Saturday, January 25, 2025

Sunday, January 19, 2025

Toots & The Maytals - Pass the Pipe: 7 (B+)


Out of print and prices used as if it were a lost treasure, instead of this grade. So I won’t be on the lookout for reasonably-priced copies.

Material - Seven Souls: 7 (B+)


# [experimental]

Peter and the Test Tube Babies - Peter and the Test Tube Babies: 7 (B+)


Originally issued as the import-only Soberphobia, and this US-issued, self-titled version is prohibitively expensive used and was only reissued on remastered CDr, also unavailable for reasonable prices. At this grade, I will not be keeping an eye out for reasonably-priced copies.

Tucker Zimmerman - Ten Songs: 7 (B+)


# [folk/folk rock]

Halsey – Love and Power EP: Love [EP] [liked]

:-)

White Denim - Takes Place in Your Work Space [EP] [liked]

:-)

The Mountain Goats - New Asian Cinema [EP] [liked]

:-)

Happy Mondays - Rave On [EP] [liked]

:-)

Mk.gee - Two Star & the Dream Police [liked]

:-)

Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk: 7 (B+)


#indiepop

Margaret Glaspy - The Sun Doesn't Think [EP] [liked]

:-)

Massive Attack - 100th Window [liked]

:-)

Peter and the Test Tube Babies -The $hit Factory [liked]

:-)

Body Meta - Prayer in Dub: 7.5 (high B+)


# [jazz; experimental]

Jessica Pratt - Here in the Pitch [liked]

:-)

Orchestre Les Volcans Du Benin - Vol. 1: 7.5 (high B+)


# [Afro-Cuban] Vinyl-only reissue of 1980 release anyway, with original vinyl being ultra-rare and expensive.

I-Roy - Hell and Sorrow [liked]

:-)

Friday, January 17, 2025

Bopol Mansiamina - Innovation: 8.5 (high A-)


Early 1990s Parisian soukous at its finest. This was only released on vinyl and cassette, even though it was 1990. I have a beautiful vinyl copy. Dally Kimoko on solo, and Nyboma on vocals.

Sunday, January 12, 2025

Daryl Johns - Daryl Johns [liked]

:-)

The Waterboys - This Is the Sea

:-|

Circle X - Celestial [liked]

:-) [Docked a notch for bloat. Could definitely have left off the last two tracks, and shortened the 2 other 7+ minute songs by a couple minutes each. That would have made it a 7 (B+) for me.]

Ornette Coleman - Chappaqua Suite: X stars


# [orchestral free jazz] Listened to this because the reviewer in the Spin guide gave it a 9 out of 10. Wife hates it.

Phelimuncasi & Metal Preyers - Izigqinamba: 8 (A-)


# [ampiano/gqom] Vinyl-only anyway, and "limited edition" [At least 7 listens] [Eventually upped to 8 (A-) and purchased, mainly because Christgau rated it 9.5 (high A), so sooner or later, I'll probably catch up with him, and then it won't be available.]

Previous Industries [Open Mike Eagle/Video Dave/Still Rift] - Service Merchandise

:-( [Terrible. Such pretentious enunciation. Sounds like a bunch of boring old men with nothing to say desperately trying to sound "hip" and "different" with their flow. And it's "aperture" not "aperature."] [4.5 listens, with the half-listen being because I was dozing off, which is inevitable with this]

Wussy - Cellar Door [EP] [liked]

:-) [Limited edition]

Wussy - The Great Divide [EP] [liked]

:-) [Limited edition]

The Royal Rasses - Humanity: liked

Featuring Prince Lincoln Thompson

Saturday, January 11, 2025

Amyl and the Sniffers - Cartoon Darkness [liked]

:-)

Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who?: 8 (A-)

The Stylistics - Let's Put It All Together [liked]

:-) [I think I did this one because it was on some list of the best albums of 1974]

Collected, but not necessarily shelved or graded yet [some have provisional grades] 2025

List made in 2025, but acquisition could have been many years ago ... decades, a half a century, even:

