Music Tracking 2025

These are 2025 releases that I've taken note of, listed alphabetically by artist, with VA comps at the bottom. My grades, where available, are in brackets at the end of the line (stars in B+ range). Lines in blue indicate that I have a physical copy (albeit sometimes just a promo CDR); in green are records that I graded based on a Rhapsody stream or other such source. Most records have release dates and a brief generic note.

Unheard records are prioritized 0-3 (graded records are 4-5). The priotization is based subjectively on personal interests, reviews I've noticed, reviewers I particularly respect, what I know about the artists, etc. Roughly speaking: 0 is something I have no reason to consider (default page omits 0); 1 has been noted as having some cred somewhere; 2 is something I have some specific reason to search out; 3 is something I'll listen to ASAP.

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New Releases

• 2hollis: Star (Interscope) [04-04] - experimental hip-hop [**]
• 3 Cohens/WDR Big Band: Interaction (Anzic) - jazz
• 10toeflex: En Habitant Avec Des Fantômes (-EP) [02-13]
• 54 Ultra: First Works () [ 05-30]
• 100%WET: 100%WET (Crunchy Frog) [05-16]
• Σtella: Adagio (Sub Pop)
• Abbatia: Phantasma! In the Ends of the Loom () [03-21] - hip-hop
• Abduction: Existentialismus (Spinefarm) [02-21] - metal
• Kevin Abstract: Blush (X8/Juno) [06-27] - hip-hop
• Acid Magus: Scatterling Empire () [02-21] - metal
• Action Figures of Speech: Action Figures of Speech () [02-15] - hip-hop
• Actress: Grey Interiors (Smalltown Supersound -EP) [02-07] - ambient
• Kris Adams/Peter Perfido: Away (Jazzbird) [05-01] - jazz [*]
• Steve Adams/Lisa Mezzacappa/Jason Levis: Never but Dream the Days (Queen Bee) - jazz
• Tunde Adebimpe: Thee Black Boltz (Sub Pop) [04-18] [**]
• Florence Adooni: A.O.E.I.U. [An Ordinary Exercise in Unity] () [02-28] - highlife
• Adwaith: Solas (Libertino) [02-07] - dream pop
• Aesop Rock: Black Hole Superette (Rhymesayers) [05-30] - hip-hop [***]
• Nils Agnas: Köper Sig Ur En Kris (Moserobie) [03-14] - jazz [A-]
• Sophie Agnel & John Butcher: Rare (Les Disques Victo) [01-31] - jazz [**]
• Sophie Agnel: Song (Relative Pitch) [03-28] - jazz [*]
• Yazz Ahmed: A Paradise in the Hold (Night Time Stories) [02-28] - jazz [B]
• Air Drawn Dagger: A Guide for Apparitions (Long Branch) [04-04]
• Ambrose Akinmusire: Honey From a Winter Stone (Nonesuch) [01-17] - jazz [**]
• Sam Akpro: Evenfall (Anti-) [03-28]
• Albare: Eclecticity (Alfi) [05-02] - jazz [*]
• Albita & Chucho Valdés: Masters of Our Roots (InnerCat Entertainment) [05-23] - jazz
• Alchemy Sound Project/Sumi Tonooka: Under the Surface (ARC) [06-27] - jazz [U]
• Aleph Quintet: Hiwar (Igloo) [04-18] - jazz
• Olly Alexander: Polari (Polydor) [02-07] - synthpop
• Alfa Mist/44th Move/Richard Spaven: Anthem (Black Acre) [03-14] - jazz
• Alien Boy: You Wanna Fade? () [05-09] - indie rock
• Alien Weaponry: Te Rā (Napalm) [03-28] - metal
• All Seeing Dolls: Parallel (A) [02-21]
• Steve Allee Big Band: Naptown Sound (Jazzville) [03-15] - jazz [B]
• Carl Allen: Tippin' (Cellar) [01-10] - jazz [***]
• Allegaeon: The Ossuary Lens (Metal Blade) [04-04] - metal
• Marshall Allen: New Dawn (Mexican Summer) [02-14] - jazz [***]
• Marshall Allen's Ghost Horizons: Live in Philadelphia, Volume 1 (Otherly Love/Ars Nova Workshop) [05-23] - jazz [***]
• David Allred: The Beautiful World (Erased Tapes) [01-24]
• Alpaca Sports: Another Day (Elefant) [01-17]
• ALT BLK ERA: Rave Immortal (Earache) [01-24] - drumstep
• The Altons: Heartache in Room 14 (Daptone) [02-14]
• Rodrigo Amado/Chris Corsano: The Healing: Live at ZDB (2016, European Echoes) [08-01] - jazz [A-]
• Zoh Amba: Sun (Smalltown Supersound) [06-27] - jazz [***]
• Amber Asylum: Ruby Red (Prophecy Productions) [03-07] - chamber music
• Fabienne Ambuehl: Thrive (Ubuntu Music) - jazz
• Sam Amidon: Salt River (River Lea) [01-24] - folk
• Aminé: 13 Months of Sunshine (CLBN/10K Projects) [05-16] - hip-hop
• Ammar 808: Club Tounsi (Glitterbeat) [05-23] - Arabic
• Amplifier: Gargantuan () [03-07] - space rock
• Amulets: Not Around but Through (Beacon Sound) [02-21] - ambient
• The Ancients [Isaiah Collier/William Hooker/William Parker]: The Ancients (Eremite) [01-31] - jazz
• . . . And Oceans: The Regeneration Itinerary (Season of Mist) [05-23] - metal
• Leon Anderson: Live at Snug Harbor (Outside In Music) [04-04] - jazz
• André 3000: 7 Piano Sketches (Epic) [05-05]
• Ester Andujar: Inner Songs (Pentasonic) - jazz
• Anika: Abyss (Sacred Bones) [04-04] - noise pop [***]
• Anitek & Tabinstereo: Indigo Immaculate () [01-22] - hip-hop
• Annahstasia: Tether (Drink Sum Wtr) [06-13] - singer-songwriter
• Annie & the Caldwells: Can't Lose My (Soul) (Luaka Bop) [03-21] - soul [A-]
• Antonio Andrade: Here We Go! (Lifeshakes) [03-21]
• Russ Anixter's Hippie Big Band: What Is? (self-released) [02-07] - jazz [A-]
• Anxious: Bambi (Run for Cover) [02-21] - emo-pop
• Ichiko Aoba: Luminiscent Creatures (Hermine) [02-28] - new age [*]
• Apocalypse Orchestra: A Plague Upon Thee () [02-14] - metal
• Benjamin Appl: Lines of Life (Alpha) [02-14] - classical
• Benjamin Apl & James Baillieu: For Dieter: The Past and the Future (Alpha) [05-23] - lied
• Aran Angmar: ORdo Diabolilcum () [03-21] - metal
• Florian Arbenz/Michael Arbenz/Ron Carter: The Alpine Session: Arbenz Vs. Arbenz Meets Ron Carter (Hammer) [02-21] - jazz [**]
• Michael Arbenz/Andy Sheppard: From Bach to Ellington: Live (self-released) - jazz
• Arcade Fire: Pink Elephant (Columbia) [05-09] - indie rock
• Arch Enemy: Blood Dynasty (Century Media) [03-28] - metal
• Archer: Sudden Dusk (Aerophonic) [04-18] - jazz [A-]
• Architects: The Sky, the Earth & All Between (Epipath) [02-28] - alt-metal
• Elia Aregger Trio: Live (Unit) [01-10] - jazz
• Arm's Length: There's a Whole World Out There (Pure Noise) [05-16] - emo-pop
• Eslabón Armado: Vibras De Noche II () [03-14]
• Sergio Armaroli Quintet: Introducing a Very Heavy Person First Visit (Ezz-Thetics) [01-17] - jazz
• Joe Armon-Jones: All the Quiet (Part I) (Aquarii) [03-28] - jazz
• Elia Aregger Trio: Live (Unit) - jazz
• Art d'Ecco: Serene Demon (Paper Bag) [02-14] - glam rock
• Artemis: Arboresque (Blue Note) [02-25] - jazz [**]
• Artificial Go: Musical Chairs () [05-16]
• Astropical: Astropical (Universal Music Latino) [03-07] - Latin pop
• Avalanche Party: Der Traum Uber Alles (Kartel Music Group) [02-07]
• Willow Avalon: Southern Belle Raisin' Hell (Assemble Sound/Atlantic) [01-17] - country [**]
• Avantasia: Here Be Dragons (Napalm) [02-28] - metal
• Avatarium: Between You, God, the Devil and the Dead (AFM/Napalm) [01-24] - heavy psych
• Avery Anna: Let Go Letters () [05-16]
• Omer Avital: New York Now & Then (Zamzama) [04-08] - jazz
• Axios Men's Ensemble/Pro Coro Canada/Michael Zaugg: Benedict Sheehan: Ukrainian War Requiem (Cappella Romana) [02-21] - choral
• Aya: Hexed! (Hyperdub) [03-28] - electronic [B]
• Alex "Apolo" Ayala & the Bámbula Project: Afro Puerto Rican Jazz (PMC/Miel Music) [04-04] - jazz
• Kinan Azmeh and CityBand: Live in Berlin (Dreyer Gaido) [02-28] - jazz
• Babe Rainbow: Slipper Imp and Shakaerator (P(doom)) [04-04] - psychedelic pop
• Backxwash: Only Dust Remains (Ugly Hag) [03-28] - hip-hop [***]
• Bad Bunny: Debí Tirar Más Fotos (Rimas Entertainment) [01-05] - Latin [***]
• The Bad Seed/Murda Megz: From Us With Love () [02-06] - hip-hop
• Julien Baker & Torres: Send a Prayer My Way (Matador) [04-18] - singer-songwriter [***]
• Tarun Balani: ڪڏهن ملنداسين Kadahin Milandaasin (Berthold) [05-16] - jazz
• Nicolas Baldeyrou: Mozart: Complete Works for Clarinet Vol. 1 (Alpha) [03-14] - classical
• Balefire: Balefire (Iron Bonehead -EP) [01-31] - metal
• Jon Balke: Skrifum (ECM) [02-28] - jazz [*]
• Charlie Ballantine: East by Midwest (Origin) [04-18] - jazz [**]
• Bambara: Birthmarks (Wharf Cat/Bella Union) [03-14] - trip hop
• Banks: Off With Her Head (Her Name Is Banks) [02-28] - alt-pop [**]
• Massimo Barbiero & Markus Stockhausen: Stoicheia (self-released) - jazz
• Barker: Stochastic Drift (Smalltown Supersound) [04-04] - techno [***]
• The Barlow: High Spirits () [04-25]
• MC Paul Barman: Tectonic Texts (Househusband) [03-25] - hip-hop [***]
• Basic: Dream City (No Quarter -EP) [03-07] - fusion [*]
• Dave Bass Trio: Trio Nuevo Vol 1 (Dave Bass Music) - jazz
• Baths: Gut (Basement's Basement) [02-21] - indietronica
• BBC Concert Orchestra/John Andrews: Errollyn Wallen: Orchestral Works ( Resonus) [03-28] - classical
• BBC Philharmonic/Juanjo Mena/James Ehnes: Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole; Saint-Saéns: Violen Concerto No. 3; Sarasate: Concert Fantasy on Bizet's Carmen (Chandos) [03-07] - concerto
• BbyMutha: Left4Dead: The Triplets () [04-25]
• BC Camplight: A Sober Conversation (Bella Union) [06-27] - art pop
• Bdrmm: Microtonic (Rock Action) [02-28] - indietronica [***]
• Beach Bunny: Tunnel Vision (AWAL) [04-25] - power pop
• BED: Everything Hurts (Bretford) [05-23]
• Beddy Rays: Do What Ya Wanna (self-released) [04-18]
• Bedridden: Moths Strapped to Each Other's Backs () [04-11]
• Bee Hive Ski Race: Unlimited Violence Apologia (self-released) [01-03] - post-rock
• Behemoth: The Shit ov God (Nuclear Blast) [05-09] - metal
• Beirut: A Study of Losses (Pompeii) [04-18] - chamber folk
• Beiggja: Morning (Hubro) - jazz
• Kasan Belgrave: Dual Citizen (self-released) - jazz
• Believers [Brad Shepik/Sam Minaie/John Hadfield]: Hard Believer (Shifting Paradigm) [03-07] - jazz [***]
• Andy Bell: Pinball Wanderer (Sonic Cathedral) [02-28] - neo-psychedelia
• Benny Benack III: This Is the Life (Bandstand Presents) [06-27] - jazz [***]
• Benediction: Ravage of Empires (Nuclear Blast) [04-04] - metal
• Benefits: Constant Noise (Invada) [03-21] - electropop [**]
• Lakecia Benjamin: Noble Rise (Ropeadope) [06-27] - jazz
• Antonia Bennett: Expressions (self-released) [06-13] - jazz [**]
• Miki Berenyi Trio: Tripla (Bella Union) [04-04]
• Leif Berger: Secret, Normalization (Klaeng) [05-02] - jazz
• Bergthron: Neu Asen Land () [01-06] - metal
• Sasha Berliner: Fantome (Outside In Music) [03-28] - jazz
• Tim Berne/Tom Rainey/Gregg Belisle-Chi: Yikes Too (Screwgun/Out of Your Head) [01-17] - jazz [***]
• Matt Berninger: Get Sunk (Concord) [05-30] - indie rock
• Håkon Berre: Mirror Matter (Barefoot) [05-12] - jazz [**]
• Matt Berry: Heard Noises (Acid Jazz) [01-24] - psychedelic rock
• Ludovica Bertone: Migration Tales (Endectomorph Music) [04-18] - jazz [***]
• Emmanuel Bex: Eddy M'a Dit (PeeWee) [05-16] - jazz
• Big Cheeko: Coulrophobia () [01-17] - hip-hop
• Biig Piig: 11:11 (RCA) [02-07] - dance-pop
• Bilk: Essex, Drugs and Rock and Roll (Scruff of the Neck) [01-24] - indie rock
• Brian Bilston & the Catenary Wires: Sounds Made by Humans (Sleep Wax) [05-09]
• David Binney: Grains of Light (2009-13, Mythology) [04-22] - jazz
• The Bird Calls: Melody Trail (Ruination) [02-07] - indie folk
• Michael Bisio: NuMBq (Mahakala Music) [02-14] - jazz [***]
• Andy Biskin/Peter Hess/Mike McGinniss/Sam Sadigursky: Reed Basket (self-released) [04-06] - jazz
• Rebecca Black: Salvation (self-released) [02-27] - electropop
• Black Country, New Road: Forever Howlong (Ninja Tune) [04-04] - art rock [B]
• Black Milk & Fat Ray: Food From the Gods (Computer Ugly/Fat Beats) [02-13] - hip-hop [**]
• Blacks' Myths Meet Pat Thomas: The Mythstory School (self-released) [03-07] - jazz [**]
• Black Narcissus: There Lingers One Who's Long Forgotten () [02-14] - post-rock
• Black Spiders: Cvrses () [03-14] - hard rock
• Blacktoothed: Headway (Arising Empire) [01-24] - alt-metal
• Robert Sarazin Blake: Let the Longing Run Wild & Free (Same Room) [02-07] - singer-songwriter [**]
• Yugen Blakrok: The Illusion of Being (IOT) [05-21] - hip-hop [***]
• Theo Bleak: Bad Luck Is Two Yellow Flowers (Polymoon -EP) [05-16]
• Bleed From Within: Zenith (Nuclear Blast) [04-04] - metalcore
• Bleeding Through: Nine (SharpTone) [02-14] - metal
• Blockhead: It's Only a Midlife Crisis if Your Life Is Mid (Future Archive) [02-21] - hip-hop [**]
• Jasper Blom Quartet + Metropole Orkest: Metropolarity (Whirlwind) [05-09] - jazz
• Blondshell: If You Asked for a Picture (Partisan) [05-02] - alt/indie [**]
• Jaap Blonk: Kurt Schwitters: Ursonate (Corbett vs. Dempsey) [04-04] - jazz
• Bloodywood: Nu Delhi (Fearless) [03-21] - metal
• Jane Ira Bloom: Songs in Space (Outline) [06-26] - jazz
• Blue Foundation: Close to the Knife () [04-18] - dream pop
• Blue Lake: Weft (Tonal Union) [01-17] - chamber folk
• Blue Moods: Force & Grace (Posi-Tone) [01-03] - jazz
• Blue Violet: Faux Animaux (Me & My) [ 01-24]
• Anneleen Boehme: Eunoia (W.E.R.F.) [04-18] - jazz
• Jason Boland & the Stragglers: The Last Kings of Babylon () - country
• Boldy James: Token of Appreciation () [02-27] - hip-hop
• Bon Iver: Sable, Fable (Jagjaguwar) [04-11] - art pop [*]
• Bong-Ra: Black Noise (Debemur Morti) [02-21] - metal
• Bonnie "Prince" Billy: The Purple Bird (No Quarter) [01-31] - singer-songwriter [***]
• Bonnie Trash: Mourning You (Hand Drawn Dracula) [02-28] - metal
• Benjamin Booker: Lower (Fire Next Time/Thirty Tigers) [01-24] [**]
• Booker T & the Bleeds: Ode to BC/LY . . . And Eye Know BO . . . Da Prez (Mahakala Music) [01-17] - jazz [B]
• Antonio Borghini & Banquet of Consequences: Resta Chi Va (We Insist!) [12-06] - jazz
• Borja: Cuando Cioncidimos () [05-29]
• Rosa Bordallo: Isidro (Bad Auntie) [01-31]
• Ian Bostridge/Saskia Giorgini: Twilight Schumann Songs (PentaTone) [02-28] - classical
• Christer Bothén 3: L'Invisible (Thanatosis) [04-25] - jazz [***]
• Cola Boyy: Quit to Play Chess () [05-23]
• Anouar Brahem: After the Last Sky (ECM) [03-28] - jazz [***]
• Adrien Brandeis: Resurgence (Montondea Productions) [05-02] - jazz
• Emil Brandqvist Trio: Poems for Travellers (Skip) - jazz
• Daniel Brandt: Without Us (Erased Tapes) [03-21]
• Anthony Braxton: Trillium X (PMP) [05-09] - jazz
• Olie Brice: All It Was (West Hill) [07-18] - jazz
• Dee Dee Bridgewater + Bill Charlap: Elemental (Mack Avenue) [06-13] - jazz
• Jakob Bro Large Ensemble: New Morning (Loveland Music) [01-31] - jazz
• Jakob Bro & Joe Lovano with Larry Grenadier, Thomas Morgan, AC, Jorge Rossy & Joey Baron: Live at the Village Vanguard (Loveland Music) [03-07] - jazz
• Brom: Чёрная голова [Black Head] (Addicted Label) [01-17] - jazz [***]
• Vilhelm Bromander Unfolding Orchestra: Jorden Vi ärvde (Thanatosis) [04-25] - jazz
• Kristen R Bromley Quartet: Wes 101 (self-released) - jazz
• Broncho: Natural Pleasure (Broncho Worldwide) [04-25] - shoegaze
• Broodman: Liminality (self-released) - jazz
• Brother Ali: Satisfied Soul (Mello Music Group) [02-14] - hip-hop [A-]
• Peter Brötzmann/Jason Adasiewice/Steve Noble/John Edwards: The Quartet: Cafe Oto, London, February, 10 & 11, 2023 (Otoroku) [03-07] - jazz [A-]
• Yves Brouqui: Mean What You Say (SteepleChase) [04-04] - jazz [**]
• Kane Brown: The High Road (RCA Nashville) [01-24] - country
• Martin Luke Brown: Man Oh Man! (AMK) [02-21]
• Phil Brown: Rule of Three (A Caldera Productions) - jazz
• Rob Brown: Walkabout (Mahakala Music) [01-24] - jazz [**]
• Brown Horse: All the Right Weaknesses (Loose) [ 04-04]
• Brown Spirits: Cosmic Seeds (Soul Jazz) [01-10] - krautrock
• Kevin Brunkhorst: After the Fire (Calligram) [07-11] - jazz [U]
• Gary Brunton: Spacecraft (Juste Une Trace) - jazz
• Buck 65: Keep Moving (Handsmade) [04-28] - hip-hop [A-]
• Michael Buckley: Ebb and Flow (Livia) [02-27] - jazz [**]
• Jarod Bufe: Brighter Days (Calligram) [03-07] - jazz [***]
• Buffet Lunch: Perfect Hit (Upset the Rhythm) [04-04]
• Sara Bug: Into the Blue () [02-14]
• Basia Bulat: Basia's Place (Secret City) [02-21] - chamber pop
• Bunbury: Cuentas Pendientes (Warner) [04-25]
• Buried Realm: The Dormant Darkness () [04-04] - metal
• The Burning Hell: Ghost Palace (You've Changed) [03-07] - indie folk
• Joshua Burnside: Teeth of Time (Nettwerk) [02-28] - singer-songwriter
• Burnt Sugar/The Arkestra Chamber: If You Can't Dazzle Them With Your Brilliance, Then Baffle Them With Your Blisluth Pt. Two (Avant Groid Musica) [02-07] - jazz [**]
• Bury Tomorrow: Will You Haunt Me, With That Same Patience (Music for Nations) [05-16] - alt-metal
• Butch Bastard: Death Valley () [ 03-28]
• Butcher Brown: Letters From the Atlantic (Concord Jazz) [03-28] - jazz
• David Caffey Jazz Orchestra: At the Edge of Spring (self-released) - jazz
• Sarah Cahill/Regina Myers: D. Riley Nicholson: Up () [04-25]
• Ethel Cain: Perverts (Daughters of Cain) [01-08] - darkwave [B]
• Rachael Calladine: The Game (33 Jazz) - vocal jazz
• The Callous Daoboys: I Don't Want to See You in Heaven (MNRK) [05-16] - mathcore
• Calyces: Fleshy Waves of Probability (Dry Clean) [03-21] - metal
• Calidore String Quartet: Beethoven: The Early Quartets (Signum) [01-24] - classical
• Califone: The Villager's Companion (Jealous Butcher) [02-21] - psychedelic folk
• Royce Campbell/Vosbein Magee Big Band: Vagabond (Max Frank Music) - jazz
• Victoria Canal: Slowly, It Dawns (Parlophone) [01-17] - indie pop
