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Best Albums: Rodrigo y Gabriela, Pixies, Eyvind Kang / John Zorn, Damon Albarn, Floor, Wovenhand

Rodrigo y Gabriela: 9 Dead Alive Pixies: Indie Cindy Eyvind Kang / John Zorn: Alastor: The Book of Angels, Vol.…

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…

Review: Torche’s Harmonicraft

There’s no actual rule saying that heavy bands have to dilute their heaviness when they indulge in melody -- or,…

This Week’s Best Single: MonstrO’s Anchors Up!

MonstrO: Anchors Up! (Limited|Fanfare, 9/20/11) MonstrO is a newly formed hard-rock quartet featuring a melange of experienced heavyweights: drummer Bevan…

Dälek: Hip-Hop Duo’s Dissonant Defiance

Newark, New Jersey-based hip-hop duo Dälek crisscrosses sub-genres with abandon, unafraid to broach controversial topics in its music.

Big Business to release new EP and tour US with Torche, Helms Alee, Thrones

Sludge-metal band Big Business will release an EP entitled Quadruple Single on 7/26 via Gold Metal Records. Prior to its release,…

100 Unheralded Albums from 2010

Among the thousands of under-appreciated or under-publicized albums that were released in 2010, hundreds became our favorites and were presented…

Morrow vs. Hajduch: Bongripper’s Satan Worshipping Doom

Scott Morrow is ALARM's music editor. Patrick Hajduch is a very important lawyer. Each week they debate the merits of…

Contest: Win tickets to Riot Fest 2010 at the Congress

ALARM has two pairs of tickets to give away for the Congress Theater dates (Oct. 8 & 9) of Riot…

Kylesa to release Spiral Shadow on Season of Mist

Just a year and a half after Static Tensions, psych-sludge quintet Kylesa will release Spiral Shadow, its fifth full-length album,…

ALARM’s Top 10 Albums of 2008

Our list of favorites from last year includes devastating dub metal, organ-fueled psychedelic grind, a re-released classic-rock gem from nearly…

Weekly Music News Roundup

Details emerge about new albums from Isis, Tortoise, Akron/Family, and Stinking Lizaveta; Zu announces some dates for a world tour…