Releases – June 2026

A blazing chapter of Zu’s early history returns.Originally released in 2002,Recorded and mixed by Steve Albini at Electrical Audio in Chicago, the album captures Zu at theirmost raw and explosive — where avant‐jazz energy collides with the weight of experimental rock.Igneo (2002) by Zu is the band’s debut studio album and marks the starting point of their distinctive sonic identity. Even at this early stage, many of the elements that would define their later work are already clearly present. The album emerges ...

A blazing chapter of Zu’s early history returns.Originally released in 2002,Recorded and mixed by Steve Albini at Electrical Audio in Chicago, the album captures Zu at theirmost raw and explosive — where avant‐jazz energy collides with the weight of experimental rock.Igneo (2002) by Zu is the band’s debut studio album and marks the starting point of their distinctive sonic identity. Even at this early stage, many of the elements that would define their later work are already clearly present.The album ...

A blazing chapter of Zu’s early history returns.Originally released in 2002,Recorded and mixed by Steve Albini at Electrical Audio in Chicago, the album captures Zu at theirmost raw and explosive — where avant‐jazz energy collides with the weight of experimental rock.Igneo (2002) by Zu is the band’s debut studio album and marks the starting point of their distinctive sonic identity. Even at this early stage, many of the elements that would define their later work are already clearly present.The album ...

𝗭𝗨+𝗦𝗣𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗪𝗔𝗬𝗦 𝗜𝗡𝗖. – ‘𝗥𝗔𝗗𝗜𝗔𝗟𝗘’ – 𝗥𝗘𝗜𝗦𝗦𝗨𝗘𝑨 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘁-𝗷𝗮𝘇𝘇 𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀 Zu 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗴𝗼’𝘀 𝗝𝗮𝘇𝘇 𝗺𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘀𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗜𝗻𝗰.Originally released in 2004, RADIALE is back, bringing together explosive energy, avant-jazzimprovisation, and experimental rock in a landmark collaboration. Radiale (2004) by Zu is the band’s second studio album and stands as one of the most defining releases in the European avant-garde scene of the early 2000s. With this record, Zu moved decisively away from the slightly more exploratory feel of their debut Bromio and developed ...

𝗭𝗨+𝗦𝗣𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗪𝗔𝗬𝗦 𝗜𝗡𝗖. – ‘𝗥𝗔𝗗𝗜𝗔𝗟𝗘’ – 𝗥𝗘𝗜𝗦𝗦𝗨𝗘𝑨 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘁-𝗷𝗮𝘇𝘇 𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀 Zu 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗴𝗼’𝘀 𝗝𝗮𝘇𝘇 𝗺𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘀𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗜𝗻𝗰.Originally released in 2004, RADIALE is back, bringing together explosive energy, avant-jazzimprovisation, and experimental rock in a landmark collaboration. Radiale (2004) by Zu is the band’s second studio album and stands as one of the most defining releases in the European avant-garde scene of the early 2000s. With this record, Zu moved decisively away from the slightly more exploratory feel of their debut Bromio and developed ...

𝗭𝗨+𝗦𝗣𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗪𝗔𝗬𝗦 𝗜𝗡𝗖. – ‘𝗥𝗔𝗗𝗜𝗔𝗟𝗘’ – 𝗥𝗘𝗜𝗦𝗦𝗨𝗘𝑨 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘁-𝗷𝗮𝘇𝘇 𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀 Zu 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗴𝗼’𝘀 𝗝𝗮𝘇𝘇 𝗺𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘀𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗜𝗻𝗰.Originally released in 2004, RADIALE is back, bringing together explosive energy, avant-jazzimprovisation, and experimental rock in a landmark collaboration. Radiale (2004) by Zu is the band’s second studio album and stands as one of the most defining releases in the European avant-garde scene of the early 2000s. With this record, Zu moved decisively away from the slightly more exploratory feel of their debut Bromio and developed ...

Pianist Joel Futterman and bassist William Parker deliver an epic improvisatory journey on this three-track, hour-long studio recording. Futterman and Parker have worked together in duo and group contexts since the 1980s, and their deep creative bond is audible in every note of this suite.• Limited edition of 500 copies• Heavy-duty tip-on style mini-LP sleeveTRACK LISTING1. Transcendent Universe Part 12. Transcendent Universe Part 23. Transcendent Universe Part 3GENRE: JazzBARCODE: 5052442031253RELEASE DATE: 12/06/2026 ...

