May 6, 2020 at 12:00 pm
No more regrets with Tall Juan’s ‘Don’t Come’
With all this time to self reflect, to look at yourself in the mirror, it’s a pretty popular moment for everyone to reassess ...
May 1, 2020 at 12:00 pm
Hennessey’s back like old Manhattan synth-pop never left
Photo by Mike Martinez
Leah Hennessey has done and seems to constantly be doing it all. Playwriting, acting in said written plays, ...
April 16, 2020 at 12:00 pm
Pop was never trash
Pop’s popular for a reason, and while we’re all for promoting bands we love that might not be plastered on billboards in Times ...
April 9, 2020 at 12:00 pm
The Lazy Eyes lean into nostalgia and play up a jazz education on ‘Tangerine’
It can be a trap to throw yourself into a certain sound that’s supposedly been done before, again and again. With their lo-fi ...
March 10, 2020 at 12:00 pm
Listen: Model/Actriz’s sensual, apocalyptic single “Suntan”
Photo by Mikaela Lungulov-Klotz
Model/Actriz can pump you up in such a specifically grimy loud way. It’s industrial, metallic, ...
March 5, 2020 at 12:00 pm
Late bloomers THICK put out ‘5 Years Behind’ tomorrow
THICK’s been laying low, at least from an outside point of view, for the last couple of months after their signing with Epitaph. ...
March 4, 2020 at 12:00 pm
Listen: Bipolar’s 1-(800)-CALL-ICE manic EP
Photos By Julia Khoroshilov
If I were to assign a neurological disorder to Bipolar’s tape it wouldn’t be bipolar ...
March 2, 2020 at 12:00 pm
Calculatedly manic with Mush
A recent fan myself, it seems that Mush takes every opportunity to claim that they’re just another white dude guitar band with a ...
February 24, 2020 at 12:00 pm
Bambara brings Southern Gothic to Brooklyn and beyond with ‘Stray’
Photos by Lucy Blumenfield. Find more of her work here.
One week ago Bambara released Stray, their full length fully Southern ...
February 10, 2020 at 12:00 pm
Taking shots with Bethlehem Steel: Altered States S1 E3
While getting ready to shoot this, we were playing Bethlehem Steel music videos on YouTube. We liked them ok. They were cool enough, ...
January 29, 2020 at 12:00 pm
Taking shots with Miranda and the Beat: Altered States S1 E2
If you’re most likely to, take a shot… Miranda and the Beat took that prompt super-seriously, nearly wiping out the ...
January 22, 2020 at 12:00 pm
Modern Vices: a few of our favorite things
Nostalgia’s cycle is typically about 20 years. In the early ’90s growing up, bell-bottoms were it and everyone dressed up ...
January 20, 2020 at 12:00 pm
Watch: Max Leone debuts with a delicately filthy “First Grade”
I’m a real sucker for a moody pop song that holds and releases tension so precariously, like a hammock waiting to spill gallons ...
January 15, 2020 at 12:00 pm
Alt Citizen Presents Night 3 of Kate Clover’s LA Residency
Kate Clover’s “Funnel of Love” gives off major summertime beach vibes with that classic drum beat that woke everyone ...
January 13, 2020 at 12:00 pm
Taking shots with THICK: Altered States S1 E1
THICK is one of Brooklyn’s best party bands guaranteed to deliver a set you’ll remember for years to come – maybe ...
December 10, 2019 at 12:00 pm
Liza Anne: Aquarius sun, Scorpio moon, Libra rising
Liza Anne has always nudged her way to the front of the sea of other arguably equally as talented musicians for one main reason ...
December 9, 2019 at 12:00 pm
GRLwood’s moved on from sarcasm since ‘Daddy’
GRLwood are the loudest, sweetest, weirdest, most talented, and also did I say sweetest? thing to come out of Louisville. Karen and ...
December 4, 2019 at 12:00 pm
Bambara want you to know that you’re gonna die someday, so f*ck it — listen to “Sing Me to the Street”
In a body to body-to-body packed show at St. Vitus a couple of weeks back Bambara played a very loud show, very close to the dense ...
December 3, 2019 at 12:00 pm
Hinds are back with the most Hinds video possible: watch “Riding Solo”
Photo by Andrea Savall
Hinds has always been really spectacular at knowing what Hinds fans want from Hinds. Hinds is a feeling or a ...
September 27, 2019 at 12:03 pm
Kirsten Izer’s ‘One Year’ meanders through it all
There’s a balance between storytelling and poetry when it comes to writing lyrics to a song. It’s not the same thing, ...
September 27, 2019 at 9:00 am
Girl Band becomes a creepy screaming mansion for ‘The Talkies’
Since the beginning of Girl Band, these guys have been eerily spectacular at creating worlds within their own universe in each of ...
September 20, 2019 at 9:00 am
Twen’s serious about having fun: ‘Awestruck’ out now
Photos by Julia Khoroshilov. Find more of her work here.
It’s usually pretty apparent what a band’s off-stage life ...
August 23, 2019 at 9:00 am
Sheer Mag’s exactly the same but totally different on ‘A Distant Call’
Sheer Mag’s sound is one that you don’t really want tampered with. You want more from them, but as a fan, you worry how ...
August 16, 2019 at 10:00 am
Premiere: Twin Peaks and Post Animal combine magic powers on acid as Column
Photo by Tim Nagle
Chicago bands seem to know each other and connect with each other in a way that doesn’t organically happen ...
July 18, 2019 at 2:00 pm
No guilt in Dräger’s guilty pleasure: listen to his new single, “Wolf”
“I don’t wanna be a sucker/But sometimes I am,” a relatable opening line for a song that’s comfortably 80s in its synth sounds ...
