Avant Jazz group Marbin have released a new album called Dirty Horse.

This is the work of Dani Rabin (guitar), Danny Markovitch (saxophone), Jon Nadel (bass), and Everette Benton Jr. (drums).

Marbin will be touring for most of July and you can find all of the upcoming dates here.

Guitarist and composer Dave Miller (Algernon, Greg Ward’s Rogue Parade, Ted Sirota’s Rebel Souls, and many more) has released a new album, Daughter of Experience, via the San Fransisco based label Tompkins Square. This is the follow-up to his 2020 self-titled album, and an outstanding step forward for the highly talented musician that has been a part of the scene for nearly two decades.

You can help Miller celebrate the release of this album at Constellation Chicago on June 24th with Matt Ulery.

Photo by Mike Patrick Avery

Circuit des Yeux (Haley Fohr) and Matador Records have released a live EP called "Live From Chicago". The EP features four songs, “Vanishing,” “Dogma,” “Sculpting the Exodus,” and “Stranger” for her 2021 album io.

These recordings document how Fohr's compositions transform when performed live, and for this performance she was joined by Whitney Johnson (Matchess), Andrew Scott Young, and Ashley Guerrero.

Circuit des Yeux will be touring for most of the summer and fall and will be performing at Constellation on June 16th and 17th.

Flutist & Multi-Instrumentalist Em Spel has released the second single, "Names", from her forthcoming debut album, The Carillon Towers, which is due out on May 20th.

Spel, a member of Ensemble Dal Niente, enlisted the help several of the City's finest musicians including V.V. Lightbody, Katinka Kleijn, Eric Ridder and Matt Oliphant to help on this project.

You can catch Em Spel at Constellation Chicago on May 26th with Health&Beauty and Elenna Sindler.

Photo by Evan Jenkins

Experimental rock trio Imelda Marcos has released a new EP called "Albularyo". This is the first EP from Dave Cosejo and Matt Durso since adding vocalist Donna Diane (also of Djunah).

The group also released a video for the EP's first two tracks "forbidding gestures" and "year of contortion".

You can help Imelda Marcos celebrate the release of their EP on May 9th at Empty Bottle with Moritat and Courtesy. They will also be performing on June 10th at Empty Bliss.