20/20 – Back To California : light power-pop/soft-rock
Avi C. Engel – Nocturne (Soundtrack for an Invisible Film) : introspective, occasionally gorgeous
Benjamin Booker – Lower : interesting, very diverse emotional soul/rock
Bvdub – 13 : very chill
Dax Riggs – 7 Songs For Spiders : heavy doom s/s; #darkbarritone
Delivery – Force Majeure : slacker/indie/punk-rock
Dovs – Psychic Geography : interesting, hypnotic, geometric ambient; #airplane
Early James – Medium Raw : raw folk/blues; #oldtimey
Fka Twigs – Eusexua : intriguingly odd pop
Franz Ferdinand – The Human Fear : wacky, loose, up-down-everywhere pop-rock
Lambrini Girls – Who Let the Dogs Out : chaotic-fun high-octane front-foot #Aussie punk; #cunty
Legendary Pink Dots, the – So Lonely in Heaven : introspective
Lots of Hands – Into a Pretty Room : sincere bedroom pop
Matt Berry – Heard Noises : fun, trippy, modern rock, classic Brit flava
Mogwai – The Bad Fire : simultaneously exactly the same and brand new
New Mourning, the – Songs of Confusion : dramatic, diverse, cinematic; #occasionallygreat
Prism Shores – Out from Underneath : enjoyable guitar-first pop-rock-gaze
Ringo Starr – Look Up : simple country
Rose City Band – Sol Y Sombra : subdued, lulling cosmic-psych-country-rock
Skinner – New Wave Vaudeville : wacky fun post-punk/electro
William Fitzsimmons – Incidental Contact : lush and very pro-sounding s/s
Willow Avalon – Southern Belle Raisin’ Hell : lovely homespun country(-rock); #jimwhite
Bad Bunny – DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS
Bilk – Essex, Drugs and Rock and Roll : max-Brit indie/pop-punk/hiphop; #youngaf
Chihei Hatakeyama – Lucid Dreams : snoozy ambient
Circa Waves – Death & Love, Pt. 1 : slick, varied, radio-ready pop-rock
Ditz – Never Exhale : thrilling post-punk/noise-rock
GRMLN – Another Being : varied guitar rock/pop/gaze/fream/…; #alwaysin
Hellacopters, the – Overdriver : solid #Swedish indie-rock
Jim White & Trey Blake – Precious Bane : gorgeously satisfying gothic-country art
Laughing Chimes, the – Whispers In The Speech Machine : fun, lilting, chiming indie-rock; #lighttwee
Ludovico Einaudi – The Summer Portraits : gorgeous, delicate and soothing; #airplane
No Money Kids – Fireworks : swinging swaggering indie snarl; #lacksasoul
Penny And Sparrow – Lefty : textured, eclectic indie-folk/pop; #deathbyautotune
Preservation Hall Jazz Band – Preservation Brass For Fat Man : brassy #NOLA jazz
Weeknd, the – Hurry Up Tomorrow : self-reflective modern r&b/pop; #wayoverlong
Dean Owens – Spirit Ridge : border Americana; #calexicoadj
Death By Unga Bunga – Raw Muscular Power : fun muscular (heh) power-pop nonsense
Facs – Wish Defense : lean and direct noise/post-punk; #albiniproduced
Flipturn – Burnout Days : fun tunes, tough lyrics pop-rock
Freckle – Freckle : thoroughly fun acoustic psych #atysegalljoint
Fvzz Popvli – Melting Pop : heavy riffage via #Italy
Guided By Voices – Universe Room : catchy, disjointed (on purpose?), pollard-rock
Gyasi – Here Comes The Good Part : radio-ready glam-rock; #veryderivative
Human Toys – At The Poor Cow : fun, raw #French punk; #riotgrrrl
Jako Maron – Mahavélouz : hyper-percussive electro #Maloya; #difficulttoprocess
Jellybricks, the – Dreaming In Stereo : very fun, shiny & melodic indie/power-pop
Joe Ely – Love and Freedom : professional austin/country/americana sounds
Joel Timmons – Psychedelic Surf Country : VERY straight early Americana; #psychismarketing
