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Monthly Recommendations: April 2019

by Dæv Tremblay

The Mercury Tree – Spidermilk

Spidermilk is the first album from The Mercury Tree as a full-blown quartet. This experimentation started with the Cryptic Tree EP with Igliashon as a guest, but the result was so mind-blowing that they ended up joining the band altogether! The entirety of Spidermilk is in 17 tones per octave, which lends a radically different sound to their music. At the moment, there’s nothing quite like The Mercury Tree, they are a brand new burgeoning branch of progressive rock.

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Oort Smog – Smeared Pulse Transfers (Sweat Band)

Oort Smog is the collaborative output

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April in 187 Albums

by Dæv Tremblay

Monday, 1 April

Dave Nasty & Antonio the Top Jawn – Unfair (experimental rock)

Chicago, Illinois

Ex fauna – Blue Moon [EP] (experimental punk, noise rock)

Chicago, Illinois
On Auris Apothecary

Gardenjia – Immortal (progressive metal)

Brindisi, Italy

Julien Favreuille, Christophe Motury, and Stefan Orins – Till mina vänner (contemporary jazz)

Lille, France
On Circum-Disc

Skeletonized – We Gladly Feast on Those Who Would Subdue Us (experimental jazz, free jazz)

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Emme Phyzema, The Machetazo, Coursed Waters, Brian Krock, Drumming Cellist, and Nabowa

by Dæv Tremblay

Emme Phyzema – Emme Phyzema

Emme Phyzema is a solo project out of Columbus, Ohio, by the multi-instrumentalist of the same name, who played all but drums on this release. This self-titled album fits right under the “brutal prog” umbrella. The ten relatively short tracks here are diverse, hectic, and eclectic, and, most of all, insanely good and fun to listen to.

The Machetazo – A Vision in a Dream

Coming from Madrid, Spain, The Machetazo is a jazz fusion quintet that is now releasing its sophomore album. A Vision in a Dream is not really groundbreaking or pushing the … Read more

Future Machines, Typical Sisters, and Parker Projection

by Toys Etcetera

Future Machines – Future Machines (math rock, avant-prog, glitch rock)

Here’s a release from an exciting new band taking a bold step forward within the idiom of math rock! This should be right up the alley of anyone hungry for bit-crushed madness and hyperactive rhythmic phrasing run amok! Stuttering, sputtering guitar melds perfectly with off-kilter drumming as the group embraces their weirdness and … Read more