Improv and Avant-Garde

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  Stereo Total's Françoise Cactus Dead at 57

  PUBLISHED Feb 17, 2021

  Françoise Cactus — best known as the singer of experimental pop group Stereo Total — has died. The sad news was shared today via Stereo Tot...

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  Pharoah Sanders and Floating Points Announce New Album 'Promises'

  PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2021

  Floating Points and Pharoah Sanders have come together for a new album called Promises. Recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra, the al...

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  Stream Animal Collective's New Soundtrack for a Movie About SoundCloud Rappers

  PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2021

  Animal Collective's latest project is a score for a movie about SoundCloud rappers. And with the Marnie Ellen Hertzler-directed Crestone o...

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  Toronto's Emily Steinwall Details Debut Album 'Welcome to the Garden'

  PUBLISHED Feb 11, 2021

  Toronto's Emily Steinwall — multi-instrumentalist and Exclaim! Class of 2020 grad — has shared the title track from her debut album Welcome...

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  VICTIME's Simon Provencher Announces Debut EP 'Mesures'

  PUBLISHED Feb 10, 2021

  Simon Provencher — the guitarist of noisy, Quebec City-based dance-punks VICTIME — is exploring new ground with his debut solo EP, Mesures,...

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  Sarah Neufeld Announces New Solo Album 'Detritus'

  PUBLISHED Feb 10, 2021

  Arcade Fire and Bell Orchestre staple Sarah Neufeld has announced plans for her third solo record, Detritus, which will arrive on May 14 th...

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  Colleen Returns with New Album 'The Tunnel and the Clearing'

  PUBLISHED Feb 3, 2021

  French composer Colleen has shared details of a new album. The artist born Cécile Schott will share The Tunnel and the Clearing on May 21 t...

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  Nick Schofield Delicately Recreates an Ottawa Architectural Gem on 'Glass Gallery'

  PUBLISHED Feb 2, 2021

  When the National Gallery of Canada — the building itself, not the institution — was completed in 1988, then-Prime Minister Brian Mulroney...