November 2, 2018 at 9:00 am
Surfbort’s Dani Miller breaks down the new Gnarcissists EP
Photos and words by Dani Miller of Surfbort. You can keep up with Surfbort on Instagram.
The most genuine banging and clanging ...
October 29, 2018 at 2:32 pm
Death Trax: Lord Fascinator
Death Trax is a mixtape series where people (somewhat obviously) curate music for their own funerals. This week Lord Fascinator shares ...
October 25, 2018 at 9:00 am
Johnny Marr @ Warsaw
Black and white photos by Allen Ying. Color photos by Jingmin Ye.
The Belle Game
Johnny ...
October 22, 2018 at 9:00 am
Death Trax: Den-Mate
Death Trax is a mixtape series where people (somewhat obviously) curate music for their own funerals. This week Den-Mate shares their ...
October 5, 2018 at 12:23 pm
Listen: Fiona Silver “Nightclubbing”
Somewhere inbetween Marina & The Diamonds, Chvrches and Lily Allen is Fiona Silver. Ahead of her upcoming tour dates with Gary ...
September 27, 2018 at 12:13 pm
Photo Diary: Behind the Scenes of Surfbort’s Trashworld
Story by Surfbort, Polaroids by Amanda Adam, Pics by Renee Parkhurst
By all accounts it was a stupid idea: shoot a no budget music ...
September 21, 2018 at 8:43 am
David Byrne @ King’s Theatre
Photos by Jason ...
September 17, 2018 at 9:00 am
Death Trax: Ava East
Death Trax is a new mixtape series where people (somewhat obviously) curate music for their own funerals. This week artist and ...
September 6, 2018 at 9:00 am
Join Alt Citizen!
Photo by Cheryl Georgette.
We’re always looking for people to help out in any shape or form. Below are some of the specific ...
September 5, 2018 at 9:00 am
Lemon Twigs perform with MGMT in Montauk
Lemon Twigs played a special show in Montauk with Will Berman and James Richardson of MGMT on drums and bass.
Photos by Jason ...
August 14, 2018 at 9:00 am
Death trax: Champagne Superchillin’s “tongues, pastis et SPF”
Photo by Noelle Duquette.
Death Trax is a new mixtape series where people (somewhat obviously) curate music for their own funerals. ...
August 10, 2018 at 1:32 pm
Pre-order Issue 7 now
You can now pre-order this issue of the Alt Citizen zine with special guest editor Julian ...
July 24, 2018 at 1:41 pm
David Johansen and Leah Hennessey (of Hennessey) Interview Each Other
photo by Mara Hennessey
In anticipation of their show tomorrow night at Berlin (also the last night of CHILLEMI’s summer ...
July 23, 2018 at 4:27 pm
July 25: David Johansen, Hennessey, CHILLEMI @ Berlin ($25)
On July 25 the legendary David Johansen will headline the final night of CHILLEMI’s residency, with support by Hennessey. Only a few ...
July 23, 2018 at 4:13 pm
Photo Diary: The Mary Vision, CHILLEMI, Justin Dean Thomas @ Berlin
Pics by Sophie Hur from last week’s show at Berlin
The Mary Vision
CHILLEMI
Justin Dean ...
July 9, 2018 at 7:25 pm
July: Summer with CHILLEMI Residency, Every Wednesday @ Berlin, 21+ ($10-$25)
Think Alan Vega style beats over Neil Young guitars. For his upcoming residency at Berlin, CHILLEMI will have a full backing band to ...
July 9, 2018 at 9:00 am
Death trax: Cynthia Alfonso
Play This At My Funeral is a new mixtape series where people (somewhat obviously) curate music for their own funerals. This week ...
July 8, 2018 at 1:25 pm
Jul 25: Cult Citizen Presents Gnarcissists, Den-Mate, and Native Sun @ Elsewhere, FREE
Spend golden hour with Cult Citizen on Wednesday, July 25 with live music from Gnarcissists, Den-Mate, and Native Sun! Doors are at 5 ...
June 18, 2018 at 9:20 am
Death trax: Wisha Kungsanant
Play This At My Funeral is a new mixtape series where people (somewhat obviously) curate music for their own funerals. This ...
June 4, 2018 at 9:00 am
Mixtape: Navy Gangs’ songs for the road
Navy Gangs is on the road and sent in their road trip playlist. Listen to it below and catch them while they’re on tour.
Hey ...
May 28, 2018 at 9:00 am
Play this at my funeral: Jimena García Vázquez
Photo by Zabrina Estrada.
Play This At My Funeral is a new mixtape series where people (somewhat obviously) curate music for their own ...
May 23, 2018 at 8:00 am
Tour diary: On the road with Glove
Find Glove on Bandcamp, Spotify, and Instagram.
My band Glove is a new wave rock n’ roll band hailing from Tampa, Florida and ...
May 14, 2018 at 9:54 am
Play this at my funeral: Josh Salter, Nap Eyes
Artwork by Kiana Green.
Play This At My Funeral is a new mixtape series where people (somewhat obviously) curate music for their own ...
May 7, 2018 at 9:00 am
Play this at my funeral: Matthew Orr
Illustration by Nazar Khamis.
Play This At My Funeral is a new mixtape series where people sort of obviously curate music for their ...
April 6, 2018 at 8:00 am
Interview with the Godather of Persian rock Kourosh Yaghmaei
Interview by Kyle Avallone.
How did you start playing music?
I learned on a Santur, an eastern instrument, that my father bought for ...
