Music Tracking 2019

These are 2019 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.

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New Releases

• 4WD [Nils Landgren/Michael Wollny/Lars Danielsson/Wolfgang Haffner]: 4 Wheel Drive (ACT) [03-15] - jazz [B-]
• 2 Chainz: Rap or Go to the League (Gamebread/Def Jam) [03-01] - trap rap [**]
• The 14 Jazz Orchestra: The Future Ain't What It Used to Be (Dabon Music) [01-01] - jazz [B]
• 75 Dollar Bill: I Was Real (Thin Wrist) [06-28] - rock [***]
• 100 Gecs: 1000 Gecs (Dog Show) [05-31] - pop [B]
• Snoh Aalegra: Ugh, Those Feels Again (Artium) [08-06] - neo-soul [**]
• Greg Abate with the Tim Ray Trio: Gratitude: Stage Door Live @ The Z (Whaling City Sound) [04-26] - jazz [***]
• Rez Abbasi: A Throw of Dice by the Silent Ensemble (Whirlwind) [10-19] - jazz [*]
• Abjects: Never Give Up (Yippee Ki Yay) [02-15] - rock [**]
• Kevin Abstract: Arizona Baby (Question Everything/RCA) [04-25] - hip-hop [**]
• Acid Arab: Jdid (Crammed Discs) [10-18] - Arabic house [*]
• Add-2: Jim Crow: The Musical (Add-2 Productions) [11-26] - hip-hop [A-]
• Charlotte Adigery: Zandoli (Deewee -EP) [02-08] - electronic [**]
• Stefan Aeby: Piano Solo (Intakt) [09-20] - jazz [*]
• Aesop Rock & Tobacco [Malibu Ken]: Malibu Ken (Rhymesayers) [01-18] - hip-hop [***]
• Areni Agbabian: Bloom (ECM) [04-26] - jazz [B]
• Yazz Ahmed: Polyhymnia (Ropeadope) [10-11] - jazz [**]
• Cyrille Aimee: Move On: A Sondheim Adventure (Mack Avenue) [02-22] - vocal jazz [B]
• Akiko Hamilton Dechter: Equal Time (Capri) [06-21] - jazz [*]
• Tetuzi Akiyama/Nicolas Field/Gregor Vidic: Interpersonal Subjectivities (Astral Spirits) [11-15] - jazz [A-]
• Albare: Albare Plays Jobim (Alfi) [12-20] - jazz [**]
• Goncalo Almeida/Martin van Duynhoven/Tobias Klein: Live at the Bimhuis (Clean Feed) [11-15] - jazz [***]
• Juan Alamo & Marimjazzia: Ruta Panoramica (Summit) [03-08] - jazz [**]
• Melissa Aldana: Visions (Motema) [05-24] - jazz [**]
• Mats Aleklint/Per-Ake Holmlander/Paal Nilssen-Love: Fish & Steel (PNL) [10-04] - jazz [***]
• Ralph Alessi: Imaginary Friends (ECM) [02-01] - jazz [*]
• Eric Alexander: Eric Alexander With Strings (HighNote) [12-06] - jazz [*]
• Don Aliquo/Michael Jefry Stevens: Live at Hinton Hall: The Innocence of Spring (Artists Recording Collective) [08-01] - jazz [**]
• Harry Allen/Mike Renzi: Rhode Island Is Famous for You (GAC) [03-20] - jazz [***]
• JD Allen: Barracoon (Savant) [06-28] - jazz [A-]
• Lolly Allen: Coming Home (OA2) [11-15] - jazz [*]
• Karrin Allyson Sextet: Shoulder to Shoulder: Centennial Tribute to Women's Suffrage (eOne) [08-30] - jazz [***]
• Fabian Almazan Trio: This Land Abounds With Life (Biophilia) [06-14] - jazz [*]
• Altin Gun: Gece (ATO) [04-26] - psychedelic rock [**]
• Rodrigo Amado/Chris Corsano: No Place to Fall (Astral Spirits) [06-14] - jazz [A-]
• Rodrigo Amado/Gonçalo Almeida/Onno Govaert [The Attic]: Summer Bummer (NoBusiness) [05-07] - jazz [A-]
• Rodrigo Amado/Dirk Serries: Jazzblazzt (Raw Tonk) [09-09] - jazz [**]
• Franco Ambrosetti Quintet: Long Waves (Unit) [08-30] - jazz [***]
• Franck Amsallem: Gotham Goodbye (Jazz & People) [09-20] - jazz [***]
• Jay Anderson: Deepscape (SteepleChase) [04-15] - jazz [**]
• Laurie Anderson/Tenzin Choegyal/Jesse Paris Smith: Songs From the Bardo (Smithsonian/Folkways) [09-27] - folk [***]
• Reid Anderson/Dave King/Craig Taborn: Golden Valley Is Now (Intakt) [09-20] - jazz [B-]
• Anderson .Paak: Ventura (Aftermath/12 Tone Music) [04-12] - hip-hop [***]
• Rebecca Angel: Santa Baby (Timeless Grooves, 1) [11-15] - Christmas jazz [***]
• Angel-Ho: Death Becomes Her (Hyperdub) [03-01] - electroic [*]
• Gretje Angell: In Any Key (Grevlinto) [07-25] - vocal jazz [**]
• Angles 9: Beyond Us (Clean Feed) [05-17] - jazz [***]
• Brittany Anjou: Enamigo Reciprokataj (Origin) [02-15] - jazz [**]
• Michaela Anne: Desert Dove (Yep Roc) [09-27] - country [*]
• Laurie Antonioli: The Constant Passage of Time (Origin) [04-12] - vocal jazz [**]
• AP6C [Alberto Pinton Sestetto Contemporaneo]: Layers (Clear Now) [08-30] - jazz [**]
• Charlie Apicella & Iron City: Groove Machine (OA2) [05-17] - jazz [*]
• Arashi [Akira Sakata/Johan Berthling/Paal Nilssen-Love]: Jikan (PNL) [04-26] - jazz [**]
• Joe Armon-Jones: Turn to Clear View (Brownswood) [09-20] - jazz [B]
• Dayme Arocena: Sonocardiogram (Brownswood) [09-06] - jazz [B]
• Art Ensemble of Chicago: We Are on the Edge: A 50th Anniversary Celebration (Pi -2CD) [04-26] - jazz [**]
• Byron Asher: Byron Asher's Skrontch Music (Sinking City) [10-25] - jazz [**]
• Ehud Asherie Trio: Wild Man Blues (Capri) [03-15] - jazz [**]
• Atmosphere: Whenever (Rhymesayers Entertainment) [12-13] - hip-hop [***]
• Atomic: Pet Variations (Odin) [02-00] - jazz [**]
• Michael Attias: Ëchos La Nuit (Out of Your Head) [04-05] - jazz [**]
• Allison Au Quartet: Wander Wonder (self-released) [01-11] - jazz [**]
• Awatair: Awatair Plays Coltrane (Fundacja Sluchaj) [11-11] - jazz [***]
• Iggy Azalea: In My Defense (Bad Dreams/Empire) [07-19] - hip-hop [***]
• Backxwash: Deviancy (Grimalkin) [07-12] - hip-hop [***]
• John Bacon/Michael McNeill/Danny Ziemann: Refractions (Jazz Dimensions) [08-01] - jazz [***]
• The Bad Plus: Activate Infinity (Edition) [10-25] - jazz [**]
• BaianaSystem: O Futuro Nao Demora (Maquina De Louco) [02-15] - Brazil [***]
• Philip Bailey: Love Will Find a Way (Verve) [06-21] - vocal jazz [*]
• Bali Baby: Bubbles Bali (Billmania Media) [01-10] - hip-hop [**]
• J Balvin & Bad Bunny: Oasis (Universal Music Latino) [06-28] - Latin [**]
• Caterina Barbieri: Ecstatic Computation (Editions Mego) [05-03] - progressive electronic [A-]
• Barker: Utility (Ostgut Ton) [09-06] - minimal techno [***]
• Courtney Barnett: MTV Unplugged (Live in Melbourne) (Mom + Pop Music) [12-06] - alt/indie [**]
• Simone Baron & Arco Belo: The Space Between Disguises (GenreFluid) [11-08] - jazz [B-]
• Brad Barrett/Joe Morris/Tyshawn Sorey: Cowboy Transfiguration (Fundacja Sluchaj) [04-10] - jazz [***]
• Jon Batiste: Anatomy of Angels: Live at the Village Vanguard (Verve) [08-02] - jazz [*]
• BCUC: The Healing (Buda Musique) [05-10] - South African [**]
• Beans on Toast: The Inevitable Train Wreck (self-released) [12-01] - folk [A-]
• The Kenyatta Beasley Septet: The Frank Foster Songbook (Art Vs Transit -2CD) [08-09] - jazz [**]
• Beck: Hyperspace (Capitol/Virgin EMI) [11-22] - alt dance [B]
• Albert Beger Quartet: The Gate (NoBusiness) [05-00] - jazz [***]
• Ilia Belorukov/Gabriel Ferrandini: Disquiet (Clean Feed) [05-17] - jazz [**]
• Ilia Belorukov & Vasco Trilla: Laniakea (Astral Spirits) [10-18] - jazz [B-]
• Karl Berger/Jason Kao Hwang: Conjure (True Sound) [10-01] - jazz [B]
• Antoine Berjeaut: Moving Cities (I See Colors) [12-06] - jazz [**]
• The David Berkman Sextet: Six of One (Palmetto) [04-05] - jazz [A-]
• Josh Berman/Paul Lytton/Jason Roebke: Trio Discrepancies (Astral Spirits) [09-20] - jazz [U]
• Daniel Bernardes & Drumming GP: Liturgy of the Birds: In Memoriam Olivier Messiaen (Clean Feed) [11-15] - jazz [**]
• Better Oblivion Community Center: Better Oblivion Community Center (Dead Oceans) [01-24] - alt/indie [*]
• Beyonce: Homecoming: The Live Album (Columbia) [04-17] - r&b [*]
• Jerry Bergonzi: The Seven Rays (Savant) [04-12] - jazz [*]
• Lea Bertucci: Resonant Field (NNA Tapes) [07-19] - jazz [*]
• Carlos Bica/Daniel Erdmann/DJ Illvibe: I Am the Escaped One (Clean Feed) [03-22] - jazz [*]
• Big KRIT: KRIT Iz Here (Multi Alumni) [07-12] - hip-hop [**]
• Big Thief: UFOF (4AD) [05-03] - indie folk [A-]
• Big Thief: Two Hands (4AD) [10-11] - indie folk [**]
• The Big Yes: The Big Yes (Nakama) [08-23] - jazz [**]
• Binker Golding & Elliot Galvin: Ex Nihilo (Byrd Out) [02-01] - jazz [*]
• Binker Golding: Abstractions of Reality Past & Incredible Feathers (Gearbox) [09-27] - jazz [A-]
• The Nat Birchall Quartet: The Storyteller: A Musical Tribute to Yusef Lateef (Jazzman) [09-13] - jazz [**]
• Bonnie Bishop: The Walk (Thirty Tigers) [10-04] - alt country [**]
• Michael Bisio/Kirk Knuffke/Fred Lonberg-Holm: Requiem for a New York Slice (Iluso) [03-25] - jazz [*]
• BJ the Chicago Kid: 1123 (Motown) [07-26] - hip-hop [*]
• Black Alien: Abaixo De Zero: Hello Hell (Extrapunk Extrafunk) [04-12] - Brazil hip-hop [*]
• Black Midi: Schlagenheim (Rough Trade) [06-21] - experimental rock [**]
• Black to Comm: Seven Horses for Seven Kings (Thrill Jockey) [01-25] - dark ambient [B]
• Blacks' Myths: Blacks' Myths II (Atlantic Rhythms) [09-06] - jazz [**]
• James Blake: Assume Form (Polydor) [01-18] - alt r&b [B-]
• Johnathan Blake: Trion (Giant Step Arts) [04-05] - jazz [A-]
• Seamus Blake: Guardians of the Heart Machine (Whirlwind) [03-15] - jazz [***]
• Yugen Blakrok: Anima Mysterium (IOT) [02-01] - hip-hop [A-]
• Ran Blake/Clare Ritter: Eclipse Orange (Zoning) [02-15] - jazz [A-]
• Carsie Blanton: Buck Up (So Ferocious) [02-19] - folk pop [A-]
• Blarf: Cease & Desist (Stones Throw) [06-28] - comedy [B-]
• Blind Lemon Jazz: After Hours: New Pages in the American Songbook (Ofeh) [07-01] - vocal jazz [*]
• Blood Orange: Angel's Pulse (Domino) [07-12] - alt r&b [**]
• Blu & Oh No: A Long Red Hot Los Angeles Summer Night (Native Sounds) [03-01] - hip-hop [**]
• Ray Blue: Work (Jazzheads) [10-12] - jazz [**]
• Blue Standard: A Good Thing (Big Time) [01-18] - jazz [B]
• Bon Iver: I,I (Jagjaguwar) [08-09] - art pop [B]
• Bones [Ziv Taubenfeld/Shay Hazan/Nir Sabag]: Reptiles (NoBusiness) [11-15] - jazz [**]
• Bonzo Squad: There's Always Tomorrow (self-released -EP) [12-01] - jazz [B]
• Boogie: Everythings for Sale (Shady/Interscope) [01-25] - hip-hop [*]
• Benjamin Boone/Philip Levine: The Poetry of Jazz: Volume Two (Origin) [01-18] - jazz [A-]
• Itamar Borochov: Blue Nights (Laborie Jazz) [02-01] - jazz [**]
• Samantha Boshnack's Seismic Belt: Live in Santa Monica (Orenda) [03-15] - jazz [A-]
• Boy Harsher: Careful (Nude Club) [02-01] - darkwave [A-]
• Jaimie Branch: Fly or Die II: Bird Dogs of Paradise (International Anthem) [10-11] - jazz [A-]
• Anthony Braxton: Quartet (New Haven) 2014 (Firehouse 12 -4CD) [06-21] - jazz [A-]
• Randy Brecker & NDR Bigband: Rocks (Piloo) [02-22] - jazz [B]
• Randy Brecker/Ada Rovatti: Brecker Plays Rovatti: Sacred Bond (Piloo) [10-25] - jazz [**]
• Bremer/McCoy: Utopia (Luaka Bop) [10-18] - jazz [B]
• Patrick Brennan/Abdul Moimeme: Terraphonia (Creative Sources) [06-12] - jazz [*]
• Matt Brewer: Ganymede (Criss Cross) [02-15] - jazz [A-]
• Terrence Brewer & Pamela Rose: Don't Worry 'Bout Me (Strong Brew Music -EP) [09-03] - jazz [*]
• Alan Broadbent Trio: New York Notes (Savant) [04-12] - jazz [A-]
• Zack Brock/Matt Ulery/Jon Deitemyer: Wonderment (Woolgathering) [07-16] - jazz [**]
• Brockhampton: Ginger (Question Everything/RCA) [08-23] - hip-hop [**]
• Brooks & Dunn: Reboot (Arista Nashville) [04-05] - country [B]
• Peter Brotzmann/Alexander Von Schlippenbach/Han Bennink: Fifty Years After . . . Live at the Lila Eule 2018 (Trost) [09-19] - jazz [A-]
• Peter Brotzmann: I Surrender Dear (Trost) [11-22] - jazz [**]
• Apollo Brown: Sincerely, Detroit (Mello Music Group) [10-29] - hip-hop [A-]
• Danny Brown: Uknowhatimsayin¿ (Warp) [10-04] - hip-hop [***]
• Katerina Brown: Mirror (Mellowtone Music) [10-18] - vocal jazz [B]
• Jane Bunnett & Maqueque: On Firm Ground/Tierra Firme (Linus Entertainment) [09-06] - jazz [B]
• Burial: Clausto/State Forest (Hyperdub -EP) [06-14] - dubstep [B]
• Burna Boy: African Giant (Atlantic) [07-25] - afrobeat [*]
• Art "Turk" Burton: Ancestral Spirits (T N' T Music) [05-03] - jazz [A-]
• Taylor Ho Bynum 9-tette: The Ambiguity Manifesto (Firehouse 12) [09-20] - jazz [**]
• George Cables: I'm All Smiles (HighNote) [05-24] - jazz [**]
• Bill Callahan: Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest (Drag City) [06-14] - singer-songwriter [*]
• The Campfire Flies: Sparks Like Litle Stars (OverPop Music) [03-01] - pop [A-]
• Lewis Capaldi: Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent (Capitol) [05-17] - alt/indie [*]
