Les Claypool

Four band-endorsed boozes

For some, plastering a band name on a bottle of booze is nothing more than a marketing gimmick. Others, like…

“Punk-jazz” saxophonist Skerik channels Fela Kuti and Steve Reich

"Punk-jazz" saxophonist Skerik has channeled, seemingly in equal parts, Fela Kuti and Steve Reich for his newest project, Bandalabra. Catch…

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…

Record Review: Tom Waits’ Bad as Me

Tom Waits: Bad as Me (Anti-, 10/25/11) Tom Waits: "Bad as Me" [audio:https://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Tom_Waits_Bad_as_Me.mp3|titles=Tom Waits: "Bad as Me"] Tom Waits is…

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…

Q&A: The Dirt Daubers

The Dirt Daubers: Wake Up, Sinners! (Colonial Knowledge / Thirty Tigers, 9/13/11) The Dirt Daubers: "Wake Up, Sinners!" [audio:https://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/The_Dirt_Daubers_Wake_Up_Sinners.mp3|titles=The Dirt…

Primus to release first studio album in 11 years

Primus fans rejoice; Green Naugahyde, the new album from Les Claypool and company will be released on September 13 via…

MP3: The Dead Kenny Gs’ “Black Truman (Harry the Hottentot)”

Listen to the track "Black Truman (Harry the Hottentot)" from jazz-punk trio The Dead Kenny Gs' forthcoming album, Operation Long…

Concert Photos: Garage a Trois @ Double Door

Groove/jam-rock quartet Garage a Trois is an all-star cast of players, featuring saxophonist Skerik and vibraphonist Mike Dillon (each of…

Zach Hill: Compositional inspirations inform demented tech-pop debut

Inspired less by drummers and more by instrumentalists such as John Coltrane, Jimi Hendrix, and Ornette Coleman, drumming virtuoso Zach…

Ten Current/Upcoming Tours to Catch

As the season's wintry punishment eases (it cracked 50 in Chicago this weekend), more and more artists are getting back…

Weekly Music News Roundup

Announcements are made for new albums from Irepress, Karl Sanders, Black Moth Super Rainbow, and Staff Benda Bilili -- a…