September 17, 2019 at 9:00 am
Pictionary with Pottery
Photos and feature by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here.
I have been hearing good things about Pottery for what feels ...
August 30, 2019 at 1:00 pm
Oct 25: DIY Mag x Alt Citizen present The Wants, Beechwood, Whiner @ The Broadway
We’re headed back to The Broadway with our pals at DIY Mag to host what will no doubt be a killer evening. Brooklyn’s own ...
August 27, 2019 at 9:00 am
Beau: A few of our favorite things
The music of Beau (Heather Golden and Emma Jenney) might have the breezy strumming of an acoustic guitar and soulful vocal stylings, ...
August 21, 2019 at 9:00 am
Zine preview: The Murlocs and Moonwalks tour diary
Photos by Julia Khoroshilov. Find more of her work here.
Check out some outtakes from Julia’s tour diary with The Murlocs and ...
August 20, 2019 at 9:00 am
Tour Diary: Beechwood Summer European Tour
Beechwood is the Brooklyn band we don’t deserve. As their own song states, they’re “sweet like heroin honey” ...
August 19, 2019 at 9:00 am
Sippin’ coffee & talking post-punk with BLOOM
Photos by Tylor Loring
BLOOM isn’t your typical group of NYC design punks. Their live performance alone should be enough to turn ...
August 6, 2019 at 12:00 pm
A few of our favorite things: Model/Actriz
Photo by Julien Kelly-Gross
Hailing from Boston, dance-noise subversives Model/Actriz are ready to disrupt and amuse you. The trio ...
August 6, 2019 at 9:00 am
Zine preview: Viagra Boys
Photos and feature by Lola Pistola
Check out an excerpt and some outtakes from our upcoming zine feature on Viagra Boys
Viagra Boys ...
July 16, 2019 at 9:00 am
Cowgirl Clue’s music is the real icebreaker
Photos and feature by Lola Pistola
The first time I saw Cowgirl Clue live, it was sort of a happy accident. Her song “Utopia” was ...
July 12, 2019 at 9:00 am
I missed out on Miss June and I’m really sad about it
I’d left my camera at home and had to run around in the rain to snatch it up, making me late for another interview and also kind ...
July 5, 2019 at 9:00 am
20 questions with The Beaches
Photos and feature by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here.
The Canadian outfit The Beaches feels like a mashup of your ...
July 2, 2019 at 9:00 am
Premiere: Faux Real’s debut single “Second Sweat”
Single artwork by Maxime Imbert. Feature photos by Cheryl Georgette.
We’re thrilled to be premiering the debut single ...
June 20, 2019 at 9:00 am
Premiere: DYGL “Don’t You Wanna Dance In This Heaven”
Tokyo born, London bred garage rock band DYGL doesn’t hide its classic rock influences, nor should it. Their debut album was ...
June 19, 2019 at 9:00 am
A sugarcoated, champagne filled homecoming with Samia
Feature and photos by Izel Villarba, find more of his work here.
What can I say about Samia that hasn’t already been said? Quite ...
June 17, 2019 at 9:00 am
Grapetooth’s Clay Frankel did karate onstage, but doesn’t want to be your frontman
Portraits and words by Monica Kurowski. Live photos by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here.
After selling out their ...
June 12, 2019 at 5:00 pm
The Muckers release music video for “This Town Will Drag Us Down” ahead of our New York City showcase in collaboration with DIY magazine — June 20
Photo by Julia Khoroshilov. Find more of her work here
New York’s favorite psych-rockers, The Muckers have gifted us with a ...
May 30, 2019 at 12:00 pm
Premiere: Sienna “Tell Me Everything”
Photos by Jenna Putnam
Solo projects are always a gamble. The entire point of being part of a group is that each member adds ...
May 23, 2019 at 9:00 am
What’s in the van? with Tacocat
Photo by Helen Moga
Over the course of the past 12 years Emily, Bree, Lelah, and Eric have been touring their tails off as Tacocat, ...
May 21, 2019 at 9:00 am
Goth strippers, a brass band, and taking over the Speedway with Shybaby
Words by Jess Catcher. Photos by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here.
My most recent night with Shybaby started with ...
May 20, 2019 at 9:00 am
The Devil, The Angel, and The Almighty walk into a bar — in conversation with Dehd
Art by Enne Goldstein, you can find more of her work here
Dehd knows hearts. The Chicago-based trio (comprised of Emily Kempf, ...
April 19, 2019 at 9:00 am
Listen: Slow Pulp’s new track “High” is nostalgia distorted
Slow Pulp has a knack for taking the deepest cuts of nostalgia and fusing them into music. Gearing up for their next EP, the Chicago ...
April 16, 2019 at 9:00 am
Liner notes: going track by track through ‘Dreamo’ with Teen Body
Brooklyn’s own dream-pop outfit, Teen Body, have just released Dreamo, the follow up to their debut LP Get Home Safe. The ...
April 1, 2019 at 9:00 am
THICK graduates to Epitaph Records with an epic show at The Glove
Photos by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here.
I arrived at The Glove at 8pm, just in time for doors, but rather than a ...
March 25, 2019 at 9:00 am
Photo Diary: SXSW 2019
Photos by Daniel Jackson, find more of his work here
Blood Cultures
Amyl and The Sniffers
SASAMI
Viagra ...
March 22, 2019 at 9:00 am
Premiere: Whiner “Jump”
There is something incredibly freeing and lighthearted about listening to glam rock. As someone who mostly finds themselves ...
