Matt Chamberlain

2013 and 1/3: The Best Albums of the 2010s (So Far)

Inspired by the third installment of The Naked Gun, we decided to compile our favorite albums over the first 3…

ALARM’s 50 Favorite Albums of 2012

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

ALARM’s guide to Record Store Day 2012

Tomorrow is the third Saturday in April, which means that independent record stores across the world will face an influx…

Q&A: Floratone

Floratone: II (Savoy Jazz, 3/6/12) Floratone: "Move" [audio:http://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Floratone_Move.mp3|titles=Floratone: "Move"] Following its 2007 debut, Floratone was established as a highly collaborative…

Yoshida Brothers: Cross-Continental Shamisen Fusion

The striking, twangy, percussive sound of the Japanese shamisen has attracted listeners around the world, fascinated by what the slender,…