"I think it really had a nice trajectory," he says of his former band Sonic Youth, "and it certainly doesn't feel unfinished ...

the song-centric music of Sonic Youth, the pioneering noise rock band he co-founded in 1980, and the experimental world born from his upbringing in New York’s No Wave scene in the late ’70s ...

The first and only time that Kali Malone sat down for a lesson on the pipe organ, she managed about five minutes at the ...

Li Yuan-chia was born in 1929 in Guangxi, China. His early years were marked by displacement due to the Chinese Civil War, which led him to Taiwan at the age of 20. There, he became one of the ...

As the Big Ears Festival has grown from around 25 artists in 2009 to nearly 200 sets in 2025, the vision of founder Ashley ...

Glasgow’s AC Projects’ Music Space offers a nine-month bursary programme for people aged 16-25, offering professional development in contemporary and experimental music. Its creative producer, ...

Enjoy shows from jazz to bluegrass to electronic to gospel – all for free at Big Ears in 2025. There are moving exhibitions ...

Songs from Chile and Brazil, experimental music from Argentina, and the video of Heloísa Fernandes Quartet's concert in New York in 2025.

From underwater aesthetics to ear-shattering extremes, the musical world has some truly bizarre corners! Join us as we explore the strangest, most experimental music genres that exist far beyond ...

The founder of Erased Tapes has told NME about bringing experimental music to the Royal Albert Hall for the 2025 edition of the Teenager Cancer Trust gigs. The iconic independent music label is ...

Steely Dan were musical innovators, which is reflected in their music, but also in the fact that they made up their very own chord.