Wilson Pickett - In Philadelphia [final listen shelf]
LL Cool J - Mr. Smith [final listen shelf]
Procol Harum - A Salty Dog [final listen shelf]
The Hollies - The Hollies' Greatest Hits
Alice in Chains - Alice in Chains (ie, the dog album) [7 (B+)] [final listen shelf]
The Grateful Dead - Duke '78
The Grateful Dead - Dead Set [8 (A-)] [final listen shelf]
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs; Reflektor; WE [final listen shelf]
Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe - Kedu America
Cesaria Evora - Cafe Atlantico [final listen shelf]
Anna Domino - Mysteries of America [w/Colouring in the Edge and the Outline]
Skrillex - Bangarang [EP] [8 (A-)] [final listen shelf]
Orchestra Makassy - Legends of East Africa [Agwaya plus]
Chaka Khan - Epiphany: The Best of Chaka Khan Volume One [8 (A-)] [final listen shelf]
Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band - The Mirror Man Sessions [final listen shelf]
Tin Huey - Contents Dislodged During Shipment [final listen shelf]
Willie Nelson - A Beautiful Time
Johnny Cash - The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983 [Columbia, 1992]; American IV [final listen shelf]
The Mekons - The Quality of Mercy Is Not Strnen [8 (A-)]
Holy Modal Rounders - Last Round
Son Seals - Midnight Son
Laurie Anderson - Mister Heartbreak [8 (A-)] [final listen shelf]
Neneh Cherry - Raw Like Sushi [final listen shelf]
Lobi Traore - Bwati Kono "In the Club" [final listen shelf]
Omar Souleyman - Wenu Wenu [final listen shelf]
Henry Clay People - Somewhere on the Golden Coast [final listen shelf]
Henry Clay People - Twenty-Five for the Rest of Our Lives [final listen shelf]
Various - Rough Guide to Colombian Street Party [final listen shelf]
Various - Y2K: Beat the Clock [final listen shelf] 
Shalamar - Three for Love [8 (A-)] [final listen shelf]
Janet Jackson - Design of a Decade: 1986-1996 [8 (A-)] [final listen shelf]
New York Dolls - Live at the Fillmore East
New York Dolls - Dancing Backward in High Heels [7 (B+)] [final listen shelf]
Charlie Parker - In a Soulful Mood
Etta James - Her Best: The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection
Jimi Hendrix - Woodstock [MCA, 1994] [8 (A-)]
Delroy Wilson - The Best of Delroy Wilson [Heartbeat, 1991]
Loretta Lynn - 20 Greatest Hits [8.5 (high A-)]
New Order - Power Corruption and Lies [7.5 (high B+)]; Low Life [7 (B+)] [final listen shelf]
His Name Is Alive - Stars on E.S.P. [8 (A-)]
Soul Coughing - New York, NY 16.08.99 [7.5 (high B+)]
George Jones - The King of Country Music
Earth, Wind & Fire - Original Album Classics [That's the Way; Gratitude; Spirit; All 'n All; I Am]
Various - NOW That’s What I Call an Era: The Sound of the Suburbs 1977-1980 [8.5 (high A-)] [final listen shelf]
Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet [8 (A-)] [final listen shelf]
The Wild Magnolias - The Wild Magnolias [8.5 (high A-)]
The Neville Brothers - Treacherous: A History of ... [8.5 (high A-)] [final listen shelf]
Ata Kak - Obaa Sima [8 (A-)]
Various - Rough Guide to the Music of Ethiopia [2012] [final listen shelf]
Public Enemy - Power to the People and the Beats: Public Enemy's Greatest Hits [1 listen]
Public Enemy - Man Plans God Laughs [final listen shelf] 
Public Enemy - What You Gonna Do When the Grid Goes Down? [final listen shelf] 
Public Enemy - Beats and Places [8 (A-)] [final listen shelf]
David Johansen - Sweet Revenge [9 (A)] [final listen shelf]
Maria Muldaur - Heart of Mine: Love Songs of Bob Dylan [final listen shelf]
La Cherga - Fake No More [8 (A-)] [final listen shelf]
The Steve Miller Band - Greatest Hits 1974-78 [8 (A-)] 
Various - The Sound of the City: New Orleans 
Joe Ely - The Best of Joe Ely [8.5 (high A-)]
Salif Keita - Papa [final listen shelf]
Madonna - True Blue
Madonna - Like a Virgin [8 (A-)] [final listen shelf]
Lorde - Solar Power [8 (A-)]
