Interview: Swans crafts “total experience” on double album The Seer
The Seer, the new double album that follows Swans’ productive 2010 reunion and studio return, is a space in which…
12 years ago
Willie Nelson
Mogwai, Yo La Tengo, Thee Oh Sees, and Willie Nelson on Occupy This Album
Mogwai, Yo La Tengo, Thee Oh Sees, Willie Nelson, and 95 others want to represent you 99-percenters. Occupy This Album,…
13 years ago
Guest Spots: The Melvins relive the highlights of the Endless Residency Tour
Melvins: The Bride Screamed Murder (Ipecac, 6/1/10) Melvins: "The Water Glass" [audio:https://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/melvins_thewaterglass.mp3|titles=Melvins: "The Water Glass"] Last year, sludge-rock band the Melvins…
13 years ago
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…
14 years ago
Swans: An Art-Rock Ensemble’s Raw Return to Form
With My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky, songwriter Michael Gira and his influential, experimental Swans…
14 years ago
Posters & Packaging: Dan MacAdam’s Industrial Archetypes
Operating his printing and design practice under the name Crosshair, Dan MacAdam has taken a unique approach to poster art…
14 years ago
William Elliott Whitmore: Poetic Discontent
After three albums that touch on personal topics, the scratchy, soulful material of folk singer and banjo player William Elliott…
14 years ago
Goddammit, Austin: SXSW Recap
A recap of the most exciting, and not so exciting, events of this year's SXSW including some of their favorite…
16 years ago
Q&A: Hum Discusses Chicago Reunion, Lyrical Intentions, and Artistic Integrity
On 12/31/00, dropped-D alt-rockers Hum played their final show in Chicago, appearing with the Flaming Lips at the Metro. Now,…
16 years ago
Weekly Music News Roundup
Pummeling mid-tempo rock icons The Jesus Lizard will briefly reunite; idiosyncratic rapper Busdriver performs live with a jazz band tonight;…
16 years ago
Islands: Indie-Psych-Poppers Grow Up
The former Unicorns l'enfante terrible has grown up over the course of Islands last two records. The most recent, Arm's…
16 years ago