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Experimental Music

Arto Lindsay.

The 10 Best Experimental Albums of 2017 So Far

From interstellar rock to electro-samba to psych-jazz spirituality and back again.
By Brad Cohan
Solange performs at Solange: An Ode To, part of Red Bull Music Academy Festival

Solange’s Guggenheim Show Fills a White Institution With Blackness

Backs were turned to the priceless Van Gogh and Modigliani pieces adorning the walls as Solange inserted her bold work into the Guggenheim.
By Justin Joffe
Thurston Moore

The Month in Weird: May’s Best Avant-Garde Concerts

Whether its sprawling festivals or just plain ol’ shows, there’s something for everyone to satiate their thirst for the weird in May.
By Brad Cohan
R. Stevie Moore

Prolific Lo-Fi Legend R. Stevie Moore on a Lifetime of DIY Recording

By Justin Joffe
(L-R) Kevin Martin and Dylan Carlson are The Bug vs. Earth

‘The Studio Was My Passport to Leaving This Planet’: A Chat With The Bug

By Justin Joffe
Jacob Bannon

Jacob Bannon Sheds the Shadow of Metalcore on His Hypnotic Solo Debut

By Ari Rosenschein
Xiu Xiu

The Month in Weird: April’s Best Avant-Garde Concerts

By Brad Cohan
Lawrence English

Sound Artist Lawrence English on the Power of Radical Listening

By Ryan Burleson
Pussy Riot, Straight Outta Vagina, 2016.

The Month in Weird: March’s Best Avant-Garde Concerts

By Brad Cohan
Harriet Tubman.

Power-Jazz Trio Harriet Tubman on Creating Two Decades of Freedom Music

By Brad Cohan
Cinema Cinema

The Month in Weird: February’s Best Avant-Garde Concerts

By Brad Cohan
Jaki Liebezeit

Can Drummer Jaki Liebezeit Was Everything American Music Should’ve Been

By Tim Sommer
Mars.

How Mark Cunningham Blitzed the Bowery With No Wave Icons Mars

By Jordan N. Mamone
William Parker.

The Month in Weird: January’s Best Avant-Garde Concerts

By Brad Cohan
Colin Newman.

With Wire, Immersion, Solo, or Not, No One Plays It Better Than Colin Newman

By Tim Sommer
Nonkeen

The 10 Best New Artists of 2016

By Justin Joffe
Body/Head.

The 10 Best Experimental Albums of 2016

By Brad Cohan

How Public Image Ltd Exploded the Possibilities of Music With ‘Metal Box’

By Tim Sommer
Child Abuse

The Month in Weird: November’s Best Avant-Garde Concerts

By Brad Cohan
Vocalist Greg Puciato of The Dillinger Escape Plan.

As Dillinger Escape Plan Breaks Up, Metalcore Loses One of Its Best Bands

By Ron Hart
Holy Sons.

The Month in Weird: October’s Best Avant-Garde Concerts

By Brad Cohan
Neil Michael Hagerty and The Howling Hex.

Royal Trux’s Neil Hagerty Reinvents His Music as the ‘New Border Sound’

By Brad Cohan
The Dead C

In Praise of Miscompetence: Noise Icons the Dead C Remain Mysterious as Ever

By Jordan N. Mamone
Battle Trance.

How Four-Tenor Sax Quartet Battle Trance Heals With the Power of Music

By Brad Cohan
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