Experimental, independent music seems to exist in a state of flux, constantly vacillating between obscurity and prominence in certain circles. While the internet and dutiful bloggers continue to ...

Amid the relentlessly changing cityscapes of Beijing and Shanghai, a new kind of music is being made. In terms of its discordance and abstraction, it compares to Dada, or the New York City and Berlin ...

SUMMERS: That's them on March 14 in Sao Paulo. Of course, COVID lockdowns were sweeping across the world, so Cale and the band cut the tour short and caught one of the last flights back to the States.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A week full of wild and out-there music has begun in Rochester. The “Avant Garde a Clue” music festival held its first night of performances at 75 Stutson Street on Monday night.

John Cage, an icon of the contemporary avant-garde, occupies an odd status in the music world. A seminal figure in the history of post-World War II music, Cage, who died in 1992, stood at the ...

UNUSUAL SOUNDS: Xpress explores WNC's avant-garde music scene, spotlighting some of the acts that are contributing to the area’s eclectic mix. Featured, starting left, Min Xiao-Fen, Tashi Dorji and ...

Alex Ross Perry is no stranger to music documentaries, fictionalized or otherwise. The indie darling auteur has had the inverse career of the average director, who usually gets their foot in the ...

It’s not for everyone. But for the people for whom it is, there’s not a better spot than Columbia. “The city kind of punches above its weight, in that respect,” said Hollis Beach, a devotee of the ...