Read more avant-garde stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/23308/avant-garde.html2010 - Newseren-usNewser Feed Generator2010-03-22T09:41:21http://www.newser.com/story/77262/animal-collectives-rise-is-well-deserved.htmlThe rise of Animal Collective in 2009 is often attributed to concessions to accessibility, Jonah Weiner writes. “Going by the blurbs alone, you might assume that, in a few years, Animal Collective will complete its career-long metamorphosis into ABBA.” But that’s just not the case. The quirky indie band mixes...http://www.newser.com/story/77262/animal-collectives-rise-is-well-deserved.html2009-12-31T20:54:16http://www.newser.com/story/60467/dj-remixes-birth-of-a-nation-for-moma.htmlDJ Spooky is not your average turntabilist. The sci-fi-writing, French-lit-and-philosophy-studying 39-year-old has created arguably the greatest remix ever with his trip-hop soundtrack for the controversial 1915 film Birth of a Nation , the Stimulist reports. Next on the list for this soon-to-be household name? Showing his Rebirth of a Nation at...http://www.newser.com/story/60467/dj-remixes-birth-of-a-nation-for-moma.html2009-05-29T18:07:35http://www.newser.com/story/42831/paul-wants-to-release-beatles-holy-grail.htmlPaul McCartney says it's time to release an avant-garde Beatles track that features gargles, shouts, and distorted guitar, the Guardian reports. Recorded during Penny Lane sessions in 1967, the 14-minute Carnival of Light was played publicly only once at an electronic music festival. McCartney, who is releasing his third avant-garde...http://www.newser.com/story/42831/paul-wants-to-release-beatles-holy-grail.html2008-11-16T21:16:59http://www.newser.com/story/19380/literary-pioneer-filmmaker-robbe-grillet-dead-at-85.htmlFrench novelist and filmmaker Alain Robbe-Grillet died today at 85, AFP reports. A pioneer of the “new novel” literary style, he was best known in the US as the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of Last Year at Marienbad (1961). "The Academie Francaise today loses one of its most illustrious members," Nicolas Sarkozy's...http://www.newser.com/story/19380/literary-pioneer-filmmaker-robbe-grillet-dead-at-85.html2008-02-18T21:19:57