Music Tracking 2015

These are 2015 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 (usually taken from AMG).

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.

Option selectors:

• Include priority 0
• Include priority 0, exclude rated
• Just priority 2
• Just priority 3
• Rated only
• Unrated only
• Default

Genre switches (selection not implemented yet):

• Blues
• Country
• Electronica
• Hip-Hop
• Jazz
• Metal
• All

Notes also include scores from review sources:

• AV: AV Club: A=100, A-=91, B+=83, B=75, B-=67, C+=58, C=50, C-=43, D+=33, D=25
• BB: Billboard
• CS: Consequence of Sound: letter grades like AV
• DS: Drowned in Sound [AOTY]
• HD: HipHopDX
• MO: MusicOHM [AOTY]
• P: Paste
• Pf: Pitchfork
• PM: PopMatters [AOTY]
• RA: Resident Advisor
• RS: Rolling Stone [AOTY]
• S: Spin

And after a semicolon:

• RC: Robert Christgau's Expert Witness: letter grades, 1-2-3 * for HMs

New Releases

• ERR: stream no grade: Perry Beekman: S'Wonderful: Perry Beekman Sings and Plays Gershwin
• ERR: stream no grade: Ann Hampton Callaway: The Hope of Christmas
• ERR: stream no grade: Kenny Carr: Exit Moon
• ERR: stream no grade: Francois Carrier/Steve Beresford/John Edwards/Michel Lambert: Outgoing
• ERR: stream no grade: Tom Collier: Across the Bridge
• ERR: stream no grade: Colours Jazz Orchestra: Home Away From Home: Plays the Music of Ayn Inserto
• ERR: stream no grade: Cuir: Chez Ackenbush
• Deafheaven: New Bermuda (Anti) [10-02] - black metal [*]
• ERR: stream no grade: Benoit Delbecq/Miles Perkin/Emile Biayenda: Ink
• ERR: stream no grade: Charles Evans: On Beauty
• ERR: stream no grade: Free Jazz Group Wiesbaden: Frictions/Frictions Now
• ERR: stream no grade: Andrew Jamieson: Heard the Voice
• ERR: stream no grade: Jeff Jenkins Organization: The Arrival
• ERR: stream no grade: Per Texas Johansson: De Langa Rulltrapporna I Flemingsberg
• ERR: stream no grade: Kansas: Miracles Out of Nowhere
• ERR: stream no grade: Tyler Kaneshiro & the Highlands: Amber of the Moment
• ERR: stream no grade: Martin Kuchen/Johan Berthling/Steve Noble: Night in Europe
• ERR: stream no grade: Nancy Lane: Let Me Love You
• ERR: stream no grade: Jon Lindberg/Anil Eraslan: Juggling Kukla
• ERR: stream no grade: Mundell Lowe/Lloyd Wells/Jim Ferguson: Poor Butterfly
• ERR: stream no grade: Tobias Meinhart: Natural Perception
• ERR: stream no grade: Noertker's Moxie: Simultaneous Windows
• ERR: stream no grade: Larry Novak: Invitation
• ERR: stream no grade: Kim Pensyl: Foreign Love Affair
• ERR: stream no grade: Ivo Perelman/Mat Maneri/Tanya Kalmanovitch: Villa Lobos Suite
• ERR: stream no grade: Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp: Complementary Colors
• ERR: stream no grade: Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp/Whit Dickey: Butterfly Whispers
• ERR: stream no grade: Oscar Perez: Prepare a Place for Me
• ERR: stream no grade: Jeff Richman: Hotwire
• ERR: stream no grade: Matthew Shipp: Matthew Shipp Plays the Music of Allen Lowe
• ERR: stream no grade: Herb Silverstein: Younger Next Year
• ERR: stream no grade: The Dan Trudell Trio: Dan Trudell Plays the Piano
• ERR: stream no grade: Ramana Veiera: Fado Da Vida

Reissues, Etc.

Priority Counts

• Priority 4: 1
• Priority 5: 0

Total: 1