The experimental Bay Area sound manipulators combine one of their more entertaining cut-and-paste CDs of recent years with a book examining fair use and copyright issues. Also included is a whoopee cushion.

The two-track release from the Philadelphia multi-instrumentalist features experiments with a gong and electronic effects.

This is the second full-length release for the experimental instrumental electronic duo of Matt Carlson of Parenthetical Girls and Jonathan Sielaff, who also was in the Parenthetical Girls as well as the band AU.

The 10th album for Ben Chasny's experimental rock band.

Mark Stewart's 2012 release The Politics of Envy is remixed with the help of such artists as Factory Floor, Keith Levene, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Daddy G of Massive Attack, and Primal Scream.

The third solo recording for the drummer for Wilco and Loose Fur is an all-percussion affair, featuring eight original compositions.

The fifth full-length album by the Canadian group features four songs and 12 instrumental introductions.

Damon Albarn produced and wrote the music for the adaptation of a 16th Chinese book into a stage opera.

This is the first release in eight years for French electronic artist, Jackson Fourgeaud.

The debut album for the group from Phildelphia and New York is rereleased by Matador after being self-released in August.

The third full-length release for the Pennsylvania singer-songwriter was produced with Randall Dunn.

This is the first release on DiCristina Stair for Matt "MV" Valentine and Erika "EE" Elder.

This is the first of two releases from an improvised collaboration between pop and jazz drummer Reid and folktronica artist Hebden (Four Tet, Fridge).

'C'mon' is the third full-length release for the experimental Chicago-based instrumental quartet.

The third instrumental album for the rock project started by Isis members Bryant Clifford Meyer and Jeff Caxide is its first since Josh Graham left in 2008.

The eighth full-length release from the Portland, Oregon quintet was inspired by classic and southern rock.

The second album for the experimental rock trio was recorded near Yosemite.

This is Laurie Anderson's first music release since 1994's 'Big Red.' Originally conceived as a studio verision of her recent theatrical production "Songs and Stories from Moby Dick," the thirteen-song album contains only three tracks from that show, supplemented with newer material. Guest musicians include Lou Reed, Dr. John, Bill Frisell, Mocean Worker and Van Dyke Parks.

The second album on the Paw Tracks label for the Brooklyn-based experimental group.

This third collaboration between jazz drummer Reid and Four Tet's Hebden was again recorded live, without any edits or overdubs.

Enlisted as composer for boyfriend Matthew Barney's latest experimental film (which loosely concerns whales and Japan), Bjork responded with a largely instrumental score. Will Oldham guests.

The David "Moose" Adamson-led band changes its name to just Jookabox for its third album.

The debut full-length release for William Bensussen as The Gaslamp Killer features guest appearances from such artist as Gonjasufi, Shigeto, Samiyam, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, and Daedelus.

Kyp Malone who has appeared on TV On The Radio and Iran's albums, releases his debut solo album.

The Athens, GA indie experimentalists follow their 1999 debut album with a new 7-track album.

The 11th studio release from the German Krautrock band is said to be an invitation for fans to use the music as " a base on which to build their own music."

The Scottish band that includes three members of the Beta Band releases its sophomore album.

The debut full-length solo release from Australian drummer Jim White was co-produced with Fugazi's Guy Picciotto, who also co-wrote several tracks.

This is the fourth release from the collaboration between Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore and Sunburned Hand Of The Man drummer John Moloney.

The fourth full-length studio release for the British post-punk band was produced by Dennis Bovell and Hank Shocklee.

This is the second of two releases from an improvised collaboration between pop and jazz drummer Reid and folktronica artist Hebden (Four Tet, Fridge).

The Montreal band releases its third album on its new label Arts & Crafts.

The New York punk outfit moves even further away from the mainstream on this sophomore effort (a concept album about witch trials), which also sees them with a new rhythm section.

The third album for the avant-garde duo who were members of Maudlin Of The Well.

Brian Eno and poet Rick Holland return with their second release together. The six-track EP contains songs from the Drums Between Bells recording sessions.

This is the third album for the Carla Bozulich-led project under the name Evangelista.

The Brooklyn duo releases its first album under the Social Registry label.

The former member of the electro-punk duo Suicide releases his latest solo album, which is dedicated to his wife who passed away in 2007.

Andrea Belfi, Stefano Pilia, and C. Spencer Yeh backed the indie singer-songwriter on his sixth solo release.

This third album from the Japanese instrumental post-rock outfit was recorded by Steve Albini.

A member of fellow anticon collective artist cLOUDDEAD, Odd Nosdam returns with his second solo LP, a two-part disc that combines instrumental tracks and beats with a found-sound collage approach.

The first album of three recorded in 2006 by the side project of Mars Volta's Omar Rodriguez-Lopez.

The fourth full-length release for the Berlin-based techno trio features Canadian poer-singer Beaver Sheppard.

The second full-length album for the New York experimental rock band.

The multimedia collective known as the Blue Man Group, who can be seen and heard in ongoing theatrical productions in several cities, in television commercials for Intel, and even on a previous instrumental album 'Audio,' have released here something akin to a real rock'n'roll album. Their assortment of invented instrumentation is now accompanied by more traditional instruments, and vocals are provided by an array of guests, including Dave Matthews, Spalding Gray and Tracy Bonham. Included also are covers of "White Rabbit" and "I Feel Love."

Part book, part CD, this latest effort from the Bay Area collective was inspired by a trip to an auto junkyard. The jokes, satire, and subversion found in previous releases is absent this time around, instead replaced by a collection of letters and writings found in the auto wrecks presented in a 64-page full-color book, and, on the CD, a lyric- and melody- free noise assault that, as the band suggests, is the sound of their studio being destroyed in a car crash.

The first of an expected two-volume concept album features new drummer Jason Garner.

The fifth full-length release from the trio features Afro-beat drummer Tony Allen in place of Vladislav Delay.

The latest project for Super Furry Animals' Gruff Rhys has him teaming up with Brazilian artist Tony Da Gatorra. The making of the album is the subject of the documentary, Seperado.

The pianist plays not only piano but bass guitar, drums, electric guitar, percussion, recorder, and tabla on this release recorded in 1986.