• Gaechinger Cantorey & Hans-Christoph Rademann: Johann Sebastian Bach: THe First Cantata Year Vol. 6 (Hänssler) [01-03] - classical
• Jefre Cantu-Ledesma: Gift Songs (Mexican Summer) [03-21] - electroacoustic
• Renaud Capuçon: Sibelius/Barber: Violin Concertos (Erato) [02-14] - classical
• Car Seat Headrest: The Scholars (Matador) [05-02] - indie rock [**]
• Alessia Cara: Love & Hyperbole (Def Jam) [02-14] - indie pop
• Frank Carlberg: Dream Machine (Red Piano) [02-21] - jazz [A-]
• Brandi Carlile & Elton John: Who Believes in Angels? (Mercury) [04-04]
• Matt Carmichael: Dancing With Embers (self-released) - jazz
• Caroline: Caroline 2 (Rough Trade) [05-30] - post-rock
• Mackenzie Carpenter: Hey Country Queen (Valory Music) [05-07] - country [*]
• Mary Chapin Carpenter/Julie Fowlis/Karine Polwart: Looking for the Thread (Lambient Light) [01-24]
• Juan Carmona: Laberinto De Luz (Nomad Kultur) - jazz
• Terri Lyne Carrington & Christie Dashiell: We Insist 2025! (Candid) [06-13] - jazz [***]
• Ken Carson: More Chaos (Opium/Interscope) [04-11] - hip-hop
• Daniel Carter/Ayumi Ishito: Endless Season (577) [02-28] - jazz [***]
• Daniel Carter/Ayumi Ishito/George Draguns/Ed Wilcox: Makeshift Sprituals Vol. 1 (577) [05-16] - jazz
• Milena Casado: Reflection of Another Self (Candid) [05-16] - jazz
• Erika de Casier: Lifetime (Independent Jeep Music) [05-08] - alt r&b
• Casper Skulls: Kit-Cat (Next Door) [04-11] - indie rock
• Cassio Vianna Jazz Orchestra: Vida (Teal Creek Music) - jazz
• Isaac Castor & Foul Mouth: The Rabbit Hole 3: Smoking Caterpillar () [02-23] - hip-hop
• Tommy Castro & the Painkillers: Closer to the Bone (Alligator) [02-07] - blues
• Causa Sui: In Flux (El Paraiso) [05-16]
• Cave Sermon: Fragile Wings (self-released) [04-16] - metal
• Cazzu: Latinaja () [04-24] - bachata
• Central Cee: Can't Rush Greatness (CC4L/Columbia) [01-24] - UK hip-hop [**]
• Shanti Celeste: Romance (Peach Discs/Method 808) [05-16]
• Cerrone: Disco Symphony () [02-21]
• Eddie Chacon: Lay Low (Stones Throw) [01-31] - alt-r&b
• Raven Chacon: Voiceless Mass () [04-18]
• Sarah Mary Chadwick: Take Me Out to a Bar/What Am I, Gatsby? (Kill Rock Stars) [04-04] - singer-songwriter [B]
• Brighde Chaimbeul: Sunwise (Tak:til) [06-27] - jazz
• Chalk: Conditions III (Nice Swan -EP) [02-21] - dance-punk
• Bertrand Chamayou: Ravel: Fragments (Erato) [03-07] - classical
• Joe Chambers/Kevin Diehl/Chad Taylor: Onilu (Eremite) [02-25] - jazz
• Charaxes: Proof of Life () [01-03]
• Brian Charette: Borderless ( SteepleChase) [04-11] - jazz
• Etienne Charles: Gullah Roots (Culture Shock) [06-30] - jazz [U]
• Charmer: Downpour () [05-23] - emo
• Alan Chaubert: Just the Three of Us: Me, the Trumpet and the Piano (Pacific Coast Jazz) [02-22] - jazz [**]
• Cheekface: Middle Spoon (self-released) [02-25] - ska punk
• Charles Chen: Building Characters (Cellar Music) - jazz
• Gloria Cheng: Root Progressions () [01-24] - jazz/classical
• Chepang: Jhyappa (Relapse) [05-23] - metal
• Cyrus Chestnut: Rhythm, Melody and Harmony (HighNote) [04-25] - jazz [***]
• Chicago Edge Ensemble: Paradoxes in Freedom (Lizard Breath) - jazz
• Chicago Jazz Orchestra: More Amor: A Tribute to Wes Montgomery (Chicago Jazz Orchestra) [03-28] - jazz
• The Chills: Spring Board: The Early Unrecorded Songs (Fire) [02-28] - jangle pop [A-]
• Chime Oblivion: Chime Oblivion (Deathgod) [04-18]
• Rachel Chinouriri: Little House (Parlophone -EP) [04-04] - indie pop
• Seong-Jin Cho: Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Works (Deutsche Grammophon) [01-17] - classical
• Eugenia Choe: So We Speak (Sunnyside) - jazz
• Dmytro Choni: Pilgrimage (Naïve) [03-28] - classical
• Choof: A Very Special Blend of Psychology and Extreme Violence (Dead Set) [01-24]
• Eric Church: Evangeline vs. the Machine (UMG Nashville) [05-02] - country
• Ciel: Spice (Nomad) [04-11] - UK hip-hop
• Amy Cimini: See You When I Get There (Relative Pitch) [06-20] - jazz
• Circa Waves: Death & Love, Pt. 1 (Lower Third/PIAS) [01-31] - indie rock
• Circuit des Yeux: Halo on the Inside (Matador) [03-14] - art pop
• Civilistjävel!: Följd (Felt) [02-14] - ambient
• Gerald Clayton: Ones & Twos (Blue Note) [04-11] - jazz [B]
• JD Cliffe: Misfit. (APLCO -EP) [04-16] - UK hip-hop
• Nels Cline: Consentrik Quartet (Blue Note) [03-14] - jazz [A-]
• Clipping.: Dead Channel Sky (Sub Pop) [03-14] - hip-hop [A-]
• Cloakroom: Last Leg of the Human Table (Closed Casket Activities) [02-28] - shoegaze
• Clutter: Loves You (PNKSLM -EP) [04-11]
• Chris Cochrane's Collapsible Shoulder Big Band: Live 2019: A Map of Books (Cuneiform) [03-28] - rock
• Coco Chatru Quartet: Limbokolia (Trygger Music) [06-00] - jazz [U]
• CocoRosie: Little Death Wishes (Joyful Noise) [03-28]
• Coheed and Cambria: Vaxis III: The Father of Make Believe (Virgin) [03-14] - prog rock
• Hannah Cohen: Earthstar Mountain (Bella Union/Congrats) [03-28] - singer-songwriter [*]
• Yuval Cohen Quartet: Winter Poems (ECM) [02-14] - jazz [**]
• Alex Coke & Carl Michel Sextet: Situation (PlayOn) [01-29]] - jazz [B]
• Cold Specks: Light for the Midnight (Mute) [04-11]
• Liz Cole: I Want to Be Happy (self-released) [01-28] - jazz [B]
• Xhosa Cole: On a Modern Genius, Vol. 1 (Stoney Lane) [01-10] - jazz [***]
• Isaiah Collier/William Hooker/William Parker: The Ancients (Eremite) [01-25] - jazz [++]
• Bootsy Collins: Album of the Year #1 Funkateer () [ 04-11]
• Edwyn Collins: Nation Shall Speak Unto Nation (AED) [03-14] - indie pop
• Brooke Combe: Dancing at the Edge of the World (Modern Sky) [01-31] - pop soul
• Combust: Belly of the Beast (Triple-B) [03-07] - hardcore punk
• Confucius MC & Bastien Keb: Songs for Lost Travellers (Native Rebel) [02-07] - hip-hop
• The Convenience: Like Cartoon Vampires (Winspear) [04-18] - alt/indie [**]
• Miles Cooke: Ceci N'est Pas Un Portrait () [01-10] - hip-hop
• Cootie Catcher: Shy at First (Cooked Raw) [03-05]
• Claire Cope: Every Journey (Adhyâropa) - jazz
• Marc Copland: Alter Ego: Lausanne 2012 (The Montreux Jazz Label) - jazz
• Marc Copland: Dreaming (Innervoice Jazz) - jazz
• Chick Corea/Christian McBride/Brian Blade: Triology 3 (Candid) - jazz
• Corook: Committed to a Bit (Atlantic) [02-28] - alt-pop [***]
• Gustavo Cortiñas: The Crisis Knows No Borders (Desafio Candente) [04-11] - jazz [***]
• Cortisa Star: E.M.O. (Evil Motion Overload) () [04-11] - hip-hop
• Alyn Cosker: Onta (Calligram) [05-02] - jazz [*]
• Cosmic Ear: Traces (We Jazz) [05-23] - jazz [A-]
• Frankie Cosmos: Different Talking (Sub Pop) [06-27] - indie pop
• Courting: Lust for Life, or: How to Thread the Needle and Come Out the Other Side to Tell the Story (Lower Third) [03-14] - dance-punk
• Anla Courtis & Lehtisalo: 1972 (Full Connect) [03-04] - electroacoustic [A-]
• Sylvie Courvoisier/Mary Halvorson: Bone Bells (Pyroclastic) [03-25] - jazz [A-]
• Sylvie Courvoisier: To Be Other-Wise ( Intakt) - jazz
• Kara-Lis Coverdale: From Where You Came (Smalltown Supersound) [05-09] - ambient
• Cradle of Filth: The Screaming of the Valkyries (Napalm) [03-21] - metal
• Marilyn Crispell/Thommy Andersson/Michala Østergaard-Nilsen: The Cave (ILK Music) [04-25] - jazz [*]
• Charley Crockett: Lonesome Drifter (Son of Davy) - country [**]
• Theo Croker: Dream Manifest (Dom Recs) [06-13] - jazz
• Helene Cronin: Maybe New Mexico (self-released) [03-07] - country [A-]
• Jeremy Crosmer/Mahan Esfahani/Mitsuru Kubo/Jackson Symphony Orchestra/Matthew Aubin: Fernande Decruck: Concertante Works Volume 2 (Claves) [03-07] - concerto
• Theon Cross: Affirmations: Live at the Blue Note New York (New Soil) [07-11] - jazz
• Rodney Crowell: Airline Highway (New West) [08-29] - country
• Adrian Crowley: Measure of Joy (Valley of Eyes) [02-07] - singer-songwriter
• Cruce Signatus: II () [04-04] - metal
• Cryogeyser: Cryogeyser () [02-14] - indie rock
• Cryptosis: Celestial Death (Century Media) [03-07] - metal
• Cuco: Ridin' (Interscope) [05-09] - neo-soul
• Ermelinda Cuellar: Under a Lavender Sky (self-released) [03-21] - vocal jazz [*]
• Cult Therapy: Get Fucked, Sinner () [04-04]
• The Cure: Mixes of a Lost World (Polydor/Fiction) [06-13] - rock remix
• Curren$y & Harry Fraud: Never Catch Us () [03-14] - hip-hop
• Cymande: Renascence (BMG) [01-31] - funk [**]
• Cynefin: Shimli (Recordladau Smotyn Du) [01-31]
• Miley Cyrus: Something Beautiful (MCEO/Columbia) [05-30] - art pop [**]
• Cytotoxin: Biographyte (Blood Blast) [04-11] - metal
• Czech Philharmonic/Semyon Bychkov: Mahler Symphony No. 3 (PentaTone) [03-07] - classical
• Chuck D: Chuck D Presents Enemy Radio: Radio Armageddon (Def Jam) [05-16] - hip-hop [*]
• Brian D'Addario: Till the Morning (Headstack) [03-20] - folk rock
• D4vd: Withered (Darkroom/Interscope) [ 04-25] - indie pop
• Duduka Da Fonseca Trio: Rio Fantasia (Sunnyside) - jazz
• Da Inphamus Amadeuz/The Punchline Academy: The Punchline Playbook: Lesson 1 () [02-07] - hip-hop
• Lucy Dacus: Forever Is a Feeling (Geffen) [03-28] - singer-songwriter [A-]
• Amalie Dahl: Breaking/Building Habits (SauaJazz) [04-25] - jazz [A-]
• Christopher Dammann: Sextet (Out of Your Head) [02-07] - jazz [***]
• Lao Dan: To Hit a Pressure Point (Relative Pitch) - jazz
• D.D. Danahy: Half Baked () [01-28]
• Danielle Ate the Sandwich: Fumbling () [03-21]
• The Darkness: Dreams on Toast (Cooking Vinyl) [03-28]
• Darkside: Nothing (Matador) [02-28] - neo-psychedelia
• Sylvain Darrifourcq/Manuel Hermia/Valentin Ceccaldi: Unicorn and Flexibility (Hector) [05-05] - jazz
• Das B [Mazen Kerbaj/Mike Majkowski/Magda Mayas/Tony Buck: Love (Thanatosis Produktion/Corbett vs. Dempsey) - jazz
• Daughter of Swords: Alex (Psychic Hotline) [04-11] - indie pop
• Damiano David: Funny Little Fears (Arista/Sony Italy) [05-16] - pop
• Jonah David: Waltz for Eli (Swish Tap) [02-28] - jazz [*]
• Davido: 5ive (Davido/Sony) [04-18]
• Lise Davidsen/Gerald Finley/Edward Gardner: Wagner: Der Fliegende Holländer (Decca) [04-18] - opera
• Marie Davidson: City of Clowns (Deewee) [02-28] - techno [A-]
• James Davis' Beveled: Arc and Edge (Calligram) [05-02] - jazz [***]
• Nathan Davis/Sylvia Milo: Earthworks (Sono Luminus) [04-25]
• Stephen Davis Unit: The Gleaming World (577) [02-14] - jazz
• Dawn After Dawn: Home Is Where You Are (577) [03-28] - jazz
• Dawn of Ouroboros: Bioluminescence (Prosthetic) [03-07] - metal
• Rich Dawson: End of the Middle (Domino) [02-14] - singer-songwriter
• Dawson Gool: Bark Mulch (-EP) [02-20]
• A Day to Remember: Big Ole Album Vol. 1 (Fueled by Ramen) [M|metal]
• Pierre De Bethmann Quartet: Agapé (Aléa) - jazz
• Deacon Blue: The Great Western Road (Cooking Vinyl) [03-21] - pop rock
• Dead Pioneers: Po$t American (Hassle) [04-11] - punk
• Deadguy: Near-Death Travel Services (Relapse) [06-27] - metalcore
• Deafheaven: Lonely People With Power (Roadrunner) [03-28] - metal
• Geoffrey Dean Quartet: Conceptions (Cellar Music) [04-04] - jazz [*]
• Michael Dease: City Life: Music of Greg Hill (Origin) [06-20] - jazz
• Barry Deister Quintet: An African Suite (Trans-Pacific Jazz) - jazz
• Deradoorian: Ready for Heaven (Fire) [05-09] - art pop
• Dear Derrick Featuring Kool Keith: Galaxy Thot () [02-14] - hip-hop
• Death by Unga Bunga: Raw Muscular Power (Jansen) [02-07] - garage rock
• Deathless Legacy: Damnatio Aeterna (Scarlet) [03-07] - metal
• Deathretro: The Art of Collision (Cosmic Glue) [02-28]
• Deep Sea Diver: Billboard Heart (Sub Pop) [02-28] - indie rock
• Jerry David DeCicca: Cardiac Country (Sophomore Lounge) [04-25]
• Decius: Decius Vol. II (Splendour & Obedience) (The Leaf Label) [ 01-31] - acid house
• Deepstaria Enigmatica: The Eternal Now Is the Heart of a New Tomorrow (ESP-Disk) [02-25] - jazz [A-]
• Deerhoof: Noble and Godlike in Ruin (Joyful Noise) [04-25] - experimental rock
• Maya Delilah: The Long Way Around (Blue Note) [03-28]
• The Delines: Mr. Luck & Ms. Doom (Decor) [02-14] - country soul [**]
• Delivery: Force Majeure (Heavenly) [01-17] - post-punk
• Alabaster DePlume: A Blade Because a Blade Is Whole (International Anthem) [03-07] - chamber jazz [**]
• Randal Despommier: South (Sunnyside) - jazz
• Destroyer: Dan's Boogie (Merge) [03-28] [**]
• Destruction: Birth of Malice (Napalm) [03-07] - metal
• Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Jader Bignamini: Wynton Marsalis: Blues Symphony (PentaTone) [03-14] - modern classical
• The Devil Makes Three: Spirits (New West) [02-28] - alt-country [*]
• Dezmin'd: Breathing's All That Matters () [05-23]
• Alessandro Di Liberto: Punti Di Vista (GleAM) - jazz
• Diabolizer: Murderous Revelations (Dark Crescent/Me Saco Un Ojo) [04-11] - metal
• Diamond Dogs & Chris Spedding: Macon Georgia Giant (Wild Kingdom) [02-14]
• Diaphane: München (Neither/Nor) - jazz
• Dickson & Familiar: All the Light of Our Sphere (Sounds Familiar) [05-31] - jazz [U]
• Paul Dietrich's Elemental Quartet: A Small Patch of Earth (self-released) - jazz
• John Dikeman/Sun-Mi Hong/Aaron Lumley/Marta Warelis: Old Adam on Turtle Island (Relative Pitch) [01-24] - jazz [B]
• DirtyDiggs: Gold Chain Music () [02-26] - hip-hop
• Disrupted: Stinking Death () [01-24] - metal
• Distrik22: Brooklyn Queens Expressway () [01-20] - hip-hop
• Ditz: Never Exhale (self-released) [01-24] - post-punk
• Diva Jazz Orchestra: A Celebration of Maurice Hines: Tappin' Thru Life (self-released) [05-13] - jazz
• Divide and Dissolve: Insatiable (Bella Union) [04-18] - drone metal
• Divorce: Drive to Goldenhammer (Gravity/Capitol) [03-07] - indie rock
• McKinley Dixon: Magic, Alive! (City Slang) [06-06] - hip-hop
• DJ Dadaman & Moscow Dollar: Ka Gaza (Nyege Nyege Tapes) [04-25] - Afrobeat [***]
• DJ Koze: Music Can Hear Us (Pampa) [04-04] - downtempo
• DJ Python: I Was Put on This Earth (XL -EP) [03-28] - ambient techno
• DJ Shaun-D: From Bubbling to Dutch House (Nyege Nyege Tapes) [05-23] - electronic [***]
• Djo: The Crux (AWAL) [04-04] - indie pop
• Djrum: Under Tangled Silence (Houndstooth) [04-25] - electronic [***]
• Louise Dodds: All I Know (AMP Music) - jazz
• Jim Doherty: Jim Doherty's Spondance (Livia) - jazz
• Peter Doherty: Felt Better Alive (Strap Originals) [05-16] - indie folk
• Domain: Philosophy of the Blade (Daze -EP) [02-17] - metal
• Domestic Drafts: Only the Singer () [02-28]
• Anita Donndorff: Thirsty Soul (Fresh Sound New Talent) [06-06] - jazz [***]
• Doodlebug & 80 Empire: A Galactic Love Supreme (Gladiator) [03-07] - hip-hop [B]
• The Doohickeys: All Hat No Cattle () - country
• Dormant Ordeal: Tooth and Nail (Willowtip) [04-18] - death metal
• Dorothy: The Way (Roc Nation) [03-14] - hard rock
• Doseone/Steel Tipped Dove: All Portrait, No Chorus (Backwoodz Studioz) [01-10] - hip-hop [**]
• Doves: Constellations for the Lonely (EMI) [02-28] - dream pop
• David Dower Trio: Sonder (self-released) [02-21] - jazz
• Tara Nome Doyle: Ekko (FatCat) [04-11] - singer-songwriter
• Dr. Purgatory: The Consumption: A Tragic Folkale in Six Parts (self-released) - jazz
• Drank [Ingrid Schmoliner/Alexander Kranabetter]: Breath in Definition (Trost) [04-04] - jazz [***]
• Terry Draper: Infinity () [01-17]
• Dream Theater: Parasomnia (InsideOut/Ytse Jams) [02-07] - metal
• Dreamweavers: Woven in Time (Perdido) - jazz
• The Driver Era: Obsession (TOO) [04-11]
• Drudkh: Shadow Play (Season of Mist) [03-21] - metal
• Duckwrth: All American F*ckboy (Them Hellas/The Blind Youth) - alt-r&b
• C Duncan: It's Only a Love Song (Bella Union) [01-24] - chamber pop
• Dunes: Land of the Blind () [01-17] - stoner rock
• Dutch Interior: Moneyball (Fat Possum) [03-21] - indie rock
• Paul van Dyk: This World Is Ours () [04-11] - trance
• Dynazty: Game of Faces (Nuclear Blast) [02-14] - metal
• Marina Džukljev/Christian Weber/Michael Griener: Industrielsalon (Trouble in the East) [05-30] - jazz
• Early James: Medium Raw (Easy Eye Sound) [01-10] - roots rock [B]
• Dave East & Ransom: The Final Call () [02-21] - hip-hop
• Silke Eberhard Trio: Being-a-Ning (Intakt) [03-14] - jazz [***]
• Echolalia: Echolalia (Full Time Hobby) [02-28] - psychedelic folk
• Chris Eckman: The Land We Knew the Best (Glitterhouse) [01-24] - alt-country
• Rachel Eckroth & John Hadfield: Speaking in Tongues (Adhyâropa) - jazz
• Eclectic Maybe Band: Cosmic Light Clusters (Discus Music) [01-24] - jazz
• Edition Redux [Ken Vandermark]: Broadcast Transformer (Audiographic) [01-17] - jazz
• Marty Ehrlich Trio Exaltation: This Time (Sunnyside) [05-30] - jazz [A-]
• Mathias Eick: Lullaby (ECM) [02-14] - jazz [**]
• Eidola: Mend ( Blue Swan/Rise) [01-17] - math rock
• Mats Eilertsen: 1 (Hemli) [03-28] - jazz
• Ludovico Einaudi: The Summer Portraits (Ponderosa Music) [01-31]
• Electric Gumbo: It's On! (Full Beam Music) - jazz
• Joe Elefante: Joe Elefante's Wheel of Dharma (self-released) [01-13] - jazz [*]
• Eclectic Maybe Band: Cosmic Light Clusters (Discus Music) [01-25] - jazz
• Eduardo Elia: Desvíos ( 577) [06-20] - jazz
• Amir ElSaffar/Lorenzo Bianchi Hoesch: Inner Spaces (Kuroneko) [03-21] - jazz [*]
• Esme Emerson: Applesauce (Communion -EP) [03-07] - indie pop
• Signe Emmeluth/Ingebrigt Håker Flaten/Axel Filip: Hyperboreal Trio (Relative Pitch) [06-20] - jazz [***]
• The Empress: Square One (Cellar Music Group) [03-21] - jazz
