The persistent rumours were true, after all: the Alarm’s frontman, Mike Peters, source of much of their passionate, crusading musical style, is no longer a member of the band. The news was confirmed to us just before we went to press by Alarm guitarist Dave Sharp, who was taking time out from preparing for gigs to launch his excellent new solo album, “Hard Travellin’ “. “Mike has definitely left the [read more]

From Rolling Stone Online (June 14th, 2006) The Alarm End Fifteen-Year Hiatus Ending a fifteen-year hiatus, U.K. post-punks the ALARM drop their new album stateside on June 13th and perform a one-off gig on July 12th at New York’s Bowery Ballroom. The band hopes to embark on a full U.S. tour in support of Under Attack — which refers in part to frontman MIKE PETERS’ decade-long battle with leukemia — [read more]

I think the people at King Biscuit would like this record to be cited as "King Biscuit: The Alarm", as if King Biscuit is such an enduring emblem of musical quality that it becomes the artist of these recordings, as if thinking people the world over are endeavoring to keep their King Biscuit collections complete, caring little whether the next installment features the Waitresses or Uriah Heap, just thrilled to [read more]