Today, poet/vocalist Saul Williams and percussionist/producer Carlos Niño share “The Water Is Rising / as we surpass the firing squad . . .” featuring poet aja monet. It’s the second single from Williams and Niño’s first collaborative album Saul Williams meets Carlos Niño & Friends at TreePeople, out August 28 via International Anthem.

Today Chicago-based violist/composer Whitney Johnson, cellist/composer Lia Kohl, and violinist/composer Macie Stewart announce a new trio project with the release of BODY SOUND [STONE PIECE] on cassette.

Today, drummer-composer Tom Skinner announces Kaleidoscopic Visions, his second solo album, out September 26th via Brownswood Recordings and International Anthem. He has also revealed a run of US shows in October, with dates in Chicago, New York, and Philadelphia, plus a London performance at Queen Elizabeth Hall as part of the EFG London Jazz Festival.

Today Tortoise announce a series of special concerts to take place across October and November 2025.

We are honored to announce today Saul Williams meets Carlos Niño & Friends at TreePeople, the first collaborative album from poet/vocalist Saul Williams and percussionist/producer Carlos Niño, out August 28th, 2025. The album’s opener “Sound then Words” is available on all digital platforms today as lead single.

Today, the Los Angeles based duo of modular synthesist Jeremiah Chiu and violist Marta Sofia Honer release their new album Different Rooms on all streaming platforms (following its June 20th release on LP, CD, and digital download).

Today we're thrilled to announce Hyperglyph, the first new album in 11 years from composer/trumpeter/synthesist Rob Mazurek (Exploding Star Orchestra, Isotope 217, New Future City Radio with Damon Locks) and composer/percussionist Chad Taylor (jaimie branch’s Fly or Die, Marshall Allen’s Ghost Horizons, Luke Stewart’s Silt Trio) under the Chicago Underground Duo moniker, out August 15th, 2025.

“His solo work is much stranger and more intimate than almost anything else he’s involved in.”
Stereogum

Five New Takes on Their Recent Single by Saul Williams, Heba Kadry, Patrick Carney (the Black Keys), Broken Social Scene & Makaya McCraven

"Listening to this record is like wading through a rocky stream bubbling with meandering wisps of digitized nostalgia. That gentle feeling of peace only found on a listless summer evening with the beauty of this life wrapping you in a warm embrace." - Justin Smith, Euclid Records (Seattle, WA) 

"The music is bursting with life yet also tranquil—laid-back music attuned to the rhythms of life, and the reasons to celebrate it.”
- Dave Sumner, Bandcamp

Yowzers – a new album by the Chicago-born composer, improviser, instrumentalist and musical folklorist – is out in record stores worldwide June 6th, 2025.

Today, the Los Angeles based duo of modular synthesist Jeremiah Chiu and violist Marta Sofia Honer share digital single “Side by Side” (featuring Jeff Parker).

(+ out in full on streaming platforms June 12th)

Today, Ben LaMar Gay –– the Chicago born composer, improviser, instrumentalist, and musical folklorist –– shares a new single "John, John Henry," his singular interpretation of an American myth and the latest offering from his upcoming album Yowzers.