2020s
Music
Posts
Wind, Again
Sary Moussa
structure, sign, and play
Even In Arcadia
Sleep Token
auditory rorschach test
Watersong
Savina Yannatou
let it drown you
Pirouette
Model/Actriz
sing-along-able noise
Glory
Perfume Genius
emphasis on "genius"
Antiphony Of The Trees
Laura Cannell
for the birds
Ostriconi
Yeahman
c'est meh?
The Forest Is The Path
Snow Patrol
emo-arena-rock
Daughter Of A Temple
Ganavya
the spirit of devotion
Yellow River Blue
Yu Su
a field trip
Biotop
Jizue
jazzy post rock or posty jazz rock
Cicada Waves
Ben Seretan
piano in the rainstorm
Haram
Armand Hammer & The Alchemist
a modern classic
The Room
Fabiano do Nascimento & Sam Gendel
best of the year
Tangk
Idles
an eye-opening evolution
Acutally Good
Lambert
what.
Under The Lilac Sky
Arushi Jain
Synthistani music
How Will I Live Without A Body?
Loma
an evolution
Absolute Elsewhere
Blood Incantation
Umma Booma
Outerstate
Kessoncoda
garden shed post-jazz
Lemons, Limes and Orchids
Joan As Police Woman
Another great one from Joan
Ghosts
Hania Rani
lovely
Your Guide To Revolution
Mary Ocher
left-field leftism
This Place Will Become Your Tomb
Sleep Token
Tomorrow's classics today
Atlas of Green
Dialect
A delightful shot of meta-nostalgia
Omnium Gatherum
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
polymathic pyrotechnics
A Grand Stream
Smote
stormy calm
Audio Vertigo
Elbow
not a resurgence, but a continuation of the surge
Eye To The Ear
Cosmo Sheldrake
Cosmic pop
Compassion
Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh, and Tyshawn Sorey
awesome trio date
The True Story of Bananagun
Bananagun
Ba. Na. Na.
Wall Of Eyes
The Smile
yes, please
Room For The Moon
Kate NV
From Russia with love
Escapades
The Omnific
bass space
Deathbed Requests
Memory Drawings
spooky bliss
Fine Art
Kneecap
straight outta Belfast
New Heaven
Inter Arma
Everything But The Kitchen Sink-core
Slow Water
Stephan Crump
the river
uNomkhubulwane
Nduduzo Makhathini
zulu healer jazz
The 8 of Space
Schneider TM
volles Haus
Paris 3/21/2024
Nils Frahm
très ambiant
Tokyo 1/31/2024
GoGo Penguin
GoGoGoGo
Morning Trials
Francisco Sonur
a lovely breath of fresh air
All Born Screaming
St Vincent
Annie gets serious
News Of The Universe
La Luz
rainbow-colored melting pot
Load Bearing Crow's Feet
PremRock
backwoodzy
Motionless
Wornoc
cool
The Call Within
Tigran Hamasyan
ballsy jazz
Last Boy Picked
Kuntari
DRUM!
Cavalcade
Black MIDI
nimble devestation
Zephyr
Toechter
dark ambient classical
Ambient Buddhism
Takeo Suzuki
ambienter than thou
The Archer
Alexandra Savior
spare and spooky
Big Mess
Danny Elfman
Elfman on the shelf, man
Night Walk
Desert Sand Feels Warm At Night
heeeeeeeeey
Lord Of The Harvest
Peter Talisman
downtempo primitive
Notes With Attachments
Pino Palladino and Blake Mills
low key funk fest
Heroes & Villains
Metro Boomin
late-stage trap
D-Day
Agust D
I didn't choose the thug life; my stylist picked it out.
Post American
MSPAINT
Mississippi new-thing-core
Agriculture
Agriculture
dang.
Recap
Thoughtful 2023
not necessarily geared for your bumpin enjoyment
Old Things and new from my 2023 blogging
new stuff is fun
Guile
Oblique Occasions
funky
Ultrabelleza
Maria Jose Llergo
Florencia y la máquina
Integrated Tech Solutions
Aesop Rock
brand new today
Whatever The Weather
Whatever The Weather
running a temp
Wuhan Wuhan
Hualun
woo hoo
At Zeenath Parallel Heavens
Black To Comm
ominous but beautiful
Born Again
Jemini & Danger Mouse
the gifted one
Se Ve Desde Aquí
Mabe Fratti
post-chamber
Distorted Rooms
Radian
trip-hoppy sound sculpture
Push
Maral
Iranian-American sampling workout
Crawler
Idles
angry at everything
Inheritance
Omar Ahmad
smooth sailing
Our Roots Run Deep
Dominique Fils-Aimé
cooler than you
Laugh Track
The National
a second dose
To Will A Space Into Being
Josh Semans
ondes martenot? more like ondes martenYES, AMIRITE
Struggler
Genesis Owusu
get immersed.
