Cuneiform Records released this gem by The Microscopic Septet in 2017 and it has held up well. From the label’s Bandcamp site: “Since storming back into action in 2006 after a 14-year hiatus, the radically old-school combo has continued to evolve and extend its reputation. The new album builds on Continue Reading
Avant-Garde
Petyaev-Petyaev – Incomparable Greatness
Brothers Peter Petyaev (saxophone) and Pavel Petyaev (guitar) released a collaborative album near the end of January 2026. It is free in its improvisational greatness but subdued in energy. This is not a nuclear blast of energy but a gentle romp that sounds active enough to be interesting without making your eardrums burst. Continue Reading
Jeff Gburek – Musica Povera Electronica: Volume 1
Jeff Gburek is constantly crafting new music for us. From his latest Bandcamp release: Prose Poem for Musica Povera Electronica Launch! You know they have ways to minotaur the voice chat labyrinth, even I should be able to score a surveillance industry gig. I know how to listen to things Continue Reading
Throbbing Gristle – TGCD1
For those of you, friends, who wanted an introduction to Industrial music in its truest form, may I present to you the disc which opened the door to Throbbing Gristle and the Industrial Records catalog which introduced me to similar bands like S.P.K., early Cabaret Voltaire, Monte Cazazza, Boyd Rice Continue Reading
The Residents & Renaldo And The Loaf – Title In Limbo + 4 Daze
Two of the most charmingly weird bands, The Residents and Renaldo And The Loaf, paired up for two freaky albums which have been reissued as one album by Klanggalerie. The sound is brilliant, and you can tell a lot of love went into this reissue. Well done.
Tuxedomoon – Desire (45th Anniversary Edition)
Currently, there is no track list available for this important release, but Tuxedomoon is reissuing their masterpiece, Desire, as a double LP, CD, and digital download. The release date is set for November 21, 2025, just before Thanksgiving. If you’re looking for an avant-garde Christmas gift for yourself, this might be the perfect Continue Reading
underlyn – gwr. 240110
This release comes from the Xian Liam label in China and is described as a mixtape. It features a pleasantly drone-laden and hazy sound.
Éliane Radigue – Asymptote Versatile
This performance marks the debut of this work at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. From Soundohm: “Asymptote Versatile sows the seeds of Radigue’s exploration of long durational forms, bridging a 50-year gap between the school of composers she met in 1960s New York and her 2011-onwards OCCAM OCEAN series, where she Continue Reading
Hubert Heathertoes & Zan Hoffman – The Substance of Meraki
The great Hubert Heathertoes and Zan Hoffman return with a new release! This album is definitely experimental, featuring elements of 1980s cassette culture along with a more polished post-industrial sound and a nod to John Oswald’s plunderphonics. It is quite a fine listen.
Avram & Dumitrescu – Performed by Hyperion Ensemble – Sacrum et Profanum
Ana-Maria Avram and Iancu Dumitrescu were a husband-and-wife duo renowned in the spectralism genre. Avram passed away suddenly in 2017, but her body of work continues to be performed regularly and is well-documented, as evidenced by this release. Dumitrescu remains active as a composer and, from the latest recordings I Continue Reading