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Big Ears 2026: Dig Deeper With AMN Reviews Big Ears Festival runs March 26–29 in Knoxville, Tennessee, and over the years Avant Music News has reviewed albums and performances by a significant number of this year's artists. Below is a guide to what we have in the archive, organized by act. The…

Coming to the ISSUE Project Room in April ISSUE Project Room presents the following events in April 2026 at 22 Boerum Place, Brooklyn, NY. April 2: Taraka and Joanna Mattrey. Taraka (member of Prince Rama) returns to share "campfire songs" as a potential antidote to post-digital isolation. Joanna…

Coming to Elysium Furnace Works Elysium Furnace Works has announced their 2026 concert season at the VBI Theatre of Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center, 12 Vassar Street, Poughkeepsie, NY. All shows begin at 8 PM. April 11: Strings & Things — Jamaaladeen Tacuma and Mary Halvorson. Advance tickets at May…

Chain D.L.K. Reviews A roundup of reviews published at Chain DLK over the last several days. Greg Stasiw – Guesswork (Hidden Harmony Recordings) reviewed by Vito Camarretta. Stepmother – Bring Me Flowers and Tell Me You Love Me (Megaphone/Knock'em Dead Records) reviewed by Vito Camarretta. XII…

Rabble Without A Cause Show – March 25, 2026 Source: CKCU. Squid in Chains: a dive into the catalogue of this B.C.-based trio

The Avant Music Guide to Big Ears 2026 Big Ears Festival returns to downtown Knoxville for four days of concerts, conversations, films, and installations across more than 20 venues. Over 250 events make scheduling an act of triage, and plenty of excellent shows will unavoidably conflict with each…

AMN Picks of the Week: Organ / Brooddark / Haedrons / Sjellos / GEORGE Here is where I post, at a frequency of about once a week, a list of the new music that caught my attention. All of the releases listed below I have heard for the first time recently and come recommended. Organ - Immobilism…

Coming to Orlando Walt McClements and Pressurewave Thursday, April 2, 2026 | Timucua Arts | Orlando, FL Timucua Arts, Circuit Church, and The Civic Minded 5 present Walt McClements and Pressurewave at Timucua Arts, 2000 S. Summerlin Ave, Orlando, FL 32806. Doors at 7:00 p.m., concert at 7:30 p.m.…

The Free Jazz Collective Reviews A roundup of reviews and features published at The Free Jazz Collective over the last several days. Street Fight - Stoic Hardcore (Profound Whatever, 2026), reviewed by Richard Blute. Amalie Dahl's Dafnie EXTENDED - Live at Moldejazz (Sonic Transmissions, 2026),…

New Releases from International Anthem: McCraven, Uhlmann, Johnson / Kohl / Stewart, and Alabaster DePlume Four new and recent releases from Chicago's International Anthem label span reissue, debut, and EP formats, spanning instrumental jazz, avant-garde string trio, and politically engaged…

Coming to Ars Nova Workshop Source: Ars Nova Workshop, Philadelphia's premier presenter of jazz and experimental music at Solar Myth, 1131 S. Broad Street. March 23 — Orcutt Shelley Miller — Ars Nova Workshop welcomes the explosive power trio Orcutt Shelley Miller with an opening performance by…

Ensemble Dal Niente 2025–26 Season Source: Ensemble Dal Niente, Chicago's ensemble dedicated to new and experimental chamber music. March 28 | 7:30 PM — AACM + Dal Niente — Elastic Arts, 3429 W. Diversey Avenue. Program includes the world premiere of Renee Baker's Altered Consciousness, with…

Coming to Seattle 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. March 28 | 7:00 PM — Light Time Delay + An Anomalous Wave + Marc Barreca — Light Time Delay…

Musique Machine Reviews A roundup of reviews published at Musique Machine over the last week. Kleistwahr – The Battlefield Is Everywhere (Fourth Dimension Records, 2025) — reviewed by Roger Batty Fallen Sun – Parallel Disalignment (Fourth Dimension Records, 2025) — reviewed by Roger Batty Opaque –…

DOWNTOWNMUSIC.NET Photos Source: DOWNTOWNMUSIC.NET. March 22, 2026William Winant & Zeena Parkins, RouletteZeena Parkins William Winant March 22, 2026Bill Orcutt, Ethan Miller, Steve Shelley, RouletteEthan Miller Bill Orcutt Steve Shelley March 22, 2026Bill Orcutt & Mariam Rezaei, RouletteBill…

The AACM Profiled Source: Bandcamp Daily. The Association for the Advancement of Creative Music has been fortifying the careers of unconventional musical minds since its founding in Chicago on May 8, 1965. For all the AACM’s organizational might, its first rule is that art has no rules. “Everybody…

Another Place Show, March 23, 2026 Source: 90.9fm WDCB. Chicago journalist and jazz aficionado Andy Pierce hosts "Another Place" Sundays at midnight. The show explores creative music, jazz and the avant-garde, and delves into the longer, more complex compositions and improvisations in jazz.

