The Bad Plus reworks Igor Stravinsky
On March 26, brawny jazz trio The Bad Plus will debut its commissioned reworking of Igor Stravinsky's classic Rite of…
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Scott Morrow
Son Lux NPR challenge
In case you missed its first week, classically trained electronic/acoustic composer Son Lux has been challenged by NPR to write…
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Zu: Plumbing the Depths of Sludge Jazz
On its 2009 album, Carboniferous, Italian sludge-jazz trio Zu manages to get even heavier with piles of effect pedals and…
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Chromatic teaser #1
Chromatic: The Crossroads of Color and Music A new book by ALARM Press, coming soon.
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This Week’s Best Single: NOMO & Shawn Lee’s Upside Down
NOMO & Shawn Lee: Upside Down tour seven-inch (Ubiquity, 1/18/11) Instrumental collective NOMO combines funk, Afrobeat, electronica, jazz, and more…
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Mark Orton performs at Sundance Film Festival 2011
Tin Hat Trio co-founder Mark Orton is performing at the "Artist at the Table" event for Sundance Film Festival 2011…
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Helmet to perform Meantime in entirety for 2011 Metalliance tour
Influential alt-metal outfit Helmet will be performing Meantime, one of its most beloved albums, in its entirety for the 2011…
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Jerseyband: Outlandish Brass-Metal Orchestrations
What began as a project for an improvisation workshop in college is now the seven-piece jazz-metal juggernaut Jerseyband — a band…
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MP3 Premiere: Georgia Anne Muldrow’s “Zulu Bounce”
Georgia Anne Muldrow: "Zulu Bounce" (Vweto, Mello Music Group, 1/25/11) [audio:https://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Georgia_Anne_Muldrow_Zulu_Bounce.mp3|titles=Georgia Anne Muldrow: "Zulu Bounce"] Listen to ALARM's premiere of…
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100 Unheralded Albums from 2010
Among the thousands of under-appreciated or under-publicized albums that were released in 2010, hundreds became our favorites and were presented…
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MP3 Premiere: Igor Boxx’s “Alarm”
Igor Boxx: "Alarm" (Breslau, Ninja Tune, 12/14/10) [audio:https://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Igor_Boxx_Alarm.mp3|titles=Igor Boxx: "Alarm"] Polish electronic artist Igor Boxx is about to release a…
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Animals as Leaders video and tour dates
Led by seven-string guitar virtuoso Tosin Abasi, progressive-metal act Animals as Leaders will be touring the USA for nearly six…
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