A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears…
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2; Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - Symphonies Wq 175 & 183/4 - Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin (Harmonia Mundi; 2020)
Owls - Rare Birds - compositions by Paul Wiancko, Dan Trueman & Monica Mugan, Franghiz Ali-Zadeh, François Couperin, and Terry Riley (New Amsterdam; due March 14, 2025)
Francis Poulenc - La voix humaine; Sinfonietta - Véronique Gens, Orchestre National de Lille/Alexandre Bloch (Naïve; 2023)
Goose - "Give It Time" from Everything Must Go (No Coincidence; due Apr. 25, 2025)
Johann Sebastian Bach - Motets - Pygmalion/Raphaël Pichon (Harmonia Mundi; 2020)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem - Pygmalion/Raphaël Pichon (Harmonia Mundi; 2024)
IQ - Subterranea (Giant Electric Pea; 1997)
Branford Marsalis Quartet - "Spiral Dance" from Belonging (Blue Note; due March 28, 2025)
Pablo Díaz - son esos ecos (scatterArchive; due March 7, 2025)
IQ - The Seventh House (Giant Electric Pea; 2000/2017)
IQ - Dark Matter (Giant Electric Pea; 2004)
IQ - Frequency (Giant Electric Pea; 2009/2020)
Sun Ra Arkestra - Living Sky (Omni Sound; 2022)
Yes - Keys to Ascension (CMC International/Cherry Red; 1996/2025)
Yes - Keys to Ascension 2 (Purple Pyramid/Spirit of Unicorn Music; 1997/2025)
Susan Alcorn Quintet - Pedernal (Relative Pitch; 2020)
Susan Alcorn - The Heart Sutra (Ideologic Organ; 2020)
Butthole Surfers - Butthole Surfers + Live PCPPEP (Alternative Tentacles/Matador; 1983, 1984/2003)
Nick Dunston - COLLA VOCE: Praylewd (Out of Your Head; 2025)
Nick Dunston - COLLA VOCE (Out of Your Head; 2024)
Laura Cocks - FATHM (Out of Your Head/Relative Pitch; due Feb. 21, 2025)
Various artists - Desert Balm: A Compilation for MusiCares LA Relief Fund (Island House; 2025)
Sonic Youth - EVOL (SST/Goofin'; 1986)
Sonic Youth - Sister (SST/Goofin'; 1987)
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation (Blast First/Goofin'; 1988)
IQ - The Road of Bones (Giant Electric Pea; 2014)
Various artists/Jeff Conklin - The Trailhead 163 (2/2/25) (WVKR/Mixcloud; 2025)
Big Big Train - Merchants of Light (English Electric; 2018)
Big Big Train - A Flare on the Lens: Live in London (InsideOut; 2024)
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