Review: (The) Melvins’ Freak Puke
For Freak Puke, the "Melvins Lite" power trio of Buzz Osborne, Dale Crover, and Mr. Bungle bassist Trevor Dunn creates…
13 years ago
Big Business
Melvins Lite debuts “A Growing Distaste” with Trevor Dunn
The "Melvins Lite" lineup -- featuring bassist Trevor Dunn of Mr. Bungle in place of the Big Business dudes --…
13 years ago
Guest Spots: The Melvins relive the highlights of the Endless Residency Tour
Melvins: The Bride Screamed Murder (Ipecac, 6/1/10) Melvins: "The Water Glass" [audio:https://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/melvins_thewaterglass.mp3|titles=Melvins: "The Water Glass"] Last year, sludge-rock band the Melvins…
13 years ago
Big Business to release new EP and tour US with Torche, Helms Alee, Thrones
Sludge-metal band Big Business will release an EP entitled Quadruple Single on 7/26 via Gold Metal Records. Prior to its release,…
14 years ago
La Otracina expands heavy-psych sound with Reality Has Got to Die
Brooklyn's La Otracina has been surfing the "new wave of psychedelic heavy metal" for seven years, impressing with its powerful…
14 years ago
The Melvins’ Buzz Osborne on The Bride Screamed Murder
Like a dog’s jaw clamping down determinedly on a small, dead animal and refusing to let go, the Melvins continue…
15 years ago
Ten months later Big Business release music video
A little late, but worth it, Big Business has released a video from Mind The Drift (Hydra Head) by Wesley…
15 years ago
50 Unheralded Albums from 2009
ALARM leaves no genre unloved in our round-up of 50 albums that didn't receive enough attention in 2009.
15 years ago
Weekly Music News Roundup
More details emerge about the upcoming Supermachiner release; the Shrinebuilder super-group begins recording; Mono announces a new album; Orange Tulip…
16 years ago
Big Business Announces New Album for April
Fans have eagerly awaited the completion of Big Business' newest album, Mind the Drift (Hydra Head), and so have we.…
16 years ago
What We’re Doing This Weekend
Heading the "mustn't miss" portion of our weekend, ALARM cover artists Dub Trio return to Chicago. If we have enough…
16 years ago
ALARM’s Top Ten Albums of 2007
Despite increasingly miserable mainstream hits (how can the radio get any worse?), 2007 was an excellent, indulgent, fulfilling year of…
17 years ago