AMN Picks of the Week

Here is where I post, at a frequency of about once a week, a list of the new music that has caught my attention that week. All of the releases listed below I’ve heard for the first time this week and come recommended.

Revolutionary Ensemble – Beyond the Boundary of Time (2009, free jazz)
Nate Wooley / Fred Lonberg-Holm / Jason Roebke – Throw Down Your Hammer and Sing (2009, free jazz)
Richard Nelson Quintet – Origin Story (2004, left of center jazz)
Aethenor – Faking Gold and Murder (2009, ambient metal)
Aethenor – Betimes Black Cloudmasses (2008, ambient metal)
Brad Shepik / Trio – Human Activity Suite (2008, jazz)
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez – The Apocalypse Inside of an Orange (2007, avant-rock)
Zu – Carboniferous (2009, avant-jazz)
Denman Maroney Quintet – Identity (2009, free jazz)
Elton Dean / Mark Sanders / Roberto Bellatalla – Into the Nierika (1998, free jazz)
Land of Kush – Against the Day (2009, post-rock / improv)
Maneri Ensemble – Going to Church (2002, free jazz)
Benoit Moreau – Audiogrammes II (2009, modern classical)