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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:http://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/melvins_thewaterglass.mp3|titles=Melvins: "The Water Glass"] Last year, sludge-rock band the Melvins…

Fantômas to release DVD and live album in September

On New Year's Eve in 2008, avant-garde metal supergroup Fantômas — Mike Patton, Buzz Osborne, Trevor Dunn, and Dale Crover…

Q&A: Isis

Isis: "Grinning Mouths" from Clearing the Eye live DVD (Ipecac, 9/26/06) In June of 2010, post-metal quintet Isis called it…

Dälek: Hip-Hop Duo’s Dissonant Defiance

Newark, New Jersey-based hip-hop duo Dälek crisscrosses sub-genres with abandon, unafraid to broach controversial topics in its music.

Retox and The Book of Knots to release new records on Ipecac

Retox, a new group featuring members of The Locust and many other bands, just announced that its debut album, Ugly…

MP3 Premiere: Gangpol & Mit’s “The 1000 People Band (Part 1)”

Gangpol & Mit: The 1000 Softcore Tourist People Club (Ipecac, 3/29/11) Gangpol & Mit's "The 1000 People Band (Part 1)"…

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…

Guest Spots: DJ Rob Swift on his foray into classical music

Rob Swift: "Rabia - 2nd Movement" (The Architect, Ipecac, 2/23/10) Rob Swift: "Rabia - 2nd Movement" Rob Swift's online radio…

The Tango Saloon: Transforming Tango in the 21st Century

Led by multi-instrumentalist Julian Curwin and buoyed by a healthy sense of humor, The Tango Saloon is a Western-, Gypsy-,…

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…

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.

The Fantômas Melvins Big Band: Live From London 2006

Sure to be loved by Fantômas and Melvins fan alike, this concert DVD features a "big band" setup of both…