February 22, 2017 at 9:00 am
Interview: The Cutouts
Album cover by Madison Carroll, photos and feature by Tamim Alnuweiri.
Sometimes you get in on the ground floor while a band is ...
February 21, 2017 at 10:00 am
Faded Films: Geriatrics
Oh man. Time for some unnecessary and bizarre insights into my psyche. When I was a child, I spent a lot of time visiting my ...
February 20, 2017 at 6:17 pm
Feb 21: Naomi Punk, PC Worship, Maria Chavez @ The Park Church Co-op, 8PM ($12)
If there was one show I would recommend going to this month it’s Naomi Punk, PC Worship and Maria Chavez at the Park Church ...
February 16, 2017 at 2:11 pm
Mixtape: Buck Up
Everything seems kind of horrible and it quite possibly is but ya can’t spend all your time moping around and feeling sorry for ...
February 15, 2017 at 10:00 am
Photography Files: Taylor Bonin
Taylor Bonin is a renaissance man. When he comes up at Alt, it’s almost never about the same thing. He’s spent the last few ...
February 14, 2017 at 2:55 pm
Premiere: Sun Abduction “Acid Pyramid”
Since forming in 2015 Sun Abduction has become a staple of the New York rock circuit, gone through several live changes, and finally ...
February 9, 2017 at 10:00 am
Feb 11: Junk Boys, The Jeanies, Veronica Forman, Otherworldly Things @ Alphaville, 8PM ($8)
Making weekend plans always feels like an anxiety riddled game of telephone, so instead of aging yourself by thirty years just to end ...
February 8, 2017 at 11:52 am
Faded Films: National Nightmares
This column is late and I want to have a good excuse, like I was backpacking through Guam, but I don’t I’ve just been so horribly ...
February 6, 2017 at 1:41 pm
Feb 6: Daisy Glaze, Ne-Hi, Gold Connections @ Baby’s All Right, 8:30 PM (free)
I understand the urge to use Monday as an excuse to rush home and get into a night of serious binge-watching but you should probably ...
February 4, 2017 at 10:00 am
Feb 9: Public Access T.V., The Britanys, Splashh @ The Bowery Ballroom, 8:30 pm ($13)
Garage rock will be resurrected this week when Public Access T.V., The Britanys and Splashh play the final (and homecoming) show of ...
February 3, 2017 at 3:31 pm
Watch: CHILLEMI “Child of the Earth”
“I want to feel the universe in your hands” CHILLEMI croons as “Child of the Earth” opens before the ...
February 2, 2017 at 12:15 pm
Premiere: Ex-Girlfriends “You’re Next”
The Ramones always told us what they we’re going to give us, then gave it to us but we were still stunned and surprised when ...
January 31, 2017 at 2:14 pm
Watch: The Garden “All Access”
Aaaaand The Garden is back! After spending 2016 touring and releasing a trio of one off singles, they’ve announced a new EP, U ...
January 31, 2017 at 10:00 am
Interview: Palm Springsteen
Photos by Brittany Marino and Tamim Alnuweiri.
Palm Springsteen is Nick Hinman on vocals, Hayden Tobin on guitar, Luca Buccellati ...
January 27, 2017 at 12:00 pm
Watch: The Cutouts — “Phone Sex”
I first put on the Cutouts track as background music while I went about my day. Hours later I found myself humming “you got a hold ...
January 26, 2017 at 12:04 pm
Cool Shit: Jack Kerouac in Oedipus Rex
Eleventh grade was literal hell for me but that statement is true for all of high school. I was 14, going through puberty and ...
January 24, 2017 at 11:12 am
Photography Files: Nick Luongo’s Portrait of South Korea
I met Nick Luongo my junior(ish) year of college. He lived across the hall from me in the basement of a college dorm building. Aside ...
January 23, 2017 at 10:30 am
Listen: The Britanys – “In Yer Time”
The Britanys are Pop Rocks, they are the crackle and fuzz on vinyl records, they are the white noise of old basement televisions. ...
January 19, 2017 at 2:55 pm
Interview and Review: Bad Brain’s HR on Finding Joseph I
Photos by Cheryl Georgette, interviews and text by Tamim Alnuweiri.
A few weeks ago a series of serendipitous events happened. Cheryl ...
January 18, 2017 at 6:08 pm
JAN 28: Potential Futures / Black Receipts by Azikiwe Mohammed @ IDIO Gallery, 6PM (free)
Azikiwe Mohammed, an artist known for his exploration of Blackness in America is showing a new body of work at IDIO Gallery from ...
January 13, 2017 at 3:26 pm
Faded Films: Purge Your Friends
Last halloween my best friend and I got really obsessed with the idea of the Purge, as in that horrible Ethan Hawke horror movie. We ...
January 11, 2017 at 3:19 pm
Listen: Insecure Men – Karaoke For One
Karaoke For One sounds like the name of a subterranean Chinatown karaoke bar, always empty save for an omnipresent perpetually drunk ...
January 8, 2017 at 7:57 pm
Listen: David Bowie — No Plan
Almost exactly a year ago we lost Starman, the gender defying, the effervescent and ethereal David Bowie. Blackstar, which was ...
January 6, 2017 at 11:05 am
Interview: BOYTOY
Cover image by Zooey Jolivet, all other images by Tamim Alnuweiri.
In 2015 BOYTOY released their first full length LP, Grackle. The ...
December 29, 2016 at 10:00 am
Faded Films: Straight To TV
I canceled my cable TV subscription because it was costing an insane amount and honestly I didn’t get the point of it. It was ...
