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.
Mary Halvorson – Dragon’s Head (2008, complex free jazz)
Sun Ra – Horizon (1971, free jazz)
Bill Brovold and Larval – Surviving Death / Alive Why? (2007, progressive rock / composed jazz)
Byron Metcalf / Mark Seelig / Steve Roach – Nada Terma (2008, ambient electronic)
Stephen Haynes / Taylor Ho Bynum – Double Trio (2008, dense free jazz)
Mathias Grassow – Inner Light (2008, ambient electronic)
James Tenney – Selected Works: 1961-1969 (2003, experimental / electroacoustic)
The Legendary Pink Dots – Alchemical Playschool (2004, experimental rock / collage)