Kronos Quartet

Best Albums: Melvins, Bryce Dessner & Kronos Quartet, Czar, Phuture Doom

Melvins: Tres Cabrones Bryce Dessner & Kronos Quartet: Aheym Czar: No One Is Alone If No One Is Alive

When Amon Tobin and Kronos Quartet collaborate, stars explode

Crossover chamber group Kronos Quartet will debut a new commissioned work by IDM innovator Amon Tobin for its 40th-anniversary season.

Interview: Dan Deacon on the importance (or lack thereof) of formal music education

Dan Deacon, electronic music auteur and one-man dance party who has a degree in being a one-man dance party, thinks…

Hive mind: Ex-Battles looper Tyondai Braxton does the Guggenheim

Former Battles loop guru / singer Tyondai Braxton will debut his new music/art installation in the Guggenheim in March. And…

MP3 Premiere: Vieo Abiungo’s “Drowsy Salted Morning”

Vieo Abiungo: And the World is Still Yawning (Lost Tribe Sound, 8/30/11) Vieo Abiungo: "Drowsy Salted Morning" [audio:http://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/VieoAbungo_drowsysaltedmorning.mp3|titles=Vieo Abiungo: "Drowsy…

Morrow vs. Hajduch: Kronos Quartet, Kimmo Pohjonen & Samuli Kosminen’s Uniko

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

World in Stereo: Huun Huur Tu’s Ancestors Call

Each week, World in Stereo examines classic and modern world music while striving for a greater appreciation of other cultures.…

Kronos Quartet to play encore of JG Thirlwell’s Eremikophobia in NYC

Featured in the upcoming ALARM 38: Invisible, Australian experimental composer JG Thirlwell recently commissioned his second piece for the prolific…

J.G. Thirlwell: Cinematic Mad Science

After releasing music under names such as Foetus, Manorexia, and Steroid Maximus, composer/producer J.G. Thirlwell only recently has released under…

Weekly Music News Roundup

Amon Tobin makes up half of a new project called Two Fingers; Witch goes on tour with Earthless; Dan Deacon…