Vices, the – Before It Might Be Gone : solid playful pop-rock
Martin Stürtzer – Auralume : chill ambient/techno-dub; #comedown
Matt Nathanson – King Of (Un)Simple : sensitive s/s; #justmattthings
Matt Pond PA – The Ballad Of The Natural Lines : reflective s/s
Moses Yoofee Trio – MYT : intricate, textural, dense and fun af; #toobrief
Motherhood – Thunder Perfect Mind : noisy, chaotic, high-energy rock/punk
Names, the – Encore! : darkish post-punk; #dontcallitacomeback #toolong
Pit Pony – Dead Stars : compelling soaring emotional rock; #noisepop
Sarah and the Sundays – Like A Damn Dog : slick and verbose sad songs
Sean Thompson’s Weird Ears – Head In The Sand : very very fun psych-rock/cosmic-country
Sharon Van Etten And The Attachment Theory – Sharon Van Etten And The Attachment Theory : slinky, diverse, lightly post-punk, indie-rock
Squid – Cowards : quirky dark post-punk hijinx
Bartees Strange – Horror : exciting, diverse modern rock/r&b/soul/art
Bikini Beach – Cursed : hot blooded punk/rock
Delines, the – Mr. Luck And Ms. Doom : jazzy, slinky, cinematic audio-noir; #adultAOR
Horsegirl – Phonetics On and On : minimalist indie-rock; #femvox
Is Tropical – Cola Spirit : solidly fun pop-rock
Larry June, 2 Chainz & The Alchemist – Life Is Beautiful : slinky beats
Lumineers, the – Automatic : hyper-dramatic deadly-serious americana
Manic Street Preachers – Critical Thinking : guitar-based pop-rock’ #middling
Moles, the – Composition Book : compelling and catchy cut-paste indie-rock snippets
Oracle Sisters – Divinations : ethereal, jazzy pop-rock
Velveteers, the – A Million Knives : diverse modern indie
Daniel Ögren – Pine : very lovely instrumental guitar-focused soft-rock; #yachty
Daydream Twins – Solstice For Embodiment : noisy dream-pop
Kestrels – Better Wonder : indie-leaning cyclical shoegaze
Liminanas, the – Faded : sexy #French garage-rock with a chanson vibe; #guestvoices
New Translations – Vacation : radio-ready new-wave/soft-rock/pop
Patterson Hood – Exploding Trees & Airplane Screams : lush, elegantly crafted, s/s rock
Richard Davies & the Dissidents – High Times and Misdemeanours : nice, familiar, catchy pop-rock
Robert Ascroft – Echo Still Remains : very lovely, cinematic pop-rock; #guestvoices
Sinner DC & Sonic Boom – Maps : interesting otherworldly psych
TV Dust – Transition : noisy, chaotic no-wave/jazz/art/drone-funk/…; #anxiety
Vulture Feather – It Will Be Like Now : offbeat rock; #roughbaritone
Wombats, the – Oh! The Ocean : polished radio pop/rock
Yawning Balch – Volume Three : spacey desert-psych instrumentals
Andy Bell – Pinball Wanderer : fun 90s Brit jukebox
bdrmm – Microtonic : nice, light-drone, electro-shoegaze
Brown Spirits – Cosmic Seeds : adventurous kosmiche/psych
Cheekface – Middle Spoon : fun, quirky, silly indie-pop; #nerdpower
Cloakroom – Last Leg of the Human Table : sonically dense rock adventures
Cut Glass Kings – From A Distant Place : diverse, polished indie-rock
Darkside – Nothing : complex, compelling electro-psych; #comedown
Doves – Constellations For The Lonely : emotional, dramatic, well-done rock
Helen McCookerybook – Showtunes from the Shadows : whimsical, idiosyncratic indie-folk-pop
Memory Pearl – Cosmic-Astral : intriguing; needs the right “environment” to listen; #fascinatinghistory
Men, the – Buyer Beware : fun, noisy garage-punk/rock; #80sBayAreasoundz #FuzzClub
