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6 months ago

Live Show Round Up 10/20 – 10/26

Monday: 10/20  Le Poisson Rouge: Lebanon Hanover, Silent EM, Jim E. Brown Everybody who had a goth phase knows Lebanon Hanover. The ...

6 months ago

Listen: Epoxy “CIVILIANS!”

NYC screamo trio Epoxy’s new album CIVILIANS! is out now. Reminiscent of late ’90s and early 2000s emo, Alec Publicover (guitar, ...

6 months ago

COOL KIDS: NATIVE SUN

COOL KIDS #1: NATIVE SUN BY MARISA WHITAKER ★★★★★★★ Welcome to COOL KIDS. I was curious about all these new people I was ...

6 months ago

Live Show Round Up 10/13 – 10/19

Monday: Oct. 13th Baby’s All Right: Alien Boy, Empath  In 2018, I begged my mom to let me see Empath play at a house show. She ...

6 months ago

Live Show Round Up 10/06 -10/12

Monday: Oct. 6th  Night Club 101: Skullcrusher  Ethereal, yearning, indie folk. Skullcrusher’s latest EP Living is dreamy and ...

6 months ago

Live Show Round Up 9/29 – 10/05

Monday Sept. 29th:  Elsewhere: Junglepussy, DJ Cowriiie Misguided Spirits is out here performing utilitarian acts of service. ...

7 months ago

Live Show Round Up 9/22 – 9/28

Mon. Sept 22nd:  TV EYE: Nihilistic Easyrider, On Being an Angel, Dream Fatigue Nihilistic Easyrider’s new album DELUXE EDITION ...

7 months ago

Listen: Down & Outs “HALF-LOVE”

Listen to New York based indie-rock trio The Down & Outs new release HALF-LOVE. The pop-centric single is just one of the songs ...

7 months ago

Live Show Round Up 9/15 – 9/21

Monday Sept. 15th:  Night Club 101: Ada Lea, Molly Murphy  Ada Lea’s newest album is titled “when i paint my masterpiece.” ...

7 months ago

A LETTER FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Hi, been a minute 🙂 Working on AC15 has sent me down memory lane and I have been reconnecting with many old friends. Recently ...

7 months ago

Live Show Round Up 9/08 – 9/14

Monday Sept. 8th:  Central Park SummerStage: Rilo Kiley Rilo Kiley closes their run of NYC shows at SummerStage this Monday. ...

7 months ago

Live Show Round Up 9/01 – 9/07

Monday: 9/01  MetLife Stadium: Oasis, Cage the Elephant Call me basic, but I love Oasis. I wish I had $250 to drop on a nosebleed ...

8 months ago

Listen: Truman Flyer “True Love”

Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Truman Flyer has released her debut solo single, “True Love.” The glittering and eloquently ...

8 months ago

Live Show Round Up 8/25 – 8/31

Rough Trade Below: Greg Freeman Performance + Signing  Following his critically acclaimed debut I Looked Out, Burlington based ...

8 months ago

Live Show Round Up 8/18 – 8/24

Monday August 18th: Gold Sounds: What Counts, Self Interest, The Tarrys, Comeuppance Cut a sour Monday with hardcore: Bored Friends ...

8 months ago

AC15 THE LIVE SHOW SERIES

In celebration of our 15th anniversary, we are hosting back to back shows throughout the week of 9/9 to 9/14 in music venues across ...

8 months ago

AC15 THE STORY OF US

Music Discovery is Everything. For 15 years, ALT CITIZEN, the independent music publication, live show promoter, and zine, has been a ...

8 months ago

Watch: Pisha “Who You Really Are”

Words by Marisa Whitaker, Photo by Nico Daniels and photo edited by Hamish McCallion Oklahoma-bred and Brooklyn-based electro-pop ...

8 months ago

Live Show Update 8/11-8/17

Monday August 11th:  Elsewhere: voyeur, Holidays in United States, Chanel Beads (DJ), Cina (DJ) NYC’s beloved Sonic Youth ...

8 months ago

Live Show Round Up 8/04 – 8/10

Monday August 4th:  Night Club 101: Lust Orchid, waaxgiirl, Blums, Paris Archives  I have Lust Orchid’s song White Knuckle Tight ...

9 months ago

Live Show Round Up 7/28 – 8/03

Monday July 28th: Beacon Theater: Yeah Yeahs Yeahs, Grace Berge Heads will roll Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday night throughout ...

9 months ago

Live Show Round Up 7/21 – 7/27

Monday July 21st:  Our Wicked Lady: ***Special Guests*** After ten years, Our Wicked Lady is closing its doors. A big thank you to ...

9 months ago

Live Show Round Up 7/14 – 7/20

Monday July 14th:  Trans Pecos: Stalled, Plastic, Dream Network Drench Monday in a pool of distortion, reverb, and delay. ...

9 months ago

Live Show Round Up 7/07 – 7/13

  Monday July 7th:  The Broadway: Rat Palace w/ Pat Faking and Browsing  Rat Palace’s album Dust Free Home is “post punk ...

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10 months ago

Listen: LYNSEY “Worse”

Photo by dancefloormurder LA-born and NYC-bred rock band LYNSEY released its first single, “Worse – demo,” on June 15.  The ...

10 months ago

Watch: Suzy Clue “Uneasy”

London and New York City-based singer Suzy Clue provides early 2000s-tinged goth-punk restlessness on her new single, ...

10 months ago

Listen: scared ‘I’m Your Dog’

“Well all I do is bark and whine, when you’re gone. I’m your dog” sings scared vocalist Ada Chen on her premiere ...