April 3, 2018 at 8:00 am
Nightcrawler: Downtown Boys and Olivia Neutron John @ Brooklyn Bazaar
Photos by Luis Lucio, more of his work here.
Downtown Boys
Olivia Neutron ...
March 20, 2018 at 8:00 am
Mixtape: City Kids II
Illustration and playlist by Daniel Shepard.
Ear candy tunes for those 70´s Punk lovers, just the right amount of fast paced ...
January 11, 2018 at 8:00 am
Photo diary: Evil Jesus Band @ Mercury Lounge
Photos by Daggers For Eyes, find her on ...
January 8, 2018 at 8:00 am
Cult Citizen Guestbook: Wooing and UNI @ Elsewhere
Photos by Lissette Emma taken at our last Cult Citizen with Twin Guns, Wooing, and Uni.
Stop by the next one this month on January ...
January 5, 2018 at 8:00 am
Photo diary: Lydia Lunch and Art Gray Noizz Quintet @ Rough Trade
Photos by Daggers For Eyes, find her on Instagram here.
Lydia Lunch
Art Gray Noizz ...
January 4, 2018 at 8:00 am
Watch: Dois “Stromboli”
Text by Cynthia Alfonso who you may recognize as the illustrator behind our brilliant end of year posters. Below is a video that she ...
December 29, 2017 at 8:00 am
Mixtape: City kids
Mixtape and artwork by Daniel Shepard.
These are some songs that I would recommend to anyone but there are people that think punk ...
December 28, 2017 at 8:00 am
Photo diary: Surfbort @ Brooklyn Bazaar
Photos by Daggers For Eyes, find her on Instagram here. These were taken of Surfbort at Jonathan Toubin’s Soul Clap & ...
December 26, 2017 at 11:06 am
Interview: Uni (a benevolent musical cult)
Photos by Luis Lucio. Interview by Tamim Alnuweiri.
Uni are headlining our December Cult Citizen alongside Wooing and Twin Guns. ...
December 21, 2017 at 8:00 am
Photo Diary: Chorizo, Ice Balloons, Slam Section close out 2017 @ Ceremony
Photos by Daggers For Eyes, find her on Instagram here.
Chorizo
Ice Balloons
Slam ...
December 19, 2017 at 8:00 am
Editors’ Picks: Best albums of 2017
Illustration by Cynthia Alfonso, see more of her work here and here.
2017 is almost over—both a blessing and a curse (we all ...
December 14, 2017 at 8:00 am
Photo Diary: Delicate Steve @ Elsewhere
Delicate Steve played last week at Elsewhere.Photos by Daggers For Eyes, find her on ...
December 12, 2017 at 8:00 am
Editors Picks: Best live acts of 2017
Illustration by Cynthia Alfonso, see more of her work here and here.
2017 is almost over—both a blessing and a curse (we all ...
December 10, 2017 at 12:59 pm
Dec 28: Cult Citizen presents: UNI, Wooing, Twin Guns @ Elsewhere Zone One, 8PM ($10)
We’re in love with Brooklyn’s new venue Elsewhere and stoked to bring our Cult Citizen series to Zone 1. Our next show ...
December 9, 2017 at 8:00 am
Photo Diary: Bush Tetras and Shilpa Ray @ The Bell House
Photos of iconic Bush Tetras and universally adored Shilpa Ray last weekend by Daggers For Eyes.
Shilpa Ray
Bush ...
December 8, 2017 at 8:00 am
Photo diary: On the road with Den-Mate
Photo diary by Lauren M Brown, find more of her work here. Check out Den-Mate here and keep up with them on Instagram.
Just as the ...
December 7, 2017 at 3:02 pm
Photo diary: James Chance @ Elsewhere
Photos by Daggers For Eyes, find her on Instagram ...
December 6, 2017 at 8:00 am
Nightcrawler: King Krule at Warsaw
Photos by Luis Lucio, text by Tamim Alnuweiri. Nightcrawler is a series documenting Luis journey through the abyss of an ...
December 5, 2017 at 8:00 am
Editors Picks: Best music videos of 2017
Illustration by Cynthia Alfonso, see more of her work here and here.
2017 is almost over—both a blessing and a curse (we all ...
November 21, 2017 at 8:00 am
Tour Diary: Mean Siders
The DUMP HIM Fall tour was life affirming for this scruffy bunch of goons. For seven days, we adventured down the East Coast to scream ...
November 14, 2017 at 10:39 am
Photo diary: Sloppy Jane, Surfbort, Guantanamo Bay @ Elsewhere
Photos by Daggers For ...
November 9, 2017 at 8:00 am
Video Premiere: AKWUAR “Millions of Same Faces”
Today we’re premiering a music video that I found among the hundreds of cold pitches we receive every week (I promise I try to look ...
November 8, 2017 at 8:30 am
Nov 8: Cult Citizen presents Arrows of Love, Daisy Glaze and Moonwalks @ Baby’s All Right, *1130PM* ($5)
Cult Citizen took a little break but we’re back! November 8th come hang out with Arrows of Love who are coming all the way from ...
November 7, 2017 at 7:51 am
Tour photo diary: Moonwalks
In the fall and winter of 2017, Moonwalks headed out on their European tour. Below are the images of their time on the road. Peep them ...
October 31, 2017 at 8:00 am
Dirty Fences: Five bands we’re into
Dirty Fences are back with their new record Goodbye Love. We asked the band to reflect on some of their favorite up and coming or ...