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ALARM’s 51 Favorite Albums of 2013

Saving the best for last, we've chosen our 51 favorite albums of 2013, pulled from the acclaimed and the unsung…

Q&A: Gotye on weird samples, dream collaborations, and performing a mega-hit

The causeway of hooks, timbres, and samples on Making Mirrors proved that there’s more to Gotye than one hit —…

Concert Photos: Soundgarden @ The Riviera (Chicago), 1/29/13

As we've told you about 846 times, Soundgarden’s 2012 album, King Animal, really is quite good. Photographer Drew Reynolds shares…

Segway out of Hell: Soundgarden stars in Dave Grohl-directed absurdity, “By Crooked Steps”

Apparently, during its 16 years between albums, Soundgarden started moonlighting as a Segway biker gang. Check out the Dave Grohl-directed…

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…

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…

50 Unheralded Albums from 2011

In just one more trip around the sun, another swarm of immensely talented but under-recognized musicians has harnessed its collective…

Record Review: Soundgarden’s Live on I-5

Soundgarden: Live on I-5 (Universal / A&M, 3/22/11) In an interview conducted on A&M Records' Hollywood lot around the release of…

Moses Supposes: BS chart of the weak

Moses Avalon is one of the nation’s leading music-business consultants and artists’-rights advocates and is the author of a top-selling…

Killing Joke: Honoring the Fire

Reunited with its original lineup for the first time since 1982, Killing Joke is back with more than just muscular…

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…