The Night After Night Files

Playlist (Bringing in the Spring).

A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears…

Jean Sibelius - The Complete Symphonies, Orchestral Works - Hallé Orchestra/John Barbirolli (Warner Classics; 2021)

Suzanne Ciani - Seven Waves (Finnadar/Finders Keepers; 1982/2016)

Andrew Tasselmyer - Yesteryear (Seil; 2021)

Vanessa Rossetto - "What is your middle-class American problem" (No Rent; 2021)

Dave Dove and Jawwaad Taylor - A Eyes Always on You (self-released; 2021)

Alessio Bax - Lullabies for Mila (Signum Classics; 2016)

Michael Pisaro - the earth and the sky - Reinier van Houdt (Erstwhile; 2016)

Bohannon/Greenberg/Walker - For Michael Ripps (Husky Pants; 2020)

Lise Davidsen - Beethoven • Wagner • Verdi - London Philharmonic Orchestra/Mark Elder (Decca; 2021)

Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders, and the London Symphony Orchestra - Promises (Luaka Bop; 2021)

Pachora - Ást (Knitting Factory Works/self-released; 1999/2021)

Ocelot (Yuma Uesaka, Cat Toren, Colin Hinton) - Ocelot (577 Records; 2021)

Manchester Collective - The Centre Is Everywhere (Bedroom Community; 2021)

The Scotch of St. James - Live at ErstQuake 2 (Confront Recordings; 2021)

Jerman/Barnes - The Finger’d Remove (Feeding Tube; 2018)

Patrick Shiroishi - i shouldn't have to worry when my parents go outside (self-released; 2021)

Jeffrey Alexander - Reyes (Garden Portal; 2021)

Amirtha Kidambi & Matteo Liberatore - Neutral Love (Astral Editions; due May 7, 2021)

Arnold Schoenberg - Pierrot Lunaire - Patricia Kopatchinskaja (Alpha Classics; due April 9, 2021)

Arnold Schoenberg - Pierrot Lunaire; Johann Strauss Jr. (arr. Schoenberg) - Emperor Waltz; Arnold Schoenberg - Phantasy for Violin and Piano (Op. 47); Anton Webern - Four Pieces for Violin and Piano (Op. 7); Fritz Kreisler - Little Viennese March; Arnold Schoenberg - Six Little Piano Pieces (Op. 19)

Hardcell (Tim Berne, Craig Taborn, Tom Rainey) - Sensitive (9donkeys; due April 2, 2021)

Various artists - Excavated Shellac: An Alternate History of the World's Music (Dust to Digital; 2020)

Hamza El Din - Escalay (The Water Wheel): Oud Music from Nubia (Nonesuch; 1971/2002)

The Residents - Freak Show (Torso/Cherry Red; 1990/2021)

Playlist (Stuck in My Own Head Lately).

A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears…

Deiquisitor - Humanoid (Dark Descent; 2021)

Gatecreeper - An Unexpected Reality (Closed Casket Activities; 2021)

Ad Nauseam - Imperative Imperceptible Impulse (Avantgarde Music; 2021)

Chaos Echoes - Ecstasy with the Nonexistents (Sentient Ruin Laboratories; 2021)

Matthew Revert - "Hail Obliteration" (from Hail Obliteration) (The Geryoneis; due April 3, 2021)

Bill Frisell - Valentine (Blue Note; 2020)

Andy Othling & Andrew Tasselmyer - Tall Gallows (self-released; 2021)

Stephen Scott - New Music for Bowed Piano (New Albion; 1999)

Horrendous - Anareta (Dark Descent; 2015)

Napalm Death - Scum (Earache; 1987)

Coffin Mulch - Septic Funeral (Redefining Darkness; 2021)

Christopher Hoffman - Asp Nimbus (Out of Your Head; due March 26, 2021)

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Symphonies Nos. 4 and 6 - London Symphony Orchestra/Antonio Pappano (LSO Live; due April 16, 2021)

Dennis González Ataraxia Trio+2 - Nights Enter (Ayler; 2021)

Kevin Drumm - Dat Rust (self-released; 2021)

Khemmis - Doomed Heavy Metal (Nuclear Blast; 2020)

Eyehategod - A History of Nomadic Behavior (Century Media; 2021)

Jean Sibelius - The Complete Symphonies, Orchestral Works - Hallé Orchestra/John Barbirolli (Warner Classics; 2021)

Playlist (Snug in the Comfort Zone).

