Source: Bandcamp Daily. In early 2001, the Clean Feed label released At Seixal, a live recording from The Implicate Order. Catalog number CF001CD, it was the first album from the Lisbon, Portugal imprint and concert production endeavor. A document of lively free jazz centered around trombonist Steve Swell, the group is quick, agile, and imaginative, […]

5:4 is Simon Cummings’ publication devoted to contemporary classical, experimental, and electronic music. Hans Werner Henze – Hans Werner Henze Edition, Vol. 1: Sinfonia, 2026, Wergo (August 24, 2026; Simon Cummings) Joseph Branciforte & Jozef Dumoulin – ITERAE, 2026, Greyfade (August 19, 2026; Simon Cummings) Jim O’Rourke & Jos Smolders – Albumin, 2026, Moving Furniture […]

A Closer Listen covers instrumental and experimental music, including ambient, drone, electronic music, field recording, modern composition, and adventurous jazz and rock. zakè – Tide Requiem for the Low Sea, 2026, Zakè Drone Recordings (August 29, 2026; Richard Allen) Mo Farzaneh – Aerial Roots, 2026, Shimmering Moods Records (August 28, 2026; Gianmarco Del Re) Vladislav […]

Big Bar in New York City will host three Sunday-evening performances in September: September 6 | 8:00–9:30 p.m.Jonathon Haffner Trio with Michael Coleman and Dalius Naujo September 13 | 7:00–8:30 p.m.Aaron Dugan Trio with Reid Taylor and Mike Pride September 27 | 7:00–8:30 p.m.Eyal Maoz Band Big Bar, 75 East 7th Street, New York, NY […]

The Squid’s Ear covers improvised, contemporary, experimental, and unusual music. John Tilbury – At Home, 2026, Another Timbre (August 28, 2026; Phil Zampino) LDL – The Eerie Glow of Jellyfish, 2025, Relative Pitch (August 25, 2026; Massimo Ricci) Magda Mayas’ Filamental – Murmur, 2026, Relative Pitch (August 24, 2026; Jeph Jerman)

New Risen Throne is the long-running Italian dark ambient project of Stiehl (Gabriele Panci). Since 2002, Panci has developed a reputation for cold, ritualistic sounds anchored in slow-moving drones, ceremonial or martial percussion, and layers of indiscernible vocalizations. Of Grey Grounds is the fourth release from New Risen Throne since 2011, though Panci has returned […]

Myra Melford has shared an update covering new recordings, compositions, collaborations, and upcoming performances. Melford and Satoko Fujii released the piano-duo album Katarahi on RogueArt in May. Recorded at Austria’s Leibnitz Jazz Festival in 2024, its title loosely translates as a heart-to-heart conversation among close friends. A second RogueArt release, Sure Grand Out by Melford’s […]

Listings drawn primarily from Now Is, supplemented by Sound & Gravity, Elastic Arts, Constellation, Hungry Brain, and University of Chicago Events. Saturday, August 29 Jeff Chan with Suwan Choi, Yun Sil Jang, and Tatsu AokiThe CheckOut, 4116 N. Clark St., Chicago8:00 PM Sunday, August 30 Taalib-Din Ziyad TrioFirst Presbyterian Church of Chicago, 6400 S. Kimbark […]

Jazzword covers improvised and jazz-related music, with reviews by critic Ken Waxman. Jacques Kuba Séguin – La Trilogie des Odeurs, 2026, Odd Sound Records (August 24, 2026; Ken Waxman) Paul Dunmall Quartet – Afghan Women, 2026, RogueArt (August 24, 2026; Ken Waxman) Paul Dunmall – Afraid to Speak, 2026, Discus Music (August 24, 2026; Ken […]

Source: Cafe OTO Cafe OTO’s September 2026 calendar in Dalston, London: Tuesday 1 September 2026, 7.30pm — Baba Yaga’s Hut: Fatboi Sharif + Cold Light + Retropxssy Wednesday 2 September 2026, 7.30pm — John Edwards / Mike Gennaro / Alex Ward Trio + Quartet with Veryan Weston Thursday 3 September 2026, 7.30pm — TALKER is […]

Source: Wayward Music Series, a monthly series of adventurous and experimental music presented by Nonsequitur at the Chapel Performance Space in Seattle’s Good Shepherd Center. Other sources: Gallery 1412, Vermillion Art Gallery and Bar, Substation, and The Timbre Room. Friday, August 28 | 8:00 PM — Tad Doyle + Anemochore — Tad Doyle performs recent […]

Half Light brings Abul Mogard and visual artist Marja de Sanctis to Berlin’s silent green Betonhalle for the audiovisual premiere of Quiet Pieces, with Rafael Anton Irisarri also performing. October 23 at 8:00 p.m. Charlemagne Palestine, Oren Ambarchi and Daniel O’Sullivan release KKKAAARRREEENNNIIINNNAAA on September 25 through Black Truffle. The LP captures a 2025 London […]