Akron/Family

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…

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,…

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:http://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/01-caneca.mp3|titles=CSC Funk Band: "Caneca"] Eleven-piece…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Pop Montreal Weekend Preview

Spread over five days and dozens of venues, the Pop Montreal music and art festival continues this weekend with seemingly…