Dancing the Line (1985, WeWantSounds) [09-06] - jazz
  • Tim Berne/Michael Formanek: Parlour Games (1991, Relative Pitch) [10-18] - jazz [A-]
  • Tim Berne: Live in Someplace Nice (1984, Screwgun) [09-06] - jazz
  • Faruq Z. Bey: Atlant-Tan Suite (1982, Entropy Stereo) [11-06] - jazz
  • Black Artist Group: For Peace and Liberty: In Paris, Dec 1972 (WeWantSounds) [09-20] - jazz [***]
  • Ran Blake/Dave Knife Fabris: Live Amsterdam 2006 [First Visit] (Ezz-Thetics) [09-19] - jazz
  • Arthur Blythe Quartet: Live From Studio Rivbea: July 6, 1976 (NoBusiness) [10-04] - jazz [***]
  • Karen Borca Trio Quartet & Quintet: Good News Blues: Live at the Vision Festival 1998 & 2005 (NoBusiness) [05-27] - jazz [A-]
  • Christer Bothén Featuring Bolon Bata: Trancedance [40th Anniversary Edition] (1984, Black Truffle) [05-24] - jazz [A-]
  • Anthony Braxton: Solo Bern 1984 [First Visit] (Ezz-Thetics) [04-19] - jazz
  • Anthony Braxton: Solo Bern 1984 [First Visit] (Ezz-Thetics) [09-22] - jazz
  • Jakob Bro/Lee Konitz/Bill Frisell/Jason Moran/Thomas Morgan/Andrew Cyrille: Taking Turns (2014, ECM) [11-29] - jazz [*]
  • Broadcast: Spell Blanket: Collected Demos 2006-2009 (Warp) [05-03] - electronic [B]
  • Broadcast: Distant Call: Collected Demos 2000-2006 (Warp) [09-28] - electronic
  • Marion Brown: Three for Shepp to Gesprächsfetzen Revisited (1966-68, Ezz-Thetics) - jazz
  • Jack Bruce: Smiles and Grins: Broadcast Sessions 1970-2001 (Esoteric) [03-29] - jazz
  • The Bug: Machine (Relapse) [09-09] - illbient
  • Raymond Burke: The Southland Recordings 1958-1960 (Jazzland) [04-09] - jazz [*]
  • Burnt Sugar/The Arkestkra Chamber: The Reconstru-Ducted Repatriation Road-Rage ReMiXeS (Avantgroidd) [02-02] - jazz [**]
  • Brian Calvin and Devin Johnston: Some Hours (1999, Corbett vs. Dempsey -EP) [02-29] - singer-songwriter [**]
  • George Cartwright's GloryLand PonyCat: Black Ants Crawling (2003, Mahakala Music) [02-11] - jazz [**]
  • George Cartwright: Send Help (2008, Mahakala Music) [06-03] - jazz [*]
  • Johnny Cash: Songwriter (1993, Mercury Nashville) [06-28] - country [A-]
  • Children of the Sun: Ofamfa (1971, Moved-by-Sound) [06-03] - jazz [***]
  • Codeine: The White Birch (Numero Group) [07-00] - noise rock
  • Codeine: Frigid Stars LP (Numero Group) [07-00] - noise rock
  • Codeine: Barely Real (Numero Group) [07-00] - noise rock
  • Nat King Cole: Live at the Blue Note Chicago (1953, Iconic) [04-20] - jazz [**]
  • Alice Coltrane: The Carnegie Hall Concert (1971, Impulse!) [03-22] - jazz [A-]
  • Alice Coltrane: A Monastic Trio (1968, Impulse!) [06-07] - jazz
  • John Coltrane Quartet + Stan Getz + Oscar Peterson: Live/Dusseldorf March 28th, 1960 (Lantower) [03-25] - jazz [*]
  • John Coltrane 4tet: Live in France July 27/28 1965: The Complete Concerts (Fingerpoppin) - jazz
  • John Coltrane: Impressions From Graz 1962 Revisited (Ezz-Thetics) - jazz
  • Elvis Costello: King of America & Other Realms (UMe -6CD) [11-01]
