July 29, 2017 at 9:00 am
Video Premiere: Surfbort “HIPPIE VOMIT INHALER”
Photo by Cheryl Georgette.
Surfbort is gearing up to release a new 7″ BORT TO DEATH this September via HOZAC Records. ...
July 28, 2017 at 10:16 am
August 1: PopGun Presents Pronoun @ Baby’s All Right, Ticket and Vinyl Giveaway!
The only thing better than winning a pair of tickets is winning a pair of tickets and a vinyl! With the help of our friends PopGun ...
July 28, 2017 at 9:00 am
Album Review: Katie Von Schleicher “Shitty Hits”
Before even getting into Katie Von Schleifher’s Shitty Hits you’ve understood a level of self deprecating humor that ...
July 28, 2017 at 9:00 am
Listen: Kyle Avallone “Borrowed Spell”
Last week we we spoke to Kyle Avallone about his new project and upcoming Cult Citizen show. If you caught him in the flesh this ...
July 26, 2017 at 9:00 am
July 28: Dougie Poole, BUCK, Rhinestone, Frame @ Secret Project Robot, 8PM ($8)
The western/country tinge revival is still in full force folks. This Friday Dougie Poole headlines the recently revived Secret Project ...
July 25, 2017 at 9:00 am
July 28: Pysmon Spine, The Roofer’s Union, Cutouts @ Mercury Lounge, 7PM ($10)
One of my favorite recent bands Cutouts (also a band I can actually testify to as being very good live) are playing this Friday ...
July 24, 2017 at 9:21 am
July 26: Poppies, Older Brother, Wet Mut, Honest Lee @ Alphaville, 8PM ($10)
It can feel tedious watching the same tired and ol’ bands in the same locker-room music venues. But stop by Alphaville on ...
July 19, 2017 at 10:40 am
Interview: Kyle Avallone
Photos by Christopher Wozniak.
Kyle Avallone is one of those staples of the New York music scene. A sign you’re in the right ...
July 18, 2017 at 10:58 am
July 21: Exhibition, Daisy Glaze, Brian Hill and the Noh Starrs @ Berlin, 8PM ($7)
Brian Hill and the Noh Starrs is doing a month long residency at Berlin. Every Friday night in July you can catch the dude playing ...
July 17, 2017 at 12:25 pm
Watch: The Velvet Underground & Nico in “A Symphony of Sound”
I got sucked into a whole on YouTube trying to find a video of a complete Richard Hell & the Voidoids performance at CBGB. ...
July 17, 2017 at 10:16 am
July 18: New Rose, Junk Boys, Winstons, Straw Pipes @ Union Pool, 8PM ($10)
The western revival is in full effect. Every band and their mother seems to be jumping on the bandwagon but few have been doing it as ...
July 13, 2017 at 9:40 am
Cool Shit: Proto-Punk
It’s completely cliche to be obsessed with punk and the 70’s but!!!!! That is who I am — cliche and uninteresting. Anyways ...
July 6, 2017 at 10:25 am
Buster Poindexter at City Winery
Photos by Cheryl Georgette.
When I talk about dinner and a show I’m usually referring to the raccoon death cage matches that ...
July 5, 2017 at 2:59 pm
July 13: Rey Pila, The Britanys, ROMES @ Baby’s All Right, 8pm ($12)
Rey Pila sits on a line straddling the 80’s with their synth and menacing backbeats, punctuating the horror movie that is ...
July 3, 2017 at 10:52 am
Mixtape: Morose and Macabre
Well, occasionally you just gotta think about sad and glum shit and instead of trying to escape it just let it swallow you whole ...
June 27, 2017 at 10:15 am
Interview: The Vacant Lots
The Vacant Lots are usually described as being a quintessentially New York band. The sound a mixture of chaos, grit and light — ...
June 27, 2017 at 9:00 am
July 1: AdHoc presents RIPS (Record Release), Poppies, Dougie Poole @ Baby’s All Right, Ticket Giveaway!
Earlier this month RIPS released their self titled debut album (we reviewed it here). The band has spent the last year playing every ...
June 26, 2017 at 9:00 am
Cult Citizen Recap: Heartsrevolution, Promiseland and Alexander F
On June 7th we hosted our June Cult Citizen show at Baby’s All Right with a lineup featuring Heartsrevolution, Promiseland and ...
June 20, 2017 at 11:30 am
July 15: PopGun Presents Waxahatchee (Album Release Party) with Cayetana, Snail Mail @ Warsaw, Ticket Giveaway
Waxahatchee is set to release a fourth studio album Out in the Storm this July with a record release show at Warsaw. Aaaaand we are ...
June 20, 2017 at 11:00 am
July 28: AdHoc Presents Homeshake @ Warsaw, Ticket Giveaway
I remember the last time Homeshake was in town playing a three night run at across Brooklyn. Tickets sold out pretty fast and it ...
June 14, 2017 at 9:00 am
Faded Films: Aesthetics and Ambience
I remember going to see Avatar with my family on New Years Eve (I was really cool in high school!) and thinking what the fuck? ...
June 13, 2017 at 9:00 am
June 17: Buster Poindexter Summer Residency @ City Winery, 8PM ($25)
There are few people that spend their entire careers moving from one pivotal and seminal musical group to another. David ...
June 6, 2017 at 9:46 am
June 6: The Dives, the Cutouts, Kyle Duke & The Brown Bag Boys @ Bowery Electric, 8PM ($8)
Sometimes you spend your birthday crying alone in the discount cereal aisle at K-Mart but if you’re smart you spend it crying on ...
June 1, 2017 at 9:00 am
Photography Files: Thomas Sarvello
I think I first came across Thomas Sarvello’s Instagram via a comment he left on a photo the Bowery Electric posted. It must ...
