ginchy shit, 2023
ginchy shit, 2023
Jesse Jarnow / @bourgwick@heads.social
a running list
single-asterisk – extra-highly recommended
double-asterisk – I’ll figure out what 2 stars means one of these years
triple-asterisk – instant classic in my own personal canon
newish
The Bug Club, Green Dream In F# (no label)
William Parker/Matthew Shipp/Daniel Carter/Gerald Cleaver, Welcome Adventure! Vol. 2 (577)
Smoke Bellow, Open For Business (Trouble In Mind)
Dividers, Crime of Passion (Primordial Void)
Congo Cowboys, Yoka EP (no label)
new
Yo La Tengo, This Stupid World (Matador) ***
Danny Arakaki, Tumble In Shade (Husky Pants)
Meg Baird, Furling (Drag City)
The Necks, Travel (Northern Spy)
Joseph Allred, What Strange Flowers Grow In the Shade (Feeding Tube) ***
Tyler Mitchell Octet feat. Marshall Allen, Sun Ra’s Journey (Cellar Music)
M. Ring, War Poems, We Rested (Don Giovanni) *
Bill Orcutt, Jump On It (Palilalia) ***
Paper Jays, Asbestos Quote (no label)
Elkhorn, On The Whole Universe In All Directions (Centripetal Force)
Joe Westerlund, Elegies For the Drift (Psychic Hotline)
Drew Gardner, Flowers In Space (Feeding Tube) *
Powers/Pulice/Rolin, Prism (Cached Media)
Tashi Dorji, Improvisations For Nylon String Guitar Part III (no label)
Emergency Group, Crisis In Mono (Island House)
Tilo Weber, Tesserae (We Jazz)
Sleepy Doug Shaw, Sleepy at Tubby’s (no label) *
Natural Information Society, Since Time Is Gravity (Eremite) ***
Alice, L’Oiseau Magnifique (Les Disques Bongo Joe)
John Cale, Mercy (4AD)
Ryan Sawyer, Andres Renteria & John Dwyer, POSH SWAT (Castle Face)
The Bug Club, Mr. Anyway’s Holey Spirits Perform! One Foot in Bethlehem (We Are Busy Bodies)
William Tyler & The Impossible Truth, Secret Stratosphere (Merge) *
v/a, Dot Dash Mix Tape Volume One (Dot Dash)
Turbo Sonidero, Lowrider Kumbias Rebajada Por Sonido Dueñez (Discos Rolas) ***
Water Damage, 2 Songs (12XU) *
Mute Duo, Migrant Flocks (American Dreams))
Paul Simon, Seven Psalms (Owl/Legacy) *
Mark McGuire, A Pocket Full of Rain (Husky Pants)
v/a, Hidden Waters: Strange and Sublime Sounds of Rio de Janeiro (Mr. Bongo)
Zoh Amba/Chris Corsano/Bill Orcutt, The Flower School (Palalia)
Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You (Drag City) ***
Dustin Wong, Perpetual Morphosis (Hausu Mountain)
Arnold Dreyblatt, Resolve (Drag City)
Prairiewolf, s/t (Centripetal Force)
Royal Arctic Institute, From Coma To Catharsis (no label)
jaimie branch’s Fly or Die, Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) (International Anthem)
The Bug Club, Rare Birds: Hour of Song (no label) ***
Mary Lattimore, Goodbye, Hotel Arkada (Ghostly International)
Rocket 808, House of Jackpots (12XU)
Taper’s Choice, History of Taper’s Choice, Vol. 1 (Taper’s Choice) (no label)
Joseph Allred, New Jerusalem (Centripetal Force)
Peter One, Come Back To Me (Verve Forecast)
Lewsberg, Out & About (12XU) *
Gunn/Truscinski/Nace, Glass Band (Three Lobed)
Black Duck, s/t (Thrill Jockey)
Daniel Bachman, When the Roses Come Again (Three Lobed) ***
Dougie Poole, The Rainbow Wheel of Death (Wharf Cat) ***
Sonny & the Sunsets, Self Awareness Through Macrame (Mexican Summer)
Wreckless Eric, Leisureland (Tapete)
Bob Dylan, Shadow Kingdom (Columbia) ***
Sunwatchers, Music Is Victory Over Time (Trouble In Mind)
Melanas, Ahora (Trouble In Mind) *
MrDougDoug, SOS Forks AI REM II (Hausu Mountain)
Zea, We Are Still Each Other’s Only Hope (Makkum)
Setting, Shone A Rainbow Light On (Paradise of Bachelors) *
M. Savage, Several Songs About Fire (Rough Trade)
Bob Dylan, Nothing Lasts Forever: Cover Songs 2023 (no label)
Setting, At Black Mountain College Museum (no label)
Modern Nature, No Fixed Point In Space (Bella Union)
Sundae Painters, s/t (Leather Jacket)
Tyvek, Overground (Ginkgo)
singles/EPs/short-form/individual non-album performances
Big Blood, Weird Road EP (no label)
Dane Law, Map of the Marsh EP (no label)
Married FM, Married FM EP (no label)
hogobogogo, pepsi/coke EP – An Electronic Sound Poetry Transmission (i.u.)
