In the pages of ALARM 34, you will find scientists who moonlight as musicians and musicians who dabble in science; reports on the newest faces in the tour van as well as "lifers” with decades of music in their wake and no sign of slowing down; bands that sparkle in the limelight, and others that would prefer to remain unseen; instruments made out of boxes, rock tours that run on vegetable oil, and concerts enjoyed everywhere from the smallest of basements to the largest venues in the world.