King Crimson

Hear Shining’s new album; watch the Crimson-jazz brutality of “21st Century Schizoid Man”

Progressive, jazz-influenced industrial-metal band Shining has a brand-new album. Listen to it...or else. Then watch an amazing live clip of…

Nine Inch Nails returns to stage with new lineup in 2013

Trent Reznor has announced that four years after its last tour, Nine Inch Nails will be back on stage in…

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…

Primus: Back on the Bike, Going “Green”

With its first full-length album in a dozen years, oddball rock trio Primus displays a new-found vigor thanks to newly…

Ancestors: Mythological Prog Metal

Ancestors' tries its hand at "nerdy storytelling music" with Neptune with Fire, chronicling the mythological King Neptune's burden of holding…

Guest Spot: Gutbucket explains how to argue about food

Gutbucket: Flock (Cuneiform, 2/22/11) Gutbucket: “4 9 8” [audio:http://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/03-4-9-8.mp3|titles=Gutbucket: "4 9 8"] Brooklyn-based jazz-rock quartet Gutbucket released its fifth album,…

Q&A: Jono El Grande

Jono El Grande: Phantom Stimulance (Rune Grammofon, 2/1/11) Jono El Grande: "Borrelia Boogie" [audio:http://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Jono_El_Grande_Borrelia_Boogie.mp3|titles=Jono El Grande: "Borrelia Boogie"] The off-kilter…

Matt Stevens: Guitar Virtuoso Finds an Audience Online

For British guitarist Matt Stevens, the widespread digital distribution of his music via the Internet has meant more than major…

Krallice: Classically Inspired, Ambient Black Metal

The members of Krallice come from a variety of backgrounds -- math metal, punk jazz, death metal -- but their…

La Otracina expands heavy-psych sound with Reality Has Got to Die

Brooklyn's La Otracina has been surfing the "new wave of psychedelic heavy metal" for seven years, impressing with its powerful…

Black Cobra: Coast-to-Coast Stoner Sludge

Californian stoner-metal duo Black Cobra discusses the perks and difficulties of maintaining a band with a long-distance relationship. With 400…

Pink Mountain: Hodgepodge Collective With a Darwinist Twist

Scott Rosenberg of P.A.F. fame brought together a motley crew of musicians to form Pink Mountain. What resulted was something…