avant-garde
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For almost as long, she’s also made experimental folk and electronic records that toy with avant-garde noise and quietly poignant songwriting.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
“I was always attracted to both the avant-garde stuff and the square stuff,” he explained.
From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026
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
Across the gold-leaf ground, horsemen of the avant-garde charge into the indigo ocean, firing arrows in pursuit of the fleeing Taira clan boats.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 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
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