• Avi C. Engel: Nocturne (Soundtrack for an Invisible Film) (Somewherecold/Shaking Box) [01-03]
• Lawrence English: Even the Horizon Knows Its Bounds (Room40) [01-31] - ambient
• Ensemble C: Every Journey (Adhyâropa) [03-08] - jazz [B]
• Ensemble Shippolly: Love Shippolly (Niteco Studio & Music Arts) [06-20] - jazz
• Entre Amigos: Magpie: The Music of Joe Clark (Entre Amigos) [06-13] - jazz
• Envy of None: Stygian Wavz (Kscope) [03-28]
• Epica: Aspiral (Nuclear Blast) [04-11] - metal
• Tara Erraught/Ruth Rosique/Julien Dran/Chamber Choir Ireland/National Symphony of Ireland/Jean-Luc Tingaud: Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande - Suite; Prométhée (Excerpts); Shylock; Songs (Naxos) [01-10] - classical
• Peter Erskine & the Jam Music Lab All-Stars: Vienna to Hollywood: Impressions of E.W. Korngold & Max Steiner (Origin) [01-17] - jazz [*]
• EST Gee: I Ain't Feeling You (Interscope) [01-31] - hip-hop
• Jeff Evans Porkestra: When Pigs Dance (self-relesed -EP) [03-14] - country [**]
• Morgan Evans-Weiler & J.P.A. Falzone: Penumbra (Another Timbre) - jazz
• Peter Evans/Petter Eldh: JazzFest (More Is More) [05-02] - jazz
• Eventless Plot/Francesco Covarino: Methesis (Innovo) - jazz
• Everyone Says Hi: Everyone Says Hi (Prediction/Chrysalis) [01-31] - neo-psychedelia
• Everything Is Recorded: Temporary (XL) [02-28] - art pop
• The Ex: If Your Mirror Breaks (Ex) [04-06] - alt/indie [A-]
• Ex-Vöid: In Love Again (Tapete) [01-17] - jangle pop [*]
• F5ve: Sequence 01 (LDH Group) [05-05] - bubblegum bass
• Piers Faccini & Ballaké Sissoko: Our Calling (No Format) [02-14]
• FACS: Wish Defense (Trouble in Mind) [02-07] - post-punk [A-]
• Faithxtractor: Loathing & the Noose (Reaper Metal Productions) [01-10] - metal
• Fallujah: Xenotaph (Nuclear Blast) [06-13] - prog metal
• Fantastic Twins: Suite of Rooms (House of Slessor -EP) [02-14] - IDM
• Fantasy of a Broken Heart: Chaos Practicioner (Dots Per Inch -EP) [04-11] - neo-psychedelia
• Jimmy Farace: Hours Fly, Flowers Die (Shifting Paradigm) [04-11] - jazz
• Alon Farber Hagiga: Dreams | Dream (Origin) [06-16] - jazz [**]
• Farma G: How to Kill a Butterfly () [01-31] - hip-hop
• FastLife, Madhattan & Spanish Ran: Bergin Hunt & Fish () [02-10] - hip-hop
• Maria Faust Sacrum Facere: Marches Rewound & Rewritten (Stunt) [05-09] - jazz [**]
• Lorraine Feather: The Green World (Relation) [03-28] - vocal jazz [***]
• Sam Fender: People Watching (Polydor) [02-21] - heartland rock [*]
• Feng: What the Feng () [02-14] - UK hip-hop
• Bryan Ferry/Amelia Barratt: Loose Talk (Dene Jesmond) [03-28] [A-]
• Deborah Fialkiewicz: Genetic Radio I.D. () [03-17]
• Joe Fiedler Trio 2.0: Dragon Suite (Multiphonics) [03-14] - jazz [***]
• Diego Figueiredo: I Love Samba (self-released) - jazz
• Fines Double: Espejismo () [01-28] - hip-hop
• Craig Finn: Always Been (Thirty Tigers) [04-04] - singer-songwriter [A-]
• Samantha Fish: Paper Doll (Rounder) [04-25]
• Fish Narc: Frog Song () [02-14] - indie rock
• Trygve Fiske Sextet: The Flowers. The Dance. The Rumble and the Stumble. (Slaraffensongs) [03-21] - jazz [**]
• FKA Twigs: Eusexua (Young/Atlantic) [01-24] - art pop [*]
• Paul Flaherty: A Willing Passenger (Relative Pitch) [04-25] - jazz [*]
• Béla Fleck/Edmar Castañeda/Antonio Sanchez: BEATrio (Thirty Tigers) [05-16] - jazz
• Flipturn: Burnout Days (MNRK) [01-24] - indie rock
• Floodlights: Underneath (PIAS) [03-21] - indie rock
• Florist: Jellywish (Double Double Whammy) [04-04]
• Florry: Sounds Like . . . (Dear Life) [05-23] - alt-country
• The Flower Kings: Love (InsideOut) [05-02] - symphonic prog
• Flummox: Southern Progress (Needlejuice) [04-11] - metal
• Wolfgang Flür: Times (Cherry Red) [03-28]
• Miya Folick: Erotica Veronica (Nettwerk/Stop Talking) [02-28] - indie rock
• Food House: Two House (self-released) [02-28] - hyperpop [B]
• Forlorn: Aether (Church Road) [03-28] - metalcore
• Robert Forster: Strawberries (Tapete) [05-23] - singer-songwriter [A-]
• Amanda Forsythe/Christian Immler/Carlotta Colombo/Jesse Blumberg/Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble/Paul O'Dette/Stephen Stubbs/Robert Mealy: Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: La Serva Padrona/Livietta E Tracollo (CPO) [ 01-03] - classical
• Kevin Fort: Everything I Love (Jerujazz) - jazz
• Sullivan Fortner: Southern Nights (Artwork) [02-14] - jazz [**]
• John Foxx: Wherever You Are () [03-28]
• Neal Francis: Return to Zero (ATO) [03-14]
• François & the Atlas Mountains: Âge Fleuve (InFiné) [ 01-31]
• Franz Ferdinand: The Human Fear (Domino) [01-10] - indie rock
• Freedom Art Quartet: First Dance (self-released) [06-01] - jazz
• Nnenna Freelon: Beneath the Skin (Origin) [03-31] - vocal jazz [A-]
• Avery Friedman: New Thing (Audio Antihero) [04-18]
• Friendship: Caveman Wakes Up (Merge) [05-16] - alt-country
• Frog: 1000 Variations on the Same Song (Audio Antihero/Tapewormies) [02-14] - jangle pop
• Frog Eyes: The Open Up (Paper Bag) [03-07] - art rock
• Edith Frost: In Space (Drag City) [02-28] - singer-songwriter
• Jürg Frey: Longing Landscape (Another Timbre) - jazz
• Fuerza Regida: 111Xpantia () [05-02] - Latin
• Sinsuke Fujieda Group: Fukushima (SoFa) [04-30] - jazz
• Satoko Fujii GEN: Altitude 1100 Meters (Libra) [01-24] - jazz [***]
• Satoko Fujii Tokyo Trio: Dream a Dream (Libra) [02-28] - jazz [A-]
• Satoko Fujii This Is It!: Message (Libra) [05-09] - jazz [A-]
• Michika Fukumori: Eternity (Summit) [06-06] - jazz [***]
• Champian Fulton & Klas Lindquist: At Home (Turtle Bay) [05-02] - jazz
• Ms. Ezra Furman: Goodbye Small Head (Bella Union) [05-16] - singer-songwriter [**]
• Fust: Big Ugly (Dear Life) [03-07] - alt-country
• Korham Futaci: Heavyweight Rehearsal Tapes (PUMA) [02-14] - jazz [A-]
• G-Clef Da Mad Komposa & Jus-P: Xavier & Logan () [02-14] - hip-hop
• G-Dragon: Übermensch (Empire/Galaxy) [02-25] - synthpop
• Galactic and Irma Thomas: Audience With the Queen (Tchoup-Zilla) [04-11] - r&b [***]
• Adrian Galante: Introducing Adrian Galante (Zoho) [04-25] - jazz [***]
• Sami Galbi: Ylh Byebye () [05-02]
• Elliot Galvin: The Ruin (Gearbox) [02-07] - jazz
• Ganavya: Nilam (Leiter) [05-23] - jazz
• Helen Ganya: Share Your Care (Bella Union) [02-07]
• Garbage: Let All That We Imagine Be the Light (Infectious/Stunvolume/BMG) [05-30] - alt rock
• Daniel Garbin: Rising (6x20) [03-10] - jazz [*]
• Jacob Garchik: Ye Olde 2: At the End of Time (Yestereve) [08-29] - jazz [U]
• Violeta Garcia: IN/OUT (Bongo Joe) [03-07] - jazz
• The Gentle Spring: Looking Back at the World (Too Good to Be True) [01-17] - indie pop
• Geowulf: The Child (Nettwerk) [01-17]
• GFOTY: Influenzer (Girlfriend) [03-07] - pop [*]
• Jim Ghedi: Wasteland (Basin Rock) [02-21] - British folk rock
• Ghost: Skeletá (Loma Vista) [04-25] - metal
• Ghost Bath: Rose Thorn Necklace (Nuclear Blast) [05-09] - metal
• Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson: What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow (Nonesuch) [04-18] - folk [***]
• Rhiannon Giddens/Karen Slack/Paul Sanchez/Will Liverman/Reginald Mobley/Julian Velasco: Shawn E Okpebholo: Songs in Flight (Cedille) [02-14] - modern classical
• Lafayette Gilchrist & New Volcanoes: Move With Love (Morphius) [07-25] - jazz [U]
• Ruby Gill: Some Kind of Control (self-released) [03-28]
• Marcus Gilmore: Journey to the New: Live at the Village Vanguard (self-released) [05-16] - jazz
• Thea Gilmore: These Quiet Friends (self-released) [02-28]
• Girlpuppy: Sweetness (Captured Tracks) [03-28]
• John Glacier: Like a Ribbon (Young) [02-14] - UK hip-hop [*]
• Glazyhaze: Sonic (Believe Music) [03-21] - shoegaze
• Glebe: Gaudí (Daggio) [01-17] - jazz
• Don Glori: Paper Can't Wrap Fire (Mr Bongo) [05-16] - alt-r&b [B]
• Nicole Glover: Memories, Dreams, Reflections (Savant) [06-27] - jazz
• José Gobbo Trio: Confluence (Calligram) [07-11] - jazz [U]
• God Complex: He Watches in Silence (SharpTone -EP) [02-21] - metalcore
• Charles Wesley Godwin: Lonely Mountain Town () - country
• Jon Gold: Chasing Echos (Entropic) [04-28] - jazz [C+]
• Goldie Presents Rufige Kru: Alpha Omega (Metalheadz/London) [05-16] - drum & bass
• Larry Goldings: I Will (Sam First) [02-14] - jazz [*]
• Emma Goldman: All You Are Is We () [04-28] - screamo
• Golem Mecanique: Siamo Tutti in Pericolo (Ideologic Origin) [03-21]
• Phillip Golub: Loop 7 (Greyfade) [02-07] - jazz
• Phillip Golub/Lesley Mok [Dream Brigade]: Dream Brigade (Infrequent Seams) [03-14] - jazz
• Nicolas Gombert & James Weeks: Gombert (Another Timbre) - jazz
• Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco: I Said I Love You First (Friends Keep Secrets/Interscope) [03-21] - alt-pop
• Brad Goode Polytonal Big Band: The Snake Charmer (Origin) [01-17] - jazz [**]
• Goose: Everything Must Go (No Coincidence) [04-25] - indie rock
• Kyle Gordon: Kyle Gordon Is Wonderful (BMG) [04-04] - comedy
• The Gotobeds: Masterclass (12XU) [ 05-16]
• Ayelet Rose Gottlieb & Dream Keepers: Dust (Corne de Brume) [04-25] - jazz
• GPS: Directions + Destinations (577) [06-06] - jazz
• Gràb: Kremess (Prophecy Productions) [02-21] - metal
• Grails: Miracle Music (Temporary Residence) [05-16]
• Grand Official: Supreme () [02-02] - hip-hop
• Grandmas House: Anything for You (Dutchess Box -EP) [04-11]
• Ronny Graupe's Szelest: Newfoundland Tristesse (BMC) [04-11] - jazz
• Grave Digger: Bone Collector () [01-17] - metal
• David Gray: Dear Life (Laugh a Minute) [01-17] - folk pop
• Rose Gray: Louder, Please (PIAS) [01-17] - dance-pop [***]
• Saya Gray: Saya (Dirty Hit) [02-21] - art pop
• Great American Ghost: Tragedy of the Commons (SharpTone) [01-31] - metalcore
• Great Grandpa: Patience, Moonbeam (Run for Cover) [03-28]
• The Great Old Ones: Kadath (Season of Mist) [01-24] - metal
• Peter Gregson: Peter Gregson (Decca) [04-11]
• Grentperez: Backflips in a Restaurant () [03-28] - indie pop
• Grief Ritual: Collapse (Church Road) [01-31] - metalcore
• Michael Grigoni & Pan-American: New World, Lonely Ride (Kranky) [04-04]
• Grima: Nightside (Napalm) [02-28] - metal
• Danny Grissett: Travelogue (Savant) [05-30] - jazz [**]
• David Grollman/Andy Haas/Sabrina Salamone: SCRT (self-released) - jazz [A-]
• Groovology: Almost Home (Sugartown) [01-01] - jazz [B]
• The Irv Grossman Sextet: Sound Advice (Cellar Music) - jazz
• Muriel Grossmann: MGQ Live in King Georg, Köln (Powerhouse) [03-05] - jazz [***]
• David Grubbs: Whistles From Above (Drag City) [02-28] - post-rock
• Ghais Guevara: Goyard Ibn Said (Fat Possum) [01-24] - hip-hop [***]
• Guided by Voices: Universe Room (GBV) [02-07] - indie rock
• Joy Guidry: Five Prayers (Jaid) [05-16]
• Guiltless: Teeth to Sky ( Neurot) [03-07] - metal
• Goya Gumbani: Warlord of the Weejuns () [03-21] - hip-hop
• Gustaffson: Black & White Movie (One Boat) [03-21]
• The Haas Company Featuring Samuel Hällkvist: Vol. 3: Song for Mimi (Psychiatric) [05-01] - jazz [*]
• The Haas Company Featguring Jerry Goodman: Thirteen (Psychiatric) [08-01] - jazz [U]
• Hachiku: The Joys of Being Pure at Heart (Marathon Artists) [02-28] - indie pop
• Donovan Haffner: Alleviate (self-released) - jazz
• Noah Haidu: Standards III (Sunnyside) [06-06] - jazz [***]
• Keiji Haino/Natsuki Tamura: What Happened There? (Libra) [01-25] - jazz [A-]
• Nicole Hale: Some Kind of Longing () [01-23]
• Halflives: How Much a Heart Can Take Before It Breaks (-EP) [04-11]
• The Halo Effect: March of the Unheard (Nuclear Blast) [01-10] - metal
• Mary Halvorson: About Ghosts (Nonesuch) [06-13] - jazz [A-]
• Hamell on Trial: Harp (for Harry) (Saustex) [04-04] - singer-songwriter [A-]
• Caylee Hammack: Bed of Roses () [03-07]
• Hands Like Houses: Atmospherics (Civilians) [02-14] - post-hardcore
• Handsome Gentlemen: Filmed by Quentin Tarantino () [02-01] - hip-hop
• Hanging Hearts: Where's Your Head At (Ropeadope) [06-13] - jazz [*]
• Hangman's Choir: Saddiction (Nuclear Blast) [02-14] - metal
• Dave Hanson: Blues Sky (Origin) [03-31] - jazz [**]
• Simon Spang-Hanssen: Turtle Talk ( Spangster) [05-09] - jazz
• Happy Family: 4037 (Cuneiform -EP) [03-28] - rock
• Harakiri for the Sky: Scorched Earth (AOP) [01-24] - metal
• Omari Hardwick: BuffalOes & Butterflies () [02-03] - hip-hop
• Chris Harms: 1980 (Napalm) [01-31] - synthpop
• Bryn Harrison: Towards a Slowing of the Past (Another Timbre) - jazz
• Joel Harrison: Guitar Talk Vol. 2: Classical Duos/Jazz Duos (AGS -2CD) [04-18] - jazz [*]
• Stan Harrison: Some Pour Soul Has a Fire (self-released) - jazz
• Billy Hart Quartet: Just (ECM) [02-28] - jazz [**]
• Lawrence Hart: Come in out of the Rain (Double Six) [04-04]
• Nanami Haruta: The Vibe (Origin) - jazz
• Samuel Hasselhorn/Ammiel Bushakevitz: Franz Schubert: Licht und Schatten (Harmonia Mundi) [02-28] - classical
• Hataalii: I'll Be Around (Panther Mountain) [04-04]
• Haunted Horses: Dweller (Three One G) [01-10] - noise rock
• Havukruunu: Tavastland (Svart) [02-28] - metal
• Alexander Hawkins: Song Unconditional (Intakt) [05-16] - jazz [**]
• Hawkwind: There Is No Space for Us (Cherry Red) [04-18] - space rock
• Häxkapell: Om Jordens Blod Och Urgravens Grepp () [01-17] - metal
• Bridget Hayden and the Apparitions: Cold Blows the Rain (Basin Rock) [01-10] - singer-songwriter
• Phil Haynes/Ben Monder: Transition[s] (Corner Store Jazz) [04-21] - jazz [B]
• Phil Haynes: Return to Electric (Corner Store Jazz) [04-21] - jazz [**]
• Hearts & Minds: Illuminescence (Astral Spirits) [01-13] - jazz
• Heartworms: Glutton for Punishment (Speedy Wunderground) [02-07] - gothic rock
• Heat On: Heat On (Cuneiform) [06-27] - jazz
• Heavy Lungs: Caviar (FatCat) [04-18]
• Tim Hecker: Shards (Kranky) [02-21] - ambient [**]
• Ralph Heidel: Anyways.Onto Better Things () [02-21] - jazz
• Hekla: Turnar (Phantom Limb) [03-14] - dark ambient
• Hellacopters: Overdriver (Nuclear Blast) [01-31] - hard rock
• The Hemphill Stringtet: Plays the Music of Julius Hemphill (Our of Your Head) [04-04] - jazz [***]
• Nick Hempton/Cory Weeds: Horns Locked (Cellar Music) [02-28] - jazz [**]
• Felix Henkelhausen Quintet: The Excruciating Pain of Boredom (self-released) [05-16] - jazz
• Sarah Hennies/Richard Valitutto: SOVT (Elsewhere) - jazz
• Arve Henriksen/Trygve Seim/Andmers Jormin/Markku Ounaskari: Arcanum (ECM) [05-02] - jazz
• Yaron Herman: Radio Paradise (Naive) - jazz
• Fred Hersch: The Surrounding Green (ECM) [06-27] - jazz
• Daniel Herskedal: Movements of Air (Edition) [04-25] - jazz [B]
• Jake Hertzog: Ozark Concerto (Zoho) [03-21] - jazz [B-]
• Jacob Felix Heule/Teté Leguía/Sanishta Rivero/Martín Escalante: An Inscrutable Bodily Discomforting Thing (Kettle Hole) [03-07] - jazz [***]
• HHY & the Kampala Unit: Turbo Meltdown (Nyege Nyege Tapes) [04-11] - African/electronic [**]
• Lilly Hiatt: Forever (New West) [01-31] - singer-songwriter [*]
• Flora Hibberd: Swirl (22Twenty) [01-17] - singer-songwriter
• Hierarchies: Hierarchies (Transcending Obscurity) [01-17] - metal
• Hieroglyphic Being: Dance Music 4 Bad People (Smalltown Supersound) [04-18] - electronic [***]
• Marko Hietala: Roses From the Deep (Nuclear Blast) [02-07] - metal
• Hifi Sean & David McAlmont: Twilight (Plastique) [02-14]
• High.: Come Back Down () [01-24] - shoegaze
• Nyron Higor: Nyron Higor (Far Out) [01-31]
• Arthur Hill: In the Middle of Somewhere (self-released -EP) [02-14]
• Jennie Hill: Floating (Rat Beach) - jazz
• Eric Hilton: Midnight Ragas (Montserrat House Music) [06-20]
• Makiko Hirabayashi Weavers: Gifts (Enja) [01-22] - jazz
• Midori Hirano & Brueder Selke: Split Scale (Thrill Jockey) [01-24]
• Hirax: Faster Than Death (Armageddon) [02-28] - metal
• Hiromi's Sonicwonder: Out There (Telarc) [04-04] - jazz [B]
• Steve Hirsh: Root Causes (Mahakala Music) - jazz
• History Dog: Root Systems (Otherly Love) [05-09] - jazz
• HiTech: Honeypaqq Vol. 1 (Loma Vista) [05-09] - electronic [*]
• Hamilton de Holanda Trio: Live in NYC (Sony) [05-20] - jazz
• Benny Holiday: Holiday Land () [01-17] - hip-hop
• Lonnie Holley: Tonky (Jagjaguwar) [03-21] - prog soul
• Homeboy Sandman & Illingsworth: Dancing Tree (self-released -EP) [02-28] - hip-hop [***]
• Homeboy Sandman & Yeyts.: Corn Hole Legend (self-released -EP) [04-04] - hip-hop [*]
• Homeboy Sandman & Brand the Builder: Manners (self-released -EP) [05-16] - hip-hop [*]
• Sun-Mi Hong: Fourth Page: Meaning of a Nest (Edition) [03-14] - jazz [*]
• Patterson Hood: Exploding Trees and Airplane Screams (ATO) [02-21] - alt/indie [***]
• Deborah Holland: I Made It This Far () [03-07]
• Lonnie Holley: Tonky (Jagjaguwar) [03-21] - soul
• Samuel Hollis & Tara Cunningham: Music for Moving Pictures II (-EP) [ 03-14]
• Honesty: U R Here (Partisan) [02-07]
• Honningbarna: Soft Spot (Nye Blanke) [02-28] - punk
• Calum Hood: Order Chaos Order (EMI) [06-13] - new wave
• William Hooker: Jubilation (ORG Music) [02-07] - jazz [**]
• Hooveriii: Manhunter (The Reverberation Appreciation Society) [05-16]
• Ale Hop & Titi Bakorta: Mapambazuko (Nyege Nyege Tapes) [01-24] - African [***]
• Horizon Trio: Horizon (self-released) - jazz
• The Horrors: Night Life (Fiction/Universal) [03-21] - post-punk
• Horsegirl: Phonetics On and On (Matador) [02-14] - twee pop [**]
