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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…

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.

A post-black-metal masterpiece, the heir to rap-core, and SW symphonics

Deafheaven: Sunbather Integrity: Suicide Black Snake The White Mandingos: The Ghetto's Tryna Kill Me Noxious Foxes: Epochalypso Scale the Summit:…

A dashiki, Klan robes, and white-face: The White Mandingos’ controversial first impression

Murs-fronted and Darryl Jenifer-backed rap-punk group The White Mandingos has debuted another video, and it has a lot to say…

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…

Video Premiere: CSC Funk Band’s “Fiesta”

CSC Funk Band: Things Are Getting Too Casual (Fat Beats, 8/23/11) CSC Funk Band: "Caneca" [audio:http://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/01-caneca.mp3|titles=CSC Funk Band: "Caneca"] Eleven-piece…

Black Milk to tour US and Canada

Detroit-based producer and emcee Black Milk will bring his sample-based instrumentals to life with the help of a live band…