Best Albums: Chino + Isis, Taiwanese symphonic metal, and a polymath poet
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12 years ago
The Mars Volta
Something witchy this way comes: Psychic Temple’s “Seventh House” video
Following his original Psychic Temple creation, composer and multi-instrumentalist Chris Schlarb has united another outrageous selection of talent for Psychic…
12 years ago
4 albums to stream (Integrity, Deafheaven & more)
Need a dose of new tunes? Click onward to hear four excellent upcoming albums.
12 years ago
Bosnian Rainbows traverses the world in six minutes in video for “Turtle Neck”
Omar Rodriguez Lopez has bounced back from The Mars Volta’s breakup with Bosnian Rainbows, which releases its first album June…
12 years ago
RIP Storm Thorgerson, master of the album cover
Storm Thorgerson, famed album artist and childhood friend of Pink Floyd, has died following a battle with cancer.
12 years ago
Raging solos, Bonham-esque beats, and white-robe canvases in Life Coach’s “Fireball” video
Now a duo with guitarist Phil Manley (Trans Am, The Fucking Champs) and drummer Jon Theodore (ex-The Mars Volta), Life…
12 years ago
Video: A lingering connection in Free Moral Agents’ “Chaine Infinie”
Speaking to a relationship that lives on despite its seeming conclusion, the smoky, bare-bones, black-and-white video for Free Moral Agents’…
12 years ago
Mars Volta cover artist Jeff Jordan on fame, animals, and the word “legendary”
Painter Jeff Jordan did some of The Mars Volta’s better covers, including Bedlam in Goliath and Octahedron, and he became…
12 years ago
MP3 Premiere: Hudson Mohawke’s remix of “Ageless” by Free Moral Agents
Condensing its original eight-minute running time into a little over two, Hudson Mohawke’s remix of Free Moral Agents’ "Ageless" is…
12 years ago
Cedric Bixler Zavala leaves The Mars Volta, calls hiatus “an insult”
On January 23, Cedric Bixler Zavala took to Twitter to announce that he was leaving The Mars Volta due to…
12 years ago
ALARM’s 50 (+5) Favorite Songs of 2012
Last month ALARM presented its 50 favorite albums of 2012, an eclectic, rock-heavy selection of discs that were in steady…
12 years ago
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