• HotWax: Hot Shock (Marathon Artists) [03-07] - alt/indie
• House of All: House of All Souls (Tiny Global) [02-14] - post-punk
• Julia Hülsmann Quartet: Under the Surface (ECM) [01-25] - jazz
• Jonathan Hultén: Eyes of the Living Night (Kscope) [01-31] - dark folk
• Hundredth: Faded Splendor () [05-16] - dream pop
• Huremic: Seeking Darkness () [03-13] - post-rock
• Jenny Hval: Iris Silver Mist (4AD) [05-02] - art-pop [***]
• Jason Kao Hwang: Myths of Origin (True Sound) [07-07] - jazz [A-]
• Hypermass: Apparition Day (Seek & Strike -EP) [03-07] - metal
• I'm With Her: Wild and Clear and Blue (Rounder) [05-09] - indie folk
• Luis Ianes/Noël Akchoté: Seuil (self-released) [03-18] - jazz
• Ider: Last to the World (Nettwerk) [02-21] - indie pop
• Idle Heirs: Life Is Violence (Relapse) [04-11] - metal
• Billy Idol: Dream Into It (Dark Horse) [04-25] - pop punk
• Dieter Ilg Trio: Motherland (Jazzline) [02-28] - jazz
• ILL Tone Beats: The Outcome () [03-07] - hip-hop
• Illit: Bomb (HYBE/Belift Lab -EP) [06-16] - K-pop
• Illuminati Hotties: Nickle on the Fountain Floor (-EP)
• Immersion & SUSS: Nanocluster Vol. 3 (Swim~) [02-14] - prog electronic
• Imperial Triumphant: Goldstar (Century Media) [03-21] - metal
• In the Country, Solveig Slettahjell & Knut Reiersrud: Remembrance (Jazzland) - jazz
• In the Woods: Otra (Prophecy) [04-11] - metal
• Index for Working Musik: Which Direction Goes the Beam (Tough Love) [04-04]
• Infinity Knives & Brian Ennals: A City Drowned in God's Black Tears (Phantom Limb) [04-04]
• Inhaler: Open Wide (Polydor) [02-07] - new wave
• IQ: Dominion (Giant Electric Pea) [03-28] - neo-prog
• Jon Irabagon: Server Farm (Irabbagast) [02-21] - jazz [***]
• Christoph Irniger Pilgrim: Human Intelligence Live (Intakt) [03-21] - jazz [**]
• Jason Isbell: Foxes in the Snow (Southeastern) [03-07] - Americana [A-]
• Eiko Ishibashi: Antigone (Drag City) [03-28]
• Ayumi Ishito: Roboquarians Vol. 2 (577) [01-03] - jazz [*]
• Vijay Iyer/Wadada Leo Smith: Defiant Life (ECM) [03-21] - jazz [**]
• Ashley Jackson: Take Me to the Water (Decca) [03-21] - classical
• Keefe Jackson/Jakob Heinemann/Adam Shead: Stinger (Irritable Mystic) [08-01] - jazz
• Kim Jung Jae: Shamanism (Relative Pitch) [06-20] - jazz
• JakoJako: Tết 41 (Mute) [04-25]
• Naissam Jalal: Souffles (Les Couleurs Du Son) [05-30] - jazz
• Bob James/Dave Koz: Just Us (Just Koz Entertainment) [03-07] - pop-jazz
• Sophie Jamieson: I Still Want to Share (Bella Union) [01-17] - singer-songwriter
• Jane in Ether: Oneiric (Confront) [01-25] - jazz [*]
• Japanese Breakfast: For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women) (Dead Oceans) [03-21] - indie pop [*]
• Gaétan Jarry/Ensemble Marguerite Louise/David Tricou/Romain Champion/Nicolas Brooymans: Charpentier: Missa Assumpta Est Maria (Château de Versailles Spectacles) [02-28] - baroque
• Yves Jarvis: All Cylinders (In Real Life) [02-28] - prog soul
• Jasmine.4.t: You Are the Morning (Saddest Factory/Dead Oceans) [01-17] - slacker rock
• Kazzrie Jaxen & Don Messina: The Dance (New Artists) [04-11] - jazz
• Jaye Jayle: After Alter (Pelagic) [01-31] - gothic country
• Erik Jekabson: Breakthrough (Wide Hive) [01-17] - jazz [**]
• Jennie: Ruby (Columbia) [03-07] - K-pop [B]
• Bonnie J Jensen: Rise (MGM Metropolitan Groove Merchants) [08-01] - vocal jazz [U]
• Eunye Jeong/Michael Bisio Duo: Morning Bells Whistle Bright (ESP-Disk) [03-14] - jazz [A-]
• Oscar Jerome: The Fork (New Soil) [04-04] - nu jazz
• Jeshi: Airbag Woke Me Up (Because Music) [01-24] - UK hip-hop
• Jethro Tull: Curious Ruminant (InsideOut) [03-07] - folk rock
• Jetstream Pony: Bowerbirds and Blue Things (Shelflife/Spinout Nuggets) [03-28] - indie pop
• Park Jiha: All Living Things (Glitterbeat) [02-14] - ambient
• Jin: Echo (HYBE/Big Hit -EP) [05-16] - K-pop
• Jinjer: Duél (Napalm) [02-07] - djent
• Jisoo: Amortage (Blissoo/Warner/Empire -EP) [02-14] - K-pop
• Jivebomb: Ethereal (Flatspot) [03-28] - metalcore
• Sven-Åke Johansson Quintet: Stumps (Trost) [01-24] - jazz [***]
• Durand Jones & the Indicators: Flowers (Dead Oceans) [06-27] - soul
• Steve Johns: Mythology (SteepleChase) - jazz
• JoJo: NGL () [01-24] - r&b
• Chris Jonas: Backwardsupwardsky (Edgetone) [03-04] - jazz [U]
• Joe Jonas: Music for People Who Believe in Love (Republic) [05-23]
• Eugenie Jones: Eugenie (Open Mic) [01-20] - vocal jazz [**]
• Jessica Jones Quartet: Edible Flowers (Reva) [01-03] - jazz [***]
• Joni: Things I Left Behind (Hand in Hive/Keeled Scales) [04-11]
• Rodney Jordan: Memphis Blue (Baxter Music) [03-14] - jazz [***]
• Anthony Joseph: Rowing Up River to Get Our Names Back (Heavenly Sweetness) [02-07] - jazz poetry [A-]
• Josiah the Gift & Machacha: The Happening () [02-14] - hip-hop
• Larry June, 2 Chainz & The Alchemist: Life Is Beautiful (The Freeminded/ALC/Empire) [02-07] - hip-hop [**]
• Barb Jungr and Her Trio Featuring Simon Wallace: Hallelujah on Desolation Row: The Songs of Bob Dylan & Leonard Cohen (Kristalyn) - vocal jazz
• Junii: Jinx! () [05-15]
• Juno 3 [Han-earl Park/Lara Jones/Pat Thomas]: Proxemics (Buster and Friends) [01-15] - jazz
• Jupiter & Okwess: Ekoya (Airfono) [01-31] - African [*]
• Kristoff K.Roll: Les Ombres De La Nuit (Mazeto Square) [05-16] - jazz
• Eddie Kaine & Machacha: Crown Me Kaine () [02-03] - hip-hop
• Eddie Kaine & Rim: Welcome to Stuyville () [01-08] - hip-hop
• Kaisa's Machine: Moving Parts (Greenleaf Music) [03-14] - jazz [**]
• Jerry Kalaf: Safe Travels (self-released) - jazz
• Kali Trio: The Playful Abstract (Ronin Rhythm) - jazz
• Hesse Kassel: La Brea () [03-01] - art rock
• Melissa Kassel & Tom Zicarelli Group: Moments (MKMusic) [05-01] - jazz [*]
• Dalila Kayros: Khthonie (Subsound) [04-04]
• Kaze & Koichi Makigami: Shishiodoshi (Circum/Libra) [07-11] - jazz [U]
• Ryan Keberle & Collectiv Do Brasil: Choro Das Aguas (Alternate Side) [07-18] - jazz [U]
• Keelepeksjad: Kalev Tuli Koju (Ava Muusika) [03-23] - jazz
• Tom Keenlyside: Third Street Wobble (self-released) - jazz
• KEG: Fun's Over (Alcopop!) [03-14] - art punk
• Salif Keita: So Kono (No Format) [04-11] - African [**]
• Kele: The Singing Winds Pt. 3 (Kola) [01-17] - indie pop
• Kelela: In the Blue Light (Warp) [02-11] - vocal jazz [**]
• Nancy Kelly: Be Cool (Origin) [04-18] - vocal jazz [**]
• Gary Kemp: This Destination (EastWest/Warner Music UK) [01-31] - rock
• KenTheMan: Kinda Famous () [03-04]
• Stefan Keune/Sandy Ewen/Damon Smith: Two Felt-Tip Pens: Live at Moers (Balance Point Acoustics) [03-06] - jazz [***]
• Wiz Khalifa: Kush + Orange Juice 2 (Taylor Gang) [04-18] - hip-hop
• Carla Kihlstedt: 26 Little Deaths (Cantaloupe Music) [03-28] - jazz
• Kills Birds: Crave (Lucky Number -EP) [04-11] - grunge
• Killswitch Engage: This Consequence (Metal Blade) [02-21] - metal
• Izumi Kimura & Gerry Hemingway: How the Dust Falls (Auricle) [05-20] - jazz [***]
• King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard: Phantom Island (P(doom)) [06-13] - symphonic rock
• Kingdom Molongi: Kembo (Nyege Nyege Tapes) [03-28] - African [B-]
• Kin'gongolo Kiniata: Kiniata () [04-04]
• Tim Kinsella & Jenny Pulse: Opening Night (Kill Rock Stars) [04-18]
• Domino Kirke: The Most Familiar Star () [04-18]
• Lola Kirke: Trailblazer (One Riot) [03-21] - country [***]
• Mark Kirschenmann: Tonics: 7 Melodies for Trumpet With Bamboo Mouthpipe (Infrequent Seams) [01-17] - jazz
• Marilyn Kleinberg: Let Your Heart Lead the Way (Waking Up Music) [05-01] - vocal jazz [***]
• Lisa Knapp & Gerry Diver: Hinterland () [03-07] - prog folk
• Knats: Knats (Gearbox) [03-28] - jazz [ *]
• KnCurrent: KnCurrent (Deep Dish) [05-01] - jazz [***]
• Kneebody: Reach (GroundUP Music) [04-18] - jazz [B]
• Steve Knight: For Years Gone (self-released) - jazz
• Hans Koch & Florian Stoffner: Net (Ezz-Thetics) - jazz
• Charlie Kohlhase's Explorerer Club: A Second Life (Mandorla Music) [06-07] - jazz
• Kristina Koller: Walk On By (self-released) - vocal jazz
• Alex Koo: Blame It on My Chromosomes (W.E.R.F.) [02-07] - jazz [*]
• Kool Keith & Dane Uno: The Yoohoo Bros. () [03-07] - hip-hop
• Patricia Kopatchinskaja/Thomas KAufmann/Camerata Bern: Exile (Alpha) [01-24] - classical
• Masayo Koketsu: Nyoinbo - Zenbu Nagareboshi no Sei (Somethin' Cool) [01-22] - jazz
• Malakoff Kowalski: Songs With Words (Sony) [03-21] - jazz
• Alison Krauss & Union Station: Arcadia (Down the Road) [03-28] - bluegrass [**]
• Krept & Konan: Young Kingz II (Play Dirty) [02-07] - UK hip-hop
• Krokofant: 6 (Is It Jazz?) [01-10] - jazz-rock
• Kronos Quartet: Mary Kouyoumdjian: Witness () [ 03-14] - modern classical
• Kroppskännedom: Kroppskännedom (Morc) [ 02-12] - avant-folk
• KRS-One: Temple of Hip Hop Global Awareness () [03-21] - hip-hop
• Alexey Kruglov: Transfiguration 100 Duos (Solyd) [02-12] - jazz
• Christopher Kunz & Florian Fischer: Die Unwucht Disperation and Focus First Visit (Ezz-Thetics) [01-10] - jazz
• Clemens Kuratle Ydivide: The Default (Intakt) [01-24] - jazz [**]
• Kuunatic: Wheels of Ömon (Glitterbeat) [04-11] - experimental rock
• Takuya Kuroda: Everyday (PPK) - jazz
• Mabel Kwan/Mauricio Pauly/Carrie Shaw Trio: Lunches for the Week (Out of Your Head) [06-27] - jazz
• Ben Kweller: Cover the Mirrors (Noise Company) [05-30]
• L.A. Witch: DOGGOD (Suicide Squeeze) [04-04] - post-punk
• Henny L.O. & Ewonee: The Coldest Season Ever () [03-21] - hip-hop
• L.S. Dunes: Violet (Fantasy) [01-31] - emo
• La Torture Des Ténèbres: Episode VII - Revenge of Unfailing Valor (self-released) [03-06] - black noise
• Lab Rat: Lab Rat (self-released) [01-01] - D-beat
• Hélène Labarrière: Puzzle (Jazzdor) [05-03] - jazz
• Benjamin Lackner: Spindrift (ECM) [01-17] - jazz [***]
• Lacuna Coil: Sleepless Empire (Century Media) [02-14] - metal
• Lady Gaga: Mayhem (Interscope) [03-07] - electropop [***]
• Natalia Lafourcade: Cancionera (Sony [Mexico]) [04-24] - bolero
• Lake: Bucolic Gene (Don Giovanni) [03-07]
• Brandon Lake: King of Hearts () [06-13]
• Seth Lakeman: The Granite Way () [02-14] - singer-songwriter
• Lambrini Girls: Who Let the Dogs Out (City Slang) [01-10] - punk [A-]
• John Lamkin: Hot (self-released) - jazz
• Mathias Landæus/Nina de Heney/Kresten Osgood: Dissolving Patterns (SFÄR) [03-07] - jazz
• Steve Lands: Rearranging the Planets (self-released) [05-02] - jazz
• Larcenia Roe: Extraction (Unique Leader) [05-16] - deathcore
• Larkin Poe: Bloom (Tricki-Woo) [01-24] - blues rock
• Karl Latham: Living Standards II (Dropzone Jazz) [01-17] - jazz [*]
• The Lathums: Matter Does Not Define (Modern Sky) [02-28] - indie rock
• Ingrid Laubrock: Purposing the Air (Pyroclastic -2CD) [04-11] - jazz [B-]
• Laurenne/Louhimo: Falling Through Stars (Frontiers) [04-18]
• Ant Law: Unified Theories (self-released) - jazz
• Josh Lawrence: Still We Dream (Posi-Tone) [08-15] - jazz
• Le Sserafim: Hot (Source Music/HYBE) [03-14] - K-pop
• Le Vice Anglais: Vas-y (4DaRecord) [03-21] - jazz [***]
• Jennifer Lee: Glimpse (SBE) [06-06] - jazz
• Legacy of Lovers: Calm Cool Connections (-EP) [01-09]
• Steve Lehman Trio + Mark Turner: The Music of Anthony Braxton (Pi) [02-28] - jazz [A-]
• Hamilton Leithauser: This Side of the Island (Glassnote) [03-07] - indie rock
• Ute Lemper: Pirate Jenny (The Audiophile Society) [04-25] - jazz [*]
• José Lencastre & Flak: Cloudy Skies (Phonogram Unit) [04-29] - jazz
• Adrianne Lenker: Live at Revolution Hall (4AD) [04-24]
• Jinx Lennon: The Hate Agents Leer at the Last Isle of Hope (Septic Tiger) [94-04] [***]
• Nick León: A Tropical Entropy (TraTraTrax) [WE|Latin electronic]
• LeoStayTrill: Home Alone (-EP) [05-23]
• Billy Lester Trio: High Standards (Ultra Sound) [09-12] - jazz [U]
• Edvard Graham Lewis: Alreet? (Upp) [01-24]
• James Brandon Lewis Trio: Apple Cores (Anti-) [02-07] - jazz [A-]
• James Brandon Lewis Quartet: Abstraction Is Deliverance (Intakt) [05-30] - jazz [A-]
• Jeffrey Lewis: The Even More Freewheelin' Jeffrey Lewis (Don Giovanni/Blang) [03-21] - anti-folk [A-]
• Dave Liebman/Billy Hart/Adam Rudolph: Beingness (Meta) [05-23] - jazz
• Carol Liebowitz/Nick Lyons: The Inner Senses (SteepleChase LookOut) [06-01] - jazz [***]
• Lifeguard: Ripped and Torn (Matador) [06-06] - garage punk [B]
• Lik: Necro () [04-18] - death metal
• Lil Baby: Wham (Quality Control/Motown) [01-03] - hip-hop
• Lil2posh: Fiesta Boy () [04-04]
• Lili Maljic: The Nearness of You: In Loving Memory of Jim Rotondi ( Pacific Coast Jazz) [09-12] - vocal jazz [U]
• Lilo: Blood Ties (Dalliance) [03-28]
• Yunchan Lim/Martin Alsop/Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra: Rachmaninoff Concerto No. 3 (Decca) [05-16] - classical
• The Limiñanas: Faded (Berreto Music/Because Music) [02-21] - garage rock
• Lisa: Alter Ego (Lloud/RCA) [02-28] - pop
• Brian Lisik: Goodnight, Detroit () [04-12] -
• Littorina Saxophone Quartet: Leaking Pipes (NoBusiness) [05-16] - jazz [***]
• Little Barrie & Malcolm Catto: Electric War (Easy Eye Sound) [04-18]
• Little Simz: Lotus (Little Simz) [06-06] - hip-hop
• Kedr Livansky: Myrtus Myth (2MR) [03-07] - art pop [B]
• Lucy Liyou: Every Video Without Your Face, Every Sound Without Your Name (Orange Milk) [03-21] - ambient pop
• Damon Locks: List of Demands (International Anthem) [01-31] - jazz [A-]
• The Loft: Everything Changes Everything Stays the Same () [03-14] - jangle pop
• Tony Logue: Dark Horse () - country
• Lolo [Mamah Diabate/Jabel Kanuteh/Stefano Pilia/Marco Zanotti]: Lolo (Black Sweat) [01-28] - African [***]
• London Choral Sinfonia/Michael Waldron: Malcolm Arnold (Orchid Classics) [02-28] - choral
• Andrea Longato: Thinking Heart (self-released) - jazz
• Longnon Big Band: Istanbounce (Continuo Jazz) [06-06] - jazz
• David Longstreth/Stargaze/Dirty Projectors: Song of the Earth (Transgressive) [04-04]
• Loot: Loot (ICP) [03-16] - jazz [A-]
• Brandon Lopez: Nada Sagrada (Relative Pitch) [02-21] - jazz [***]
• Ramon Lopez: 40 Springs in Paris (RogueArt) [05-25] - jazz [**]
• Rocio Giménez López/Franco Di Renzo/Luciano Ruggieri: La Forma Del Sueño (Blue Art) [04-11] - jazz [***]
• Lorde: Virgin (Republic) [06-27] - alt-pop
• Lords of the Underground & Snowgoons: So Legendary (Goon MsSick) [04-11] - hip-hop
• Los Angeles Improvisation Ensemble: Insubordinate Lunar Transgressions (Denouement) [03-26] - jazz [U]
• Los Thuthanaka: Los Thuthanaka (none) [03-22] - Latin electronic
• Loscil: Lake Fire (Kranky) [05-02] - ambient
• Lots of Hands: Into a Pretty Room (Fire Talk) [01-17] - slacker rock
• The Lottery Winners: Koko (Modern Sky) [03-21] - indie pop
• Joe Lovano: Homage (ECM) [04-25] - jazz [**]
• Love Is Noise: To Live in a Different Way (Century Media) [02-14] - alt-metal
• Charlie Lovell-Jones/Sinfonia of London/John Wilson: Walton: Violin Concerto; Symphonic Suite from "Troilus and Cressida"; Portsmouth Point (Chandos) [03-07] - classical
• Isabella Lovestory: Vanity (Giant Music) [06-27] - electropop
• Andy Fairweather Low: The Invisible Bluesman (Last Music) [02-07] - blues [***]
• Hans Luchs: The Spell Is Broken (Fresh Sound) - jazz
• Lucius: Lucius (Fantasy/Concord/Wildewoman Music) [05-02] - indie rock
• Lullahush: Ithaca (Future Classic) [04-11]
• The Lumineers: Automatic (Dualtone) [02-14] - indie folk
• Lust for Youth & Croatian Amor: All Worlds (Sacred Bones) [03-07] - indietronica
• Kilynn Lunsford: Promiscuous Genes (Feel It) [05-16]
• Jo David Meyer Lynse: For Renstemt Klaver (Hubro) - jazz
• M.anifest: New Road and Guava Trees () [03-13]
• M.W.P.: Temple of Roses () [01-09] - hip-hop
• M(h)aol: Something Soft (Merge) [05-16] - art punk
• Doug MacDonald: Santa Monica Session (DMAC Music) [01-01] - jazz [*]
• Maddie & Tae: Love & Light () [05-02]
• Madre Vaca: Yukon (Madre Vaca) [05-26] - jazz [***]
• Peter Madsen Trio: Faces of Love (Playscape) - jazz
• Magana: Bad News (-EP) [01-25]
• Joe Magnarelli: Concord (SteepleChase) [05-09] - jazz [**]
• Magnolia Park: Vamp (Epitaph) [04-11] - alt metal
• Ron Magril: Inspired (GleAM) - jazz
• Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo': Room on the Porch (Concord Jazz) [05-23] - blues [***]
• John Mailander's Forecast: Let the World In (self-released) [01-24] - jazz [**]
• Emi Makabe: Echo ( Sunnyside) [05-16] - jazz
• Post Malone: Tribute to Nirvana (Republic) [04-12]
• Heather Maloney: Exploding Star (Signature Sounds) [01-31] - singer-songwriter
• Matt Maltese: Hers (Tonight Matthew) [05-16] - art pop
• Mamalarky: Hex Key (Epitaph) [0-4-11] - indie rock
• Georgia Mancio/Alan Broadbent: A Story Left Untold (Roomspin) - jazz
• Mandrake Handshake: Earth-Sized Worlds (Tip Top) [02-21] - psychedelic rock
• Dan Mangan: Natural Light (Arts & Crafts) [05-16]
• Manic Street Preachers: Critical Thinking (Columbia) [02-14] - power pop [*]
• Clara Mann: Rift (The State51 Conspiracy) [03-07] - indie folk
• Matilda Mann: Roxwell (Sevenfoursevensix) [02-28] - indie-pop
• Mantar: Post Apocalyptic Depression (Metal Blade) [02-14] - sludge metal
• Maranata: Ugly Euphoria (Relative Pitch) - jazz
• Gillian Margot/Geoffrey Keezer: Gillian Margot and Geoffrey Keezer (MarKeez) [05-23] - jazz
• Maribou State: Hallucinating Love (Ninja Tune) [01-31] - downtempo
