Yearly Reports

05.07.23

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Another year of distorted space and time; a little late on the list this year but, as the saying goes, better late than never.

Some lists, in no order, of a few things that helped me get through 2022.

Music

  • Kendrick Lamar: Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers [Top Dawg Entertainment]

  • Civilistjävel!: Järnnätter [Felt]

  • Lifeguard: Crowd Can Talk [Born Yesterday Records]

  • Thme

  • J.Rawls: #jazzhop [Polar Entertainment]

  • Taylor Deupree & Marcus Fischer: Februarys [Dauw]

  • Fuubutsushi: Birthingbodies EP [Cached]

  • Fuubutsushi: Good Sky Day [Longform Editions]

  • Morimoto Naoki: Kotoba [Seil]

  • IDRA & Hiroshi Ebina: Circle [Mystery Circles]

  • Sawako: Stella Epoca [12k]

  • Danny Paul Grody: Sunrise, Looking East [Longform Editions]

  • N. Kramer: Altered Scenes and Slight Variations [Leaving Records]

  • J. Foerster + N. Kramer: Habitat [Leaving Records]

  • JID: The Forever Story [Dreamville]

  • Minamo & Asuna: Tail of Diffraction [12k]

  • Nathan Salsburg: Landwerk No. 3 [No Quarter]

  • Mura Oka: Auftakt [Latency]

  • Damu The Fudgemunk: How It Should Sound, Vol. 1 & 2 [Redefinition Records]

  • The Kinks: The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation [Pye]

Film

  • Decision to Leave

  • The Banshees of Inisherin

  • Triangle of Sadness

TV Series

  • Slow Horses

  • The Bear

  • What We Do in the Shadows

  • Barry

  • Severance

  • Atlanta

  • The Rehearsal

  • Our Flag Means Death

  • Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty

  • Ramy

  • Mo

  • Andor

  • Hacks

Podcasts

  • Will Be Wild

Radio

  • Paul Bruno [WFMU]

  • Footsteps of Reggae [WKCR]

02.01.22

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Unlike previous years, it was challenging to recall everything that came out in 2021 and even more challenging to remember what happened in 2021, the second year of a distorted space time .

Some lists, in no order, of a few things that helped me get through 2021.

Music

  • Taylor Deupree: Mur [Dauw]

  • Federico Durnad

  • Jefre Cantu-Ledesma & Ilyas Ahmed: You Can See Your Own Way Out [Devotion]

  • Mach-Hommy: Pray For Haiti [Griselda Records/Daupe!]

  • Chris Corsano & Bill Orcutt: Made Out Of Sound [Palilalia Records]

  • M. Sage: Wants A Diamond Pivot Bright [Florabelle]

  • Patrick Shiroishi: Hidemi [American Dreams Records]

  • Perila & Ulla: Memories of Log [VAAGNER]

  • Thme: Red roses are red now [Seil]

  • Olivia Block: October, 1984 [Longform Editions]

  • Lea Bertucci: A Visible Length of Light [Cibachrome Editions]

  • Midori Hirano: Soniscope [Dauw]

  • Matt Rösner: No Lasting Form [Room40]

  • Fuubutsushi: Shiki [Cached]

  • Josh Mason: Recreación Segura [Self Released]

Film

  • Dune

  • Sisters With Transistors

  • The French Dispatch

  • The Beatles: Get Back

  • The Velvet Underground

TV Series

  • White Lotus

  • Succession

  • Mare of Easttown

  • WandaVision

  • Ted Lasso

Podcasts

  • No Dogs In Space

  • The Dropout

  • Did I Ever Tell You the One About...MF DOOM

Reads

  • Girl in a Band: A Memoir: Kim Gordon

  • Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest: Hanif Abdurraqib

01.01.21

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Starting the new year by closing out the previous year.

A list, in no order, of a few things I listened to that helped me get through 2020.

  • The Professionals: The Professionals [Madlib Invazion]

  • Jeff Parker: Suite For Max Brown [International Anthem]

  • Kirk Barley: Landscapes [33 33]

  • Beatrice Dillion: Workaround [PAN]

  • Ulla: Tumbling Towards A Wall [Experiences Ltd]

  • Dylan Henner: Flues Of Disappearing Sand [Dauw]

  • The Necks: Three [Northern Spy]

  • Federico Durand: Alba [12k]

  • Andrew Tuttle: Alexandra [Someone Good]

  • Sofie Birch: Hidden Terraces [Vaknar]

  • Green-House: Six Songs For Invisible Gardens [Leaving Records]

  • Kin Leonn + Hiroshi Ebina: Faraway Vicinity [Kitchen Label]

  • Hiroshi Yoshimura: Green [Light In The Attic]

  • Twilite Tone: The Clearing [Stones Throw]

  • KMRU: Jar [Seil]

  • Quakers: Supa K: Heavy Tremors [Stones Throw]

  • Quakers: II: The Next Wave [Stones Throw]

  • Various: Still In My Arms [A Colourful Storm]

  • Roméo Poirier: Hotel Nota [sferic]

  • Josh Mason: 'Aumakua [Longform Editions]

  • Taylor Deupree: Canoe [Longform Editions]

  • Strategy: The Babbling Brook [Longform Editions]

  • Pan American: Nightbirds [Longform Editions]

  • Green-House: Passiflora [Longform Editions]

  • DJ Koco: 45 Live Volume 1 + 2

  • Marcus Fischer: Futuresequence 11 Mix

  • Kin Leonn: Singapore Community Radio Mix