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The usual avant-punk suspects make their appearances—the New York Dolls, the Ramones, Television and the rest of the CBGB crowd.
New York Rock City Eric Been 2011
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"If you live in a consumer society, you're used to looking at shiny, new objects," says Kim Gordon, bassist for the avant-punk band Sonic Youth.
The Cult Of Cute 2008
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"It's kind of making the idea of a band a community project as much as an ego-driven one," says Pat Noecker, the Brooklyn / Chicago avant-punk trio's bassist, as we sit talking at Bell House, the Gowanus venue just around the corner from the band's practice space.
New York Press 2009
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During the 1980s, the Talking Heads broke out from their brittle, avant-punk, art-funk origins into a wider, world-conscious sound.
Express Milwaukee 2009
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After visiting Ohio, the two became inspired its avant-punk scene.
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O’Rourke’s resumé is long and extremely diverse, and includes participation in the avant-punk group Sonic Youth’s 1999 album of compositions by John Cage, Christian Wolff, and Japanese new music pioneer Takehisa Kosugi 小杉武久, Goodbye 20th Century, which included pieces with several different score approaches, including graphics.
Néojaponisme » Blog Archive » Sound and Vision: Takemitsu’s Corona 2009
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