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Not a sequel to the avant-pop "Odelay," but a rawer, more eccentric side trip.
Art For Autumn 2008
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He uses the term "avant-pop" to describe his own music and that of a heterogeneous group of other composers who grew up playing rock and jazz while studying counterpoint and 12-tone music in college.
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The avant-pop singer, whose first two CDs went multiplatinum, had been contemplating retirement at the age of 25 because the record industry was so mean and sharky; producer Jon Brion convinced her she needed to make another record.
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Sonic Youth and Stereolab were the avant-pop standard-bearers of, respectively, the early and mid-90's.
Sonic Youth, Stereolab Fall Short ��� Lovano 52nd St. by Way of Cleveland 2000
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Having just returned from a long tour to their Chicago home base late Friday, the avant-pop band seems genuinely happy to be part of the fete.
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His fictions play out among the shifting landscapes of sci-fi, fantasy, postmodernism and avant-pop.
NYT > Home Page By LEAH HAGER COHEN 2012
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Thursday Nick Zammuto, a talented cellist formerly of the eclectic avant-pop duo the Books, teams up with So Percussion member Jason Treuting for what's certain to be a charming, engaging evening of original music.
NYT > Home Page 2012
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Having just returned from a long tour to their Chicago home base late Friday, the avant-pop band seems genuinely happy to be part of the fete.
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Having just returned from a long tour to their Chicago home base late Friday, the avant-pop band seems genuinely happy to be part of the fete.
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Having just returned from a long tour to their Chicago home base late Friday, the avant-pop band seems genuinely happy to be part of the fete.
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