Ears for fears: The Flaming Lips’ liberation through Terror
The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne and Steven Drozd discuss The Terror of what to do after trying everything.
11 years ago
Miles Davis
Four band-endorsed boozes
For some, plastering a band name on a bottle of booze is nothing more than a marketing gimmick. Others, like…
12 years ago
MP3 Premiere: The Greyboy Allstars getting funky, assertive on “Bitch Inside Me”
Featuring former Miles Davis and Fishbone collaborator John Bigham, this new jam from The Greyboy Allstars plays out as a…
12 years ago
Q&A: Wild Belle on familial dynamics, schmoozing, and using loss as inspiration
Though eight years apart in age, siblings Natalie and Elliot Bergman have a long musical history, and their debut as…
12 years ago
Morrow vs. Hajduch: Dave Douglas’ Orange Afternoons
Scott Morrow is ALARM’s music editor. Patrick Hajduch is a very important lawyer. Each week they debate the merits of…
13 years ago
Guest Spot: Dosh on the alchemy of instrumental music
Dosh: Tommy (Anticon, 4/13/10) Dosh: "Subtractions" [audio:https://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/dosh-subtractions.mp3|titles=Dosh: "Subtractions"] Percussionist and multi-instrumentalist Martin Dosh, better known as simply Dosh, is known both…
13 years ago
Soul Revival: Breathing New Life into Lost Albums
Record labels such as Stones Throw and Ubiquity offer new compilation and re-issue albums of forgotten DIY funk and soul…
14 years ago
Morrow vs. Hajduch: Chicago Odense Ensemble
Scott Morrow is ALARM’s music editor. Patrick Hajduch is a very important lawyer. Each week they debate the merits of…
14 years ago
Morrow vs. Hajduch: Mikrokolektyw’s Revisit
Scott Morrow is ALARM’s music editor. Patrick Hajduch is a very important lawyer. Each week they debate the merits of…
14 years ago
Lloyd Miller & The Heliocentrics: Divergent East/West Skill Sets
Dr. Lloyd Miller -- an ethnomusicologist, master of more than 100 instruments, and pioneer of Persian-infused jazz -- has joined…
14 years ago
Pre-order the cross-continental, improvised jazz of the Chicago Odense Ensemble
In the winter of 2008, Danish musicians Jonas Munk and Jakob Skøtt hunkered down in a Chicago studio with locals…
14 years ago
Q&A: Hum Discusses Chicago Reunion, Lyrical Intentions, and Artistic Integrity
On 12/31/00, dropped-D alt-rockers Hum played their final show in Chicago, appearing with the Flaming Lips at the Metro. Now,…
16 years ago