Micro-post #184: Albums for the Month (May 2026)

Each month, I make a micro-post sometime in the middle of each month with several albums I'd recommend based on personal searchs and finds. Hope you enjoy these until next month. (Photo for post is from blocks on Unsplash.)

If you'd like to plumb the back catalog of many more album recommendations, also check out the full Ars Nihil Album Index on Reddit!

This one's a little early but I also have a lot of recommendations this time...

Live at the El Mocambo by Elvis Costello & The Attractions (1978/2008)

Night Ripper by Girl Talk (2006)

The Roches by The Roches (1979)

Songs About Fucking by Big Black (1987)

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 by Ray Charles (1962)

Funky Divas by En Vogue (1992)

Zero Time by Tonto's Expanding Head Band (1971)

The People's Choice Music by Komar & Melamid with Dave Soldier (1997)

Hush by Yo-Yo Ma & Bobby McFerrin (1992)

A Quiet Storm by Smokey Robinson (1975)

Andrew Bird & the Mysterious Production of Eggs by Andrew Bird (2006)

Octet [Original Cast Recording], comp. by Dave Malloy (2019)

Deep Listening by Pauline Oliveros, Stuart Dempster & Panaiotis (1989)

Fanny Hill by Fanny (1972)

Funcrusher Plus by Company Flow (1997)

Marcus Garvey by Burning Spear (1975)

Beat Happening by Beat Happening (1985)