  • Denzel Curry: King of the Mischievous South (2012, PH/Loma Vista/Concord) [11-15] - hip-hop
  • Ford Dabney's Syncopated Orchestras: After Midnight (1917-22, Archeophone) [05-17] - jazz
  • Miles Davis: Miles '54: The Prestige Recordings (Craft) [11-22] - jazz [A-]
  • Miles Davis Quintet: Miles in France 1963 & 1964 [The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8] (Columbia/Legacy -6CD) [11-08] - jazz [A-]
  • Miles Davis: Birth of the Blue (1958, Analogue Productions) [12-13] - jazz
  • Sammy Davis Jr.: Mr. Entertainment: 1949-1962 (Frémeaux & Associés -3CD) - jazz
  • Die Like a Dog [Peter Brötzmann/Toshinori Kondo/William Parker/Hamid Drake]: Fragments of Music, Life and Death of Albert Ayler (1994, Cien Fuegos) [07-19] - jazz
  • DJ Notoya: Funk Tide: Tokyo Jazz-Funk From Electric Bird 1978-87 (Wewantsounds/Electric Bird) [03-15] - jazz-funk [B-]
  • Eric Dolphy: At the Five Spot to Iron Man Revisited (Ezz-Thetics) - jazz
  • Drive-By Truckers: Southern Rock Opera [Deluxe Edition] (2001, New West) [07-26] - southern rock
  • Drop Nineteens: Delaware (1992, Wharf Cat)
  • Iancu Dumitrescu: Ansamblul Hyperion (1980, Corbett vs. Dempsey) [12-20] - jazz [A-]
  • Bob Dylan: The 1974 Live Recordings (Columbia/Legacy -27CD) [09-20]
  • Duke Ellington: Duke at His Very Best: Legendary Works 1940-1942 (Frémeaux & Associés -4CD) [02-24] - jazz
  • Duke Ellington: Copenhagen 1958 [Bonus: After Hours 1950] (Storyville) [05-10] - jazz [**]
  • Duke Ellington: The Far East Suite (1966, Music on Vinyl) [07-19] - jazz [A+]
  • Don Ellis: How Time Passes to Essence Revisited (1960-62, Ezz-Thetics) - jazz
  • Georgann Eubanks: Song Keepers: A Music Maker Foundation Anthology (Music Maker -4CD) [01-08] - blues
  • Bill Evans: The Legendary Trio at Birdland 1960 Revisited (Ezz-Thetics) - jazz
  • Bill Evans: In Norway: The Kongsberg Concert (1970, Elemental Music, 2CD) [11-29] - jazz [***]
  • Fingers: The Complete Fingers Remember Mingus (1979-93, Jazz in Britain, 3CD) [05-29] - jazz [***]
  • Ella Fitzgerald & the Tommy Flanagan Trio: Live at the Wiener Konzerthaus, 1969 (ORF) - jazz
  • Joe Fonda: From the Source (1998, Fundacja Słuchaj -23) [2023-12-15] - jazz
  • Franco & OK Jazz: Franco Luambo Makiadi Presents Les Editions Populaires (1968-1970) (Planet Ilunga) [02-29] - African [A-]
  • Galaxie 500: Uncollected Noise New York '88-'90 (20/20/20)
  • Jan Garbarek Quartet: Afric Pepperbird (1970, ECM) [01-03] - jazz [***]
  • Gastr del Sol: We Have Dozens of Titles (1993-98, Drag City) - jazz [**]
  • Charles Gayle/Milford Graves/William Parker: WEBO (1991, Black Editions Archive) [06-21] - jazz [A-]
  • Emahoy Tsegue Maryam Gebru: Souvenirs (1977-85, Mississippi) [02-23] - Africa [***]
  • Stan Getz: Unissued Session: Copenhagen 1977 (SteepleChase) [05-10] - jazz [**]
  • Stan Getz & Bill Evans: Previously Unreleased Recordings (1963, Verve) [02-23] - jazz
