Improv and Avant-Garde

Sufjan Stevens Readies Five-Volume Album 'Convocations'

PUBLISHED Apr 6, 2021

Sufjan Stevens has announced a massive new 49-track album titled Convocations, which is due to be released in segments on a weekly basis up...

Seefeel Treated to Extensive Reissue Campaign by Warp

PUBLISHED Apr 6, 2021

Seefeel are being treated to a reissue campaign that will shine a new light on their beloved mid-'90s work. Come May 14, Warp Records will...

Daniel Romano Unveils Weekly Ambient Project

PUBLISHED Apr 5, 2021

Shapeshifting Canadian songwriter Daniel Romano released a new album just last week, but the wildly prolific Canadian artist has already un...

Loscil Unveils New Album 'Clara'

PUBLISHED Mar 30, 2021

Loscil is returning with a new album. The latest from the Vancouver electronic hero born Scott Morgan is called Clara, and it will arrive o...

Nils Frahm Shares Surprise Album 'Graz' for Piano Day

PUBLISHED Mar 30, 2021

Continuing his annual celebration of Piano Day (the 88th day of the year), Nils Frahm has shared a previously unreleased effort titled Graz...

Colin Fisher Pushes Instruments in New Directions on 'Reflections of the Invisible World'

PUBLISHED Mar 25, 2021

Toronto-based multi-instrumentalist Colin Fisher continually pushes his music in new directions. His guitar and saxophone are malleable in...

Bell Orchestre Reboot Their Avant-Garde Explorations on 'House Music'

PUBLISHED Mar 16, 2021

In many ways, House Music feels like a Bell Orchestre reboot. Having started informally in the early '00s as a loose group of musicians who...

SXSW Review: 'Disintegration Loops' Doc Fails to Connect the Ambient Classic to Our Current Moment

Directed by David Wexler

PUBLISHED Mar 16, 2021

William Basinski's The Disintegration Loops is arguably the definitive piece of 9/11-inspired art, but David Wexler's documentary of the sa...