Have a Nice Life: The Unnatural World
Les Claypool’s Duo de Twang: Four-Foot Shack
Sunn O))) & Ulver: Terrestrials
Bohren & Der Club of Gore: Piano Nights
Xiu Xiu: Angel Guts: Red Classroom
Like a resilient virus, ALARM Magazine is back on newsstands, determined to share its genetic information with the world on a quarterly basis.
Mogwai: Rave Tapes
Reverend Horton Heat: Rev
Step Brothers: Lord Steppington
Pixies: EP 2
The Dead Weather: Open Up (That’s Enough) / Rough Detective
Sax Ruins: Blimmguass
Silent Lions: The Compartments EP
Grass Is Green: Vacation Vinny
Need something heavy but soulful? Maybe like a post-The Third Hand RJD2 with more distorted bass? Well, friends, then we have a treat for you.
Chicago experimental-metal quartet Murmur’s “Zeta II Reticuli” comprises fuzzy, black-metal menace and obvious punk-rock energy, but toward the end of this seven-minute track, it veers into a caterwauling assault of computer-generated weirdness.
At long last, ALARM unveils its 11 favorite albums of 2013 — a list of amazing music that you won’t find anywhere else.
Saving the best for last, we’ve chosen our 51 favorite albums of 2013, pulled from the acclaimed and the unsung — some of the best as well as most boundary-pushing releases from rock and beyond.
Sage Francis: Sick to D(eat)h
Mastodon: Live at Brixton
Beastmilk: Climax
Secret Chiefs 3: Book of Souls: Folio A
Mutoid Man: Helium Head
Deicide: In the Minds of Evil
Sole: Crimes Against Totality
Soundgarden: Screaming Life / Fopp reissue
Netherlands wants to save your lives from insidious “Silicon Vapor” in its new, Royal Tenenbaums-referencing video.
Sandrider: Good to Die
Ghost: If You Have Ghost EP
Mark Orton: Nebraska soundtrack
Mick Turner: Don’t Tell the Driver
Audiences: Roam