October in 256 Albums


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Thursday, 1 October

The Erkonauts – I Want It to End

38:08
progressive metal
Geneva, Switzerland
Independent

藤掛正隆と小埜涼子New Duo, Series 021

20:36
free improvisation
Nagoya, Japan
Independent

Manet – My Demo(n)s

26:50
dark jazz
Stavanger, Norway
Independent

No Sax No Clar – Kahmsïn

42:40
avant-garde jazz
Nantes, France
Yolk

Olivier Hestin – Résonances parallèles

42:53
jazz fusion
Melun, France
Independent

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Friday, 23 October

Ale Hop – The Life of Insects

36:41
experimental rock, electroacoustic
Lima, Peru
Buh

Bandler Ching – Sub Surface

28:14
nu jazz
Ghent, Belgium
Sdban

The Brooks – Any Day Now

49:14
funk
Montréal, Québec
Duprince

Chamber – Cost of Sacrifice

29:02
mathcore
Pasadena, California
Pure Noise

Chugga Boom! – Chugg Wars: The COVID-19 Saga

13:26
djent
UK
Independent

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Friday, 16 October

Anthony Pirog – Pocket Poem

42:29
avant-garde jazz
Washington, DC
Cuneiform

Autocatalytica – Powerclashing Maximalism

37:47
progressive metal
Toronto, Ontario
Independent

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Chaos Divine – Legacies

62:18
progressive metal
Perth, Australia
Independent

Edenic Past – Red Amarcord

29:20
death metal
Brooklyn, New York
Independent

Fred Pallem & le Sacre du tympan – Les Fables de La Fontaine

40:41
jazz fusion
Paris, France
Train fantôme

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Wyxz, Terms, Cut the Alligator, Lésions graves, The Pneumatic Transit, and Polymorphie

Wyxz – Odyx (צ (Tzadik))

It’s such a shame that none of this album is available to stream or preview, because you’d most assuredly instantly buy it (as you probably did with the band’s previous album). In short, Wyxz is an avant-prog duo consisting of the brothers Coniguliaro and a lot of guests. With Odyx, they made the leap from independent to being on one of the most legendary and respectable labels out there: John Zorn’s Tzadik label. In doing so, they also went from being available everywhere for free, to being deeply hidden and hardly accessible. Oh, … Read more

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Friday, 9 October

Crippled Black Phoenix – Ellengæst

54:52
post-rock
UK
Season of Mist

Dustman Dilemma – Third Sigh

40:12
progressive rock
Caen, France
L’Etourneur

Dysylumn – Cosmogonie

80:55
atmospheric black metal
Lyon, France
Signal Rex

Empress – Premonition

48:47
stoner metal
Vancouver, British Columbia
Independent

Georgina Isabel Rossi & Silvie Cheng – Mōbilī

68:55
contemporary chamber music
New York, New York
New Focus

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