At the start of their career, The Beatles were little more than teen pop sensations. Their music was catchy and distinctive enough to earn them unprecedented fame, but they lacked anything that ...

Jazmin Kylene is a Miami-bred writer and editor with a decade-long career that spans all editorial genres, though she has a particular passion for music journalism. Upon graduating Florida Atlantic ...

The Brooklyn festival Young World spotlights emergent indie rappers and veteran artists. It was the brainchild of Mike, an artist and label head who has become a fulcrum of the alt-rap scene. The ...

The news of avant-garde pop producer Sophie’s death on Saturday morning came as a shock to fans around the globe. In the artist’s too-short career, the 34-year-old Glasgow-born musician had ...

This challenging subgenre, including the subset of free jazz, is driven by the fire of spontaneity, and its rules are still being written. Eleven writers, critics and musicians share their favorites.

Today: A hip-hop avant-garde cross-cultural shift in mind-ending brilliance. The light shines for Nolan Wells. Olive Kimoto ...

When music provocateur John Zorn opened The Stone in New York's East Village in 2005, he laid the cornerstone for a downtown temple of avant-garde music. Everything about the tiny, simply furnished ...

Plus: Bitchin Bajas play a rare set of their Sun Ra material at a screening of Space Is the Place, and singer-songwriter Kara Jackson supports a new single (and headliner KeiyaA) at Sleeping Village.