MPU101 – MPU106 : quite lovely soothing ambient; #airplane
Panda Bear – Sinister Grift : shockingly straightforward indie-pop with just a touch of psych
Rattle – Encircle : unique, disorienting adventures in rhythm
Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, the – Honeysuckle : legit old-school porch blues
Sir Woman – If It All Works Out : fun, light, well-done grown-up soul-pop via #ATX; #veryKTEL
Tori Amos – The Music Of Tori And The Muses : sweet soundtrack to a childrens book
Vapors, the – Wasp In A Jar : not bad for old guys
A.J. Croce – Heart of the Eternal : eclectic soul-pop-rock
Block 33 – The Promised Land : anthemic pub-rock
Bob Mould – Here We Go Crazy : don’t think he means ‘fun crazy’
Chase Petra – Lullabies for Dogs : young indie-pop w/ bedroom lyrics
Divorce – Drive to Goldenhammer : professional rock
Dropkick – Primary Colors : chiming power-pop
Frog Eyes – The Open Up : interesting, quirky indie-rock
Fullbloods – Playing It Safe : varied indie-pop /rock stylings
Fust – Big Ugly : hyper-produced ring-grab alt-country; #nosoulallradio
Hachiku – The Joys Of Being Pure At Heart : lovely, expansive bedroom/dream-pop
HotWax – Hot Shock : shiny alt-rock; #femvox
Hundred Waters And Nicole Miglis – Re: Communicating : interesting modern classical
Jason Isbell – Foxes in the Snow : warm mellifluous country-folk/rock; #notmything
Lady Gaga – Mayhem : pretty good big pop
Michigander – Michigander : nice earnest indie-rock
Mike Farris – The Sound Of Muscle Shoals : earnest southern/blues/folk -rock
Monde UFO – Flamingo Tower : very interesting world-of-psych-pop pastiche; #cratediggers
Moreish Idols – All in the Game : very intriguing widescreen post-punk; #grower
Shapes Like People – Ticking Haze : lovely and sensitive dream-pop; #sundaydrive
Sierra Hull – A Tip Toe High Wire : emotive, soulful bluegrass
Sunny War – Armageddon in a Summer Dress : thoughtfully executed mellow pop/rock/s-s
Tearaways, the – RetroActive : legacy power-pop
Tobacco City – Horses : quite lovely plaintive country-rock/Americana
Tubs, the – Cotton Crown : nice 90s-flavored jangle-rock; #grower
Vundabar – Surgery And Pleasure : muscular psych/indie-rock
Zombie Zombie – Funk Kraut : throbbing kosmiche post-punk
Aux Meadows – Draw Near : dusty, cinematic, wobbly instrumental rock
Bambara – Birthmarks : throbbing alt-rock/post-punk; #noirbombast
Cari Cari – One More Trip Around The Sun : fun, throbbing psych-rock/dream-pop
Charley Crockett – Lonesome Drifter : aiming-for-the-middle country-rock/s-s
Cootie Catcher – Shy at First
Courting – Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’
Cowboy Mouth, the – Faultlines
Deadnotes, the – Rock ‘n’ Roll Saviour : glossy bombastic arena-pop/rock
Diamond Dogs & Chris Spedding – Macon Georgia Giant
Echolalia – Echolalia
Ex-Void – In Love Again
Foxy Shazam – Animality Opera : entertaining glammy art-rock chaos
Futuropaco – Fortezza Di Vetro, Vol. 2 : groovy cinematic instr. psych-rock
Gnod & White Hills – Drop Out III
Horrors, the – Night Life
Hot 8 Brass Band – Big Tuba : big, horny, NOLA jazz/funk/hip-hop
Japanese Breakfast – For Melancholy Brunettes (and Sad Women) : sweet indie-pop; #veryshort
Kinky Friedman – Poet of Motel 6
Kirk Barley – Lux : very intriguing pastiche/art/ambient
Ladies W.C. – Ladies W.C
LaMP – One of Us : stuttering jazz
Lewis Express, the – Doo-Ha! : that funky jazz flute!