• Car Seat Headrest: Commit Yourself Completely (Matador) [06-17] - alt/indie [**]
• Hayes Carll: What It Is (Dualtone) [02-15] - country [A-]
• Francois Carrier/Alexander Hawkins/John Edwards/Michel Lambert: Nirguna (Fundacja Sluchaj -2CD) [04-10] - jazz [***]
• Terri Lyne Carrington + Social Science: Waiting Game (Motema) [11-08] - jazz [**]
• Matt Carson: No Regrets (Bunba) [04-05] - country [**]
• Daniel Carter/Tobias Wilner/Djibril Toure/Federico Ughi: New York United (577) [02-08] - jazz [***]
• Daniel Carter/Julian Priester/Adam Lane/Reggie Sylvester/David Haney: Live Constructions Volume 2 (Slam) [07-26] - jazz [*]
• Daniel Carter/Stelios Milhas/Irma Nejando/Federico Ughi: Radical Invisibility (577) [07-26] - jazz [**]
• Daniel Carter/Patrick Holmes/Matthew Putman/Hilliard Greene/Federico Ughi: Electric Telepathy Vol 1 (577) [09-20] - jazz [***]
• James Carter Organ Trio: Live From Newport Jazz (Blue Note) [08-30] - jazz [***]
• The Carter Family: Across Generations (Reviver Legacy) [10-18] - country [B]
• Cashmere Cat: Princess Catgirl (Mad Love/Interscope) [09-20] - bubblegum bass [*]
• Cat in a Bag: Cat in a Bag (Clean Feed) [07-19] - jazz [***]
• Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: Ghosteen (Ghosteen) [10-04] - pop/rock [B]
• Chai: Punk (Burger) [03-15] - indie pop [*]
• Layale Chaker & Sarafand: Inner Rhyme (In a Circle) [01-18] - jazz [**]
• Chance the Rapper: The Big Day (self-released) [07-26] - hip-hop [A-]
• Etienne Charles: Carnival: The Sound of a People Vol 1 (Culture Shock Music) [03-22] - jazz [**]
• Charly Bliss: Young Enough (Barsuk) [05-10] - power pop [A-]
• Charly Bliss: Supermoon (Barsuk EP) [10-30] - power pop [**]
• Chat Noir: Hyperuranion (RareNoise) [03-29] - jazz [B]
• Cheekface: Therapy Island (New Professor Music) [03-20] - alt/indie [**]
• The Chemical Brothers: No Geography (Virgin EMI) [04-12] - techno [A-]
• Cherry Glazerr: Stuffed & Ready (Secretly Canadian) [02-01] - indie rock [B]
• Tyler Childers: Country Squire (Hickman Holler/RCA) [08-02] - country [A-]
• Chord Four: California Avant Garde (self-released) [05-03] - jazz [***]
• Corey Christiansen: La Proxima (Origin) [08-12] - jazz [*]
• Chromatics: Closer to Grey (Italians Do It Better) [10-02] - sythpop [B]
• Stef Chura: Midnight (Saddle Creek) [06-07] - idie rock [**]
• Cigarettes After Sex: Cry (Partisan) [10-25] - ambient pop [***]
• The Cinematic Orchestra: To Believe (Domino) [03-15] - nu jazz [**]
• Diabel Cissokho: Rhythm of the Griot (Kafou Music) [11-15] - African [**]
• Clairo: Immunity (Fader) [08-02] - indie pop [***]
• Gary Clark Jr: This Land (Warner Bros) [02-22] - blues rock [B]
• Zack Clarke Trio: Vertical Shores (Clean Feed) [09-20] - jazz [*]
• Chuck Cleaver: Send Aid (Shake It) [07-19] - alt/indie [***]
• Clipping.: There Existed an Addiction to Blood (Sub Pop) [10-18] - hip-hop [*]
• Trish Clowes: Ninety Degrees Gravity (Basho) [04-26] - jazz [**]
• Club D'Elf: Night Sparkles (Live) (Face Pelt) [02-08] - jazz [***]
• The Coathangers: The Devil You Know (Suicide Squeeze) [03-08] - alt/indie [A-]
• Jimmy Cobb: This I Dig of You (Smoke Sessions) [08-16] - jazz [**]
• Jimmy Cobb: Remembering U (Jimmy Cobb World) [08-30] - jazz [*]
• Cochemea: All My Relations (Daptone) [02-22] - jazz [**]
• Anat Cohen Tentet: Triple Helix (Anzic) [06-14] - jazz [**]
• Avishai Cohen: Arvoles (Razdaz/Sunnyside) [06-14] - jazz [***]
• Avishai Cohen/Yonathan Avishai: Playing the Room (ECM) [09-06] - jazz [*]
• Leonard Cohen: Thanks for the Dance (Columbia/Legacy) [11-22] - singer-songwriter [A-]
• Anthony Coleman: Catenary Oath (NoBusiness) [11-15] - jazz [**]
• George Coleman: The Quartet (Smoke Sessions) [09-27] - jazz [A-]
• Romain Collin: Tiny Lights: Genesis (XM) [04-12] - jazz [**]
• Luke Combs: What You See Is What You Get (River House) [11-08] - country [**]
• The Comet Is Coming: Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery (Impulse!) [03-15] - jazz [**]
• The Comet Is Coming: The Afterlife (Impulse!) [09-27] - jazz [*]
• Harry Connick Jr: True Love: A Celebration of Cole Porter (Verve) [10-25] - vocal jazz [*]
• Control Top: Covert Contracts (Get Better) [04-05] - post-punk [A-]
• Cooper Moore/Stephen Gauci: Studio Sessions Vol. 1 (Gaucimusic) [03-27] - jazz [***]
• Chick Corea/The Spanish Heart Band: Antidote (Concord) [06-28] - jazz [B-]
• Chick Corea/Christian McBride/Brian Blade: Trilogy 2 (Concord -2CD) [10-04] - jazz [**]
• Frankie Cosmos: Close It Quietly (Sub Pop) [09-06] - twee pop [**]
• Sylvie Courvoisier/Mark Feldman: Time Gone Out (Intakt) [05-17] - jazz [*]
• CP Unit: Riding Photon Time (Eleatic) [07-18] - jazz [A-]
• Crazy P: Age of the Ego (Walk Don't Walk) [05-03] - deep house [***]
• Theo Croker: Star People Nation (Sony Masterworks) [05-17] - jazz [B]
• Theon Cross: Fyah (Gearbox) [02-15] - jazz [*]
• Crosscurrents Trio [Dave Holland/Zakir Hussain/Chris Potter]: Good Hope (Edition) [10-11] - jazz [A-]
• Rodney Crowell: Texas (RC1) [08-15] - country [***]
• Croy and the Boys: Howdy High-Rise (Spaceflight) [08-23] - country [**]
• Stephan Crump's Rosetta Trio: Outliers (Papillon) [02-19] - jazz [**]
• Stephan Crump/Ingrid Laubrock/Cory Smythe: Channels (Intakt) [03-15] - jazz [A-]
• Ronnie Cuber: Straight Street (SteepleChase) [01-15] - jazz [***]
• Denzel Curry: Zuu (Loma Vista) [05-31] - trap rap [**]
• Czarface/Ghostface Killah: Czarface Meets Ghostface (Silver Age) [ 02-15] - hip-hop [**]
• Czarface: A Double Dose of Danger (Silver Age -EP) [04-19] - hip-hop [*]
• Czarface: The Odd Czar Against Us (Silver Age) [12-06] - hip-hop [A-]
• DaBaby: Baby on Baby (South Coast Music Group) [03-01] - hip-hop [**]
• DaBaby: Kirk (Interscope) [09-27] - trap rap [***]
• Harold Danko/Kirk Knuffke: Play Date (SteepleChase) [03-15] - jazz [***]
• Dave: Psychodrama (Neighbourhood) [03-08] - hip-hop [A-]
• Davido: A Good Time (RCA) [11-22] - Afrobeat [***]
• Caroline Davis: Alula (New Amsterdam) [05-10] - jazz [*]
• Jeff Davis: The Fastness (Fresh Sound New Talent) [12-10] - jazz [***]
• Kris Davis: Diatom Ribbons (Pyroclastic) [09-27] - jazz [***]
• Steve Davis: Correlations (Smoke Sessions) [03-08] - jazz [*]
• Angel Bat Dawid: The Oracle (International Anthem) [02-08] - jazz [*]
• Mark De Clive-Lowe: Heritage (Ropeadope) [02-08] - jazz [*]
• Mark De Clive-Lowe: Heritage II (Ropeadope) [03-29] - jazz [B]
• The Raymond De Felitta Trio: Pre-War Charm (Blujazz) [06-30] - jazz [***]
• Nina De Heney/Karin Johansson/Henrik Wartel: Quagmire (Creative Sources) [08-21] - jazz [*]
• Jamael Dean: Black Space Tapes (Stones Throw) [11-08] - jazz [*]
• Chuck Deardorf: Perception (Origin) [01-18] - jazz [**]
• Michael Dease: Never More Here (Posi-Tone) [10-25] - jazz [**]
• Deep State: The Path to Fast Oblivion (Friendship Fever) [02-01] - alt/indie [B]
• Deerhunter: Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared? (4AD) [01-16] - indie rock [B]
• Default Genders: Main Pop Girl 2019 (self-released) [02-04] - dream pop [**]
• Joey DeFrancesco: In the Key of the Universe (Mack Avenue) [03-01] - jazz [**]
• Lana Del Rey: Norman Fucking Rockwell (Polydor/Interscope) [08-30] - alt/indie [A-]
• The Delines: The Imperial (El Cortez) [01-11] - Americana [***]
• Jeff Denson/Romain Pilon/Brian Blade: Between Two Worlds (Ridgeway) [10-25] - jazz [*]
• Bertrand Denzler/Dominic Lash: Pivot (Spoonhunt) [04-19] - jazz [B-]
• Jose Dias: After Silence Vol 1 (Clean Feed) [01-25] - jazz [**]
• Whit Dickey/Kirk Knuffke: Drone Dream (NoBusiness) [05-00] - jazz [***]
• Whit Dickey Tao Quartets: Peace Planet/Box of Light (AUM Fidelity -2CD) [06-17] - jazz [***]
• Ani DiFranco: No Walls: Mixtape (Righteous Babe) [05-09] - alt-folk [A-]
• Sam Dillon: Force Field (Posi-Tone) [05-03] - jazz [*]
• The DIVA Jazz Orchestra: DIVA + the Boys (MCG Jazz) [10-25] - jazz [*]
• Jordon Dixon: On! (self-released) [06-07] - jazz [***]
• DJ Shadow: Our Pathetic Age (Mass Appeal -2CD) [11-15] - electronic [**]
• Doja Cat: Hot Pink (Kemosabe/RCA) [11-07] - pop rap [**]
• Stella Donnelly: Beware of the Dogs (Secretly Canadian) [03-08] - alt/indie [A-]
• Dopolarians: Garden Party (Mahakala) [11-22] - jazz [***]
• Dave Douglas/Uri Caine/Andrew Cyrille: Devotion (Greenleaf Music) [05-17] - jazz [*]
• Dave Douglas: Engage (Greenleaf Music) [11-08] - jazz [A-]
• Mark Doyle: Watching the Detectives: Guitar Noir III (Free Will) [05-17] - jazz [*]
• Dreezy: Big Dreez (Interscope) [01-25] - hip-hop [**]
• Mark Dresser Seven: Ain't Nothing but a Cyber Coup & You (Clean Feed) [05-10] - jazz [**]
• Drumming Cellist [Kristijan Krajncan]: Abraxas (Sazas) [04-06] - jazz [A-]
• DSC [Leon Lee Dorsey/Greg Skaff/Mike Clark]: Monktime (Jazz Avenue 1) [09-13] - jazz [*]
• Rebecca DuMaine and the Dave Miller Combo: Chez Nous (Summit) [06-07] - jazz [**]
• Dumb: Club Nites (Mint) [06-07] - punk [***]
• Dump Him: Dykes to Watch Out For (Get Better) [08-30] - punk [*]
• Nick Dunston: Atlantic Extraction (Out of Your Head) [11-01] - jazz [**]
• Sharman Duran: Questioning Reality (self-released) [06-01] - vocal jazz [**]
• Open Mike Eagle: The New Negroes: Season 1 Soundtrack (Comedy Central -EP) [06-03] - hip-hop [*]
• Justin Townes Earle: The Saint of Lost Causes (New West) [05-24] - singer-songwriter [***]
• Steve Earle & the Dukes: Guy (New West) [03-29] - country [***]
• Earthgang: Mirrorland (Dreamville/Interscope) [09-06] - hip-hop [*]
• Yelena Eckemoff/Manu Katche: Colors (L&H Production) [02-22] - jazz [***]
• Rosana Eckert: Sailing Home (OA2) [06-21] - vocal jazz [B]
• Marc Edwards/Guillaume Gargaud: Black Hole Universe (Atypeek Music) - jazz [**]
• Mats Eilertsen: And Then Comes the Night (ECM) [02-01] - jazz [**]
• Billy Eilish: When We All Fall Asleep Where Do We Go? (Darkroom/Interscope) [03-29] - pop [A-]
• Harris Eisenstadt: Canada Day Quartet Live (Clean Feed) [09-19] - jazz [**]
• Ekiti Sound: Abeg No Vex (Crammed Discs) [04-26] - African [**]
• Elder Ones [Amirtha Kidambi]: From Untruth (Northern Spy) [03-29] - vocal jazz [B]
• Petter Eldh: Petter Eldh Presents Koma Saxo (We Jazz) [10-04] - jazz [**]
• Peter Eldridge/Kenny Werner: Somewhere (Rosebud Music) [07-05] - jazz [C-]
• Elephant9: Psychedelic Backfire I (Rune Grammofon) [05-31] - jazz [*]
• Elephant9/Reine Fiske: Psychedelic Backfire II (Rune Grammofon) [05-31] - jazz [**]
• Eliane Elias: Love Stories (Concord) [08-30] - jazz [*]
• Moppa Elliott: Jazz Band/Rock Band/Dance Band (Hot Cup -2CD) [02-14] - jazz [A-]
• Robert Ellis: Texas Piano Man (New West) [02-14] - country [B]
• Pablo Embon: Reminiscent Moods (self-released) [07-08] - jazz [B-]
• Andy Emler/David Liebman: Journey Around the Truth (Signature Radio France) - jazz [*]
• Emmeluth's Amoeba: Chimaera (Ora Fonogram) [11-15] - jazz [***]
• Empath: Active Listening: Night on Earth (Get Better) [05-03] - rock [*]
• Erin Enderlin: Faulkner County (Black Crow Productions) [11-01] - country [*]
• Moy Eng/Wayne Wallace: The Blue Hour (Patois) [07-26] - vocal jazz [B]
• Epic Beard Men: This Was Supposed to Be Fun (Strange Famous) [03-29] - hip-hop [A-]
• Daniel Erdmann's Velvet Revolution: Won't Put No Flag Out (BMC) [09-13] - jazz [**]
• Ellery Eskelin/Christian Weber/Michael Griener: The Pearls (Intakt) [11-15] - jazz [***]
• Ethnic Heritage Ensemble: Be Known: Ancient/Future/Music (Spiritmuse) [05-10] - jazz [***]
• Ex Hex: It's Real (Merge) [03-22] - alt/indie [**]
• The Exbats: E Is 4 Exbats (Burger) [01-25] - rock [***]
• Ezra Collective: You Can't Steal My Joy (Enter the Jungle) [04-26] - jazz fusion [B]
• Maria Faust/Tim Dahl/Weasel Walter: Farm Fresh (Gotta Let It Out) [04-19] - jazz [***]
• Avram Fefer Quartet: Testament (Clean Feed) [11-08] - jazz [***]
• Fennesz: Agora (Touch) [03-29] - ambient [B]
• Lorenzo Feliciati/Michele Rabbia: Antikythera (RareNoise) [10-25] - jazz [**]
• Gabriel Ferrandini: Volupias (Clean Feed) [05-17] - jazz [**]
• The Fictive Five: Anything Is Possible (Clean Feed) [03-21] - jazz [**]
