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The new music sextet unleashes microtones and nontraditional tunings among other boundary-pushing elements of music by six contemporary composers.
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Tag Archives: avant-garde
Music Review: Dax Pierson – ‘Nerve Bumps: A Queer Divine Dissatisfaction’
With "Nerve Bumps A Queer Divine Dissatisfaction" Dax Pierson has created a beautiful series of musical pieces that will inspire and enlighten.
Read More »Music Review: Yoko Ono – ‘War Zone’
You may not 'like every song on 'War Zone' by Yoko Ono, but as with all the best art it will make you think and form an opinion.
Read More »Music Review: Zlatko Kaučič and the Cerkno Jubileum Orchestra – ‘Zvocni Sejalec’
The live recording swings between conscious and subconscious thoughts.
Read More »Hollywood Fringe Fest Theater Reviews: Penny Pollak’s ‘No Traveler’ and John Patrick Shanley’s ‘Danny and the Deep Blue Sea’
An exciting avant-garde performance piece and an interesting reinterpretation of a modern classic are both making their West Coast debuts at this year's Fringe.
Read More »Theater Review (LA): ‘The Conduct of Life’ and ‘The Best of 25 Plays Per Hour’ at the Hollywood Fringe
A high-speed sketch show and a brutal but tiring avant-garde piece play their final performances at the Fringe.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘A Serious Banquet’ by This Is Not A Theatre Company
The crème de la crème of the Paris avant-garde of a century ago mingle with dinner guests, converse about art, and serve dinner in this high-spirited exercise in immersive theater.
Read More »Blu-ray Review: Le Havre – The Criterion Collection
Le Havre — and Le Havre not. Ha.
Read More »Music Review: Public Image Ltd – This Is PiL
Genius isn't easy, art isn't always pleasant. Somebody caring enough to use popular music to create both is reason for celebration.
Read More »Blu-ray Review: A Hollis Frampton Odyssey
Why couldn't this have been a Peter Frampton odyssey instead?
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