A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears…
Walt McClements - On a Painted Ocean (Western Vinyl; 2025)
Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - Gift Songs (Mexican Summer; 2025)
Wang Fan - Five Primary Elements (Badhead; 2024)
Max Richter - The Blue Notebooks (20 Year Edition) (Deutsche Grammophon; 2004)
Max Richter - In A Landscape (Deutsche Grammophon; 2024)
IQ - The Marquee, London, England, Oct. 4, 1983 (ROIO/Collected Underground; 1983)
IQ - The Marquee, London, England, Feb. 23, 1984 (ROIO/Collected Underground; 1984)
IQ - The Marquee, London, England, Aug. 19, 1984 (ROIO/Collected Underground; 1984)
Meshuggah - Destroy Erase Improve (Nuclear Blast; 1995/2013)
IQ - The Marquee, London, England, July 13, 1985 (ROIO/Collected Underground; 1985)
IQ - The Marquee, London, England, Dec. 9, 1987 (ROIO/Collected Underground; 1987)
Mary Halvorson - About Ghosts (Nonesuch; due June 13, 2025)
Amina Claudine Myers - Solace of the Mind (Red Hook; due June 20, 2025)
R.E.M. - Monster (Warner Bros./Craft Recordings; 1994/2025)
Arena - The Theory of Molecular Inheritance (Verglas Music; 2022)
IQ - Ever – 25th Anniversary Collector's Edition (Giant Electric Pea; 1993/2018)
Pendragon - The Masquerade Overture (Toff; 1996/2024)
Jadis - Prog Magazine Presents: Discovering Jadis (Various/Prog; 2025)
Solstice - Silent Dance – The Definitive Edition (Equinox/Festival Music; 1984/2007)
Solstice - New Life – The Definitive Edition (Progressive International/Festival Music; 1993/2007)
Marillion - The Marquee, London, England, Dec. 29, 1982 from Script for a Jester's Tear – Deluxe Edition (EMI/Parlophone; 1983/2020)
Peter Brötzmann Trio - Hurricane (Old Heaven Books; 2025, recorded 2015)
Julius Hemphill - Blue Boyé (Mbari/Screwgun; 1977/1998)
Pendragon - Not of This World (Toff; 2001/2021)
IQ - Razzmatazz II, Barcelona, Spain, March 21, 2025 (ROIO/YouTube; 2025 part 1, part 2)
IQ - A Show of Resistance (IQ Archive Collection; 2020)
Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 3 in F - Dallas Symphony Orchestra/Fabio Luisi (DSO Live; 2023)