October 13, 2025 at 3:36 pm
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 ...
September 3, 2025 at 5:38 pm
Listen: Torture and The Desert Spiders “Working On Myself”
New York City and Liverpool-bred post-punk-rock trio Torture and The Desert Spiders have released a new single, “Working On ...
August 28, 2025 at 7:47 pm
Listen: Tchotchke “Playin’ Dumb”
The Shangri-Las are back in 2025 and have taken over the bodies and 60s-dream-girl souls of Tchotchke! The New York-based trio has ...
August 27, 2025 at 11:35 am
Listen: Show Me The Body “One Train”
New York City-bred post-hardcore rockers Show Me The Body have released a new single, “One Train,” accompanied by a ...
August 25, 2025 at 7:56 pm
Listen: Truman Flyer “True Love”
Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Truman Flyer has released her debut solo single, “True Love.”
The glittering and eloquently ...
August 18, 2025 at 4:40 pm
Photo Diary: NewDad 8/5 @ Jean’s & TVOD 8/8 @ Baby’s All Right
Photos by Kate Cassise, Words by Marisa Whitaker
Local photographer Kate Cassise was out late and nightcrawling two weeks ago, when ...
August 17, 2025 at 10:16 pm
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 ...
August 17, 2025 at 10:09 pm
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 ...
August 12, 2025 at 9:56 am
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 ...
August 5, 2025 at 3:57 pm
Photo Diary: The Thing x Certain Death @ Nightclub 101
Photos by Kate Cassise, Words by Marisa Whitaker
New York City-bred and globe-trottin’ rock band The Thing closed its ...
August 2, 2025 at 2:53 pm
Zach Ellis of Dead Tooth on debut album, The Titanic, and beleaguered musicians
Photos by Marc Giuffre, Words by Marisa Whitaker
I sat down with frontman, namesake, and mind of Brooklyn-based rockers Dead Tooth, ...
July 15, 2025 at 11:33 am
CDMX x NYC: An Interview with Americo of The Americojones Experience
Photo by Matt Weinberger, Words by Marisa Whitaker
Mexico City-bred singer-songwriter Americo of rock ‘n’ roll band The ...
June 25, 2025 at 1:36 pm
June 26: Play “Mud” Presented by Utopia for Losers
New York-based theatre company Utopia for Losers will debut its newest production by María Irene Fornés, “MUD,” on June ...
June 25, 2025 at 12:57 pm
June 26: Strata Group Show Exhibition featuring Connie Harrison, Gregory Hodge, Lucienne O’Mara, Alexandria Tarver, and Ana Villagomez
The Nino Mier Gallery in Soho is slated to host the Strata group collection opening, which will be held from 6-8 p.m. on June 26.
The ...
June 20, 2025 at 3:11 pm
Listen: LYNSEY “Worse”
Photo by dancefloormurder
LA-born and NYC-bred rock band LYNSEY released its first single, “Worse – demo,” on June 15.
The ...
June 19, 2025 at 3:04 pm
Watch: Suzy Clue “Uneasy”
London and New York City-based singer Suzy Clue provides early 2000s-tinged goth-punk restlessness on her new single, ...
June 13, 2025 at 2:52 pm
June 16: Cole Spike presents The Thing Is…!
The live variety show, The Thing Is…!, at Jean’s “a restaurant with a farm in New Hope, PA”, is back on June ...
June 3, 2025 at 5:46 pm
June 4: Violentas Mariposas Screening at Brooklyn Film Festival, 8PM
25 years since winning two awards at the Brooklyn Film Festival, Mexican director Adolfo Dávila is returning to the NYC fest with his ...
May 28, 2025 at 4:06 pm
May 30: Voyeur, Superfan, Untitled Halo Live at Jean’s 6-10PM
The locally renowned Jean’s, “a restaurant with a farm in New Hope, PA,” with a Lynchian-inspired club down below on ...
May 22, 2025 at 1:06 pm
Watch: Promiseland “Only Broken”
Promiseland’s newest single and video, “Only Broken,” is a chaotic and evocative trip of deathbed visions, reflecting the ...