Mono and Rotting Christ both have new albums out this year, and both are great.

 Here's a brief selection of current listens:

  INTERNATIONAL TEACHERS of POP: S/T

   FUNKE and The TWO TONE BABY: Denizen

   HOOKWORMS: Microshift

  RUSS JOHNSON et.al.  Still Out To Lunch (Eric Dolphy Tribute).

  BIS: Slight Disconnects

  MATTHEW SHIPP QUARTET: Not Bound

  NUBYIAN TWIST: Dance Inna London (Dub...)

  The FIERCE and The DEAD: The Euphoric

   Lots more still to come...