• Joe Fiedler: Open Sesame (Multiphonics Music) [02-25] - jazz [***]
• Filthy Friends: Emerald Valley (Kill Rock Stars) [05-03] - alt/indie [**]
• David Finck: Bassically Jazz (Burton Avenue Music) [07-19] - jazz [*]
• Craig Finn: I Need a New War (Partisan) [04-26] - singer-songwriter [A-]
• Fire! Orchestra: Arrival (Rune Grammofon) [05-24] - jazz [B]
• Colin Fisher Quartet: Living Midnight (Astral Spirits) [10-18] - jazz [***]
• Carolyun Fitzhugh: Living in Peace (Iyouwe) [03-15] - vocal jazz [B]
• FKA Twigs: Magdalene (Young Turks) [11-08] - electronic [B]
• Floating Points: Crush (Ninja Tune) [10-18] - IDM [**]
• Rosie Flores: Simple Case of the Blues (The Last Music Company) [02-15] - country [**]
• Flying Lotus: Flamagra (Warp) [05-24] - glitch pop [**]
• Fontaines DC: Dogrel (Partisan) [04-12] - post-punk [***]
• Michael Formanek Very Practical Trio/Tim Berne/Mary Halvorson: Even Better (Intakt) [10-18] - jazz [***]
• Robert Forster: Inferno (Tapete) [03-01] - singer-songwriter [A-]
• Anat Fort Trio: Colour (Sunnyside) [04-05] - jazz [**]
• Al Foster: Inspirations & Dedications (Smoke Sessions) [06-28] - jazz [**]
• Calabria Foti: Prelude to a Kiss (Moco) [11-01] - vocal jazz [B]
• Four: There You Go Thinking Again (Jazz Hang) - jazz [B]
• Fidel Fourneyron: Que Vola (No Format) [01-26] - Latin jazz [***]
• Alex Fournier: Triio (Furniture Music) [06-02] - jazz [***]
• Mimi Fox: This Bird Still Flies (Origin) [02-15] - jazz [*]
• Nick Fraser/Kris Davis/Tony Malaby: Zoning (Astral Spirits) [10-18] - jazz [**]
• Martin Frawley: Undone at 31 (Merge) [02-22] - singer-songwriter [***]
• Freddie Douggie: Live in Juneteenth (International Anthem) [06-18] - electronica [*]
• Dori Freeman: Every Single Star (Blue Hens Music) [09-27] - country [***]
• George Freeman: George the Bomb! (Blujazz/Southport) [04-02] - jazz [**]
• Paolo Fresu/Richard Galliano/Jan Lundgren: Mare Nostrum III (ACT) [01-25] - jazz [**]
• David Friesen Circle 3 Trio: Interaction (Origin -2CD) [11-15] - jazz [***]
• Bill Frisell/Thomas Morgan: Epistrophy (ECM) [04-12] - jazz [*]
• Bill Frisell: Harmony (Blue Note) [10-04] - jazz [*]
• Fred Frith: All Is Always Now: Live at the Stone (Intakt -3CD) [03-15] - jazz [***]
• From Wolves to Whales: Strandwal (Aerophonic -2CD) [08-26] - jazz [***]
• Fruit Bats: Gold Past Life (Merge) [06-21] - indie pop [*]
• Satoko Fujii: Solo Piano: Stone (Libra) [06-07] - jazz [**]
• Satoko Fujii/Ramon Lopez: Confluence (Libra) [07-26] - jazz [***]
• Satoko Fujii/Joe Fonda: Four (Long Song) [11-08] - jazz [***]
• Haruna Fukazawa: Departure (Summit) [08-02] - jazz [*]
• Larry Fuller: Overjoyed (Capri) [05-17] - jazz [***]
• Ezra Furman: Twelve Nudes (Bella Union) [08-30] - alt/indie [A-]
• Andy Fusco: Vortex (SteepleChase) [06-15] - jazz [**]
• Future: Future Hndrxx Presents: The Wizrd (Epic/Freebandz) [01-18] - trap rap [**]
• Jayda G: Significant Changes (Ninja Tune) [ 03-22] - deep house [*]
• Ras G and the Afrikan Space Program: Dance of the Cosmos (Akashik) [02-22] - electronic [**]
• (Sandy) Alex G: House of Sugar (Domino) [09-13] - psychedelic folk [B]
• Hal Galper Trio: The Zone: Live at the Yardbird Suite (Origin) [11-15] - jazz [A-]
• Vyacheslav Ganelin/Deniss Pashkevich/Arkady Gotesman: Variations (Jersika) [04-19] - jazz [*]
• Gang Starr: One of the Best Yet (self-released) [11-01] - hip-hop [*]
• Jan Garbarek/Hilliard Ensemble: Remember Me, My Dear (ECM) [11-18] - jazz [*]
• Laszlo Gardony: La Marseillaise (Sunnyside) [10-24] - jazz [**]
• The Garifuna Collective: Aban (Stonetree Music) [09-15] - Belize [**]
• Gauche: A People's History of Gauche (Merge) [07-12] - art punk [***]
• Stephen Gauci/Sandy Ewan/Adam Lane/Kevin Shea: Live at the Bushwick Series (Gaucimusic) [03-25] - jazz [*]
• Ben Lamar Gay: Confetti in the Sky Like Fireworks [This Is Bate Bola OST] (International Anthem) [03-15] - jazz [B]
• Charles Gayle/Giovanni Barcella/Manolo Cabras: The Alto Sessions (El Negocito) [04-04] - jazz [**]
• Geometry [Kyoko Kitamura/Taylor Ho Bynum/Joe Morris/Tomeka Reid]: Geometry of Distance (Relative Pitch) [10-06] - jazz [*]
• Ghost Rhythms: Live at Yoshiwara (Cuneiform) [10-04] - jazz [*]
• Ghostface Killah: Ghostface Killahs (Now Generation) [09-13] - hip-hop [***]
• Freddie Gibbs & Madlib: Bandana (Keep Cool/RCA) [06-28] - hip-hop [A-]
• Polly Gibbons: All I Can Do (Resonance) [04-19] - jazz [B]
• Rhiannon Giddens: There Is No Other (Nonesuch) [05-03] - folk [***]
• Lafayette Gilchrist: Dark Matter (self-released) [07-19] - jazz [***]
• Luke Gillespie: Moving Mists (Patois) [07-12] - jazz [*]
• Elena Gilliam/Michael Le Van: Then Another Turns (Blujazz) [06-15] - vocal jazz [***]
• Girl Band: The Talkies (Rough Trade) [09-27] - noise rock [*]
• Girlpool: What Chaos Is Imaginary (Anti-) [02-01] - alt/indie [B]
• Girls on Grass: Dirty Power (self-released) [04-05] - alt/idie [**]
• Frode Gjerstad/Fred Lonberg-Holm/Matthew Shipp: Season of Sadness (Iluso) [07-27] - jazz [B]
• Robert Glasper: Fuck Yo Feelings (Loma Vista) [10-03] - jazz [*]
• Go: Organic Orchestra & Brooklyn Raga Massive: Ragmala: A Garland of Ragas (Meta -2CD) [10-18] - jazz [***]
• Charles Wesley Godwin: Seneca (self-released) [02-15] - folk [*]
• Ben Goldberg: Good Day for Cloud Fishing (Pyroclastic) [08-23] - jazz [B]
• GoldLink: Diaspora (Squaaash Club/RCA) [06-12] - hip-hop [***]
• Kim Gordon: No Home Record (Matador) [10-11] - noise rock [A-]
• Gorilla Mask: Brain Drain (Clean Feed) [11-15] - jazz [***]
• Georg Graewe/Ernst Reijseger/Gerry Hemingway: Concertgebouw Brugge 2014 (Fundacja Sluchaj) [11-11] - jazz [**]
• Ariana Grande: Thank U Next (Republic) [02-08] - pop [**]
• Devin Gray: Devin Gray's Algorhythmica (Rataplan -EP) [10-04] - jazz [*]
• Devin Gray GPS Trio: Blast Beat Blues (Rataplan -EP) [11-29] - jazz [*]
• Hilliard Greene: Spirituals (Unseen Rain) [05-31] - jazz [*]
• Guillermo Gregorio & Brandon Lopez: 12 Episodes (Relative Pitch) [02-15] - jazz [**]
• Larry Grenadier: The Gleaners (ECM) [02-15] - jazz [*]
• Gordon Grdina Quartet: Cooper's Park (Songlines) [09-13] - jazz [***]
• Nick Grinder: Farallon (self-released) [02-22] - jazz [*]
• Muriel Grossmann: Reverence (Dreamland) [12-15] - jazz [A-]
• Francesco Guerri: Su Mimmi Non Si Spara! (RareNoise) [10-25] - jazz [**]
• Mark Guiliana: Beat Music! Beat Music! Beat Music! (Motema) [04-12] - jazz [B]
• Mats Gustafsson/Jason Adasiewicz: Timeless (Corbett vs Dempsey) [05-25] - jazz [*]
• Iro Haarla, Ulf Krokfors & Barry Altschul: Around Again (TUM) [02-15] - jazz [A-]
• Augie Haas: Dream a Little Dream (Playtime Music) [08-30] - jazz [**]
• Keiji Haino/Merzbow/Balasz Pandi: Become the Discovered, Not the Discoverer (RareNoise) [09-27] - azz [*]
• Rich Halley: Terra Incognita (Pine Eagle) [08-09] - jazz [A-]
• Mary Halvorson & John Dieterich: A Tangle of Stars (New Amsterdam) [10-25] - jazz [**]
• Hama: Houmeissa (Sahel Sounds) [01-18] - African [*]
• Scott Hamilton: Jazz at the Club: Live From Societeit De Witte (OAP) [05-26] - jazz [***]
• Scott Hamilton: Street of Dreams (Blau) [05-31] - jazz [***]
• Scott Hamilton Quartet: Danish Ballads . . . & More (Stunt) [06-21] - jazz [A-]
• Harbinger: Extended (OA2) [08-16] - jazz [**]
• Aldous Harding: Designer (4AD) [04-26] - singer-songwriter [B]
• Alex Harding/Lucian Ban: Dark Blue (Sunnyside) [05-17] - jazz [**]
• Tom Harrell: Infinity (HighNote) [03-08] - jazz [**]
• Jason Hawk Harris: Love & the Dark (Bloodshot) [08-23] - country [C+]
• Lafayette Harris Jr: You Can't Lose With the Blues (Savant) [11-01] - jazz [*]
• Joel Harrison: Still Point: Turning World (Whirlwind) [09-27] - jazz [**]
• John Hart: Crop Circles (SteepleChase) [02-01] - jazz [**]
• Hash Redactor: Drecksound (Goner) [04-26] - alt/indie [**]
• Alexander Hawkins: Iron Into Wind: Piano Solo (Intakt) [02-01] - jazz [**]
• Kevin Hays/Mark Turner/Marc Miralta: Where Are You (Fresh Sound New Talent) [07-01] - jazz [***]
• Miho Hazama: Dancer in Nowhere (Sunnyside) [02-08] - jazz [**]
• Tim Hecker: Anoyo (Kranky) [05-10] - ambient [B]
• Bjorn Marius Hegge: Ideas (Particular) [06-07] - jazz [A-]
• Tim Heidecker: Another Year in Hell (Jagjaguwar) [01-29] - singer-songwriter [B]
• Weldon Henson: Texas Made Honky Tonk (Hillbilly Renegade) - country [A-]
• Heroes Are Gang Leaders: The Amiri Baraka Sessions (Flat Langston's Arkeyes) - jazz [A]
• Fred Hersch & the WDR Big Band: Begin Again (Palmetto) [06-07] - jazz [*]
• Hieroglyphic Being: Synth Expressionism/Rhythmic Cubism (On the Corner) [10-25] - electronic [A-]
• The Highwomen: The Highwomen (Elektra) [09-06] - country [B]
• Hiromi: Spectrum (Telarc) [09-18] - jazz [**]
• Olli Hirvonen: Displace (Ropeadope) [08-30] - jazz [**]
• Laurence Hobgood: Tesseterra (Ubuntu Music) [94-26] - jazz [**]
• Florian Hoefner Trio: First Spring (ALMA) [09-27] - jazz [***]
• Eric Hofbauer's Five Agents: Book of Water (Creative Nation Music) [06-14] - jazz [***]
• Eric Hofbauer & Dylan Jack: Remains of Echoes (Creative Nation Music) [10-18] - jazz [**]
• The Hold Steady: Thrashing Thru the Passion (Frenchkiss) [08-16] - alt/indie [A-]
• Mike Holober/The Gotham Jazz Orchestra: Hiding Out (Zoho) [08-09] - jazz [***]
• Homeboy Sandman: Dusty (Mello Music Group) [10-18] - hip-hop [***]
• William Hooker: Cycle of Restoration (FPE) [03-22] - jazz [*]
• William Hooker: Symphonie of Flowers (ORG Music) [11-22] - jazz [**]
• Jesca Hoop: Stonechild (Memphis Industries) [07-05] - singer-songwriter [*]
• Jazzmeia Horn: Love and Liberation (Concord) [08-23] - vocal jazz [***]
• Hot 8 Brass Band: Take Cover (Tru Thoughts -EP) [02-22] - jazz [B]
• Hot Chip: A Bath Full of Ecstasy (Domino) [06-21] - synthpop [*]
• The Hot Sardines: Welcome Home/Bon Voyage (Eleven) [04-19] - vocal jazz [***]
• Randy Houser: Magnolia (Stoney Creek) [01-11] - country [**]
• Brittany Howard: Jaime (ATO) [09-20] - neo-soul [B]
• Human Feel [Chris Speed/Andrew D'Angelo/Kurt Rosenwinkel/Jim Black]: Gold (Intakt) [01-18] - jazz [*]
• ERR: stream no grade: Jenny Hval: The Practice of Love
• Jenny Hval: The Practice of Love (Sacred Bones) [trance] - ***
• Chrissie Hynde With the Valve Bone Woe Ensemble: Valve Bone Woe (BMG) [09-06] - jazz [B]
• I Jahbar and Friends: Inna Duppy SKRS Soundclash (Bokeh Versions) [08-02] - reggae [B-]
• Ibibio Sound Machine: Doko Mien (Merge) [03-22] - electronic [**]
• Abdullah Ibrahim: The Balance (Gearbox) [06-28] - jazz [***]
• Abdullah Ibrahim: Dream Time (Enja) [10-04] - jazz [**]
• Ill Considered: Ill Considered 5 (Ill Considered Music) [01-15] - jazz [***]
• Ill Considered: Ill Considered 6 (Ill Considered Music) [01-15] - jazz [A-]
• Ill Considered: Ill Considered 8 (Ill Considered Music) [08-19] - jazz [***]
• Indoor Pets: Be Content (Wichita) [03-08] - power pop [*]
• Injury Reserve: Injury Reserve (Senaca Village) [05-17] - experimental hip-hop [***]
• Insignificant Other: I'm So Glad I Feel This Way About You! (Counter Intuitive) [04-17] - alt/indie [*]
• IPT: Diffractions (ForTune) [09-24] - jazz [***]
• Christoph Irniger Pilgrim: Crosswinds (Intakt) [01-18] - jazz [**]
• Irreversible Entanglements: Homeless/Global (International Anthem -EP) [12-12] - jazz [**]
• Anne Mette Iversen's Ternion Quartet: Invincible Nimbus (BJU) [05-10] - jazz [***]
• Ethan Iverson Quartet With Tom Harrell: Common Practice (ECM) [09-20] - jazz [*]
• Vijay Iyer/Craig Taborn: The Transitory Poems (ECM) [03-15] - jazz [**]
• Bobby J From Rockaway: Summer Classics (Make Noise) [07-26] - hip-hop [**]
• JackBoys & Travis Scott: JackBoys (Cactus Jack/Epic -EP) [12-27] - mixtape [*]
• Julia Jacklin: Crushing (Polyvinyl) [02-22] - singer-songwriter [B]
• Michael Gregory Jackson Clarity Quartet: Whenufindituwillknow (Golden) [02-08] - jazz [**]
• Loraine James: For You and I (Hyperdub) [09-30] - glitch hop [**]
• Michael Janisch: Worlds Collide (Whirlwind) [09-06] - jazz [**]
• The Japanese House: Good at Falling (Dirty Hit) [03-01] - indietronica [*]
