January in 125 Albums

by Dæv Tremblay


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Friday, 1 January

Æonus – Hymn to Frost Cold as Death

17:59
atmospheric black metal
Yoshkar Ola, Russia
Independent

Anna Pest – Dark Arms Reach skyward with Bone White Fingers

44:07
death metal
Montréal, Québec
Independent

Ben Haskins – Out in the Cold

38:10
post-rock
Cambridge, Ontario
Independent

Déraciné – Sympathetic Nerves

11:48
post-hardcore
Indiana
Middle-Man

Future Machines – Glowing Flying Object

11:09
math rock
Toronto, Ontario
Independent

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Weekly Release Dump

by Dæv Tremblay

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Friday, 12 March

Acrylazea – A Cavalcade of Cosmic Calamity

45:35
progressive power metal, death metal
Rochester, New York
Independent

David Tanenbaum – As She Sings

46:30
contemporary classical
New York, New York
New Focus

Dylan Furr – The Final Return

48:09
progressive metal
Los Angeles, California
Independent

The Elephant in the Room – The Elephant in the Room

46:13
progressive metal
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Independent

Elliott Sharp – Chordata

54:12
contemporary classical
New York, New York
Zoar

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Nubiyan Twist, Guzzlemug, Stefan Petanovski, and Sea Moquito

by Dæv Tremblay

Nubiyan Twist – Freedom Fables (Strut)

Nubiyan Twist is a hot fusion big band from London playing with jazz, R&B, soul, pop, hip-hop, and various other genres from around the world with a golden touch. Freedom Fables is their new album, and they’re at peak performance and creativity on it! Their single “Tittle Tattle” really is a paragon of energy and purpose, but the same drive and essence can be found all throughout the near-hourlong release. Freedom Fables is an album you can’t miss.

Guzzlemug – Uncarved

Guzzlemug was a noisy avant-prog trio from Chicago with no release since 2012… … Read more

Weekly Release Dump

by Dæv Tremblay

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Friday, 5 March

Agvirre & Dead Cosmonauts – Eye of Mirrors

13:30
blackgaze
Manchester, UK
Surviving Sounds

Aiming for Enrike – Steam Yoga City

11:42
progressive rock
Oslo, Norway
Jansen

Alban Darche & le Gros Cube #2 – Le Gros Cube #2

49:37
jazz fusion, big band
Nantes, France
Yolk

Am Mut – Opus magnum

34:56
progressive rock, surf rock
London, UK
Independent

Arctic Sleep – By the Horns

9:37
doomgaze
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Independent

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Dan’s Top 31 Albums of 2020

by Daniel Kuburoglu

A bit late to the party, but here we are, nonetheless.

Let’s get the obvious out the way first. 2020 was a bad year, and this did have a knock-on effect with the amount of music that was released as well. While I personally would not say we had any absolute gamechangers this year, that doesn’t mean the year was an absolute waste. (At least, not in this one regard…) It was enough to bring me back from the dead, after all.

I may not have the same mettle for metal as Matt, nor the same dedication to deathlessly digging … Read more