Playlist.

A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears lately.

King Crimson – Red (Virgin/DGM; 1974/2014)

Giuseppe Verdi – Rigoletto – Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi, Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano/Tullio Serafin (EMI Classics; 1956/1997)

Anthony Braxton – Quartet (Paris) 1969 (Braxton Bootleg; 2011)

<a href=”http://galttamedia.bandcamp.com/album/remnants”>Remnants by Anthony Vine</a>


Anthony Vine – Remnants (Galtta Media; 2017)

<a href=”http://morbid-angel.bandcamp.com/album/gateways-to-annihilation”>Gateways to Annihilation by Morbid Angel</a>


Morbid Angel – Gateways to Annihilation (Earache; 2000)

Meshuggah – Destroy Erase Improve (Nuclear Blast; 1995)

<a href=”http://broodmamusic.bandcamp.com/album/daze”>Daze by Brood Ma</a>


Brood Ma – Daze (Tri-Angle; 2016)

<a href=”http://yearningkru.bandcamp.com/album/copper-vale”>Copper Vale by Yearning Kru</a>


Yearning Kru – Copper Vale (Planet Mu; 2016)

<a href=”http://relapsealumni.bandcamp.com/album/through-silver-in-blood”>Through Silver in Blood by Neurosis</a>


Neurosis – Through Silver in Blood (Relapse/Neurot; 1996/2009)

Sophia Subbayya Vastek – Histories (Innova; due May 26, 2017)
> Michael Harrison – Jaunpuri – Michael Harrison, Nitin Mitta; John Cage – She Is Asleep; Dream I; Michael Harrison –Hijaz Prelude – Michael Harrison, Nitin Mitta; John Cage – A Room; Dream II; Donnacha Dennehy – Stainless Staining; John Cage – Dream III

<a href=”http://sleepsl.bandcamp.com/album/dopesmoker”>Dopesmoker by Sleep</a>


Sleep – Dopesmoker (Rise Above/Southern Lord; 1999/2012)

012:2 by Coalesce


Coalesce – 012:2 (Relapse; 1999/2008)

D.R.I. – Crossover (Metal Blade; 1987)

Suffocation – Pierced from Within (Roadrunner; 1995)

Candlemass – Epicus Doomicus Metallicus (Black Dragon; 1986)

Paradise Lost – Gothic (Peaceville; 1991)

Bill Evans – Live at Art D’Lugoff’s Top of the Gate (Resonance; 2012)

Bill Frisell – Have a Little Faith (Nonesuch; 1992)

Alex de Grassi & G.E. Stinson – Shortwave Postcard (Auditorium; 2001)

Anton Bruckner – Symphony No. 3 in D minor; Richard Wagner – Tannhäuser Overture – Gewandhausorchester/Andris Nelsons (Deutsche Grammophon; due May 5, 2017)

Jussi Björling – Lebendige Vergangenheit (Preiser; 2002)