January 23, 2024 at 9:30 am
Premiere: Slow Fiction “Apollo”
Photo by Miles Wilson
Today, New York’s own Slow Fiction are debuting their first release with UK tastemaker label, So Young ...
November 29, 2023 at 10:00 am
nostalgic, romantic, vengeful: a fall playlist
As we enter a period of incessant Christmas music, lest we not forget the fall playlist.
This is what I’ve been listening to for ...
August 22, 2023 at 12:00 pm
The Lore of Fat Dog: King of the Slugs
Photo by Dylan Coates
I first saw Fat Dog at The Great Escape in 2022. They played a 2AM set at The Green Door store — the ...
March 30, 2023 at 11:00 am
April 26: Baby’s presents – The Ion Pack x We Take Manhattan @ The Cock
Very stoked to be part of this! Taking place at The Cock (the same space as the iconic Lit Lounge), we’ll be co-hosting a party ...
March 28, 2023 at 9:00 am
hella new sh*t vol.2
so much music, so little time.
Lauren Early – “Good Girl Bad Boy”
Lauren Early is back with her first new ...
February 9, 2023 at 10:00 am
Premiere: Comatosed “Sinister & Severe”
Photo by Chad Moore
If you are in New York right now, you know that there is an *energy* around the scene — be that music, fashion, ...
January 24, 2023 at 12:00 pm
Blondshell’s “Joiner”: nostalgic, earnest, “an exposed nerve”
Photo by Daniel Topete
I love Blondshell. Even the name is evocative. It makes me think of Spoon River Anthology — there’s ...
January 23, 2023 at 12:00 pm
hella new sh*t vol.1
Pretty self explanatory. There are a lot of new tunes. You should check them out.
THE GOA EXPRESS – ...
December 12, 2022 at 12:00 pm
Shows we went to: Sorry, Pretty Sick, The 1975, Disq, CELINE
Sorry @ Barboza (Seattle)
I don’t love going to shows in Seattle. I do because the alternative is worse, but New York has pretty ...
December 1, 2022 at 12:00 pm
A few of my favorite things: Scout Gillett
Album art provided by artist. Polaroids by Nicole Miller
There are not very many people who can name Sharon Van Etten as a mentor. ...
November 25, 2022 at 12:00 pm
Premiere: Bratboy “Victoria”
Photo by Cody Briggs
An ode to 60s mod style and b-list spy movies, the stylish and insanely catchy Bratboy share their latest video ...
November 14, 2022 at 12:00 pm
Premiere: Hit “Vanderbilt”
Photo by Kenny Ramos
With the video for their latest release “Vanderbilt”, Hit makes it no secret how they feel about ...
November 4, 2022 at 12:00 pm
Shows we went to: Starcrawler, The Bobby Lees
Bringing back an old classic with a new twist. Shows We Went To started its online incarnation as a 35mm photo series back in 2015. ...
November 1, 2022 at 12:00 pm
November show forecast
The hangover from Halloween remains, but the show must go on. These are the gigs we’re hitting this month in a very particular ...
October 25, 2022 at 12:00 pm
Coast to coast with Wolf Alice
New York photos by Lucy Blumenfield. Seattle photos by Lauren Khalfayan.
Not that playing several hundred to 1000 cap venues ...
October 18, 2022 at 12:00 pm
Watch: HighSchool “Only a Dream”
I first saw HighSchool in a very small room up a winding flight of stairs in a pub in Brighton. It was this past May at The Great ...
October 14, 2022 at 12:00 pm
Oct 14: Archways @ Powerhouse Arena
Head out to Powerhouse Arena in Brooklyn tonight to catch readings from a curated lineup of writers and poets hosted by the publisher ...
October 12, 2022 at 2:30 pm
Plugged in and burnt out: the state of live music
Art by Joaquin Ramirez. Find more of their work here.
The landscape of the music industry has changed significantly in the last ...
October 6, 2022 at 3:00 pm
Album review: Sorry ‘Anywhere But Here’
Sorry makes me mad. It should not be allowed for one group of people to be as unnecessarily talented as they are. ‘Anywhere But ...
September 30, 2022 at 12:00 pm
October show forecast
Fall is one of the best times for live music and this month is no exception. A few halloween gigs on deck, but mostly just a bunch of ...
September 29, 2022 at 1:30 pm
Giveaway: Snooper, Silicone Prairie, Pattie – October 12 @ TV Eye
Nashville’s Snooper are crashing through town with one hell of a lineup. Joined by Silicone Prairie and New York’s own ...
September 22, 2022 at 3:00 pm
Listen: Crack Cloud ‘Tough Baby’
Crack Cloud’s Tough Baby is blistering and scratching, an orchestrated chaos. The Canadian art collective’s approach to ...
September 13, 2022 at 12:00 pm
Ticket giveaway: Osees @ Warsaw (9/22-9/24)
Dabbling in everything from garage to psych to hardcore, Osees have proven they’re able to not only reinvent the wheel, but ...
September 12, 2022 at 12:00 pm
ICYMI: massively overdue edition
ICYMI is a series featuring new and notable releases you (and we) may have missed
I have lived an entire lifetime since the last ...
September 8, 2022 at 11:00 am
Smut’s “After Silver Leaves” is a strong (re)introduction
Photo by Jaycee Rockhold
Some of my favorite music has a disconnect between how the music sounds and what the lyrics are ...
