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Their music isn’t quite as unusual as their name, but it’s close. UUVVWWZ (pronounced “dual U, dual V, double dual U, Zee”) consider their weirdo cues from indie rings like Deerhoof, Micachu, and Kap Bambino with unconventional track structures, angular acoustic guitar riffage, rigid start-stop rhythms, and frantic yelping. Guitarist …

The Gadget Killers were founded in NEW YORK during the later ’70s by percussionists Tag E. Miller and Charles K. Noyes. While better recognized to many listeners because of their performances on recordings by famous brands John Zorn, Costs Laswell, and Elliott Clear, amongst others, Miller and Noyes also obtained …

Among the great rings from the short-lived NY City-based “zero influx” avant-garde punk picture from the past due ’70s, DNA had what barely quantities to a saving career, but still managed to make some crucial music. Originally made up of guitarist Arto Lindsay, keyboardist Robin Crutchfield, and drummer Ikue Mori, …

After his tenure as guitarist in the fantastic simply no wave band DNA and punk-jazzers the Lounge Lizards, Arto Lindsay formed the equally exciting and ambitious Ambitious Lovers, while also being associated with the initial incarnations from the Golden Palominos. Lindsay, a indigenous of Brazil, started conflating the Brazilian pop …

Initially conceived simply because entertainment to get a downtown NY art community (which, at that time, was knee-deep in simply no wave), the Lounge Lizards spent greater than a decade with various lineups playing so-called fake jazz with pop and avant-garde rock tendencies. The band’s preliminary incarnation was led by …

The trustworthiness of Arto Lindsay (vocals, guitar) as an avant-garde noisemaker couldn’t really be observed with Ambitious Fans, a dance-pop group he formed with keyboardist Peter Scherer in the first ’80s. After departing the no influx music group DNA, Lindsay well balanced the sonic adventurousness of his previously use Brazilian …