Improv and Avant-Garde

Uniform and Pharmakon Play Canada on Co-Headlining Tour

PUBLISHED Aug 27, 2024

Uniform and Pharmakon will take their latest records on a co-headlining North American tour this December. Before 2024 is out, the...

Laurie Anderson on Canadian Childhood Memories and Her Admiration of a BNL Member

The Exclaim! Questionnaire

PUBLISHED Aug 27, 2024

Laurie Anderson is constantly moving. The avant-garde legend has more on the go in a single year than many do in a lifetime...

Ulver Keyboardist Tore Ylwizaker Has Died

PUBLISHED Aug 19, 2024

Tore Ylwizaker, the longtime keyboardist for chameleonic Norwegian band Ulver, has died. He passed away suddenly on the night of his 54th...

Matthewdavid Shares 'Uncleared' Beat Tape in Support of Palestine

PUBLISHED Jul 19, 2024

Matthewdavid has shared a new instrumental beat tape, donating proceeds in support of Palestine. The Leaving Records co-founder's 'Uncleared...

Jonah Yano Shares 31-Minute Experimental Epic

PUBLISHED Jul 19, 2024

Jonah Yano has opened an ambitious new chapter by sharing a 31-minute jazz epic. "The Heavy Loop ( 永劫回帰 )" is out now alongside a video...

Sarah Davachi Returns with New Album 'The Head as Form’d in the Crier’s Choir'

PUBLISHED Jul 16, 2024

Sarah Davachi has detailed a new album. The L.A.-based Canadian composer will share 'The Head as Form'd in the Crier's Choir' on September...

Mas Aya Finds New Pathways on 'Coming and Going'

PUBLISHED Jul 12, 2024

Brandon Miguel Valdivia often makes music for meditation, but his sound is more reflective of firing synapses in a mercurial mind...

Medicine Singers and Friends Dissolved Sonic Barriers at Ottawa Bluesfest

SiriusXM Stage, July 10

PUBLISHED Jul 11, 2024

After twelve hours of persistent rain from the remnants of Hurricane Beryl over the Atlantic Ocean, Medicine Singers found themselves ...