Gil Scott-Heron - Original Album Classics [Real Eyes; ReflectionsMoving Target]
K'ss Dal - K'ss Dal [7 (B+) (docked a notch for bloat)]
Lucy Dacus - Forever Is a Feeling [8 (A-)]
The Strokes - The Modern Age [EP] [shelved]
Parquet Courts - Content Nausea [EP] [shelved]
Ted Nugent - Great Gonzos: The Best of Ted Nugent [final listen shelf]
Randy Travis - Trail of Memories
Pretenders - Original Album Series [Pretenders; Pretenders II; Learning to Crawl; Get Close; Last of the Independents]
Diblo Dibala - Mechant Garcon [7 (B+)] [final listen shelf]
The Reducers - Cruise to Nowhere
Diblo Dibala - Ca Passe ou ca Casse [7 (B+)] [final listen shelf]
Mekons - Horror [8 (A-)] [final listen shelf]
Sonic Youth - Sonic Death (Early Sonic - Sonic-Youth Live) [7 (B+)] [final listen shelf]
Pretenders - Loose Screw
Various - Rough Guide to the Music of Nigeria and Ghana 
Oh-OK - The Complete Recordings [incl, obviously, Furthermore What]
Tom Ze - Brazil Classics 5: The Return of Tom Ze: The Hips of Tradition [shelved]
Aurlus Mabele - Stop, Arretez! [8 (A-)] [final listen shelf]
George Jones - The Grand Tour/Alone Again
George Jones - I Am What I Am
The Three Johns - Volume [with Brainbox EP and everything else]
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
Low Cut Connie - Get Out the Lotion; Call Me Sylvia [final listen shelf]
Yung Wu - Shore Leave 
Bright Eyes - Five Dice, All Threes
John Langford - Gold Brick [8 (A-)] [final listen shelf]
Jon Langford & Skull Orchard - Old Devils [7 (B+)] [final listen shelf]
Roky Erickson - You're Gonna Miss Me [8 (A-)]
Nicky Minaj - Beam Me Up Scotty [8 (A-)]
Amadou & Mariam - La Vie Est Belle [8 (A-)]
Lokassa et Soukous Stars - Megamix, Vol. 1 [8 (A-)] [shelved]
David Bowie - Aladdin Sane; The Man Who Sold the World; "Heroes"; Lodger; Scary Monsters
Bob Mould - Sunshine Rock [7 (B+)] [final listen shelf]
Gang of Four - What Happens Next [7.5 (high B+)] [final listen shelf]
Gang of Four - Happy Now [7.5 (high B+)] [final listen shelf]
Vincent Gallo - When [7 (B+)] [shelved]
Miranda Lambert - Postcards from Texas [8 (A-)]
FACS - Wish Defense [8 (A-)]
The Chills - Spring Board: The Early Unrecorded Songs [7.5 (high B+)]
Modogo Gian Franco Ferre et L'Orchestre Viva la Musica - Statue de la Liberte [8 (A-)]
Taylor Swift - Folklore [8 (A-)]; Evermore [8 (A-)]
Aesop Rock - Spirit World Field Guide [7 (B+)]; Integrated Tech Solutions [7 (B+)]
Carly Pearce - Hummingbird [8 (A-)]
Manu Chao - Viva Tu [8 (A-)]
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday; Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded: Deluxe Edition; The Pinkprint; Queen; Pink Friday 2
The Pixies - Best of Pixies: Wave of Mutilation [9 (A)]
Blondshell - Blondshell [8 (A-)]
The Band - Cahoots
The Jackson 5 - The Ultimate Collection [8 (A-)]
Michael Jackson - Bad [8 (A-)]
Pistol Annies - Interstate Gospel
Beyonce - Cowboy Carter; Beyonce
Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud
Hop Along - Painted Shut
Sky Ferreira - Night Time, My Time
Gorillaz - Demon Days
Robyn - Body Talk Pt. 1; Body Talk; Robyn
Lady Gaga - Born This Way [8 (A-)]; The Fame [final listen shelf]
Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit [8 (A-)]
Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream [8 (A-)]
Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass; Skelethon
Various - Angola Soundtrack 2
Ohio Players - The Best of Ohio Players: 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection [9 (A)]
Dieuf-Dieul de Thies - Dieuf-Dieul de Thies [8 (A-)]
Kendrick Lamar - GNX [7 (B+)]
Africa Negra - Antologia Vol. 2
Atmosphere - Talk Talk
Aretha Franklin - Original Album Series; Original Album Series Vol. 2
Pepe Kalle and Rochereau - Lisanga Ya "Banganga" [a/k/a "Feu d'Artifice"] [8.5 (high A-)]
Rosali - Bite Down [8.5 (high a-)]
Social Distortion - Social Distortion [7 (B+)]

