ginchy shit, 2024
ginchy shit, 2024
Jesse Jarnow / @bourgwick@heads.social / @bourgwick.bsky.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
MANAS + E.M.M., At House Unamerican (no label)
ecoegoe, ecoegoe (no label)
Urban Village, Udondolo (No Format)
Maiju Jouppi, Of Epic Proportions (Artsy)
Long Odds, Fine Threads (no label)
new
Inside C.C. (Charlie Christian At Half-Speed), (For Guitar), Noël Akchoté (no label)
Shackamaxon Concert, Elkhorn & Mike Gangloff (VHF)
Gercyz/Powers/Rolin, Activator (12XU) *
Peter Stampfel/Eli Smith/Walker Shepard, Wildernauts (Don Giovanni)
Mary Halvorson, Cloudwards (Nonesuch)
The Hypos, s/t (no label)
Abdullah Ibrahim, 3 (Glitterbeat)
Vague Plot, Crying In 9 (Island House)
Chris Weisman, Plum Appointments (no label)
Dave Harrington, The Pictures (no label)
Myriam Gendron, Mayday (Thrill Jockey) *
David Nance and Mowed Sound, s/t (Third Man)
Lupo Cittá, s/t (12XU)
Kim Gordon, The Collective (Matador)
Rafael Toral, Spectral Evolution (Moikai)
Bob Dylan, Like the Motion of the Sea: Best of Spring 2024 (no label)
Vampire Weekend, Only God Was Above Us (Columbia) ***
Daniel Bachman, Quaker Run Wildfire (10/24/23-11/17/23) for Fiddle and Guitar (Longform Editions)
Cindy Lee, Diamond Jubilee (no label) ***
Jessica Pratt, Here In the Pitch (Drag City) ***
Drew Gardner, Cygnus A (Centripetal Force) *
Winged Wheel, Big Hotel (12XU)
Swamp Dogg, Blackgrass: From West Virginia to 125th Street (Oh Boy)
Prairiewolf, Deep Time (Centripetal Force)
Oren Ambarchi, Johan Berthling, Andreas Werliin, Ghosted II (Drag City) *
Beings, There Is A Garden (No Quarter)
Laraaji + Agnes Martian + Music For Connection + Hair And Space Museum, Coincidence (Centripetal Force)
William Parker, Cooper-Moore, Hamid Drake, Heart Trio (AUM Fidelity) ***
Mountain Movers, Walking After Dark (Trouble In Mind)
The Resonars, Electricity Plus (no label)
Chris Corsano, The Key (Became the Important Thing [and Then Just Faded Away]) (Drag City)
Powers/Rolin Duo, Clearing (Astral Editions)
v/a, Dot Dash Mixtape Volume Two (Dot Dash)
Honey Radar, Ribbon Factory (no label)
Tara Jane O’Neil, The Cool Cloud of Okayness (Orindal)
Weak Signal, Fine (12XU) *
Esy Tadesse, Ahadu (FPE)
Hard Quartet, s/t (Matador)
BASIC, This Is Basic (No Quarter) *
Bill MacKay, Locust Land (Drag City)
Kenji Kariu, Rain / Water (bruit direct disques)
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Woodland (Acony) *
John Kiran Fernandes, and Friends (Cloud)
Jack White, no name (Third Man)
Osees, Sorcs 80 (Castle Face)
Six Organs of Admittance, Time Is Glass (Drag City)
Fabiano do Nascimento and Shin Sasakubo, Harmônicos (rings)
Setting, at Eulogy, Asheville, NC, June 7, 2024 (no label)
Trey Anastasio, Atriums (Rubber Jungle) ***
Jack Silverman Quintet, Prince of Shadows (Centripetal Force)
Jim White and Marissa Anderson, Swallowtail (Thrill Jockey)
Jake Xerxes Fussell, When I’m Called (Fat Possum)
Smoke Bellow. Structurally Sound (Moon Glyph)
Parsnip, Behold (Upset the Rhythm)
Shane Parish, Repertoire (Palilalia)
Peter Perrett, The Cleansing (Domino)
Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore, TexiCali (Yep-Roc)
Sgt. Papers, SGTP (Devil In The Woods)
Kim Deal, Nobody Loves You More (4AD)
Bilders, Dustbin of Empathy (Sophomore Lounge)
Thurston Moore, Flow Critical Lucidity (Daydream Library)
Bill Frisell/Andrew Cyrille/Kit Downes, Breaking The Shell (Red Hook)
Ballaké Sissoko & Derek Gripper, s/t (Matsuli)
Yaryu, For Damage (Centripetal Force)
Carsick Cars, Aha (Taihe Music Group)
Tashi Dorji, we will be wherever the fires are lit (Drag City)
J.R. Bohannon & Dave Shuford, Reclined In the Haze (Barchan Dune)
Mari Kvien Brunvoll & Stein Urheim with Moskus, Barefoot in Bryophyte (Hubro)
Cornelius, Ethereal Essence (Warner Music Japan)
Willie Nelson, Last Leaf on the Tree (Legacy)
Bill Orcutt, How To Rescue Things (Palilalia) ***
أحمد [Ahmed], Giant Beauty (fönstret) *
أحمد [Ahmed], Super Majnoon (OTOROKU) *
Human Error, s/t (Astral Editions)
Jeff Parker ETA IVtet, The Way Out of Easy (International Anthem/Nonesuch)
singles/EPs/short-form/individual non-album performances
“Zali” – Buzz’ Ayaz (Glitterbeat)
“Mérinos” – Maria Teriaeva feat. Vadik Korolev (no label)
“Pennies and Dimes” – Geneva Powerhouse (3 O’Clock Rock)
“Little White Box” – Will Rigby (no label) *
Meets The Space Monster EP – The Special Pillow (Zofko)
Crooked Boy EP – Ringo Starr (UMe)
Pitch & Yaw EP – Antietam (no label) *
Whirlygigs EP – The Scene Is Now (no label)
Reset Mariachi EP – Panda Bear & Sonic Boom with Mariachi 2000 de Cutberto Pérez (Domino)
“Polkamania!” – Weird Al Yankovic (no label)
“Mouse Trap”/”Fantastic Voyage” – Dew Claw (no label)
Hot Sun Cool Shroud EP – Wilco (dBpm)
“The Same Place”/”Garden of Light” – Olivia Tremor Control (Elephant 6 Recording Co.)
“Bad Advice”/”Mind Train” – Cornelius (Warner Music Japan)
“Great”/”The Evidence” – The Ex (Ex)
“Festive AF” – Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby (no label)
reissues/newish old things
Jackie-O Motherfucker, Smiles (Castel Sottera)
CAN, Live In Paris 1973 (Mute) ***
Darrell DeVore, Another Song of Civilization (Goaty Tapes/House Rules)
Gastr Del Sol, We Have Dozens of Titles (Drag City)
Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention, Whisky A Go Go 1968 (UMe) *
CAN, Live in Aston 1977 (Mute)
Robert Hunter, Tales of the Great Rum Runners (Rhino)
Jerry Garcia & David Grisman, Bare Bones: Master Takes, vols. 1-3 (Acoustic Oasis)
The Rabbits, s/t (Mesh Key) *
Television, Live at the Academy, NYC, 12.4.92 (Ohoo) *
Alice Coltrane, The Carnegie Hall Concert (Impulse)
Les Rallizes Denudes, YaneUra, Oct. ‘80 (Temporal Drift)
Neil Young, Archives, vol. 3 (Reprise)
David Gilmour & Family, Von Trapped Family Singers (no label)
Ween, Chocolate & Cheese 30 (Rhino)
Love Child, Never Meant To Be (12XU)
Firesign Theatre, Not Insane 1980! Campaign Chronicles (no label)
misc. new-to-me
Arnold Dreyblatt & the Orchestra of Excited Strings, Live at Tonic (Dreyblatt Live Archive)
Henry Flynt & Nova’Billy, Henry Flynt & Nova’Billy (Locust) *
The Roches, Keep On Doing (Warner Bros.)