  • Ghetto Brothers: Power-Fuerza (1972, Vampisoul) [01-16] - Latin funk [*]
  • Terry Gibbs Dream Band: Vol. 7: The Lost Tapes, 1959 (Whaling City Sound) [10-11] - jazz [A-]
  • A Girl Called Eddy: A Girl Called Eddy [20th Anniversary Edition] (Last Night From Glasgow)
  • Go-Betweens: G Stands for Go-Betweens: The Go-Betweens Anthology Volume 3: 2000-2006 (Domino) [12-13]
  • Michael Griener & Jan Roder: Be Our Guest (1994-95, Trouble in the East) [08-17] - jazz [A-]
  • Johnny Griffin Quartet: Live in Valencia 92 [The Jordi Suñol Archives 3] (Storyville) [06-07] - jazz [***]
  • Grupo Irakere: Grupo Irakere (1976, Mr Bongo) [01-26] - Cuban [A-]
  • Grupo Irakere: Teatro Amadeo Roldan Recital (1974, Mr Bongo) [03-15] - Cuban
  • Vince Guaraldi: It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown (Lee Mendelson Film Productions) [07-05] - jazz
  • Margo Guryan: Words and Music (1957-68, Numero Group) [06-07] - jazz
  • Gush: Afro Blue (1998, Trost) [01-19] - jazz [***]
  • Herbie Hancock: Speak Like a Child (1968, Blue Note) [04-19] - jazz [*]
  • Happy Apple: New York CD (Sunnyside) [08-30] - jazz [*]
  • Roy Hargrove's Crisol: Grande-Terre (1998, Verve) - jazz [***]
  • Hampton Hawes: For Real! (1958, Craft) [05-17] - jazz [A-]
  • Phil Haynes' 4 Horns and What?: The Complete American Recordings (1989-95, Corner Store Jazz) [06-14] - jazz [A-]
  • Aaron Yale Heisler: Guitar Sketches (Toronto 2008-24) (Bathurst Manor) [04-08] - jazz [***]
  • Joe Henderson: Power to the People (1969, Craft) [03-15] - jazz [***]
  • Joe Henry: Blood From Stars (2009, EarMusic) [10-18]
  • The High Llamas: The Highest Llama Bundle (1992-99, Drag City) [11-22]
  • Andrew Hill Sextet Plus 10: A Beautiful Day Revisited (2002, Palmetto, 2CD) [11-01] - jazz [**]
  • Hugo Largo: Huge, Large and Electric: Hugo Largo 1984-1991 (Missing Piece)
  • Bobby Hutcherson: Classic Bobby Hutcherson Blue Note Sessions 1963-1970 (Mosaic -7CD) - jazz
  • Bobby Hutcherson: Medina (1969, Blue Note Tone Poet) [08-02] - jazz [A-]
  • Bobby Hutcherson: Total Eclipse (1068, Blue Note Tone Poet) [05-03] - jazz [B]
  • Intercommunal Free Dance Music Orchestra: L'Intercommunal (1976-78, Souffle Continu) [06-14] - jazz [**]
  • Akira Ishikawa & Count Buffaloes: Uganda (Dawn of African Rock) (1972, Mr Bongo) [02-16] - African
  • Fumio Itabashi: Watarase (1982, Wewantsounds) [04-00] - jazz
  • Skip James: Today! (Craft) [06-07] - blues
  • Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Paul Motian: The Old Country: More From the Deer Head Inn (1992, ECM) [08-11] - jazz [*]
  • Al Jarreau: Wow! Live at the Childe Harold (1976, Resonance) [12-06] - jazz [***]
  • Jazz Sabbath: The 1968 Tapes (Blacklake) - jazz
  • The Jazzanians: We Have Waited Too Long (1988, Ubuntu Music) [04-12] - jazz [**]
  • The Jazzmen: Nineteen Sixty-Six (1966, Corbett vs. Dempsey) [11-01] - jazz [**]
