ALARM #28 Fall 2007

Fall 2007 Issue #28

ALARM Magazine #28

Heavy Trash

Mixing rockabilly with punk, the revved-up howlings of Matt Verta-Ray’s Speedball Baby and Jon Spencer’s Blues Explosion form Heavy Trash. The band speaks with author Tom Vale. Photos by Noah Kalina.

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Animal Collective

The band speaks with author Genevieve Koski on experimental forays into psychedelia, noise, folk, and a bucketfull of other elements that have spanned the course of seven albums.

Eugene Hutz of Gogol Bordello

Gogol Bordello

Gogol Bordello founder and vocalist Eugene Hutz speaks with author Matt Fink on the arduous road that has led Hutz from being a refugee of the Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe to creating their fi fth release, Super Taranta.

Marissa Nadler

Marissa Nadler

New England songstress Marissa Nadler tells ALARM’s Kristine Capua about life on the road, channeling emotions through her guitar, and balancing her music with her other interests.

Sam Beam of Iron & Wine

Iron & Wine

Sam Beam’s kids may sleep through his sets, but his lo-fi political folk songs have ALARM’s Kristen Grayewski and fans around the world at full attention.

Music Features

Agnostic Front
Akron/Family
Alamo Race Track
Coalesce
Coliseum
Danzig
Estradasphere
Jenny Hoyston
Les Savy Fav
Mirah
Pinback
Qui
Trencher
Two Gallants

Art Features

Christian Nold
Roz Leibowitz
San Francisco Center for the Book
William Fields

Books & DVDs

The Art of Ill Will: The Story of American Political Cartoons
Black and White and Blue: Adult Cinema from the Victorian Age to the VCR
Check The Technique: Liner Notes for Hip-Hop Junkies
Dumbo: Acts of Vandalism and Stories of Love
Escultura Social: A New Generation of Art from Mexico City
My First Time: A Collection of First Punk Show Stories
Rock The Bells DVD