Wednesday, December 30, 2020

 Ears:

• Fleetwood Mac - Boston Volume 1
• The Bug feat. Dis Fig - In Blue
• Derek Bailey & Susie Ibarra - Daedal
• Mika Vainio - Sokeiden Maassa Yksisilmäinen On Kuningas
  
• Throbbing Gristle - Journey Through a Body
  

Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Eyes:

• Lyn Hejinian - Resistance
• Sue Nixon - Homophone Dictionary

Ears:

• Dionne Warwick - Valley of the Dolls
• Gilberto Gil - s/t (1968)
• Gunter Christmann / Torsten Muller / LaDonna Smith / Davey Williams - White Earth Streak
• Kanye West - The Life of Pablo
• Yo La Tengo - Today Is the Day!
• Tony Conrad / Genesis Breyer P-Orridge - Taking Issue
• Pierre Boulez - Répons; Dialogue de l'ombre double (Damiens, Ensemble InterContemporain)
• I.P.Y. - IPY
• Boris - Dronevil -Final-
• Derek Bailey - Standards
• Paul Lovens & Florian Stoffner - Tetratne
• Brian Eno - Reflection
  

Monday, December 28, 2020

Ears:

• John Cale - Helen of Troy 
• The Red Krayola - God Bless the Red Krayola and All Who Sail With It
• Pussy Galore - Historia de la Musica Rock
• Royal Trux - Singles, Live, Unreleased
• Derek Bailey & Min Xiao-Fen - Viper
  

Sunday, December 27, 2020

Eyes:

• Sunday New York Times
• Gabriel Josipovici - Infinity: The Story of a Moment
  

Ears:

• Eliane Radigue - Trilogie de la Mort (Oeuvres electroniques CDs 11-13)
• Kenny Rogers - Daytime Friends
• Jorge Ben - Solta o Pavao
• The Fall - Live at the Witch Trials
• Pete Swanson - Punk Authority
• Robert Ashley - Now Eleanor's Idea
  

Saturday, December 26, 2020

Ears:

• Os Mutantes - s/t
• Beatriz Ferreyra - Echos +
• Felicia Atkinson - The Flower and the Vessel
• Eliane Radigue - Oeuvres electroniques (CDs 1-6)
  

Friday, December 25, 2020

Ears:

• Bing Crosby & David Bowie - Peace on Earth / Little Drummer Boy
• Robert Hood - Mirror Man
• Fleetwood Mac - Boston Volume 1
• Low - Christmas
• John Zorn - A Dreamers Christmas

Eyes & Ears:

• Robert Ashley - Perfect Lives
• The Godfather
  

Thursday, December 24, 2020

Ears:

• James Brown - James Brown's Funky Christmas

Wednesday, December 23, 2020

Eyes:

• Ryan Foerster - Brighton Beach Architecture Tour 2020
• Silvianna Goldsmith - s/t

 

Ears:

• Rashid Ali + Le Roy Jenkins Duo - Swift Are the Winds of Life
• Low - Christmas 
• Frank Bretschneider - Plastik b/w Mechanik
• The Bug - Box ft. D Double E b/w Iceman ft. Riko Dan
• Charles Mingus - John Cassavates' Shadows
• Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? b/w Feed the World
• ZZ Top - Cheap Sunglasses b/w Tube Snake Boogie
• ZZ Top - Tush b/w La Grange
• Flowdan - Serious Business EP
• Yellow Swans - Being There
• Bela Bartok - Bluebeard's Castle (Norman, Polgar, Boulez, CSO)
• John Butcher / Phil Durrant - Secret Measures
• Misha Mengelberg - Rituals of Transition

Tuesday, December 22, 2020

 Ears:

• Olivier Messiaen - Vingt regards sur l'enfant Jesus (Yvonne Loriod)
  
• The Bob Seger System - Ramblin' Gamblin' Man
• John Fahey - Christmas Guitar Volume One
• Eiko Ishibashi - Hyakki Yagyo
• Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe & Ariel Kalma  - We Know Each Other Somehow

Eyes & Ears:

• Eyes Wide Shut

Monday, December 21, 2020

Ears:

• Thomas Brinkmann - Lucky Hands
• Robert Hood - Nothing Stops Detroit EP
• Robert Hood - Mirror Man
• Jonathan Kane - The Little Drummer Boy
• Paul Lovens & Florian Stoffner - Tetratne
• various - Tropicalia ou Panis et Circencis
• Olivier Messiaen - Vingt regards sur l'enfant Jesus (Yvonne Loriod)
  

