Posts Tagged ‘Genghis Tron’

This Week’s Best Albums

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

converge_axe_to_fall_smallIt’s an outstanding week for heavy music.  Unconventional Boston hardcore quartet Converge adds to its eminent catalog with a heaping dose of full-throttle thrash metal, resulting in an album that might be its best to date.

Instrumental rock trio Russian Circles showcases a maturity through complete creations — songs that equally call upon sheer beauty, ascending tension, and caustic force.  And heavy-psych super group Shrinebuilder channels cyclical riffs, swirling effects, and meditative breakdowns. (more…)

Weekly Music News Roundup

Friday, May 29th, 2009

Holy collaboration — Mike Patton and Justin Broadrick are contributing to a score by Fog’s Andrew Broder and Adam “Doseone” Drucker for a semi-autobiographical “photographic novel” by Alan Moore.  Whoa.

In other news, The Dillinger Escape Plan has signed to Season of Mist, Eyedea & Abilities has a new album, two Rodriguez-Lopez brothers (not Omar) are releasing a debut full-length, and Múm will release a new disc in August.  This and more is in the roundup. (more…)

Feature: Odd Nosdam Modifies Signature Sound for Skateboarding Video

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

Odd NosdamElement Skateboards and Odd Nosdam strayed from the norm with the skateboarding video This is My Element, featuring instrumental hip hop that takes into account the skaters’ tricks, nuances, and personality, resulting in a mesmerizing accompaniment. (more…)

Ten Random Songs from the iPod of Online Editor Scott Morrow

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

Begrudgingly, online editor Scott Morrow has joined this decade with the purchase (not by him, mind you) of his first iPod.  To celebrate this sign of the end times, here are 10 random songs from his newfangled contraption. (more…)

Weekly Music News Roundup

Friday, November 21st, 2008


Femi Kuti confirms US tour dates, Ennio Morricone will write music for Quentin Tarantino, and we have previews for new albums by Andrew Bird, Burnt by the Sun, William Elliot Whitmore, and Powersolo. Read on.

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What We’re Doing This Weekend

Friday, October 17th, 2008
Tim Fite

Tim Fite

There’s a lot of excellent bands coming through Chicago this weekend, and the ALARM editors will be seeing the likes of Tim Fite, An Albatross, Man Man, and Genghis Tron…when one of said editors isn’t attending his 10-year high-school reunion.

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This Week’s Best Albums

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

With a dreamy, spacey hip-hop trip for synth lovers, Tobacco (of Black Moth Super Rainbow) tops this week’s picks with his solo debut, Fucked Up Friends (cover shown left). Dillinger Four, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Genghis Tron, MoHa! and more make the cut.

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Awesome Albums Out This Week (9-23-08)

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

Mogwais aren’t the only mythical beings in this week’s list of awesome albums. Check out five rad releases that involve hawks, batcats, gods, and dragons.

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