February was a busy month at Avant Music News — from massive drone works for historic pipe organ to site-specific chamber music recorded in a rush-hour train station, our reviewers ranged widely across the experimental and avant-garde landscape. Here’s everything we published. AMN Reviews: Simon Hanes – GARGANTUA (2026; Pyroclastic Records) (2/28/2026) — Composer and […]

A weekly guide to experimental, improvised, and creative music performances in Chicago and the surrounding suburbs. Listings sourced from Now Is: A Chicago Music Calendar, Frequency Festival Chicago, Elastic Arts, and Constellation Chicago. Sunday, March 1 Frequency Festival: TAK Ensemble / Zachary Good with Ian McEdwards Constellation · 3111 N. Western Ave., Chicago 8:30 PM […]

Source: trinosophes. Robert Dick, Stephan Haluska, James IlgenfritzSaturday, March 7Doors 7:30 pm, $20 BUY NOW Takaat (Niger)Wednesday, March 11Doors 7:30, advance tickets $17 BUY NOW RECURRING SERIESDetroit Trombonist Zekkerya El-magharbel present four different series on a rotational basis, every Tuesday at Trinosophes at 7:30 pm. 1st Tuesday: Maqam Workshop2nd Tuesday: Creative Music Group3rd Tuesday: Meet […]

The latest edition of North Star Sounds is now archived and available for streaming on Mixcloud. North Star Sounds has been airing every Tuesday night on Jazz 90.1 for over two decades and is now rebroadcast on onejazz.net on Sunday nights.

Source: a closer listen. Antonio Gallucci ~ Hope for Nothingness as Something Various Artists ~ Pakapi Loops vol1 Francesco Fabris ~ DISPLACES Noémi Büchi ~ Exuvie Vadim Neselovskyi ~ PERSEVERANTIA

Source: Bay Improviser Calendar. Saturday, February 28 Sat 2/28 12:00 PM Fort Detrick Lymethrax, Oakland [see flyer] G|O|D|W|A|F|F|L|E||N|O|I|S|E| |P|A|N|C|A|K|E|S gourmet walnut pancakes, apple compote, & probably coffee while it lasts Kanoko Nishi Angst Hase Pfeffer Nase Dominic Cramp Fluorescent Grey Ploc Munster Sat 2/28 2:00 PM Saratoga Library [13650 Saratoga Avenue Saratoga, CA 95070] Before […]

Source: Jazzword. Camila Nebbia/Kit Downes/Andrew Lisle Exhaust Claude Tchamitchian Quartet Vortice Albert Cirera & Tres Tambors Orangina Goose Green Ganso Verde Erb/Mayas/Hemingway Phyla Music Liebman/Hart/Rudolph Beingness Liebman/Hart/Rudolph Beingness Doug Watkins Lest We Forget

Albums like this do not appear according to a schedule. They show up unexpectedly like a sudden storm, rearranging not just the patio furniture but the very air itself. Composer and bassist Simon Hanes (Tredici Bacci, Trigger, JG Thirlwell, Tsons Of Tsunami, and many others) has gathered an unconventional lineup for a blend of disparate […]

Source: Downtown Music Gallery. Monday, March 2nd:6:30: TRANSPARENCY KESTRA (mini): Pyramid: ELI ASHER – trumpet / CLAIRE de BRUNNER – bassoon / ON KA’A DAVIS – guitar / HARUNA FUKAZAWA – flutes / AYUMI ISHITO – soprano sax / WESTBROOK JOHNSON – trombone / SHU OSAMURA – guitar / JOSH SINTON – bai sax / […]

Source: The Squid’s Ear. Jung-Jae Kim (Kim / Lee / Song / Kim) – Shamanism (Relative Pitch) Angles 11 – Tell Them It’s The Sound Of Freedom (Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!))

Source: Cafe OTO. Sunday 1 March 2026, 2pm MATINEE: Adam Bohman – ‘Drawings, Collages, Paintings’ book launch – with Sophie Sleigh-Johnson + The Bohman Brothers + Richard Thomas Sunday 1 March 2026, 7.30pm GENTLE FIRE REIMAGINED Monday 2 March 2026, 7.30pm Play VideoLive stream: 2nd March, 8:15PM Show + live stream: Akira Sakata / Yuko […]

Last night I managed to catch the third night of the Frequency Festival in Chicago. While disappointed by the cancellation of [Ahmed], I decided to make up for it by attending performances from Olivia Block and Nois Quartet. The latter opened with a 55-minute suite penned by Northwestern music professor Alex Mincek titled The Perpetual, […]