Sunday, December 20, 2020

Eyes:

• Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle, Simone Beck - Mastering the Art of French Cooking

Ears:

• Kai Althoff - aber mich macht's traurig
• James Brown - James Brown's Funky Christmas
• Naná Vasconcelos with Agustin Pereyra Lucena - The Incredible Naná with Agustin Pereyra Lucena
• Bill Callahan - Have Fun with God
• Mauricio Kagel - Ludwig Van
• Catherie Christer Hennix - Unbegrenzt Aus den sieben Tagen
• Can - The Singles
• Matana Roberts & Pat Thomas - The Truth

Eyes & Ears:

• The Brood

Saturday, December 19, 2020

Eyes:

• Robert Ashley - Music with Roots in the Aether

Ears:

• Yellow Swans - Being There
• Blue Oyster Cult - Secret Treaties
• Free Kitten - "Nice Ass"
• Frank Bretschneider - Plastik b/w Mechanik
• John Zorn - A Dreamers Christmas
• Kai Althoff - aber mich macht's traurig
  

Friday, December 18, 2020

Ears:

• Charles Mingus - John Cassavetes' Shadows
• Low - Santa's Coming Over b/w The Coming of Jah
• Robert Hood - Nothing Stops Detroit EP
• Matana Roberts & Pat Thomas - The Truth
• Misha Mengelberg - Rituals of Transition
  

Thursday, December 17, 2020

 Ears:

• Low - Christmas
• Brian Marsella Trio - Outspoken-The Music of the Legendary Hassan
• Paul Lovens & Florian Stoffner - Tetratne
  

Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Eyes:

• César Aira - Dinner
  

Ears:

• John Zorn - A Dreamers Christmas
• Robert Hood - Mirror Man
• Robert Hood - Nothing Stops Detroit EP
• Jonathan Kane - The Little Drummer Boy
• Low - Christmas
• Josephine Foster - All the Leaves Are Gone
• Earth - Full Upon Her Burning Lips
  
• Kevin Drumm - Double the Room
  

Tuesday, December 15, 2020

 Ears:

• John Fahey - Christmas Guitar Volume One
• The Red Krayola - Blues, Hollers and Hellos
• She Keeps Bees - Kinship
• Bill Callahan - Have Fun with God
• Eiko Ishibashi - Hyakki Yagyo
  

Monday, December 14, 2020

Ears:

• John Zorn - A Dreamers Christmas
• Melvins - Eggnog + Lice-all
• Drew McDowall - Agalma
• Bill Orcutt - s/t
• Son House - Original 1940 - 1942 Mississippi Recordings
• Beatriz Ferreyra - Huellas Entreveradas
  

Sunday, December 13, 2020

Eyes:

• Sunday New York Times

Ears:

• Robert Ashley - Perfect Lives (Private Parts): The Bar
• Robert Ashley - Perfect Lives (Private Parts): Music Word Fire and I Would Do It Again (Coo Coo)
• "Blue" Gene Tyranny and Peter Gordon - Trust In Rock

Saturday, December 12, 2020

Eyes:

• Nathalie Leger - Suite for Barbara Loden

Ears: 

• Catherine Christer Hennix - Unbegrenzt Aus den sieben Tagen
  
• Robert Ashley - Perfect Lives (Private Parts): The Bar
• "Blue" Gene Tyranny - Out of the Blue
• various - Mogadisco: Dancing Mogadishu (Somalia 1972 - 1991)
  
• Robert Ashley - Perfect Lives (Private Parts)
  Robert Ashley - Foreign Experiences (full band version)
  

Friday, December 11, 2020

Eyes:

• César Aira - Birthday

Ears:

• Eiko Ishibashi - Hyakki Yagyo
• Robert Hood - Mirror Man
• F ingers - Awkwardly Blissing Out
• Bill Orcutt - A History of Every One
• Throbbing Gristle - Journey Through a Body
• Coil - The Ape of Naples
• Beatriz Ferreyra - Huellas Entreveradas
  

Thursday, December 10, 2020

 Ears:

• Catherine Christer Hennix - Unbegrenzt Aus den sieben Tagen
• Robert Hood - Mirror Man
• Robert Hood - Nothing Stops Detroit EP
• Mauricio Kagel - Ludwig Van
• Robert Ashley - Perfect Lives (Private Parts): Music Word Fire and I Would Do It Again (Coo Coo)
• Billie Holiday - Songs for Distingue Lovers
• Anthony Braxton - Ensemble (Victoriaville) 1988
• Gilberto Gil - s/t (1968)
  

