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Horse Lords Unveil Vocal-Driven Album, Share New Tracks
Experimental rock band Horse Lords have announced their new album ‘Demand to Be Taken to Heaven Alive!’ set for release…
Ora Cogan Explores Resilience in ‘Hard Hearted Woman’
Canadian experimental folk artist Ora Cogan has released her new album ‘Hard Hearted Woman,’ which explores themes of r…
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New Release ‘Electric Rebound’ from Ricardo Formoso
Fusing the freedom of jazz with the drive of progressive rock, this record delivers dynamic rhythms…
Fire-Toolz – “Balam =^..^= Says IPv09082024 Strawberry Head”
Fire-Toolz, a Chicago-based experimental electronic producer, has released a lead single titled ‘Ba…
Afro House Drops: FERROLD, Oezden, Mady Minton and danny khas
If you’re a regular EKM reader, you’ll know by now that we love to bring you features that outline …
Healing and Peace — A Treatise (Self-Release)
A Treatise scrambles to life in a burst of scratchy acoustic guitar, a tootle of cheery keyboard an…
The New Ways Drops The Danceables Collection on Dysfunct
The New Ways, also known as electronic artist Shelbric Fuller, has just released his new House Tech…
Juanma Trujillo — A Cantaclaro in Barcelona | The Tonearm
‘Música Para Quinteto: Live at Jazz Cava’ captures Juanma Trujillo's Barcelona quintet at full burn…
Djembe Funk - $20 Mic - This song only needed one 20 dollar mic. All instruments played into same mic, vocals too. 20 bucks.
I bought a microphone I like and I want the world to know. It only costs 20 dollars and I recorded …
On Their Own Terms: How the AACM Built a New American Music
For 50 years, The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians Has Redefined Jazz & Be…
Plush Life — The Soft Resistance of Green-House
Olive Ardizoni and Michael Flanagan of the LA-based electronic duo Green-House talk imaginary video…
Preserving the French Underground: A Guide to Souffle Continu
The label spotlights artists who crafted visionary music blending free improvisation, jazz, prog ro…
Ben Wendel's ‘BaRcoDe’ Is Unique and Uniquely Excellent » PopMatters
Ben Wendel has played with groove-oriented rhythms, electronics, and unusual instrumentation, as if…
j.demar - fallow fields - The shape of what's missing, held in the light that remains.
fusing together multiple genres that defy strict categorization to create a dialogue between distan…
Scott Ruhs - Shock Raw - WARNING! Chakras are meant to be aligned. Shock Raw will knock them all out of kilter again!
WARNING! Chakras are meant to be aligned. Shock Raw will knock them all out of kilter again! Guitar…
Kikù Hibino and Merzbow: dB.XYZ
Kikù Hibino and Merzbow collaborate on dB.XYZ, an album that explores underground music genres thro…
3 New Emotional Deep Melodic Songs You Need to Hear Right Now
Today we are pleased to bring you another three must-hear tracks to brighten up your day and your p…
Acoustic guitarist Gwenifer Raymond plays sci-fi-themed fingerstyle blues at escape velocity - Chicago Reader
Though Raymond was raised in Wales and presently lives in Brighton, England, her acoustic fingerpic…
Local witch-house artist Häxa welcomes spring at Reggies Music Joint - Chicago Reader
Häxa Sun 3/29 at Reggies Music Joint The post Local witch-house artist Häxa welcomes spring at Regg…
Essential Releases, March 20, 2026
Brazilian metal, jazz funk, alternative, and more. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily.
Butter And The Genre Deliver A Rich, Live-recorded Jazz Experience With ‘Music Is Life’
A live-recorded studio album highlighting the band’s versatility, energy, and collaborative sound. …
Colors that rhyme, clash, and dance - Chicago Reader
“Matisse’s Jazz: Rhythms in Color” through 6/1 at the Art Institute of Chicago The post Colors that…
Friendly Alien - Neon Dawn - Listen to the future.
Listen to the future. A rhythmic journey through experimental electronica. Beat-driven rhythms, dro…
Zeena Parkins, Under Constant Revision | The Tonearm
The experimental harpist discusses the hand-built electric instrument at the center of her practice…
Imaginary Space, Real Feeling — Bayeté's Electric Gospel
Reissued more than fifty years after its creation, Bayeté's ‘Seeking Other Beauty’ finds the Bay Ar…
Willebrant - Night Daze - a vibe of some kind of extra-dimensional jazz club with the sultry trumpet licks ringing through a space that defies common physics
Night Daze blends immersive textures and emotive expanses that invites the listener to conceive a v…