Nils Frykdahl

Grand openings: Sleepytime Gorilla Museum members offer Free Salamander Exhibit

Art-metal ensemble Sleepytime Gorilla Museum closed its doors in 2011. Now three of its core members have grabbed a few…

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…

Morrow vs. Hajduch: Faun Fables’ Light of a Vaster Dark

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

Sleepytime Gorilla Museum: Apocalyptic Art Rock and Absurdist Humor

Experimental rock band Sleepytime Gorilla Museum dabbles in myriad styles — metal, classical, prog, and more — and pairs cosmic…

Weekly Music News Roundup

Hella returns as a duo; Converge posts a studio preview of a new song; Busdriver, Shining (Norway), Om, Russian Circles…