Freq Reviews A roundup of reviews published at Freq over the last two weeks. Keiji Haino (live at The ICA) — reviewed by Kev Nickells Plankton Wat – The Vanishing World — reviewed by Adrian Tuva Halse – Reconnection — reviewed by Mr Olivetti Maninkari – L'Océan Rêve Dans Sa Loisiveté 4th Session /…

Fringes of Sound Reviews A roundup of reviews published at Fringes of Sound over the last week. The Silent North – The Collapse of Everything — reviewed by Fringes of Sound sunken fence – Lentic (Adventurous Music) — reviewed by Fringes of Sound Fixed Expression – Soundtrack for a Peaceful Agony —…

All About Jazz Reviews A roundup of reviews published at All About Jazz over the last week. Art Edmaiston / Chad Fowler – Memphis Mandala (Mahakala Music) — reviewed by Mark Corroto Knats – A Great Day In Newcastle (Gearbox Records) — reviewed by Neil Duggan Tomeka Reid Quartet – Dance! Skip! Hop!…

New Releases From The Sub Rosa Label Mount Analogue – Bill Laswell + P.ST: "This musical journey pays tribute to René Daumal and his enchanting world of mysteries and magic." Nature – Fred Frith + Karen Stackpole: "Guitar as gong, gong as harmony and everything in between, an interweaving that…

This is Darkness Playlist February / March 2026  Source: Frozen In Time: This is Darkness playlist – February / March 2026. The latest "Frozen In Time" playlist from This Is Darkness covers the dark ambient albums the site has been listening to over February and March 2026. Albums featured…

Akiyama / Eubanks / Nakamura / Prins: New Album and Spring Europe Tour Guitarist Tetuzi Akiyama, no-input mixing board player Toshimaru Nakamura, electronics and percussion player Gert-Jan Prins, and modular synthesizer and saxophone electronics player Bryan Eubanks have released Spring on Meenna.…

Ossicles Fest in Richmond This Week Source: Ossicles Fest. Tuesday March 24 @ Révéler: Marc Ribot Solo Wednesday March 25 @ Gallery 5 Mary Halvorson Canis Major Nicole Mitchell Laura Ann Singh Fracas Quintet Ossicles Fest is a music festival dedicated to presenting avant-garde, jazz, and…

S.E.M. Ensemble to Perform Music by Petr Kotik Source: S.E.M. Ensemble. Music by Petr Kotik @ Bohemian National Hall Bohemian National Hall Wednesday, April 22 at 7pm 321 East 73. Street Petr Kotik – String Quartet No. 1, Erinnerungen an Jan (2007-2010) Petr Kotik – Many Many Women (1975-78) On…

AMN Reviews: Haedrons – Palimpseste (2026; Bandcamp) Haedrons is a guitar / drums duo, with a guest saxophonist on one track of this EP. Their sound operates within a progressive rock framework, though instrumental and heavy, bordering on metal and post rock at times. Josh Vincent sets forth…

AMN Reviews: Brooddark – Deliro (2026; Winter-Light) Brooddark (Yaroslav Gavrilyuk) is on a roll. After two strong releases in 2025, he returns in early 2026 for another dark and isolationist ambient offering. Deliro is an album that appears austere and abstract at first, but this initial…

AMN Picks of the Week: vidnaObmana / Under the Sign / TROUM / Thompson, Harmet, and Martin / Durán Vázquez Here is where I post, at a frequency of about once a week, a list of the new music that caught my attention. All of the releases listed below I have heard for the first time recently and come…

Newsbits: Bordreuil and Malone / Sorey / Kitamura / Mazurek The Quietus reviews Music for Intersecting Planes by Leila Bordreuil and Kali Malone (Ideologic Organ), a candlelit collaboration for cello, feedback, organ, and sine waves recorded live in a Swiss chapel. Nate Chinen writes for The Gig…

Masters of Sonic Liberation in Holyoke on March 26 Join us in the wonderful studio theater of, Holyoke Media for Masters of Sonic Liberation Series #28 on Thursday, March 26, 2026  featuring: Vance Provey Group — Hard hitting outer space material. Conor Perreault Trio — Deviance covered in a jazz…

A Closer Listen Reviews A roundup of reviews published at A Closer Listen over the last week. ACL 2026 Spring Music Preview ~ Ambient — feature by Richard Allen — March 15, 2026 ACL 2026 Spring Music Preview ~ Drone — feature by Richard Allen — March 16, 2026 ACL 2026 Spring Music Preview ~…