Spirit Exit
Caterina Barbieri
beautiful skronk
Stone
Baroness
Triumphant return
Garbology
Aesop Rock & Blockhead
knock em out the box, aes
Zik Zak
Ancient Astronauts
the reverse colonialism of African music
Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die
Jaimie Branch
a closing statement
LP5
John Moreland
gravelly but smooth
438Hz As It Is, As You Are
Tomoyoshi Date
everything is relative
Matter
noemi buchi
a shining mess
SpaceShipOne
The Volunteered Slaves
funky lite-acid jazz
The First Two Pages of Frankenstein
The National
chiller and cooler than you
In Between Thoughts... A New World
Rodrigo Y Gabriela
latin-flavored guitar shred
Reflections
Frameworks
melancholitronica
3D Country
Geese
american slam dance
On The Romance Of Being
Desire Marea
Music for healing
Vast Reaches Unclaimed
Majesties
throwback Scandanavian metal from Minnesota
Yallah Beibe
MC Yallah
a blast
Through Empty Landscapes and New Beginnings
Mirek Coutigny
elegance defined
Red Moon In Venus
Kali Uchis
standout R&B
Bestiaries
Bekah Simms
beastly
Green Mirror
Secret Circuit
spacey modern electronica
Rough And Rowdy Ways
Bob Dylan
A Master Class
11th Orbit
Emancipator & Lapa
chilled and trance-inducing
Farm To Table
Bartees Strange
soulful live-band pop rock
Scaring The Hoes
JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown
cutting edge sample workshop
Labyrinth
Heather Woods Broderick
understated power folk
Root Cause
Cleo Reed
A memoir
Blight Witch Regalia
Cicada The Burrower
fascinating and heavy AF
With A Hammer
Yaeji
something interesting
Have Hope
The Colony
boys with guitars, and a god on the drums
Happy Child
Carmen Jaci
whimsical electronic
My 21st Century Blues
Raye
a journeyman becoming a master
A Travel Guide For The Broken
Synik
Adventures in the African Diaspora
Ready To Be
Twice
fresh product
The Absence
Oak Pantheon
quite a presence
Spring
Philip Labes
whimsical indie folk
Sour
Olivia Rodrigo
confessional pop
Cutiemarks (and the things that bind us)
Vylet Pony
hyperpop is magic
Remember That You Will Die
Polyphia
shred-pop
Reflection
Loraine James
liquid hip-house
West Coast Love Stories
Stone Giants
trippy ambient psych
Septet
John Carroll Kirby
the disappearing lite jazz
Queen Of Sheba
Angélique Kidjo & Ibrahim Maalouf
African / Middle East fusion
Black Radio III
Robert Glasper
jazzy R&B
Positano Songs
Will Ackerman
mellow with a lower-case m
Linger Awhile
Samara Joy
classic sounding vocal jazz
A Southern Gothic
Aida Victoria
southern roots
Wary + Strange
Amythyst Kiah
a bluesy shot in the arm
Kaleidoscope
Fatma Said
A fantastic new voice
Home Video
Lucy Dacus
stark, intimate, and clever
Indigo
RM
A strong BTS solo outing
The Great Awakening
Shearwater
Shearwater returns with another great one
Natura
Drum & Lace
an elegant soundtrack to your imagination
Endure
Special Interest
heavy but danceable
Marlowe 3
Marlowe
more great L'Orange hip hop beats
A Light For Attracting Attention
The Smile
wiry and energetic rock
Antimai
The Dear Hunter
well-played prog sci-fi nerdness
¡Ay!
Lucrecia Dalt
Excellent, beautiful, and a little creepy
Liverpool
Shane Parish
minimal improv guitar with edge
Boy Without A Gun
Unprocessed
ambitious, well-played prog-power-pop
Dance Fever
Florence + The Machine
Strength, beauty, power
Healing Is A Miracle
Julianna Barwick
A choir of angels
Future Nostalgia
Dua Lipa
A pop triumph
Descendants of Cain
Ka
A lyrical masterclass
Mamari
Muito Kaballa
German Afrobeat
Fire
The Bug
intensity in the UK
-io
Circuit Des Yeux
what.
Bolts
Hagop Tchaparian
an electric shock of techno-y house goodness
Sila: The Breath Of The World
John Luther Adams et al
More of the same, but different
The Bad Plus
The Bad Plus
A new beginning for an older group
At Scaramouche
Shabason & Krgovich
beautiful pop making the ultra-mundane fascinating
Ockham's Blazer
Ockham's Blazer
jazz rap
Sides
Lean Year
sparse, haunting, and gorgeous
Strictly A One-Eyed Jack
John Mellencamp
Old Man Logan sings the blues
Dark Matter
Moses Boyd
a modern jazz instant classic
Phase Corrected
Shit And Shine
a delicate balance between the two
False Light
White Ward
The best Ukrainian post-blackgaze you'll hear.
Magic Man
Jackson Wang
...a record that has been released.
I Survived, It's Over
Rich Ruth
chill, elegant, and engrossing
Hellfire
Black Midi
The sound of your brain bleeding out at the end of the world.
Misadventures Of Doomscroller
Dawes
Part Grateful Dead, part Steely Dan
Aura
Hatis Noit
A mind-bending, mind-mending journey
Audio Sapphire
Raticus and Pruven
bangin' NYC rap
LOGGERHEAD
Wu-lu
Abstract hip hop, hardcore, and so much more.
Bronco
Orville Peck
the new country
Broken Hearts Club
Syd
Intense lyrics, funky tracks
Ghost Song
Cécile McLorin Salvant
fantastic vocal jazz
Fear Of The Dawn
Jack White
a fresh start, just when you thought you knew him.
These Charms May Be Sung Over A Wound
Richard Skelton
wide-open ambient spaces
Douce Fange
Pensées Nocturnes
Circus Jazz Metal
Ants From Up There
Black Country, New Road
post-everything awesomeness
Ainavihantaa
Malady
Finnish prog-tinged nu-jazz
Tissues
Pan Daijing
take the time to get into this one