A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears…

Charmaine Lee - KNVF (Erratum Musical; due March 2021)

Dave Seidel - Involution (XI Records; 2021)

Daniel Bachman - Azacan (Three-Lobed Recordings; due May 7, 2021)

Matthew J. Rolin - The Dreaming Bridge (Feeding Tube; due April 30, 2021)

George Lewis - The Recombinant Trilogy (New Focus; 2021)

Emergent (Claire Chase, Levy Lorenzo); Not Alone (Seth Parker Woods); Seismologic (Dana Jessen, Eli Stine)

Glorious Depravity - Ageless Violence (Translation Loss; 2020)

Horrendous - Idol (Season of Mist; 2018)

Barbara Ellison - CyberSongs (Unsounds; 2021)

Wendy Eisenberg - Cellini's Halo (Garden Portal; due March 19, 2021)

Krallice - Demonic Wealth (self-released; 2021)

Carcinoma - Labascation (Rat King; 2021)

Elliott Carter - Ballets - Boston Modern Orchestra Project/Gil Rose (BMOP/sound; 2021)

Pocahontas; The Minotaur

Arthur Blythe - Lennox Avenue Breakdown (Columbia/BGO; 1979/2016)

David Bowie - No Trendy Réchauffé (Live Birmingham 95) (Parlophone; 2020)

Suzanne Ciani - Seven Waves (Finnadar/Finders Keepers; 1982/2016)

Napalm Death - Enemy of the Music Business (Spitfire/Secret Records Limited; 2001/2013)

Richard Barrett - binary systems (strange strings; 2021)

Dysnomia (Daryl Buckley); Izar (Ivana Grahovac); Lakhesis (Lori Freedman); Albireo (Anne La Berge); Nephilim (Lê Quan Ninh)

Playlist (All Probable Possibilities).

A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears…

Dan Trueman - Fifty Five (Many Arrows Music; 2021)

Tucker Dulin/Ben Owen - Cat Guarding Geese (Erstwhile; due March 22, 2021)

Ralph Peterson Jr. - The Duality Perspective (Onyx; 2012)

David Murray Octet - New Life (Black Saint; 1985)

Uri Caine Trio - Blue Wail (Winter & Winter; 1998)

King Crimson - Discipline (Warner Bros./DGM; 1981/2016)

Bunny Wailer -Blackheart Man (Island; 1976)

The Wailers - Burnin’ (Island; 1973)

Wayne Horvitz - Live Forever, Vol. 1: The President: New York in the 80s (self-released; 2021)

Matt Weston - Sparky 1 (self-released; 2021)

Fraufraulein - Solum (Notice Recordings; due March 19, 2021)

Whisker - Moon Mood (Husky Pants; 2021)

David Grubbs & Ryley Walker - Fight or Flight Simulator (Takuroku; 2021)

Ryley Walker - Course in Fable (Husky Pants; due April 2, 2021)

Loren Nerell - The Gong Prophet (Soundquest Music; 2021)

Ian William Craig & Daniel Lentz - FRKWYS Vol. 16: In a Word (RVNG Intl.; 2020)

Daniel Carter, Brad Farberman, and Kid Millions - Forever Is an Infinite Always (self-released; 2021)

Garcia Peoples - Live at Sony Music Hall (self-released; 2021)

Wet Tuna - Eau'd to a Fake Bookie Volume 4 (Child of Microtones; 2021)

Ash and Herb - Celestial Earth (Flower Room; 2021)

ML Wah - Big Air 2 (Flower Room; 2021)

Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime (Matador; due May 21, 2021)

Patrick Shiroishi - Resting in the Heart of Green Shade (Tripticks Tapes; 2021)

John Butcher/Eli Keszler - First Meeting (self-released; 2021)

The Residents - Bunny Boy Live in Frankfurt (Secret Records; 2021)

The Residents - Ozark (The Missing Bunny Boy Songs) (Secret Records; 2021)

Scott Wollschleger - Dark Days - Karl Larson (New Focus; due April 23, 2021)

Playlist (Believe in My Soul).