AMN Reviews: TROUM – EmphasYs (2026; Cyclic Law & Transgredient Records) German experimental ambient duo TROUM, active since the 1990s, return with EmphasYs. The album's seven drone-oriented tracks result from an unconventional process in which each is structured around a single focal instrument.…

The Squid’s Ear Reviews A roundup of reviews published at The Squid's Ear over the last week. Daniel Levin – interview — interview by The Squid's Ear Eric La Casa / Jerome Noetinger – Off Tracks (Erstwhile) — reviewed by Jeph Jerman Eri Yamamoto / Matthew Shipp – Horizon (Mahakala Music) —…

Coming to Chicago Listings drawn from now-is.org, Constellation Chicago, Elastic Arts, The Hungry Brain, UChicago Presents, and the University of Chicago Department of Music. Saturday, March 21 Moon Bros.: Fred Schmidt, Dan Bitney, Jason Roebke Bridgeport Music Collective, 3201 S. Morgan St. 8:00…

An Interview with Shane Parish  Source: Patreon. Enjoy this interview with Shane Parish about his new record, Autechre Guitar—mesmerizing transcriptions of classic AE tracks for solo acoustic guitar.

Coming to Downtown Music Gallery  Source: Downtown Music Gallery. Saturday, March 21st: GauciMusic Series Continues with:6:30: ELIJAH SHIFFER - Alto Sax / LORIN BENEDICT - Voice / DMITRY ISHENKO - Bass / JAMES PAUL NADIEN - Drums7:30: STEPHEN GAUCI - Tenor Sax - Flute / LIM YANG - Contrabass /…

Jazzword Reviews A roundup of reviews published at Jazzword since last time. All reviews by Ken Waxman. Yuhan Su – OVER the MOONs (Endectomorph Music EMM 36) Queen Bee Records – Label Spotlight Bay Area, California Muddersten – Triple Music (SOFA CD 599) Sébastien Texier-Christophe Marguet –…

Peter Jones on Acousmatic Crossings "Nature After the Microphone": Peter Jones on Sound, Ecology, and the Impossibility of Capturing Nature Australian sound artist Peter Jones has a new piece — Hibernatorium (2024) — featured in the latest installment of Metapsychosis journal's ongoing Acousmatic…

The Elite Extremophile Reviews A roundup of reviews and features published at The Elite Extremophile since February 20. Corima – Hunab Ku (Soleil Zeuhl) reviewed by Matt. Cryptic Shift – Overspace & Supertime (Metal Blade) reviewed by Matt. Odd & Ends: March 2, 2026 reviewed by Matt. This edition…

Coming to San Francisco Events sourced from Bay Improviser, The Lab, Audium, SFJAZZ, Center for New Music, and supplemental web searches. Friday, March 20 Wendy Reid's Ambient Bird–Indian Rock (Spring Equinox) Indian Rock Park, 950 Indian Rock Ave., Berkeley (just west of the rock, under the trees…

Dusted Reviews The latest album reviews from Dusted Magazine. March 19, 2026 — Isabel Pine, "Fables" (Kranky) reviewed by Bryon Hayes. March 18, 2026 — Pan•American, "Fly the Ocean in a Silver Plane" (Kranky) reviewed by Jennifer Kelly. March 17, 2026 — Mors.Void.Discipline, "Txketh)ëké" (Sentient…

Joan La Barbara Interview Source: Echoes Podcast. In the Echoes Podcast we have avant-garde icon Joan La Barbara. I have avant-garde vocal icon Joan La Barbara, who, along with Meredith Monk, change the way a voice could sound in music, opening up a world of deeper expressions. We play a lot of…

Zeena Parkins Interview Source: The Tonearm. The experimental harpist discusses the hand-built electric instrument at the center of her practice, the spatial approach to composition she developed through decades of work with choreographers, and the grief behind 'Lament for the Maker,' her first…

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Newsbits: Tashi Dorji / Irmin Schmidt / Body Sound / Eternal Series / Blank Forms Tashi Dorji's low clouds hang, this land is on fire (Drag City) gets a review at The Quietus. Irmin Schmidt of Can announces Requiem, a new solo album pairing prepared piano with field recordings from his home in…

Éliane Radigue Profiled Source: The Wire. Radigue began composing in the 1950s. From a non musical family, she attracted the attention of a local music teacher who gave her piano lessons as a child. She later learnt harp at Nice conservatory, always interested in the slow adagio movements of the…

Ambientblog Reviews A roundup of posts published at Ambientblog by Peter van Cooten over the last several days. Clariloops * Robert Scott Thompson reviewed by Peter van Cooten. Myllykoski & Äijälä * Herden & IT904 reviewed by Peter van Cooten. DreamScenes – March 2026: "A Place Where Silence Feels…