The air conditioner's blasting. The lights start flicking, And worst of all, your record player dips from 33rpm to 25rpm. That's right, you've got the Brown Out Blues. Fortunately this week's Sound the Alarm has assembled some Brown Out Blues.

The guitar, the git-box, the Axe! Host Elliot Stapleton tips his hat to all the six-stringed samurais out there who continually reinvent this amazing instrument with tracks by Bill Orcutt, Derek Bailey, Loren Conners, David Grubbs, and more.

Kawabata Makoto, leader of Acid Mothers Temple from Japan, spoke with host Elliot Stapleton before his show at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn, NY on April 12, 2011. Among the revelations: in his eyes he is simply playing "old school rock n' roll."

Clint Simonson's De Stijl records has been releasing some of the most strange and amazing records that you've never heard. The label is "Dedicated to Unearthing Primo Basement Arcana," releasing both new groups from around the globe and as well as re

Taylor Deupree has been making arrestingly beautiful electronic music for over fifteen years. With his beginnings in dance-oriented techno, Deupree now produces a brand of ambient, electro-acoustic composition with a focus on minimalism and micro-sou