It's been a wonderful year for recorded music. In the Best Of 2026 (So Far), find my favorite albums from January to June. Tell me what resonates! #bestof2026 anearful.substack.com/p/best…

Here for it. You Can See Everything by @nathanfielder at @AMCTheatres Lincoln Square.

A Song For Friday: @. A stunning second album from Victoria Rose & Stone Filipczak. Also: Jimi Hendrix, Kill Alters, Bodega, Nina Stanley, V.V. Lightbody, Poiesis Quartet, Guy Barash & Cornelius Dufallo, and Clarissa Bitar. anearful.substack.com/p/a-so… #newmusicfriday

It's never too late to catch up with some of the best music of the 2020s!

BEST OF 2025: JAZZ, LATIN & GLOBAL: Music from far-off realms and far-out imaginations speaks with incredible vitality on these 24 albums. Includes new reviews of Killdeer Trio, Ches Smith, Chicago Underground Duo, Untethered, and Le Diouck. anearful.substack.com/p/best… #bestof2025

Nine albums that got me to 16. #my9albums my9albums.com/s/jVwzi7H4Rw

Cameron Winter’s Live At Carnegie Hall, an intimate and epic live album and a musical gift from the Geese frontman, gives us this week's A Song For Friday. Also: David Crowell, more eaze, claire rousay, Beat Keller & Jorge Espinal, and Kee Avil. anearful.substack.com/p/a-so…

And I had a great time chatting with the estimable @AlexeiShishkin on one of my favorite podcasts. I was especially excited to run down six debut albums from the 2020s that everyone should know about!

A Song For Friday: iiisa//isabel crespo pardo’s debut defines music on their own terms. Also: Clutter, Wishy, TV Buddha, Renata Kazhan, Emily A. Sprague, Conor Nelson, and Gabriel Cabezas & Alyssa Weinberg. anearful.substack.com/p/a-so…

Here for it. @geese_band at @ForestHillsStdm. What have these guys been up to since the last time I saw them in 2023? Can anyone fill me in? 🤣🤣🤣#livemusic

Tomorrow is October 1st, so it's time for the 2026: Third Quarter Report. 117 Albums, including new reviews of Ken Ueno & Wukir Suryadi, Gloorp, Marcel Sletten, Art Feynman, marine eyes, sundayclub, Guiding Light, Spirit Ghost, koleżanka, lucky break, etc. anearful.substack.com/p/2026…

Here for it. @WetInkEnsemble 28th Season Opener at the Zürcher Gallery. New works by Sam Pluta, Alex Mincek, Mariel Roberts Musa, and Modney. Should be special! #livemusic

Here for it. Maisy Owen at @HappyWoman9’s Lower East Sidehonky-tonk, Lucinda’s, where a hot dog and a hurricane is known as “dinner”! #livemusic

Another beautiful @voila_deadgowns song - no one sings them like Geneviève Beaudoin! Listen to New Blue and prepare for Vegas, coming 10/23 on @mlrecordingco. youtu.be/41KIKBelzd8?si=G2gU… via @YouTube

My first jazz guru was my older brother, @GSS1958, who gifted me this doubleLP reissue called COLTRANE (Prestige, 1972), which was a repackaging of Traning In and Soultrane. I remember saying “Red Garland?” And he said “I envy you hearing him for the first time.” Superb album!

Proud to be included and congratulations to Al Melchior for 250 episodes of one of my favorite #musicpodcasts, @YouMeAlbum! Some great stories and suggestions here. 29 album recommendations to celebrate Episode 250 youmealbum.ghost.io/29-album…

Julia Jacklin’s The Gem sparkles and gives us this week’s A Song For Friday. Also: Meg Lui, Starcleaner Reunion, 7ebra, Corntuth, Jules Reidy, Zeynep Toraman, Weston Olencki with Bascaille and TAK Ensemble, Liths, Sputter Box, and Katherine Young. anearful.substack.com/p/a-so…

Here for it. @TaleaEnsemble season opener: Synchronisms I, curated by Steve Beck (piano) and Greg Chudzik (bass) playing Davidovsky, Beethoven, Chopin, and Chudzik. David Adamcyk, sound engineer. #livemusic

I've narrowed things down by about half for the #5DebutAlbumsFinal. Interestingly, 31 of the 46 come from the 1963-1983 sheet, when more people seemed to agree that I was right about the best music! 🤣 open.spotify.com/playlist/66…

Emma Ayzenberg’s Child Of Saturn is an involving, deeply moving debut album and includes this week’s A Song For Friday. Also: Freak Slug, Nicole Atkins, Outer World, bu re_, NODO + Cecilia López, Cate Kennan, Emmanuel Jacob Lacopo, Miyaxx, and Beck. anearful.substack.com/p/a-so…

Here for it. Frances Chang album release show at Nightclub 101 with support from Cate Kennan and Financial Collapse. If you haven’t yet heard “been thinking bout confession” on @rvngintl…that’s probably why you’re not here tonight 😂 #livemusic