Posts Tagged ‘Genghis Tron’
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
It’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…)
Tags: Adam McGrath, Al Cisneros, Anticon, Asthmatic Kitty, ATP, Brian Cook, Cave In, Converge, Dale Crover, Epitaph, Fuck Buttons, Genghis Tron, JR Conners, Kurt Ballou, Melvins, Metallica, Mookie Singerman, Neurosis, Neurot, Om, OOIOO, Russian Circles, Saint Vitus, Scott "Wino" Weinrich, Scott Kelly, Shrinebuilder, Stephen Brodsky, Steve Von Till, Sufjan Stevens, Suicide Squeeze, Temporary Residence, The Black Heart Procession, Themselves, These Arms are Snakes, Thrill Jockey
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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…)
Tags: Adam Drucker, Alan Moore, Andrew Broder, Beastie Boys, Converge, Doseone, Dysrhythmia, Eyedea & Abilities, Fog, Genghis Tron, Jay Bennett, Justin Broadrick, Lex, Mike Patton, Nico Muhly, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Phonogetic Records, Rhymesayers, Rodriguez Lopez Productions, Season of Mist, Sigur Ros, The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Mars Volta, Tortoise, Wilco, Zechs Marquise
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Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
Element 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…)
Tags: Anticon, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Boards of Canada, cLOUDDEAD, David Madson, Dose One, Dosh, Genghis Tron, Mike Patton, Odd Nosdam, Sage Francis, Sole, The Notwist, Why?
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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…)
Tags: Amon Tobin, An Albatross, Duane Denison, Femi Kuti, Genghis Tron, John Stanier, Luis Bacalov, Matt Ulery, Mike Patton, Phosphorescent, Secret Chiefs 3, Subtle, Tomahawk, Trey Spruance
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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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Tags: Alias, Andrew Bird, Anticon, Buck 65, Burnt by the Sun, Doseone, Dosh, Ennio Morricone, Femi Kuti, Genghis Tron, Jel, Lymbyc Systym, Nick Cave, Nine Inch Nails, Odd Nosdam, Powersolo, Sole, Themselves, Tim Fite, Why?, William Elliot Whitmore, Zombi
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Friday, October 17th, 2008
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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Tags: Against Me!, An Albatross, Cannibal Ox, DMBQ, Genghis Tron, Man Man, Pit er Pat, Qwel, Royal Trux, RTX, Ted Leo, Tim Fite, Vast Aire
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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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Tags: Anticon, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Dillinger Four, Dntel, Fat Wreck Chords, Genghis Tron, Ipecac, Isis, Lovepump United, MoHa!, Relapse, Revelation, Rune Grammofon, Shai Hulud, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Tobacco
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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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Tags: Awesome Albums, Daedelus, Eluvium, Estradasphere, FatCat, Genghis Tron, God of Shamisen, Justin Broadrick, Lymbyc Systym, Magic Bullet, Matador, Mogwai, Mush, Relapse, Reptile, Rob Crow, Steve Moore, Temporary Residence, Ten Kens, The Album Leaf, The One AM Radio, This Will Destroy You
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