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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: Chino + Isis, Taiwanese symphonic metal, and a polymath poet

Palms: s/t Chthonic: Bú-Tik Dessa: Parts of Speech Bosnian Rainbows: s/t Rose Windows: The Sun Dogs Locrian: Return to Annihilation

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…

Grammar sesh: Doomtree’s Dessa announces Parts of Speech

Doomtree MC Dessa has announced her new solo record, Parts of Speech, out 6/25 on Doomtree Records. A "balance between…

Dessa, Dan Deacon, Sharon Van Etten, Brokeback to play Chicago’s free downtown concert series

Chicago has announced the artists for its free summer concert series in Millennium Park, Downtown Sound and Loops and Variations.…

50 Unheralded Albums from 2011

In just one more trip around the sun, another swarm of immensely talented but under-recognized musicians has harnessed its collective…

Dessa to tour East Coast and Midwest in November

With her new record, Castor, The Twin, out now, Doomtree spoken-word artist Dessa will hit the road in November, playing seven dates…

Label Q&A: Doomtree

[Chromatic, our 400-page exploration of musicians and color, is out now. Order here!] Doomtree: No Kings (Doomtree, 11/22/11) Doomtree: "The…

Dessa to headline tour with Sims and Lazerbeak

After releasing her debut record, A Badly Broken Code, last year, Doomtree MC Dessa will embark on a 20-date tour…

Beats & Rhymes: Sims’ Bad Time Zoo

Each Monday, Beats & Rhymes highlights a new and notable hip-hop, rap, DJ, or electronic record that embraces independent sensibilities.…

100 Unheralded Albums from 2010

Among the thousands of under-appreciated or under-publicized albums that were released in 2010, hundreds became our favorites and were presented…

What We’re Seeing This Weekend: The Bad Plus, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Dub Trio, Kid Koala

This weekend brings the energetic jazz of The Bad Plus, the showy avant-rock of Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, the dub metal…