‘Always Ever’ is an unaltered transfer of ideas from the fertile mind of Alister Spence straight to tape.

Here is “Like Swimwear (part one),” the advance single from Jeff Parker ETA IVtet’s upcoming album ‘Happy Today.’

Harriet Tubman’s ‘Electrical Field of Love’ is a welcome enough return on its own but their willingness to keep shaking things up by bringing on board Georgia Anne Muldrow signals that they haven’t lost any aversion to standing pat.

‘Fallows’ is different because the perspective is different. It’s up to us to find the beauty that transcends the chaos; Caroline Davis found it in the American Rockies and shares it with us through these recordings.

Devin Gray has always successfully tackled challenging music, but the Berlin Underground bent of ‘Hz Of Gold’ may be the biggest challenge he’s met yet.

Brandon Seabrook puts all sides of his virtuosity to work on ‘Hellbent Daydream:’ imaginative composition, elite musicianship and band leadership.

Guitarist/sound-texturalist David Torn and saxophonist Tim Berne join forces to offer a sonic mind-bender fabricated out of thin air.

Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (Exit) Knarr’s ‘Drops’ is confrontational and reflective, aggressive and unassuming. It’s never, ever boring.

Here is the advance single “Click Song” from Chicago Underground Duo’s upcoming album ‘Hyperglyph.’

Joe Morris and Elliott Sharp are among the only guitarists who can make a guitarist improvisation duet session with electronics sound alien while staying coherent and insightful. They thrive doing so on ‘Realism.’