Serengeti and Polyphonic sign to Anticon; Isis, Tera Melos, and The Dead Kenny Gs announce tour dates; a release date is announced for the Bygones album; Ben Folds goes a cappella; Bastard Noise releases a five-disc CD set. This and more in the roundup… (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘Faith No More’
Weekly Music News Roundup
Friday, April 3rd, 2009Weekly Music News Roundup
Friday, March 27th, 2009Over the past week, we caught news of a mini Soundgarden/TAD live jam, a new Kayo Dot album, a new/streaming Trash Talk EP, another Mars Volta album, another Zach Hill project, and a release date for the new Tortoise album. Read about this and more after the jump. (more…)
Weekly Music News Roundup
Friday, February 27th, 2009The long-rumored Faith No More reunion has been confirmed (!!!). Vocal heavyweight Mike Patton keeps busy with a feature-film soundtrack, MF Doom drops half his name and a new album, Dengue Fever provides accompaniment to The Lost World, hip-hop duo Themselves returns, and much more. (more…)
This Week’s Best Albums
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009
Zu: Carboniferous
As Italian sludge-jazz trio Zu heads in a heavier direction with its Ipecac debut, raspy folk crooner William Elliot Whitmore accents his banjo-based tunes with extra instrumentation. Irepress gets epic, Tombs doles out punishment, and Odd Nosdam goes skateboarding. (more…)
This Week’s Best Albums
Tuesday, February 10th, 2009
Madlib: Beat Konducta, Vol. 5-6
Family is the word this week as Madlib pays tribute to his musical brother J Dilla, Dex Romweber puts out a new disc with his sister, and identical twins Alex and Nels Cline each release a solo album. (more…)
AlarmPress.com’s 12 Favorite Posts of 2008
Monday, January 5th, 2009As we enter 2009, here is a look back at our favorite posts from last year — including Q&As and interviews with Tuareg freedom singers, Japanese-infused prog metallists, and a regretful folk rapper as well as columns, top-ten lists, Lollapalooza coverage, and our DIY venue spotlight. (more…)
The Top 10 Songs by Faith No More
Monday, November 10th, 2008
Faith No More didn’t revolutionize the rock landscape, but for much of its tenure, its members created some of the genre’s best mainstream songs while courting radio success. Along the way, Mike Patton and crew peppered other styles into their expanding repertoire, wedging lounge sounds, incoherent squeals, and even an angelic choir into songs that ran alongside pummeling rock tunes.
