Scott Morrow

ALARM’s 50 Favorite Albums of 2012

Another year, another torrential downpour of albums across our desks. As always, we encountered way too much amazing music, from…

Back under the bridge: Finntroll begins recording seventh LP

Finnish non-traditional metal masters Finntroll — who use elements of folk, circus, psychobilly, and cartoon music  — have announced a…

Holy prog-metal heaven: Meshuggah brings Animals as Leaders and Intronaut with ’em back to States

In case you missed the news last week, not only is Meshuggah returning to the United States for another tour…

Free iPad download of ALARM #40 w/ Soundgarden, Refused, Converge

Let's say that you have one of these newfangled "iPads." Let's also say that you like free things, particularly those…

Blood on the danse floor: The Faint hits the road with new, tour-exclusive music

Dance-punk quartet The Faint, touring in support of the deluxe reissue of Danse Macabre, has announced an exclusive 12-inch of…

ALARM is back in print! Subscribe and get Nov/Dec w/ Soundgarden, Refused, Converge

After relaunching for free this summer on the iPad, ALARM Magazine is back in print with more awesome shit. We're…

Soundgarden’s fantastical video for “Been Away Too Long”

Watch Soundgarden’s fantastical video for "Been Away Too Long," assembled by art director Josh Graham with some Return to Oz-type…

Sole’s Ruthless Criticism and fearless witticism

Successfully funded on Kickstarter, anti-capitalist MC Sole’s new album, A Ruthless Criticism of Everything Existing, can be fully streamed here.…

Review: Grails / Pharaoh Overlord’s Black Tar Prophecies, Vol. 5 / self-titled

Tied together by a mutual appreciation of psychedelia, this split record by Portland’s Grails and Finland’s Pharaoh Overlord is a…

Review: Neurosis’s Honor Found in Decay

Twenty-five years after the influential sludge- and post-metal band issued its first LP, Neurosis remains as stark and dichotomous as…

Hear Devotchka backed by 60-piece Colorado Symphony

Southwestern- and gypsy-tinged indie-folk outfit Devotchka recently performed with the 60-piece Colorado Symphony. The band is releasing Live with the…

Review: P.O.S’s We Don’t Even Live Here

With his new album, Doomtree’s P.O.S delivers a different kind of beast, an electro-rap hybrid with anarchist and anti-consumerist leanings.