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Notable Music

Posted on January 5, 2015

Notable Classical/Electronic

  • alt-J-This Is All Yours (Infectious)
  • Aphex Twin-Syro (WARP)
  • Ben Frost-Aurora (Mute)
  • Bo Ningen-III (Stolen Recordings)
  • Call Super-Suzi Ecto (Houndstooth)
  • Daniel Lanois -Flesh and Machine (Anti)
  • Danish String Quartet  -Woodworks (Dacapo Records)
  • David Greilsammer-Scarlatti & Cage: Sonatas (Sony Classical)
  • East India Youth-Total Strife Forever (Stolen Recordings)
  • FaltyDL-In the Wild (Ninja Tune)
  • Gazelle Twin– Unflesh (Last Gang)
  • Hauschka-Abandoned City (Temporary Residence)
  • James Blackshaw-Fantômas : Le Faux Magistrat (Tompkins Square)
  • John Luther Adams-Become Ocean (Cantaloupe)
  • Kassem Mosse-Workshop 19 (workshop) 
  • Leon Vynehall-Music For The Uninvited (3024) 
  • Plaid-Reachy Prints(Warp)
  • Simian Mobile Disco– Whorl (Anti)
  • Steve Reich-Reich: Radio Rewrite (Nonesuch)
  • Thom Yorke-Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes (S/R)
  • Tycho-Awake (Ghostly Intl)

Notable Country/Folk/Americana

  • Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn-Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn (New Rounder)
  • Black Prairie– Fortune (Sugar Hill)
  • Carrie Elkin & Danny Schmidt-For Keeps (Red House)
  • Castanets-Decimation Blues (Asthmatic Kitty)
  • Chad VanGaalen-Shrink Dust (Subpop)
  • Christopher Denny-If The Roses Don’t Kill Us (Partisan)
  • Corb Lund-Counterfeit Blues (New West)
  • Diane Cluck-Boneset(Important)
  • Dolly Parton-Blue Smoke (Sony Masterworks)
  • Emma Ruth Rundle-Some Heavy Ocean (Sargent)
  • Front Country-Sake Of The Sound (S/R)
  • Gangastagrass-Broken Hearts And Stolen Money (Rench Audio)
  • Haunt The House-Rural Introspection Study Group (S/R)
  • Hurray for the Riff Raff-Small Town Heroes (ATO)
  • Jack Clement-For Once And For All (I.R.S. Records)
  • Jennifer Castle-Pink City (No quarter)
  • Jennifer Nettles-That Girl (Mercury)
  • Jim Lauderdale-I’m a Song (Sky Crunch)
  • Laura Cantrell-No Way There From Here (Thrift shop)
  • Luther Dickinson-Rock ‘n Roll Blues (New West)
  • Piers Faccini & Vincent Segal-Songs of Time Lost (Six Degrees)
  • Robert Ellis-The Lights From the Chemical Plant (New West)
  • Rodney Crowell-Tarpaper Sky (New West)
  • Rosanne Cash-The River and the Thread (Blue Note)
  • Sam Amidon-Lily-O (Nonesuch)
  • Scott H. Biram-Nothin’ But Blood (Bloodshot)
  • Shovels & Rope-Swimmin’ Time (Dualtone)
  • Sturgill Simpson-Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (Loose Music)
  • The Haden Triplets-The Haden Triplets (Third Man)
  • The John Steel Singers-Everything’s a Thread (Dew Process)
  • Willie Watson-Folk Singer Vol. 1 (Acony)

Notable Jazz

  • Ambrose Akinmusire-The Imagined Savior Is Far Easier To Paint (Blue Note)
  • Andrew Scott Potter– Blues for Mr. Andrew Scott Potter (Bon Ritmo)
  • Ani DiFranco– Allergic to Water (Righteous Babe)
  • Arto Lindsay– Encyclopedia Of Arto  (ZE Records)
  • Arun Ramamurthy Trio-Jazz Carnatica (S/R)
  • Badbadnotgood-III (Innovative Leisure)
  • Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band-Landmarks (Blue Note)
  • Chris Forsyth & the Solar Motel Band-Intensity Ghost (No Quarter)
  • Danilo Perez– Panama 500 (Mack Avenue)
  • Dr. John-Ske-Dat-De-Dat…The Spirit Of Satch (Concord)
  • Farmers By Nature-Love And Ghosts (AUM Fidelity)
  • Fred Hersch Trio-Floating (Palmetto)
  • Hayden Pedigo-Five Steps (Debacle)
  • Jason Roebke Octet-High/Red/Center (Delmark)
  • Jenny Scheinman-The Littlest Prisoner (Sony Masterworks)
  • Julian Lage & Nels Cline-ROOM (Mack Avenue)
  • Keith Jarrett & Charlie Haden-Last Dance (ECM)
  • Klaxon Mutant Allstars-Robot Invasion (S/R)
  • Neneh Cherry-Blank Project  (Smallsound Supersound)
  • Paul Giallorenzo’s GitGo-Force Majeure (Delmark)
  • Sax Ruins-Blimmguass (Ipecac)
  • Scott Arnold– 45 (S/R)
  • Sun Ra And His Myth-Science Arkestra-Marshall Allen presents Sun Ra and His Arkestra: In the Orbit of Ra (Strut)
  • Taylor McFerrin-Early Riser (Brainfeeder)
  • The Dogon Lights-S/T (S/R)
  • The Equity & Social Justice Quartet -The Whisper of Flowers (Edgetone)
  • The Nels Cline Singers-Macroscope  (Mack Avenue)
  • The Souljazz Orchestra-Inner Fire  (Strut Records)
  • The Tiptons Sax Quartet-Tiny Lower Case (S/R)
  • Thievery Corporation-Saudade (ESL Music)
  • Zara McFarlane-If You Knew Her (Brownswood)

Notable Soundtracks

  • Andrew Hewitt-The Double  (Milan)
  • Antonio Sanchez-Birdman (Milan)
  • Johann Johannsson-Theory of Everything (Backlot)
  • Mica Levi-Under The Skin (Milan)
  • Yann Tiersen– Infinity (Mute)

Favorite Covers

  • Robyn Hitchcock –“The Ghost in You”-The Man Upstairs (Yep Roc)
  • Todd Terje (with Brian Ferry)-“Johnny and Mary”-It’s Album Time (Olsen Records)
  • Joseph Arthur -“Men of Good Fortune”-Lou (Vanguard)

Notable Compilations

  • Native North America, Vol. 1: Aboriginal Folk, Rock, and Country 1966-1985 (Light in the Attic)
  • Catch Action: The Sophisticated Boogie Funk Of Sheridan House Records (Sheridan House)
  • Skanish Sound: Jamaican influenced music from Spain 1964-1972 (Forced Exposure)
  • Various Artists: Master Mix: Red Hot + Arthur Russell (Yep Roc)
  • Krautrock Classics: a tribute to German Cosmic Music 60s and 70s (Dublab & the Goethe-Institute LA)

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