Improv and Avant-Garde

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  Kristin Hayter to Retire Lingua Ignota in 2023: "I Am Taking a New Direction with My Music"

  PUBLISHED Nov 2, 2022

  Kristin Hayter has announced plans to retire her Lingua Ignota project in 2023: "I am retiring this catalog, this pain." Following her fir...

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  Vancouver's Only a Visitor Announce New Album 'Decay'

  PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2022

  If only to visit, Vancouver avant-pop quintet Only a Visitor are back — and not empty-handed: they have a new album on the way and have sha...

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  BIG|BRAVE Detail New Album 'nature morte'

  PUBLISHED Oct 20, 2022

  BIG|BRAVE have returned with details of a new album. The exploratory Montreal trio will share nature morte on February 24 via Thrill Jockey...

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  Destroyer Shares New Single "Somnambulist Blues," Featuring Sandro Perri

  PUBLISHED Oct 18, 2022

  Following this year's LABYRINTHITIS, Destroyer has shared a new song. "Somnambulist Blues," featuring Sandro Perri, is out through Mexican...

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  Caroline Polachek Contributes Danny L Harle-Produced Aria to Kurt Cobain Opera

  PUBLISHED Oct 7, 2022

  This might sound like Mad Libs, but hear us out: avant-pop star Caroline Polachek, whose single "Bunny Is a Rider" was among Exclaim!'s 30...

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  Listen to Luna Li's New EP 'jams 2'

  PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2022

  This year, Toronto's Hannah Bussiere Kim — a.k.a. Luna Li — has already released her debut album Duality (one of Exclaim!'s Best Albums of...

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  Toronto's Ian Daniel Kehoe and Luka Kuplowsky Announce Debut Album as Ingredient, Share Single

  PUBLISHED Sep 19, 2022

  Toronto troubadours (and dear friends) Ian Daniel Kehoe and Luka Kuplowsky have joined forces as Ingredient, announcing their debut collabo...

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  The Smile, Sons of Kemet Drummer Tom Skinner Announces New Solo Album

  PUBLISHED Sep 7, 2022

  Tom Skinner — the drummer, producer and composer known best for his work with Sons of Kemet and Radiohead offshoot the Smile — has readied...