Shipley Hollow, Awes, Jonas Engel & Thea Soti, Loplop, Monogamizer, and Kimura

by Dæv Tremblay

Shipley Hollow – Infinite Zest

Toronto-based math rock band Shipley Hollow just released an incredible EP of catchy odd-timed songs that follows up from their 2017 Eating the Entertainment and improves on its formula! The title itself is brilliant on its own, but the various tracks on the record, alternating between instrumental and vocal tracks, are great and a lot of fun so don’t miss out on it!

Awes – Modern Love

Awes are awesome, Their 2018 demo already drew comparisons to Hella from me, and this one, their actual debut album, only goes further in all the things … Read more

Weekly Release Dump

by Dæv Tremblay

Friday, 20 December

Eartheater & Leya – Angel Lust

14:08
experimental electro, folk
Queens, New York
Pan

Grant the Sun – Sylvain

18:17
progressive post-metal
Oslo, Norway
Mas-Kina

Jean-Michel Leblanc – Variétés narratives

60:55
modern jazz
Montréal, Québec
Independent

Jonas Engel & Thea Soti – I Noise, You Lion

49:27
free improvisation
Copenhagen, Denmark
Gotta Let It Out

Loplop – Loplop

55:34
free improvisation
Copenhagen, Denmark
Gotta Let It Out

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Weekly Release Dump

by Dæv Tremblay

Friday, 13 December

Alexander Manotskov – 52

61:23
contemporary classical, opera
Moscow, Russia
Fancy Music

Aperiodic – For

54:47
contemporary classical
New York, New York
New Focus

Barney McAll – An Extra Celestial Christmas

47:23
jazz, classical
New York, New York
Independent

Bureau Berlin – High-Time Seizure

27:25
free improvisation
Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia
Sounds et al.

Conjurer & Palm Reader – Split

17:33
blackened post-metal
Rugby, UK
Holy Roar

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The Bureau of Atomic Tourism, Sasha Berliner, Ted Byrnes & Michael Foster, Silent Fires, Gloss Coma, and Katariin Raska & Christian Meaas Svendsen

by Dæv Tremblay

The Bureau of Atomic Tourism – Eden (Rat)

Jon Irabagon’s Bureau of Atomic Tourism is a highly eclectic and mind-blowing sextet project. On their debut release, Eden, the group takes many detours and experiments in contemporary jazz ensemble composition, and the result is amazing! Eden is full of quirks and surprises!

Sasha Berliner – Azalea

New York-based vibraphonist and composer Sasha Berliner just released Azalea. First off, the vibraphone and nonchalant swing might give you a “dark jazz” feel, but the album gleefully explores various genres and headspaces, from the aforementioned soft, moody jazz to the modern, alternative … Read more

Weekly Release Dump

by Dæv Tremblay

Friday, 6 December

Archaeologist – Winter’s Wake

12:00
progressive metal
San Jose, California
Independent

디어 재즈 오케스트라 (Dieo jaejeu okeseuteula) / Dear Jazz Orchestra – A New Pulse

28:19
modern jazz
South Korea
Independent

Dylan DiLella & Chord – Split

48:12
free improvisation, noise
New York, New York
Doctor Nerve

Not Too Easy – Heads with No Faces

27:43
jazz fusion
Katowice, Poland
Independent

Fawn Limbs – Their Holes Aroused by the Splinters Carved from Their Teeth

8:02
mathgrind
Pennsylvania
Dark Trail

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