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Body/Head.
Dec 14

The 10 Best Experimental Albums of 2016

2016 ranks as one of the worst years ever but we can take solace in the fact its produced a wealth of mind-blowing experimental music.
By Brad Cohan
Narducy, looking pensive.
Nov 16

Meet Split Single, the Indie Rock Zelig Stars Recruit When They Want to Rock

"I don’t know anything about playing differently to bigger or smaller crowds, you just play. It’s rock."
By Justin Joffe
Child Abuse
Nov 1

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

November is a banner month for concerts across every DIY nook and cranny, church space, bar basement, and tony East Village hotspot.
By Brad Cohan
Boris.
Aug 3

No One Can Top the Beautiful Heaviness of Boris’ Masterwork ‘Pink’

By Justin Joffe
Sumac.
Aug 1

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

By Brad Cohan
Girl Band @ Baby's All Right on July 14th, 2016
Jul 22

Girl Band’s Batshit-Crazy Post-Punk Makes Them One of Today’s Best Bands

By Justin Joffe
Swans.
Jul 20

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

By Jordan N. Mamone
Kayo Dot.
Jul 1

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

By Brad Cohan
Misophonia.
Jun 21

Misophonia: When Everyday Noises Can Make Your Life Unbearable

By Dr. Jennifer Jo Brout
Baltimore's Horse Lords.
Jun 8

The Best Experimental Albums of 2016 (So Far)

By Brad Cohan
Chris Pitsiokos.
Jun 2

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

By Brad Cohan
Xiu Xiu at The Kitchen
May 3

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

By Justin Joffe
(L-R) Dave Portner (Avey Tare), Noah Lennox (Panda Bear), and Brian Weitz (Geologist) are the current lineup of Animal Collective
Feb 18

How Animal Collective Harnessed Its Primal Instincts for ‘Painting With’

By Justin Joffe
Jan 4

10 Albums From 2015 We’ll Still Be Listening to This Time Next Year

By Justin Joffe
Dec 29

The Best Experimental Albums of 2015

By Brad Cohan
Jul 16

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

By Tim Sommer
Jul 15

The Best NY Experimental Records of 2015 (So Far)

By Eli Zeger
Jul 9

Uniform’s ‘Perfect World’ Is Mesmerizing—But You Wouldn’t Want to Live There

By Eli Zeger
Jun 18

Sea Monsters, Noise & Fire: Providence, RI, Explained by Eric Paul

By Eric Paul
(Photo: Blackest Ever Black)
May 27

Prurient Captures the Face of the New New York—and It Ain’t Pretty

By Eli Zeger
Apr 3

Noise Rock Legends Lightning Bolt: ‘Fuck Vice…They Blew It’

By Jamie Peck
Nov 21

Death By Audio Closing: An Existential Crisis for NY DIY

By Jamie Peck
Vienna-based Sex Jams playing their first US show at the Cake Shop, NY (Photos by Emily Assiran).
Oct 3

Sex Jams Penetrates America

By Emily Assiran
Photo by Peter Salisbury.
Sep 4

Bludded Head’s Cancer Catharsis

By Ken Shimamoto
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