Lightning Bolt Archives

Better than dating: Adult Swim’s Singles Program returns

Adult Swim's summer Singles Program is back, and it's bringing you 15 weeks of (good) free music.

11 years ago

Portishead producer Geoff Barrow is a multi-talented guy. We talked to him about drum beats, production philosophy, and his many…

11 years ago

Lightning Bolt drummer/vocalist Brian Chippendale has released solo material as Black Pus since 2006, and in his newest video, a…

11 years ago

Lightning Bolt’s Brian Chippendale has been drumming and performing under his Black Pus moniker since 2005. Now he's releasing All…

11 years ago

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

11 years ago

A fitting finale to his trifecta of releases this year, Twins finds garage-rock singer-songwriter Ty Segall not so much settling…

12 years ago

In light of his third release in just a year's time, the ever-prolific garage/lo-fi wunderkind Ty Segall has released a…

12 years ago

Now streaming: all of The Flaming Lips’ Record Store Day goodies, which include collaborations with Lightning Bolt, Prefuse 73, and…

12 years ago

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

13 years ago

Among the thousands of under-appreciated or under-publicized albums that were released in 2010, hundreds became our favorites and were presented…

13 years ago

Check out ALARM's exclusive premiere of Unstoppable Death Machines' video for "Slumlord," the title track from its debut 7” EP…

13 years ago

Electro wizard Dan Deacon and noise-rock duo Lightning Bolt played outdoors in Chicago recently, near the Illinois Centennial Monument. ALARM…

14 years ago