SML share second single, ‘Chicago Four’, from forthcoming album How You Been

14 October 2025

Photo: Charlie Weinmann

Following the zesty and absolutely mind-blowing ‘Taking Out the Trash’, LA’s exploratory quintet SML have released another standout track from their upcoming album How You Been, out on November 7th through International Anthem. The new single, ‘Chicago Four’, is built from a live recording at The Empty Bottle, one of Chicago’s most iconic small venues, and exemplifies the group’s unique approach, where improvisation becomes the raw material for carefully sculpted compositions. ‘Chicago Four’ arrives with another striking visual companion, a hand-drawn black and white animation from Nespy5euro, and you can watch it below.

Dishwasher_ announce second album, Anemoia, listen to title track

09 October 2025

We were completely bowled over by the eponymous debut album from Ghent trio Dishwasher_ when it came out in 2023. So we’re excited to know the outfit of drummer Arno Grootaers, saxophonist and keyboardist Werend Van Den Bossche and bassist Louise van den Heuvel have a second album on the way. Entitled Anemoia, the album “moves somewhere between memory and hallucination” and it takes its name from John Koenig’s The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, which depicts it as a nostalgic feeling for a time you never experienced. Described as “an admiration between jazz, improvisation and computer produced music”, the upcoming record came to life out of separate ideas which were “dismantled, distorted and rebuilt” once the trio convened in the rehearsal studio.

Anemoia arrives on October 31st through Dox Records and for a thrilling taste of what’s to come, listen to the title track below.

Listen to Caytra’s new single ‘We Out’

07 October 2025

Caytra, the London-based jazz collective led by James Gullis and Sam Ithell, is known for blending technical skill with an irresistible groove. Their latest single, ‘We Out’, cranks up the energy even further, offering a glimpse into the mighty atmosphere of their live performances. Pulsing with energy from start to finish, ‘We Out’ is lifted from their upcoming project, Live for the Night, a five-track EP recorded live at the Ninety One Living Room. As the press release describes, the EP “captures the essence of London’s live jazz scene, inviting audiences to experience jazz that’s as dynamic as it is danceable”.

‘We Out’ is out now through Bridge The Gap and you can watch the live video that accompanies it below.

Fuensanta shares studio version of ‘Perspectiva’

06 October 2025

Amsterdam-based Mexican singer, double bassist, composer, improviser and multidisciplinary artist Fuensanta has released a studio version of ‘Perspectiva’, a track had existed before as a live‑improvised performance with her Ensamble Grande. The new studio version re‑imagines it with intentionality, though the emotional core remains intact. Its lyrics engage with violence, injustice and the interior distortions that allow oppression to flourish, urging listeners to recognise their agency in how they perceive, interact and resist. About the track, Fuensanta comments:

“Perspectiva” is a song about the importance of art as a tool to counteract violence. “How could art not be important if it dresses the same thing in a thousand faces, preaching one can choose the way we exist in this world?'”

Listen to ‘Perspectiva’ below.

Watch the video for Tortoise’s new single ‘Work and Days’

01 October 2025

Touch, one of the most anticipated albums of 2025, marks the return of Tortoise, who hadn’t released a record singe The Catastrophist came out in 2016. The quintet of Dan Bitney, John Herndon, Douglas McCombs, John McEntire, and Jeff Parker had already shared two brilliant tracks from the album, ‘Layered Presence’ and  ‘Oganesson‘. As if we needed any more reasons to be excited for this release, Tortoise have shared  a new single, ‘Works and Days’, a mesmerizing blend of percussive rhythms, entrancing guitar lines, and shimmering synths. The track comes with an accompanying video directed by Alee Peoples, adding an extra layer to this long-awaited return. Watch it below and watch out for the release of Touch on October 24th through International Anthem and Nonesuch Records.

Yalla Miku set to release second album, 2, in November; share lead single ‘Alemuye’

01 October 2025

Photo: Magali Dougados

Yalla Miku have announced the follow-up to their 2023 self-titled debut album, titled 2. This new release sees the Geneva-based collective shift from a seven-piece to a quintet, with a new lineup that includes two fresh faces, Emma Souharce (synths and electronics), known for her experimental work with Boxing Noise, and Louise Knobil (bass), who brings her distinctive vocal jazz sensibilities to the group. On the new album, the band blends a wide range of sounds, distilling a mix of post-punk, Afrofunk, disco, dub, krautrock, and East African influences into a cohesive and bold collection of ten tracks. Their upcoming effort “mutates and evolves many times over”, as the press release describes. “They’re a folk outfit, a dance-party band, a gang of rockers, balladeers, improvisors and general intercontinental musical magpies who know (and show) there’s no reason to limit one’s horizons in this day and age.”

We’ll have to wait until November 7th for 2 to be out through Bongo Joe but Yalla Miku have already shared the lead single, ‘Alemuye’, an effusive and joyous track sung in Amharic by the group’s krar player Samuel Ades Tesfagergsh. Take a listen now.