Four band-endorsed boozes
For some, plastering a band name on a bottle of booze is nothing more than a marketing gimmick. Others, like…
11 years ago
Les Claypool
“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…
12 years ago
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…
12 years ago
Record Review: Tom Waits’ Bad as Me
Tom Waits: Bad as Me (Anti-, 10/25/11) Tom Waits: "Bad as Me" [audio:http://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Tom_Waits_Bad_as_Me.mp3|titles=Tom Waits: "Bad as Me"] Tom Waits is…
13 years ago
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…
13 years ago
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:http://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/The_Dirt_Daubers_Wake_Up_Sinners.mp3|titles=The Dirt…
13 years ago
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…
13 years ago
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…
13 years ago
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…
14 years ago
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…
15 years ago
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…
15 years ago
Weekly Music News Roundup
Announcements are made for new albums from Irepress, Karl Sanders, Black Moth Super Rainbow, and Staff Benda Bilili -- a…
15 years ago