April 4, 2018 at 8:00 am
Spoiler Alert: Errol Morris’s ‘Wormwood’
The problem with this epic documentary is that it takes six hours to reveal the insanely explosive conclusion, so let me just put it ...
April 3, 2018 at 8:00 am
Album review: Hank Wood & The Hammerheads Self-Titled
I’ve been watching Hank & co. for a few years now, and though their live shows have always been super energetic and powerful, I ...
March 29, 2018 at 12:44 pm
Alt Citizen’s April show forecast
Illustration by Cynthia Alfonso, see more of her work here and here.
Maybe it’s the post SXSW migration back to New York or the ...
March 29, 2018 at 8:00 am
April 13: Bambara (‘Shadow On Everything’ record release) @ Alphaville, 8PM ($10)
Photo by Julie-Anna George.
At this point there’s not much more I can say, scream or write about Bambara. So read this or this! ...
March 26, 2018 at 8:00 am
Rolling in the mud with Ruby Aldridge and Surfbort
Photos by Luis Lucio, interview by Ruby Aldridge.
Up front at Baby’s All Right on a freezing November night, I was there to check ...
March 23, 2018 at 8:00 am
Listen: CHILLEMI “Neon Bride”
Do you ever catch yourself wishing Twin Peaks would start yet another season? I don’t, truly never got the hype—the melodramatic ...
March 23, 2018 at 8:00 am
Video premiere: The Entire Universe “Just Don’t”
The last time we had the overlords of suaveness, The Entire Universe, on site they were premiering their twinkling yer subdued track ...
March 22, 2018 at 8:00 am
Faded films: Old, withered and weird
I recently spent a weekend afternoon crying after I made a series of bad decisions that though I knew they were going to blow up in ...
March 22, 2018 at 8:00 am
Mixtape: Aries season
Aries, lucky you—your sign start with spring and the Persian new year! A sign of renaissance, revival and renewal you are ...
March 20, 2018 at 8:00 am
Mixtape: City Kids II
Illustration and playlist by Daniel Shepard.
Ear candy tunes for those 70´s Punk lovers, just the right amount of fast paced ...
March 19, 2018 at 8:00 am
King Krule sets foot on the moon
As if every track on King Krule’s latest album, The Ooz, wasn’t other-worldly enough, the man behind the music, Archy Marshall, ...
March 14, 2018 at 8:00 am
Listen: The Muckers “This Town Will Drag Us Down”
Brooklyn’s own The Muckers are the real deal and they’re here to remind you why you first fell in love with rock and roll. ...
March 13, 2018 at 8:00 am
Mar 16: Cult Citizen presents at SXSW!
It’s hard to believe but we’ve been doing Cult Citizen for long enough that our next one will be the 20th! And it seems ...
March 12, 2018 at 8:00 am
Mar 15: Siren Sounds & Alt Citizen Present Quit Your Day Job II @ Morelo’s House,
Come pre-game for our SXSW Cult Citizen presents showcase with the second installment of our Quit Your Day Job party along with Siren ...
March 8, 2018 at 10:00 am
Song Premiere: Gengahr “Burning Air”
I always think about Genghar as being the perfect soundtrack for hooking up with your ex —their sound has hints of dark romance ...
March 2, 2018 at 8:00 am
Album Review: Shannon & The Clams ‘Onion’
Let me just begin by saying that I was so instantly enamored by this album that I listened to it non-stop over and over again so ...
March 1, 2018 at 8:00 am
Watch: Goat Girl in “A Hard Days Night” inspired video for single “The Man”
Goat Girl, the British girl group who are on the verge of cult stardom have shared the visuals for their snappy psychedelic rock ...
March 1, 2018 at 7:53 am
Listen: BOYTOY “Mary Anne”
Surf rock is dead, long live surf rock is what I wanna hiss into your ears over and over after listening to “Mary Anne” ...
February 28, 2018 at 8:00 am
Mixtape: Pisces season
Mixtape by Julie-Anna George.
Pisces, I know you well, as my sister, brother and father, you are born between February 20th and ...
February 27, 2018 at 8:00 am
Listen: Bambara “José Tries to Leave”
Bambara have returned with the first track from their upcoming album Shadow on Everything and have found no reason to lighten ...
February 27, 2018 at 8:00 am
Listen: Bush Tetras “Red Heavy”
It’s always an exciting day in music when a 1970s NYC punk group graces the world with more music.
The pioneering band Bush ...
February 26, 2018 at 8:00 am
Listen: Surfbort “Les Be in Love”
World music is a strange name for a genre when you think about it. Lots of questions arise. Whose world is it? What music qualifies to ...
February 23, 2018 at 11:54 am
Listen: Cutouts new EP, “Loosies”
The boys are back in town: Cutouts have a freshly minted EP out, titled Loosies. It’s swirling with grey areas and soft-toned blacks ...
February 23, 2018 at 8:22 am
Album Review: Insecure Men Self-Titled
The black sheep of pop music; Insecure Men have created the most punk rock pop album you’ll ever hear. All the synth, oohs and ...
February 22, 2018 at 8:00 am
Faded films: aesthetics and ambience (part 2)
Film column by Tamim Alnuweiri.