A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears…

Rie Nakajima & Akira Sakata - Umihiko Yamahiko (Takuroku; 2021)

Tina Jander - Ice Cubes (Takuroku; 2021)

Toshimaru Nakamura - Nimb #62 (Takuroku; 2020)

Cara Tolmie - LIT BY A CAR (Takuroku; 2020)

Julie Kjaer & Thurston Moore - New Life Music (Takuroku; 2020)

Susana Santos Silva - From the Ground Birds Are Born (Superpang; 2021)

Benjamin Britten - Sinfonia da Requiem - City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (Deutsche Grammophon; 2020)

Olga Neuwirth - Solo - Klangforum Wien (Kairos; 2021)

CoronAtion I: io son ferito ahimè; Weariness heals wounds I; Torsion; Magic flu-idity; Fumbling and Tumbling; Incidendo/Fluido

Rebecca Saunders - Solo - Klangforum Wien (Kairos; 2021)

Shadow; Dust; Solitude; Flesh; Hauch; to an utterance - study

Various artists - Down in Jamaica - 40 Years of VP Records (17 North Parade; 2019)

Alban Berg - Violin Concerto; Seven Early Songs; Three Pieces for Orchestra - Gil Shaham, Susanna Phillips, San Francisco Symphony/Michael Tilson Thomas (SFS Media; 2021)

Oestreicher, Morrow, Avery & Albert - OMA(H)A (Breakfast for Dinner; due April 2, 2021)

Zeena Parkins, Mette Rasmussen, Ryan Sawyer - Glass Triangle (Relative Pitch; 2021)

Haptic - Weird Undying Annihilation (Notice Recordings; due March 19, 2021)

Max Hamel - First Snow (Notice Recordings; due March 19, 2021)

Charmaine Lee and Zach Rowden - Butterfly Knife (Notice Recordings; due March 19, 2021)

Fraufraulein - Solum (Notice Recordings; due March 19, 2021)

Playlist (Weaving a Charm and a Spell).

A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears…

Claire Rousay - a softer focus (American Dreams; due April 9, 2021)

Bob Bellerue - Radioactive Desire (Elevator Bath; due spring 2021)

Colin Cannon - McGolrick (Infrequent Seams; due Feb. 26, 2021)

String Noise - Alien Stories (Infrequent Seams; due March 26, 2021)

Jessie Cox - Alien Stories; Lester St. Louis - ARCHIVE01 [Absolute Recoil]; Anaïs Maviel - La Puyala Munta; Charles Overton - Only Time Will Tell; Jonathan Finlayson - Yet to Be

Celia & Johnny - Tremendo Caché (Vaya/Fania; 1975/2006)

Shai Maestro - Human (ECM; 2021)

C. Lavender - Transient Seclusion (Longform Editions; 2021)

Ka Baird - Brooding Exercises I (Second Movement) (Longform Editions; 2021)

Heaven & Hell - Live at Radio City Music Hall (Rhino; 2007)

Black Sabbath - Vol. 4 (Super Deluxe) (Vertigo/Rhino; 1972/2021)

Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell (Vertigo/Rhino; 1980/due March 5, 2021)

Black Sabbath - Mob Rules (Vertigo/Rhino; 1981/due March 5, 2021)

Black Sabbath - Born Again (Vertigo/Sanctuary; 1983/2011)

Sam Prekop - Spelling (Longform Editions; 2021)

Kasper Bjørke - The Beast. The Tree. The Man. (Longform Editions; 2021)

Playlist (Pandemonium Seesaw).