• Keith Jarrett: Munich 2016 (ECM -2CD) [11-01] - jazz [*]
• Javier Red's Imagery Converter: Ephemeral Certainties (Delmark) [08-02] - jazz [A-]
• Jealous of the Birds: Wisdom Teeth (Atlantic -EP) [02-01] - alt/indie [**]
• Gethen Jenkins: Western Gold (5 Music) [07-26] - country [*]
• Lauren Jenkins: No Saint (Big Machine) [03-15] - country [**]
• Jerome Jennings: Solidarity (Iola) [11-09] - jazz [***]
• Carly Rae Jepsen: Dedicated (604/School Boy/Interscope) [05-17] - pop [***]
• Cody Jinks: After the Fire (Late August) [10-11] - alt country [***]
• Cody Jinks: The Wanting (Late August) [10-18] - alt country [**]
• Per "Texas" Johansson/Torbjorn Zetterberg/Konrad Agnas: Orakel (Moserobie) [03-08] - jazz [A-]
• Per Texas Johansson: Strak Pa Himlen Och Stora Hus (Moserobie) [09-20] - jazz [***]
• Georgette Jones: Skin (self-released) [09-12] - country [**]
• Norah Jones: Begin Again (Blue Note) [04-12] - vocal jazz [B]
• Jelena Jovovic: Heartbeat (self-released) [06-07] - vocal jazz [B-]
• Jpegmafia: All My Heroes Are Cornballs (EQT) [09-13] - hip-hop [**]
• Judy and the Jerks: Music for Donuts EP (Thrilling Living -EP) [04-19] - alt/indie [C+]
• Juice Wrld: Death Race for Love (Interscope) [03-08] - hip-hop [B-]
• Laura Jurd: Stepping Back, Jumping In (Edition) [07-19] - jazz [B]
• Ahmed Ag Kaedy: Akaline Kidal (Sahel Sounds) [03-01] - Mali [**]
• Henry Kaiser/Anthony Pirog/Jeff Sipe/Tracy Silverman/Andy West: Five Times Surprise (Cuneiform) [05-10] - jazz [**]
• Goran Kajfes Tropiques: Into the Wild (Headspin) [02-22] - jazz [***]
• Egil Kalman & Fredrik Rasten: Weaving a Fabric of Winds (Shhpuma) [11-15] - jazz [B]
• Kano: Hoodies All Summer (Parlophone) [08-30] - hip-hop [*]
• Ras Kass: Soul on Ice 2 (Mello Music Group) [09-06] - hip-hop [***]
• Katarsis 4: Katarsis 4 (NoBusiness) [10-00] - jazz [**]
• Mark Kavuma: The Banger Factory (Ubuntu Music) [07-19] - jazz [*]
• Kaytranada: Bubba (RCA) [12-13] - pop [**]
• Ryan Keberle & Catharsis: The Hope I Hold (Greenleaf Music) [06-28] - jazz [**]
• Kehlani: While We Wait (Atlantic/TSNMI) [02-22] - r&b [**]
• Salif Keita: Un Autre Blanc (Naive) [02-15] - Mali [***]
• Kel Assouf: Black Tenere (Glitterbeat) [02-15] - Saharan [A-]
• Roger Kellaway: The Many Open Minds of Roger Kellaway (IPO) [11-01] - jazz [A-]
• Khalid: Free Spirit (RCA) [04-05] - r&b [***]
• Angelique Kidjo: Celia (Verve) [04-19] - salsa [*]
• David Kikoski: Phoenix Rising (HighNote) [05-24] - jazz [***]
• Kimchi Moccasin Tango: Yankee Zulu (Clean Feed) [11-15] - jazz [**]
• Izumi Kimura/Barry Guy/Gerry Hemingway: Illuminated Silence (Fundacja Sluchaj) [01-25] - jazz [**]
• Michael Kiwanuka: Kiwanuka (Polydor) [11-01] - pop/rock [*]
• Petros Klampanis: Irrationalities (Enja) [10-18] - jazz [**]
• Guillermo Klein: Los Guachos Cristal (Sunnyside) [09-27] - jazz [***]
• Kneebody: Chapters (Edition) [10-18] - jazz [*]
• Chris Knight: Almost Daylight (Drifters Church) [10-11] - country [A-]
• Michael Kocour: East of the Sun (OA2) [01-18] - jazz [*]
• Kodian Trio: III (Trost) [09-19] - jazz [***]
• Kokoko!: Fongola (Transgressive) [07-05] - synthpunk [**]
• Kokoroko: Kokoroko (Brownswood) [03-08] - jazz [*]
• ERR: stream no grade: Oumar Konate: I Love You Inna
• Oumar Konate: I Love You Inna (Clermont Music) [07-09] - Mali
• Lee Konitz Nonet: Old Songs New (Sunnyside) [11-22] - jazz [***]
• Konstrukt + Ken Vandermark: Kozmik Bazaar (Karlrecords) [09-27] - jazz [**]
• Larry Koonse: New Jazz Standards Vol 4 (Summit) [03-22] - jazz [B]
• Sarathy Korwar: More Arriving (The Leaf Label) [07-26] - jazz [A-]
• Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba: Miri (OutHere) [01-25] - African [A-]
• Brian Krock: Liddle (Outside In Music) [04-26] - jazz [**]
• Krokofant: Q (Rune Grammofon) [09-27] - jazz [B]
• Kronos Quartet: Terry Riley: Sun Rings (Nonesuch) [08-30] - minimalism [*]
• Joachim Kuhn: Melodic Ornette Coleman: Piano Works XIII (ACT) [02-22] - jazz [*]
• Kuzu: Hiljaisuus (Astral Spirits/Aerophonic) [02-26] - jazz [A-]
• KVL: Volume 1 (Astral Spirits) [11-15] - jazz [*]
• L7: Scatter the Rats (Blackheart) [05-03] - riot grrrl [***]
• La La Lars: La La Lars II (Headspin) [06-03] - jazz [**]
• Steve Lacy: Apollo XXI (3Qtr) [05-24] - neo soul [*]
• Miranda Lambert: Wildcard (RCA Nashville) [11-01] - country [A-]
• Lady Lykez: Muhammad Ali EP (Hyperdub -EP) [05-17] - hip-hop [*]
• Julian Lage: Love Hurts (Mack Avenue) [02-22] - jazz [***]
• Lakou Mizik: HaitiaNola (Cumbancha) [10-25] - world [*]
• Alex Lahey: The Best of Luck Club (Dead Oceans) [05-17] - power pop [**]
• The Baba Andrew Lamb Trio: The Night of the 13th Moon (LFDS) [02-04] - jazz [A-]
• Landline: Landline (Loyal Label) [11-01] - jazz [**]
• Pablo Lanouguere Quintet: Eclectico (self-released) [05-31] - jazz [**]
• Lapis Trio: The Travelers (Shifting Paradigm) [03-15] - jazz [*]
• Travis Laplante: Human (New Amsterdam) [11-01] - jazz [B]
• Large Unit & Fendika: EthioBraz (PNL) [12-13] - jazz [A-]
• The Last Poets: Transcending Toxic Times (Ropeadope -2CD) [05-10] - hip-hop [**]
• Ingrid Laubrock + Aki Takase: Kasumi (Intakt) [11-15] - jazz [**]
• Matt Lavelle Quartet: Hope (Unseen Rain) [05-31] - jazz [**]
• Remy Le Boeuf: Assembly of Shadows (SoundSpore) [11-01] - jazz [B]
• Remy Le Boeuf: Light as a Word (Outside In Music) [05-24] - jazz [**]
• Cate Le Bon: Reward (Mexican Summer) [05-24] - art pop [B]
• Xavier Lecouturier: Carrier (Origin) [06-21] - jazz [B]
• Led Bib: It's Morning (RareNoise) [09-27] - jazz [B]
• Mike LeDonne: Partners in Time (Savant) [06-28] - jazz [**]
• Gabe Lee: Farmland (Torrez Music Group) [03-22] - country [***]
• Steve Lehman Trio/Craig Taborn: The People I Love (Pi) [08-30] - jazz [A]
• Urs Leimgruber/Jacques Demierre/Barre Phillips/Thomas Lehn: Willisau (Jazzwerkstatt) [04-19] - jazz [B]
• Peter Lemer Quintet: Son of Local Colour (ESP-Disk) [11-08] - jazz [**]
• Joao Lencastre's Communion 3: Song(s) of Hope (Clean Feed) [09-20] - jazz [**]
• Jose Lencastre Nau Quartet: Live in Moscow (Clean Feed) [11-15] - jazz [**]
• Ari Lennox: Shea Butter Baby (Interscope) [05-07] - neo-soul [*]
• Kim Lenz: Slowly Speeding (Blue Star) [02-22] - country [**]
• Danny Lerman: Ice Cat (Blujazz) - jazz [B-]
• James Brandon Lewis: An Unruly Manifesto (Relative Pitch) [02-01] - jazz [A-]
• Jeffrey Lewis & the Voltage: Bad Wiring (Don Giovanni) [11-01] - folk [A-]
• Jenny Lewis: On the Line (Warner Bros) [03-22] - indie pop [*]
• Liebman Rudolph & Drake: Chi (RareNoise) [02-22] - jazz [A-]
• David Liebman/Jeff Coffin/Victor Wooten/Chester Thompson/Chris Walters/James DaSilva: On the Corner Live! The Music of Miles Davis (Ear Up) [03-01] - jazz [**]
• Chris Lightcap: SuperBigmouth (Pyroclastic) [10-04] - jazz [B]
• Lightning Bolt: Sonic Citadel (Thrill Jockey) [10-11] - noise rock [*]
• Lil Nas X: 7 (Columbia -EP) [06-21] - hip-hop [*]
• Lil Tjay: True 2 Myself (Columbia) [10-11] - trap rap [*]
• Christian Lillinger: Open Form for Society (Plaist Music) [04-05] - jazz [***]
• Liquid Quintet [Agusti Fernandez/Artur Majewski/Albert Cirera/Rafal Mazur/Ramon Prats]: Flux (Fundacja Sluchaj) [11-11] - jazz [**]
• Little Brother: May the Lord Watch (Imagine Nation Music/For Members Only/Empire) [08-20] - hip-hop [**]
• Little Simz: Grey Area (Age 101) [03-01] - hip-hop [A-]
• Kedr Livanskiy: Your Need (2MR) [05-03] - house [B]
• Lizzo: Cuz I Love You (Nice Life/Atlantic) [04-19] - hip-hop [A-]
• Fredrik Ljungkvist Trio: Atlantis (Moserobie) [09-20] - jazz [***]
• Damon Locks/Black Monument Ensemble: Where Future Unfolds (International Anthem) [05-31] - jazz [*]
• Nils Lofgren: Blue With Lou (Castle Track Road) [04-26] - singer-songwriter [*]
• Jeff Lofton: Jericho (self-released) [07-29] - jazz [**]
• Aubrey Logan: Your Mom's Favorite Songs (Resonance -EP) [01-18] - vocal jazz [*]
• Dr Mark Lomax, II: 400: An African Epic (CFG Multimedia -12CD) [01-23] - jazz [A]
• L'Orange & Jeremiah Jae: Complicate Your Life With Violence (Mello Music Group) [10-04] - hip-hop [A-]
• Russ Lossing: Changes (SteepleChase) [01-15] - jazz [***]
• Russ Lossing: Motian Music (Sunnyside) [02-22] - jazz [**]
• Maurice Louca: Elephantine (Northern Spy) [02-01] - Jazz [*]
• Joe Lovano: Trio Tapestry (ECM) [01-25] - jazz [**]
• Rosie Lowe: Yu (Wolf Tone) [05-10] - synth funk [**]
• LSD: Labrinth, Sia, Diplo Present . . . LSD (Columbia) [04-12] - electropop [B-]
• Kelsey Lu: Blood (Columbia) [04-19] - art pop [**]
• Lage Lund: Terrible Animals (Criss Cross) [02-15] - jazz [*]
• Jon Lundbom & Big Five Chord: Harder on the Outside (Hot Cup) [02-01] - jazz [***]
• Jon Lundbom/Bryan Murray: Beats by Balto! Vol 1 (Chant) [03-18] - jazz [A-]
• Brian Lynch Big Band: The Omni-American Book Club: My Journey Through Literature in Music (Holistic MusicWorks) [08-29] - jazz [A-]
• Quiana Lynell: A Little Love (Concord Jazz) [04-05] - jazz [B]
• Doug MacDonald Quartet: Organisms (self-released) [02-19] - jazz [**]
• Doug MacDonald: Califournia Quartet (Dmacmusic) [05-03] - jazz [*]
• Doug MacDonald & the Tarmac Ensemble: Jazz Marathon 4: Live at Hangar 18 (DMAC) [10-15] - jazz [*]
• Made to Break: F4 Fake (Trost) [10-18] - jazz [A-]
• Madonna: Madame X (Interscope) [06-14] - pop [A-]
• Roberto Magris Sextet: Sun Stone (JMood) [11-01] - jazz [***]
• Jan Maksimovic/Dimitrij Golovanov: Thousand Seconds of Our Life (NoBusiness) [05-00] - NoBusiness [J|jazz]
• Maluma: 11:11 (Sony) [05-17] - Latin pop [**]
• Mat Maneri Quartet: Dust (Sunnyside) [11-15] - jazz [*]
• Mannequin Pussy: Patience (Epitaph) [06-21] - punk [**]
• Todd Marcus: Trio+ (Stricker Street) [11-15] - jazz [**]
• Charlie Marie: Charlie Marie (self-released -EP) [05-03] - country [**]
• Ben Markley Quartet Featuring Joel Frahm: Slow Play (OA2) [09-20] - jazz [**]
• Branford Marsalis Quartet: The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul (Okeh) [03-01] - jazz [***]
• Wynton Marsalis: Bolden: Music From the Original Soundtrack (Blue Engine) [04-19] - jazz [***]
• Martha: Love Keeps Kicking (Dirtnap) [04-05] - power pop [**]
• Greta Matassa: Portrait (Origin) [06-21] - jazz [B]
• Jorgen Mathisen's Instant Light: Mayhall's Object (Clean Feed) [01-25] - jazz [A-]
• The Mauskovic Dance Band: The Mauskovic Dance Band (Soundway) [05-24] - world [**]
• Maxo Kream: Brandon Banks (Big Persona/RCA) [07-19] - trap rap [**]
• Lisa Maxwell's Jazz Orchestra: Shiny! (Uncle Marvin Music) [05-17] - jazz [*]
• Marilyn Mazur: Marilyn Mazur's Shamania (RareNoise) [02-22] - jazz [**]
• MC Frontalot: Net Split, or the Fathomless Heartbreak of Online Itself (Level Up) [03-08] - hip-hop [**]
• MC Yallah X Debmaster: Kubali (Hakuna Kulala) [09-27] - hip-hop [*]
• Leyla McCalla: Capitalist Blues (Jazz Village) [01-25] - jazz [A-]
• Dan McCarthy: Epoch (Origin) [03-15] - jazz [***]
• Dan McCarthy: City Abstract (Origin) [10-16] - jazz [B]
• Tom McDermott: Meets Scott Joplin (Arbors) [04-05] - jazz [**]
• Reba McEntire: Stronger Than the Truth (Big Machine) [04-05] - country [*]
• The Pete McGuinness Jazz Orchestra: Along for the Ride (Summit) [06-07] - jazz [B]
• Nellie McKay: Bagatelles (Palmetto -EP) [10-25] - cabaret [*]
• Jenna McLean: Brighter Day (Moddl) [02-21] - vocal jazz [*]
• Joe McPhee/John Butcher: At the Hill of James Magee (Trost) [01-18] - jazz [***]
• Joe McPhee/Paal Nilssen-Love: Song for the Big Chief (PNL) [10-04] - jazz [**]
• Dave Meder: Passage (Outside In Music) [02-08] - jazz [***]
• Will of the People [Haftor Medboe]: Will of the People (Copperfly) [07-19] - jazz [**]
• Megan Thee Stallion: Fever (300 Entertainment) [05-17] - trap rap [***]
• Brad Mehldau: Finding Gabriel (Nonesuch) [05-17] - jazz [B]
• Mekons: Deserted (Bloodshot) [03-29] - post-punk [***]
• Mercury Rev: Bobbie Gentry's the Delta Sweete Revisited (Partisan) [01-28] - alt-country [B]
• Anna Meredith: FIBS (Moshi Moshi) [10-25] - electronic [B]
• The Messthetics: Anthropocosmic Nest (Dischord) [09-06] - alt/indie [*]