May 25, 2017 at 9:00 am
June 3: Richard Lloyd (Television), No Ice, Castle Black, Miracle Sweepstakes @ Bowery Electric, 7:45PM $10
I wonder how shows like these aren’t more talked about but here I am. Richard Lloyd is playing this June at the Bowery Electric. ...
May 10, 2017 at 9:00 am
The Garden at Knitting Factory
Photos by Cheryl Georgette.
At this point I’ve seen The Garden three or four times but this time their already explosive energy had ...
May 9, 2017 at 9:00 am
Mixtape: Power Hour
Sometimes you gotta find a way to get yourself hyped up for the day, the weekend or just going grocery shopping. This is for when you ...
May 3, 2017 at 9:00 am
Interview: Chain of Flowers
Photos and interview by Tamim Alnuweiri.
Reflecting on my interview with Chain of Flowers, I realize how honest and willing they were ...
April 25, 2017 at 9:00 am
Faded Films: Post-Bildungsroman
A few weeks ago I watched the Trainspotting sequel which left me with a few thoughts. First, out of every movie from the ...
April 20, 2017 at 12:24 pm
April 25: The Cutouts, Adrien Black, The Silver Tongues, August West @ Gold Sounds, 7:30PM ($8)
The Cutouts are playing their first official show this Tuesday the 25th at Gold Sounds. Considering how sharp their debut album Baby ...
April 19, 2017 at 11:22 am
April 30: A Benefit for Shea Stadium @ Baby’s All Right, 5PM ($12)
I started writing this post before the new and horrible news from Shea Stadium regarding their current location. According to the post ...
April 17, 2017 at 10:00 am
Photography Files: Mona Bakht
I met Mona on the back corners of the Internet during a brief wondrous fling with teenage, semi-internet fame during the early days of ...
April 12, 2017 at 9:00 am
April 14: B BOYS, UV-TV, Bonny Doon, Bodega @ Union Pool, 8PM ($10)
You should take any opportunity that presents itself to see B Boys. Following last year’s stellar No Worry No Mind, B Boys are ...
April 11, 2017 at 9:00 am
Faded Films: Hell is Other People
I haven’t read Sartre’s No Exit since 11th grade when I discovered Hemingway and decided that existentialism was the most profound ...
April 11, 2017 at 9:00 am
Contributors Wanted
Photo by Cheryl Georgette.
We’re looking for new talent here at Alt Citizen. If you’re a writer, photographer, ...
April 10, 2017 at 9:00 am
Re-Watch: The Last Shadow Puppets “Les Cactus”
Following the overnight and impressive success of Arctic Monkeys AM things got a little weird. Is Alex Turner funny or arrogant? A ...
April 6, 2017 at 11:19 am
Listen: Exhibition “No One There”
Exhibition is the super new project of musician Hammarsing Kharhmar. If you feel like you’ve seen him before it’s probably ...
April 6, 2017 at 9:00 am
As Told By: The Garden
As Told By is a new series of tour stories straight from the mouths of our favorite bands. Interview by Tamim Alnuweiri, Photos by ...
March 30, 2017 at 9:00 am
April 1: Rock ‘N’ Roll High School @ Metrograph, 9:30PM ($15)
Metrograph sprung up last year in the Lower East Side as a quite and subtle ode to cinema. The theatre plays a slew of 35 mm flicks ...
March 28, 2017 at 12:08 pm
Mixtape: Hard Sounds
Basically a playlist of songs people have asked me to turn off at one point or another. They don’t have that much in common ...
March 22, 2017 at 1:40 pm
Save Shea Stadium
Before the end of 2016 we went over how many venues we lost in the city. Now comes another turning point where you can help prevent ...
March 21, 2017 at 10:25 am
Listen: Junk Boys “Walk With Me”
Junk Boys are back with their first release since 2015’s self titled LP. The new track “Walk With Me” expands on ...
March 20, 2017 at 9:00 am
March 23: Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Baked, Drawing Boards @ Baby’s All Right, 8PM ($12)
This Thursday one the most standout Australian rock bands in recent memory, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, will be playing a post ...
March 14, 2017 at 11:48 am
Interview: Milky Chance
Despite the way I waste my life away in this endless pit of cyberspace I somehow missed Milky Chance’s meteoric and swift rise ...
March 10, 2017 at 8:56 am
Premiere: White Mystery “F.Y.M.S”
Photo by Diane Alexander White
We’ve got the best type of news to kick off your weekend — a song premiere and an album ...
March 7, 2017 at 11:19 am
Watch: HMLTD “To The Door”
One of the best music videos I’ve seen this year, “To The Door” is Rocky Horror Picture Show meets John Waters. ...
March 6, 2017 at 11:39 am
March 15: Mad Max Fury Road and Why I March @ Nitehawk Cinemas, 7:15PM ($30)
Mad Max: Fury Road was one of the few recent blockbuster movies that didn’t make me wish I didn’t have eyes. Tom Hardy is ...
March 2, 2017 at 1:12 pm
Listen: WALL “High Ratings”
It feels like WALL went into hiding just as they were getting ready to unleash the full potential of their brand of noise into the New ...
February 28, 2017 at 12:49 pm
Mixtape: Eternal Nihilism
Some mornings I wake up and remember that we are all human garbage with no real purpose! This is the playlist for the aforementioned ...
February 27, 2017 at 6:38 pm
March 2: Kyle Avallone, Junk Boys, Shilpa Ray @ Trans-Pecos, 8PM ($8)
There is no better way to celebrate Lou Reed, his birthday and his monumental contributions to contemporary culture than with a local ...