Marc Masters
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Like the Velvet Underground before them, Kilgour and The Clean inspired tons of musicians to embrace impulsive creativity. -
The prolific artist was a mentor to generations of experimental musicians. -
With seven tracks stretched across 75 minutes and four LP sides, The Morning Star is the acoustic guitarist's most ambitious effort so far. -
Featuring former Stereolab members, the trio unfurls instrumental loops that build to ecstatic hypnosis.
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Ever try to remember the nooks and crannies of your childhood home? This Chicago composer took it one step further.
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Developed as a multimedia project for the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Mind Over Mirrors' Jamie Fennelly creates a widescreen aura for Bellowing Sun. -
Bertucci unleashes a cascade of overlapping saxophone lines, with each small repetition spawning a new wave of curling, blending sounds. -
Ka Baird's hypnotic flute playing is looped into a wordless mantra, "a back and forth between the material and spiritual," she tells NPR.
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Fred Thomas, plus members of Tyvek and the Gories, join the garage-rock band for one of Ian Svenonius' rawest albums to date, Experimental Music. -
Reese McHenry's got a voice like a preacher turning a standard sermon into a cathartic epiphany. She's joined by fellow North Carolina garage-rockers Spider Bags for a collaborative album.