Record Review

Record Review: Horseback’s The Gorgon Tongue: Impale Golden Horn + Forbidden Planet

Horseback: The Gorgon Tongue: Impale Golden Horn + Forbidden Planet (Relapse, 5/10/11) Horseback: "The Golden Horn" [audio:http://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/The-Golden-Horn.mp3|titles=Horseback: "The Golden Horn"]…

Record Review: Low’s C’mon

Low: C'mon (Sub Pop, 4/12/11) Low: "Try to Sleep" [audio:http://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/8631.mp3|titles=Low: "Try to Sleep"] After more than 15 years of stringing…

Record Review: Young Widows’ In and Out of Youth and Lightness

Young Widows: In and Out of Youth and Lightness (Temporary Residence, 4/12/11) Young Widows: "In and Out of Lightness" [audio:http://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Young_Widows_In_and_Out_of_Lightness.mp3|titles=Young…

Record Review: Wye Oak’s Civilian

Wye Oak: Civilian (Merge, 3/8/11) Wye Oak: "Civilian" [audio:http://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/wye_oak_civilian.mp3|titles=Wye Oak: "Civilian"] Since its debut album in 2008, Baltimore indie duo…

Record Review: Obits’ Moody, Standard and Poor

Obits: Moody, Standard and Poor (Sub Pop, 3/29/11) Obits: "Shift Operator" [audio:http://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/8676.mp3|titles=Obits: "Shift Operator"] Few bands have had their first…

Record Review: Kurt Vile’s Smoke Ring For My Halo

Kurt Vile: Smoke Ring For My Halo (Matador, 3/8/11) Kurt Vile: "Baby's Arms" [audio:http://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/KurtVile-BabysArms.mp3|titles=Kurt Vile "Baby's Arms"] During the few…

Record Review: Ghostly International’s SMM: Context

V/A: SMM: Context (Ghostly International, 3/1/11) Christina Vantzou: "11 Generations of My Fathers" [audio:http://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/11-Generations-Of-My-Fathers.mp3|titles=Christina Vantzou: "Generations Of My Fathers"] In…

Record Review: Parts & Labor’s Constant Future

Parts & Labor: Constant Future (Jagjaguwar, 3/8/11) Parts & Labor: "Constant Future" [audio:http://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/constantfuture.mp3|titles=Parts & Labor: "Constant Future"] In 20 years,…

Record Review: Earth’s Angels Of Darkness, Demons Of Light Vol. 1

Earth: Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light Vol. 1 (Southern Lord, 2/22/11) Earth: "Father Midnight" [audio:http://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/20110113_specialmusic_earth.mp3|titles=Earth: "Father Midnight"] Dylan Carlson's…

Record Review: Thank You’s Golden Worry

Thank You: Golden Worry (Thrill Jockey, 1/25/11) Thank You: "1-2-3 Bad" [audio:http://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/01-1-2-3-Bad.mp3|titles=Thank You: "1-2-3 Bad"] Thank You's third album, Golden…

Record Review: Zs’ New Slaves Part II: Essence Implosion!

Zs: New Slaves Part II: Essence Implosion! (The Social Registry, 1/25/11) Zs: "AcresRMX" (Gabe Andruzzi Remix) [audio:http://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/acresrmxgabeandruzzi.mp3|titles=Zs: "AcresRMX" (Gabe Andruzzi…

Record Review: Deerhoof’s Deerhoof vs. Evil

Deerhoof: Deerhoof vs. Evil (Polyvinyl, 1/25/11) Deerhoof: "Merry Barracks" [audio:http://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/03-The-Merry-Barracks.mp3|titles=Deerhoof: "The Merry Barracks"] It’s so easy to get caught up…