Category: Avant-Garde/Experimental

Nic Nassuet releases two tracks from new album “Eleutherios”

Acoustic goth folk singer/songwriter Nic Nassuet gives a little peak into his new album “Eleutherios” – a record, guiding the listener into dark worlds with ballads dedicated to a world that has left so many forgotten. Two songs were just…

The Great Game creates New World Music with debut album

Today I found a new band I really like. It’s original, the songs are diverse and dealing with complicated topics like science, religion, television… The band is called The Great Game and they just released a self-titled debut album, that…

Guy Klucevsek: Teetering on the Verge of Normalcy

The Stone is one of the few places left in New York City where you can hear avante-guard, experimental, improvisation based music. The Stone’s concert format, one week residency, gives musicians a space to collaborate, explore and create great atmosphere…

William Parker’s “Yes I Dream of Freedom” Dedicated to the Memory of Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King’s weekend was the perfect time for the premiere of William Parker’s newest work Flower in a Stained Glass. Mr. Parker is a renowned composer and bassist and this weekend together with the “Tone Motion Theatre” he presented…

5 Songs of 2014

What clever rubric explains my selection of songs for the year 2014? There is none. I’m usually satisfied with a tried and true playlist, even if many of the songs are a few years old. That said, our interconnectedness through…

Darkness falls with the new record by Unfanthomed of Abyss

Frankly, it can’t be all happy and sunny all the time, right? Now – back to darkness! I’m always very excited to write about metal and especially the extreme genres of it – probably part of it is the fact…

Blonde Redhead @ Bowery Ballroom

Wow! What an amazing show! – would be my words if I have to summarize Blonde Redhead’s coming-back-to-NYC performance promoting their new album “Barragan”. A little over 20 years after Japanese art students Kazu Makino and Maki Takahashi randomly met…