Dennis Brown - Brown Sugar [liked]

:-)

Amen Dunes - Death Jokes II

:-(

Aretha Franklin - A Rose Is Still a Rose: 7.5 (high B+)


#r&b [De-shelved in 2022]

Aretha Franklin - Greatest Hits (1980-1994): 7.5 (high B+)


#r&b/bestof [De-shelved in 2022]

At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command: 8 (A-)

At the Drive-In - Vaya [EP]: 8 (A-)

Aretha Franklin - 30 Greatest Hits: X (X)


Of course this is a classic, and everyone must have this and be familiar with it. Apparently, this has never been remastered since 1986 domestically, so I still have the old fatbox on the shelves.

Fake Fruit - Mucho Mistrust: 8 (A-)


Upped from 7.5 (high B+) and collected.

Thursday, January 9, 2025

White Denim - Let's Talk About It [EP]: 8 (A-)


Grade is for the 5-song version on Spotify, which I can't seem to find in physical. In fact, all physicals appear to be promos or vinyl limited editions? Weird.

Saturday, January 4, 2025

Orchestra Baobab - batch review/placeholder

I have several Baobab releases. On the final listen shelf (ie, had at least 3 listens already but need one final one before being graded and shelved) are the following, all with provisional grades of 8 (A-):

N'Wolof
La Belle Epoque: Volume 2 1973-1976
Tribute to Ndiouga Dieng

Already shelved, which means they got at least 4 listens and were shelved prior to me starting to formally grade albums, are the following, which I will grade if I ever play them again (but they are clearly at least 7 (B+) or I would not have shelved them):

On Verra Ca
Pirates Choice
Made in Dakar

And I have the following two albums lying around, which I have heard less than 3 times and will eventually get around to hearing some more:

African Classics (also called Classic Titles, and on AllMusic as African Nights for some reason)
A Night at Club Baobab

And finally, on my listening list for some day is Roots and Fruit. [AllMusic also has a Volume 3 for the La Belle Epoque series, which is also on Discogs, as a digital release. This is just the second disc of the 2-disc Volume 2.]

Orchestra Baobab - Bamba: 8 (A-)


This contains most of the below two albums, which I will not grade separately. Each album has 6 tracks, and this one contains in each case 5 of the 6 tracks. The album titles are Mouhamadou Bamba and Viva Bawobab S1 / Si Bou Odja, or something like that in the latter case. It is sometimes listed as Sibou Odia and is credited to "Baobab Gouye-Gui De Dakar." Actually, I think the first one is credited to the same, with an extra hyphen. I did listen to the 2 deleted tracks thrice each.

Mouhamadou Bamba

Viva Bawobab S1 / Si Bou Odja

Kool Keith - El Dorado Driven: 7 (B+)


Presented by "Teddy Bass." Sounds like Keith's electro move. Besides being an import, and priced as such, this was also issued in a cardboard sleeve. I refuse to buy those. #import(Canada)

Friday, January 3, 2025

Material - Temporary Music (1979-1981): 8 (A-)


This grade is for the "expanded edition," with the first two Temporary Music EPs and 4 extra tracks from 2 of their singles -- "Ciquri"/"Detached" (with Robert Quine on guitar) and "Discourse"/"Slow Murder." Also released as Secret Life. I have this as part of a 3-disc reissue with One Down and SXL's Into the Outlands.

Radiohead - Drill [EP]

:-| [3 songs rerecorded for Pablo Honey]

Saccharine Trust - Paganicons [EP] [liked]

:-)

Been Stellar - Scream from New York, NY [liked]

:-)

Honor Role - Album: 7.5 (high B+)