• Metropolitan Jazz Octet Featuring Dee Alexander: It's Too Hot for Words: Celebrating Billie Holiday (Delmark) [08-16] - jazz [**]
• Camila Meza & the Nectar Orchestra: Ambar (Sony Masterworks) [04-03] - vocal jazz [B]
• Microtub: Chronic Shift (Bohemian Drips) [08-30] - jazz [B]
• Microwave: Death Is a Warm Blanket (Pure Noise) [09-13] - post-hardcore [*]
• Haviah Mighty: 13th Floor (self-released) [05-10] - hip-hop [***]
• Xose Miguelez: Ontology (Origin) [04-19] - jazz [**]
• Mika: My Name Is Michael Holbrook (Republic/Virgin EMI) [10-04] - pop [**]
• Levon Mikaelian Trio: Untainted (self-released) [03-26] - jazz [**]
• MIKE: Tears of Joy (10k) [06-21] - abstract hip-hop [**]
• Mike & the Moonpies: Cheap Silver & Solid Country Gold (Prairie Rose) [08-02] - country [*]
• Allison Miller's Boom Tic Boom: Glitter Wolf (The Royal Potato Family) [02-01] - jazz [A-]
• Buddy & Julie Miller: Breakdown on 20th Ave South (New West) [06-21] - Americana [**]
• Dave Miller Trio: Just Imagine (Summit) [10-04] - jazz [**]
• Dom Minasi: Remembering Cecil (Unseen Rain) [04-02] - jazz [***]
• Matt Mitchell: Phalanx Ambassadors (Pi) [05-31] - jazz [**]
• Roscoe Mitchell Orchestra: Littlefield Concert Hall Mills College March 19-20, 2018 (Wide Hive) [03-29] - jazz [**]
• Gabriele Mitelli/Rob Mazurek: Star Splitter (Clean Feed) [05-00] - jazz [*]
• Yoko Miwa Trio: Keep Talkin' (Ocean Blue Tear Music) [06-14] - jazz [***]
• Mdou Moctar: Blue Stage Sessions (Third Man) [01-18] - Saharan [A-]
• Mdou Moctar: Ilana: The Creator (Sahel Sounds) [03-29] - Saharan [***]
• Billy Mohler: Focus! (Make) [03-18] - jazz [A-]
• Hedvig Mollestad Trio: Smells Funny (Rune Grammofon) [02-01] - jazz [**]
• Mono: Before the Past: Live From Electrical Audio (Temporary Residence) [11-08] - experimental rock [*]
• Monopiece/Jaap Blonk: Monopiece + Jaap Blonk (Shhpuma) [05-17] - jazz [B]
• Derel Monteith: Connemara: Solo Piano Improvisations (self-released) [10-18] - jazz [**]
• Derel Monteith Trio: Quantity of Life (self-released) [10-18] - jazz [*]
• Moor Mother: Analog Fluids of Sonic Black Holes (Don Giovanni) [11-08] - hip-hop [**]
• Thurston Moore/Frank Rosaly: Marshmallow Moon Decorum (Corbett vs Dempsey) [06-13] - jazz [*]
• Bernie Mora & Tangent: No Agenda (Rhombus) [10-01] - jazz [C+]
• Gurf Morlix: Impossible Blue (Rootball) [02-08] - folk [**]
• Allison Moorer: Blood (Autotelic) [10-25] - country [A-]
• Joe Morris & Evan Parker: The Village (Fundacja Sluchaj) [09-15] - jazz [**]
• Maren Morris: Girl (Columbia Nashville) [03-08] - country [B]
• Van Morrison: Three Chords & the Truth (Exile/Caroline) [10-25] - singer-songwriter [***]
• Bob Mould: Sunshine Rock (Merge) [02-08] - alt rock [**]
• The Mountain Goats: In League With Dragons (Merge) [04-26] - alt/indie [**]
• Jack Mouse Group: Intimate Adversary (Tall Grass) [01-01] - jazz [*]
• Moutin Factory Quintet: Mythical River (Laborie Jazz) - jazz [B-]
• Guillaume Muller: Sketches of Sound (self-released) [10-01] - jazz [*]
• Muna: Saves the World (RCA) [09-06] - synthpop [**]
• Andrew Munsey: High Tide (Birdwatcher) [08-30] - jazz [**]
• The Murder Capital: When I Have Fears (Human Season) [08-16] - post-punk [*]
• Greg Murphy Trio: Bright Idea (Whaling City Sound) [01-25] - jazz [**]
• Murs: The Iliad Is Dead and the Odyssey Is Over (Jamla/Empire) [08-09] - hip-hop [A-]
• Rachel Musson/Pat Thomas/Mark Sanders: Shifa: Live at Cafe Oto (577) [07-12] - jazz [**]
• Mute: Mute (Fresh Sound New Talent) [12-13] - jazz [A-]
• Simon Nabatov Quintet: Last Minute Theory (Clean Feed) [07-19] - jazz [**]
• Simon Nabatov: Readings: Red Cavalry (Leo) [04-15] - jazz [*]
• Simon Nabatov: Readings: Gileya Revisited (Leo) [04-15] - jazz [*]
• Quinsin Nachoff's Flux: Path of Totality (Whirlwind) [02-08] - jazz [A-]
• ERR: stream no grade: Nacka Forum: Sa Stopper Festen
• Nacka Forum: Sa Stopper Festen (Moserobie) [12-22] - jazz
• Qasim Naqvi: Teenages (Erased Tapes) [05-03] - electronica [*]
• Ted Nash/Steve Cardenas/Ben Allison: Somewhere Else: West Side Story Songs (Plastic Sax) [08-16] - jazz [**]
• Rico Nasty/Kenny Beats: Anger Management (Sugar Trap) [04-25] - hip-hop [**]
• The National: I Am Easy to Find (4AD) [05-17] - alt/indie [**]
• Nature Work: Nature Work (Sunnyside) [06-21] - jazz [A-]
• Youssou N'Dour: History (Naive/Believe) [05-17] - African [A-]
• Aurora Nealand/Steve Marquette/Anton Hatwich/Paul Thibodeaux: Kobra Quartet (Astral Spirits) [10-04] - jazz [*]
• Helado Negro: This Is How You Smile (RVNG Intl) [03-08] - Latin [*]
• Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real: Turn Off the News (Build a Garden) (Fantasy) [06-14] - country rock [*]
• Willie Nelson: Ride Me Back Home (Legacy) [06-21] - country [A-]
• Nerija: Blume (Domino) [08-02] - jazz fusion [*]
• New Orleans Jazz Orchestra: Songs: The Music of Allen Toussaint (Storyville) [04-19] - jazz [**]
• The New Pornographers: In the Morse Code of Brake Lights (Concord) [09-27] - alt/indie [*]
• New York Voices: Reminiscing in Tempo (Origin) [08-16] - vocal jazz [B]
• Angelika Niescier/Christopher Tordini/Gerald Cleaver: New York Trio Feat Jonathan Finlayson (Intakt) [04-19] - jazz [***]
• Jorge Nila: Tenor Time (Tribute to the Tenor Masters) (Ninjazz) [01-04] - jazz [***]
• Gard Nilssen Acoustic Unity: To Whom Who Buys a Record (Odin) [07-12] - jazz [A-]
• Paal Nilssen-Love: New Brazilian Funk (PNL) [01-25] - jazz [**]
• Paal Nilssen-Love: New Japanese Noise (PNL) [01-25] - jazz [*]
• Paal Nilssen-Love/Ken Vandermark: Screen Off (PNL) [04-26] - jazz [**]
• The Niro Featuring Gary Lucas: The Complete Jeff Buckley and Gary Lucas Songbook (Esordisco) [11-08] - alt/indie [B]
• Nivhek: After Its Own Death/Walking in a Spiral Towards the House (Yellow Electric) [02-08] - electronic [*]
• Nobject [Martin Kuchen/Rafal Mazur/Vasco Trilla]: X-Rayed (Fundacja Sluchaj) [06-03] - jazz [**]
• Ian Noe: Between the Country (National Treasury) [05-31] - country [***]
• Laura Noejovich: Laura Has New Standards (Enchanted Meadow) [11-02] - jazz [C+]
• Sean Noonan: Tan Man's Hat (RareNoise) [03-25] - jazz [B]
• Northern Ranger: Eastern Stranger (self-released -EP) [10-04] - jazz [**]
• Nots: 3 (Goner) [05-10] - alt/indie [**]
• Aaron Novik: The Fallow Curves of the Planospheres (Avant LaGuardia) [07-20] - jazz [*]
• Nubiyan Twist: Jungle Run (Strut) [02-15] - r&b [B]
• Karen O & Danger Mouse: Lux Prima (BMG) [03-15] - art rock [**]
• Larry Ochs/Nels Cline/Gerald Cleaver: What Is to Be Done (Clean Feed) [01-25] - jazz [**]
• Bill O'Connell and the Afro Caribbean Ensemble: Wind Off the Hudson (Savant) [07-26] - jazz [**]
• Octo Octa: Resonant Body (T4T LUV NRG) [09-06] - leftfield [***]
• OGJB Quartet [Oliver Lake/Graham Haynes/Joe Fonda/Barry Altschul]: Bamako (TUM) [05-17] - jazz [***]
• The Ogun Meji Duo: Spirits of the Egungun (CFG Multimedia) [01-23] - jazz [A-]
• Linda May Han Oh: Aventurine (Biophilia) [05-17] - jazz [**]
• Miles Okazaki: The Sky Below (Pi) [10-25] - jazz [***]
• May Okita: Art of Life (Origin) [01-18] - vocal [**]
• Old Man Saxon: Goldman Sax (Saxon Kincy -EP) [04-24] - hip-hop [**]
• Isabelle Olivier/Rez Abbasi: OASIS (Enja/Yellowbird) [12-06] - jazz [**]
• Angel Olsen: All Mirrors (Jagjaguwar) [10-04] - alt singer-songwriter [*]
• Matt Olson: 789 Miles (OA2) [06-21] - jazz [**]
• Henrik Olsson/Ola Rubin: Olsson/Rubin (Barefoot) [11-19] - jazz [**]
• Ola Onabule: Point Less (Rugged Ram) [08-30] - vocal jazz [B]
• One O'Clock Lab Band: Lab 2019 (North Texas Jazz) [11-22] - jazz [*]
• Tish Oney With the John Chlodini Trio: The Best Part (Blujazz) [08-30] - jazz [B-]
• Oompa: Cleo (OompOutLoud) [08-10] - hip-hop [A-]
• Sam Ospovat: Ride Angles (Skirl) [05-03] - jazz [**]
• Otoboke Beaver: Itekoma Hits (Damnably) [04-26] - hardcore punk [**]
• Our Native Daughters: Songs of Our Native Daughters (Smithsonian Folkways) [02-22] - folk [A-]
• Kassa Overall: Go Get Ice Cream and Listen to Jazz (self-released) [01-11] - jazz [**]
• Ulysses Owens Jr: Songs of Freedom (Resilience Music) [01-25] - jazz [*]
• Mike Pachelli: High Standards (Fullblast) [09-01] - jazz [*]
• Painted Faces: Tales From the Skinny Apartment (ESP-Disk -19) [2019-11-08] - experimental rock [B-]
• Jason Palmer: Rhyme and Reason (Giant Step Arts -2CD) [03-01] - jazz [***]
• The Paranoid Style: A Goddamn Impossible Way of Life (Bar/None) [07-26] - alt/indie [***]
• Evan Parker/Paul G Smyth: Calenture and Light Leaks (Weekertoft) [03-02] - jazz [**]
• Evan Parker & Kinetics: Chiasm (Clean Feed) [05-00] - jazz [A-]
• Evan Parker/Lotte Anker/Torben Snekkestad: Inferences (Fundacja Sluchaj) [09-14] - jazz [*]
• Evan Parker/Barry Guy/Paul Lytton: Concert in Vilnius (NoBusiness) [10-24] - jazz [***]
• William Parker/In Order to Survive: Live/Shapeshifter (AUM Fidelity -2CD) [07-05] - jazz [A-]
• Nicki Parrott: From New York to Paris (Arbors) [04-05] - jazz [**]
• Bennett Paster: Indivisible (self-released) [05-03] - jazz [*]
• Rozina Patkai: Taladim (Tom-Tom) [11-01] - Hungarian [**]
• Jai Paul: Leak 04-13 (Bait Ones) (XL) [06-01] - alt r&b [**]
• Junius Paul: Ism (International Anthem) [11-22] - jazz [*]
• J Pavone String Ensemble: Brick and Mortar (Birdwatcher) [10-04] - jazz [B]
• Jessica Pavone: In the Action (Relative Pitch) [02-15] - jazz [**]
• Mario Pavone Dialect Trio: Philosophy (Clean Feed) [07-21] - jazz [***]
• Nicholas Payton: Relaxin' With Nick (Smoke Sessions -2CD) [10-25] - jazz [**]
• Pearring Sound: Nothing but Time (self-released) [10-04] - jazz [***]
• Orville Peck: Pony (Sub Pop) [03-22] - alt-country [B-]
• Pedro the Lion: Phoenix (Polyvinyl) [01-18] - alt/indie [*]
• Rich Pellegrin: Down (OA2) [02-15] - jazz [B]
• Jeremy Pelt: Jeremy Pelt, the Artist (HighNote) [02-08] - jazz [*]
• People Under the Stairs: Sincerely the P (Piecelock 70) [02-01] - hip-hop [A-]
• Ken Peplowski/Diego Figueiredo: Amizade (Arbors) [05-10] - azz [*]
• Pere Ubu: The Long Goodbye (Cherry Red) [07-12] - alt/indie [**]
• Ivo Perelman/Mat Maneri/Nate Wooley: Strings 3 (Leo) [03-08] - jazz [*]
• Ivo Perelman/Mat Maneri/Nate Wooley/Matthew Shipp: Strings 4 (Leo) [03-08] - jazz [***]
• Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp: Efflorescence: Volume 1 (Leo -4CD) [07-26] - jazz [***]
• Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp/William Parker/Bobby Kapp: Ineffable Joy (ESP-Disk) [10-25] - jazz [***]
• Miles Perkin Quartet: The Point in Question (Clean Feed) [05-24] - jazz [*]
• The Pernice Brothers: Spread the Feeling (Ashmont) [11-22] - alt/indie [*]
• Peter Perrett: Humanworld (Domino) [06-07] - alt/indie [A-]
• Lee Scratch Perry: Rainford (On-U Sound) [05-31] - dub [A-]
• Lee Scratch Perry: Heavy Rain (On-U Sound) [12-06] - dub [A-]
• Lee Scratch Perry: Life of the Plants (Stones Throw -EP) [10-25] - reggae [***]
• Houston Person: I'm Just a Lucky So and So (HighNote) [07-26] - jazz [A-]
• Pet Shop Boys: Agenda (X2 -EP) [04-12] - dance-pop [**]
• Pet Shop Boys: Inner Sanctum (X2) [04-12] - dance-pop [A-]
• Ralph Peterson & the Messenger Legacy: Legacy Alive: Volume 6 at the Sidedoor (Onyx Productions) [05-20] - jazz [**]
• Peterson Kohler Collective: Winter Colors (Origin) [09-20] - jazz [**]
• Phicus + Martin Kuchen: Sumpflegende (Fundacja Sluchaj) [04-10] - jazz [*]
• Anne Phillips: Live at the Jazz Bakery (Conawago) [10-01] - vocal jazz [B-]
• Alberto Pibiri & the Al Peppers: The Nacho Blues (Alberto Pibiri Music) [08-01] - jazz [*]
• Jim Piela: Out of Orbit (Orenda) [02-08] - jazz [***]
• Roberta Piket: Domestic Harmony: Piket Plays Mintz (Thirteenth Note) [12-06] - jazz [**]
• Pink: Hurts 2B Human (RCA) [04-26] - pop [***]
• Pip Blom: Boat (Heavenly) [05-31] - indie pop [***]
• The John Pizzarelli Trio: For Centennial Reasons: 100 Year Salute to Nat King Cole (Ghostlight) [02-08] - vocal jazz [**]
• Caroline Polachek: Pang (Columbia) [10-18] - art pop [*]
• Polo G: Die a Legend (Columbia) [06-07] - trap rap [**]
• Pom Poko: Birthday (Bella Union) [02-22] - dance punk [*]
• Charlie Porter: Immigration Nation (OA2) [11-15] - jazz [*]