• Ben Markley: Tell the Truth (OA2) [02-28] - jazz [*]
• Marinero: La La La () [02-14]
• Mark: The Firstfruit (SM Entertainment) [04-07] - K-pop
• Marmen Quartet: Ligeti & Bartók: String Quartets (BIS) [01-17] - chamber music
• Jako Maron: Mahavélouz (Nyege Nyege Tapes) [02-07] - afrofuturism [***]
• Thomas Marriott: Screen Time (Imani/88 Keys) - jazz
• Billy Marrows and Grande Familia: The Penelope Album Live (Discus Music) - jazz
• Branford Marsalis Quartet: Belonging (Blue Note) [03-28] - jazz [A-]
• Malcolm Martineau: The Complete Songs of Ravel (Signum) [04-18] - classical
• Maruja: Tír na nÓg (Music for Nations -EP) [02-21] - post-rock [**]
• Marcin Masecki Trio: Monk (BMC) - jazz
• Masma Dream World: Please Come to Me () [02-21] - dark ambient
• Janette Mason: ReWired (JMMusic) - jazz
• Will Mason Quartet: Hemlocks, Peacocks (New Focus) [01-10] - jazz [**]
• The Emily Masser Quintet: Songs With My Father (self-released) - jazz
• Mark Masters Ensemble: Dance, Eternal Spirits, Dance! (Capri) [06-06] - jazz [***]
• Mark Masters Ensemble: Sam Rivers 100 (Capri) [06-09] - jazz [***]
• Matron: Sunken State (-EP) [04-11]
• Maud the Moth: The Distaff (The Lavarium) [02-21] - metal
• Maze Overlay & Slang Hugh: Word () [02-14] - hip-hop
• MC Homeless: Stay Slick () [02-14] - hip-hop
• Brian John McBrearty: Remembering Repeating (Love Beyond Measure) [01-17]
• Nicole McCabe: A Song to Sing (Colorfield) [03-07] - jazz [**]
• Mike McClelland Rm 210: You'll Hear It: The Music of Bob Fenton (Cornerstone) - jazz
• Walt McClements: On a Painted Ocean (Western Vinyl) [04-04] - ambient
• Juliet McConkey: Southern Front () - country
• Drayco McCoy: World Domination (self-released) [02-25] - hip-hop
• Chad McCullough/Gordon Spasovski/Kiril Tufekcievski/Viktor Filipovski: Transverse (Calligram) [07-11] - jazz [U]
• Tyreek McDole: Open Up Your Senses (Artworks) [06-06] - jazz
• Alex McLaughlin: A Brand New State (self-released) - jazz
• The Pete McGuinness Jazz Orchestra: Mixed Bag (Summit) [05-23] - jazz [**]
• Mclusky: The World Is Still Her and So Are We (Ipecac) [05-09] - noise rock
• James McMurtry: The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy (New West) [06-30] - country
• Joe McPhee: I'm Just Sayin' (Smalltown Supersound) [03-07] - jazz
• Eric McPherson: Double Bass Quartet (Giant Step Arts) [07-25] - jazz
• Jensen McRae: I Don't Know How but They Found Me! (Dead Oceans) [04-25] - singer-songwriter
• Tate McRae: So Close to What (RCA) [02-21] - pop [***]
• Mean Mistreater: Do or Die (Dying Victims Productions) [02-21] - metal [*]
• Mechina: Bellum Interruptum (self-released) [03-23] - metal
• Medler Sextet: River Paths (OA2) [04-18] - jazz [**]
• Charif Megarbane: Hawalat (Habibi Funk) [04-11] - lounge
• Tobias Meinhart: Sonic River (Sonic River) [04-18] - jazz [**]
• Mekons: Horror (Fire) [04-04] - postpunk [A]
• Myra Melford: Splash (Intakt) [03-28] - jazz [***]
• Melodies: Melodies (Ammonite Musique) [01-15] - jazz
• Melvins: Thunderball (Ipecac) [04-18] - sludge metal
• Melin Melyn: Mill on the Hill (Kartel) [03-07]
• Coleman Mellett: Sing You a Brand New Song (Mirror Image Distribution) - vocal jazz
• Members of the Piatti Quartet/Simon Callaghan/Ashok Klouda: Chamber Music of William Busch (Lyrita) [01-03] - classical
• Memphis May Fire: Shapeshifter (Rise) [03-28] - metal
• The Men: Buyer Beware (Fuzz Club) [02-28] - garage punk
• Men I Trust: Equus Asinus (self-released) [03-19] - bedroom pop
• Men I Trust: Equus Caballus (self-released) [05-06] - bedroom pop
• Ava Mendoza/Gabby Fluke-Mogul/Carolina Pérez: Mama Killa (Burning Ambulance) [07-11] - jazz
• Otis Mensah & the Intern: Before the Noise My Cousin () [03-14] - hip-hop
• Stéphane Mercier: Live at the Jazz Station (Step By) - jazz
• Mereba: The Breeze Grew a Fire (Secretly Canadian) [02-14] - neo-soul
• Mess Esque: Jay Marie, Comfort Me (Drag City) [03-28]
• Messa: The Spin (Metal Blade) [04-11] - doom metal
• Camila Meza: Portal (GroundUP Music) [05-23] - Latin
• Michigander: Michigander (Totally Normal) [02-07] - indie rock
• Michi: Dirty Talk (Stones Throw) [02-28] - r&b [*]
• Ryan Middagh Jazz Orchestra: Tenor Madness (self-released) - jazz
• Midnight: Steel, Rust and Disgust (Metal Blade) [05-23] - metal
• MIEN: MIIEN (Fuzz Club) [04-18]
• MIKE: Showbiz! (10k) [01-31] - hip-hop [**]
• Mild Minds: Gemini (Foreign Family Collective) [02-21] - house
• Allison Miller With the One O'Clock Lab Band: Big & Lovely (Royal Potato Family) [01-14] - jazz
• Colin Miller: Losin' (Mtn Laurel) [04-25] - alt-country
• Roger Clark Miller: Curiosity for Solo Electric Guitar Ensemble (Cuneiform) [ 02-28] - experimental rock
• MindsOne: Stages () [02-07] - hip-hop
• Mafalda Minnozzi: Riofonic (self-released) - jazz
• Ela Minus: Día (Domino) [01-17] - electropop [**]
• Mira Trio: Machinerie (4DaRecord) [03-14] - jazz [**]
• Pasquale Mirra/Hamid Drake: Lhasa (Parco Della Musica) [02-00] - jazz
• Miso Extra: Earcandy (Transgressive) [05-16] - electropop
• Miss Tess: Cher Rêve () - country
• Matt Mitchell: Sacrosancticity (Obliquity) [05-23] - jazz
• Dennis Mitcheltree/Johannes Wallman: Holding Space (Shifting Paradigm) - jazz
• Roscoe Mitchell: Gratitude: One Head Four People (Wide Hive) [02-05] - jazz [*]
• Mizmor & Hell: Alluvion (Gilead Media) [04-04] - metal
• MØ: Plæygirl (Sony) [05-16] - electropop
• Mdou Moctar: Tears of Injustice (Matador) [02-28] - Saharan rock [***]
• Model/Actiz: Pirouette (True Panther/Dirty Hit) [05-02] - dance-punk [**]
• Mogwai: The Bad Fire (Rock Action) [01-24] - shoegaze [*]
• Billy Mohler: The Eternal (Contagious Music) [03-07] - jazz [***]
• Kathryn Mohr: Waiting Room (The Flenser) [01-24] - avant-folk
• The Moles: Composition Book (Splendid Research) [02-07]
• Hedvig Mollestad Trio: Bees in the Bonnet (Rune Grammofon) [05-09] - jazz [***]
• Momma: Welcome to My Blue Sky (Lucky Number/Polyvinyl) [04-04] - dream pop [**]
• Silvano Monasterios Venezuelan Nonet: The River (self-released) [04-04] - jazz [**]
• Monde UFO: Flamingo Tower (Fire) [03-07] - neo-psychedelia
• Polly Money: T-shirt Nothing Else (Cool Online -EP) [03-21] - indie pop
• MonoNeon: You Had Your Chance - Bad Attitude (Floki Studios) [05-16] - funk [*]
• Monotype: I Let the Wind Push Down on Me () [05-23]
• Raúl Monsalve Y Los Forajidos: SOL (Olindo) [03-21] - jazz
• Monteverdi Choir & Jonathan Sells: Bruckner & Gesualdo: Motets (Soli Deo Gloria) [04-18] - choral
• The Moonlandingz: No Rocket Required () [04-25]
• Moonrisers: Harsh & Exciting () [05-30]
• Marlaena Moore: Because You Love Everything () [01-17] - dream pop
• Peter Moore/Tredegar Band/Ian Porthouse: Shift (Chandos) [03-21] - classical
• Patricio Morales: La Tierra Canta (Northsound) [04-01] - jazz [*]
• The Moran Tripp Band: Jumpers Hole () - country
• Morcheeba: Escape the Chaos (100%) [05-23]
• More Eaze & Claire Rousay: No Floor (Thrill Jockey) [03-21] - ambient
• Jessica Lee Morgan: You Know What You Should Do? () [03-21]
• Chloe Moriondo: Oyster (Fueled by Ramen) [ 03-28] - synthpop
• Morley: Follow the Sound (self-released -24) [2024-09-27] - jazz
• Joe Morris/Elliott Sharp: Realism (ESP-Disk) [05-30] - jazz [A-]
• Maren Morris: Dreamsicle (Columbia) [05-09] - country
• Mark Morton: Without the Pain () [04-11] - southern rock
• Gurf Morlix: A Taste of Ashes (Rootball) [04-01] - Americana [**]
• Willie Morris: Unbound Inner (Posi-Tone) - jazz
• Sam Moss: Swimming (self-released) [02-07] - Americana
• Motherhood: Thunder Perfect Mind () [01-24]
• Motian & More: Gratitude (Phonogram Unit) [04-29] - jazz [A-]
• Motorpsycho: Motorpsycho (Det Nordenfjeldske Grammofonselskab) [02-21] - prog rock
• Bob Mould: Here We Go Crazy (Granary Music) [03-07] - post-grunge
• Mourning [A] BLKstar: Flowers for the Living (Don Giovanni) [05-16] [**]
• Leszek Możdżer/Lars Danielsson/Zohar Fresco: Beamo (ACT Music) [03-27] - jazz [*]
• Eska Mtungwazi: The Ordinary Life of a Magic Woman (Earthling) [05-23]
• Kjetil Mulelid Trio: And Now (Grappa) - jazz
• Moon Mullins: Hotel Paradiso () [05-02]
• Misha Mullov-Abbado: Effra (Ubuntu Music) - jazz
• Mumford & Sons: Rushmere (Island) [03-28] - folk pop
• Matthew Muñesses/Riza Printup: Pag-Ibig Ko Vol. 1 (Irabbagast) [04-04] - jazz [***]
• The Murder Capital: Blindness (Human Season) [02-21] - post-punk
• Murderers' Row & Snowgoons: Murderers' Row () [01-24] - hip-hop
• Greg Murphy: Snap Happy (Whaling City Sound) [06-06] - jazz [**]
• Cornelia Murr: Run to the Center (22Twenty) [02-28] - sophisti-pop
• David Murray Quartet: Birdly Serenade (Impulse!) [04-25] - jazz [A-]
• Michael Murray's Colourfield: Rounded Nature (ZenneZ) - jazz
• Museum of Light: Diviner (Spartan) [03-14] - stoner metal
• Music Soup Organ Trio: Upbeat Mood () - jazz
• Charlie Musselwhite: Look Out Highway () [05-16] - blues
• Mutagenic Host: The Diseased Machine (Dry Cough/Gurgling Gore) [01-03] - groove metal
• My Morning Jacket: Is (ATO) [03-21] - alt/indie
• Amina Claudine Myers: Solace of the Mind (Red Hook) [06-20] - jazz
• Ty Myers: The Select (Columbia) [01-24] - country
• The Names: Encore! () [02-07] - post-punk
• Nao: Jupiter (Little Tokyo) [02-21] - r&b [***]
• Napoleon Da Legend & Giallo Point: F.L.A.W. (Legendary) [02-14] - hip-hop [***]
• The Nash Ensemble: Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Sonatas Pour Divers Instruments; String Quartet (Hyperion) [01-10] - classical
• Rico Nasty: Lethal (Fueled by Ramen/Elektra) [05-16] - hip-hop
• Ittetsu Nasuda: Tailwind (self-released) - jazz
• Natural Information Society and Bitchin Bajas: Totality (Drag City) [04-25] - jazz [**]
• Patrick Naylor: Organza (Beeboss) - jazz
• Naxatras: V (self-released) [02-21] - psychedelic rock
• Camila Nebbia/Kit Downes/Andrew Lisle: Exhaust (Relative Pitch) [06-20] - jazz [***]
• Negros Tou Moria: Mavri Ellada () [04-04]
• Willie Nelson: Oh What a Beautiful World (Legacy) [04-25] - country [A-]
• Stefania Neonato/Christine Busch: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonaten fÜr Klavier und Violene op. 12 Nr. 3, Op. 30 Nr. 3, Op. 96 (SWR) [01-10] - classical
• Neptunian Maximalism: Le Sacre Du Soleil Invaincu (LSDSI) (I, Voidhanger) [04-11] - metal
• Nerves Baddington: Driving Off Cliffs () [02-28] - hip-hop
• Marius Neset: Cabaret (ACT Music) [02-28] - jazz [*]
• Jef Neve & Teus Nobel: Esho Funi (Blue Keys Productions) [02-14] - jazz
• New Origin: The Poet's Walk (Fundacja Słuchaj) [04-05] - jazz
• NewDad: Safe (Atlantic -EP) [05-02] - dream pop
• Angelika Niescier/Sakina Abdou/Bruno Angelini: Lotus Flowers (Abalone) [04-04] - jazz
• The Night Flight Orchestra: Give Us the Moon (Napalm) [01-31] - hard rock
• The Nightingales: The Awful Truth (Fire) [04-04] - postpunk [*]
• Nikhita: Solace (-EP) [04-04]
• Paal Nilssen-Love Circus With the Ex Guitars: Turn Thy Loose (PNL) [03-21] - jazz [***]
• Ninkharsag: The Black Swords of Winter (Vendetta -EP) [03-07] - metal
• Niontay: Fada<3of$ (10k/SHOW ENT) [04-25] - hip-hop
• Nite: Cult of the Serpent Sun (Season of Mist) [03-14] - metal
• No Tears Project [Christopher Parker & Kelley Hurt]: Humanitics (Mahakala Music) [02-25] - jazz
• Billy Nomates: Metalhorse (Invada) [05-16] - post-punk [**]
• Novarupta: Astral Sands () [02-14] - metal
• Novelists: Coda (Ackor Music) [05-16]
• Eva Novoa: Novoa/Kamaguchi/Cleaver Trio Volume 2 (577) [05-23] - jazz [**]
• Now: Now Does the Trick (Perennial Death) [05-16]
• O & the Mo: Make Way for the Sun () [ 01-31] - dream pop
• Geoffrey O'Connor: I Love What We Do (Dinosaur City) [02-14] - sophisti-pop
• Caili O'Doherty: Bluer Than Blue: Celebrating Lil Hardin Armstrong (Outside In Music) [03-07] - jazz [**]
• Adam O'Farrill: For These Steets (Out of Your Head) [03-28] - jazz [A-]
• Arturo O'Farrill/The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra: Mundoagua: Celebrating Carla Bley (Zoho) [01-17] - jazz [***]
• Obongjayar: Paradise Now (September) [05-30] - alt r&b
• Obscura: A Sonication (Nuclear Blast) [02-07] - metal
• Obscure Sphinx: Emovere (self-released -EP) [01-06] - metal
• Obverse: Obverse (-EP) [01-24] - prog rock
• OC From NC: Project 25 () [01-01] - hip-hop
• Larry Ochs/Joe Morris/Charles Downs: Every Day → All the Way (ESP-Disk) [04-11] - jazz [A-]
• Daniel Ögren: Pine () [02-12]
• Linda May Han Oh: Strange Heavens (Biophilia) [08-22] - jazz
• Ohyung: You Are Always on My Mind (NNA Tapes) [03-28]
• OK Go: And the Adjacent Possible (Paracadute) [04-11] - indie pop
• Noel Okimoto: Hō'ihi (Noel Okimoto Music) [01-01] - jazz [B]
• Oklou: Choke Enough (True Panther/Because Music) [02-07] - alt-pop [**]
• Okonski: Entrance Music (Colemine) [02-28]
• Oldstar: Of the Highway () [03-07] - alt-country
• Iúri Oliveira: Manifesto (Respirar De Ouvido) [01-10] - jazz
• Isabelle Olivier: Impressions (Rewound Echoes) [03-21] - jazz [**]
• The Onions: Return to Paradise (Hitt) [04-04] - pop [C+]
• Onslaught: Origins of Aggression (Reigning Phoenix) [05-23] - metal
• Onyx: Lower East Side () [04-11] - hip-hop
• Open Head: What Is Success (Wharf Cat) [01-24]
• The Opelias: Spring Grove () [04-04] - chamber pop
• Ora the Molecule: Dance Therapy (Mute) [03-21] - synthpop
• Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet: HausLive4 (Hausu Mountain) [04-29] - jazz [**]
• Orlando Consort: A Lover's Death (Hyperion) [01-31] - medieval
• OsamaSon: Jump Out (Motion Music/Atlantic) [01-24] - hip-hop
• Alice Sara Ott: John Field: Complete Nocturnes (Deutsche Grammophon) [02-07] - classical
• Overpass: Dependent (Communion Music Group -EP) [02-28]
• Oversize: Vital Signs (SharpTone) [02-28] - shoegaze
• Ovrkast.: While the Iron Is Hot () [05-30] - hip-hop
• Martin Owen/BBC Philharmonic/Rumon Gamba: Ruth Gipps: Orchestral Works Volume 3 (Chandos) [01-03] - classical
• Christian Pabst: Rhythm Riot (JazzSick) - jazz
• Pachyman: Another Place () [05-23]
• Blair Packham: The Impossible Dream () [03-04]
• Nino Paid: Love Me as I Am (Signal/Columbia) [02-04] - hip-hop
• Pain of Truth & Sunami: Coast to Coast Split (Daze/Triple B -EP) [03-03] - metalcore
• Paleface Swiss: Cursed (Blood Blast Distribution) [01-03] - deathcore
• Ed Palermo Big Band: Prog vs Fusion: A War of the Agea (Sky Cat) [04-18] - jazz
• Michael Cera Palin: We Could Be Brave (Big Scary Monsters) [03-07] - emo-pop
• Paloma [Dineli Chesky]: Memory () [06-23] - jazz
• Pan Amsterdam: Confines () [05-23]
• Zhengtao Pan Jazz Orchestra: Scenery in My Story (self-released) - jazz
• Panchiko: Ginkgo (Nettwerk) [ 04-04] - dream pop
• Panda Bear: Sinister Grift (Domino) [02-28] - tropical rock [*]
• Diana Panton: Soft Winds and Roses (self-released) - vocal jazz
• Parchman Prison Prayer: Another Mississippi Sunday Morning (Glitterbeat) [01-17] - gospel
• Jon Pardi: Honkytonk Hollywood (Capitol Nashville) [04-11] - country
• Paris Texas: They Left Me With a Gun (Paris Texas -EP) [02-28] - synth punk
• Paris Texas: They Left Me With a Sword (Paris Texas -EP) [02-25] - synth punk
• Evan Parker/Bill Nace: Branches (Otoroku) [05-23] - jazz
• Evan Parker/Jean-Marc Foussat: Insolence (Nashazphone) [05-22] - jazz
• Andrea Parkins/Eliad Wagner: Drag Drop Spin & Crawl () - jazz
• Parlando/Ian Niederhoffer/Aubree Oliverson: Censored Anthems (Delos) [02-28] - classical
• Bruno Parrinha/Carlos "Zingaro"/Fred Lonberg-Holm/João Madeira: Enleiro (4DaRecord) [04-25] - jazz [***]
• Partynextdoor & Drake: $ome $exy $ongs 4 U (OVO Sound/Republic) [02-14] - alt-r&b
• Pastel: Sounds in Motion (Spirit of Spike Island) [01-17] - britpop
• Patriarkh: Prophet Ilja (Napalm) [01-03] - metal
• Ben Patterson Jazz Orchestra: Mad Scientist Music (Origin) [03-31] - jazz [*]
• John Patitucci: Spirit Fall (Edition) [02-14] - jazz [***]
• Nico Paulo: Interval_o (Forward Music Group -EP) [03-21]
• RJ Payne: Leatherface 4 () [04-11]
• Pé: Æzæl: Eternity of Nonexistence (Tokinogake) [05-09] - electronic [B]
• Pelican: Flickering Resonance (Run for Cover) [05-16] - post-metal
• Jeremy Pelt: Woven (HighNote) [01-31] - jazz [*]
• Greentea Peng: Tell Dem It's Sunny (AWAL) [03-21]
• Pentagram: Lightning in a Bottle (Heavy Psych Sounds) [01-31] - metal
• Juan Perea: Lightkeeper (Zoho) [02-07] - jazz [*]
• Ivo Perelman/Ken Vandermark/Joe McPhee: Oxygen (Mahakala Music) [03-04] - jazz [***]
• Ivo Perelman & Matthew Shipp String Trio: Armageddon Flower (TAO Forms) [06-20] - jazz [A-]
• Ivo Perelman/Tyshawn Sorey: Parallel Aesthetics (Fundacja Słuchaj) [02-04] - jazz
• Sabeth Perez: Searching for Beauty (Rogue Tone) [06-01] - jazz
• Perfume Genius: Glory (Matador) [03-28] [B]
• Tommaso Perazzo/Marcello Cardillo/Buster Williams: Portrait of a Moment (Red) [05-30] - jazz
• Jauron Perry: Jauron Perry Quintet Live at the 2024 Detroit Jazz Festival (self-released) - jazz
• Rev. Peyton's Big Damn Band: Honeysuckle (Family Owned) [02-13] - blues [**]
• Phantom Honeymoon: Interstellar Underpass (MechaBenzaiten) [04-04] - jazz
• Phi-Psonics: Expanding to One (Gondwana) [05-23]
• Louis Philippe & the Night Mail: The Road to the Sea (Tapete) [05-02]
• Phill Most Chill/Djar One: Deal With It () [02-07] - hip-hop
• Dan Phillips Trio: Array in Brown (Lizard Breath) [05-15] - jazz [***]
