March in 190 Albums

by Dæv Tremblay

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Monday, 1 March

Age of Fable – Modern Pathos

13:56
progressive rock, post-rock
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Independent

Hvile i kaos – Rise/Cleanse

17:37
neoclassical
Los Angeles, California
Independent

Penis Eater – Earth Entranced

58:18
contemporary classical
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Independent

Poenitentiae – Lōrem ipsum dolor sit amet, cōnsectētur

30:27
math rock
Japan
Independent

Tuesday, 2

Bodhi – Koans

31:08
progressive metal
Lafayette, Indiana
Independent

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Weekly Release Dump

by Dæv Tremblay

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Friday, 19 March

Abacaxi – Mainstream Desire

29:36
avant-garde jazz
Paris, France
Collectif Coax

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Ainur – War of the Jewels

73:32
progressive metal
Italy
Rockshot

Álvaro Domene – Heptad, Volume Ⅰ

44:32
avant-garde jazz, noise
Australia
Iluso

Bartłomiej Krysiuk’s Батюшка – Царю небесный

27:21
atmospheric black metal
Poland
Witching Hour

Carl Mayotte – Pop de ville, volume 1

26:18
jazz fusion
Montréal, Québec
Independent

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Abacaxi, 秋葉龍, John Zorn, and Voronoi

by Dæv Tremblay

Abacaxi – Mainstream Desire (Collectif Coax)

Their previous album was quite something already, and the experimental, noisy, electro-jazz trio Abacaxi is back with a sorter but no less challenging and outstanding release in Mainstream Desire. The band’s creative output is marked by unorthodox rhythms and irregular harmonic and melodic ideas, and the two long-form songs on display have room enough to showcase their weird and original composition skills. So be sure to give this one a go!

秋葉龍 – Swans Dance, Roses Bloom like Mad

Japanese guitarist 秋葉龍 just released his debut album, the seventies-inspired progressive rock masterpiece—yes! masterpiece!—… Read more

February in 182 Albums

by Dæv Tremblay


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Monday, 1 February

Christian Wolff, Keith Kirchoff, Dominic Lash, and Steve Noble – Exercises and Explorations

46:10
avant-garde jazz
Bristol, UK
Independent

Ingibjörg Elsa Turchi, Ágústa Björnsdóttir, and Karólína Einars Maríudóttir – Agalma Ⅸ

42:48
free improvisation
Reykjavík, Iceland
Agalma

Peculate – Elect Your Executioner

19:35
mathcore
USA
Independent

Tim Daisy & 森郁恵 – Light and Shade

43:30
free jazz
Chicago, Illinois
Relay

Tuesday, 2

Cara Neir – Phase Out

32:26
blackened post-hardcore, chiptune
Dallas
Independent

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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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