Video Premiere: Hopewell’s “Needle in the Camel’s Eye” (Brian Eno)
With elements of '70s pop, BDSM, performance art, and casual violence, the video for Hopewell’s cover of Brian Eno’s "Needle…
12 years ago
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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…
12 years ago
Review: Sleep’s Dopesmoker
Since its adulterated release and subsequent reissue, Sleep’s Dopesmoker (also released as Jerusalem) has stood as a monolith of metal.…
13 years ago
MP3 Premiere: Ancestors’ “On the Wind”
On Tuesday, LA-based psych-doom quintet Ancestors topped This Week's Best Albums with the epic In Dreams and Time, and today…
13 years ago
Guest Spots: Ancestors explains the fundamental choice that all bands make
Ancestors: Invisible White EP (Tee Pee, 6/28/11) Ancestors: "Dust" [audio:https://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/02-Dust.mp3|titles=Ancestors: "Dust"] With its latest record, a three-track EP entitled Invisible White,…
13 years ago
Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound: Vintage Psych Rock Honed in Hippie Tradition
Though it's known for its loud, largely improvised live shows, Bay Area psych-rock band Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound focused…
13 years ago
Ancestors: Mythological Prog Metal
Ancestors' tries its hand at "nerdy storytelling music" with Neptune with Fire, chronicling the mythological King Neptune's burden of holding…
13 years ago
Weekly Music News Roundup
It's a rough week for independent music as Touch and Go cuts manufacturing and distribution services for 20 labels, Daptone's…
16 years ago
Weekly Music News Roundup
Amon Tobin makes up half of a new project called Two Fingers; Witch goes on tour with Earthless; Dan Deacon…
16 years ago