October 20, 2025 at 3:22 pm
Live Show Round Up 10/20 – 10/26
Monday: 10/20
Le Poisson Rouge: Lebanon Hanover, Silent EM, Jim E. Brown
Everybody who had a goth phase knows Lebanon Hanover. The ...
October 13, 2025 at 10:44 am
Live Show Round Up 10/13 – 10/19
Monday: Oct. 13th
Baby’s All Right: Alien Boy, Empath
In 2018, I begged my mom to let me see Empath play at a house show. She ...
October 6, 2025 at 6:05 pm
Live Show Round Up 10/06 -10/12
Monday: Oct. 6th
Night Club 101: Skullcrusher
Ethereal, yearning, indie folk. Skullcrusher’s latest EP Living is dreamy and ...
September 29, 2025 at 3:01 pm
Live Show Round Up 9/29 – 10/05
Monday Sept. 29th:
Elsewhere: Junglepussy, DJ Cowriiie
Misguided Spirits is out here performing utilitarian acts of service. ...
September 22, 2025 at 5:16 pm
Live Show Round Up 9/22 – 9/28
Mon. Sept 22nd:
TV EYE: Nihilistic Easyrider, On Being an Angel, Dream Fatigue
Nihilistic Easyrider’s new album DELUXE EDITION ...
September 15, 2025 at 1:22 pm
Live Show Round Up 9/15 – 9/21
Monday Sept. 15th:
Night Club 101: Ada Lea, Molly Murphy
Ada Lea’s newest album is titled “when i paint my masterpiece.” ...
September 8, 2025 at 8:25 pm
A LETTER FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Hi, been a minute 🙂
Working on AC15 has sent me down memory lane and I have been reconnecting with many old friends. Recently ...
September 8, 2025 at 2:11 pm
Live Show Round Up 9/08 – 9/14
Monday Sept. 8th:
Central Park SummerStage: Rilo Kiley
Rilo Kiley closes their run of NYC shows at SummerStage this Monday. ...
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 ...
September 2, 2025 at 3:46 pm
AC15 Live Show Series – Official 2025 Lineup details are here !
15 years of ALT CITIZEN.
In case you need a refresher, ALT CITIZEN is an independent music publication, live show promoter, and zine ...
September 1, 2025 at 10:34 am
Live Show Round Up 9/01 – 9/07
Monday: 9/01
MetLife Stadium: Oasis, Cage the Elephant
Call me basic, but I love Oasis. I wish I had $250 to drop on a nosebleed ...
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 25, 2025 at 5:44 pm
Live Show Round Up 8/25 – 8/31
Rough Trade Below: Greg Freeman Performance + Signing
Following his critically acclaimed debut I Looked Out, Burlington based ...
August 21, 2025 at 10:58 pm
Viral Parisian Punks Lulu Van Trapp Debut NYC 9/9 @ AC15’s “Music Discovery is Everything” Show Series
Paris-born four-piece, Lulu Van Trapp, will be taking the stage at Nightclub 101 on Sept. 9, 2025 at ALT CITIZEN’s AC15 Music ...
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 18, 2025 at 11:57 am
Live Show Round Up 8/18 – 8/24
Monday August 18th:
Gold Sounds: What Counts, Self Interest, The Tarrys, Comeuppance
Cut a sour Monday with hardcore: Bored Friends ...
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 11, 2025 at 11:51 am
Live Show Update 8/11-8/17
Monday August 11th:
Elsewhere: voyeur, Holidays in United States, Chanel Beads (DJ), Cina (DJ)
NYC’s beloved Sonic Youth ...
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 4, 2025 at 12:55 pm
Live Show Round Up 8/04 – 8/10
Monday August 4th:
Night Club 101: Lust Orchid, waaxgiirl, Blums, Paris Archives
I have Lust Orchid’s song White Knuckle Tight ...
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 21, 2025 at 10:13 am
Live Show Round Up 7/21 – 7/27
Monday July 21st:
Our Wicked Lady: ***Special Guests***
After ten years, Our Wicked Lady is closing its doors. A big thank you to ...
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 ...