# [comp] [Docked a notch for bloat]

Wednesday, January 1, 2025

Catalog Scrubs Complete 2025

Alberta Hunter
The Platters
Billy Woods
Van Der Graaf Generator
Hawkwind
Big Thief
Gnarls Barkley
Chance the Rapper
The Five Royales
Sam Cooke
Howlin' Wolf
Dan Ex Machina
The Four Tops
Willie Dixon
Wilson Pickett
Manhattans
Joe Cocker
Mutiny
Ike & Tina Turner/Ike Turner/Tina Turner
Jim Croce
Run the Jewels
Freestyle Fellowship
Lefty Frizzell
The Beatles
Lee Dorsey
Company Flow
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo
Black Sheep
Pete Rock & CL Smooth
Pete Rock
CMAT
Choc Stars [as far as a scrub could be done on this band]
MX-80 [Sound]
MTV Party to Go series (Volumes 1-10)
Stone Temple Pilots
Mother Love Bone
Billie Eilish
The Embarrassment
Hall & Oates
Daryl Hall
John Oates
Tim Buckley
Jeff Buckley
Arcade Fire
Stella Donnelly
Pentangle
Smash Mouth
Calle 13
Ink Spots
Corey Harris
Dan Bern
Bis
Warda
Cesaria Evora
Kiss
Fats Domino
Little Willie John
Devo
Miracle Legion
Pere Ubu/David Thomas
Ready for the World
Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci
Railroad Jerk
The Clash
Joe Strummer
Led Zeppelin
Del McCoury
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Alpha Blondy
The Gun Club/Jeffrey Lee Pierce
Joi [neo-soul/r&b diva/auteur]
Joi Sound System [sometimes aka just Joi?] [Bangladeshi electronic duo]
Beat Happening
Joan Armatrading
The Germs
The Kinleys
The Murmurs
Sunny Sweeney
Paul McCartney/Wings/Paul & Linda McCartney
The Beach Boys
James Blood Ulmer
The Cranberries
Loudon Wainwright III
Skrillex
Prince Paul
Handsome Boy Modeling School
Christine McVie
Sally Timms
The Fleshtones
Pointer Sisters/Bonnie Pointer
Rufus/Chaka Khan
Bob Seger
The Marvelettes
Tammy Wynette
Dionne Warwick
The Drifters
The Coasters
The Clovers
Tin Huey
Willie Nelson
The Foo Fighters
Curtis Mayfield/The Impressions
Huey Lewis
Holger Czukay
Huey "Piano" Smith
Def Leppard
The Village People
Doug Sahm/Texas Tornados/Sir Douglas Quintet
Johnny Cash
The Grateful Dead/Jerry Garcia/Bob Weir
Justin Timberlake
Derek & the Dominos
David Greenberger
The Auteurs/Black Box Recorder/Baader Meinhof/Luke Haines
Dennis Bovell [Blackbeard]
Audio Active
Fela Kuti
Merle Haggard
Ry Cooder
B.B. King
The Guess Who
Comet Gain
Magazine [Howard Devoto of the Buzzcocks]
Captain Beefheart
The Mighty Clouds of Joy
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
Teddy Pendergrass
Booker T. & the M.G.'s
Grin/Nils Lofgren
Bobby Bare
Fat Boys
Tony Toni Tone
Dr. Feelgood
Thomas Jefferson Kaye
Sepultura