  • Sven-Åke Johansson und Alexander von Schlippenbach: Über Ursache und Wirkung der Meinungsverschiedenheiten Beim Turmbau zu Babel (1994, Trost) [02-23] - jazz [**]
  • James P. Johnson: World Broadcast Recordings (1944, Solo Art) [03-20] - jazz
  • Pete Jolly: Seasons (1970, Future Days) - jazz [*]
  • Louis Jordan: World Broadcast Recordings 1944/45 (GHB/Circle) [05-01] - jazz [***]
  • Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: Chain of Light (Real World) [09-20] - Qawwali
  • B.B. King: In France: Live at the 1977 Nancy Jazz Pulsations Festival (Deep Digs/Elemental Music) [11-29] - blues [**]
  • Mieczysław Kosz: Debiut. Jazz Jamboree '67/'68 (Polskie Radio/Polish Radio) [12-06] - jazz
  • Kruder & Dorfmeister: The K&D Sessions [25th Anniversary Edition] (K7) - electronic
  • Scott LaFaro: The Alchemy of Scott LaFaro (1957-61, El -3CD) [07-02] - jazz
  • Byard Lancaster: The Complete Palm Recordings 1973-1974 (Souffle Continu) [09-06] - jazz [***]
  • Byard Lancaster/Steve McCall/Sylvin Marc: Us (1973, Souffle Continu) [10-04] - jazz [***]
  • Byard Lancaster: Mother Africa (1974, Souffle Continu) [09-06] - jazz [***]
  • Byard Lancaster/Keno Speller: Exactement (1974, Souffle Continu) [10-04] - jazz [**]
  • Byard Lancaster: Funny Funky Rib Crib (1974, Souffle Continu) [09-06] - jazz [***]
  • Harold Land: The Fox (1960, Craft) [04-12] - jazz [**]
  • Yusef Lateef: Atlantis Lullaby: The Concert From Avignon (1972, Elemental Music, 2CD) [04-26] - jazz [**]
  • Daunik Lazro/Paul Lovens/Annick Nozati/Fred Van Hove: Résumé of a Century (1999, Fou) [11-04] - jazz
  • The Lilac Time: Astronauts Super Deluxe Edition (Needle Mythology)
  • Love Child: Never Meant to Be 1988-1993 (12XU) [03-08] - rock [***]
  • Paco de Lucia/Pepito de Lucia: Pepito y Paquito (1959-60, BMG) [05-31] - jazz
  • Roberto Magris: Love Is Passing Thru: Solo/Duo/Trio/Quartet (2005, JMood) [03-01] - jazz [A-]
  • The Malombo Jazz Men: Castle Lager Jazz Fesetival 1964 (Strut) [10-11] - jazz
  • Shelly Manne & His Men: Jazz From the Pacific Northwest (1958-66, Reel to Real) [04-20] - jazz [**]
  • Charlie Mariano: Boppin' in Boston 1947-1953 (Fresh Sound) [04-19] - jazz [**]
  • Phil Markowitz: Trio Portugal (1999, self-released) - jazz
  • Brother Jack McDuff: Ain't No Sunshine: Live in Seattle (1972, Reel to Real) [05-17] - jazz [*]
  • Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre: Live From Studio Rivbea: July 12, 1975 [Rivbea Live! Series, Volume 1] (NoBusiness) [05-27] - jazz [***]
  • Megan Thee Stallion: Megan: Act II (Hot Girl Productions) [10-25] - hip-hop
  • Vinicius Mendes: Macunaismo Tardio Vol. 1 & 2 (Notes on a Journey) - jazz
  • Pat Metheny: Bright Size Life (1975, ECM) [08-09] - jazz [**]
  • Microstoria: Init Ding + _Snd (1995-96, Thrill Jockey) [01-26] - ambient [*]
  • Ron Miles: Old Main Chapel (2011, Blue Note) - jazz [***]
  • Charles Mingus: Incarnations (1960, Candid) [03-15] - jazz [**]
