Kyle Gilkeson

Guest Spot: Jenks Miller discusses five “heavier than metal” albums

Horseback: The Gorgon Tongue: Impale Golden Horn + Forbidden Planet (Relapse, 5/10/11) Horseback: "The Golden Horn" [audio:https://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/The-Golden-Horn.mp3|titles=Horseback: "The Golden Horn"] As…

Concert Photos: Aesop Rock @ Lincoln Hall (Chicago, IL)

The unlikely pairing of hip-hop artist Aesop Rock and indie-pop songwriter Kimya Dawson recently took the stage in Chicago. The…

Moogfest announces partial lineup

Moogfest, the annual music festival celebrating synth pioneer Bob Moog, will take place 10/28–10/30 in Asheville, NC. Bands scheduled to…

Guest Playlist: This Will Destroy You’s Shining Void Mix

This Will Destroy You: Tunnel Blanket (Suicide Squeeze, 5/10/11) This Will Destroy You: "Communal Blood" [audio:https://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Communal_Blood.mp3|titles=This Will Destroy You: "Communal…

Helms Alee to release Weatherhead 6/21 on Hydra Head

Weatherhead, the second full-length from Seattle-based post-rock band Helms Alee, is due out June 21 on Hydra Head. Check out the album's…

Guest Spot: Dosh on the alchemy of instrumental music

Dosh: Tommy (Anticon, 4/13/10) Dosh: "Subtractions" [audio:https://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/dosh-subtractions.mp3|titles=Dosh: "Subtractions"] Percussionist and multi-instrumentalist Martin Dosh, better known as simply Dosh, is known both…

Big Business to release new EP and tour US with Torche, Helms Alee, Thrones

Sludge-metal band Big Business will release an EP entitled Quadruple Single on 7/26 via Gold Metal Records. Prior to its release,…

Concert Photos: RJD2 @ The Mid (Chicago, IL)

Crates of vinyl, four turntables, multiple DJs, a packed house — it was like something out the distant '90s. The…

Video Premiere: Sole & The Skyrider Band’s “Hello Cruel World”

Sole & The Skyrider Band: Hello Cruel World (Fake Four Inc., 7/19/11) Anticon co-founder Tim Holland, a.k.a. Sole, is set…

Name your own price for Vincent Moon & Efterklang’s An Island

After its unique release earlier this year, Efterklang's collaborative film with Vincent Moon, An Island, is now available as a…

Guest Playlist: Hauschka’s experimental acoustics

Hauschka: Salon des Amateurs (FatCat, 4/12/11) Hauschka: "Radar" [audio:https://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Hauschka_Radar.mp3|titles=Hauschka: "Radar"] Volker Bertelmann, better known under his stage name, Hauschka, follows…

This Week’s Best Single: Battles’ Ice Cream

Battles: Ice Cream (Warp, 5/24/11) Battles: "Ice Cream" [audio:https://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Ice-Cream.mp3|titles=Battles: "Ice Cream"] With its new album, Gloss Drop, due out on…