• Portico Quartet: Memory Streams (Gondwana) [10-04] - nu jazz [*]
• Post Malone: Hollywood's Bleeding (Republic) [09-06] - hip-hop [B]
• Chris Potter: Circuits (Edition) [02-22] - jazz [B-]
• Powder: Powder in Space (DJ Mix) (Beats in Space) [02-15] - electronica [**]
• Jessica Pratt: Quiet Signs (Mexican Summer) [02-08] - folk [B-]
• Noah Preminger: After Life (Criss Cross) [05-06] - jazz [**]
• Noah Preminger Group: Zigsaw: Music of Steve Lampert (self-released) [10-04] - jazz [A-]
• Preservation Hall Jazz Band: A Tuba to Cuba (Sub Pop) [06-28] - jazz [*]
• Priests: The Seduction of Kansas (Sister Polygon) [04-05] - post-punk [***]
• PUP: Morbid Stuff (Rise/BMG) [04-05] - pop punk [B]
• Purple Mountains: Purple Mountains (Drag City) [07-12] - alt/indie [***]
• Queen Key: Eat My Pussy (Again) (Machine Entertainment Group) [03-21] - hip-hop [A-]
• Quelle Chris: Guns (Mello Music Group) [03-29] - hip-hop [***]
• Michele Rabbia/Gianluca Petrella/Eivind Aarset: Lost River (ECM) [05-31] - jazz [B]
• Kojey Radical: Cashmere Tears (Asylum/Atlantic) [09-13] - grime [*]
• Radical Empathy Trio: Reality and Other Imaginary Places (ESP-Disk) [11-15] - jazz [*]
• Tom Rainey Trio With Mary Halvorson and Ingrid Laubrock: Combobulated (Intakt) [02-01] - jazz [***]
• Rapsody: Eve (Roc Nation) [08-23] - hip-hop [***]
• Mette Rasmussen/Julien Desprez: The Hatch (Dark Tree) [06-24] - jazz [**]
• Enrico Rava/Joe Lovano: Roma (ECM) [09-06] - jazz [*]
• Bob Ravenscroft & Inner Journeys: Phantasmagoria (OA2) [11-15] - jazz [*]
• Red Kite: Red Kite (RareNoise) [06-28] - jazz [**]
• Joshua Redman Quartet: Come What May (Nonesuch) [03-29] - jazz [***]
• Joshua Redman & Brooklyn Rider: Sun on Sand (Nonesuch) [10-04] - jazz [**]
• Eric Reed: Everybody Gets the Blues (Smoke Sessions) [04-12] - jazz [**]
• Reut Regev R*Time: Keep Winning (Enja) [08-02] - jazz [A-]
• The Regrettes: How Do You Love? (Warner Bros) [08-09] - alt/indie [***]
• Tomeka Reid/Filippo Monico: The Mouser (Relative Pitch) [02-15] - jazz [A-]
• Tomeka Reid Quartet: Old New (Cuneiform) [10-04] - jazz [***]
• Dave Rempis/Brandon Lopez/Ryan Packard: The Early Bird Gets (Aerophonic) [02-26] - jazz [A-]
• Dave Rempis/Joshua Abrams/Avreeayl Ra + Jim Baker: Apsis (Aerophonic) [08-26] - jazz [A-]
• Resavoir: Resavoir (International Anthem) [06-28] - jazz [B]
• Cene Resnik Trio Watch for Dogs: Shades of Colors (Not Two) [07-12] - jazz [**]
• Dreamville: Revenge of the Dreamers III (Dreamville/Interscope) [07-05] - hip-hop [*]
• Rex Orange County: Pony (RCA) [10-25] - indie pop [B]
• Ellynne Rey: The Birdsong Project (self-released) [05-01] - jazz [B]
• Steph Richards: Take the Neon Lights (Birdwatcher) [03-01] - jazz [***]
• Herlin Riley: Perpetual Optimism (Mack Avenue) [04-12] - jazz [*]
• Stephen Riley: Oleo (SteepleChase) [08-15] - jazz [***]
• Jason Ringenberg: Stand Tall (Courageous Chicken) [02-07] - country [A-]
• Matana Roberts: Coin Coin Chapter Four: Memphis (Constellation) [10-18] - jazz [***]
• Emily Scott Robinson: Traveling Mercies (Tone Tree Music) [02-22] - folk [***]
• Scott Robinson: Tenormore (Arbors Jazz) [04-05] - jazz [A-]
• Bruce Robison & Kelly Willis: Beautiful Lie (Next Waltz) [06-21] - country [**]
• Christophe Rocher/Joe Fonda/Harvey Sorgen: New Origin (Not Two) [06-21] - jazz [**]
• Rocket 808: Rocket 808 (12XU) [10-18] - rockabilly [B]
• Alfredo Rodriguez/Pedrito Martinez: Duologue (Mack Avenue) [02-01] - Latin jazz [***]
• Maggie Rogers: Heard It in a Past Life (Capitol) [01-18] - synthpop [**]
• Rent Romus' Life's Blood Ensemble: Side Three: New Work (Edgetone) [03-11] - jazz [***]
• Wallace Roney: Blue Dawn-Blue Nights (HighNote) [08-30] - jazz [***]
• Mark Ronson: Late Night Feelings (RCA) [06-21] - pop [*]
• Marlene Rosenberg: MLK Convergence (Origin) [06-21] - jazz [***]
• Kurt Rosenwinkel Bandit 65: Searching the Continuum (Heartcore) [10-11] - jazz [***]
• Michele Rosewoman's New Yor-Uba: Hallowed (Advance Dance Disques) [11-01] - jazz [***]
• Joel Ross: KingMaker (Blue Note) [05-03] - jazz [*]
• Rotten Girlz: Punk You (Sazas) - jazz [*]
• Royal Trux: White Stuff (Fat Possum) [02-08] - garage rock [**]
• RPM: Just Like Falling (Unseen Rain) [06-07] - jazz [**]
• Ruby Rushton: Ironside (22a) [04-05] - jazz [B]
• Dave Rudolph Quintet: Resonance (self-released) [01-04] - jazz [*]
• Chanda Rule: Sapphire Dreams (PAO) - vocal jazz [B]
• Patrice Rushen: Remind Me: The Classic Elektra Recordings 1978-1984 (Strut) [07-19] - r&b [*]
• Catherine Russell: Alone Together (Dot Time) [03-01] - jazz [**]
• Markus Rutz: Blueprints Figure One: Frameworks (OA2) [09-20] - jazz [**]
• Raphael Saadiq: Jimmy Lee (Columbia) [08-23] - r&b [A-]
• Ustad Saami: God Is Not a Terrorist (Glitterbeat) [01-18] - Pakistan [C]
• Jamie Saft/Steve Swallow/Bobby Previte: You Don't Know the Life (RareNoise) [01-25] - jazz [B]
• The Jamie Saft Quartet: Hidden Corners (RareNoise) [06-28] - jazz [**]
• Samo Salamon & Freequestra: Free Sessions, Vol. 2: Freequestra (Sazas/Klopotec) [04-22] - jazz [A-]
• Samo Salamon/Szilard Mezei/Jaka Berger: Swirling Blind Unstilled (Klopotec) - jazz [**]
• Dua Saleh: Nur (Against Giants -EP) [01-03] - hip-hop [**]
• Sampa the Great: The Return (Ninja Tune) [09-13] - neo-soul [**]
• David Sanchez: Carib (Ropeadope) [06-07] - jazz [***]
• Marta Sanchez Quintet: El Rayo De Luz (Fresh Sound New Talent) [11-22] - jazz [A-]
• Poncho Sanchez: Trane's Delight (Concord Picante) [09-20] - jazz [B]
• Nick Sanders Trio: Playtime 2050 (Sunnyside) [03-15] - jazz [**]
• Carmen Sandim: Play Doh (Ropeadope) [10-25] - jazz [*]
• Hama Sankare: Niafunke (Clermont Music) [04-12] - Malian [***]
• Santana: Africa Speaks (Concord) [06-07] - Latin rock [B]
• Sasami: Sasami (Domino) [03-08] - dream pop [*]
• Dana Saul: Ceiling (Endectomorph) [09-13] - jazz [A-]
• Sault: 5 (Forever Living Originals) [05-05] - neo-soul [A-]
• Sault: 7 (Forever Living Originals) [09-27] - neo-soul [A-]
• Scheen Jazzorkester & Thomas Johansson: As We See It . . . (Clean Feed) - jazz [***]
• Jenny Scheinman/Allison Miller: Jenny Scheinman & Allison Miller's Parlour Game (Royal Potato Family) [08-02] - jazz [***]
• Rob Scheps: Comencio (SteepleChase) [02-01] - jazz [**]
• Louis Sclavis: Characters on a Wall (ECM) [09-20] - jazz [*]
• Fabrizio Sciacca Quartet: Gettin' It There (self-released) [09-01] - jazz [**]
• Scopes [Ben Van Gelder/Tony Tixier/Tom Berkmann/Mathias Ruppnig]: Scopes (Whirlwind) [03-29] - jazz [**]
• Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah: Ancestral Recall (Ropeadope) [03-22] - jazz [*]
• Dave Scott: In Search of Hipness (SteepleChase) [01-15] - jazz [*]
• Kendrick Scott Oracle: A Wall Becomes a Bridge (Blue Note) [04-05] - jazz [*]
• SEED Ensemble: Driftglass (Jazz Re:freshed) [02-08] - jazz [*]
• The Selva: Canicula Rosa (Clean Feed) [03-22] - jazz [**]
• Derek Senn: How Could a Man (self-released) [05-10] - folk [***]
• Serengeti: Music From the Graphic Novel Kenny Vs the Dark Web (Burnco -EP) [02-15] - hip-hop [**]
• Shed: Oderbruch (Ostgut Ton) [11-29] - electronic [***]
• Sheer Mag: A Distant Call (Wilsuns) [08-23] - garage rock [**]
• Ed Sheeran: No 6 Collaborations Project (Asylum) [07-12] - pop rap [**]
• Marcus Shelby Orchestra: Transitions (MSO) [06-07] - jazz [*]
• Bob Sheppard: The Fine Line (Challenge) [05-03] - jazz [**]
• Leo Sherman: Tonewheel (Outside In Music) [10-25] - jazz [*]
• Matthew Shipp Trio: Signature (ESP-Disk) [02-15] - jazz [A-]
• Matthew Shipp/Mark Helias/Gordon Grdina: Skin and Bones (Not Two) [07-00] - jazz [***]
• ShitKid: [Detention] (PNKSLM) [05-10] - alt/indie [*]
• Kalie Shorr: Open Book (self-released) [09-27] - country [*]
• The Richard Shulman Trio: Waltzing Out of Town (RichHeart Music) [05-11] - jazz [*]
• Sigrid: Sucker Punch (Island) [03-08] - pop [**]
• Paul Silbergleit: January (Blujazz) [08-01] - jazz [**]
• Silk Road Assassins: State of Ruin (Planet Mu) [02-08] - electronic [*]
• Marcos Silva: Brasil: From Head to Toe (Green Egg) [05-03] - jazz [B]
• Gwilym Simcock: Near and Now (ACT) [04-28] - jazz [B]
• Sturgill Simpson: Sound & Fury (Atlantic/Elektra) [09-27] - Americana [***]
• Sir Babygirl: Crush on Me (Father/Daughter) [02-15] - rock [***]
• Sirkis/Bialas IQ: Our New Earth (Moonjune) [10-02] - jazz [**]
• Sergi Sirvent Octopussy Cats: Flax-Golden Tales (Fresh Sound New Talent) [05-15] - jazz [**]
• Skepta: Ignorance Is Bliss (Boy Better Know) [05-31] - hip-hop [**]
• Erik Skov: Liminality (OA2) [06-21] - jazz [*]
• Bria Skonberg: Nothing Never Happens (self-released) [11-01] - jazz [***]
• Skyzoo & Pete Rock: Retropolitan (Mello Music Group) [11-08] - hip-hop [**]
• Slayyyter: Slayyyter (The Mixtape) (self-released) [09-17] - pop [**]
• SLD Trio: El Contorno Del Espacio (Fundacja Sluchaj) [09-15] - jazz [**]
• Sleaford Mods: Eton Alive (Extreme Eating) [02-22] - alt/indie [**]
• Sleater-Kinney: The Center Won't Hold (Mom + Pop) [08-16] - alt/indie [B]
• Slowthai: Nothing Great About Britain (Method) [05-17] - hip-hop [***]
• Sly & Robbie/Roots Radics: The Final Battle: Sly & Robbie vs Roots Radics (Serious Reggae/Afro) [04-15] - reggae [**]
• Sly & Robbie: Dub Serge (Taxi) [12-06] - reggae [*]
• Sly Horizon: The Anatomy of Light (Iluso) [05-01] - jazz [*]
• Wadada Leo Smith: Rosa Parks: Pure Love: An Oratorio of Seven Songs (TUM) [02-15] - jazz [*]
• Gary Smulyan & Ralph Moore Quintet: Bird's Eye Encounter! (Fresh Sound) [12-01] - jazz [**]
• Sneaks: Highway Hypnosis (Merge) [01-25] - art pop [*]
• Todd Snider: Cash Cabin Sessions Vol 3 (Aimless) [03-15] - singer-songwriter [A-]
• Jim Snidero: Waves of Calm (Savant) [03-08] - jazz [***]
• Snotty Nose Rez Kids: Trapline (Fontana North) [05-10] - hip-hop [A-]
• Matthew Snow: Iridescence (self-released) [11-29] - jazz [***]
• Elza Soares: Planeta Fome (Deck) [09-13] - Brazilian [***]
• SOL Development: The SOL of Black Folk (self-released) [02-22] - hip-hop [**]
• Solange: When I Get Home (Saint/Columbia) [03-01] - r&b [*]
• Jay Som: Anak Ko (Polyvinyl) [08-23] - dream pop [**]
• Somersaults [Olie Brice/Tobias Delius/Mark Sanders]: Numerology of Birdsong (West Hill) [09-10] - jazz [***]
• Something Blue [Alexa Tarantino/Nick Finzer/Sam Dillon/Art Hirahara/Boris Kozlov/Rudy Royston]: Maximum Enjoyment (Posi-Tone) [01-04] - jazz [*]
• Son Volt: Union (Transmit Sound) [03-29] - rock [*]
• Sonar With David Torn: Tranceportation (Volume 1) (RareNoise) [11-29] - jazz [A-]
• Tyshawn Sorey and Marilyn Crispell: The Adornment of Time (Pi) [09-27] - jazz [**]
• Sote: Parallel Persia (Diagonal) [04-26] - electronic [*]
• Omar Souleyman: Shlon (Mad Decent/Because) [11-22] - folk dance [A-]
• The Souljazz Orchestra: Chaos Theories (Strut) [09-13] - jazz [*]
• Soundwalk Collective With Patti Smith: The Peyote Dance (Bella Union) [05-31] - alt/indie [*]
• Soundwalk Collective With Patti Smith: Mummer Love (Bella Union) [11-08] - alt/indie [ **]
• Special Request: Vortex (Houndstooth) [05-31] - electronic [A-]
• Special Request: Bedroom Tapes (Houndstooth) [06-28] - techno [***]
• Special Request: Offworld (Houndstooth) [10-11] - ambient techno [A-]
• The Specials: Encore (Island) [02-01] - ska [*]
• Chris Speed Trio: Respect for Your Toughness (Intakt) [10-18] - jazz [***]
• Spellling: Mazy Fly (Sacred Bones) [02-22] - electronic [**]
• Alister Spence and Satoko Fujii Orchestra Kobe: Imagine Meeting You Here (Alister Spence Music) [01-18] - jazz [***]
• Caroline Spence: Mint Condition (Rounder) [05-03] - country [A-]
• Vinnie Sperrazza/Jacob Sacks/Masa Kamaguchi: Play Sonny Rollins (Fresh Sound New Talent) [11-08] - jazz [*]
• Matthias Spillmann Trio: Live at the Bird's Eye Jazz Club (Clean Feed) [03-22] - jazz [**]
• Emily A Sprague: Mount Vision (self-released) [04-04] - ambient [**]
• Emily A Sprague: Watery Memory/Mount Vision (RVNG Intl) [05-24] - ambient [**]
• Spring Roll: Episodes (Clean Feed) [03-22] - jazz [*]
• Bruce Springsteen: Western Stars (Columbia) [06-14] - rock [B-]
