Improv and Avant-Garde

Posthumous jaimie branch Album Announced with New Song "take over the world"
PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2023
A posthumous album by late American trumpeter and composer jaimie branch has been announced. Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war))...
Sigur Rós Share New Single "Blóðberg," Kjartan Sveinsson Rejoins Lineup
PUBLISHED Jun 12, 2023
Icelandic post-rock dreamweavers Sigur Rós have released a new song. "Blóðberg" arrives with a new video directed by Johan Renck. "Blóðber...
Toronto's Thin Edge New Music Collective Showcase Works by Jocelyn Morlock, Bekah Simms for Reverb II
PUBLISHED Jun 8, 2023
Dedicated to commissioning and presenting composers of our time, Toronto's Thin Edge New Music Collective (TENMC) have announced their seco...
At Music Waste 2023, Vancouver's DIY Scene Continued to Shine Despite All Odds
PUBLISHED Jun 6, 2023
Celebrating their 29th year, Music Waste returned to the DIY venues of East Vancouver Thursday, June 1 to Sunday, June 4 for another year o...
Round Eye Announce Canadian Tour with the Black Void
PUBLISHED May 30, 2023
The members of hardcore/jazz explorers Round Eye have released music through Vancouver's Sudden Death Records, but they've never actually t...
Exclaim!'s Staff Picks: Colin Stetson's 'When we were that what wept for the sea' Is a Cinematic Experience
PUBLISHED May 23, 2023
Colin Stetson has been releasing dizzying sax albums for a decade and a half, but I still don't fully understand how he makes such visceral...
FIMAV 2023 Balanced Music, Magic and Melancholy
PUBLISHED May 22, 2023
Though the COVID masks were mostly history and the advertised slate of artists were all in attendance, the lead up to this year's FIMAV was...
Beverly Glenn-Copeland Details First Album in 20 Years 'The Ones Ahead'
PUBLISHED May 15, 2023
Having revisited his seminal 1986 record with Keyboard Fantasies Reimagined in 2021 and having his life explored in the Posy Dixon-directed...