Benjamin Piekut - Henry Cow: The World is a Problem
British experimental band Henry Cow pushed rock music to its limits. Their open improvisations, lapidary lyrics, errant melodies, and relentless pursuit of spon..(read more)
Publisher: Duke University Press / ISBN: 9781478004660
Author: Benjamin Piekut
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: '70s, Avant-Garde, Avant-Rock, UK.
Fitted - First Fits
Should we call it a Supergroup? In any case it’s a great line-up: Bob Lee (The Freeks), Edvard Graham Lewis (Wire), Matthew Simms (Wire), and Mike Watt (M..(read more)
Label: ORG Music / ORGM-2147
Artist: Fitted
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Avant-Rock, Post-Punk, Vinyl.
Perfect Vacuum - I Must Not Think Bleak Thoughts
Finally another release by the golden duo of Lukas Simonis and Dave Marsh – or was it Titi Tabarnac and Xentos “Fray” Bentos, who as a duo see..(read more)
Label: WORM.records / Blowpipe / BP125
Artist: Perfect Vacuum
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Avant-Rock, Experimental, Songwriters, Vinyl.
This Heat - Repeat / Metal
Still sounding like little else before or since, ‘Repeat’ and ‘Metal’ are held in almost cultish regard by myriad avant-garde and experimental music obs..(read more)
Label: Modern Classics Recordings / MCR927
Artist: This Heat
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Avant-Rock, Post-Punk, UK, Vinyl.
Inturist - Экономика (Ekonomika)
New album by the amazing band led by young musical genius Jenya Gorbunov from St. Petersburg. Similar to the sound of Командировка (Business Trip), ..(read more)
Label: NISHA / NISHA5
Artist: Inturist
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Avant-Rock, New Wave and Post-Punk, Russia, Vinyl.
Dramm - La Berge - La Berge Dramm - Modern Genetics
A triple LP with a rousing mix of punk, country, spoken word and electro that is a musical family history unlike any other. Sort of a 21st century von Trapp f..(read more)
Label: Splendor / SPLENDOR 001
Medium: 3LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Avant-Rock, Contemporary, Folk, USA, Vinyl.
Inturist - Командировка (Business Trip)
Jenya Gorbunov is the main creative spirit behind Inturist. Maybe known from the short-lived indie sensation NRKTK from Moscow in the past, and his collaboratio..(read more)
Label: Incompetence Records / ICPV001
Artist: Inturist
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Avant-Rock, Post-Punk, Russia, Vinyl.
Cantos Deus - Interweaving
Hot off the press!! A must-have. You might call this record ‘the first reli-no wave’ record ever… Cooperation between theologist/performer Jacco Weene..(read more)
Label: Z6 Records / 000658
Artist: Cantos Deus
Medium: CD
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Avant-Rock, No Wave, Rotterdam.
Orgue Agnès - A Une Gorge
Èlg, or Laurent Gérard, teamed up with Clément Vercelletto and Ernest Bergez to form Orgue Agnès. A Une Gorge, their first outing, is a series of songs wher..(read more)
Label: Three Four Records / TFR049
Artist: Orgue Agnès
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Avant-Rock, France, Improvisation, Vinyl.