  • Charles Mingus: Reincarnations (1960, Candid) [11-15] - jazz
  • Charles Mingus: Mingus Takes Manhattan: The Complete Birdland Dates: 1961-1962 (New Land) [01-05] - jazz
  • Charles Mingus: Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus to Pre Bird Revisited (1960-61, Ezz-Thetics) - jazz
  • Joni Mitchell: Archives Volume 4: The Asylum Years (1976-1980) (Rhino) [08-06] - singer-songwriter
  • Hank Mobley: Workout (1962, Blue Note Classic Vinyl) [05-17] - jazz [***]
  • Louis Moholo-Moholo: Louis Moholo-Moholo's Viva-La-Black (1988, Ogun) [06-28] - jazz [**]
  • Thelonious Monk: Criss-Cross (1963, Columbia/Pure Pleasure) - jazz [A-]
  • Jason Moran: Ten (2010, Blue Note) [06-21] - jazz [***]
  • Mixmaster Morris/Jonah Sharp/Haruomi Hosono: Quiet Logic (1998, WRWTFWW) [02-23] - ambient [A-]
  • Modest Mouse: Good News for People Who Love Bad News [20th Anniversary Expanded Edition] (Legacy) [04-05]
  • James Moody: The Moody Story (1951-55, Fresh Sound -3CD) - jazz
  • Lee Morgan: Search for the New Land (1964, Blue Note) [02-16] - jazz [A-]
  • Lee Morgan: City Lights (LMRR) [03-22] - jazz
  • Lee Morgan: The Sidewinder (1963, Blue Note) - jazz [A-]
  • Lee Morgan: The Very Best of Lee Morgan (Blue Note) - jazz [A-]
  • Lee Morgan: The Procrastinator (Blue Note) - jazz
  • Lee Morgan: Taru (1968, Blue Note Tone Poet) [08-02] - jazz [**]
  • Van Morrison: Live at Orangefield (2014, Townsend Music/Orangefield) [08-02] - rock [***]
  • Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Co./David Borden: Make Way for Mother Mallard: 50 Years of Music (1970s-2010s, Cuneiform -2CD) [08-30] - minimalism
  • Gerry Mulligan: Night Lights (1963, Philips) [04-26] - jazz [*]
  • Nature's Consort: Nature's Consort (1969, Aguirre) [12-06] - jazz [***]
  • New Direction for the Arts: Projection: The Complete Inspiration and Power Live at Shinjuku Art Theater (1973, Jinya Disc) - jazz
  • New Order: Brotherhood [Definitive Edition] (1985, Rhino) - new wave
  • NRG Ensemble: Hold That Thought (1996, Corbett vs. Dempsey) [03-01] - jazz [A-]
  • King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band: Centennial (1923, Archeophone -4CD) - jazz
  • Abdallah Oumbadougou: Amghar: The Godfather of Tuareg Music Vol 1 (Strong Place) [03-01] - Saharan rock
  • Tony Oxley: Angular Apron (1992, Corbett vs. Dempsey) [06-15] - jazz [***]
  • Charlie Parker: Bird in Kansas City (1941-51, Verve) [10-25] - jazz [**]
  • Charlie Parker: Ornithology: The Best of Bird (Craft) [08-23] - jazz
  • Pavement: Cautionary Tales: Jukebox Classiques (Matador) - alt/indie
  • Austin Peralta: Endless Planets [Deluxe Edition] (2011, Brainfeeder) [02-09] - jazz [A-]
  • Oscar Peterson: City Lights: Live in Munich 1994 (Mack Avenue) [11-15] - jazz
  • Michel Petrucciani Trio: Jazz Club Montmartre - CPH 1988 (Storyville) [11-15] - jazz
  • Tom Petty: Long After Dark [Deluxe Edition] (1982, Geffen -3CD) [08-30] - rock
