Staghorn, Montecharge, Nomad Trio, Johann Luebbers Dectet, The Canyon Observer, and Matana Roberts

by Dæv Tremblay

Staghorn – Wormwood Ⅲ

Chicago band Staghorn has been a really nice late surprise to me! On Wormwood Ⅲ, the band brings their finest crafts and exposes us their quasi-apocalyptic anti-capitalist concept story in spoken word with accompanied post-metal soundtrack. This is an amazing release, it’s only too short!

Montecharge – Demons or Someone Else (Wooaaargh)

Switzerland, as I’ve said many times before, is a hotbed for really good blackened music, and Montecharge is only the latest example of this. Demons or Someone Else is an aggressive blackened hardcore album exploring creative ideas on the genre and its usual … Read more

December in 159 Albums

by Dæv Tremblay

Sunday, 1 December

APATT – The Essential Now That’s What I Call an APATT Christmas, Volume 1

35:42
progressive rock
Liverpool
Independent

APATT – http​:​/​/​www​.​apatt​.​untitledmix​.​exclusive​.​thankyou​.​com

91:48
progressive rock
Liverpool
Independent

Eargonauts – Eargonauts

35:23
modern jazz
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Independent

Maladie de cœur – Sikinou 47

18:55
post-punk
Athens, Greece
Independent

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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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