The program said this new band led by guitarist Nels Cline (most famous for his work with Wilco, but a jazzbo of long-standing) would have s...

I am mostly familiar with Guionnet for his hard-edged saxophone work, but this busy polymath from Lyon does all kinds of stuff. Checking his...

Anthony Braxton is one of the key figures of the international avant-garde jazz scene. He's now 71 years old, and last night (May 21), he pl...

The first two versions of "Seven Storey Mountain" by Brooklyn-based trumpeter, Nate Wooley, (which retains the same basic structure, but get...

Terry Riley is one of the greatest composers of the last 100 years. His style is often called Minimalism, but earlier today (May 20), while...

Gunda Gottschalk is a violinist and Ute Völker is an accordionist, both of whom are based in Wuppertal, Germany. A few years ago they were i...

My knowledge of Indonesian music begins with Gamelan and ends with a couple of reissued psych records. All I knew about Senyawa is that they...

Linda Sharrock is a legendary vocalist. In the late '60s and early '70s, usually in tandem with her then-husband, Sonny, Linda recorded some...

This was billed as Stetson leading an 11-piece band through his composition "Sorrow," but it opened with him doing a new solo piece for bari...

The first piece at this year's Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville (FIMAV) was a deeply collaborative and very weird...

This evening's (May 17) piece by cellist Erik Friedlander's trio was called "Claws and Wings." It is a work of memory, written for Friedland...

Joshua Abrams has put together an amazing sextet — harmonium, two drummers, electric guitar, autoharp/organ and, of course, his own gu...

This was the only event at this year's FIMAV not held on a stage. For the show, NY-based sound artist, Aki Onda, set up a table filled with...

This French/Japanese quartet has an odd line-up: two trumpets, piano and drums. That is not a common formation, but listening to these guys...

My preferred way to see Nels Cline is in a duo or trio setting. While he's best known for his years spent with Wilco, it's his life's work a...

Most people think Marc Ribot should stick to guitar and stay away from singing, but I beg to disagree. There is not much reason to argue abo...

Trends in avant-turntabling have come a long way since Christian Marclay began using vinyl as an element with Bachelors, even back in 1980....

Hans Tammen is a German-born, NYC-based guitarist and composer. He is probably best known for his Endangered Guitar project, which is an ama...

If you haven't seen Deerhoof in a while, you won't know what to expect — Noise cranks? Cutesy pop? It could be anything. Their attack...

As demonstrated by the "ass crack" noise combos of recent years, there's usually not much to watch when tabletop electronics bands play live...