Improv and Avant-Garde

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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...

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  'Clara' Further Proves Loscil's Undying Commitment to a Concept

  PUBLISHED May 27, 2021

  Over his 22-year career, Scott Morgan (a.k.a. Loscil) has crafted music based on various conceptual muses, be it visual and musical (as wit...

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  John Frusciante, Venetian Snares and Chris McDonald Reunite as Speed Dealer Moms

  PUBLISHED May 20, 2021

  While there's a new Red Hot Chili Peppers album in the works, John Frusciante is turning his attention to Speed Dealer Moms — his long-abse...

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  Arcade Fire/Bell Orchestre Violinist Sarah Neufeld Evokes Emotions with Virtuosic Skill on 'Detritus'

  PUBLISHED May 13, 2021

  The word "detritus" evokes disintegration, debris and things wearing away. Sarah Neufeld's Detritus works through its own process of renewa...

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  Colin Stetson Releases His Soundtrack for 'La Peur'

  PUBLISHED May 12, 2021

  Just the other day, Colin Stetson finally released his 2013 soundtrack to Blue Caprice with Sarah Neufeld. Now the increasingly busy film s...

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  Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufeld's 'Blue Caprice' Soundtrack Finally Sees Release

  PUBLISHED May 7, 2021

  Back in 2013, Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufeld teamed up for the soundtrack to Blue Caprice. Now all these years later, it's finally seen re...