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ALARM’s 50 (+5) Favorite Songs of 2012

Last month ALARM presented its 50 favorite albums of 2012, an eclectic, rock-heavy selection of discs that were in steady…

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…

Bruce Lamont (Yakuza) announces solo dates and SXSW performances

Yakuza vocalist / multi-instrumentalist Bruce Lamont will perform with a plethora of musicians this month around the Midwest, including appearances at…

Video Premiere: Shining’s “Healter Skelter”

Two years ago, Norway's Shining completed an epic transformation. Led by saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist Jørgen Munkeby, the outfit had moved…

Video: Shining’s “Fisheye”

Two years following the release of Blackjazz, the epic transformation of Norway's Shining into a progressive industrial-metal powerhouse, Jørgen Munkeby…

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…

Q&A: Animals as Leaders

Animals as Leaders: Weightless (Prosthetic, 11/8/11) Animals as Leaders: "Odessa" [audio:https://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Animals_as_Leaders_Odessa.mp3|titles=Animals as Leaders: "Odessa"] In 2009, Animals as Leaders was…

The Metal Examiner: Scale The Summit’s The Collective

Every Friday, The Metal Examiner delves metal's endless depths to present the genre's most important and exciting albums. Scale The…

Kylesa to release Spiral Shadow on Season of Mist

Just a year and a half after Static Tensions, psych-sludge quintet Kylesa will release Spiral Shadow, its fifth full-length album,…

50 Unheralded Albums from 2009

ALARM leaves no genre unloved in our round-up of 50 albums that didn't receive enough attention in 2009.

18 Albums on our Radar in 2009

This year promises to be a great one for music. Isis, The Bad Plus, Mastodon, Dan Deacon, Coalesce, Jerseyband, Converge,…