Bad Brains

Black Rock bands and other fantasies: Sacha Jenkins and the White Mandingos

The low-down on the record, the band's genesis and the state of race in America.

No-good skate punks: The White Mandingos “Warn a Brotha” about touring life

Proof positive that trouble-making groups can be interracial too.

Riot Fest’s 2013 initial lineup is a doozy

Chicago's Riot Fest has announced the first wave of artists for its 2013 festival, and with a whole hella lot…

Punk-rap super-group The White Mandingos vs. #swag in “The Ghetto Is Tryna Kill Me”

Incisive, conceptual super-group The White Mandingos mixes rap and punk to take on the streets (and swag) in the video…

A rapper, a rocker, and a publisher: Meet super-group The White Mandingos

Hip-hop MC Murs, Bad Brains co-founder Darryl Jenifer, and Ego Trip magazine co-founder Sacha Jenkins have started a super-group called…

Q&A: Ill Bill on getting personal, Henry Rollins and Chuck D, and a changing Brooklyn

Drawing from artists who are equal parts entertainer and activist, MC Ill Bill uses his new solo album, The Grimy…

No way! Jah way: Bad Brains announces “pure” new album with classic lineup

Titled Into the Future, the new Bad Brains album promises, according to bassist Darryl Jenifer, to be "the purest Bad…

The Metal Examiner: New Lows’ Harvest of the Carcass

Every Friday, The Metal Examiner delves metal's endless depths to present the genre's most important and exciting albums. New Lows:…

Behind the Counter: Som Records (Washington, DC)

Each Tuesday, Behind the Counter speaks to an independent record store to ask about its recent favorites, best sellers, and…

Bad Brains Frontman HR…at Dick’s Last Resort?

ALARM music editor Jamie Ludwig headed to meet friends at Dick's Last Resort in Chicago last week.  Unbeknowst to her,…

Multi-Instrumentalist and Multi-Culturalist Jamie Saft Speaks with Under Your Skin

Enlisted by John Zorn, Bobby Previte, Merzbow, Dave Douglas, Bad Brains, the Beastie Boys, and dozens of other influential and…

What We’re Doing This Weekend

Our plans this weekend include local shows with the massive stoner metal of The Sword, the experimental jazz of the…