avant-rock

Daniel O'Sullivan rarely lifts his nose from the avant-rock grindstone, but the Miracle collaboration with Steve Moore of Earth and Zombi deals in dark, sophisticated pop, based around the emotive potential of nicely turned synths.

This week's new singles 2011

By the mid-'70s, as music director of performance space The Kitchen in NYC, Russell caught the crest of the punk wave, co-founding avant-rock ensemble The Flying Hearts with Modern Lovers bassist Ernie Brooks.

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume 186 Phil Ramone 2011

It features performances by Thunderball, the D.C. duo whose new album of funky electronic lounge music is due on Eighteenth Street Lounge Records in November, and avant-rock artists Bluebrain; open bar cocktails, wine and beer; snack and dessert buffets; and a chance to see the Corcoran's submission to the NADA Art Fair in Miami.

Nightlife Agenda Fritz Hahn 2010

BeastBeast is the Montreal avant-rock super duo of singer/songwriter Betty Bonifassi (The Triplets of Belleville soundtrack) and drummer/producer Jean-Phi Goncalves (Plaster).

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume 142 2010

Ben, a heralded jazz guitarist has been involved in several New York Projects, most notably the avant-rock trio Zs. Tia and Joe have also spent years playing shows as members of The Fugue in New York's underground hardcore circuit.

Alex Mallory: Punk's Not Dead 2009

After the Kirkwood brothers met Bostrom in Catholic high school, they relocated to Tempe and set up their shredding punk shop, becoming a notorious amalgam of avant-rock, punk, and blues.

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume Ninety-One 2009

So two essentially avant-rock bands, led by two stiff-upper-lip Englishmen, will play to a bunch of folks who will use many bridges and tunnels to get there.

Madonna: Zero to 90's 2001

JOHN PEEL has made no secret of his long-term admiration for the Fall, Mark E Smith's Mancunian melting pot of garage punk, declamatory poetry, austere avant-rock, playful electronica and the odd kazoo solo.

FallNet - these are the words of complete disorientation 1999

The band's coupling of contemporary avant-rock techniques with underground rap sonics feels like something that should have been done a long time ago.

Slate Magazine Seth Colter Walls 2011

Drummer Jim Black performs with the best and weirdest of 'em - Dave Douglas, Uri Caine and Tim Berne among others - and has cut five albums with his avant-rock improvising unit AlasNoAxis.

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