September 7, 2022 at 2:00 pm
Watch: Cutouts “Narc”
Photo by Astrid Terrazas
Barging in with a dark and winding synth line, Cutouts latest single “Narc” is hypnotic and ...
September 6, 2022 at 12:30 pm
Sorry’s “Key To The City” is striking in its solitude
Photo by Iris Luz
In stark contrast to the euphoria of “Let The Lights On”, Sorry’s latest single “Key To ...
September 2, 2022 at 12:00 pm
Photo diary: Shame and They Hate Change @ The Crocodile (Seattle)
Photos by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here.
Shame
Unless you’ve been living under a rock since 2016, you know ...
September 1, 2022 at 12:00 pm
September show forecast
we’re back and so is live music.
For the past couple of years, New York hasn’t really felt like New York. At least ...
August 8, 2022 at 11:30 am
The chaotic good of The Dare’s “Girls”
My Saturday started innocently enough until a friend posed the question: are you going to the Open Tab show tonight?
A black and white ...
June 27, 2022 at 1:00 pm
Photo diary: Bright Eyes @ The Paramount Theater – Seattle, WA
Photos by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her ...
May 2, 2022 at 10:30 am
Listen: Idle Hours “Souvenirs”
Photo by Piran Aston
“Souvenirs”, the most recent offering from Manchester indie outfit Idle Hours, is what happens when ...
April 29, 2022 at 10:30 am
A few of our favorite things: cumgirl8
There is nothing subtle about cumgirl8 — and that is where their beauty lies. From their costumed and choreographed performances to ...
April 19, 2022 at 12:00 pm
Watch: Desire “Telling Me Lies”
Desire, the synth-pop project from Megan Louise and Johnny Jewel, have released their latest video/single for the sultry dance track ...
April 5, 2022 at 9:00 am
Listen: Sub*T “Asterisk”
Listening to Sub*T feels like reading the scrawled, inky, mess crammed in the margins of old notebooks. It’s nostalgic, ...
March 28, 2022 at 9:00 am
Photo diary: Wet Leg, Momma @ The Crocodile
Photos by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here.
Momma
Wet ...
March 10, 2022 at 10:30 am
Watch: Sextile “Modern Weekend/Contortion”
After a 3 year hiatus, the LA-duo Sextile is back in a big way. Ushering in a new era with a short film scored by their two latest ...
February 28, 2022 at 10:00 am
GIVEAWAY – March 3: BAMM BAMM presents Surfbort, Cumgirl8, Pussy Gillette, Dog Date @ Market Hotel
Brooklyn’s wildest band may have relocated to LA, but that just means we get to celebrate their return to the big, bad apple ...
February 15, 2022 at 9:00 am
Watch: Dehd “Bad Love”
Listening to Dehd’s latest single “Bad Love” would not instantly bring to mind visions of a leather-clad strip club ...
February 10, 2022 at 9:00 am
Feb 11th: ZONA MACO afterparty w/ El Llamafante(8PM)
It’s art week in Mexico City and acclaimed fashion brand El Llamafante is hosting a killer afterparty for ZONA MACO. Fashion, ...
February 3, 2022 at 10:00 am
Listen: SASAMI “Call Me Home”
Photo by Angela Ricciardi
Adding some softness and comfort to the industrial mix of her forthcoming record Squeeze, SASAMI shares ...
February 2, 2022 at 12:00 pm
Listen: The Districts “No Blood”
Photo by Ebru Yildiz
Leaning into the intricacies of what it is to be “American”, The Districts are set to release their ...
January 28, 2022 at 9:00 am
Watch: NoSo “Honey Understand”
Photo by Bella Rose Porter
Recent Partisan signee NoSo has released their latest single and accompanying lyric video, “Honey ...
January 27, 2022 at 7:30 am
Premiere: Catcher “Behind A Bleeding Heart”
Photo by Julia Austin
Brooklyn post punk outfit Catcher have released their latest, and maybe strongest, single yet. “Behind a ...
January 24, 2022 at 11:00 am
Listen: Yard Act ‘The Overload’
We’re all at the point where if we didn’t have to utter the words “post punk” again, we could live very ...
January 19, 2022 at 9:00 am
Listen: Eades “Delusion Spree”
Photo by Joel Johnston
Leeds quintet Eades have released “Delusion Spree”, the third track off their forthcoming album of ...
January 17, 2022 at 9:00 am
Listen: VLURE ‘Euphoria’
photo by Marilena Vlachopoulou
Despite the thoughtful simplicity of their album artwork, VLURE’s debut EP Euphoria is anything ...
January 12, 2022 at 9:00 am
Fontaines D.C. explore a new darkness with “Jackie Down The Line”
Photo by Filmawi
Fontaines D.C. have been a band that has always felt very authentic and in touch with their roots and where they ...
January 10, 2022 at 9:00 am
Listen: SASAMI “Say It”
Photo by Angela Ricciardi
SASAMI has shared her latest industrial-influenced track “Say It” off her forthcoming ...
January 7, 2022 at 9:00 am
Listen: Slow Fiction ‘The Cut / Niagara’
New York-based Slow Fiction have just released their debut double single — ‘The Cut / Niagara’. Seeming to have been ...