John Zorn

Best Albums: Rodrigo y Gabriela, Pixies, Eyvind Kang / John Zorn, Damon Albarn, Floor, Wovenhand

Rodrigo y Gabriela: 9 Dead Alive Pixies: Indie Cindy Eyvind Kang / John Zorn: Alastor: The Book of Angels, Vol.…

Best Albums: Phantogram, Junius, Angel Olsen, John Zorn / Abraxas, Empty Flowers

Phantogram: Voices Junius: Days of the Fallen Sun Angel Olsen: Burn Your Fire for No Witness John Zorn / Abraxas:…

Mike Patton’s San Fran favorites

Vocalist and composer Mike Patton’s credits are a mile long, and all extremely different from one another. His tastes in…

Best Albums: A space-surf return, heavy-ass hip hop, and murder balladry

Man or Astro-Man?: Defcon 5...4...3...2...1... NK: Nothing to Be Gained Here Les Rhinocéros: II Scout Niblett: It's Up to Emma…

Q&A: Surf rock, Italian Westerns, and B-movie themes collide as RobotMonkeyArm

RobotMonkeyArm is a multimedia project of the mind, set to a cinematic mix of surf rock, Italian Western, and B-movie…

Video Premiere: Polyrhythmic pop and abstract beauty in Allison Miller’s “Early Bird”

Allison Miller's Boom Tic Boom: No Morphine, No Lilies (The Royal Potato Family, 4/16/13) She might be best known as…

Horns up: Prog-rock outfit Les Rhinocéros to release second album with Tzadik

Hailing from Washington, DC, progressive/experimental rock band Les Rhinocéros has announced its second album, Les Rhinocéros II. Due 5/21 on…

Interview: Sigh’s lucid nightmares inform eclectic, metallic In Somniphobia

Formed in Tokyo in 1990, Sigh isn’t like most extreme metal bands. To the uninitiated: Imagine Mr. Bungle, doubled down…

ALARM’s 50 Favorite Albums of 2012

Another year, another torrential downpour of albums across our desks. As always, we encountered way too much amazing music, from…

Review: Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz’s Abraxas

The 19th installment of John Zorn’s Book of Angels series is a doozy, as bassist / gimbri player Shanir Ezra…

Review: Mike Patton & The Ictus Ensemble’s Laborintus II

Recorded live with The Ictus Ensemble, Laborintus II is the latest recording credit from the eternally unpredictable Mike Patton. The…

Mike Patton reunites (on record) with Trey Spruance of Secret Chiefs 3

After more than a decade of collaborative silence, Mr. Bungle linchpins Mike Patton and Trey Spruance have appeared on the…