Lottery Winners, the – KOKO
Motörbike – Kick It Over : fun hooky garage rock
Neal Francis – Return To Zero : interesting but wafer-thin soulful-retro-hipster-pop/rock/soul
Nels Cline – Consentrik Quartet
Nick Frater – Oh Contraire! : extremely lovely power-pop
Old Mervs – Old Mervs : very solid melodic rock n roll
Roller Derby – When The Night Comes : sensitive dream-pop
Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco – I Said I Love You First
Sharp Pins – Radio DDR
Swami John Reis – Time To Let You Down
Terraplana – Natural
Throwing Muses – Moonlight Concessions : love the sound; #KHershforPres
Twin Shadow – Georgie : ho-hum dj-pop; #horribleautotune
Vaudou Game – Fintou : chill af tropical Caribbean soul blues
-live-
Cheekface – Park Theatre, Winnipeg MB 01-23
va – FireAid, Inglewood CA 01-30
Milky Chance With ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra – Live From Vienna (FM4 Session)
Red Clay Strays, the – Live AF from Callaghan’s
Waeve, the – City Lights Sessions
Wilco – Roadcase 105: Austin TX 05-Dec-2024
Herbie Hancock feat Jaco Pastorius – Chicago 1977 (live)
Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge – Same Old Song… Live ’72
Third Mind, the – Live Mind
Jack White – No Name Live EP
Vulfpeck – Clarity Of Cal
-re-release/comps/mixes-
Brand New Heavies, the – Back To Love (Remixes)
Cap’n Jazz – Shmap’n Shmazz (remaster, orig 1995)
Clean, the – Modern Rock (30th anniv reissue, orig 1994)
Jan Jelinek – Kosmischer Pitch (reissue, orig 2005)
Michael Jackson – Off the Wall (MFSL remaster, orig 1979)
Noga Erez – The Vandalist Against All The Machines
va – Best of the Blog 2024 [Wilfully Obscure]
va – MOJO: A Man of Wealth and Taste (The Brian Jones Companion) [feb2025]
va – Uncut: Nocturnes (12 Tracks of the Month’s Best New Music) [jan2025]
Vince Guaraldi – Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown OST (reissue, orig 1975)
Bernard Parmegiani – Multichannel Works 01
va – 2024 David Bash’s Top 25
va – Beat Surrender! (15 Mod and Northern Soul Floor Fillers) [mar2025]
Project Gemini – Colours & Light (deluxe)
Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe – An Evening Of Yes Music Plus (live) (reissue, orig 1989)
va – MOJO: The Best of 2024 [jan2025]
va – Uncut: Take a Load Off (15 Tracks of the Month’s Best Music) [feb2025]
Jon Batiste – The New Orleans Collection
Father John Misty – I Love You, Honeybear Demos, etc
KT Tunstall – KT Tunstall’s Clueless Mixtape
Ryan Adams – Another Wednesday
Sabrina Carpenter – Short N’ Sweet (deluxe)
Sly & The Family Stone – Sly Lives! (Aka The Burden Of Black Genius)
va – A Tribute to Nirvana: The Songs of MTV Unplugged in New York
va – Barnyard Beehive
Califone – The Villager’s Companion (orig 2023)
Dead Meadow – Feathers (20th anniv ed)
Les Rallizes Dénudés – YaneUra Sept. ’80
Ted Lucas – Ted Lucas (extended ed, orig 1975)
Tom Petty – Under The Covers
va – Beatlesque To The Core
va – Jazz Funk Instrumentals Vol. 5 (Funky Soul Jazzy Instrumentals Acid Tracks)
Beckies, the – Demos
Future Loop Foundation – The Planet Dog Years 1996-1998
Shannon and The Clams – The Moon Is In The Wrong Place (deluxe ed, orig 2024)
va – Glam & Glitter Vol 2
va – The Magic Forest (More Pastoral Psychedelia & Funky Folk 1968-1975)
Brad Marino – On The Brink (Rarities, Remixes & Unreleased)
Gang Of Four – Shrinkwrapped (reissue, orig 1995)
va – Krautrock Eruption: An Introduction to German Electronic Music 1970-1980
Vince Guaraldi – It’s The Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown (reissue, orig 1974)
-singles/EPs-
Dope On Plastic – Life Energy EP
Stilhed – Daze EP
Yola – My Way EP
Travis – Avalon EP
Big Thief – Passional Relations EP
Hannah McFarland – The Bed I Made EP
Sondre Lerche – Sea Of Sighs EP
Pom – Aaaah! EP
Swervedriver – The Worlds Fair EP
James Baker Beat, The & Dom Mariani – Friday Night Friend single
Martin Stürtzer & S1gns Of L1fe – Black Ocean EP
Photocopies – All That Glitters… EP
Waeve, the – Eternal EP