• Phrenelith: Ashen Womb (Dark Descent/Me Saco Un Ojo) [02-07] - metal
• Zoe Pia & Mats Gustafsson: Rite (Parco Della Musica) [03-00] - jazz
• Cam Pierce: A Thousand Lonely Horses () - country
• The Len Pierro Jazz Orchestra: As I Was Saying (Walking Path) - jazz
• Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs: Death Hilarious (Rocket) [04-04]
• Lido Pimienta: La Belleza (Anti-) [05-16] - art pop
• Pink Siifu: Black'!Antique (Dynamite Hill) [01-27] - hip-hop
• PinkPantheress: Fancy That (Warner -EP) [05-09] - dance pop [*]
• Alberto Pinton's Relentless: Allt Större Klarhet (Moserobie) [03-14] - jazz [***]
• Pit Pony: Dead Stars (Clue) [02-07] - garage rock
• Pitch, Rhythm and Consciousness: Sextet (Reva) [04-22] - jazz [**]
• Jefferson Pitcher: The Bellows () [04-11]
• Paige Plaisance: Louisiana Lonely () - country
• Alain Planès: Satie (Harmonia Mundi) [03-07] - impressionism
• Playboi Carti: [I Am] Music (AWGE/Interscope) [03-14] - hip-hop
• Ploy: It's Later Than You Think (Dekmantel) [04-04] - tech house [**]
• Memet Polat Quartet: Roots in Motion (Aftab) [03-28] - jazz
• Pop Evil: What Remains (MNRK Heavy) [03-21] - metal
• Population II: Maintenant Jamais () [03-28] - psychedelic rock
• Benjie Porecki: All That Matters (Funklove Productions) [01-01] - jazz [**]
• Porridge Radio: The Machine Starts to Sing (Secretly Canadian -EP) [02-21] - indie rock [*]
• Posi-Tone Swingtet: In Jazz We Trust (Posi-Tone) - jazz
• Pothamus: Abur (Pelagic) [02-14] - metal
• Potsa Lotsa XL: Amoeba's Dance (Trouble in the East) [05-30] - jazz [**]
• Jackson Potter: Small Things (Shifting Paradigm) [01-24] - jazz [**]
• Brigid Mae Power: Songs for You (self-released) [01-09] - folk
• Lyra Pramuk: Hymnal (7K!) [06-13] - electroacoustic
• Simona Premazzi/Kyle Nasser Quartet: From What I Recall (OA2) [05-16] - jazz [**]
• Noah Preminger: Ballads (Chill Tone) [02-25] - jazz [***]
• PremRock: Did You Enjoy Your Time Here . . . ? (Backwoodz Studioz) [03-21] - hip-hop [***]
• Preoccupations: Ill at Ease (Born Losers) [05-09] - post-punk
• Preservation Brass: For Fat Man (Sub Pop) [01-31] - trad jazz [***]
• Pretty Rude: Ripe () [05-16]
• Prism Shores: Out From Underneath (Meritorio) [01-17] - shoegaze
• Prison: Downstate (Drag City) [01-31] - psychedelic rock
• Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke: Tall Tales (Warp) [05-09] - glitch pop
• Private Function: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (none) [05-23]
• Private Property: Private Property (Kraakeslottet Platekompagni) [01-17] - punk-jazz [***]
• Pulp: More (Rough Trade) [06-06] - art rock
• Pulse: Body Is Reality () [02-07] - metal
• Puma Blue: Antichamber (Blue Flowers) [02-18] - indie folk
• Pup: Who Will Look After the Dogs? (Rise) [05-02] - indie rock
• Purelink: Faith (Peak Oil) [06-06]
• Purified in Blood: Primal Pulse Thunder () [03-14] - metal
• Pygmalion/Raphaël Pichon: J.S. Bach: Mass in B Minor (Harmonia Mundi) [04-04] - baroque
• Pyres: Yun () [03-07] - metal
• Quade: The Foel Tower (AD 93) [04-18] - post-rock
• The Quantum Blues Quartet: Quantum Blues (Ropeadope) [04-25] - jazz [**]
• Quatuor Diotima: Boulez: Livre Pour Quatuor (PentaTone) [03-21] - classical
• Jesse Quebbeman-Turley: Hosana: Le Messe De Nostre Dame () [05-23]
• Queen Herawin: Awaken the Sleeping Giant () [02-28] - hip-hop
• Queens of the Stone Age: Alive in the Catacombs (Metador) [06-13] - acoustic rock
• Quickly, Quickly: I Heard That Noise (Ghostly International) [04-18] - art pop
• Quinie: Forefowk, Mind Me () [05-23]
• Ariane Racicot: Danser Avec Le Feu (self-released) - jazz
• Addison Rae: Addison (As Long as I'm Dancing/Columbia) [06-06] - alt-pop
• Raisa K: Affectionately (15 Love) [03-07] - art pop
• Beatrice Rana/Amsterdam Sinfonietta: Bach: Keyboard Concertos (Parlophone/Warner Classics) [03-21] - classical
• Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha/Aron Goldin: Masabane Cecilia (Rubicon) [02-28] - lied
• Rapt: Until the Light Takes Us (Start Track) [02-21] - indie folk
• Andrew Rathbun: Lost in the Shadows (SteepleChase) [01-17] - jazz [**]
• Rats on Rafts: Deep Below (Fire) [02-07]
• Raven: Gnosis (Incienso) [02-14] - ambient
• Alison Rayner Quintet: Sema4 (Blow the Fuse) - jazz
• Real Lies: We Will Annihilate Our Enemies (Tonal) [04-16]
• Recognize Ali & Stu Bangas: Guerilla Dynasty 3 () [03-14] - hip-hop
• Red Telephone: Delay the New Day () [01-31]
• The Reddish Fetish With the Jersey City All Stars: Llegue (F&F) [05-01] - jazz [***]
• Redline the Ace: Origin Story () [01-13] - hip-hop
• Joshua Redman: Words Fall Short (Blule Note) [06-20] - jazz
• Peter Rehberg: Liminal States (Editions Mego) [01-31]
• Nadia Reid: Enter Now Brightness (Chrysalis) [02-07] - singer-songwriter
• Chen Reiss/Varduhi Abrahamyan/Daniel Behle/Tareq Nazmi/Audi Jugendchorakademie/Le Cercle de l'Harmonie/Jérémie Rhorer: Beethoven: Missa Solemnis (Alpha) [01-10] - classical
• Remedy [Thomas Heberer/Joe Fonda/Joe Hertenstein]: Hipp Hipp Hooray: Celebrating the Centennial of Jutta Hipp (Fundacja Słuchaj) [02-04] - jazz
• Jane Remover: Revengeseekerz (DeadAir) [04-04] - hyperpop
• Resavoir & Matt Gold: Horizon (International Anthem) [05-23] - jazz [B]
• Retromorphosis: Psalmus Mortis (Season of Mist) [02-21] - metal
• Jessie Reyez: Paid in Memories () [03-28] - alt-r&b
• Graham Reynolds: Mountain (Fire) [03-21]
• Rialto: Neon & Ghost Signs (Fierce Panda) [04-25]
• Ribbon Skirt: Bite Down (Mint) [04-11] - indie rock
• Marc Ribot: Map of a Blue City (New West) [05-23] - jazz [*]
• Rex Richardson: Elegy (Summit) - jazz
• Ron Rieder: Día Precioso! (Meson) [05-15] - jazz [*]
• Dax Riggs: 7 Songs for Spiders (Fat Possum) [ 01-24] - stoner rock
• Andrea Rinciari: Solo Sessions (Andrea Rinciari) - jazz
• Rio Da Yung OG: Rio Free (Something Happen) () [02-07] - hip-hop
• Claire Ritter: Songs of Lumiere (Zoning) [01-01] - jazz [U]
• Ritual Ascension: Profanation of the Adamic Covenant (Sentient Ruin Laboratories) [ 02-28] - metal
• Diego Rivera: West Circle (Posi-Tone) [04-25] - jazz
• Rivers of Nihil: Rivers of Nihil (Metal Blade) [05-30] - metal
• Rizzle Kicks: Competition Is for Losers (BMG) [02-14] - UK hip-hop
• Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali: At the Feet of the Beloved () [03-14] - qawwali
• The Dave Robbins Big Band: Happy Faces (Cellar Music) - jazz
• Scott Robinson/Julian Thayer/Pheeroan akLaff: aRT Trio (ScienSonic) - jazz
• Rodeo Boys: Junior (Don Giovanni) [04-25]
• Rick Roe: Tribute: The Music of Gregg Hill (Cold Plunge) [01-05] - jazz [**]
• Grace Rogers: Mad Dogs () [05-16]
• Ferdinando Romano: The Legends of Otranto (GleAM) - jazz
• Rome Streetz & Conductor Williams: Trainspouting () [05-30] - hip-hop
• Røry: Restøration () [01-31] - emo-pop
• Alessi Rose: For Your Validation (AWAL -EP) [01-17] - indie pop
• Charlie Rose/Silvan Joray/Paulo Almeida: Perceptions Trio: The Wicked Crew (Sense) [02-14] - jazz
• Esther Rose: Want (New West) [05-02]
• Rose City Band: Sol Y Sombra (Thrill Jockey) [01-24] - country rock
• Ted Rosenthal Trio: High Standards (TMR Music) - jazz
• Kyle Roussel: Church of New Orleans (self-released) [01-24] - jazz
• Gonzalo Rubalcaba/Chris Potter/Eric Harland/Larry Grenadier: First Meeting: Live at Dizzy's Club (5Passion) [07-11] - jazz
• Rumer & Redtenbacher's Funkestra: In Session (Ciancia Management) [01-31]
• Bobby Rush/Kenny Wayne Shepherd: Young Fashioned Ways (Deep Rush/Thirty Tigers) [03-21] - blues [**]
• Rwake: The Retun of Magik (Relapse) [03-14] - metal
• Saba & No I.D.: From the Private Collection of Saba and No I.D. (From the Private Collection) [03-18] - hip-hop [A-]
• Sacred Paws: Jump Into Life (Merge) [03-28]
• Sverre Sæbo Quintet: If, However, You Have Not Lost Your Self Control (SauaJazz) [04-25] - jazz [**]
• Matthieu Saglio/Camille Saglio: Al Alba (ACT Music) - jazz
• Fatma Said: Lieder (Warner Classics) [02-07] - classical
• Sailorr: From Florida's Finest (BuVision) [05-09] - r&b
• Saint Levant: Love Letters () [02-14]
• Bria Salmena: Big Dog (Sub Pop) [03-28]
• Samo Salamon/Ra Kalam Bob Moses Orchestra: Dream Suites Vol. 1 (Samo) [04-10] - jazz [A-]
• Salin: Rammana (Salin) [03-29] - jazz
• Felipe Salles: Camera Obscura (Tapestry) [06-06] - jazz [**]
• Samia: Bloodless (Grand Jury) [04-25] - pop [***]
• Kathy Sanborn: Romance Language (Pacific Coast Jazz) [07-11] - jazz [U]
• Sandwell District: End Beginnings (Point of Departure) [03-28]
• Moonchild Sanelly: Full Moon (Transgressive) [01-10] - alt-pop [A-]
• Sanhedrin: Heat Lightning (Metal Blade) [03-14] - metal
• John Santos Sextet & Friends: Horizontes (Machete) [01-01] - jazz
• Saor: Amidst the Ruins (Season of Mist) [02-07] - metal
• Gina Saputo: Daydream (GSJQ Productions) [04-18] - vocal jazz [**]
• Sarcator: Swarming Angels & Flies (Century Media) [01-17] - metal
• Michael Sarian: Esquina (Greenleaf Music) [04-25] - jazz [**]
• Sasami: Blood on the Silver Screen (Domino) [03-07] - alt-pop
• Elana Sasson: In Between () [04-18]
• Sault: 10 (Forever Living Originals) [04-19] [*]
• Anna B Savage: You & I Are Earth (City Slang) [01-24] - singer-songwriter
• Savoir Faire: Hopeless Nostalgic () [01-31]
• Scare: In the End, Was It Worth It? () [02-21] - metal
• Scheen Jazzorkester & Fredrik Ljungkvist: Framåt! (Grong) [04-01] - jazz [***]
• Isabel Schickenetanz: Seelentrost () [01-17] - classical
• Eric Schmitt: Wait for the Night (self-released) [04-11]
• Schola Antiqua of Chicago & Michael Alan Anderson: Liber ymnorum (Naxos) [03-28] - medieval
• Frank Paul Schubert/Dieter Manderscheid/Martin Blume: Spindrift: Trio Studies (Jazz Haus Musik) [04-17] - jazz [***]
• Stefan Schultze/Peter Ehwald/Tom Rainey: Public Radio (Jazzwerkstatt) [03-07] - jazz
• Jacques Schwarz-Bart/Gregory Privat: 22 (Buddham) - jazz
• School Fair: Bird the Kid (self-released) [01-15] - post-punk
• Mark Scott III: Soft Light (Miller Three Publishing) [02-21] - jazz [**]
• Scour: Gold (Nuclear Blast) [02-21] - metal
• Scowl: Are We All Angels (Dead Oceans) [ 04-04] - post-grunge [***]
• Seasonal Falls: Improvised Sinking (-EP) [03-07] - indie folk
• Ty Segall: Possession (Drag City) [05-30] - glam rock
• Self Esteem: A Complicated Woman (Polydor) [04-25] - alt-pop
• Yukari Sekiya: Duets Till Now, From Here (Umishima) [04-23] - jazz
• Abel Selaocoe: Hymns of Bantu (Warner Classics) [02-21] - classical
• Robert Sellier/Vanessa Waldhart/Yulia Sokolik/Romelia Lichtenstein/Michael Zehe/Oper Halle Chorus/Händelfestspielorchester Halle/Michael Hofstetter: Handel: Brockes Passion (Naxos) [03-28] - baroque
• Mei Semones: Animaru (Bayonet) [05-02] - indie pop
• Sevendials: A Crash Course in Catastrophe (Creation Youth/Cadiz Music) [04-11]
• Dave Sewelson/Gabby Fluke-Mogul/George Cartwright/Anthony Cox/Steve Hirsh: Murmuration (Mahakala Music) [02-07] - jazz [**]
• Shadow of Delirium: Imperium Delirium (self-released) [06-27] - deathcore
• Anoushka Shankar: Chapter III: We Return to Light (Leiter) [03-14] - Indian classical
• Shapes Like People: Ticking Haze (Jangleshop) [03-07]
• The Sharp Pins: Radio DDR (K/Perennial Death) [03-21] [*]
• Blake Shelton: For Recreational Use Only (Wheelhouse) [05-09] - country
• Shepherds of Cassini: In Thrall to Heresy (self-released) [02-21] - prog metal
• Sherelle: With a Vengeance (Method 808) [04-09] - jungle/footwork [***]
• Matthew Shipp: The Cosmic Piano (Cantaloupe Music) [06-20] - jazz [A-]
• Julian Shore Trio: Sub Rosa (Chill Tone) [06-06] - jazz [**]
• Silas Short: Lushland (Stones Throw) [04-25]
• Shrieking Demons: The Festering Dwellers (Transcending Obscurity) [01-31] - metal
• Elijah Shiffer: City of Birds: Volume 2 (self-released) [05-10] - jazz [**]
• Shura: I Got Too Sad for My Friends (PIAS) [05-30] - indie pop
• Shygirl: Club Shy Room 2 (Because Music -EP) [02-28] - dance-pop [***]
• Eric Siereveld's Organic Quintet: Sweet William (Shifting Paradigm) - jazz
• Sigh: I Saw the World's End - Hangman's Hymn MMXXV (Peaceville) [06-13] - symphonic black metal
• Deborah Silver/The Count Basie Orchestra: Basie Rocks! (Green Hill) [05-02] - jazz [B]
• Jaysun Silver: No Excuses! (self-released) [02-11] - punk [*]
• Silverstein: Antibloom (UNFD) [02-21] - post-hardcore
• Jae Sinnett: The Blur the Lines Project (J-Nett Music) [01-06] - jazz [*]
• Alex Sipiagin: Daydream (SkyDeck Music) - jazz
• Alex Sipiagin: Reverberations (Criss Cross Jazz) [06-27] - jazz
• Sir Woman: If It All Works Out () [02-21]
• Stefan Sirbu: Reverie (self-released) - jazz
• Sister Ray: Believer (Royal Mountain) [04-04] - folk rock
• Six Sex: X-Sex (Dale Play -EP) [03-06] - hard dance [A-]
• Harri Sjöström: SoundScapes #4 Festival Berlin 2023 (Fundacja Słuchaj) [02-04] - jazz
• Skaiwater: #mia (GoodTalk/Capitol -EP) [02-14] - hip-hop [*]
• Edward Skeletrix: Museum Music (none) [01-01] - hip-hop
• Skinner: New Wave Vaudeville (Faction) [01-10] - dance-punk
• Baiba Skride/Boston Symphony Orchestra/Andris Nelsons: Shostakovich: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 (Deutsche Grammophon) [03-28] - classical
• Skrillex: Fuck U Skrillex U Think Ur Andy Warhol but Ur Not!! <3 (Atlantic/Owsla) [04-01] - electronic [B-]
• Skydaddy: Anchor Chains, Plane Motors & Train Whistles (-EP) [01-10] - chamber pop
• Skullcap: Snakes of Albuquerque (Cuneiform) [05-30] - instrumental rock
• Skunk Anansie: The Painful Truth (Boogooyamma/Frontiers) [05-23] - alt-rock
• Chloe Slater: Love Me Please ( AWAL -EP) [02-04] - indie rock
• Sleep Theory: Afterglow (Epitaph) [05-16] - alt-metal
• Sleep Token: Even in Arcadia (RCA) [05-09] - alt-metal
• Sleeper's Bell: Clover () [02-07]
• Sleigh Bells: Bunky Becky Birthday Boy (Mom+Pop) [ 04-04] - noise pop
• Slik Jack/Vincent Pryce: Everyone's Gotta Pryce () [01-22] - hip-hop
• The Slow Readers Club: Out of a Dream (self-released) [03-14]
• Slowly Slowly: Forgiving Spree (Nettwerk) [01-24] - power pop
• Smerz: Big City Life (Escho) [05-23] - art pop
• Smif-N-Wessun: Infinity () [02-21] - hip-hop
• Adrian Smith & Richie Kotzen: Black Light/White Noise (BMG) [04-04]
• Ches Smith: The Self (Tzadik) [03-01] - jazz [*]
• Ches Smith: Clone Row (Otherly Love) [06-06] - jazz [***]
• Nell Smith: Anxious (Bella Union) [04-11] - indie pop
• Peter Smith: Smitty Straightens Out (Real Magic) - jazz
• Steve Smith and Vital Information: New Perspective (Drum Legacy) [02-07] - jazz [B]
• Will Smith: Based on a True Story (Three Six Zero/NEON16/Slang Music) [03-28] - pop rap
• Snapped Ankles: Hard Times Furious Dancing (The Leaf Label) [03-28]
• Jim Snidero: Bird Feathers (Savant) [02-21] - jazz [***]
• Ronald Snijders: Penta (Night Dreamer) - jazz
• Sodom: The Arsonist (Steamhammer) [06-27] - metal
• Claudia Solal & Benjamin Moussay: Punk Moon (Jazzdor) [03-07] - jazz
• Mark Solborg: Tungemål: Confluencia (ILK Music) [06-13] - jazz [*]
• SOM: Let Some Light In (Pelagic) [03-14]
• Somebody's Child: When Youth Fades Away (Frenchkiss) [ 03-28]
• Maria Somerville: Luster (4AD) [04-25] - dream pop
• Sometime in February: Where Mountains Hide () [03-21] - metal
• Son Lux: Risk of Make Believe (City Slang -EP) [01-17] - art pop
• Songhoy Blues: Héritage (Transgressive) [01-17] - African [***]
• Sonic Chambers Quartet: Kiss of the Earth (577) [04-11] - jazz
• Sons of Ra: Standard Deviation (Free Electric Sound) [04-11] - jazz
• Soot Sprite: Wield Your Hope Like a Weapon (Specialist Subject) [05-16]
• Tessa Souter: Shadows & Silence: The Erik Satie Project (Noanara Music) [06-27] - vocal jazz
• Lucy Southern: Lucy Southern (self-released) - jazz
• Southern Avenue: Family (Alligator) [04-25]
• Sissy Spacek: Entrance (Shelter Press) [04-04]
• Alan Sparkawk/Trampled by Turtles: Alan Sparhawk With Trampled by Turtles (Sub Pop) [05-30] - folk rock
• Sparks: MAD! (Transgressive) [05-23] - art pop
• Spellling: Portrait of My Heart (Sacred Bones) [03-28]
• Alister Spence Trio: Gather (Alister Spence Music) - jazz
• Nicky Spence/Julius Drake/Piatti Quartet: Faure: La Bonne Chanson & Other Songs (Hyperion) [02-28] - classical
• Spill Tab: Angie (Because Music) [05-16] - indie pop
• Luke Spiller: Love Will Probably Kill Me Before Cigarettes and Wind () [04-25]
• Spiritbox: Tsunami Sea (Rise/Pale Chord) [03-07] - alt-metal
• SpiritWorld: Helldorado (Century Media) [03-21] - crossover thrash
• Split Dogs: Here to Destroy (Venn) [02-28] - punk
• Sports Team: Boys These Days (Distiller/Bright Antenna) [05-23] - indie rock
• Konrad Sprenger: Set (Black Truffle) [01-17] - post-minimalism
• Kandace Springs: Lady in Satin (SRP) [05-09] - jazz
• Bruce Springsteen & E Street Band: Land of Hopes & Dreams (Columbia) [05-20]
• Squid: Cowards (Warp) [02-07] - art rock [*]
• Eric St-Laurent: El Choclo (Kazenmuzik) [05-27] - jazz
• St. Lucia: Fata Morgana: Dawn (Nettwerk) [03-14]
• Ringo Starr: Look Up (Roccabella/Lost Highway) [01-10] - country
• Candi Staton: Back to My Roots (Beracah) [02-14] - soul
• Steel Saddle: Steel Saddle () - country
• Stef.in: Icterus II (Barnyard) [04-04] - jazz
• Tamara Stefanovich: Organised Delirium ( PentaTone) [03-07] - classical
• Stemeseder Elias/Christian Lillinger + Craig Taborn: Umbra III: Live Setting (Intakt) [01-17] - jazz [**]
