Avant-Garde

Avant-garde represents a pushing of the boundaries of what is accepted as the norm or the status quo. Historically speaking, musicologists primarily use the term “avant-garde music” for the radical, post-1945 tendencies of a modernist style in several genres of art music after the death of Anton Webern in 1945. In the 1950s the term avant-garde music was mostly associated with serial music. Read more…|Edit this Artist photo: Fantômas

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Jan 5 Tuesday 5 January 2010
The Beth Custer Ensemble at Yoshi's San Francisco Beth Custer	Yoshi's San… San Francisco, United States 37.78189 -122.432402	1 person attending Add shout
Jan 23 Saturday 23 January 2010
The RESIDENTS at The Rio Theatre The Residents	The Rio Theatre Santa Cruz, CA, San Jose CA, United States 36.979951 -122.010289	10 people attending 1 shout
Jan 29 Friday 29 January 2010
The Residents	Birch North Park… San Diego, United States 32.748043 -117.131278	17 people attending Add shout
Jan 30 Saturday 30 January 2010
The Residents	Henry Fonda Theatre Hollywood, Los Angeles CA, United States 34.10163 -118.323311	27 people attending 4 shouts Buy Tickets
Jan 31 Sunday 31 January 2010
The Residents	Rialto Theatre Tucson AZ, United States 32.222097 -110.966665	7 people attending 1 shout
Feb 2 Tuesday 2 February 2010
The Residents	Stubb's Bar-B-Q Austin TX, United States 30.268599 -97.736155	26 people attending 10 shouts

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cruderrr wrote:
Wednesday morning

http://www.last.fm/music/matt%2520middleton%2520%252F%2520crude?ac=matt%20middle this might be AG

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Piotrsings wrote:
8 days ago

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Lahiri wrote:
23 days ago

Please listen to my stuff http://www.last.fm/music/And+This+Again FREE DOWNLOAD

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handmeups wrote:
26 days ago

i only care about preposition and article genres.

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wjow69 wrote:
November 2009

fuck off

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progandother wrote:
November 2009

What about "verb" genres?

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Etothe3 wrote:
November 2009

<3! Probably my favorite "Adjective" Genre. (You know, the ones that modify "Noun" genres, like rock, metal, classical, etc.)

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Orlandomoe wrote:
November 2009

haha Big WTF with that top... Snakefinger should be there.. haha

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TaintedxSanity wrote:
November 2009

right......

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drthatguy wrote:
November 2009

surely lady gaga belongs here, she's just so randum XD

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progandother wrote:
November 2009

Surely the truly avant-garde music would be music that never existed at all? Or would that be classified as another Radiohead clone?

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Lokari wrote:
November 2009

here comes the guy who blasts you all with piss /thread

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missfelix wrote:
November 2009

>some girl who personally is neutral on the topic of Björk talking about some guy who doesn't like Björk talking about some guy who listens to Bjork talking about avant-garde

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LordRama wrote:
November 2009

>some guy who doesn't like Björk talking about some guy who listens to Bjork talking about avant-garde

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magrueder wrote:
November 2009

>Some guy who listens to Bjork talking about avant-garde

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LordRama wrote:
November 2009

The whole problem with avant-garde musicians, though, is that half of them are into some gay religion or dumbass political ideology, and the other half are just boring.

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NWG369 wrote:
October 2009

Try some Scott Walker (Tilt or The Drift) if you want some actual (and incredible) avant-garde.

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SirAlecHendrix wrote:
October 2009

tagging these artists "avant-garde" only reflects what people who are used to listen to different kinds of popular music believe to be the cutting edge in "music". the same holds for "experimental". perception is a matter of habit.

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LordRama wrote:
October 2009

Actually I'm pretty sure Terry Riley experimented with wearing various cardboard food containers on his head long before Buckethead came on the scene. He also pioneered the use of TV dinner trays as footwear, true story.

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iriihutoR wrote:
October 2009

Buckethead revolutionized music. Can anyone come up with any artists before him to have a KFC bucket on his head? Didn't think so, and hence he is avant-garde.

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