December 27, 2016 at 11:00 am
Staff Picks: Best Music Releases of 2016
Our favorite albums, EPs, singles and music releases of 2016!
Porches – Pool
This album was recorded in Aaron Maine’s ...
December 21, 2016 at 2:00 pm
Dec 29: H.R. of Bad Brains, Dubb Agents, Skarroñeros, Kingsound @ the Bowery Electric, 8PM ($12)
It’s hard to overstate how important H.R. is to contemporary punk and reggae — two genres seemingly at odds with each other. ...
December 19, 2016 at 3:00 pm
Lost in 2016: NYC Music Venues
New York used to be the redeeming modicum of American culture but it has slowly turned into a haven for fratty Murray Hill ...
December 16, 2016 at 6:49 pm
Dec 16: Breanna Barbara, Old Lady, Dances, Junk Boys @ Union Pool, 8pm ($10)
Last chance to buckle down and have your brain rewired before the impending apocalypse (polar vortex) hits New York City. Brooklyn ...
December 15, 2016 at 3:00 am
Cool Shit: Lou Reed Loves Lester Bangs
My favorite relationship in music history is between Lester Bangs and Lou Reed. It’s hard to think of any other relationship that ...
December 9, 2016 at 5:24 pm
Listen: The Jesus and Mary Chain “Amputation”
The last time the Jesus and Mary Chain released a new album Seinfeld was on it’s last season, Google had just launched and Bill ...
December 7, 2016 at 10:00 am
Dec 10: The Mystery Lights, Roya, Warbly Jets @ Shea Stadium, 9pm ($10)
The Mystery Lights, are playing a homecoming show of sorts (they’ve been on tour for the last few months) alongside the also New ...
December 6, 2016 at 3:53 am
DEC 17: Acid Dad, Gymshorts, Rips @ Baby’s All Right, 8pm ($10)
One of the few good things to happen in 2016 was Acid Dad’s Let’s Plan A Robbery EP. Whatever you choice of rock music is, scuzz, ...
December 1, 2016 at 6:01 pm
Song Premiere: BIRDS “See It All”
There are people who support music and there are people who make music. Duane Lauginiger does both. Aside from running studio and ...
November 28, 2016 at 6:44 pm
Interview: Miniature Tigers
When I was in 11th grade a friend introduced me to Miniature Tigers. At the time they had just come out with their debut LP Tell It To ...
November 28, 2016 at 6:43 pm
Faded Films: Get me out of here
Sometimes a seminal work of art or pop culture event will reveal deep and dark societal fears and psychosis. Vladimir Nabokov said ...
November 17, 2016 at 6:34 pm
Film Review: Gimme Danger
It’s a cliche thing to be an artist that goes unrecognized until after death. The Ramones spent most of their career striving for ...
November 14, 2016 at 6:52 pm
EP Stream: Vivienne Eastwood ‘Shook’
In the last few weeks the only thing that has become clear is our complete lack of clarity. Shit’s hit the fan so bad it’s hard ...
November 14, 2016 at 6:50 pm
EP Premiere: Beat Club ‘New Age Kid’
You know how every 80’s movie that predicted what the future would look like was completely off? While we’ve yet to find ourselves ...
November 4, 2016 at 10:21 pm
Cool Shit: Richard Hell
Every one needs some sort of reoccurring reminder that they are in fact an imbecile. For me it happens when I read something and ...
November 1, 2016 at 7:01 pm
Interview: Heyrocco
Heyrocco spent the last few months touring with So Pitted and the Garden on the Big Shot Jackpot Tour. Before hitting the road the ...
September 21, 2016 at 4:33 pm
Lord Youth, Cut Worms, Mild High Club @ Baby’s All Right 9/14
Last night Lord Youth, Cut Worms and Mild High Club played a sold out show at Baby’s All Right. I arrived at the venue on time ...
September 21, 2016 at 4:31 pm
Enjoy Returns With Real Life Like Cold Ice
Wyatt Shears returns to his solo project Enjoy with a fuzzy three song EP, Real Life Like Cold Ice. The EP is compromised of three ...
September 13, 2016 at 2:00 pm
Sep 14: Mild High Club, Cut Worms, Lord Youth @ Baby’s All Right, 8 PM ($10)
Baby’s All Right is always a sure thing, especially on weekdays when their stacked line ups bring a glimmer of hope to especially ...
September 7, 2016 at 7:44 pm
Faded Films: Summer’s Over
I graduated from college in December which means this whole end of summer thing feels a little weird. I’m getting anxiety about the ...
September 7, 2016 at 6:48 pm
King Krule Reemerges As The Return Of The Pimp Shrimp
Archy Marshall has more musical monikers than is really possible to keep track of but this is the basic set up. He first emerged as ...
August 4, 2016 at 3:24 pm
The Last Shadow Puppets @ Terminal 5 (8/2)
The reason people go to concerts is to have their personal space violated right? Well yes – also to see a live performance but ...
August 3, 2016 at 5:41 pm
Faded Films: Stranger Than Stranger Things
Because I am a normal person but also because I very literally have no self control I spent two days last week (weekdays) cooped up ...
July 13, 2016 at 2:00 pm
Faded Films: Romance Is Alive-ish
Film column by Tamim Alnuweiri. Follow her at @tamimalnuweiri.
Rom Coms are horrible and I’m positive that anyone who’s made ...
June 29, 2016 at 6:41 pm
Faded Films: Heat and Humidity
Film column by Tamim Alnuweiri. Follow her at @tamimalnuweiri.
New York’s got a reputation for being real swampy and muggy during ...