Dan the Automator

Best Album: Got a Girl

Got a Girl: I Love You, But I Must Drive Off This Cliff Now

ALARM’s 51 Favorite Albums of 2013

Saving the best for last, we've chosen our 51 favorite albums of 2013, pulled from the acclaimed and the unsung…

Best Albums: Washed Out, Bloc Party, and Deltron 3030

Washed Out: Paracosm Deltron 3030: City Rising From the Ashes EP Bloc Party: The Nextwave Sessions EP

Slumber-party jams: Dan the Automator and Emily Wells’s Pillowfight debuts “Used to Think”

In advance of its self-titled debut, Pillowfight (Dan the Automator and Emily Wells with guest spots from Kid Koala and Lateef the…

Beats & Rhymes: Del The Funky Homosapien’s Golden Era

Del the Funky Homosapien: Golden Era 3xCD (The Council, 4/19/11) Del the Funky Homosapien: "One Out of a Million" [audio:https://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Del_One_Out_of_a_Million.mp3|titles=Del:…

Morrow vs. Hajduch: Gorillaz’ The Fall

Scott Morrow is ALARM’s music editor. Patrick Hajduch is a very important lawyer. Each week they debate the merits of…

Kid Koala: Turntable Technician

Turntablist and graphic novelist Eric San, a.k.a.Kid Koala, mixes artistic mediums and musical styles in his hands-on performances, which include…

Mike Patton: Anomalous Vocalist Tackles Italian Orch-Pop

Given identifiable credits such as Faith No More, Tomahawk, and Mr. Bungle, the words “Patton” and “incognito” don’t seem to…

18 Albums on our Radar in 2009

This year promises to be a great one for music. Isis, The Bad Plus, Mastodon, Dan Deacon, Coalesce, Jerseyband, Converge,…