avant-garde

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It’s been a busy year for the avant-garde pair, who won their first Grammy in February for their nine-track EP, “Papota.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

And the comparison to Bowie’s West German sojourn is apt: working with his producers, Styles has clearly immersed himself in the avant-garde, taking chances, and embracing idiosyncrasy.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026

Its closing track, a harmonically suspended instrumental titled “The Brazilian,” flirted with the avant-garde by repeating the same anti-melody, anchored on a jungle of percussive clangs and hyperkinetic Simmons drum rolls.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

Glass' groundbreaking moment came in 1976 when he premiered "Einstein on the Beach" -- a work that tore apart basic expectations of opera and marked a coming of age for the avant-garde.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

In the work’s only avant-garde touch, a thick wire extended from Miss Baker’s head, at the top of which hovered the object of wonder: a hummingbird.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides