Marc Ribot

ALARM’s 51 Favorite Albums of 2013

Saving the best for last, we've chosen our 51 favorite albums of 2013, pulled from the acclaimed and the unsung…

Video Premiere: Ceramic Dog on the trials of physiology in “Lies My Body Told Me”

Ceramic Dog, one of Marc Ribot’s many brainchildren, is a super-group of guitar-driven experimental rock. Watch the lo-fi live projection…

Review: Guano Padano’s 2

With the intercontinental mix of Italian trio Guano Padano, one could take the easy way out, calling it the bastard…

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…

100 Unheralded Albums from 2010

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

Morrow vs. Hajduch: John Zorn’s Ipsissimus

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

The Tango Saloon: Transforming Tango in the 21st Century

Led by multi-instrumentalist Julian Curwin and buoyed by a healthy sense of humor, The Tango Saloon is a Western-, Gypsy-,…

Weekly Music News Roundup

Details emerge about new albums from Isis, Tortoise, Akron/Family, and Stinking Lizaveta; Zu announces some dates for a world tour…