Marisa Anderson & Tara Jane O’Neil, For All We Know (Jealous Butcher)
小王XIAOWANG, SSSS single (no label)
Florry, Sweet Guitars EP (Dear Life)
Richard Simons, Sounds from the Creation Room (no label)
Prairiewolf, Lagniappe Session (Aquarium Drunkard)
Rosali, “Stuck Inside A Cloud” (Merge)
Jonathan Richman, Yatasamaroun EP (Blue Arrow)
Tara Clerkin Trio, On The Turning Ground EP (World of Echo)
reissues/newish old things
Jon Hassell, The Living City (Ndeya)
Bob Dylan, Fragments – Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997) (Columbia) ***
Don Cherry & Jean Schwarz, Roundtrip (Transversales)
Carl Stone, Electronic Music from 1972-2022 (Unseen Worlds) ***
S.E. Rogue, Further Sounds Of S.E. Rogie (Mississippi)
v/a, Asteroid City (Original Soundtrack) (ABKCO)
v/a, If You Want to Make a Lover: Palm Wine, Akan Blues & Early Guitar Highlife, Pt. I (Death Is Not the End)
Malambo Jazz Masters, Down Lucky’s Way (Tapestry Works) *
v/a, River of Revenge: Brazilian Country Music 1929-1961, Vol. 1 (Death Is Not the End)
Grateful Dead, Here Comes Sunshine (Rhino)
Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru, Jerusalem (Mississippi) ***
Yoruba Singers, Ojinga’s Own (Bluegrass) *
v/a, Fish & Poi: Hawaiian Independent 78rpm Discs ca. 1945-56 (Canary)
misc. new-to-me
Heldon, Live Elektronik Guerilla: Paris 1975-1976 (Captain Trips)
William Parker, Centering (No Business)
William Parker/Matthew Shipp/Daniel Carter, Seraphic Light (AUM Fidelity)
Tom Ardolino, Unknown Brain (Mystra)
Tom Verlaine, Warm & Cool (Rykodisc) ***
Jake Schepps, Erik Satie’s Gnossiennes (no label)
Julie Tippetts, Sunset Glow (Utopia)
Jody Harris & Robert Quine, Escape (Infidelity) ***
The Movers, Gallo African Classics (Gallo) ***
Wayne Shorter, Moto Grosso Feio (Blue Note)
Dream/Aktion Unit, Blood Shadow Rampage (Volcanic Tongue)
Nuno Canavarro, Plux Quba (Drag City)
Vassar Clements, John Hartford, Dave Holland, self titled (Rounder)
Harmonia, Live 1974 (Gronland)
The Skylarks, The Very Best of The Skylarks (1956-1959) Vol. 1 (Gallo)
Ikue Mori with Robert Quine & Marc Ribot, Painted Desert (Avant)
Smoke Bellow, Isolation 3000 (Ehse)
live recordings
Can, 24 June 1972 WDR Funkhaus, Cologne, DE
William Parker’s Aquasonic Ensemble, 26 June 2018 The Stone, NYC
William Parker’s Celestial Light House, 23 September 2021 Dizzy’s Club, NYC
Staples Singers, 19 April 1968 Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA
Abdullah Ibrahim, 1 July 2022 Jardins Du Chateau De Chantilly, Parc Du Chateau, Chantilly, FR
William Parker/Hamid Drake/Cooper Moore (Heart Trio), 22 June 2022, Roulette, Brooklyn, NY
Georgia Hubley & Ira Kaplan, 28 September 1998 Maxwell’s, Hoboken, NJ
Richard Manuel, 7 December 1985 Getaway Inn, Saugerties, NY
The Necks & corella birds, 7 March 2020 Gatehouse Tea Roons, Parramatta, NSW
Mississippi John Hurt, October 1964, WTBS, Boston, MA
Ravi Coltrane feat. Brandee Younger, 16 September 2022 Lensic PAC, Santa Fe, NM
Robert Hunter & Tom Constanten, 19 May 1990 Kane Hall, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Garcia Peoples with Ryan Jewell, 19 August 2023 Deep In the Valley, Red Hook, NY
Garcia Peoples with Ryan Jewell, 20 August 2023 Union Pool