The Jam
Danzig
Slipknot
Lyres
Motley Crue
Canned Heat
Gil Scott-Heron/Gil Scott Heron & Brian Jackson
Brian Jackson
Swamp Dogg
Mariem Hassan
Sparrow [Mighty Sparrow]
Rokia Traore
John Lee Hooker
Etta James
The Moments [Ray, Goodman & Brown]
Chuck Berry
Norman Greenbaum
Loretta Lynn
Conway Twitty
Loretta Lynn/Conway Twitty
Shalamar
The Louvin Brothers
Joy of Cooking/Terry Garthwaite/Toni Brown
New Order
Average White Band
X-Ray Spex
His Name Is Alive
Garland Jeffreys
Astor Piazzolla
Wild Magnolias
Guy Clark
Marshall Crenshaw
Raspberries/Eric Carmen
The Verve
Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band
Kid Creole [and the Coconuts]/August Darnell/The Coconuts
Public Enemy
Chuck D/Peeps of Soulfunk
David Johansen/Buster Poindexter
Bill Orcutt
Soft Machine
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Local H
Maureen "Moe" Tucker
Jimmie Rodgers
David Murray
En Vogue
Supertramp
Steve Miller
Madonna
Lorde
John Anderson
The Housemartins
Django Reinhardt
Moe Bandy
Action Bronson
Charly Bliss
2 Black 2 Strong [MMG]
The Romantics
Califone
Red Crayola [Krayola]/Art & Language/Mayo Thompson
Spring Heel Jack
Yaz/Yazoo
New York Dolls
Johnny Thunders/Heartbreakers
Carolina Chocolate Drops
Randy Travis
The Reducers
Khalid
Ducks Deluxe
Pretenders
Channel 3/CH3/CH 3
Gogol Bordello
The Alarm
George Jones
A Flock of Seagulls
Neville Brothers
Divinyls
Kate Bush
T-Bone Burnett/Alpha Band
Hamell on Trial
Low Cut Connie
Yellowman
Charlie Chaplin
Meat Puppets
The Move
Mogwai
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
Gary Numan
Tyler Childers
William Tyler
Congo Natty/Rebel MC/Conquering Lion
Roky Erickson/13th Floor Elevators
Rush
Earth, Wind & Fire
Non-Prophets
Lokassa Ya Mbongo/Soukous Stars
Dally Kimoko/Soukous Stars
Kool and the Gang
Lucy Dacus
Portishead
Low
Aurlus Mabele
Diblo Dibala/Loketo/Matchatcha
Zitany Neil
Fede Lawu
The Handsome Family
Three 6 Mafia
Terry Allen
Little Axe
Vincent Gallo
Gang of Four
Guns N' Roses
Pablo Lubadika Porthos
Allen Ravenstine
Bob Mould/Sugar
John Hiatt
Nicki Minaj
Taylor Swift
Billy Idol
Emmylou Harris
Sandy Denny
George Winston
Keith Jarrett
Aesop Rock
Robert Wyatt
Dead Moon
The Band
The Jacksons/The Jackson 5
The Weeknd
King Sunny Ade
Swearin'
The Sex Pistols
Peaches & Herb
Broken Social Scene
George Michael
Erykah Badu
Sleater-Kinney
Dead Can Dance
Toots and The Maytals
Charlie Rich
Opal
Populous
Little Roy
I-Roy
Popul Vuh
Amen Dunes
At the Drive-In/Mars Volta/Sparta
Aretha Franklin
Orchestra Baobab
Saccharine Trust
Mars
Circle X