You know I forget that people read the shit that I put on the internet but every once in a while ...
February 15, 2018 at 12:25 pm
Listen: The Voidz “Pointlessness”
What a way to go. The Voidz have a new album on the way, Virtue, and it’s closing track, the newly released “Pointlessness,” is ...
February 14, 2018 at 8:00 am
Feb 17: La Luz & The Mystery Lights @ Elsewhere, Ticket Giveaway
What’s the common point between Californian Surf noir, car accidents, mustaches and psychedelic rock? Of course it’s the New ...
February 14, 2018 at 8:00 am
Mixtape: Valentine’s day special
Illustration and playlist by Alberto Pazzi.
Nothing says ‘I love you’ better than a meticulously curated Valentine’s Day ...
February 8, 2018 at 8:00 am
Listen: Hop Along “How Simple”
Hop Along’s new single manages a lot in just under four minutes. When the song begins, Frances Quinlan seems to be coming from a ...
February 7, 2018 at 8:00 am
Mixtape: Aquarius season
February, the aquarius month—symbolized by the philanthropic and objective Water Bearer, Aquarius energy is innovative and ...
February 5, 2018 at 8:00 am
Spoiler alert: Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘Phantom Thread’
I have no idea why everyone’s getting hot and bothered by this little English manners romance. Unlike the mustached guy next to me, ...
February 1, 2018 at 8:00 am
Listen: Palm “Composite”
Palm is one of those bands that defy categorization—they’ve been called experimental, art, math, post-post-post rock—but ...
January 25, 2018 at 8:00 am
As Told By: BOYTOY
As Told By is a series of tour stories straight from the mouths of our favorite bands. Interview by Tamim Alnuweiri, Illustrations ...
January 24, 2018 at 12:37 pm
Listen: The Voidz “Leave It In My Dreams”
The Voidz share their new single “Leave It In My Dreams” in anticipation of their second album, released under RCA and ...
January 23, 2018 at 8:00 am
Listen: Belle Game “Only One”
Last January, I uploaded an Instagram video of the snow falling outside my Washington Heights window to Frank Ocean’s, new single, ...
January 23, 2018 at 8:00 am
EP review: Alex Napping ‘Dish Soap’
I fell in love with Austin-based Alex Napping when I saw them open for the Hotelier at Brooklyn Bazaar this fall, and their album Mise ...
January 22, 2018 at 8:00 am
Watch: Gift Wrap “Losing Count”
Brendan Avalos is an all-around great Brooklyn guy who can be found at any given showing of local talent, especially in the Dull ...
January 16, 2018 at 8:00 am
Mixtape: It’s death that has assassinated me
Illustration by Alberto Pazzi.
From 80’s French new wave to disco vibes, these songs speak about love, missing, joy, death, ...
January 15, 2018 at 8:00 am
Watch: David Byrne “Everybody’s Coming to my House”
David Byrne has announced his first solo album since 2004’s Grown Backwards. The former Talking Heads front man has teamed up with ...
January 15, 2018 at 8:00 am
Film review: Ai Weiwei’s ‘Human Flow’
I want the right of life,
of the leopard at the spring, of the seed splitting open-
I want the right of the first ...
January 10, 2018 at 8:00 am
Book Review: ‘Europa My Mirror’
Between the ordering and the arriving, I had some time to wonder about the enignatic title and cover of the new book Europa My ...
January 10, 2018 at 8:00 am
Watch: Insecure Men “Teenage Toy”
By Kirsten Kay Thoen aka Daggers For Eyes, find her on Instagram here.
Insecure Men’s release of its first music video for ...
January 9, 2018 at 8:00 am
Film review: Chavela
Queer folk have a tendency to bestow idol-hood on personas with bombastic glamour who are prone to antics; characters living out loud ...
January 4, 2018 at 10:22 am
Premiere: The Muckers “Suspended For A Long Time”
Photo by Michael Younker. Text by Tamim Alnuweiri.
Have you ever seen a band live, spoken to them and just been so enthralled by ...
January 4, 2018 at 8:00 am
Watch: Dois “Stromboli”
Text by Cynthia Alfonso who you may recognize as the illustrator behind our brilliant end of year posters. Below is a video that she ...
December 30, 2017 at 11:00 am
Editors’ Picks: Best new bands of 2017
2017 is over! We’ve spent the last few weeks revisiting our favorite music videos, albums, and live acts. In this last ...
December 29, 2017 at 8:00 am
Mixtape: City kids
Mixtape and artwork by Daniel Shepard.
These are some songs that I would recommend to anyone but there are people that think punk ...
December 21, 2017 at 8:00 am
Listen: Sobs “Catflap”
Celine Autumn, Jared Lim, and Raphael Ong make up the Singapore-based project Sobs. In June of 2017 these self-proclaimed purveyors of ...
December 20, 2017 at 8:00 am
Book review: Ta-Nehisi Coates ‘We Were Eight Years In Power’
I grew up thinking racism would soon die out of its own accord—that it still existed in pockets but people were for the most part ...
December 19, 2017 at 8:00 am
Editors’ Picks: Best albums of 2017
Illustration by Cynthia Alfonso, see more of her work here and here.
2017 is almost over—both a blessing and a curse (we all ...