Ruth Goller, 2024
Caroline Shaw & So Percussion, 2024
Still House Plants, 2024
unsettling wooze
Zach Hill, 2010
don't yuck my yum
Milford Graves, 1977
Zoviet France, 1987
Everyoned, 2003
never say die
Thalia Zedek, 2018
Davey Woodward and the Winter Orphans, 2023
Major Stars, 2004
mechanics of joy
Serpente, 2023
Róisín Murphy, 2023
Pink Floyd, 1970
Elliott Smith, 1994
not meant for consumption
Matthew Sweet, 1991
David Bowie, 1971
big ears 2024
Seen this year at the Big Ears Festival: Henry Threadgill’s Very Very Circus (repertory band); Mary Halvorson Amaryllis; Tyondai Braxton; Jlin; Unwound; Trevor Dunn’s Trio Convulsant Extra; Claire Rousay; Ikue Mori / Fred Frith; Kristin Hersh; Brad Mehldau; Tomeka Reid; Bitchin’ Bajas; Carl Craig; Min Xiao Fen; Colleen; Myra Melford Fire & Water; Colin Stetson; Beth Orton; JG Thirlwell & Ensemble; Bar Italia; Shabaka; Ches Smith’s Laugh Ash; Matt Mitchell; Void Patrol; KMRU; John Paul Jones / Thurston Moore (*not seen due to delays); André 3000
relief, re: listening fatigue
Anika, 2023
Ulla, 2021
Robert Ashley, 1979
Pharoah Sanders, 1977
down with the downbeat
Felipe Gordon, 2023
Funki Porcini, 1999
Nightmares on Wax, 2006
Afrikan Sciences, 2020
Scarcity breeds…
The Durutti Column, 1989
The Durutti Column, 1998
outré virtuosos
Nate Wooley, 2022
the Jack Quartet / Catherine Lamb
not so fast
Ben Vida with Yarn / Wire & Nina Dante, 2023
Kukangendai, 2023
exception to progress
Peter Hammill, 1978
Van der Graaf Generator, 1976
Peter Hammill, 1975
just trippin'
Kate NV, 2023
Sea Urchin, 2019
Juana Molina, 2017
outside time
Julie Tippetts, 1975
become what you are
Erasure, 1991 x 2
becoming neo-classicists
Thurston Moore, 2007
Superchunk, 2009
The Julie Ruin, 2013
Big Ears Festival, 2023
Yarn / Wire performing Lucier / McIntosh and Mochizuki
Sam Gendel / Sam Wilkes
Phill Niblock
Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet
Rob Mazurek / Exploding Star Orchestra
David Byrne’s Reasons to Be Cheerful
Wendy Eisenberg
Mary Halvorson Amaryllis
Kali Malone’s Living Torch
The Meridian Brothers
Tyshawn Sorey Trio with Bill Frisell & Joe Lovano
Pino Palladino & Blake Mills
Irreversible Entanglements
Tarbaby with David Murray
Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba
Catherine Lamb performed by Jack Quartet
William Parker Mayan Space Station
Vinicius Cantuaria
James ‘Blood’ Ulmer
Xylouris White
John Zorn’s Gnostic Trio
Theon Cross
Éliane Radigue performed by Nate Wooley
Kate NV
Oneohtrix Point Never
low-key obsession
Jonnine, 2023
HTRK, 2009
Jonnine Standish
