The ultimate primer on left-of-center sounds is well represented on Bandcamp.

The influential Portuguese jazz label is closing up shop after 25 years.

Brian Eno's short-lived 1970s label has releases scattered across Bandcamp. We collect a few of them here.

Our guide to the month’s crucial contemporary classical releases.

Six months into 2026 here are the best albums of the year so far, as voted for by tQ staffers, columnists and writers

Whether playing folk, noise-rock, or art song, in quartets, trios, or on her own, the guitarist’s presence is unmistakable.

On se souvient de lui comme de ce grand viking barbu arpentant la VIe avenue dans le New York des années 1960. Hommage à Moondog, Louis Thomas Hardin de son vrai nom, l'une des figures les plus singul...

Our guide to the month’s crucial contemporary classical releases.

Time is a flat black circle and good riffs live forever.

The 9 April edition of The Wire ’s weekly radio show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by Sunn O))), Eek-A-Mouse + Sly & Robbie, Kaloja, Shewolff and more

The drone metal's noise is as beautiful and brutal as you give it a chance to be.

A Conversation with Sonny Rollins

And Everything That Almost Prevented It

I had no intention of reviewing HONORA, the new album by Flea. I had no intention of writing about it. The "critics" made me do it.

Le nouveau coffret consacré à Miles Davis,

These are the best experimental releases from March.

Our guide to the month’s crucial contemporary classical releases.

more on the record label theme

Caroline Davis's unanticipated, unorthodox solo affair, plus an introduction to Juanma Trujillo and more new releases and coming attractions.

On the life and work of the pathbreaking French composer.

For 50 years, The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians Has Redefined Jazz & Beyond

An overview of the pioneering Belgian ensemble, one of the most unique voices in European contemporary classical music.

The hard bop genius who wrote an album in prison, died homeless, and was celebrated only after it was too late

12 track album

“Bremen 1965” de Thelonious Monk, est la première sortie officielle du concert, masterisée à partir des bandes originales conservées dans les archives de Radio Bremen.

12 track album

Our guide to the month’s crucial contemporary classical LPs.

University Musical Society

University Musical Society

Reflecting on a controversial jazz record in the age of a.i.

From Johanna Magdalena Beyer to Daphne Oram to Laurie Spiegel, these extraordinary women helped push the boundaries of early electronic music.

Thurston Moore, Byron Coley & Mats Gustafsson teach you free jazz history

Our guide to the month‘s crucial contemporary classical work.

6 track album

Our guide to the year’s crucial jazz LPs.

Breaking down the most crucial punk albums and EPs released in 2024.

These are the best experimental music releases of the year.

Killer live recordings by two very different quartets

One of the scant benefits bestowed by editing a countercultural magazine born in a time of great financial turmoil is that you eventually develop a state of permanent readiness for the next disaster. ...

Our guide to the month’s crucial punk releases.

Our guide to the best jazz LPs on Bandcamp.

This month includes elongated jamming, noise-metal blasts, and music made with eggs.

One hour of of deeply influential music from one of Brazil's most revered composers. Salomão Borges Filho aka Lô Borges was founder of now-mythic Minas Gerais collective Clube da Esquina, co-writing t...