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Friday, 18 September

Ancst – Summits of Despondency

44:39
blackened hardcore
Berlin, Germany
Independent

Art the Band – Art the Band

43:03
jazz fusion, progressive rock
Toronto, Ontario
Independent

Bangladeafy – Housefly

17:03
mathcore
New York, New York
Nefarious Industries

Chaosbay – Asylum

41:19
progressive metal
Berlin, Germany
Independent

Cooper-Moore & Stephen Gauci – Conversations, Volume 1

41:47
free improvisation
Brooklyn, New York
577

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Friday, 11 September

Alpha du Centaure – Paralysis

42:26
blackgaze
Lyon, France
Stellar Frequencies

Anne Paceo – Samâ

28:07
modern jazz
France
Laborie Jazz

Apple Sauce – 出鱈目

54:07
progressive metal
Italy
Famined

Leonardo Radicchi’s Arcadia Trio – Songs for People

54:05
modern jazz
Italy
Alfamusic

Błoto – Kwiatostan

42:05
nu jazz
Poland
Astigmatic

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Friday, 4 September

Ainon – Drought

40:30
spiritual jazz
Helsinki, Finland
We Jazz

Антон Батагов – Невидимые земли

61:46
contemporary classical
Moscow, Russia
Fancy Music

Benjamin Shirley, Majid Araim, and Leo Suarez – Voice Resolve

46:00
free improvisation
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Independent

Cloudkicker – Solitude

46:30
post-metal
Columbus, Ohio
Independent

Cult of Lilith – Mara

36:04
death metal
Reykjavík, Iceland
Metal Blade

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Friday, 28 August

Aaron Myers-Brooks – Miniatures for Piano

11:42
contemporary classical
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Independent

Алексей Круглов и Круглый бенд – Yardbird Suite

48:07
avant-garde jazz
Moscow, Russia
Fancy Music

Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah – Axiom

118:27
world fusion
New Orleans, Louisiana
Ropeadope

Claire Rousay – Both

34:24
free improvisation, noise
United States
Second

Clit Drip – Without the Eyes

41:30
experimental rock
Brighton, UK
Small Pond

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Hinterlandt – Seven Tales (Art as Catharsis)

Hinterlandt is nothing new to you, avid reader. I have indeed written about their amazing album Sollbruchstelle, and subsequently mentioned the group’s releases in my weekly release dumps. The Sydney “progressive indie chamber” quintet recently came out with Seven Tales, an amazing, beautifully diverse and vividly eloquent album. The seven compositions move you though diverse scenes—vast landscapes or crammed rooms—with brilliant compositions and flawless execution.

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Տիգրան Համասյան [Tigran Hamasyan] – The Call Within (Nonesuch)

Ah, Tigran! The Armenian pianist seems to have nailed down the formula to get metalheads into … Read more