A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears…

Anton Bruckner - Symphonies No. 2 in C minor; Symphony No. 8 in C minor; Richard Wagner - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prelude - Gewandhausorchester Leipzig/Andris Nelsons (Deutsche Grammophon; 2021)

Catalyst Quartet - Uncovered, Vol. 1: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (Azica; 2021)

Piano Quintet (Stewart Goodyear); 5 Fantasiestücke; Clarinet Quintet (Anthony McGill)

Žibuoklė Martinaitytė - Saudade - Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra/Giedre Šlekyte (Ondine; 2021)

Saudade; Millefleur; Horizons; Chiaroscuro Trilogy (Gabrielius Alekna)

Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis - Kestutis Overture; In the Forest; The Sea - Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra/Modestas Pitrenas (Ondine; 2020)

Marbin - Shreddin' at Sweetwater (Marbin Music; 2021)

King Crimson - Complete Lizard Sessions (DGM; 1970/2020)

Soft Works - Abracadabra in Osaka (Cuneiform; 2003/2020)

Chick Corea/Christian McBride/Brian Blade - Trilogy 2 (Universal Music; 2018)

Chick Corea - The Song of Singing (Blue Note; 1971)

Return to Forever - Where Have I Known You Before (Polydor; 1974)

Danish String Quartet - Prism III (ECM New Series; due March 12, 2021)

Ludwig van Beethoven - String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor (Op. 131); Béla Bartók - String Quartet No. 1; Johann Sebastian Bach (arr. Emanuel Aloys Förster) - Fugue in C-sharp minor (BWV 849)

Gavin Harrison & Antoine Fafard - Chemical Reactions (Harmonic Heresy; 2020)

Albert Ayler - Love Cry (Impulse!; 1968)

Paul Bley Quintet - Barrage (ESP-Disk'; 1965)

Lowell Davidson - Lowell Davidson Trio (ESP-Disk'; 1965)

Giuseppi Logan - The Giuseppi Logan Quartet (ESP-Disk'; 1964)

Bruno Duplant - Élégie du temps présent (Granny Records; 2021)

Stile Antico - The Golden Renaissance: Josquin des Prez (Decca; 2021)

Christian Löffler - Parallels: Shellac Reworks (Deutsche Grammophon; 2021)

Sergei Rachmaninov - Symphony No. 1 in D minor; Symphonic Dances - Philadelphia Orchestra/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (Deutsche Grammophon; 2021)

Various artists -  Judas and the Black Messiah: The Inspired Album (RCA; 2021)

Dupleix/Forestiere/Pontvianne - Geographies of Breath (Dinzu Artefacts; 2021)

Bardo Todol y Sus Aves Sin Nido - El Dios Immaterial de Los Pájaros (Dinzu Artefacts; 2021)

Xïola Yin - Self-Contained Illusion (The Peak) (Dinzu Artefacts; 2021)

Chris Schlarb & Chad Taylor - Time No Changes (Astral Spirits/Big Ego; due May 5, 2021)

Playlist (Uncanny Shapes Above the Ashes).

A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears…

Tangerine Dream - Live at Philharmony Szczecin-Poland (Eastgate; 2016)

Matthew J. Rolin - The Dreaming Bridge (Feeding Tube; due late Jan. 2021)

Tangerine Dream - Pilots of Purple Twilight: The Virgin Recordings 1980-1983 (Virgin; 1980-83/2020)

Chris Dingman - Embrace (Inner Arts Initiative; 2020)

Scott Clark - This Darkness (Out of Your Head; due Jan. 15, 2021)

Jim O’Rourke - Steamroom 51 (Steamroom; 2020)

Witold Lutosławski - Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3 - Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Hannu Lintu (Ondine; 2020)

Oregon Symphony - Aspects of America: Pulitzer Edition (Pentatone; 2020)