July 14, 2025 at 10:26 am
Show Review: Show Me the Body at Nightclub 101
At the climax of the Show Me the Body show on June 7 at Night Club 101, frontman Julian Cashwan Pratt ripped his sweaty t-shirt off ...
July 14, 2025 at 9:14 am
Live Show Round Up 7/14 – 7/20
Monday July 14th:
Trans Pecos: Stalled, Plastic, Dream Network
Drench Monday in a pool of distortion, reverb, and delay. ...
July 7, 2025 at 11:51 am
Live Show Round Up 7/07 – 7/13
Monday July 7th:
The Broadway: Rat Palace w/ Pat Faking and Browsing
Rat Palace’s album Dust Free Home is “post punk ...
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 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 29, 2025 at 10:00 am
Downtown Dispatch: Interpreting the Oracle Sisters’ Tea Leaves
Every so often, something entirely new can stir a faint and familiar feeling. I ‘get it’ tout de suite. Listening to the rococo ...
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 8, 2025 at 2:00 pm
From Prompt to Page: Pete Voelker Debuts PIX 040
The latest installment of PIX, the global photography project by New York City-based visual artist Pete Voelker, has arrived. ...
May 7, 2025 at 12:07 pm
Show Review: BOXXER Live at Night Club 101
It is April 24th and tulips are in bloom brightening nearly every corner of New York City. Budding talent is also on display tonight ...
April 15, 2025 at 12:00 pm
Downtown Dispatch: Welcome to Telescreens
Photos by Monty Hamm and Dutch Doscher.
“We don’t play, we work.”
Jim Morrison’s infamous declaration to Eve Babitz came to ...
April 2, 2025 at 1:30 pm
Downtown Dispatch: Charlotte Rose Benjamin’s Showgirlhood
Charlotte Rose Benjamin, photographed by Charlotte Dulany.
In girl world… There’s sentimentality, friendship, infatuation, and ...
February 26, 2025 at 10:55 am
Paris, February 27th: Pol @ La Station + Interview
Photos by Eliot Leblanc-Hartmann
Ahead of their gig at The Marbrerie, where they played with Parisian groups Spanish Horses and Oh ...
February 5, 2025 at 10:00 am
Premiere: Rare DM’s “The Ring” (Official Music Video)
Grace Jones meets Santigold on the dancefloor to the tune of Rare DM’s latest single, “The Ring,” out tomorrow. With celestial ...
January 6, 2025 at 12:24 pm
5 Fast Questions with Fast Money Music
It’s Saturday December 7th, 2024 – a rainy night in Paris. After a packed out show and a dazzling performance, I corral ...
December 13, 2024 at 11:00 am
Premiere: Spanish Horses ‘As She Rides By’ + get to know the band
Photos + Collages by Alex Hall
Whatever happened to feel good guitar music? Obviously it still exists, but sometimes it feels like ...
November 18, 2024 at 12:24 pm
No Holds Barred: An Interview with Tiny Gun
No Holds Barred is a new column by Sophie Abeles featuring unfiltered interviews with your favorite indie bands. Photos by Bianca ...
August 5, 2024 at 7:21 am
The Summer Of Love Series- “Lewis OfMan, and the night a frenchman made San Francisco feel cool again.”
In 2024 all we have are shows in San Francisco. It really does feel like the last saving grace of culture and art left in city ...
June 12, 2024 at 1:02 pm
Encerrados en el bano con Grito Exclamac!ón | Locked in the bathroom with Grito Exclamac!ón
@gritoexclamacion
Interview by Angélica Victoria (@angelicodiablo) / Entrevista por Angélica Victoria @angelicodiablo)
Photos 1 ...
May 8, 2024 at 1:59 pm
The low down from worldwide bass icon, Blu DeTiger
Photos by Ava DeGrinis
Blu DeTiger is a bold, blonde, bass baron, bringing funk back to pop. Step aside guitars, Blu’s on a mission ...
April 22, 2024 at 10:43 am
For the Record: Father Koi
Article by Theo Thimo, Photo by Isaac Kau
I got to see Father Koi perform at Gonzo’s the other night. It was sooooo cool. ...