Modest Mussorgsky was a Russian composer and a member of “the Mighty Handful” (Mussorgsky, Mily Balakirev, César Cui, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, and Alexander Borodin), a group of composers who sought to create a specifically Russian style of music. As part of this goal, much of Mussorgsky’s wor

Classical, Epic, Expansive, Grotesque, Romantic music, Whimsical

Ariel Pink (born Ariel Marcus Rosenberg) is an avant-garde/hauntology musician who is based in Los Angeles. Pink has been recording his music on tape since 1996 but it wasn't until after he passed a CD-R to the New York-based band Animal Collective that his commercial musical career took off. He atte

Absurd, Agitated, Baroque, Bright, Bubblicious, Candy, Cartoonish, Charming, Citational, Clever, Collage, Distorted, Epic, Expansive, Experimental, Flux, Funny, Fuzzy, Grotesque, Hallucinatory, Hypnotic, Indie rock, Intense, Intimate, Joyful, Melancholy, Overflowing, Paranoid, Polychromatic, Pop, Power, Primal, Psychedelic, Queer, Sardonic, Sexy, Smarty arty pop, Sprawling, Urban

Animal Collective is a New York City/Washington, D.C/Lisbon based group of avant-garde musicians from Baltimore, Maryland. Animal Collective consists of Avey Tare (David Portner), Panda Bear (Noah Lennox), Deakin (Josh Dibb), and Geologist (Brian Weitz). Records released under the name Animal Collect

Atmospheric, Bright, Composed, Funny, Grotesque, Hallucinatory, Improvised, Noise rock/art rock, Pop, Psychedelic, Quiet, Quirky, Sensual, Surreal, Tribal

"God is a smoker of Havanas," Gainsbourg used to say, excusing himself for the deadly habit that turned his voice into a raspy growl. Serge Gainsbourg somehow made everything seem cool, even smoking. Gainsbourg, the child of Russian Jewish Émigrés, was celebrated and reviled as much for his r

Cool, Grotesque, In-your-face, Sexy, Smoky, Wise assy