• Dayna Stephens: Hopium (Contagious Music) [02-07] - jazz [*]
• Stereolab: Instant Holograms on Metal Film (Duophonic/Warp) [05-23] - indietronica [*]
• Quinn Sternberg: Pleasant Returns (Mind Beach) [04-04] - jazz
• Laura Stevenson: Late Great (Really) [06-27] - singer-songwriter
• Sultan Stevenson: El Roi (Edition) [03-28] - jazz
• Bill Stewart Trio: Live at the Village Vanguard (Criss Cross Jazz) [04-25] - jazz
• Luke Stewart/Silt Rembrance Ensemble: The Order (Cuneiform) [04-25] - jazz [***]
• Macie Stewart: When the Distance Is Blue (International Anthem) [03-21] - jazz [*]
• Stick to Your Guns: Keep Planting Flowers (SharpTone) [01-10] - metalcore
• Stinky: Solace () [02-21] - hardcore
• Stormo: Tagli/Talee (Prosthetic) [03-21] - screamo
• Bartees Strange: Horror (4AD) [02-14] - indie rock [*]
• Will Stratton: Points of Origin (Bella Union) [03-07] - singer-songwriter
• Strawberry Fuzz: Miller's Garage (CandyShop) [05-16]
• Stress Positions: Human Zoo (Three One G) [05-16]
• Caroline Strickland: Martha's Calling (-EP) [03-07]
• Dave Stryker: Stryker With Strings Goes to the Movies (Strikezone) [01-10] - jazz [B-]
• Ray Suhy/Lewis Porter Quartet: What Happens Next (Sunnyside) [03-14] - jazz [*]
• Sumac and Moor Mother: The Film (Thrill Jockey) [04-25] - jazz [A-]
• Johanna Summer/Jakob Manz: Cameo (ACT Music) - jazz
• Kevin Sun: Lofi at Lowlands (Endectomorph Music -EP) [05-09] - jazz [*]
• Sun & Rain: Waterfall (Out of Your Head) [01-10] - jazz [**]
• Sunflower Bean: Mortal Primetime (Lucky Number) [04-25] - indie pop
• Superheaven: Superheaven (Blue Grape Music) [04-18] - post-grunge
• Surprise Chef: Superb (Big Crown) [05-16]
• Masaaki Suzuki: Plays Bach Organ Works, Vol. 6 (BIS) [01-03] - classical
• Swans: Birthing (Young God/Mute) [05-30] - post-rock
• Teddy Swims: I've Tried Everything but Therapy (Part 2) (Warner) [01-24] - r&b
• Anthony Szmierek: Service Station at the End of the Universe (Mushroom Group/Virgin) [02-28] - house
• Takács Quartet/Marc-Andre Hamelin: Dvorák & Price: Piano Quintets (Hyperion) [03-08] - chamber music
• Hope Tala: Hope Handwritten (Jasmine Music) [02-28] - alt-r&b
• Tamino: Every Dawn's a Mountain (Communion Group) [03-21] - chamber folk
• Simin Tander: The Wind (Jazzland) - jazz
• Stefano Tanzi: Wrong Together (PlayCab) - jazz
• Ela Faubert: Preguntas a Las 11:11 () [05-09]
• Tayne: Love (Inside Job/MNRK) [01-31] - industrial
• Claude Tchamitchian Quartet: Vortice (Emouvance) [01-04] - jazz
• Teen Mortgage: Devil Ultrasonic Dream (Roadrunner) [04-11] - garage punk
• Teitanblood: From the Visceral Abyss (Norma Evangelium Draboli) [03-28] - metal
• Telepathy: Transmissions (Pelagic) [03-28]
• Telethon: Suburban Electric () [03-06]
• Tennessee Jet: Ranchero () - country
• Tennis: Face Down in the Garden (Mutually Detrimental) [04-25] - indie pop
• Terra Twin: Static Separation (Dance to the Radio -EP) [02-06]
• Terraplana: Natural () [03-11] - shoegaze
• Tetrarch: The Ugly Side of Me (Napalm) [05-09] - nu metal
• Tetsuo: Gossamer () [01-19] - hip-hop
• Emma-Jean Thackray: Weirdo (Brownswood/Parlophone) [04-25] - neo-soul
• Thaba: December/Sedimonthole () [04-18]
• Thala: Avalanche (Fire) [02-14] - dream pop
• TheBabeGabe: Honeypop (No Label) [03-05] - mixtape
• Thecityisours: Will You Still Love Me? () [01-31] - metal
• Rachel Therrien Latin Jazz Project: Mi Hogar II (self-released) [03-07] - jazz
• These New Puritans: Crooked Wing (Domino) [05-23] - art pop
• Thin Lear: A Shadow Waltzed Itself (-EP) [03-07]
• Three Layer Cake: Sounds the Color of Grounds (Otherly Love) [06-27] - jazz
• Third Coast Percussion: Glass: Aguas da Amazonia () [01-10] - minimalism
• The Third Mind: Live Mind (Yep Roc) [02-14] - Americana [**]
• Omar Thomas Large Ensemble: Griot Songs (Omar Thomas Music) [02-07] - jazz [*]
• Pat Thomas: The Bliss of Bliss (Konnekt) [05-29] - jazz
• Thornhill: Bodies (UNFD) [04-04] - alt metal
• Those Damn Crows: God Shaped Hole (Earache) [04-11] - alt-rock
• Throwing Muses: Moonlight Concessions (Fire) [03-14] - alt/indie
• Thundermother: Dirty & Divine (AFM) [02-07] - hard rock
• Thurnin: Harmr (Prophecy Productions) [03-14] - dark folk
• Thus Spoke Zarathustra: I'm Done With Self Care, It's Time for Others' Harm (Prosthetic) [05-23] - deathcore
• Tiberius: Singing for Company (self-released) [03-21] - metal
• Yann Tiersen: Rathlin From a Distance (Mute) [04-04]
• Tiktaalika: Gods of Pangaea (InsideOut) [03-14] - metal
• Tobacco City: Horses (Scissor Tail Editions) [03-07] - country rock
• Malcolm Todd: Malcolm Todd (Columbia) [04-04] - singer-songwriter
• Tokyo Tea Room: No Rush (Nice Guys) [01-24] - bedroom pop
• Joona Toivanen Trio: Gravity (We Jazz) [01-31] - jazz [**]
• Tokimonsta: Eternal Reverie (Young Art) [03-07] - deep house
• Tómarúm: Beyond Obsidian Euphoria (Prosthetic) [04-04] - metal
• David Torn: Peace Upon You (self-released) [03-05] - jazz
• Samba Touré: Baarakelaw (Glitterbeat) [01-24] - African
• Mitch Towne: Refuge (Cross Towne) [04-04] - jazz [*]
• AJ Tracey: Don't Die Before You're Dead (Revenge) [06-13] - UK hip-hop
• Transcendence: Music of Pat Metheny (FMR) [07-01] - jazz [U]
• Penelope Trappes: A Requiem (One Little Independent) [04-04]
• Traxman: Da Mind of Traxman Vol. 3 (Planet Mu) [02-07] - footwork
• Tremonti: The End Will Show Us How (Napalm) [01-10] - metal
• Treverket: Et Bedre Sted (Eget Selskap) [01-17] - jazz
• Trio Glossia: Trio Glossia (Sonic Transmissions) [02-07] - jazz [***]
• Triology: The Slow Road (Cellar Music Group) - jazz
• TripleS: Assemble25 (Modhaus) [05-12] - K-pop
• Tropos: Switches (Endectomorph Music) [06-27] - jazz
• Robin Trower: Come and Fine Me (Provogue) [05-16] - blues rock
• Samson Tsoy: Inmost Heart: Bach, Brahms, Busoni, Reger (Linn) [02-14] - classical
• The Tubs: Cotton Crown (Trouble in Mind) [03-07] - jangle pop [*]
• Tune-Yards: Better Dreaming (4AD) [06-16] [*]
• Tunng: Love You All Over Again (Full Time Hobby) [01-24] - folktronica
• Turin Brakes: Spacehopper (Cooking Vinyl) [05-23]
• Mark Turner: We Raise Them to Lift Their Heads (Loveland Music) [02-28] - jazz [**]
• Turnpike Troubadours: The Price of Admission (Bossier City) [04-11] - country
• Turnstile: Never Enough (Roadrunner) [06-06]
• William Tyler: Time Indefinite (Psychic Hotline) [04-25]
• U.e.: Hometown Girl ( 28912) [01-16] - ambient
• Kali Uchis: Sincerely, (Capitol) [05-09] - pop soul [**]
• Gregory Uhlmann/Josh Johnson/Sam Wilkes: Uhlmann/Johnson/Wilkes (International Anthem) [03-14] - jazz [**]
• Ukandanz: Evil Plan (Compagne 4000 -EP) [04-04]
• Julia Úlehla and Dálava: Understories (Pi) [05-02] - jazz [**]
• Matt Ulery: Mother Harp (Woolgathering) - jazz
• Um, Jennifer?: Um Comma Jennifer Question Mark (Final Girl) [04-25] - indie rock [**]
• Uncle Murda: Murda He Wrote () [01-24] - hip-hop
• Uncle Strut: Home at Last () [05-16]
• Underoath: The Place After This One (MNRK Heavy) [03-28] - metalcore
• Unity Quartet [Helio Alves/Guilherme Monteiro/Gili Lopes/Alex Kautz]: Samba of Sorts (Sunnyside) [04-18] - jazz [**]
• University of Nevada Las Vegas Jazz Ensemble 1: Let the Good Times Roll (Vegas) [03-01] - jazz [**]
• Unknown Mortal Orchestra: IC-02 Bogotá (Jagjaguwar) [03-28] - neo-psychedelia
• Unreqvited: A Pathway to the Moon (Propecy Productions) [02-07] - blackgaze
• Urn: Demon Steel (Osmose Productions) [03-28]
• Hüma Utku: Dracones () [04-04]
• Vacuous: In His Blood (Relapse) [02-28] - metal
• Valerie June: Owls, Omens and Oracles (Concord) [04-11]
• Valiant: Prove Them Wrong () [05-29]
• Sharon Van Etten: Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory (Jagjaguwar) [02-07] - new wave [*]
• Jordan VanHemert: Survival of the Fittest (Origin) [05-16] - jazz [U]
• Gino Vannelli: The Life I Got (To My Most Beloved) () [02-07]
• Chris Varga: Breathe (Calligram) [03-07] - jazz [*]
• Gizmo Varillas: Into the Night () [01-17]
• Pictoria Vark: Nothing Sticks (03-21) [Get Better] - indie rock
• Neton Vega: Mi Vida Mi Muerte () [02-14] - Latin
• Suzanne Vega: Flying With Angels (Cooking Vinyl) [05-02] - singer-songwriter
• Vega7 the Ronin/Machacha: The Ghost Orchid () [03-21] - hip-hop
• The Veils: Asphodels (V2) [01-24] - chamber pop
• Inés Velasco: A Flash of Cobalt Blue (self-released) [06-06] - jazz [*]
• The Velveteers: A Million Knives (Easy Eye Sound) [02-14] - alt-rock
• Venturing: Ghostholding (DeadAir) [02-14] - shoegaze
• Viagra Boys: Viagr Aboys (Shrimptech/YEAR0001) [04-25] - art punk [***]
• Mathilde Grooss Viddal/Friensemblet: Tri Vendur Blés Ho I Den Høgaste Sky (Losen) - jazz [*]
• Vildhjarta: + Där Skogen Sjunger Under Evighetens Granar + (Century Media) [05-30] - metal
• Vincenzo Virgillito: Precondition (self-released) [01-01] - jazz [B]
• Jimmy Vivino: Gonna Be 2 of Those Days (Gulf Coast) [02-14] - blues
• Voice Actor & Squu: Lust (1) (Stroom) [01-14] - ambient dub
• Joni Void: Every Life Is a Light (Constellation) [03-14]
• Voidfallen: The Rituals of Resilience () [02-21] - metal
• Steve Von Till: Alone in a World of Wounds (Neurot) [05-16]
• Vukovi: My God Has Got a GUn (SharpTone) [01-24] - alt-metal
• Vulture Feather: It Will Be Like Now (Felte) [02-14] - post-punk
• Vundabar: Surgery and Pleasure (Loma Vista) [03-07] - dance-punk
• Terry Waldo & the Gotham City Band: Treasury Volume 2 (Turtle Bay) [05-30] - jazz [A-]
• Kelsey Waldon: Every Ghost (Oh Boy) [06-20] - country
• Michael Waldrop: Native Son (Origin) [05-16] - jazz [**]
• Morgan Wallen: I'm the Problem (Big Loud/Republic/Mercury) [05-16] - country
• Jeff Walton: Pack Animals (none) [06-27] - jazz [U]
• Sunny War: Armageddon in a Summer Dress (New West) [02-21] - alt-country [*]
• The War and Treaty: Plus One (Mercury/UMG Nashville) [02-14] - country [B-]
• Warbringer: Wrath and Ruin (Napalm) [03-14] - metal
• Josh Ward: Same Ol' Cowboy, Different Rodeo () - country
• Wardruna: Birna (Music for Nations/Sony) [01-24] - ritual ambient
• Dean Wareham: That's the Price of Loving Me (Carpark) [03-28] - singer-songwriter [A-]
• Kamasi Washington: Lazarus (Sony) [04-13] - jazz
• Julian & Roman Wasserfuhr: Safe Place (ACT Music) - jazz
• Water Damage: Instruments (12XU) [05-16]
• The Waterboys: Life, Death and Dennis Hopper (Sun) [04-04]
• WateRR & Machacha: Almighty II () [03-14] - hip-hop
• Reggie Watkins: Rivers (BYNK) [03-28] - jazz [***]
• WDR Big Band: Bluegrass (MCG Jazz) [03-01] - jazz [*]
• The Weather Station: Humanhood (Fat Possum) [01-17] - art pop [*]
• Weatherday: Hornet Disaster () [03-19] - emo
• Weaving: Webs (Glamour Gowns) [03-14] - singer-songwriter
• The Weeknd: Hurry Up Tomorrow (XO/Republic) [01-31] - synthpop
• Dan Weiss Quartet: Unclassified Affections (Pi) [06-06] - jazz [***]
• Orion Weiss: Arc III (First Hand) [02-21] - classical
• Jesse Welles: Middle (self-released) [02-21] - folk rock [**]
• Justin Wells: Cynthiana () - country
• Welly: Big in the Suburbs (Vertex Music) [03-21]
• Westside Gunn: 12 () [02-14] - hip-hop
• Tucker Wetmore: What Not To (UMG Nashville) [04-25] - country
• Judy Wexler: No Wonder (Jewel City Jazz) - vocal jazz
• Whatever the Weather: Whatever the Weather II (Ghostly International) [03-14] - ambient
• Kenny Wheeler Legacy: Some Days Are Better: The Lost Scores (Greenleaf Music) [01-31] - jazz
• Wheelhouse: House and Home (Aerophonic) [07-22] - jazz [A-]
• Rodney Whitaker: Mosaic: The Music of Gregg Hill (Origin) [02-28] - jazz [***]
• Whitechapel: Hymns in Dissonance (Metal Blade) [03-07] - death metal
• Hailey Whitters: Corn Queen () - country
• Tobias Wiklund: Inner Flight Music (Stunt) - jazz
• Wilco: Live (Orange) (Legacy) [05-16] - rock
• David Wilcox: The Way I Tell the Story () [08-15] - folk
• Kim Wilde: Closer (Wildeflower/Cherry Red) [01-31] - synthpop
• The Wildhearts: Satanic Rites of the Wildhearts () [03-07] - hard rock
• The Wildwoods: Dear Meadowlark () [04-11]
• John Andrew Wilhite: Bristol Silence () [05-09] - jazz
• Evan Williams: The View From Halfway Down () [04-11]
• Marlon Williams: Te Whare Tiwekaweka () [04-04] - soft rock
• Simón Willson: Bet: Live at Ornithology (Endectomorph Music) [02-28] - jazz [***]
• Anthony Wilson Nonet: House of the Singing Blossoms (Sam First) [08-29] - jazz
• Steven Wilson: The Overview (Fiction) [03-14] - prog rock
• Gaia Wilmer & Ra Kalam Bob Moses: Dancing With Elephants (Sunnyside) [06-20] - jazz
• Spike Wilner Trio Contrafactus: The Children & the Warlock (Cellar Music Group) [04-25] - jazz
• Sarah Wilson: Incandescence (Brass Tonic) [07-18] - jazz [U]
• Winona Fighter: My Apologies to the Chief (Rise) [02-14] - pop punk
• Eli Winter: A Trick of the Light (Three Lobed) [05-02] - jazz
• Christian Winther: Sculptures From Under the City Ice (Earthly Habit) [02-07] - singer-songwriter [**]
• Witch Post: Beast (-EP) [04-18]
• Witchcraft: Idag (Heavy Psych Sounds) [05-23] - psych rock
• Denison Witmer: Anything at All (Asthmatic Kitty) [02-14] - indie folk
• Julia Wolf: Pressure (Girls in Purgatory) [05-23] - glitch pop
• Patrick Wolf: Crying the Neck (Apport) [06-13] - chamber folk
• Wolf Eyes X Anthony Braxton: Live at Pioneer Works, 26 October 2023 (ESP-Disk) [02-14] - jazz [**]
• Wolfacejoeyy: Cupid () [01-08] - hip-hop
• Michael Wollny Trio: Living Ghosts (ACT Music) [02-28] - jazz [***]
• The Wombats: Oh! The Ocean (AWAL) [02-14] - indie rock
• Carolyn Wonderland: Truth Is (Alligator) [05-16] - blues [**]
• Dustin Wong: Gloria (self-released) [04-01] - ambient
• Billy Woods: Golliwog (Backwoodz Studioz) [05-09] - hip-hop [A-]
• Seth Parker Woods/Katinka Kleijn/Cory Smythe/Claire Chase: Ubique (Sono Luminus) [02-28] - modern classical
• Brandon Woody: For the Love of It All (Blue Note) [05-09] - jazz [**]
• Landon Wordswell & Es-K: Remember to Breathe () [02-21] - hip-hop
• Wrath of Logarius: Crown of Mortis (Season of Mist) [04-04] - metal
• Wrekmeister Harmonies: Flowers in the Spring (Thrill Jockey) [02-21] - drone metal
• Wren: Black Rain Falls (Church Road) [02-21] - post-hardcore
• Wretch 32: Home? (AWAL) [05-02] - UK hip-hop
• Wu-Tang & Mathematics: Black Samson, the Bastard Swordsman (All Maf/36 Chambers/Hitmaker Music Group/DNA Music) [04-12] - hip-hop
• Clay Wulbrecth: The Clockmaster (Instru Dash Mental) [05-02] - jazz [*]
• Jacob Wutzke: You Better Bet (Cellar Music Group) - jazz
• Wyatt E.: Zamā Ultu Qeber Ziqquratu, Pt. 1 (Heavy Psych Sounds) [01-10] - doom metal
• Y: Y (Hideous Mink -EP) [04-04] - dance-punk [**]
• Tal Yahalom: Mirror Image (Adhyâropa) [03-21] - jazz
• Haewon Yang: Plays the Piano Works of Harry Bulow () [01-01]
• Jeong Lim Yang: Synchronicity (Sunnyside) [01-31] - jazz [***]
• Savina Yannatou/Barry Guy/Ramon Lopez/Floros Floridis: Kouarteto (Maya) - jazz
• Savina Yannatou Primavera en Salonico and Larnia Bedioui: Watersong (ECM) [04-11] - jazz
• John Yao and His 17 Piece Instrument: Points in Time (See Tao) [07-11] - big band [**]
• Yard: Yard (self-released -EP) [05-13]
• Yawning Balch: Volume Three () [02-21] - psychedelic rock
• Yeule: Evangelic Girl Is a Gun (Ninja Tune) [05-30] - indietronica [**]
• YHWH Nailgun: 45 Pounds (AD 93) [03-21] - art punk [A-]
• Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek: Yarin Yoksa = If There Is No Tomorrow (Big Crown) [03-14] - Anatolian rock
• Moses Yoofee Trio: MYT (Leiter) [02-27] - fusion
• Motoharu Yoshizawa/Kim Dae Hwan: Way of the Breeze (1993, NoBusiness) [05-02] - jazz [A-]
• You, Infinite: You, Infinite (Pelagic) [02-28] - post-rock
• Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts: Big Change Is Coming (Reprise) - rock
• Neil Young: Coastal: The Soundtrack (Reprise) [04-18] - singer-songwriter [*]
• Neil Young & the Chrome Hearts: Talkin to the Trees (The Other Shoe/Reprise) [06-13] - country rock
• Young Knives: Landfill (Gadzook) [01-24] - art rock
• The Young Mothers: Better If You Let It (Sonic Transmissions) [02-21] - jazz-hop [**]
• Young Widows: Power Sucker (Temporary Residence) [03-21] - noise rock
• Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad: Jazz Is Dead 22: Ebo Taylor (Jazz Is Dead) [01-31] - jazz [*]
• Adrian Younge: Jazz Is Dead 23: Hyldon (Jazz Is Dead) [04-04] - jazz
• Adrian Younge: Something About April III () [04-18]
• Brandee Younger: Gadabout Season (Impulse!) [06-13] - jazz
• Youth Lagoon: Rarely Do I Dream (Fat Possum) [02-21] - indie pop
• YT: Oi! (G2G) [03-28] - UK hip-hop
• Yukimi & Little Dragon: For You (Ninja Tune) [03-28] - neo-soul
• Yung Lean: Jonatan (World Affairs) [05-02] - art pop
• Warren Zeiders: Relapse, Lies & Betrayal (Warner) [03-14] - country
• ZelooperZ & Real Bad Man: Dear Psilocybin () [02-07] - hip-hop
• Zerobaseone: Blue Paradise (Wakeone -EP) [02-24] - K-pop
• Carlos "Zingaro"/Flo Stoffner/Fred Lonberg-Holm/João Madeira: Na Parede (4DaRecord) [04-25] - jazz [A-]
• Zinoleesky: Gen Z () [04-25]
• Marina Zispin: Now You See Me, Now You Don't (Scenic Route) [03-07] - coldwave
• James Zito: Zito's Jump (self-released) [04-15] - jazz [*]
• Zora: Belladonna (Get Better) [01-17]
• John Zorn & JACK Quartet: The Complete String Quartets (Tzadik) [01-24] - classical
• Zzzahara: Spiral Your Way Out (Lex) [01-10] - dream pop

Reissues, Etc.