Guitarist Ava Mendoza returns with a powerful and emotionally stirring live album — half solo electric guitar, and half duos with legendary drummer Hamid Drake. Featuring radically transformed versions of songs from her acclaimed albums The Circular Train and New Spells, as well as brand-new music, this is a thrilling document of Mendoza at her best — onstage in front of an audience.• Limited edition of 500 copies• Heavy-duty tip-on style mini-LP sleeveTRACK LISTING1. Sun Gun2. Pink River Dolphins3. Cypress Crossing4. Apart From5. Dust ...

Seismic rhymes for Armageddon times, The Joy Thieves are back and this time they’re bringing theapocalypse…The Joy Thieves is a musical supergroup that includes current, former, and touring members of bands such as Ministry, Stabbing Westward, The Rollins Band, Killing Joke, Pigface, RevCo, <PIG>, David Bowie, Blue October, Machines of Loving Grace, Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails, KMFDM, Naked Raygun, Foetus, My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, Pegboy, Nitzer Ebb, Die Krupps, and more.The industrial/rock/punk/experimental supergroup known as The Joy Thieves has always combined ...

Chicago’s FIG DISH didn’t name themselves after a soft, sweet, fleshy fruit; rather, the name is aphonetic approximation of the German expletive, fick dich. (make of that what you will). FIG DISHwere four high school friends: guitarists/vocalists Rick Ness and Blake Smith, bassist/vocalist MikeWillison, and drummer Andy Hamilton. In their day (a day that began in the late Winter of 1991 andended in the early summer of 1998), they were known for catchy songs, memorable (often boozefueled)live shows, and self-sabotage.In ...

Formed in 2008 by keyboardist, composer, and producer Johnny Maz, Code 18 has steadily built a reputation for richly textured symphonic prog-rock rooted in thoughtful composition and dynamic musical interplay. Johnny Maz, also known for his work in the acclaimed prog collective HUIS, serves as the main creative force behind Code 18—writing, arranging, and producing the music that defines the project’s unique sonic identity.Joined by talented collaborators JF Rémillard on guitar and Benoit “Bönz” Plamondon on vocals, Code 18 debuted with the critically noted ...

After five years of gestation THÆTAS return with an auditory statement for their moment in time, the new LP The Irredeemable Age out June 12th through Profound Lore Records. The Irredeemable Age shows the band both refining and intensifying the brutal death metal approach from their debut LP, Shrines to Absurdity, while deepening their explorations into the bizarre, the uncharted and even the avant-garde. The result is a dynamic mosaic of obsessively dark, organic, off-kilter and kinetic death metal.The four-piece band hail from the New ...

After five years of gestation THÆTAS return with an auditory statement for their moment in time, the new LP The Irredeemable Age out June 12th through Profound Lore Records. The Irredeemable Age shows the band both refining and intensifying the brutal death metal approach from their debut LP, Shrines to Absurdity, while deepening their explorations into the bizarre, the uncharted and even the avant-garde. The result is a dynamic mosaic of obsessively dark, organic, off-kilter and kinetic death metal.The four-piece band hail from the New ...

6-track shoegaze and noise EP from London-based 4-piece, Velveteen. Velveteen blend shoegaze and noise with elements of post-punk, dream pop and noise rock. Following the releases of ‘Bluest Sunshine’ (2020) and ‘Empty Crush’ (2022), Noon Records will be releasing ‘My Dreams Are Changing‘ on limited-edition 12″.1. My Dreams Are Changing2. Shoot Me Down3. Another Somewhere4. A Fool’s Paradise5. Unanswered6. Untitled 103GENRE: Alternative Rock/Shoegaze/NoiseBARCODE: 5052442031260RELEASE DATE: 12/06/2026 ...

Expanded reissue of the cult 1991 Skooshny compilation, now collecting all twenty-one of the LA power-pop trio’s recordings from 1971 to 1981 — including four tracks new to this edition. Formed in Los Angeles by Chicago transplants Mark Breyer and David Winogrond, later joined by guitarist Bruce Wagner, Skooshny self-released a handful of singles on their own Alien Records label that earned glowing reviews — Bomp! compared Breyer’s voice to a young Brian Wilson and the music to a folkier Big Star — before becoming ...