Founded by the amazingly talented and versatile violinist Sarah Goldfeather and clarinettist Chuck Furlong, dynamic new music septet Exceptet are one of New York’s most distinctive ensembles. Their fearless approach to challenging contemporary music can be heard on this latest release of music by Brooklyn-based composer and guitarist Brendon Randall-Myers. Called Episodic Memory, the album kicks off with Chopsticks—its craggy, pointillistic, and fissured surfaces evoking New York City’s urban urgency and intensity. This is a street-level view of city life where nervous, agitated drum and bass-style rhythms rattle on metal-sounding percussion, flitting hyperactively from one math rock-like module to