Steve Albini

Studio Visit: Key Club Recording Company

Benton Harbor, Michigan, isn’t the first town that comes to mind for music recording. Yet the small community is home…

MP3 Premiere: Rock cellist Helen Money’s “Shrapnel,” featuring Jason Roeder of Sleep

Rock cellist Helen Money’s new album, Arriving Angels, contains raw, emotion-filled songs. "Shrapnel," her new single, is a slow burn…

Review: Neurosis’s Honor Found in Decay

Twenty-five years after the influential sludge- and post-metal band issued its first LP, Neurosis remains as stark and dichotomous as…

This Week’s Best Single: Trash Talk’s Awake

Trash Talk: Awake (True Panther, 10/11/11) Trash Talk: "Awake" Most bands are content to squeeze a couple of songs onto…

Trash Talk: Living Hardcore at Breakneck Speed

In 2008, Sacramento-based hardcore band Trash Talk recorded an album with legendary producer Steven Albini. That record, a self-titled, 12-song,…

Scout Niblett: Raw Minimalism

Crossing the lines of minimalist performer and powerhouse artist, Scout Niblett is one of the strongest voices to emerge in…

Om: Spiritual Work and Colossal Vibrations

Om, the intense, hypnotic bass-and-drum duo that bassist Al Cisneros founded with drummer Chris Haikus in 2003, has been reinventing…

Dysrhythmia: Hyperactive Technicality

Strip down, way down, the layers of the moody energy of Brooklyn post-rock metal trio Dysrhythmia’s fifth album, Psychic Maps,…

CHIPUBLIB “Sound Off” Music Contest. ALARM’s Chris Force on Judges Panel

Love Chicago? Why not sing about it? The Chicago Public Library has announced the "Sound Off" Music Competition, where local…

Public Works Opens at Andrew Rafacz Gallery

Graphic designers Someoddpilot, Struggle Inc., Demo, Ohio Girl take the Andrew Rafacz Gallery by storm. These hometown heroes have been…

Weekly Music News Roundup

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

Q&A: Jazz/Rock Guitarist Dave Miller on the Connotations of Experimentation

With more musical projects than fingers, Chicago guitarist Dave Miller has his hands fully immersed in jazz, rock, psychedelic, noise,…