Meaghann Korbel 
Experimental rock trio Liars is releasing its fifth studio effort, WIXIW, this June, following its acclaimed album Sisterworld from 2010.
To give you a glimpse of what’s to come, the band has recruited director/photographer Todd Cole, who provides an eerie visual interpretation of “No. 1 Against the Rush.” Watch as the video chronicles each band member’s abduction by a mysterious man whose dry-cleaning day job isn’t quite what it seems once darkness falls over Los Angeles.
Eivind Opsvik: Overseas IV (Loyal Label, 4/17/12)
Eivind Opsvik, a Brooklyn-by-way-of-Norway crossover jazz musician, returned last week with his band Overseas for the latest installment in the Overseas series, Overseas IV, the fourth in nearly a decade-long span.
This video, directed by experimental filmmaker Iris Piers, is for the album’s closing track, “Youth Hopeth All Things, Believeth All Things,” a down-tempo and dirty jazz-rock piece incorporating rock-’n’-roll guitars and a despairing organ.
Jon Porras: Black Mesa (Thrill Jockey, 4/17/12)
“Into Midnight”
[audio:https://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/01-Into-Midnight.mp3|titles=Jon Porras: “Into Midnight”]Guitarist Jon Porras, otherwise known as one half of drone duo Barn Owl, has returned for his sophomore solo effort via Black Mesa, a concept album of sorts about an outlaw’s desert journey as he comes to discover another universe.
