Interview: Swans crafts “total experience” on double album The Seer
The Seer, the new double album that follows Swans’ productive 2010 reunion and studio return, is a space in which…
12 years ago
Akron/Family
Lineup for OFF Festival 2012 (Katowice, Poland)
Poland's much-loved OFF Festival returns August 3-5, featuring ALARM favorites such as Battles, Converge, Baroness, Henry Rollins, Other Lives, Swans,…
13 years ago
Video Premiere: CSC Funk Band’s “Fiesta”
CSC Funk Band: Things Are Getting Too Casual (Fat Beats, 8/23/11) CSC Funk Band: "Caneca" [audio:https://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/01-caneca.mp3|titles=CSC Funk Band: "Caneca"] Eleven-piece…
13 years ago
Akron/Family launches Family Tree Records
Psych-folk band Akron/Family has announced the launch of Family Tree, a new record label inspired by mutable collectives like Sun Ra Arkestra, Grateful…
13 years ago
Swans: An Art-Rock Ensemble’s Raw Return to Form
With My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky, songwriter Michael Gira and his influential, experimental Swans…
14 years ago
Weekly Music News Roundup
Coalesce posts a two-song preview of Ox; Orange Tulip Conspiracy has finalized its nationwide May tour; Mike Patton plays a…
16 years ago
Weekly Music News Roundup
Details emerge about new albums from Isis, Tortoise, Akron/Family, and Stinking Lizaveta; Zu announces some dates for a world tour…
16 years ago
Weekly Music News Roundup
Blue Note announces another list of catalogue deletions; Akron/Family and High on Fire sign to new labels; Trent Reznor comments…
16 years ago
Pop Montreal Weekend Preview
Spread over five days and dozens of venues, the Pop Montreal music and art festival continues this weekend with seemingly…
16 years ago