On Sundays I try to at least quickly note some of my favorite listening from the week prior — things I would later regret having not written about in more depth, so better to share here briefly than not at all.
▰ I can’t remember the last time I’d been alerted to an album’s release by as many old friends and internet friends as I have been thanks to Shane Parish’s set of guitar covers of music by Autechre. The full album, titled Autechre Guitar in a way that gives no due to the effort entailed, isn’t due out until February 27, 2026, but the first two tracks are out on Bandcamp. Give a listen to the first track, “Maetl,” off the great Incunabula, from way back in 1993:
and then listen to the original. I’ll almost certain detail additional impressions in advance as the album’s release approaches.
▰ I haven’t seen the movie Train Dreams, but I’ve been listening to Bryce Dessner’s score on repeat. The mix of Americana and post-classical will earn it comparisons at brief moments to Aaron Copland, but there’s much more than that, including a hint of Gavin Bryars in the messy layers of “Home I.” There is a lot going on, and it all holds together.
▰ Major thanks to this YouTube channel for posting a full set of ambient jazz from guitarist Jakob Bro (its his name atop the trio), electronically mediated trumpeter Arve Henriksen, and drummer Jorge Rossy. Recorded May 18, 2024, and uploaded around then, but I only recently became aware of it.
▰ Absolutely transportative set by Hania Raini recorded at at Cercle Odyssey in Mexico City, Mexico. Like Nils Frahm, she essentially places an entire studio’s worth of equipment around her on stage and performs solo. I believe it was recorded April 26, 2025. Given the emphasis on surround visuals, I think of it as “IMAX techno.”
▰ The trio of Ståle Storløkken (“keys and organ”), Eivind Aarset (guitar), and Audun Kleive (drums) has something rhythmically fantastic going on, downright funky, in a tight, minimal, off-kilter way. I believe this was recorded May 24, 2025.
