Improv and Avant-Garde

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  Black Dice Announce First New Album in 9 Years, Plot North American Tour

  PUBLISHED Jun 30, 2021

  Experimental noise group Black Dice have returned with plans for their first new record in nearly a decade. The album, titled Mod Prog Sic,...

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  Alan Vega Treated to New Posthumous Album 'After Dark'

  PUBLISHED Jun 29, 2021

  Earlier this year, late Suicide legend Alan Vega was honoured with the album Mutator. Now he will be treated to another posthumous collecti...

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  Jon Hassell Dead at 84

  PUBLISHED Jun 27, 2021

  Jon Hassell — the avant-garde figure and trumpeter who collaborated with the likes of Brian Eno, Talking Heads and Peter Gabriel — has died...

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  Matthew "Doc" Dunn and Mr. Joy Team Up for Collaborative Album as Dr. Joy

  PUBLISHED Jun 25, 2021

  What happens when you cross experimental rockers Mr. Joy with prolific bandleader Matthew "Doc" Dunn? Why, you get Dr. Joy, of course! The...

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  Lightman Jarvis Ecstatic Band's 'Banned' Finds Beauty in Unpredictability

  PUBLISHED Jun 22, 2021

  Sprawling over 200 acres of precambrian shield near Gravenhurst, ON, is an outdoor art gallery called the Tree Museum. It's hosted some 80...

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  Dean Blunt Returns to Avant-Pop Directness on 'BLACK METAL 2'

  PUBLISHED Jun 17, 2021

  About halfway through BLACK METAL 2, some 30 seconds into "SEMTEX," Dean Blunt cranks up the delay on a single vocal line. The effect situa...

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  Toronto's Shallow Waves Drown Listeners in Bleakness on 'Echoes of a Collapse' EP

  PUBLISHED Jun 16, 2021

  The sun may be shining bright these days, but noisy Toronto post-punks Shallow Waves are bringing back the bleakness of the dead of winter...

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  Dean Blunt Details New Album 'BLACK METAL 2'

  PUBLISHED Jun 8, 2021

  Dean Blunt has shared details of a sequel to his acclaimed 2014 album Black Metal. The fittingly titled BLACK METAL 2 will arrive this Frid...