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Videos!: Secret Chiefs 3 does Halloween, Sepultura leaves the Vatican, and more

With too many great videos releasing all at once, we put them all together in one epic post.

Q&A: Portishead producer Geoff Barrow on hip hop, krautrock, and film scores

Portishead producer Geoff Barrow is a multi-talented guy. We talked to him about drum beats, production philosophy, and his many…

Interview: Pelican stretches far, geographically and acoustically, on Ataraxia / Taraxis

More than ten years after formation, Pelican still can surprise, showing a new piece of its "creative yang" on Ataraxia…

Morrow vs. Hajduch: Polinski’s Labyrinths

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

Morrow vs. Hajduch: Oneohtrix Point Never’s Replica

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

Syntaks: A Dream-Pop Love Child

Though started as a solo project by Jakob Scøtt, Danish dream-pop band Syntaks is now a duo, filled out by…

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…

Morrow vs. Hajduch: Umberto’s Prophecy of the Black Widow

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

Trans Am: Continents Apart, Synth-Rock Vets Hit Zenith with Scrapped Horror Score

Trans Am has explored all decades of rock, funk, and dance while continuously searching for new and interesting sounds. But…