• Stahls Trio: Kalltorp Sessions: Volume One (Moserobie) - jazz [***]
• Mary Stallings: Songs Were Made to Sing (Smoke Sessions) [05-17] - vocal jazz [*]
• Peter Stampfel and the Atomic Meta Pagans: The Ordovician Era (Don Giovanni) [01-18] - folk [*]
• Lyn Stanley: London Calling: A Toast to Julie London (A.T. Music) [02-15] - vocal jazz [*]
• Lyn Stanley: London With a Twist: Live at Bernie's (A.T. Music) [05-10] - vocal jazz [**]
• Mavis Staples: Live in London (Anti-) [02-08] - r&b [**]
• Mavis Staples: We Get By (Anti-) [05-24] - r&b [A-]
• Ben Stapp/Joe Morris: Mind Creature Sound Dasein (Fundacja Sluchaj) [03-20] - jazz [*]
• The Steel Woods: Old News (Woods Music) [01-18] - country [B-]
• Oli Steidle & the Killing Popes: Ego Pills (Shhpuma) [03-22] - jazz [B-]
• Chip Stephens/Stenn Wilson: Sadness & Soul (Capri) [10-18] - jazz [**]
• Mike Stern-Jeff Lorber Fusion: Eleven (Concord) [09-27] - jazz [C+]
• Michael Jefry Stevens & the Mountain Chamber Jazz Ensemble: The Poet Is in the House (ARC) [11-01] - jazz [B]
• Tim Stine Quartet: Knots (Clean Feed) [11-15] - jazz [*]
• STL GLD: The New Normal (AR Classic) [02-01] - hip-hop [**]
• Stormzy: Heavy Is the Head (Merky/Atlantic) [12-13] - hip-hop [**]
• Dexter Story: Bahir (Soundway) [03-15] - world [*]
• George Strait: Honky Tonk Time Machine (MCA Nashville) [03-29] - country [B]
• Colin Stranahan/Glenn Zaleski/Rick Rosato: Live at Jazz Standard (Capri) [09-30] - jazz [*]
• Zhenya Strigalev/Federico Dannemann: The Change (Rainy Days) [06-07] - jazz [*]
• Dave Stryker: Eight Track III (Strikezone) [05-03] - jazz [**]
• Dave Stryker: Eight Track Christmas (Strikezone) [11-01] - Xmas jazz [B]
• Harry Styles: Fine Line (Columbia) [12-13] - pop [C+]
• Sudan Archives: Athena (Stones Throw) [11-01] [**]
• Carol Sudhalter Quartet: Live at Saint Peter's Church (Alfa Projects) [01-18] - jazz [**]
• Kevin Sun: The Sustain of Memory (Endectomorph Music) [11-15] - jazz [A-]
• Sunflower Bean: King of the Dudes (Mom + Pop -EP) [01-25] - alt/indie [**]
• Sunn O))): Life Metal (Southern Lord) [04-26] - drone metal [B-]
• Supa Bwe: Just Say Thank You (Freddy Got Magic/Empire -EP) [04-10] - hip-hop [*]
• Norbert Susemihl/Chloe Feoranzo/Harry Mayronne/Barnaby Gold: The New Orleans Dance Hall Quartet: Tricentennial Hall Dance 17, October (Sumi) [02-25] - jazz [A-]
• Tierney Sutton Band: ScreenPlay (BFM Jazz) [05-17] - vocal jazz [***]
• Christian Meaas Svendsen + Nakama + Rinzai Zen Center Oslo: New Rituals (Nakama) [05-24] - jazz [*]
• Svetlost: Odron Ritual Orchestra (PMG) [09-19] - jazz [***]
• Leo Svirsky: River Without Banks (Unseen Worlds) [08-23] - jazz [**]
• Earl Sweatshirt: Feet of Clay (Tan Cressida/Warner -EP) [11-01] - hip-hop [*]
• Steve Swell/Robert Boston/Michael Vatcher: Brain in a Dish (NoBusiness) [11-15] - jazz [A-]
• Taylor Swift: Lover (Republic) [08-23] - pop [A-]
• Veronica Swift: Confessions (Mack Avenue) [08-30] - jazz [**]
• Swindle: No More Normal (Brownswood) [01-25] - grime [B-]
• Tanya Tagaq: Toothsayer (03-01) [Six Shooter -EP] - alt/indie [**]
• Rachid Taha: Je Suis Africain (Naive) [09-20] - rai [A-]
• Emi Takada: Why Did I Choose You? (self-released) [09-01] - jazz [*]
• Aki Takase Japanic: Thema Prima (BMC) [04-26] - jazz [***]
• Aki Takase: Hokusai: Piano Solo (Intakt) [06-21] - jazz [**]
• Alexa Tarantino: Winds of Change (Posi-Tone) [05-31] - jazz [**]
• TeejayX6: The Swipe Lessons (TF Entertainment) [09-23] - hip-hop [***]
• Tegan and Sara: Hey, I'm Just Like You (Warner Bros) [09-27] - alt singer-songwriter [**]
• Kate Tempest: The Book of Traps and Lessons (Republic) [06-14] - spoken word [*]
• Terraza Big Band: One Day Wonder (Outside In Music) [05-03] - jazz [*]
• That Dog: Old LP (UMe) [10-04] - alt/indie [A-]
• Yves Theiler Trio: We (Intakt) [04-29] - jazz [**]
• Stephan Thelen: Fractal Guitar (Moonjune) [01-18] - jazz [A-]
• Thick: Thick (Epitaph -EP) [03-26] - punk [*]
• Pat Thomas/Dominic Lash/Tony Orrell: Bley School (577) [11-12] - jazz [***]
• Pat Thomas and Kwashibu Area Band: Obiaa! (Strut) [10-04] - African [**]
• Threnody [Berthling/Kuchen/Noble]: A Paradigm of Suspicion (Trost) [09-27] - jazz [***]
• Tinariwen: Amadjar (Anti-) [09-06] - Saharan [**]
• Toh-Kichi [Satoko Fujii/Taysuya Yoshida]: Baikamo (Libra) [11-01] - jazz [***]
• Jonah Tolchin: Fires for the Cold (Yep Roc) [09-13] - Americana [*]
• Fumi Tomita: The Elephant Vanishes (OA2) [04-19] - jazz [B]
• David Torn/Tim Berne/Ches Smith: Sun of Goldfinger (ECM) [03-01] - jazz [***]
• Toro Y Moi: Outer Peace (Carpark) [01-18] - alt r&b [*]
• AJ Tracey: AJ Tracey (self-released) [02-08] - pop rap [**]
• Trapper Keaper: Meets Tim Berne & Aurora Nealand (Ears & Eyes) [04-12] - jazz [***]
• Rebecca Trescher: Where We Go (Enja/Yellowbird) [10-25] - jazz [**]
• Dwight Trible: Mothership (Gearbox) [03-19] - jazz [*]
• Trigger: Pull (Shhpuma) [08-09] - jazz [B]
• Tropical Fuck Storm: Braindrops (Joyful Noise) [08-23] - art punk [*]
• Gianluigi Trovesi/Gianni Coscia: La Misteriosa Musica Della Regina Loana (ECM) [06-21] - jazz [**]
• Tuba Skinny: Some Kind-a-Shake (self-released) [04-12] - jazz [***]
• Tanya Tucker: While I'm Livin' (Fantasy) [08-23] - country [**]
• Tucker Brothers: Two Parts (self-released) [10-03] - jazz [B]
• Turning Jewels Into Water: Map of Absences (FPE) [03-15] - electronic [***]
• Molly Tuttle: When You're Ready (Compass) [04-05] - country [**]
• The Twilight Sad: It Won/t Be Like This All the Time (Rock Action) [01-18] - post-punk [B]
• William Tyler: Goes West (Merge) [01-25] - American primitivism [**]
• Tyler the Creator: Igor (Columbia) [05-17] - hip-hop [**]
• Paul Tynan: Quartet (Origin) [03-15] - jazz [*]
• Typical Sisters: Hungry Ghost (Outside In Music) [03-22] - jazz [**]
• Jeremy Udden: Three in Paris (Sunnyside) [06-28] - jazz [***]
• Federico Ughi: Transoceanico (577) [03-22] - jazz [A-]
• Gebhard Ullmann Basement Research: Impromptus and Other Short Works (WhyPlayJazz) [02-22] - jazz [***]
• Gebhard Ullmann/Hans Ludemann/Oliver Potratz/Eric Schaefer: MikroPULS (Intuition) [10-18] - jazz [A-]
• The United States Air Force Band Airmen of Note: Global Reach (self-released) - jazz [C]
• The United States Air Force Band: The Jazz Heritage Series: 2019 Radio Broadcasts (self-released) - jazz [C]
• Urbanity: Urbanity (Alfi) [02-01] - jazz [B]
• Warren Vache: Songs Our Fathers Taught Us (Arbors) [04-05] - jazz [***]
• Kiki Valera: Vivencias En Clave Cubana (Origin) [10-16] - jazz [***]
• Vampire Weekend: Father of the Bride (Columbia) [05-03] - alt/indie [**]
• Sharon Van Etten: Remind Me Tomorrow (Jagjaguwar) [01-18] - alt/indie [*]
• Ken Vandermark/Mats Gustafsson: Verses (Corbett vs Dempsey) [06-06] - jazz [**]
• Vestbo Trio: Gentlemen . . . (Dog Hound) [01-11] - jazz [*]
• Andrés Vial/Dezron Douglas/Eric McPherson: Gang of Three (Chromatic Audio) [10-04] - jazz [***]
• Luis Vicente/Vasco Trilla: A Brighter Side of Darkness (Clean Feed) [03-22] - jazz [*]
• Fay Victor: Barn Songs (Northern Spy) [11-15] - vocal jazz [**]
• Rebekah Victoria: Songs of the Decades (Patois) [06-21] - jazz [*]
• Claudia Villela: Encantada Live (Taina Music) [04-12] - vocal jazz [*]
• Juan Vinuesa Jazz Quartet: Blue Shots From Chicago (NoBusiness) [11-15] - jazz [***]
• Devin Brahja Waldman: Brahja (RR Gems) [09-11] - jazz [***]
• Kelsey Waldon: White Noise/White Lines (Oh Boy) [10-04] - country [A-]
• Summer Walker: Over It (Interscope) [10-04] - r&b [B]
• Alice Wallace: Into the Blue (Rebelle Road) [01-18] - country [*]
• Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet: The Rhythm of Invention (Patois) [06-07] - jazz [*]
• Greg Ward Presents Rogue Parade: Stomping Off From Greenwood (Greenleaf Music) [01-11] - jazz [B-]
• Bobby Watson/Vincent Herring/Gary Bartz: Bird at 100 (Smoke Sessions) [11-29] - jazz [*]
• Trevor Watts/Stephen Grew: Let It Be: Live in Liverpool (Fundacja Sluchaj) [02-26] - jazz [*]
• Anna Webber: Clockwise (Pi) [02-22] - jazz [***]
• Faye Webster: Atlanta Millionaires Club (Secretly Canadian) [05-24] - singer-songwriter [B]
• Cory Weeds Quintet: Live at Frankie's Jazz Club (Cellar Live) [03-08] - jazz [*]
• Walt Weiskopf European Quartet: Worldwide (Orenda) [05-03] - jazz [A-]
• Ezra Weiss Big Band: We Limit Not the Truth of God (OA2) [08-16] - jazz [**]
• Kanye West: Jesus Is King (GOOD/Def Jam) [10-25] - hip-hop/gospel [B-]
• G Calvin Weston/The Phoenix Orchestra: Dust and Ash (577) [05-24] - jazz [*]
• Weyes Blood: Titanic Rising (Sub Pop) [04-05] - alt/indie [B-]
• Jennifer Wharton's Bonegasm: Bonegasm (Sunnyside) [02-01] - jazz [*]
• Rodney Whitaker: Common Ground: The Music of Gregg Hill (Origin) [05-17] - jazz [*]
• Rodney Whitaker: All Too Soon: The Music of Duke Ellington (Origin) [10-16] - jazz [***]
• Dee White: Southern Gentleman (Easy Eye Sound/Warner Music Nashville -18) [08-24-2018] - country [**]
• Barrence Whitfield Soul Savage Arkestra: Songs From the Sun Ra Cosmos (Modern Harmonic) [05-03] - jazz [**]
• The Who: Who (Polydor) [12-06] - rock [B]
• Betty Who: Betty (self-released) [02-15] - pop [**]
• Carrie Wicks: Reverie (OA2) [10-16] - vocal jazz [*]
• Mareike Wiening: Metropolist Paradise (Greenleaf Music) [11-01] - jazz [*]
• Wilco: Ode to Joy (dBpm) [10-04] - alt/indie [*]
• Saul Williams: Encrypted & Vulnerable (Pirates Blend) [07-18] - spoken word [*]
• Wilma Vritra: Burd (Bad Taste) [04-05] - hip-hop [*]
• The Dave Wilson Quartet: One Night at Chris' (self-released) [05-27] - jazz [***]
• Wing Walker Orchestra: Hazel (Ears & Eyes) [02-15] - jazz [*]
• Mark Wingfield & Gary Husband: Tor & Vale (Moonjune) [06-14] - jazz [B]
• Ronnie Wood & His Wild Five: Mad Lad: A Live Tribute to Chuck Berry (BMG) [11-15] - rock [***]
• Billy Woods & Kenny Segal: Hiding Places (Blackwoodz Studioz) [03-29] - hip-hop [***]
• Billy Woods: Terror Management (Blackwoodz Studioz) [10-04] - hip-hop [**]
• Jamila Woods: Legacy! Legacy! (Jagjaguwar) [05-10] - alt r&b [A-]
• Nate Wooley: Columbia Icefield (Northern Spy) [02-22] - jazz [*]
• Wreckless Eric: Transience (Southern Domestic) [05-17] - alt/indie [*]
• Wschod: Wschod (Clean Feed) [01-25] - jazz [**]
• Charli XCX: Charli (Asylum) [09-13] - electropop [**]
• Eri Yamamoto Trio & Choral Chameleon: Goshu Ondo Suite (AUM Fidelity) [11-15] - jazz [A-]
• Yong Yandsen/Christian Meaas Svendsen/Paal Nilssen-Love: Hungry Ghosts (Nakama) [11-01] - jazz [***]
• Nilufer Yanya: Miss Universe (ATO) [03-22] - alt/indie [A-]
• John Yao's Triceratops: How We Do (See Tao) [10-16] - jazz [**]
• The Yawpers: Human Question (Bloodshot) [04-19] - alt/indie [**]
• YBN Cordae: The Lost Boy (Atlantic) [07-26] - hip-hop [A-]
• Jason Yeager: New Songs of Resistance (Outside In Music) [10-04] - jazz [*]
• Yola: Walk Through Fire (Easy Eye Sound/Nonesuch) [02-22] - Americana [*]
• Thom Yorke: Anima (XL) [06-27] - electropop [B-]
• Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Colorado (Reprise) [10-25] - pop/rock [***]
• Young MA: Herstory in the Making (MA Music/3D) [09-27] - pop rap [*]
• Young Nudy & Pi'erre Bourne: Sli'mere (RCA) [05-10] - trap rap [***]
• Young Thug: So Much Fun (300/Atlantic/YSL) [08-16] - trap rap [***]
• Brandee Younger: Soul Awakening (self-released) [06-07] - vocal jazz [***]
• Zlatko Kaucic Quintet: Morning Patches (Fundacja Sluchaj) [09-14] - jazz [*]
• Paul Zauner's Blue Brass feat David Murray: Roots n' Wings (PAO/Blujazz) [08-01] - jazz [***]
• Miguel Zenon: Sonero: The Music of Ismael Rivera (Miel Music) [08-30] - jazz [A-]
• Torbjorn Zetterberg & the Great Question: Live (Corbett vs Dempsey) [06-21] - jazz [***]
• Michael Zilber: East West: Music for Big Bands (Origin -2CD) [11-15] - jazz [*]
• Dann Zinn: Day of Reckoning (Origin) [04-19] - jazz [*]
• Dave Zinno Unisphere: Stories Told (Whaling City Sound) [04-05] - jazz [*]
• This Is Toolroom 2019 (Edits) (Toolroom) [02-01] - electronic [**]
• Weaponize Your Sound (Optimo Music) [03-08] - electronic [**]

Reissues, Etc.

