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No Wave

An older Black woman wearing a straw hat, glasses and layered jewelry gestures with both hands while seated indoors, appearing mid-conversation in a scene from Born In Flames.

Criterion’s ‘Born In Flames’ Release Cements Lizzie Borden’s Place in No Wave Cinema History

Most of the filmmakers associated with the no wave movement are remembered now only for their original contributions, which routinely screen at museums like MoMA.
By Stephen Piccarella

No Wave Filmmaker Beth B Talks Lydia Lunch and Speaking Truth to Power

As an independent filmmaker I have to be ruthless, persistent, tenacious. I usually make films on my own. I don’t get traditional funding, so I do crowdfunding.
By Jen B. Larson
Mars.

How Mark Cunningham Blitzed the Bowery With No Wave Icons Mars

Four decades after co-founding No Wave legends Mars, Mark Cunningham continues to make some of the most provocative music of his career.
By Jordan N. Mamone
James Chance.

James Chance Reignites the Scorched-Earth Jazz-Punk That Made Him a Legend

By Jim Farber
Lydia Lunch.

Lydia Lunch and Umar Bin Hassan Unite No Wave, Jazz and The Last Poets

By Brad Cohan
Child Abuse

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

By Brad Cohan
Jeffrey Lee Pierce

How The Gun Club Merged Roots Music and Punk to Ignite ‘Fire of Love’

By Justin Joffe
Notekillers.

Notekillers: The Best Art Rock Band You’ve Never Heard Of

By Brad Cohan
Sumac.

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

By Brad Cohan
Pylon.

America’s (Other) Best Band: Pylon’s Brilliant Punk Minimalism Lives On

By Brad Cohan
Swans.

Michael Gira on ‘Dangling Off the Edge of a Cliff’ for Swans’ Epic Final Album

By Jordan N. Mamone
Martin Rev and Alan Vega.

RIP Suicide Frontman Alan Vega, the Beautiful Ghost of Rock ‘n’ Roll Future

By Tim Sommer
Kayo Dot.

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

By Brad Cohan
The Body.

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

By Brad Cohan
Xiu Xiu at The Kitchen

Xiu Xiu Celebrate the Strange Beauty in the Music of ‘Twin Peaks’

By Justin Joffe

Liquid Liquid: The Most Important NY Band You’ve Never Heard Of

By Tim Sommer
James Nares making one of the works in 'High Speed Drawings' (Courtesy Paul Kasmin Gallery)

James Nares Takes on His Taste for Velocity with ‘High Speed Drawings’

By Nate Freeman
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