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…
Phantogram: Nightlife (Barsuk, 11/1/11) Phantogram: "Don't Move" [audio:http://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/02-Dont-Move.mp3|titles=Phantogram: "Don't Move"] A few years ago, Josh Carter and Sarah Barthel took…
Dub Trio: IV (ROIR, 10/25/11) Dub Trio: "Control Issues Controlling Your Mind" [audio:http://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Dub_Trio_Control_Issues_Controlling_Your_Mind.mp3|titles=Dub Trio: "Control Issues Controlling Your Mind"] Since…
Serengeti: Family and Friends (Anticon, 7/19/11) Serengeti: "Ha-Ha" (f. Otouto) [audio:http://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/04_Ha-Ha.mp3|titles=Serengeti: "Ha-Ha" (f. Otouto)] In July, Chicago local David Cohn,…
Boom Bip: Zig Zaj (Lex, 9/27/11) Boom Bip: "All Hands" [audio:http://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Boom_Bip_All_Hands.mp3|titles=Boom Bip: "All Hands"] Ever since his loop-based beginnings, Bryan…
Dead Rider: The Raw Dents (Tizona, 5/23/11) Dead Rider: "Mother's Meat" [audio:http://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/dead_rider-mothersmeat.mp3|titles=Dead Rider: "Mother's Meat"] In 2009, Chicago-based rock group…
Esmerine: La Lechuza (Constellation, 6/7/11) Esmerine: "A Dog River" [audio:http://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Esmerine_A_Dog_River.mp3|titles=Esmerine: "A Dog River"] Cello/percussion twosome Becky Foon and Bruce Cawdron, of…
Bloodiest: Descent (Relapse, 3/29/11) Bloodiest: "Pastures" [audio:http://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bloodiest_Pastures.mp3|titles=Bloodiest: "Pastures"] In structure and sound, Chicago post-metal septet Bloodiest is a vast and…
Other Lives: Tamer Animals (TBD, 5/10/11) Other Lives: "For 12" [audio:http://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Other_Lives_For_12.mp3|titles=Other Lives: "For 12"] Within the relaxed confines of Stillwater,…
A Lull: Confetti (Mush, 4/12/11) A Lull: "Some Love" [audio:http://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/03_SomeLove1.mp3|titles=A Lull: "Some Love"] Since its formation in 2008, indie electronic…
Spindrift: Classic Soundtracks Vol. 1 (Xemu, 5/10/11) Spindrift: "Theme From Confusion Range" [audio:http://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/04-Theme-from-Confusion-Range.mp3|titles=Spindrift: "Theme from Confusion Range"] Mixing influences from…
Alarm Will Sound: 1969 By the end of the 1960s, The Beatles had been absent from any kind of live…