Pere Ubu

DC Hardcore: Why Am I Only Now Discovering It?

Something was happening in punk rock in the ’80s — and it was happening right here in DMV — Hardcore!

Who Says Avant-Garde Is Dead?

Published November 19, 2019 in Warp & Woof Who Says Avant-Garde Is Dead? Postmodernism Hasn’t Killed It Yet William Sundwick When art critic Clement Greenberg wrote in 1939 that the opposite of avant-gardewas kitsch, he was referring to the struggle then between artists who had a burning desire to be creative and the exigencies ofContinue reading “Who Says Avant-Garde Is Dead?”

Published May 31, 2019 in Warp & Woof Pere Ubu “Avant-garage” Rock with a Rust Belt Sheen William Sundwick Cleveland has produced more than the Rock-and-Roll Hall of Fame. Emerging in the 1970s, beneath the radar of its pop music mainstream, was an avant-garde, experimental music scene, epitomized by David Thomas and Pere Ubu. StartingContinue reading “Pere Ubu”