Walter Piston - Symphony No. 7; Morton Gould - Stringmusic; Howard Hanson - Symphony No. 4 ("Requiem")

Newton Armstrong - The way to go out - Apartment House (Another Timbre; 2020)

Thread-surface - Plus Minus Ensemble/Mark Knoop; A line alongside itself - Séverine Ballon; The way to go out - Plus Minus Ensemble/Mark Knoop

Charles Ives - Complete Symphonies - Los Angeles Philharmonic/Gustavo Dudamel (Deutsche Grammophon; 2020)

Aaron Copland - Symphony No. 3 - San Francisco Symphony/Michael Tilson Thomas (SFS Media; 2020)

Eternal Champion - Ravening Iron (No Remorse; 2020)

Randy Gibson - Distant Pillars, Private Pillars (Galtta Media; 2020)

Iceland Symphony Orchestra - Concurrence: ISO Project, Vol. 2 - Vikingur Olafsson, Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, Iceland Symphony Orchestra/Daníel Bjarnason (Sono Luminus; 2019)

Anna Thorvaldsdóttir
 - Metacosmos; Haukur Tómasson
 - Piano Concerto No. 2; María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir - Oceans; Páll Ragnar Pálsson
 - Quake

Jacob Sacks - Montreal (Puremagnetik; 2020)

Igor Levit - Encounter (Sony Classical; 2020)

Johann Sebastian Bach/Ferruccio Busoni - 10 Chorale Preludes; 6 Chorale Preludes; Johannes Brahms/Max Reger - Vier ernste Gesänge; Max Reger - Nachtlied; Morton Feldman - Palais de Mari

Myriam Leblanc - Vivaldi: Luce e Ombra - Ensemble Mirabilia (Analekta; 2020)

Antonio Vivaldi - Il Tamerlano (Il Bajazet) - Bruno Taddia, Filippo Mineccia, Delphine Galou, Sophie Rennert, Marina De Liso, Arianna Vendittelli, Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantona (Naïve; 2020)

Kevin Good - slow, silent, singing - Michael Jones (Edition Wandelweiser; due Dec. 28, 2020)

Playlist (Kickstart the Future).

A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears…

Iceland Symphony Orchestra - Occurrence: The ISO Project, Vol. 3 - Pekka Kuusisto, Iceland Symphony Orchestra/Daníel Bjarnason (Sono Luminus; due Jan. 22, 2021)

Daníel Bjarnason - Violin Concerto; Veronique Vaka - Lendh; Haukur Tómasson - In Seventh Heaven; Þuríður Jónsdóttir - Flutter; Magnús Blöndal Jóhannsson - Adagio

Veronique Vaka - Erlendis (Moderna; 2015)

Corima - Amaterasu (Soleil Zeuhl; 2016)

Steve Roach - Stratus (Steve Roach Exclusive; 2020)

Jusell, Prymek, Sage, Shiroishi - Fuubutsushi (風物詩) (cachedmedia; 2020)

Maya Verlaak - All English Music Is Greensleeves (Another Timbre; 2020)

Lark - Apartment House; Formation de Sarah - Sarah Saviet, Maya Verlaak; All English Music Is Greensleeves - Apartment House; Formation de Mark - Mark Knoop, Maya Verlaak; Song and Dance - Apartment House

Shiroishi/Tagi - Flock (Fort Evil Fruit; 2020)

Judith Hamann - days collapse (Another Timbre; 2020)

We Bow to No Masters - We Bow to No Masters (Sige; 2020)

Martin Arnold - Stain Ballads - Apartment House (Another Timbre; 2020)

Lutra; Stain Ballad; Trousers; Slip

Clara Iannotta - Earthing - JACK Quartet (Wergo; 2020)

Dead wasps in the jam-jar (iii); You crawl over seas of granite; A Failed Entertainment; Earthing – dead wasps (obituary)

Donald Miller - Transgression!!! (VDSQ; due Feb. 5, 2021)

