Scott Morrow

MP3 Premiere: Cloudeater’s “This Place”

First released last September, Cloudeater’s Sun and Sidearm was a moody, melodic debut LP that blended rock, pop, and electronics…

Video: Converge’s “Aimless Arrow”

The first track and video from Converge’s All We Love We Leave Behind, a brand-new dose of hardcore pyrotechnics, matches…

MP3 Premiere: The Casket Lottery’s “In the Branches”

Remember when "indie rock" bands used to play...*ahem*...rock music? If you're under the age of 20, you might not --…

The Bad Plus…plus synthesizers

In just three weeks, jazz-rock trio The Bad Plus returns with Made Possible, another nearly all-original effort (with one cover…

Kaki’s back, Jack: Guitar phenom Kaki King makes an instrumental return

Guitar virtuoso Kaki King is returning to her instrumental roots with Glow, out Oct. 9 via Velour Music Group. The…

Drone-doom duo Om reschedules fall US tour after skateboarding mishap

Following a skateboarding accident by drummer Emil Amos, drone-doom duo (now trio) Om has announced rescheduled dates for its fall…

The Metalocalypse is upon us (again): Dethklok announces Dethalbum III

The maestros of Metalocalypse -- co-creator Brendon Small and producer Ulrich Wild -- are back as Dethklok, the Adult Swim…

Contest: Win two three-day passes to Chicago’s North Coast Music Festival

ALARM is giving away two pairs of three-day passes to the electronically inclined North Coast Music Festival here in Chicago,…

More bullshit: Pussy Riot members sentenced to two years in jail

Despite a global outcry and support from high-profile musicians such as Paul McCartney, Madonna, and Sting, three members of Russian…

Video: High on Fire’s “Fertile Green”

The video for High on Fire’s "Fertile Green," amazing in its ridiculousness, is a mini-masterpiece of psychedelic sci-fi. Follow "Balteazeen,…

Hear Flying Lotus’s “See Thru to U,” featuring Erykah Badu

Here's the first full cut from Until the Quiet Comes, progressive electronic producer Flying Lotus’s new album that's out 10/2…

Doomtree’s P.O.S offers “anarchist dance party” with We Don’t Even Live Here

Minnesota rapper/producer and punk-hardcore musician P.O.S returns this October with the follow-up to his acclaimed crossover album Never Better, and…