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Soothing experimental jazz, a sunny new song, rock with an infusion of soul and more new music
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Soothing experimental jazz, a sunny new song, rock with an infusion of soul and more new music
From the upcoming Sun Ra tribute album Nuclear War (set for release 26 May) comes Georgia Anne Muldrow’s “Nuke’s Blues,” featuring trumpet player Josef Leimberg. It’s just as beautifully chaotic and avant-garde …
Lonnie Holley’s Oh Me Oh My (out 10 March) brims with music that’s just as atmospheric, experimental and spiritual as fans will expect from the musician, artist and educator. “Kindness That Will …
Sprawling experimental jazz, synth-heavy alt-pop, expressive alt-folk and more new music
Natural Information Society—an ensemble led by avant-garde composer and musician Joshua Abrams—is poised to release Since Time Is Gravity next month, and from it shares the 13-minute “Stigmergy.” The mesmerizing, sprawling piece …
From the hundreds of tracks we shared this past year, these are some of our favorites
A track infused with otherworldly wailing, stirring choreography, a haunting collaboration and more
Atmospheric and haunting, “Mantle” by Isamaya Ffrench and Sam Thomas is an unsettling, breathtaking work. Written by London-based Ffrench (who is also a respected makeup artist and creator of wearable art) and …
Today black midi—the English band composed of Geordie Greep, Cameron Picton, Matt Kwasniewski-Kelvin and Morgan Simpson—release Live Fire, a live version of their latest album Hellfire available exclusively as a limited vinyl at …
Simmering art-pop, moody multilingual R&B, danceable dream-pop and more