Bloodiest: Descent (Relapse, 3/29/11) Bloodiest: "Pastures" [audio:http://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bloodiest_Pastures.mp3|titles=Bloodiest: "Pastures"] In structure and sound, Chicago post-metal septet Bloodiest is a vast and…
Disappears: Guider (Kranky, 1/17/11) Disappears: "Halo" [audio:http://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Halo.mp3|titles=Disappears: "Halo"] Chicago-based rock band Disappears feels pigeonholed. After having just released its second…
Om, the intense, hypnotic bass-and-drum duo that bassist Al Cisneros founded with drummer Chris Haikus in 2003, has been reinventing…