Zoh Amba/Chris Corsano/Trevor Dunn, 5 October 2022 Record Shop, Brooklyn, NY
Peter Rowan’s Crucial Country with Vassar Clements, 27 July 1985, Beresford Farm, Duanesberg, NY
Alice Coltrane & Carlos Santana, 14 March 1974 Kabuki Theatre, San Francisco, CA
Alice Coltrane & Carlos Santana, CBS Studios, 1974, Illuminations Outtakes
Boredoms, 12 August 2001, Mount Hotaka, Matsumoto, Japan
live streamed
27 March – Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet at Roulette
23 September – Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson at Farm Aid
live
8 January – William Parker’s Rivbea Revisited at Gene Frankel Theatre
14 January – Winter Jazzfest Brooklyn Marathon, multiple venues
20 January – John Zorn, Bill Frisell, Mary Halvorson, Brandon Lopez, Wendy Eisenberg, etc., Tribute To Bill Frisell at Roulette
21 January – Danny Arakaki & co. at Union Pool
3 February – Marshall Allen & NYC All-Stars at Shift
11 February – Laraaji, Mikel Patrick Avery, & Immanuel Wilkins at the Stone
11 March – Ravi Coltrane Trio with Brandee Younger at the Blue Note
17 March – Che Chen/Chris Corsano/Patrick Holmes at Sundown Bar
18 March – Yo La Tengo at Brooklyn Steel
25 March – Millennial Territory Orchestra at The Stone
31 March – Powers/Rolin Duo, Mark Morgan, Weaker Signal at Union Pool
6 May – Marshall Allen/Chris Corsano/Dick Griffin & Ryan Sawyer/Nate Wooley/Lester St. Louis @ Union Pool
7 May – Art Ensemble of Chicago at Pioneer Works
11 May – Marta Werelis/Chris Corsano/Brandon Lopez at Shift
13 May – Prison at Ore Bar
9 June – Yo La Tengo at White Eagle Hall
2 July – Chris Corsano & Li-Chin Li at Shift 411
9 July – Sun Ra Arkestra at Pioneer Works
15 July – 75 Dollar Bill at Old American Can Factory
23 July – Steve Gunn/Ryan Sawyer & Oneida at Caracas
28 July – Zoh Amba/Chris Corsano/Wendy Eisenberg/Patrick Shiroshi at the Stone
29 July – Phish at Madison Square Garden
17 August – Bill Frisell Five at Village Vanguard
9 September – Joseph Allred at Sundownstairs
17 September – Bob Weir & Wolf Bros. + Willie Nelson at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium
20 September – Natural Information Society at Pioneer Works
7 October – Fred Frith & Zeena Parkins at The Stone
7 November – Bob Dylan at Capitol Theatre
8 November – Bob Dylan at Capitol Theatre
10 November – Oneida & Weak Signal at The Broadway
15 November – Bob Dylan at Kings Theatre
7 December – Yo La Tengo & co. at Bowery Ballroom
8 December – Yo La Tengo & co. at Bowery Ballroom
9 December – Yo La Tengo & co. at Bowery Ballroom
10 December – Yo La Tengo & co. at Bowery Ballroom
11 December – Yo La Tengo & co. at Bowery Ballroom
12 December – Yo La Tengo & co. at Bowery Ballroom
13 December – Yo La Tengo & co. at Bowery Ballroom
14 December – Yo La Tengo & co. at Bowery Ballroom
etc.
Let’s Do It by Bob Stanley
Breaks In the Air by John Klaess
Brothers and Sisters by Alan Paul
Live Dead by John Brackett
Pledging My Time by Ray Padgett
High Bias by Marc Masters
Agents of Chaos by Sean Howe
Flowers Through Concrete by Juliane Furst
Cosmic Scholar by John Szwed
A Strange Celestial Road by Ahmed Abdullah with Louis Reyes Rivera
Lou Reed: The King of New York by Will Hermes
