<p><span><span>- The last couple of years has provided an uncomfortable context for all the music of the time. Whether quietly suffering or defiantly optimistic, every record is like a letter from the inside, a missive from an invisible prison. Some of us, however, have been captive for longer than this. Unseen chains reach back into the past, a cage that other people are only just discovering.

<p><span><span>- Kuzu is a Chicago-based free jazz trio consisting of saxophonist <strong>Dave Rempis</strong>, Bhutan-born guitarist <strong>Tashi Dorji</strong>, and percussionist <strong>Tyler Damon</strong>. The trio was formed after Rempis worked with each of Dorji and Damon individually across a 2017 tour, although Dorji and Damon have released three crushing, noisy improv albums, as well as a couple of live albums, collaborating as a duo since 2015.

<p><span><span>- Will Guthrie is fast becoming my favourite Aussie musician operating today. First sharpening his chops in Melbourne's jazz and improvised music scene, the veteran percussionist has since found residence in Nantes, France, persistently plying his craft on both the solo and collaborative fronts.

<p><span><span>- After a two record long melancholic dirge, the “best boy band since One Direction” are back with an album that is as bold and assertive as their best. With a new decade and yet mostly the same world issues as always, Brockhampton have embraced collaboration and camp to cope.</span></span></p>