  • Dave Pike: The Doors of Perception (1966, Nature Sounds) [04-20] - jazz
  • Elvis Presley: Memphis (1956-76, RCA/Legacy -5CD) - rockabilly [***]
  • Prince Lasha Quintet Featuring Sonny Simmons: The Cry! (1962, Craft) [09-06] - jazz
  • Sergio Prudencio: Antología 1: Obras Para La Orquesta Experimental De Instrumentos Nativos (Buh) [02-23] - modern classical
  • Rail Band: Buffet Hotel De La Gare, Bamako (1973, Mississippi) [04-05] - African [A-]
  • Phil Ranelin: The Found Tapes: Live in Los Angeles (1978-1981, ORG Music) [01-28] - jazz [***]
  • Martha Raye: Martha Raye & Co-Stars in Hollywood (1936-44, Sepia) [11-08] - vocal jazz
  • Lou Reed: Hudson River Wind Meditations (2007, Light in the Attic) [01-12] - ambient [**]
  • Emily Remler: Cookin' at the Queens: Live in Las Vegas 1984 & 1988 (Resonance, 2CD) [11-29] - jazz [A-]
  • Olivia Rodrigo: Guts (Spilled) (Geffen) [03-22]
  • Raphael Roginski: Plays John Coltrane and Langston Hughes (2013, Unsound) [09-27] - jazz [**]
  • Sonny Rollins: Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recordings (Resonance -3CD) [04-20] - jazz [A-]
  • Sonny Rollins: A Night at the Village Vanguard: The Complete Masters (1958, Blue Note) [02-12] - jazz [***]
  • Kurt Rosenwinkel: The Next Step Band: Live at Smalls 1996 (Heartcore) [07-26] - jazz [A-]
  • Pharoah Sanders: Festival de Jazz de Nice, Nice, France, July 18, 1971 (1971, Kipepeo Publishing) [02-04] - jazz [***]
  • Pharoah Sanders: Thembi (1970-71, Impulse!) [08-09] - jazz [*]
  • Nisse Sandström Group: Öppet Ett (1965-67, Caprice -23) [2023-09-15] - jazz
  • Maria Schneider Orchestra: Decades (1992-2020, ArtistShare -3CD) - jazz
  • Travis Scott: Days Before Rodeo (Cactus Jack/Sony/Epic) [08-23] - hip-hop
  • Septet Matchi-Oul: Terremoto (1971 Souffle Continu) [03-15] - jazz [***]
  • Archie Shepp: Poem for Malcolm (1969, BYG Actuel) [06-21] - jazz [**]
  • Archie Shepp: Live at the Panafrican Festival (1971, BYG Actuel) [11-29] - jazz [***]
  • Wayne Shorter: Odyssey of Iska (1970, Blue Note Tone Poet) [07-05] - jazz [**]
  • Wayne Shorter: Celebration, Volume 1 (2014, Blue Note) [08-23] - jazz [A-]
  • Nina Simone: Blackbird: The Colpix Recordings (1959-1963) (Soul Music) [03-29] - jazz
  • Slow Poke: At Home (1998, P&M) - jazz [A-]
  • Pat Smythe Quartet: New Dawn: Live 1973 (British Progressive Jazz) [03-01] - jazz [***]
  • Snarky Puppy: We Like It Here (Remixed + Remastered + Reimagined) (GroundUP Music) [12-06] - jazz
  • Todd Snider: Songs for the Daily Planet (Purple Version) (Aimless) - folk [**]
  • Todd Snider: Viva Satellite (Purple Version) (Aimless) [04-26] - folk [*]
  • Soft Machine: Høvikkoden 1971 (Cuneiform) [05-31] - jazz [***]
  • Sonic Youth: Walls Have Ears (1993, Goofin') [02-09] - rock [***]
  • Omar Sosa: Omar Sosa's 88 Well-Tuned Drums (1996-2018, Otá) [08-29] - jazz [A-]
  • ERR: stream no grade: Splat!: And Yeah So (1981-1985)
  • Splat!: And Yeah So (1981-1985) (Corbett vs. Dempsey) [12-06] - post-punk