Black Unity Trio - Al-Fatitah (Salaam/Gotta Groove; 1969/2020)

Steven Wilson - The Future Bites (Caroline International; due Jan. 29. 2021)

Don Cherry - Eternal Rhythm (MPS; 1969)

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - K.G. (Flightless; 2020)

Kelly Jayne Jones - the reed flute is fire (Takuroku; 2020)

Nakul Krishnamurthy - Tesserae (Takuroku; 2020)

Yama Yuki - Panelaço (Takuroku; 2020)

Ian William Craig & Daniel Lentz - FRKWYS Vol. 16: In a Word (RVNGIntl.; 2020)

Ingrid Laubrock - Dreamt Twice, Twice Dreamt (Intakt; 2020)

Joseph C. Phillips Jr. - The Grey Land - Rebecca L. Hargrove, Kenneth Browning, Numinous (New Amsterdam; 2020)

The Warriors of the Wonderful Sound - SoundPath (Clean Feed; 2020)

Matthew Wright - Locked Hybrids (Relative Pitch; 2020)

Tangerine Dream - Pilots of Purple Twilight: The Virgin Recordings 1980-1983 (Virgin; 1980-83/2020)

Salim Washington - Dogon Revisited (Passin' Thru; 2018)

Erica Lindsay Quartet - Yes: Live at the Rosendale Cafe (Artists Recording Collective; 2008)

Sumi Tonooka Trio - Long Ago Today (Artists Recording Collective; 2005)

Samantha Boshnack’s Seismic Belt - Live in Santa Monica (Orenda; 2019)

David Arend - Astral Travels - David Arend, Salim Washington, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra/Petr Vronský, Jiří Petrdlík (Navona; 2015)

Tangerine Dream - Supernormal - The Australian Concerts 2014 (Eastgate; 2015)

Playlist (Buzzing Loudly in My Forehead).

A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears…

Tigran Mansurian - Con anima - Kim Kashkashian, Movses Pogossian, Varty Manouelian, et al (ECM New Series; 2020)

Agnus Dei; Sonata da Chiesa; Con Anima; String Trio; String Quartet No. 3; Die Tänzerin

"Blue" Gene Tyranny - Just for the Record (Lovely Music; 1979/2008)

Robert Ashley - Sonata; Sonata – I + II + III; Phil Harmonic - Timing; Paul DeMarinis - Great Masters of Melody; John Bischoff - Rendezvous

Tristan Perich - Drift Multiply - ensemble/Doug Perkins (New Amsterdam/Nonesuch; 2020)

Emeralds - Smoke Signals (Wagon/self-released; 2007/2020)

"Blue" Gene Tyranny - The Intermediary (Lovely Music; 1982/2008)

Tangerine Dream - Pilots of Purple Twilight: The Virgin Recordings 1980-1983 (Virgin; 1980-83/2020)

Kevin Drumm - 11 (self-released; 2020)

Adam Rudolph - Focus and Field (Meta; due Dec. 4, 2020)

King Von - Welcome to O’Block (Only the Family; 2020)

Jon Hassell/Brian Eno - Fourth World, Vol. 1 – Possible Musics (Editions E.G./Glitterbeat; 1980/2014)

Patrick Shiroishi - Descension (Thin Wrist; 2020)

AC/DC - Power Up (Columbia; 2020)

Cecil Taylor/Tony Oxley - …being astral and all registers – power of two… (Discus Music; 2020)

Speaker Music - a bitter but beautiful struggle (PTP; due Dec. 15, 2020)

Frederic Rzewski - Songs of Insurrection - Thomas Kotcheff (Coviello; 2020)

Julius Hemphill Sextet - Fat Man and the Hard Blues (Black Saint; 1991)

Tim Berne’s Bloodcount - Lowlife: The Paris Concert 1 (JMT/Screwgun; 1995)

Marty Ehrlich Dark Woods Ensemble - Emergency Peace (New World; 1991)

Wendy Eisenberg - Auto (Ba Da Bing; 2020)