Circle X - Circle X [EP]: 7 (B+)


Never reissued on remastered CD, and original vinyl sells for too much.

2025 Single Listens (unless 2 otherwise noted)

Andres Segovia - An Evening With Andres Segovia
Carrier - Rhythm Immortal
Apollo Brown & Bronze Nazareth - Funeral for a Dream
Queen Herawin - Awaken the Sleeping Giant
Pacific Gas & Electric - The Best of PG&E [8 of 11 tracks]
Led Zeppelin - Live E.P. [EP]
Witch Camp (Ghana) - I’ve Forgotten Now Who I Used to Be
Sarah Haras - Mirage
Magical Power Mako - Magical Power
Mary Halvorson - About Ghosts
Zara Larsson - Midnight Sun
Phish - The Siket Disc
Prince - For You
Various - Day of the Dead [5 discs? Really? Why not pick the best couple dozen and make it a double?]
Greentea Peng - Tell Dem It’s Sunny
Various - Poptopia! Power Pop Classics of the '70s 
Mike Bloomfield/John Hammond, Jr./Dr. John - Triumvirate
The Grateful Dead - Passaic, NJ, April 27, 1977 [video; great Terrapin > Dew]
The Grateful Dead - Dick's Picks Vol. 10 [San Francisco, CA, December 29, 1977]
The Grateful Dead - February 23, 1993, Oakland, CA [good second set w/Ornette Coleman; bad first]
The Grateful Dead - May 1, 1977 Set Two, New York, NY [slow but fine; noodly]
The Grateful Dead - December 31, 1978, San Francisco, CA [slow but fine; noodly] [This is The Closing of Winterland DVD]
The Grateful Dead - September 3, 1977, Englishtown, NJ [aka Dick's Picks Vol. 15]
Various - Love Train: The Gamble & Huff Songbook
Dennis Bovell - Brain Damage; Audio Active; Decibel
Various - Have a Nice Decade: The '70s Pop Culture Box [7-CD box set]
Freh Khodja - Ken Andi Habib
Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band - New Threats From the Soul
Action Bronson - Saaab Stories [EP]; The Program [EP]
Horoya Band - Were Were [2 listens]
Various - Edna Martinez Presents Picó: Sound System Culture From the Colombian Caribbean 
Various - Music for a Revolution Vol. 1: Guinea's Syliphone Recording Label (1967-1973)
Haris Pilton/Balkan Voodoo Orchestra - Soon in Your Village
Various - Chess Blues [4CD - many artists who would be known only to blues aficionados]
Various - Chess Blues Classics 1957 to 1967
Aaron Carl - Uncloseted
Lifeguard - Ripped and Torn
The Bluebells - The Bluebells [EP]
Various - Roots Rocking Zimbabwe - The Modern Sound of Harare' Townships 1975-1980
This Is Lorelei - Box for Buddy, Box for Star
Bill Orcutt - Made out of Sound
The Animals - Animalization
Repetition Repetition - Fit for Consequences: Original Recordings, 1984–1987
Charly Bliss - Supermoon
Khalid - Sincere
Joanna Wang - Modern Tragedy [Xgau B+]
Various - African Connection, Vol. 2: West Africa [9 of 12 tracks]
Ducks Deluxe - Box of Shorts [EP]
David Murray - Birdly Serenade
Alice Coltrane - Universal Consciousness
The Alarm - Declaration; The Alarm [EP]
Beirut - The Flying Club Cup 
Here We Go Magic - A Different Ship
Perfume Genius - Glory
Deafheaven - Lonely People with Power
Destroyer - Dan’s Boogie
Sleigh Bells - Bunky Becky Birthday Boy
Various - Super Guitar Soukous
clipping. - Dead Channel Sky
4 Etoiles - Adama Coly
Slowdive - Holding Our Breath [EP]
Various - World Beat Vol. 1 - Afrique De L'Ouest/West Africa
Various - World Beat Vol. 2 - Afrique Centrale/Central Africa
Ghost Mountain - October Country
Talking Heads - Live on Tour ’78 [Live at The Agora, Cleveland, OH, 12/18/1978]
Glenn Mercer - Incidental Hum
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou - Echos Hypnotiques: From the Vaults of Albarika ...
Gloorp - Gloorp 'Em Up
William Tyler - Time Indefinite [2 listens]
Mamalarky - Hex Key
Bladee - Cold Visions
Chief Keef - Back from the Dead [mixtape]
Roger Knox/Pine Valley Cosmonauts - Stranger in My Land [w/Jon Langford]
Squid - Cowards
Sam Fender - People Watching
Florence Adooni - A.O.E.I.U.
Gnonnas Pedro - La Compilation Vol. 1 [Afro-Cuban]
Bootsy Collins - Album of the Year #1 Funkateer
Jane Remover - Revengeseekerz
Future Islands - Singles; The Far Field
Gang of Four - Tattoo [EP] [one sound clip; one new song]
Low/Spring Heel Jack - Bombscare [EP]
Scott Walker [Engel] - Scott 4
Beak - 2 [>>]
Lambchop - Nixon
PremRock - Did You Enjoy Your Time Here...?
John Lennon - Live in New York City [2 listens]
Yo La Tengo - Nuclear War [EP] [at least one listen]
John Lennon - Shaved Fish; The John Lennon Collection; Lennon Legend: The Very Best
Guns N' Roses - Greatest Hits
Backxwash - Only Dust Remains
Yo La Tengo - Merry Christmas from Yo La Tengo [EP]
Wganda Kenya - Africa 5.000 [afro-funk]
Nicki Minaj - Queen Radio: Volume 1
Neil Young + Promise of the Real - Earth
For Against - Coalesced
Horsegirl - Phonetics On and On
OsamaSon - Jump Out
LP - Lost on You
The Space Lady - Greatest Hits
Bashy - Being Poor Is Expensive
Jackson 5 - The Best of Jackson 5: 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection
Pierce the Veil - Collide with the Sky
Exodus - Bonded by Blood
Movietone - The Blossom Filled Streets
White Denim - 12
Prostitute - Attempted Martyr
The Rolling Stones - Welcome to Shepherd’s Bush [Live]
Jaeychino - Artwork III
NLE Choppa - SLUT SZN
Ricardo Villalobos - Alcachofa
Cameron Winter - Heavy Metal
Zapsign Deebo - The Yeoville Papyrus
Plastikman [Richie Hawtin] - Musik
DJ Krush - Meiso
Messiah in Glytch - Geisha in the Machine
The Bug Club - On the Intricate Inner Workings of the System