• Rashied Ali/Leroy Jenkins: Swift Are the Winds of Life [Expanded Edition] (1975, Survival) [01-31] - jazz
• Ame Son: Catalyse (1970, BYG Actuel) [04-25] - jazz
• Ant: Collection of Sounds Vol. 4 () [04-04] - hip-hop
• Avicii: Avicii Forever (Universal Music AB) [05-16] - house
• Albert Ayler Trio: Prophecy Live First Visit (1964, Ezz-Thetics) [02-28] - jazz
• Snakeoil [Tim Berne]: Snakeoil OK (2013, Screwgun) [03-07] - jazz
• Blackbyds: City Life (1975, Craft/Jazz Dispensary) [07-11] - jazz
• Paul Bley: Ramblin' (1966, BYG Actuel) [03-28] - jazz
• Scrapper Blackwell: Mr. Scrapper's Blues (1962, Craft) [03-25] - blues [A-]
• The Bitter Ends: The Bitter Ends (Trouble in River City) [05-01] - post-punk [A-]
• Paul Bley: Open, to Love (1973, ECM) - jazz [*]
• Paul Bley Trio: Floater & Syndrome: The Upright Piano Sessions Revisited (1962-63, Ezz-Thetics) [03-12] - jazz
• Borghesia: Clones (1984, Dark Entries) [05-07] - electronic [**]
• Charles Brackeen: Rhythm X (1968, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [***]
• Johnny Bragg: Let Me Dream On (Org Music) [03-07] - r&b [*]
• The Brass Company: Colors (1974, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [***]
• Anthony Braxton: B-X0 N0-47A (1969, BYG) [05-16] - jazz [**]
• Anthony Braxton: Quartet (Bristol) 1985 (Burning Ambulance) [06-04] - jazz
• Jeff Bridges: Slow Magic, 1977-1978 (Light in the Attic) [04-11]
• Jakob Bro/Paul Motian/Bill Frisell/Lee Konitz/Ben Street: Balladeering (2008, Loveland Music) [03-06] - jazz
• Peter Brötzmann Trio: Hurricane (Old Heaven Books) [03-24] - jazz [***]
• Dave Burrell/Sam Woodyard: The Lost Session: Paris 1979 (NoBusiness) [05-02] - jazz [A-]
• Kenny Burrell With Art Blakey: On View at the Five Spot Café: The Complete Masters (1959, Blue Note) [04-25] - jazz
• Jaki Byard: Blues for Smoke (1960, Candid) [01-17] - jazz
• Don Cherry: Eternal Rhythm () - jazz
• Gene Clark & Carla Olson: So Rebellious a Lover (1987, Sunset Blvd)
• George Colligan: Live at the Jazz Standard (2014, Whirlwind) [05-02] - jazz [**]
• Chick Corea: Piano Improvisations Vol. 1 (1971, ECM) [04-18] - jazz
• Stanley Cowell: Musa: Ancestral Streams (1974, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [***]
• Stanley Cowell: Regeneration (1975, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [B]
• Stanley Cowell/Billy Harper/Reggie Workman/Billy Hart: Such Great Friends (1983, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [A-]
• Curlew: East/West/Also (1990, Cuneiform) [03-28] - jazz
• Walter Davis Jr: A Being Such as You (1979, Red) [04-14] - jazz
• The Descendants of Mike and Phoebe: A Spirit Speaks (1974, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [B]
• Dire Straits: Brothers in Arms [40th Anniversary] (Mercury) [05-16]
• Manu Dibango: Dibango 82 (1982, We Want Sounds) [04-04] - African jazz
• Kenny Dorham: Blue Bossa in the Bronx: Live From the Blue Morocco (1957, Resonance) [04-12] - jazz [***]
• Drop Nineteens: 1991 (Wharf Cat) [02-07] - shoegaze
• Dub Syndicate: Out Here on the Perimeter (1989-1996) (On-U Sound) [02-28]
• Marco Eneidi Quartet: Wheat Fields of Kleyehof (2004, Balance Point Acoustics) [04-02] - jazz [***]
• Ellery Eskelin: Trio New York About (or On) First Visit (2011-13, Ezz-Thetics) [02-07] - jazz [A-]
• Bill Evans: Explorations (1961, Craft) - jazz
• Bill Evans: Further Ahead: Live in Finland 1964-1969 (Elemental Music) [04-18] - jazz [**]
• Shamek Farrah: First Impressions (1974, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [***]
• Shamek Farrah & Sonelius Smith: The World of the Children (1976, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [**]
• Ella Fitzgerald: The Moment of Truth: Ella at the Coliseum (1967, Verve) [02-25] - vocal jazz [**]
• Patrick Forgas: Cocktail (1977, Cuneiform) [03-28] - jazz-rock
• Erik Friedlander and Michael Nicolas: John Zorn's Bagatelles: Vol. 2 (2019, Tzadik) [03-24] - jazz [**]
• Kenny Garrett: Sounds From the Ancestors (2021, Mack Avenue) [05-01] - jazz
• Dexter Gordon: Landslide (1961-62, Blue Note Tone Poet) [07-04] - jazz
• John Gordon: Step by Step (1975, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [**]
• Grateful Dead: Dick's Picks Volume 53 (1976, Grateful Dead -3CD) [01-31] - jam rock
• Grateful Dead: To Terrapin: Hartford '77 (Grateful Dead) - jam rock
• Vince Guaraldi Trio: Jazz Impressions of a Boy Named Charlie Brown (1964, Craft -2CD) [04-11] - jazz [**]
• Vince Guaraldi: It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown! (Lee Mendelson Film Productions) - jazz
• Margo Guryan: 28 Demos (Numero Group;) [04-04] - singer-songwriter
• Mary Halvorson Quartet: John Zorn's Bagatelles: Vol. 1 (Tzadik) [01-24] - jazz [A-]
• Billy Harper: Capra Black (1973, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [**]
• Nancy Harrow: Wild Women Don't Have the Blues (1960, Candid) - vocal jazz
• Helloween: March of Time (The Best of 40 Years) (Nuclear Blast) [03-28] - metal
• Joe Henderson: Multiple (1973, Craft) [03-07] - jazz [A-]
• Joe Henderson: Our Thing to In 'n Out Revisited (1963-64, Ezz-Thetics) - jazz
• John Hicks: Hells Bells (1975, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [***]
• John Hicks: Steadfast (1975, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [**]
• Homeboy Sandman: Rich 2.5 (self-released) [01-24] - hip-hop [***]
• John Lee Hooker: The Standard School Broadcast Recordings (1973, BMG) - blues
• William Hooker: A Time Within: Live at the New York Jazz Museum, January 14, 1977 (Valley of Search) [03-28] - jazz [***]
• Noah Howard Quartet: Schizophrenic Blues (1977, Cien Fuegos) [01-17] - jazz
• Noah Howard Group: Berlin Concert (1975, Cien Fuegos) [01-17] - jazz
• Freddie Hubbard: On Fire: Live From the Blue Morocco (1967, Resonance) [04-12] - jazz [**]
• Freddie Hubbard: Here to Stay (1962, Blue Note) [06-23] - jazz
• Michael Gregory Jackson: Frequency Equilibrium Koan (1977, Moved-by-Sound) [02-24] - jazz
• Elmore James: Hits & Rarities (Sunset Blvd.) - blues
• Keith Jarrett: New Vienna (2016, ECM) [05-30] - jazz
• Ginger Johnson and His African Messengers: African Party [Deluxe Edition] (1967, Innovative Collective/BBE Music) [01-17] - jazz [A-]
• Clifford Jordan: Glass Bead Games (1973, Strata-East/Mack Avenue) [04-25] - jazz
• JPEGMafia: I Lay Down My Life for You (Director's Cut) (self-released) [02-25] - hip-hop
• Frank Kimbrough: The Call (2010, Sunnyside) [05-02] - jazz
• Roland Kirk Quartet: Domino (1963, MIG) [04-25] - jazz
• Charles Kynard: Woga (1972, We Want Sounds) [06-27] - jazz [***]
• Steve Lacy Three: Live Lugano 1984 First Visit (Ezz-Thetics) [02-08] - jazz
• Daunik Lazro/Tristan Honsinger/Jean-Jacques Avenel: True & Whole Rhythms au Danois 9 Mai 1982 (Fou) - jazz
• Corb Lund: Five Dollar Bill (2003, New West) [08-01] - country
• Corb Lund: Hair in My Eyes Like a Highland Steer (2005, New West) [09-12] - country
• Jimmy Lyons: Live From Studio Rivbea: 1974 & 1976 (NoBusiness) [05-02] - jazz [A-]
• Kali Malone: The Sacrificial Code (Ideologic Organ) [04-11] - drone
• Joe Maneri/Tyson Rogers & Jacob Braverman: In the Shadow First Visit (2002, Ezz-Thetics) [01-15] - jazz
• Bennie Maupin: The Jewel in the Lotus (1974, ECM) [05-16] - jazz
• Mazinga: Chinese Democracy Manifest: Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (Rubber Wolf?) [01-12] - punk [***]
• Rob Mazurek: Alternate Moon Cycles [IA11 Edition] (2012, International Anthem) [03-28] - jazz [**]
• Nellie McKay: Gee Whiz: The Get Away From Me Demos (Omnivore) [05-09] - singer-songwriter [***]
• Marian McPartland: At the Peninsula Library 1972 (Liberation Hall) [04-11] - jazz
• Misha Mengelberg/Sabu Toyozumi: The Analects of Confucius (2000, NoBusiness) [05-02] - jazz [U]
• Mac Miller: Balloonerism (REMember Music/Warner) [01-17] - hip-hop [***]
• Charles Mingus: Mingus in Argentina: The Buenos Aires Concerts (1977, Resonance -2CD) [04-12] - jazz [A-]
• Charles Mingus: Mingus at Monterey (1964, Candid) [04-12] - jazz
• Thelonious Monk: With Sonny Rollins 1953 to 1957 Revisited (Ezz-Thetics) - jazz
• Wes Montgomery: The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery (1960, Craft) [02-28] - jazz
• Wes Montgomery With the Wynton Kelly Trio: Smokin' in Seattle: Live at the Penthouse (1966, Resonance) [04-12] - jazz
• James Moody: 80 Years Young: Live at the Blue Note March 26, 2005 (Origin) [05-16] - jazz [A-]
• Moskito: Idolar (2001, Awesome Tapes From Africa) [05-23] - African [***]
• Gerry Mulligan: Nocturne (1992, Red) [04-12] - jazz [**]
• Music Inc. [Charles Tolliver/Stanley Cowell/Cecil McBee/Jimmy Hopps]: Music Inc. (1970, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [**]
• Music Inc. [Charles Tolliver/Stanley Cowell/Cecil McBee/Jimmy Hopps]: Live at Slugs' Volume I & II (1970, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [***]
• The New York Bass Violin Choir: The New York Bass Violin Choir (Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [**]
• David "Fathead" Newman/Ellis Marsalis/Cornell Dupree: Return to the Wide Open Spaces (1990, Amazing/Steady Boy) [04-12] - jazz [**]
• Kristen Noguès & John Surman: Diriaou (1998, Souffle Continu) [06-20] - jazz [A-]
• Orbital: Orbital 2 (The Brown Album Expanded) () [05-23] - electronic
• The Pains of Being Pure at Heart: Perfect Right Now: A Slumberland Collection 2008-2010 (Slumberland) [02-07] - jangle pop
• Billy Parker's Fourth World: Freedom of Speech (1974, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [**]
• Joe Pass: Virtuoso (1973, Craft) [03-14] - jazz
• Pavement: Pavements [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] ()
• Cecil Payne: Zodiac (1972, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [***]
• PAZ: Variation and Creation: The Story of PAZ (Jazz in Britain -3CD) - jazz
• Pellegrini Quartet: Luigi Nono: Fragmente - Stille, an Diotima/Ludwig van Beethoven: Streichquartett a-moll op. 132 (1995, Ezz-Thetics) [03-01] - classical
• Art Pepper: Geneva 1980 (Omnivore) [03-14] - jazz [***]
• Art Pepper: An Afternoon in Norway: The Kongsberg Concert (1980, Elemental Music) [05-09] - jazz [***]
• The Piano Choir: Handscapes (1972, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [B]
• The Piano Choir: Handscapes 2 (1974, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [*]
• Jeannie Piersol: The Nest (High Moon) [01-24] - folk rock
• Pink Floyd: Pink Floyd at Pompeii MCMLXXII (1972, Columbia) [05-02] - prog rock [*]
• The Reference Group: File Under Unpopular (2007-08, Cuneiform) [03-28] - rock
• Max Roach: Deeds, Not Words (1958, Craft) - jazz
• Charlie Rouse: Two Is One (1974, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [B]
• Rush: Rush 50 () [03-21] - prog rock
• Pharaoh Sanders: Izipho Zam (My Gifts) (1973, Strata East/Mack Avenue) [04-25] - jazz
• Irène Schweizer/Rüdiger Carl/Johnny Dyani/Han Bennink: Irène's Hot Four (1981, Intakt) [05-24] - jazz [A-]
• Toshiyuki Sekine Trio: Strode Rode (1978, Craftman) [04-23] - jazz
• Serengeti: Mixtape 2 (self-released) [03-07] - hip-hop [*]
• The Sex Pistols: Live in the U.S.A. South East Music Hall, Atlanta, January 5th, 1978 (UME)
• Archie Shepp and the Full Moon Ensemble: The Complete Live at Antibes (1970, BYG/Actuel) [04-12] - jazz
• Sly & the Family Stone: Sly Lives! (Aka the Burden of Black Genius) () [02-13]
• Small Faces: Greatest Hits: The Immediate Years (Charly) [04-26] - rock
• Soft Machine: Floating World Live [Remastered] (1975, MoonJune) [01-08] - jazz
• Soft Machine: Drop [Remastered] (1971, MoonJune) [01-08] - jazz
• Soft Works: Abracadabra (2002, MoonJune) [06-13] - jazz [***]
• Spectacular Diagnostics: Raw Game [Ten Year Edition] (2015, Vinyl Digital) [02-00] - hip-hop [***]
• Bruce Springsteen: Tracks II: The Lost Albums (Sony) [06-27]
• Larry Stabbins/Keith Tippett/Louis Moholo-Moholo: Live in Foggia (1985, Ogun) [07-25] - jazz
• Sufjan Stevens: Carrie & Lowell [10th Anniversary Edition] (Asthmatic Kitty) [05-30] - singer-songwriter
• Louis Stewart: I Thought About You (1977, Livia) [05-29] - jazz [**]
• Studio: West Coast (2006, Ghostly International) [01-24] - electronic [A-]
• Sun Ra: Nuits De La Fondation Maeght (1970, Strut) [04-16] - jazz [***]
• Sun Ra: Uncharted Passages: New York Piano Soliloquies 1977-79 (Modern Marmonic) [03-14] - jazz
• Sun Ra: Stray Voltage (1970s-80s, Modern Harmonic) [06-27] - jazz [**]
• John Surman: Flashpoints and Undercurrents (1969, Cuneiform) [01-31] - jazz [***]
• Masayuki Takayanagi: Holy Holy (1985, Jinya Disc) [06-18] - jazz
• Masayuki Takayanagi: Stardust (1979, Jinya Disc) [06-18] - jazz
• Horace Tapscott's Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra: Live at Widney High December 26th, 1971 (The Village) [05-09] - jazz [A-]
• Cecil Taylor Unit: Live at Fat Tuesday's February 9, 1980 First Visit (Ezz-Thetics) [02-27] - jazz
• Cecil Taylor Unit: Live at Fat Tuesday's February 10, 1980 First Visit (Ezz-Thetics) [02-02] - jazz
• Cecil Taylor/Tony Oxley: Flashing Spirits (1988, Burning Ambulance) [07-11] - jazz [A-]
• Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia: Live at Leverkusen 1994 (Repertoire) - jazz
• Clifford Thornton: Ketchaoua (1969, BYG Actuel) [02-21] - jazz [**]
• Masahiko Togashi: Session in Paris Vol. 1: Song of Soil (1979, We Want Sounds) [02-28] - jazz [**]
• Masahiko Togashi: Session in Paris Vol. 2: Colour of Dream (1979, We Want Sounds) [02-28] - jazz [**]
• Charles Tolliver With Gary Bartz/Herbie Hancock/Ron Carter/Joe Chambers: Right Now . . . and Then (1968, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [A-]
• Charles Tolliver's Music Inc: Live at the Loosdrecht Jazz Festival (1972, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [***]
• Charles Tolliver Music Inc & Orchestra: Impact (1975, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [**]
• Charles Tolliver Music Inc: Compassion (1977, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [A-]
• Charles Tolliver: Live in Berlin: At the Quasimodo (1988, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [***]
• Trigger: John Zorn's Bagatelles: Vol. 3 (2019, Tzadik) [03-24] - jazz [*]
• Ryan Truesdell: Gil Evans Project Live at Jazz Standard, Vol. 2 (2014, Outside In Music) [05-30] - jazz [A-]
• François Tusques/Intercommunal Free Dance Music Orchestra: Vol. 4: Jo Maka (1977, Souffle Continu) [04-04] - jazz [A-]
• Harold Vick: Don't Look Back (1974, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [**]
• Kenny Wheeler: The Kenny Wheeler Big Band & Friends, Vol. 2 (1973-74, British Progressive Jazz) [05-02] - jazz
• Albert White: The Definitive Albert White (Music Maker) [02-01] - blues [*]
• Wilco: A Ghost Is Born [Expanded Edition] (Nonesuch) [02-07] - alt-rock
• Yo La Tengo: Old Joy (2006 Mississippi -EP) [02-28] - alt/indie [*]
• Hiroshi Yoshimura: Flora (1987, Temporal Drift) [03-20] - ambient [***]
• Neil Young: Oceanside Countryside (1977, Reprise) [03-07] - folk rock [***]
• Frank Zappa: Cheaper Than Cheep (1974, Zappa/UMe) [03-28]
• African Jazz Invites O.K. Jazz (1961-70, Planet Ilunga) [05-02] - African [***]
• Barnyard Beehive (Numero Group) [02-14] - country pop
• C92 (Cherry Red) [01-24]
• Classic Vanguard Jazz Piano Sessions (1953-58, Mosaic -6CD) - jazz
• Disco Discharge Presents More Sin: Box of Sin 2 (Demon Music Group/Edsel) [02-28]
• Electric Junk: Deutsche Rock, Psych and Kosmische 1970-1978 () [04-18]
• Get Ready for the Countdown: Mod, Brit Soul, R&B & Freakbeat Nuggets () [04-18]
• Going Out of My Head: Adventures on the Indie Dancefloor 1995-1999 (Cherry Red) [04-25]
• Krautrock Eruption: An Introduction to German Electronic Music 1970-1980 (Bureau B) [03-21] - krautrock [B]
• Middle Earth: The Soundtrack of London's Legendary Psychedelic Club 1967-1969 () [03-21]
• Motor City Is Burning: A Michigan Anthology 1965-1972 () [03-21]
• Music Is a Message From Space (Corbett vs. Dempsey) [03-28] - jazz [*]
• A New Awakening: Adventures in British Jazz 1966-1971 (Strawberry -3CD) [02-21] - jazz
• Planet Mu 30 (Planet Mu) [05-09] - footwork
• Prisoners' Day Compilation Vol. 1 (Majazz Project/Palestinian Sound Archive) [04-17] - Arabic
• Roots Rocking Zimbabwe: The Modern Sound of Harare Townships 1975-1980 (Analog Africa) [05-02] - African
• Salsa de la Bahia Vol. 3: A Colection of SF Bay Area Salsa and Latin Jazz: Renegade Queens (1991-2025, Patois, 2CD) [03-31] - Latin jazz [*]
• Scarborough Jazz Festival Present: 2024 Live Festival Compilation (self-released) - jazz
• Sinners [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] (Masterworks) [04-18] - blues
• Spiritual Jazz 18: Behind the Iron Curtain: Esoteric, Modal, and Progressive Jazz From Central and Eastern Europe (1962-1988) (Jazzman) [06-06] - jazz
• Strata-East: The Legacy Begins (1968-75, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [***]
• Sweet Rebels: The Golden Era of Algerian Pop-Raï: The Ecstatic Electro Sound of Original Raï Cassettes 1986-1991 (We Want Sounds) [03-25] - rai [***]
• Toivo Tulev: Dawn, Almost Dawn (Navrona) [03-21] - classical
• Treasures Untold: A Modern 78 RPM Reader (Tompkins Square) [04-12]

Priority Counts

• Priority 1: 1242
• Priority 2: 153
• Priority 3: 1
• Priority 4: 391
• Priority 5: 170

Total: 1957