July 12, 2019 at 9:00 am
I missed out on Miss June and I’m really sad about it
I’d left my camera at home and had to run around in the rain to snatch it up, making me late for another interview and also kind ...
July 9, 2019 at 9:00 am
This Week: Muddguts Presents #5
Everyone’s favorite ~kinda-smelly-but-hot-artboi~ gallery turned record label turned concert booker, Muddguts, is back with ...
June 19, 2019 at 9:00 am
Watch: Charly Bliss toys with time in “Young Enough” and I can’t stop thinking about it
It’s been about a week or so since Charly Bliss released the first video since their new album Young Enough has been in our ...
June 14, 2019 at 9:00 am
Very to-the-point “Small Talk” and stained laundry with Briston Maroney
There’s something about straightforwardness in Briston Maroney’s new single “Small Talk” off of the new EP ...
June 12, 2019 at 9:00 am
Watch: Girl Band’s “Shoulderblades” is euphoric in an impossible way
It’s been four years since Girl Band put out their debut album Holding Hands with Jamie, and if the single ...
May 31, 2019 at 9:00 am
Listen: Kills Birds “Ow” is a slimy-gorgeous banger
Kills Birds may have started as a secret but these days there’s no missing the fact that they’re something else. Their new ...
May 8, 2019 at 12:00 pm
Premiere: Watch The Ehems “Eh Eh Hem”
Art is a process that often doesn’t have a planned path. When you let things happen as they come to you, in the moment – when ...
April 17, 2019 at 9:00 am
Premiere: Goodbye Honolulu sets their own little world on fire in video for new single “U Got It”
Goodbye Honolulu is one of those bands that you’re like “dang, I wanna party with these gents.” This makes all the ...
April 15, 2019 at 9:00 am
April 16: Priests @ Elsewhere
photo by Drew Hagelin
Seems like this past weekend was the weekend where all of a sudden there are tons of people walking around ...
April 12, 2019 at 9:00 am
Premiere: The Pinheads’ “Feel It Now” video makes your gut bubble with that SXSW excitement all over again
There’s no doubt that some of the most fun punk/garage/rock n’ roll/whatever-you-want-to-call-it music we’re hearing these days ...
March 27, 2019 at 9:00 am
Watch: twompsax’s “eight”
At under a minute long, “eight” by twompsax is catchy as heck. You could put it on a repeating loop and maybe go a little crazy ...
March 19, 2019 at 9:00 am
Midwest transplants Bad Bad Hats are proof that good people will do good shit
Feature and polaroids by Grace Eire. Black and white portraits by Jessica Gurewitz.
While Bad Bad Hats were getting ready for an ...
February 14, 2019 at 9:00 am
Delayed, shell-shocked thoughts on how ‘thank u, next’ took me to a strange existential place
Even though I know it’s not true in most cases, I sometimes default to the mindset that pop is formulaic and engineered by already ...
January 25, 2019 at 9:00 am
If FIDLAR’s ‘Almost Free’ were a person it might be a sociopath
I feel like I have to come clean right off the bat and admit my undying love for FIDLAR. They’re one of the only bands I’d go to ...
January 15, 2019 at 9:00 am
Priests’ new lineup is evident in lead single ‘Seduction of Kansas’
Before reading anything about the lead single for Priests’ second album, The Seduction of Kansas, I noticed that something was ...
December 21, 2018 at 9:00 am
BRONCHO’s super sweet in spite of ‘Bad Behavior’
Photos by Allen Ying. Black and white photos by Lauren Khalfayan. Polaroids by Grace Eire.
Hanging out at Elsewhere in Bushwick, Ryan ...
November 23, 2018 at 11:00 am
Bass Drum of Death doesn’t have time for abstract bullshit
After climbing up the four flights of stairs to the green room, John Barrett took a few paces around the space before noticing the ...
October 23, 2018 at 9:00 am
Nighttime’s ‘Hand in the Dark’ cured my breakup blues
Eva Louise Goodman’s new album, Hand in the Dark, is absolutely ideal for sipping a heavily CBD infused almond milk latte after a ...
September 24, 2018 at 9:00 am
Album Review: Sextile ‘3’
This new album from Sextile, 3, just makes whatever you’re doing so much better. While working on something else that I hate a lot ...
September 13, 2018 at 9:00 am
Talking community, identity, and synesthesia with MOURN
Photos by Nazar Khamis.
MOURN released their third album, Sopressa Familia, earlier this summer. Almost the entire album speaks to ...
July 20, 2018 at 1:12 pm
Dama Scout releases new video for “Milky Milk”
Dama Scout, the Glasgow/London-based trio has just released their video for “Milky Milk.” It’s been months since they put out ...
July 5, 2018 at 9:00 am
Meg Myers leaves fans elated at Mercury Lounge
Photos by Aricka Moultry-Davis. Polaroids by Grace Eire.
When we get to the venue at 4:00 PM, there’s already someone posted up ...
June 14, 2018 at 9:00 am
Album Review: MOURN ‘Sorpresa Familia’
Sorpresa Familia opens up with their first lead-in single “Barcelona City Tour,” which is packed and punching with energy. It’s ...
June 8, 2018 at 9:00 am
Japanese Breakfast brings upbeat energy to Warsaw
My only previous live Japanese Breakfast experience was at Union Pool outside on the patio on an incredibly hot summer day. Like, ...
June 6, 2018 at 12:00 pm
Video premiere: Sleeping Pills “Drift Away”
Using just a green screen and some oversaturated graphics and patterns, Sleeping Pills has put out a psychedelic surf video for ...