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Beats & Rhymes: Shabazz Palaces’ Black Up

Every other week, Beats & Rhymes highlights a new and notable hip-hop, rap, DJ, or electronic record that embraces independent…

Obits: Nonchalant Rock ‘n’ Roll

Chicago-based Obits has an impressive pedigree (Hot Snakes, Drive Like Jehu), but these days its members are just playing to…

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: 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…

Obits to release Moody, Standard and Poor 3/29/11

Garage-rock band Obits will release its second album, Moody, Standard and Poor, on March 29, 2011 on Sub Pop. Named…

Avi Buffalo: Rock Prodigies’ Trial by Fire

Avi Zahner-Isenberg traded in his skateboard for a guitar at age 12. A short eight years later, his band, Avi…

Iron and Wine optimistic of future and new album

Sam Beam, aka Iron and Wine, has been making quiet sound glorious since his 2002 Sub Pop debut The Creek…