Aaron Turner

Interview: Ambient-rock super-group Jodis on embracing life

With its second album of dense and melodic noise-scapes, Jodis — the long-distance collaboration between Isis’s Aaron Turner and Khanate’s…

Swag fire-sale: Help maintain Hydra Head’s amazing catalog of hardcore and experimental music

Though no longer releasing new music, Hydra Head Records needs your help to keep its exceptional catalog in print. Throw…

Album Premiere: Jodis’s Black Curtain

Take an early listen to the new album from Jodis -- an ambient-rock super-group with members of Isis, Khanate, and…

Return of an ambient-rock super-group: Jodis reunites members of Isis, Khanate, Blind Idiot God

Three years ago, Aaron Turner of Isis and James Plotkin and Tim Wyskida of Khanate formed a haunting, melodic, ambient…

Converge offers all-star Entombed cover on new Napalm Death split

ALARM's fan-boy meter is registering off the charts, and for good reason: hardcore quartet Converge is covering Entombed’s classic "Wolverine…

Q&A: Isis

Isis: "Grinning Mouths" from Clearing the Eye live DVD (Ipecac, 9/26/06) In June of 2010, post-metal quintet Isis called it…

Japan Benefit Night at Arabica Lounge in Seattle

Arabica Lounge in Seattle, WA is hosting a benefit on April 5 to aid Japan in its disaster-relief efforts. The…

Guest Spots: Aaron Turner’s favorite musicians / visual artists

Aaron Turner, founder of Hydra Head Records and frontman for pioneering metal band Isis, is no stranger to the art of…

Morrow vs. Hajduch: Mark McGuire’s Living with Yourself

Scott Morrow is ALARM’s music editor. Patrick Hajduch is a very important lawyer. Each week they debate the merits of…