  • Tomasz Stanko Quartet: September Night (2004, ECM) [06-21] - jazz [***]
  • The Louis Stewart Trio: Louis the First (1975, Livia) [03-05] - jazz [***]
  • Louis Stewart & Jim Hall: The Dublin Concert (1982, Livia) [09-06] - jazz
  • Juma Sultan's Aboriginal Music Society: Father of Origin (1970, Eremite) [08-24] - jazz
  • Sun Ra: At the Showcase: Live in Chicago 1976-1977 (Jazz Detective, 2CD) [04-20] - jazz [*]
  • Sun Ra: Excelsior Mill (1984, Sundazed/Modern Harmonic) [05-24] - jazz [B]
  • Sun Ra & His Arkestra: Pink Elephants on Parade (1985-90, Modern Harmonic) [07-05] - jazz [***]
  • Sun Ra: Inside the Light World: Sun Ra Meets the OVC (1986, Strut) [05-31] - jazz
  • Sun Ra Akrestra: Live at Pit-Inn Tokyo, Japan 8-8-1988 (Super Fuji Discs) - jazz
  • Sun Ra: Lights on a Satellite: Live at the Left Bank (1978, Resonance, 2CD) [11-29] - jazz [A-]
  • Taylor Swift: The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology (Republic) [04-19] - alt-pop
  • Masayuki Takayanagi/Kaoru Abe: Real Jazz (1970, Jinya Disc) - jazz
  • Talking Heads: '77 [Super Deluxe Edition] (Rhino -3CD)
  • Art Tatum: Jewels in the Treasure Box: The 1953 Chicago Blue Note Jazz Club Recordings (Resonance -3CD) [04-20] - jazz [A-]
  • Cecil Taylor Unit: Live at Fat Tuesday's February 9, 1980 [First Visit] (Ezz-Thetics) [03-01] - jazz
  • Cecil Taylor Unit: Live at Fat Tuesday's February 10, 1980 [First Visit] (Ezz-Thetics) [10-31] - jazz
  • John Taylor/Norma Winstone/Kenny Wheeler: Azimuth (1977, ECM) [03-29] - jazz
  • Teezo Touchdown: How Do You Sleep at Night? With You (Not Fit for Society) [01-10] - r&b
  • Richard Teitelbaum: Asparagus (1975-76, Black Truffle) [03-29] - jazz
  • Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Singles Collection As & Bs 1939-1950 (Acrotab -3CD) [04-09] - gospel
  • Masahiko Togashi: Session in Paris Vol. One: Song of Soil (1979, We Want Sounds) - jazz
  • Charles Tolliver Music Inc: Live at the Captain's Cabin (1973, Cellar Music) [11-29] - jazz [A-]
  • Alan Tomlinson Trio: Loft 1993 (Scatter Archive) [03-25] - jazz [**]
  • Pete Townshend: Live in Concert, 1985-2001 (UMR -14CD) [07-26]
  • McCoy Tyner/Joe Henderson: Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs' (1966, Blue Note) [11-22] - jazz [***]
  • Kali Uchis: Orquídeas Parte 2 (Capitol) [08-09] - Latin pop
  • Unholy Modal Rounders: Unholier Than Thou 7/7/77 (Don Giovanni) [09-06] - folk [A]
  • Louis Vasnier: Genius of the Seventh Ward (1891-92, Archeophone) [11-15] - jazz
  • Sarah Vaughan: The Divine One: A Centennary Tribute: Her 50 Finest 1944-62 () - vocal jazz
  • Mal Waldron: The Quest (1962, Craft/OJC) [09-27] - jazz [B]
  • Mal Waldron/Terumasa Hino: Reminscent Suite (1973, BBE) [01-24] - jazz [A-]
  • Mal Waldron/Steve Lacy: The Mighty Warriors: Live in Antwerp (1995, Elemental Music, 2CD) [04-20] - jazz [A-]
