A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears…
IQ - The Met, Bury, England, Feb. 14, 2025 (ROIO; 2025)
IQ - The Met, Bury, England, Feb. 15, 2025 (ROIO; 2025)
moe. – The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, Feb. 8, 2025 (Nugs.net; 2025)
Kevin Sun - lofi at lowlands (Endectomorph; due May 9, 2025)
History Dog (Shara Lunon, Luke Stewart, Lesley Mok, Chris Williams) - Root Systems (Otherly Love; due May 9, 2025)
Steven Kazuo Takasugi - Il Teatro Rosso - No Hay Banda (No Hay Discos; due April 18, 2025)
Brandon Lopez - nada segrada (Relative Pitch; 2025)
Phish - Moon Palace Resort, Riviera Maya, Mexico, Jan. 29, 2025 (LivePhish; 2025)
Mastodon - Leviathan (Relapse; 2004)
Patrick Shiroishi & Dylan Fujioka - Left Up on the Tree (self-released; 2025)
claire rousay - january and feburary 2025 (Bandcamp subscriber exclusive; 2025)
Wendy Eisenberg - "I Don't Miss You" (Joyful Noise; 2025)
Cradle of Filth - The Screaming of the Valkyries (Napalm; due March 21, 2025)
Christopher Cerrone - Don’t Look Down - Sandbox Percussion (Pentatone; 2025)
Laura Cocks - FATHM (Out of Your Head/Relative Pitch; 2025)
Jon Irabagon - Server Farm (Irabbagast; 2025)
Paul Paccione - Sea and Sky - Western Illinois University Singers, WIU Symphony Orchestra/Richard Hughey (Soundcloud; 2019)
Paul Paccione - Planxty Cage - Michael Campbell (Soundcloud; 2014)
Big Big Train - Empire (English Electric; 2020)
Pissgrave - Malignant Worthlessness (Profound Lore; 2025)
Knoll - As Spoken (self-released; 2025)
Autolith - Artificial Heaven (self-released; 2024)
Chat Pile - Cool World (The Flenser; 2024)
Hawkwind - Live at the Royal Albert Hall (Cherry Red; 2024)
Georgia Sea Island Singers featuring Bessie Jones & John Davis - Before This Time Another Year (Lomax Archives; 2025, recorded 1959 & 1960)
Various artists - Blues Unbound: Classics from the Lomax Archive (Lomax Archive; 2025, recorded 1941–78)
Fish - Albert Hall, Manchester, England, Feb. 21, 2025 (ROIO; 2025)