Jeff Parker - The New Breed (IA11 Edition) // OUT NOW on all digital music platforms // LP in stores on June 27th
Jeff Parker’s 2016 album The New Breed was a turning point for both Parker and International Anthem, changing the trajectory of his solo career as well as drawing an abundance of attention to our fresh imprint despite our then very limited catalog.
Ben LaMar Gay retells an American myth on "John, John Henry"
Today, Ben LaMar Gay –– the Chicago born composer, improviser, instrumentalist, and musical folklorist –– shares a new single "John, John Henry," his singular interpretation of an American myth and the latest offering from his upcoming album Yowzers.
Announcing *Different Rooms* a new album by Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer // LP/CD/DD out June 20th, 2025
It is our great pleasure to announce today: Different Rooms, a new album by the Los Angeles based duo of modular synthesist Jeremiah Chiu and violist Marta Sofia Honer, out June 20th, 2025.
Resavoir & Matt Gold Share New Track "Dewy" From Forthcoming Album HORIZON // Chicago Release Show 6/21 @ Constellation
Introducing: Horizon, a new collaborative album from Resavoir and Matt Gold, out May 23rd.
*Announcing* Three IA11 Edition vinyl LPs out June 27th // Jeff Parker's The New Breed, Irreversible Entanglements' s/t debut, and Chicago Waves
As 2025 rolls on, we continue to celebrate our eleventh year (under the #IA11 chrysanthemum banner) by revisiting some of the most celebrated entries in our decade of releases.
*Yowzers* A New Album by Ben LaMar Gay!
BLG is back! Yowzers – a new album by the Chicago-born composer, improviser, instrumentalist and musical folklorist – is out June 6th, 2025.
Macie Stewart - When the Distance is Blue - OUT NOW on all digital music platforms
“Adventurous sounds rich in texture and harmonic possibility, all ripe for improvisation.”
-All Music
*Announcing* HORIZON, a new collaborative LP from RESAVOIR and MATT GOLD out May 23rd
Introducing: Horizon, a new collaborative album from Resavoir and Matt Gold, out May 23rd.
Uhlmann Johnson Wilkes OUT NOW all digital music platforms /// #10 on Billboard Contemporary Jazz /// "Arpy" Live Video /// LA, CHI, NYC shows
"Melodious hallucinations, strained misty breathes, subtle ambient and trance-y beds and wisps, vapours of synthesized effects, and plastique and pad pattered tubular rhythms." - Monolith Cocktail
*Announcing* TORTOISE - "Oganesson" // digital single out NOW, band performs at Big Ears Festival TONIGHT
Tortoise Share First New Recording In Nearly A Decade: New Song, “oganesson”
OUT NOW all digital music platforms: Alabaster DePlume - A Blade Because A Blade Is Whole // 2025 Tour Dates US, UK, EU
"Stunning...you can’t argue with DePlume’s outstanding melodies." - The Guardian
Macie Stewart's When the Distance is Blue IN STORES THIS WEEK on LP & CD
"A striking and cinematic work through collages of prepared piano, field recordings from her various travels, and string quartet compositions" - KLOF Mag
Ben LaMar Gay - Downtown Castles Can Never Block The Sun (IA11 Edition) // OUT NOW on all digital music platforms // LP in stores on March 28th
Ben LaMar Gay’s de facto debut album, Downtown Castles Can Never Block The Sun, was our attempt to introduce the legendary Chicago composer / improviser / renaissance man to the rest of the world with a compilation of tracks from 7 albums he made over 7 years (though he hadn’t yet made the effort to actually release).
Uhlmann Johnson Wilkes trio debut IN STORES THIS WEEK on LP & CD /// Bandcamp Listening Party this Friday
LP, CD, Cassette, Digi Download out March 14th, 2025 and available on all streaming platforms April 3rd
Makaya McCraven's In The Moment (IA11 Edition) -- OUT NOW on all digital music platforms // in stores on vinyl 2xLP March 28th
Makaya McCraven’s International Anthem debut In The Moment is the album that properly introduced the then-burgeoning drummer/producer to the world. IA11 Edition is Out Now on all digital music platforms. Vinyl LP out March 28th, 2025
Alabaster DePlume - A Blade Because A Blade Is Whole // LP/CD in stores this Friday 3/7 // out on all platforms 3/25 // US tour starts 3/14
Available on LP/CD record stores worldwide this Friday March 7th, 2025
Rob Mazurek's Alternate Moon Cycles (IA11 Edition) -- OUT NOW on all digital music platforms (with 20 minutes of digi-only bonus music)
Rob Mazurek’s Alternate Moon Cycles was our first release. The incredibly spare single-note-centered cornet, bass and organ chant was recorded to tape at pint-sized Chicago bar Curio as part of a performance series that predates any notion of our label’s existence. Documenting this performance – highly unique even within the depths of Mazurek’s vast catalog – stirred those notions, and soon talks began of releasing the recording on a fresh imprint.
International Anthem @ Public Records /// new Anna Butterss Live EP released on Qobuz // our next show April 1st w/ Ferragutti & Rosaly, Jeremiah Chiu
In March of 2022, International Anthem and Qobuz began a semi-regular series of co-presented shows in the hi-fi confines of Brooklyn's Public Records.
Carlos Niño & Friends - new live video, US tour dates, Big Ears residency
As a new entry into the online edition of our label's zine Tracing the Lines, we are happy to share a concert film by 𝗔𝘇𝘂𝗹 𝗡𝗶ñ𝗼 that documents 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗼𝘀 𝗡𝗶ñ𝗼 & 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀' live performance at 2220 Arts in Los Angeles on 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟰, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰.
OUT NOW on all digital music platforms: Damon Locks's LIST OF DEMANDS
Today Damon Locks – the Chicago-based visual artist, educator, musician, deejay, and vocalist who is known as the voice of Rob Mazurek’s Exploding Star Orchestra, former frontman of legendary punk band Trenchmouth, and leader of latter day liberation music collective Black Monument Ensemble – releases his debut solo album List of Demands on all digital streaming platforms.