stef.in
Icterus II

Out: April 4, 2025 from Barnyard Records (LP/DL) 
Genre: Experimental Rock, Experimental Jazz

STEFAN HEGERAT — WEB | BANDCAMP
BARNYARD RECORDS — WEB

Toronto-based quartet stef.in—led by drummer-composer Stefan Hegarat—offer a singular fusion of angular progressive riffage and textural abstraction on their second full-length.

COVERAGE:
List/ News — Kerry Doole, New & Upcoming Canadian Albums: The Beaches Announce New Album ‘No Hard Feelings’, Billboard
List/ News — Darryl Sterdan, Next Week in Music | March 31 – April 6 • The Long List: 380+ Releases On The Way, Tinnitist
List — Upcoming Releases, V13
List — Awesome Prog
List — The Prog Space
List — Post Rock.LV
News — Viva Scene
News — Gpoint Audio
News — Frontview Magazine
News — Prog Rock Journal
News — JazzNews
News — Eksperiment
News/ Article — Retrofuturista
Article — Lawrence Peryer, For Stefan Hegerat the Song Never Remains the Same, The ToneArm
Article — Lawrence Peryer, Stefan Hegerat’s Bet Against Algorithmic Music, All About Jazz
Article — Lawrence Peryer, Stefan Hegerat’s Bet Against Algorithmic Music, Philadelphia Jazz Experience
Article — Lawrence Peryer, Stefan Hegerat and the Fight for Creative Freedom, That Canadian Magazine
Interview — Emilea Semancik, Toronto Guardian
Interview — Matteo Damiani, Retrofuturista
Video/ Round-up — Albums de mai 2025 – POST-ROCK, PROG-ROCK, PROG-METAL, DEATH-METAL, BLACK-METAL (et free jazz), Stéphane Gallay
Round-up —Staff Picks – April 2025, The Attic
Round-up — ACL 2025 ~ Spring Music Preview: Experimental, A Closer Listen
Round-up —Albums en Ribambelle #35 – avril 2025, CultureJazz
Review — David Reed, Belleville Intelligencer
Review — Phil Freeman, The Wire
Review — Nick Ostrum, Free Jazz Blog
Review — Will Chernoff, Rhythm Changes
Review — Frédéric Cardin, Pan M 360
Review — nitestylez.de
Review — Medienkonverter
Review — Andrew W, CJSW
Review — Dee Dee McNeil, Making A Scene
Review — Russell Trunk, Exclusive Magazine
Review/ Social Media — Clair et obscur
Review/ Social Media — Progressor.net
Review/ Round-up — Pressing Concerns: Zero Bars, The Rabies, Strange Devotion, stef.in, Rosy Overdrive
Review/ Round-up — Tomáš S. Polívka, Uloveno na síti: Kontrasty aprílového jazzového počasí, Jazz Český Rozhlas
Review/ Round-up — Stéphane Gallay, Les Restes du Samedi: Ashes in the Fall / Enisum / stef.in, Blog à part
Podcast — FFFoxy Podcast #257, Freeform Freakout
Podcast — Different Noises #86
Podcast — Currents #110, 33third
Radio/ Chart — Weekly Top 10 Jazz, CFBX (November 18, 2025)
Radio/ Chart — Weekly Top 10 Jazz, CFBX (November 11, 2025)
Radio/ Chart — !earshot, Weekly National Jazz Chart (November 4, 2025)
Radio/ Chart — Weekly Top 10 Jazz, CFBX (November 4, 2025)
Radio/ Chart — Weekly Top 10 Jazz, CFBX (October 28, 2025)
Radio/ Chart — Weekly Top 30, CFBX (October 16, 2025)
Radio/ Chart — Weekly Top 30, CJSW (May 15, 2025)
Radio/ Chart — Weekly Top 30, CJSW (April 30, 2025)
Radio/ Chart — Weekly Top 30, CJSW (April 16, 2025)
Radio — And The Address, Asheville FM (November 21, 2025)
Radio — Noise, CJSW (October 30, 2025)
Radio — Esoterica etc., WPKN (September 5, 2025)
Radio — More Urban Music For The Middle Of Nowhere, KWVA (August 13, 2025)
Radio — Alternative To What?, CJSW (July 31, 2025)
Radio — Noise, CJSW (July 24, 2025)
Radio — Overlooked, WGXC (July 22, 2025)
Radio — Threading The Needle, WRFI (June 28, 2025)
Radio — Jazz Today, CJSW (June 26, 2025)
Radio — Overlooked, WGXC (June 24, 2025)
Radio — Du Vanguard Au Savoy, CHOQ (June 16, 2025)
Radio — Wizard Wednesday Evening, WZRD (May 28, 2025)
Radio — tone.bender, Met Radio (May 25, 2025)
Radio — tone.bender, Met Radio (May 18, 2025)
Radio — Progressive Tracks, KPTZ (May 13, 2025)
Radio — Progressive Tracks, KPTZ (May 11, 2025)
Radio — tone.bender, Met Radio (May 11, 2025)
Radio — Jazz Today, CJSW (May 8, 2025)
Radio — tone.bender, Met Radio (May 4, 2025)
Radio — Esoterica Et Cetera, WPKN (May 3, 2025)
Radio — Freeform Freakout, KMSU (April 29, 2025)
Radio — Humanoid Radio, CFRU (April 29, 2025)
Radio — Breaking The Tetheres, CJSW (April 28, 2025)
Radio — Airwaves N’ Eardrums, CJSW (April 25, 2025)
Radio — Melody In Mayhem, Asheville FM (April 25, 2025)
Radio — Humanoid Radio, CFRU (April 22, 2025)
Radio — FFFoxy Podcast, KMSU (April 21, 2025)
Radio — Progressive Tracks, KPTZ (April 21, 2025)
Radio — Progressive Tracks, KPTZ (April 20, 2025)
Radio — Pushing The Envelope, WHUS (April 19, 2025)
Radio — The Sentinel’s Marvelous Kaleidoscope (Syndicated) (April 15, 2025)
Radio — Humanoid Radio, CFRU (April 15, 2025)
Radio — Melody in Mayhem, Asheville FM (April 11, 2025)
Radio — The Palgary Almanac, CJSW (April 10, 2025)
Radio — Journey Into Mystery with DJ Stealth, KMNO (April 10, 2025)
Radio — Humanoid Radio, CFRU (April 8, 2025)
Radio — Breaking The Tethers, CJSW (April 7, 2025)
Radio — Situation Fluxus (April 7, 2025)
Radio — New Music Fix, BBC Radio 6 (April 1, 2025)
Radio — Humanoid Radio, CFRU (April 1, 2025)
Radio — greenarrowradio, WSUM (March 22, 2025)
Radio — Life Out Of Tunes, Asheville FM (March 14, 2025)
Radio — Other Aspects, WAYO (March 9, 2025)
Radio — Electric Sense, CIUT (March 7, 2025)