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Q&A: Young Widows

Young Widows: In and Out of Youth and Lightness (Temporary Residence, 4/12/11) Young Widows: "Future Heart" [audio:http://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/young-widows-future-heart.mp3|titles=Young Widows: "Future Heart"]…

Record Review: Trap Them’s Darker Handcraft

Trap Them: Darker Handcraft (Prosthetic, 3/18/11) Trap Them: "The Facts" [audio:http://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Trap-Them-The-Facts.mp3|titles=Trap Them: "The Facts"] To appreciate Trap Them's new album,…

Kylesa to release Spiral Shadow on Season of Mist

Just a year and a half after Static Tensions, psych-sludge quintet Kylesa will release Spiral Shadow, its fifth full-length album,…

Converge releases limited-edition seven-inch

On My Shield, Converge’s self-released 7” single, is now available in Europe on limited supply.  With only 3,000 copies available…

William Elliott Whitmore: Poetic Discontent

After three albums that touch on personal topics, the scratchy, soulful material of folk singer and banjo player William Elliott…

Converge: Rules Were Made to be Broken

This pioneering, aggressive hardcore outfit is a band that likes a challenge. With 20 years under its belt, and on…

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.

Mastodon, Converge and High on Fire…and Dethklok?

Bartender, there’s a commercial in my rock show!

Weekly Music News Roundup

Holy collaboration -- Mike Patton and Justin Broadrick are contributing to a score by Fog's Andrew Broder and Adam "Doseone"…

What We’re Seeing This Weekend: Mastodon, Converge, Peanut Butter Wolf

It's a great few days for metal in Chicago as Mastodon, Converge, Kylesa, and Russian Circles each performs new material.…

Weekly Music News Roundup

Hella returns as a duo; Converge posts a studio preview of a new song; Busdriver, Shining (Norway), Om, Russian Circles…

Weekly Music News Roundup

It's a rough week for independent music as Touch and Go cuts manufacturing and distribution services for 20 labels, Daptone's…