Robert Wyatt, Radio Experiment (Rai Trade)
Joseph Mazibuko, Greatest Accordion Jive Hits, Volume 3 (Go Go) ***
Fred Frith, The Technology of Tears (SST)
Kabouter Chismus, s/t (Plug)
Cluster, One Hour (Gyroscope)
Lovin’ Spoonful, What’s Up, Tiger Lily? OST (Kama Sutra)
Yura Yura Teikoku, III (MIDI, Inc.) ***
The Breeders, Fate to Fatal EP (4AD)
The Only Ones, s/t (CBS) ***
Brian Eno, My Squelchy Life (Opal)
Sadistic Mika Band. s/t (Harvest)
Hub City Movers, “The Chicken Song”/”I Can’t Know Tomorrow” (Lutazma)
live recordings
Laraaji & Vernon Reid, 19 December 1998 Tonic, NYC
Marshall Allen’s Ghost Horizons, 29 November 2023 Solar Myth, Philadelphia, PA
Jim O’Rourke, 16 September 2002 Aoyama Cay, JP
Marshall Allen’s Ghost Horizons, 28 January 2024 Solar Myth, Philadelphia, PA
Willie Nelson & Kimmie Rhodes, 18 February 1996 Studio One, KUT, Austin, TX
Television, 2 October 2004 Roseland Ballroom, NYC
Roxy Music, BBC Sessions, 1972-1973
Lovin’ Spoonful, February 1965, Night Owl Cafe, NYC
Weird Al Yankovic, 4 July 1984 Summerfest, Milwaukee, WI
Willie Nelson, 17 October 1974 LBJ Building, University of Texas, Austin, TX
BCMC, 19 October 2023 Iowa City, IA
Lou Reed, 19 February 1993 Bottom Line, NYC
live
12 January – Marc Ribot & Mary Halvorson at Bowery Ballroom (Winter Jazz Fest)
12 January – Marshall Allen’s Ghost Horizons at Nublu (Winter Jazz Fest)
13 January – Laraaji at Superior Ingredients Rooftop (Winter Jazz Fest)
13 January – Natural Information Society at Union Pool (Winter Jazz Fest)
1 March – Yo La Tengo at Saxapahaw Ballroom
19 April – BASIC, Setting at Public Records
14 May – Neil Young & Crazy Horse at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium
18 May – Neil Young & Crazy Horse in Bridgeport
9 June – Bitchin Bajas at Union Pool
15 June – Yo La Tengo, Sun Ra Arkestra at Sony Hall
29 June – Bob Dylan at Jones Beach
12 July – Yo La Tengo, Swamp Dogg at Sultan Room
20 July – Peter Stampfel & the Atomic Meta Pagans at Jalopy
14 September – BASIC, Oneida at Forest Park
23 September – Neil Young & the Chrome Hearts at Capitol Theatre
6 October – Vampire Weekend at Madison Square Garden
4 November – King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard at Frost Amphitheatre
25 December – Yo La Tengo & co. at Bowery Ballroom
26 December – Yo La Tengo & co. at Bowery Ballroom
27 December – Yo La Tengo & co. at Bowery Ballroom
28 December – Yo La Tengo & co. at Bowery Ballroom
29 December – Yo La Tengo & co. at Bowery Ballroom
30 December – Yo La Tengo & co. at Bowery Ballroom
31 December – Yo La Tengo & co. at Bowery Ballroom
etc.
Scavengers Reign
Do Remember!: The Golden Era of NYC Hip-Hop Mixtapes by Evan Auerbach & Daniel Isenberg
Get Shown the Light by Michael Kaler
Statics #2 by Jeffrey Lewis
New Pets by Jesse Jacobs
RSS
The Greatest Night In Pop
Bootlegging the Airwaves by Eleanor Patterson
Unspooled by Rob Drew
Harlem World by Jonathan Mael
Record Time #1-#2
Fanzine Hemorrhage/Dynamite Hemorrhage
The Modem World by Kevin Driscoll
The Shrine Thief by W.A. Mathieu
The Silver Snarling Trumpet by Robert Hunter
Eno by Gary Hustwit
1967: How I Got There & Why I Never Left by Robyn Hitchcock
Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice
Jelly Roll Blues by Elijah Wald
Revelations in the Wink Of An Eye by Jeffrey Lewis