Wednesday, December 9, 2020

Ears:

• Nara Leao - Os Meus Amigos são um Barato 
• Bettye LaVette - The Scene of the Crime
• Robert Hood - Mirror Man
• Jenny Hval - The Practice of Love
• Robert Ashley - Perfect Lives (Private Parts): Music Word Fire and I Would Do It Again (Coo Coo)
• Eiko Ishibashi - Hyakkki Yagyo 
• Beatriz Ferreyra - Echos +
  

Tuesday, December 8, 2020

Ears:

• Ab Baars Trio + Roswell Rudd - Four
• Ikue Mori - Class Insecta
• New Humans - AKA - New Humans / Vito Acconci / C. Spencer Yeh
• The Birthday Party - Live 81-82
• Beans featuring William Parker and Hamid Drake - Only

Eyes & Ears:

• Two-lane Blacktop
  

Monday, December 7, 2020

Ears:

• Bela Bartok - The 3 Piano Concertos (Sandor, Hungarian State Orchestra)
• Baby Dodds - Talking and Drum Solos / various - Country Brass Bands
• Luciano Berio - Corale; Chemins II & IV; Ritorno degli Snovidenia; "Points on the curve to find..." (Boulez, Ensemble InterContemporain)
• Herb Ellis - Meets Jimmy Giuffre
• Factrix - Scheintot
• Sunn O))) meets Nurse with Wound - The Iron Soul of Nothing
• Kode9 - Nothing
  

Sunday, September 6, 2020

Ears:

• Herb Ellis - Meets Jimmy Giuffre
• Joni Mitchell - Blue
• Tsurubami - Hanshoh No Omoi
• Boubacar Traoré - Mbalimaou
• Sapat - Mortise and Tenon
• David Bowie - Hunky Dory
• Colin Newman - Not To
• Nurse with Wound / Blind Cave Salamander - Cabbalism
• Deerhunter - Rainwater Cassette Exchange EP
• Harry Pussy - Superstar
• Othar Turner's Rising Star & Fife Drum Band - Field Recordings from Gravel Springs, Mississippi
  

Saturday, September 5, 2020

Ears:

• Carlinhos Brown - Candombless
• Baby Dodds - Talking and Drum Solos / various - Country Brass Bands
• Bill Orcutt - Odds Against Tomorrow
• The Contest of Pleasures - Tempestuous
• Irma Thomas - Wish Someone Would Care
• John Lee Hooker - Serve You Right to Suffer
• Terry Allen & the Panhandle Mystery Band - Pedal Steal + Four Corners
  

Friday, December 4, 2020

Eyes:

• César Aira - Conversations

 

Ears:

• Kevin Richard Martin - Frequencies for Leaving Earth Vol. 1
  
• Baby Dodds - Talking and Drum Solos / various - Country Brass Bands
  
• Roberto Rodriguez - El Danzon de Moises
• Moacir Santos - Coisas
• Bettye Lavette - Do Your Duty 
• Irma Thomas - Wish Someone Would Care
  

Thursday, December 3, 2020

Ears:

• Angel Bat Dawid - Transition East
• Sapat - Mortise and Tenon
• Low - C'Mon
  

Wednesday, December 2, 2020

Ears:

• Scene Creamers - I Suck on That Emotion
• Departmentstore Santas - At the Medieval Castle Nineteen 100-year Lifetimes Since
• Robert Ashley - Improvement (Don Leaves Linda) (2019 version)

Eyes & Ears:

• Jonathan Santoro - Always Chasing Rainbows

Tuesday, December 1, 2020

Ears:

• Max Neuhaus - Four Realizations of Stockhausen's Zyklus
• Philip Glass / Robert Wilson - Einstein on the Beach
• Steve Lacy - Raps
• Funkadelic - America Eats Its Young
• Nina Simone - Pastel Blues
  

Monday, November 30, 2020

Ears:

• Miles Davis - '58 Sessions
• Steve Lacy Seven - Cliches
• The Jimmy Giuffre 3 & 4 - New York Concerts
• Don Cherry - Organic Music
• Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners
• Postcommodity and Alex Waterman - In Memorium... Mary Cecil, Victoria Callihoo (nee Belcourt) and Eleanor (Helene) Thomas Garneau
• Iannis Xenakis - Pleiades, Psappha (Kroumata Percussion Ensemble)
• Nobukazu Takemura - Scope