March 20, 2019 at 9:00 am
What’s in the van? with Gymshorts
I have a confession. Growing up I was a real shithead. Dennis The Menace and Calvin were my comic strip heroes and I strove to emulate ...
March 5, 2019 at 9:00 am
Chicago Sampler
Chicago can so often get lost in the shuffle. Though it may not be as big of a musical market as New York, Los Angeles, or London in ...
February 18, 2019 at 9:00 am
Deli Girls’ “Abortion” Made My Ears Bleed and I Can’t Stop Listening
I can’t understand most of the lyrics in Deli Girls’ newest single “Abortion”, off their upcoming album I ...
February 6, 2019 at 9:00 am
Florida Sampler
Florida, the most southeastern state of all America, is commonly known for its bipolar weather patterns, oppressive heat, loony ...
January 25, 2019 at 9:00 am
Indoor Pets have a lot to be content about
Photo by Felicity Davies
Jamie of the UK based band Indoor Pets likes to be the center of attention, “but only for 5 ...
December 21, 2018 at 11:00 am
Ghost King promotes “Toad Jam” at OWL
Photos by Jessica Gurewitz
Walking into Our Wicked Lady on a chilly Monday night, I didn’t know what to expect. I knew three bands ...
December 11, 2018 at 1:00 pm
Listen: Sudol “Moon”
If you have been yearning for that mid-winter soundtrack, one for the darkest of December nights, Alison Sudol has your ...
December 11, 2018 at 9:00 am
Catching Up with JW Francis
New York based JW Francis creates gooey, dreamy, warming bedroom pop. As New York gets colder, his music pokes at the thermostat, ...
November 16, 2018 at 9:00 am
Chris Maier on crafting instrumental album “Sleeping in the Hall”
Chris Maier’s instrumental album, Sleeping in the Hall, creates effortlessly lush soundscapes that meet the ear with ease. ...
November 13, 2018 at 11:00 am
Band Crush: Peeping Drexels bring honky tonk sleaze to South London
South London’s Peeping Drexels ooze a sleaziness once only fabricated in poorly insulated basements in the Lower East Side circa ...
November 5, 2018 at 11:00 am
At home in space with Arthur Moon
Photos by Aricka Moultry-Davis.
Lora Faye Ashuvud, also known as Arthur Moon, seems convinced of her own strangeness. Upon first ...
October 25, 2018 at 1:00 pm
Alt Citizen’s Guide to London Bands
We’re headed across the pond for some shows with our favorite UK bands. Here’s what you can look forward to from the best ...
September 27, 2018 at 12:13 pm
Photo Diary: Behind the Scenes of Surfbort’s Trashworld
Story by Surfbort, Polaroids by Amanda Adam, Pics by Renee Parkhurst
By all accounts it was a stupid idea: shoot a no budget music ...
September 5, 2018 at 9:00 am
GRLWood: Hopeful Music To Mosh To
Photos by Julia Khoroshilov.
Karen and Rej of the Kentucky based duo GRLWood don’t consider their music to be punk. On first ...
August 30, 2018 at 9:00 am
Video premiere: Outer Limit Lotus “Everything Ends Too Soon”
A European goth rock band writing about death can easily become trite and tedious. The truth is, it’s just not that easy to ...
August 20, 2018 at 9:00 am
Entering the Void with MONSTERWATCH
Photos and feature by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here.
On stage they’re a mass of shaking heads and flailing ...
August 8, 2018 at 9:00 am
Death Heaven with Deafheaven, Drab Majesty and Uniform @ Brooklyn Steel
Photos by Daggers For Eyes, find her on Instagram here.
Uniform
Drab Majesty
Deafheaven
...
July 31, 2018 at 9:00 am
Lauren Ruth Ward @ Elsewhere Space
The death of real, head bobbing, ear-splitting, balls to the walls rock music has been talked about ad nauseam over the past 20 years ...
July 27, 2018 at 9:00 am
Spotlight: Nation of Language
Photos by Ryan Layne, see more here.
The enigmatic Brooklyn trio Nation of Language is the sound of something more. Bringing a real ...
July 23, 2018 at 4:13 pm
Photo Diary: The Mary Vision, CHILLEMI, Justin Dean Thomas @ Berlin
Pics by Sophie Hur from last week’s show at Berlin
The Mary Vision
CHILLEMI
Justin Dean ...
July 18, 2018 at 3:26 pm
YAASSS premiere first single “Full Moon Junkies”
Photo by Rachel Cabitt.
If you haven’t been treated to the gift of a YAASSS show, I don’t know what you’re waiting ...
July 16, 2018 at 9:00 am
INTERVIEW: Amyl and the Sniffers’ first big whiff of punk fame
Photos by Kirs Thoen aka Daggers For Eyes.
Amyl and The Sniffers are ferocious. From the speakers, their EPs are sharp, fast, and ...
July 9, 2018 at 7:25 pm
July: Summer with CHILLEMI Residency, Every Wednesday @ Berlin, 21+ ($10-$25)
Think Alan Vega style beats over Neil Young guitars. For his upcoming residency at Berlin, CHILLEMI will have a full backing band to ...
June 18, 2018 at 9:00 am
Hablemos Del Alma creates satirical religious electronic music
Hablemos Del Alma is the moniker of Angelo Santa Cruz a Chilean new-age electronic musician, who makes music for the “soul.” ...
June 8, 2018 at 9:00 am
Japanese Breakfast brings upbeat energy to Warsaw
My only previous live Japanese Breakfast experience was at Union Pool outside on the patio on an incredibly hot summer day. Like, ...