• Cannonball Adderley: Swingin' in Seattle: Live at the Penthouse 1966-1967 (Real to Reel) [01-18] - jazz [***]
• Afro-Blue Persuasion: Live at Haight Levels Volume One (1967, Tramp) [01-25] - jazz [**]
• Afro-Blue Persuasion: Live at Haight Levels Volume Two (1967, Tramp) [03-22] - jazz [**]
• Terry Allen and the Panhandle Mystery Band: Pedal Steal + Four Corners (1985-93, Paradise of Bachelors -3CD) [03-22] - country [*]
• Fred Anderson Quartet: Live Volume V (1994, FPE) [12-13] - jazz [***]
• Louis Armstrong: Live in Europe (1948-52, Dot Time) [09-27] - jazz [**]
• Louis Armstrong & His All Stars: The Complete Newport 1956 & 1958 Recordings (Legacy) [08-16] - jazz [A-]
• AtomTM: Lassigue Bendthaus/Cloned (+ Singles) (1992, AtomTM Audio Archive) [01-04] - electronic [***]
• Kenny Barron & Mulgrew Miller: The Art of Piano Duo: Live (2005-11, Sunnyside -3CD) - jazz [A-]
• Big Star: Live on WLIR (1974, Omnivore) [01-25] - rock [**]
• Big Stick: Some of the Best of Big Stick (Drag Racing Underground -EP) [05-24] - alt/indie [**]
• Ran Blake/Jeanne Lee: The Newest Sound You Never Heard (1966-67, A-Side -2CD) [01-25] - jazz [A-]
• Paul Bley/Gary Peacock/Paul Motian: When Will the Blues Leave (1999, ECM) [05-31] - jazz [**]
• Bobby Bradford/Frode Gjerstad/Kent Carter/John Stevens: Blue Cat (1991, NoBusiness) [11-15] - jazz [**]
• James Booker: Vol 1: At Onkel Po's Carnegie Hall Hamburg 1976 (Jazzline) [03-01] - blues [**]
• James Brown: Live at Home With His Bad Self (1969, Polydor) [10-25] - r&b [A-]
• Burial: Tunes 2011 to 2019 (Hyperdub -2CD) [12-06] - future garage [*]
• Burnt Sugar/The Arkestra Chamber: Twentieth Anniversary Mixtapes: Groiddest Schnizzits: Volume One (Trugroid/Avantgroidd) [01-10] - jazz [***]
• Burnt Sugar/The Arkestra Chamber: Twentieth Anniversary Mixtapes: Groiddest Schnizzits: Volume Two (Trugroid/Avantgroidd) [01-10] - jazz [***]
• Burnt Sugar/The Arkestra Chamber: Twentieth Anniversary Mixtapes: Groiddest Schnizzits: Volume Three (Trugroid/Avantgroidd) [01-10] - jazz [***]
• Ian Carr & Nucleus: Torrid Zone: The Vertigo Recordings 1970-1975 (Esoteric -6CD) [03-29] - jazz [*]
• Betty Carter: The Music Never Stops (Blue Engine) [03-29] - vocal jazz [A-]
• Chance the Rapper: 10 Day (2011, self-released) [06-28] - hip-hop [A-]
• Alex Chilton: From Memphis to New Orleans (Bar/None) [02-08] - rock [A-]
• Alex Chilton: Songs From Robin Hood Lane (Bar/None) [02-22] - vocal jazz [*]
• Gerald Cleaver & Violet Hour: Live at Firehouse 12 (2006, Sunnyside) [11-01] - jazz [**]
• Julie Coker: A Life in the Limelight: Lagos Disco & Itsekiri Highlife 1976-1981 (Kalita) [05-31] - African [*]
• John Coltrane: Blue World (1964, Impulse!) [09-27] - jazz [A-]
• Creedence Clearwater Revival: Live at Woodstock (1969, Craft) [08-02] - rock [***]
• Joseph Daley: The Seven Deadly Virtues/The Seven Deadly Sins (2010-13, JoDaMusic) - jazz [**]
• Miles Davis: The Lost Quintet (1969, Sleepy Night) [07-26] - jazz [**]
• Detail: Day Two (1982, NoBusiness) [05-00] - jazz [**]
• Eric Dolphy: Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions (Resonance -3CD) [01-26] - jazz [A-]
• Na Hawa Doumbia: La Grande Cantatrice Malienne Vol 1: Decouverte 81 a Dakar (Awesome Tapes From Africa) [09-20] - African [***]
• Elecktrokids: Elektroworld (1995, Clone Classic Cuts) [01-17] - techno [**]
• Endless Boogie: Vol I, II (2005, No Quarter -2CD) - psychedelic rock [A-]
• Bill Evans: Smile With Your Heart: The Best of Bill Evans on Resonance (1968-69, Resonance) [06-21] - jazz [A-]
• Agusti Fernandez with William Parker & Susie Ibarra: One Night at the Joan Miro Foundation: July 16th 1998 (Fundacja Sluchaj) [06-03] - jazz [A-]
• Future: Monster (2014, Freebandz) [10-27] - hip-hop [***]
• Marvin Gaye: You're the Man (1972, Motown) [03-29] - soul [**]
• Stan Getz: Getz at the Gate: The Stan Getz Quartet Live at the Village Gate Nov 26 1961 (Verve) [05-03] - jazz [A-]
• Dexter Gordon: At the Subway Club 1973 (Elemental Music -2CD) [05-10] - jazz [**]
• Dusko Goykovich: Sketches of Yugoslavia (1973-74, Enja) - jazz [*]
• Georg Graewe/Ernest Reijseger/Gerry Hemingway: Kammern I-V (2009, Auricle) - jazz [***]
• Johnny Griffin & Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis: Ow! Live at the Penthouse (1962, Reel to Reel) [12-06] - jazz [A-]
• Smokey Haangala: Aunka Ma Kwacha (1976, Seance Center) [12-12] - African [*]
• Tubby Hayes Quartet: Grits, Beans and Greens: The Lost Fontana Studio Session 1969 (Decca) [07-26] - jazz [**]
• Ernest Hood: Neighborhoods: Memories of Times Past (1975, Freedom to Spend) [10-11] - ambient [B]
• Kang Tae Hwan/Midori Takada: An Eternal Moment (1995, NoBusiness) [05-00] - jazz [***]
• ICP Orchestra: ICP Orchestra in Albuquerque: The Outpost Performance Space, March 17th, 2003 (ICP) [04-22] - jazz [**]
• ICP Tentet: Tetterettet (Corbett vs Dempsey) [05-29] - jazz [A-]
• Infinite Spirit Music: Live Without Fear (1979, Jazzman) [03-01] - jazz [A-]
• George Jones: United Artists Rarities (1962-64, EMI Nashville) [06-14] - country [***]
• Clifford Jordan Quartet: Glass Bead Games (1973, Pure Pleasure) - jazz [A-]
• Kid Creole & the Coconuts: Live in Paris 1985 (Rainman) [03-01] - pop [*]
• Sourakata Koite: En Hollande (1984, Awesome Tapes From Africa) [01-16] - African [**]
• Dadisi Komolafe: Hassan's Walk (1983, Nimbus West) - jazz [**]
• L7: Pretend We're Dead: Best of L7 (Warner Music Group) [04-26] - riot grrrl [A]
• Ronnie Lane: Just for a Moment: The Best of Ronnie Lane (UMC) [05-24] - rock [***]
• Yusef A Lateef: Hikima: Creativity (1983, The Key System) [06-01] - jazz [**]
• Allen Lowe: Jews & Roots/Radical Jewish Acculturation: An Avant Garde of Our Own: Disconnected Works 1980-2018 (Constant Sorrow/ESP-Disk) [01-09] - jazz [***]
• Ana Mazzotti: Ninguem Vai Me Segura (1974, Far Out) [09-13] - Brazil [**]
• Ana Mazzotti: Ana Mazzotti (1977, Far Out) [09-13] - Brazil [***]
• Lloyd McNeill: Treasures (1970, Soul Jazz) [05-10] - jazz [**]
• Wes Montgomery: Wes's Best: The Best of Wes Montgomery on Resonance (Resonance) [06-21] - jazz [A-]
• Jaye P Morgan: Jaye P Morgan (1976, Wewantsounds) [01-25] - vocal jazz [B]
• Harry Mosco: Peace & Harmony (1979, Isle of Jura) [05-17] - African funk [*]
• Lee Moses: How Much Longer Must I Wait? Singles & Rarities 1965-1972 (Light in the Attic) [05-24] - r&b [**]
• Ra-Kalam Bob Moses: When Elephants Dream of Music (Ra-Kalam) [08-01] - jazz [B]
• Sunny Murray/Bob Dickie/Robert Andreano: Homework (NoBusiness) [05-00] - jazz [**]
• Vaughn Nark: Back in the Day (1982-83, Summit) [08-09] - jazz [B]
• Kinloch Nelson: Partly on Time: Recordings 1968-1970 (Tompkins Square) [03-22] - folk [*]
• Paal Nilssen-Love/Ken Vandermark: Screen Off (2008-18, PNL) [04-26] - jazz [**]
• Abdallah Ag Oumbadougou: Anou Malane (1994, Sahel Sounds) [09-06] - African [A-]
• Art Pepper: Promise Kept: The Complete Artists House Recordings (1979, Omnivore -5CD) [09-13] - jazz [A-]
• Sir Shina Peters & His International Stars: Sewele (1986, Strut) [01-25] - African [A-]
• Prince: Originals (1981-91, Rhino/Warner Bros) [06-07] - r&b [B-]
• John Prine: Chicago '70 (Hobo) [12-13] - folk-rock [***]
• Professor Longhair: Live on the Queen Mary (Harvest) [04-05] - blues [***]
• Dudu Pukwana/Han Bennink/Misha Mengelberg: Yi Yole (1978, Corbett vs Dempsey) [07-11] - jazz [**]
• Sun Ra: Crystal Spears (1973, Modern Harmonic) [01-04] - jazz [**]
• Sun Ra and His Spirit of Jazz Cosmos Arkestra: WUHY Radio Philadelphia 1978 (Enterplanetary Koncepts -2CD) [03-08] - jazz [*]
• Sun Ra Arkestra: Live in Kalisz 1986 (Languidity) [10-26] - jazz [A-]
• Phil Ranelin: Collected 2003-2019 (Wide Hive -2CD) [05-10] - jazz [A-]
• Buddy Rich: Just in Time: The Final Recording (Gearbox) [12-06] - jazz [*]
• Sam Rivers Trio: Emanation (1971, NoBusiness) [05-07] - jazz [A-]
• Sam Rivers Quintet: Zenith [Sam Rivers Achive Project, Volume 2] (1977, NoBusiness) [11-15] - jazz [A-]
• Arthur Russell: Iowa Dream (Audika) [11-15] - art pop [*]
• Masahiko Satoh/Sabu Toyozumi: The Aiki (1997, NoBusiness) [11-15] - jazz [A-]
• Woody Shaw Quintet: Basel 1980 (Elemental Music -2CD) [05-10] - jazz [***]
• Johnny Shines: The Blues Came Falling Down: Live 1973 (Omnivore) [05-03] - blues [**]
• Leo Smith: Divine Love (1979, ECM) [02-01] - jazz [B]
• Martial Solal: And His Orchestra: 1956-1962 (Fresh Sound) [05-27] - jazz [**]
• Sonic Youth: Battery Park, NYC, July 4th 2008 (Matador) [06-09] - indie [A-]
• Laurie Spiegel: Unseen Worlds (Unseen Worlds) [01-18] - electronic [A-]
• Star Band de Dakar: Psicodelia Afro-Cubana De Senegal (Ostinato) [03-01] - African [***]
• Jim Sullivan: Jim Sullivan (1972, Light in the Attic) [03-19] - rock [*]
• Jim Sullivan: UFO (1969, Light in the Attic) [08-13] - rock [B]
• Esbjorn Svensson Trio: EST Live in Gothenburg (2001, ACT -2CD) [10-25] - jazz [A-]
• Masayuki Takayanagi New Directions Unit: April Is the Cruellest Month (Black Forms Editions) [05-31] - jazz [B-]
• Horace Tapscott With the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra and the Great Voice of UGMAA: Why Don't You Listen? Live at LACMA 1998 (Dark Tree) [05-16] - jazz [A-]
• Horace Tapscott With the Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra: Flight 17 (1978, Nimbus/Outernational) [05-17] - jazz [***]
• Cecil Taylor: Silent Tongues (1974, Org Music) - jazz [A-]
• Cecil Taylor: Mysteries: Untitled (1961-76, Black Sun) [02-15] - jazz [**]
• Team Dresch: Personal Best (1994, Jealous Butcher) [05-31] - riot grrrl [*]
• Team Dresch: Choices Chances Changes: Singles & Comptracks 1994-2000 (Jealous Butcher) [05-31] - riot grrrl [*]
• Makoto Terashita Meets Harold Land: Topology (1983, BBE) [09-13] - jazz [A-]
• Tribe: Hometown: Detroit Sessions 1990-2014 (Art Yard/Strut) [11-08] - jazz [***]
• Saadet Turkoz/Elliott Sharp: Kumuska (2007, Intakt) [10-10] - Turkish [*]
• Mark Turner/Gary Foster: Mark Turner Meets Gary Foster (2003, Capri -2CD) [05-17] - jazz [***]
• June Tyson: Saturnian Queen of the Sun Ra Arkestra (Modern Harmonic/Sundazed) [11-20] - jazz [**]
• Townes Van Zandt: Sky Blue (Fat Possum) [03-01] - folk [*]
• David S Ware New Quartet: Theatre Garonne, 2008 (AUM Fidelity) [11-15] - jazz [A-]
• Ben Webster: Ben Webster's First Concert in Denmark (Storyville) [02-15] - jazz [A-]
• David Wertman Sun Ensemble: Earthly Delights (1978, BBE) [05-31] - jazz [***]
• Barney Wilen: Live in Tokyo '91 (Elemental Music -2CD) [10-11] - jazz [***]
• Hank Williams: The Complete Health & Happiness Recordings (BMG -2CD) [06-14] - country [A-]
• Mary Lou Williams: Mary Lou Williams (1964, Smithsonian Folkways) - jazz [*]
• Neil Young & the Stray Gators: Tuscaloosa (Reprise) [06-07] - rock [B-]
• Alefa Madagascar (Strut) [09-19] - African [***]
• Bulawayo Blue Yodel (Olvido) [03-11] - Zimbabwe [**]
• The Daisy Age (1989-94, Ace) [09-09] - hip-hop [A]
• Fania Goes Psychedelic (Craft Latino) [08-23] - Latin [***]
• Jambu E Os Miticos Sons Da Amazonia (1974-86, Analog Africa) [06-21] - Brazilian [***]
• Jazz Piano Panorama: The Best of Piano Jazz on Resonance (Resonance) [05-31] - jazz [*]
• Kankyo Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environental and New Age Music 1980-1990 (Light in the Attic) [02-15] - Japanese [A-]
• Live at Raul's (1979, Steady Boy) [06-21] - punk [*]
• Mogadisco: Dancing Mogadishu, Somalia 1972-1991 (Analog Africa) [12-13] - African [***]
• New Improvised Music From Buenos Aires [Compiled by Jason Weiss] (ESP-Disk) [11-15] - jazz [***]
• Nigeria 70: No Wahala: Highlife, Afro-Funk & Juju 1973-1987 (Strut) [03-29] - African [A-]
• The Rough Guide to the Roots of Country Music: Reborn and Remastered (World Music Network) [08-30] - country [***]
• Sing a Song of Jazz: The Best of Vocal Jazz on Resonance (Resonance) [05-31] - vocal jazz [B]
• World Spirituality Classics 2: The Time for Peace Is Now (Luaka Bop) [09-13] - gospel [***]

Priority Counts

• Priority 4: 942
• Priority 5: 311

Total: 1253