October 17, 2025 at 10:28 am
Listen: Epoxy “CIVILIANS!”
NYC screamo trio Epoxy’s new album CIVILIANS! is out now. Reminiscent of late ’90s and early 2000s emo, Alec Publicover (guitar, ...
October 9, 2025 at 10:52 am
Margaritas and Memories of NYC with Lulu Van Trapp
In September, ALT CITIZEN hosted an electric run of 6 live shows throughout New York City to celebrate our 15th anniversary as a ...
September 23, 2025 at 3:04 pm
Wolf Alice at Brooklyn Paramount NYC Review
Wolf Alice stormed the Brooklyn Paramount Friday night, Sept. 19, their fifth stop on The Clearing tour. The room felt like it had ...
September 17, 2025 at 11:43 am
Listen: Down & Outs “HALF-LOVE”
Listen to New York based indie-rock trio The Down & Outs new release HALF-LOVE. The pop-centric single is just one of the songs ...
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 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 ...
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 28, 2025 at 12:34 pm
Promiseland to Debut New Material at AC15 Show Series
Photo: La Traac – Athens, Greece
This year, Promiseland has taken his visceral live show across borders, with performances at ...
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 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 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 13, 2025 at 1:56 pm
Listen: Leonard Van Vuuren ‘Abnormal City Rendezvous’
Leonard Van Vuuren is a flâneur. His new EP, Abnormal City Rendezvous, translates “a composite of cities passed through, half-lived ...
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 ...
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 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 23, 2025 at 4:14 pm
This Week: Live Music Show Round Up 6/23 – 6/29
Do you live in NYC, love music, and want to see a cool show this week? Look no further – Music journalist Maddie is bringing a live ...
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 16, 2025 at 1:18 pm
This Week: Live Music Show Roundup 6/16 – 6/22
Do you live in NYC, love music, and want to see a cool show this week? Look no further – Music journalist Maddie is bringing a live ...
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 ...
May 31, 2025 at 11:53 am
Listen: scared ‘I’m Your Dog’
“Well all I do is bark and whine, when you’re gone. I’m your dog” sings scared vocalist Ada Chen on her premiere ...
May 30, 2025 at 10:08 am
Album Premiere: Lothar ‘Feu et Joie’
‘Feu et Joie’ or Fire and Joy in English, praises the void between things… it praises the time that goes slow and ...
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 28, 2025 at 10:31 am
Double Feature: Communions ‘Forgotten Frequencies’ & ‘Lodged’ + interview
Photo by @foxsticks
After 4 years since their last full length album, Danish band Communions are ready to bring you something new. On ...
May 27, 2025 at 11:04 am
Fontaines D.C Live in NYC x Offstage with bassist Deego
Photos by Jenna Murray, Words by Lulu Rodriguez
Fontaines D.C., post punk band from Dublin played another series of sold out shows in ...
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 ...
May 20, 2025 at 12:57 pm
No Holds Barred: In Conversation with Cleo Reed
Words by Sophie Abeles. Photos by Tosin Popoola & Matthew Schonfeld.
Self-assured and exceedingly creative, Cleo Reed is an ...
May 17, 2025 at 1:40 pm
Mixtape: Perreando en la bodega
Mix by Beatriz Castro
A playlist for when you are at the bodega, a little hungover, waiting for your BEC, and the music from last ...
May 16, 2025 at 1:05 pm
Listen: Casablanca Drivers ‘Tabloid’ + get to know the band
Hailing from Corsica and now residing in Paris, Casablanca Drivers have been delighting our ears for quite some time. But the band ...
May 14, 2025 at 1:30 pm
No Holds Barred: Taking the Risk with ZEEMUFFIN
Words by Sophie Abeles. Photos by Jenna Murray.
Sitting at her desk in the marketing wing of Spotify’s New York office, a woman ...
May 12, 2025 at 5:54 pm
May 13: Party Girls Never Die w/ Special Guests Night #2 @ Jean’s
Nasa, ALT CITIZEN founder and editor in chief has a new party series called Party Girls Never Die w/ Special Guests centered around ...
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 ...
May 6, 2025 at 2:23 pm
Bec Lauder and the Noise Launch Jean’s Oasis Summer Residency
Tonight at 8 p.m., Bec Lauder and the Noise kick off their summer residency at Jean’s Down. The three-piece NYC rock band — ...
April 16, 2025 at 12:28 pm
Breaking the ice with Bracco
Born out boredom in the city of Paris, experimental electronic / rock band Bracco sure know how to put on a show. If you have the ...
March 17, 2025 at 2:01 pm
Test Subjects Experiment With Bigger Sound
Photos by Charlie Baker.
“Hey,” I said, turning to my neighbor at a concert on Wednesday night, “doesn’t he ...
March 14, 2025 at 7:48 am
Listen: manuni_d ‘Ap2ro’
Roll into the weekend with some new music. This week’s song pick comes from Lulu Van Trapp member Manu, or otherwise known by his ...
February 27, 2025 at 11:00 am
NYC Trash Punkers BALACLAVA Domesticate Existential Dread with “WHERE IS MY FOUR DIMENSIONAL DOG?”
What a time to be alive! You go from staring at big screen for work, to small screen at home, and then finally to smaller screen where ...
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 19, 2025 at 2:57 pm
Downtown Dispatch: Ray Bull Unleashed
With just one listen, Ray Bull’s music sparks an immediate conversation of movement — foot tapping, finger snapping, head bobbing, ...
February 18, 2025 at 11:00 am
Love is Everywhere at Nightclub 101 – With Pleasure Systems, May Rio, and Whait
article by Urvija Banerji, photos by Emilio Herce
“You guys could have been at the Paul McCartney show tonight, and you chose ...
February 14, 2025 at 9:57 am
Premiere: Cindy Cane’s Heart Is on Fire
Faster, hotter, stronger.
Cindy Cane’s latest single, “Hearts on Fire,” is an endless dance between the peculiar and the ...
February 13, 2025 at 12:11 pm
SUO Serves Romance and Heartbreak with “Arms of an Angel”
Photo by Mochi Robinson.
“Arms of an Angel,” the latest release from SUO, explores the fleeting nature of emotion. On Instagram, ...
February 12, 2025 at 8:00 am
No Holds Barred: Meet the New Kid, Komodos
Story by Sophie Abeles. Photos by Matt Weinberger.
Named for the word’s mouthfeel rather than the world’s largest lizard, ...