  • Grover Washington, Jr.: Grover Live: Vol. 2 (1998, Lightyear Entertainment) [09-13] - jazz
  • Bobby Watson: Love Remains (1986, RED) - jazz [A]
  • Kenny Wheeler: Angel Song (1996, ECM) [05-31] - jazz [B]
  • Gerald Wiggins: Classic Trio Sessions 1956-1957 (Fresh Sound) - jazz
  • Cootie Williams: Concerto for Cootie: Selected Recordings 1928-62 (Acrobat) [01-09] - jazz
  • Jessica Williams: Orgonomic Muic (1981, Sundazed) [03-22] - jazz
  • Mars Williams & Hamid Drake: I Know You Are but What Am I (1996, Corbett vs. Dempsey) [03-01] - jazz [A-]
  • Mars Williams/Darin Gray/Chris Corsano: Elastic (2012, Corbett vs. Dempsey) [03-01] - jazz [***]
  • Willow: Ceremonial Contrafact (Empathogen Deluxe) (Three Six Zero/Gamma) [09-27]
  • Brenton Wood: Brenton Wood's 18 Best (Craft) [10-04] - r&b [B]
  • Jack Wood: The Gal That Got Away: The Best of Jack Wood, Featuring Guest Niehaud Fitzgibbon (Jazz Hang) [03-29] - jazz [***]
  • The John Wright Trio: South Side Soul (1960, Craft) [06-27] - jazz [**]
  • Celebrate Yourself! The Sonic Cathedral Story 2004-2024 (Sonic Cathedral)
  • Classic V-Disc Small Group Jazz Sessions (1943-49, Mosaic -11CD) - jazz
  • Congo Funk: Sound Madness From the Shores of the Mighty Congo River: Kinshasa/Brazzaville 1969-1982 (Analog Africa) [04-05] - African [***]
  • Electro Throwdown: Sci-Fi Inter-Planetary Electro Attack on Planet Earth 1982-89 (Soul Jazz) [04-10] - electro [**]
  • Even the Forest Hums: Ukrainian Sonic Archives 1971-1996 (Light in the Attic) [10-18] - Ukraine
  • Everyone's Getting Involved: A Tribute to Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense (A24 Music) [05-17]
  • Ghana Special 2: Electronic Highlife & Afro Sounds in the Diaspora 1980-93 (Soundway) [05-10] - African
  • In the Beginning There Was Rhythm (Soul Jazz) [05-10] - synth-pop [***]
  • The Jazz Dispensary: The Freedom Sound! The People Arise (1963-76, Craft) [04-19] - jazz [**]
  • Kampire Presents: A Dancefloor in Ndola (Strut) [08-02] - African [A-]
  • Legends & the Lost: Rare & Hot Jazz 1929-1931 (Frog) - jazz
  • Les Belgicains: Na Tango Ya Covadia 1964-70 (Covadia) [04-19] - African [**]
  • Live on Mountain Stage: Outlaws & Outliers (Oh Boy) [04-19]
  • Love Hides All Faults: Deep Gospel Soul Selected by Jumbo (Elusive Vinyl/Pyramid) - gospel
  • Merengue Típico, Nueva Generación! (Bongo Joe) [02-09] - merengue [A-]
  • Miami Sound: More Funk and Soul From Miami, Florida 1967-1974 (Soul Jazz) - funk [**]
  • My Black Country: The Songs of Alice Randall (Oh Boy) [04-12] - country
  • Nigerian Guitar Roots: Juju, Guitar Band Highlife 1936-1968 (El Sur -2CD) - African
  • The Oscar Pettiford Memorial Concert (1960, SteepleChase) [04-19] - jazz [*]
  • The Power of the Heart: A Tribute to Lou Reed (Light in the Attic) [04-20] [**]
  • Vote or Else (Harun) [11-01] - hip-hop

Priority Counts

  • Priority 1: 1513
  • Priority 2: 203
  • Priority 3: 23
  • Priority 4: 930
  • Priority 5: 333

Total: 3002