Friday, 17 May

André Carvalho – The Garden of Earthly Delights (jazz fusion, modern jazz)

New York, New York
On Outside In Music

Artificial Language – Now We Sleep (progressive metalcore)

California

Beat Movement – Silent Rain (experimental electro, jazz fusion)

Berlin, Germany
On Jazz-O-Tech

Big Big Train – Grand Tour (progressive rock)

UK

Car Made of Glass – Every Song Is a Good Song (avant-garde)

Fortuna, California
On Montgomery Street

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Saturday, 11 May

Battle of Britain Memorial – We Crave for Our Holy Outsides [EP] (blackened post-hardcore)

Khadavra – Hypnagogia (progressive rock)

A Light Sleeper – Distinction: A Ballet in Six Parts (progressive rock, jazz fusion)

SD Quartet – Mirage [EP] (modern jazz, free jazz)

Sunday, 12

坂田明 (Akira Sakata), Christos Yermenoglou, Giovanni Di Domenico, and Giotis Damianidis – 法隆寺 (Hōryū​-​ji) (free improv)

Saturday, 4 May

Blast Furnace – Reality Television: Television Reality [EP] (free jazz, grindcore)

Chicago, Illinois

Blast Furnace – Stigma [EP] (free jazz, grindcore)

Chicago, Illinois

IZ – Il desto onironauta (jazz fusion, progressive jazz)

Zoppola, Italy

Sunday, 5

Erin Royer – After the Moment (contemporary classical, jazz fusion)

Perth, Australia

Soulsplitter – “The Moloch” [Single] (progressive metal)

Germany

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René Lussier – Quintette (Pasunecenne)

I’m pretty late on this one. Even though I’ve been eyeing it for some time, I never actually wrote about it. René Lussier is a well-known figure in the avant-garde community of Québec, and Quintette is but his latest effort, and it came out in Autumn 2018. The featured quintet is nothing but usual: featuring René on electric guitar and daxophone—a sort of amplified piece of wood—Julie Houle on tuba and euphonium, Luzio Altobelli on accordion, and Robbie Kuster and Marton Maderspach on two independent drum sets. The ten compositions found on the album are … Read more

Saturday, 27 April

Antoje – 3D Printed Strap (experimental electro)

Montréal, Québec
On Static Plaza

Lunar Throne – Lunar Throne (progressive rock)

Boston, Massachusetts

Quinos – Lune de miel (experimental jazz, jazz fusion)

Saguenay, Québec

Sunday, 28

Spoelstra – West Side Story: Winner of Ten Academy Awards (experimental electro)

Amsterdam, Netherlands
On Narrominded

Tuesday, 30

Ayankoko – ກ້ຽວສາວ (Kiauasav) (experimental electro, jazz fusion)

London, UK
On Chinabot

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