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 ...
September 27, 2024 at 12:00 pm
Mixtape: Vampire of the Diskoteka + photos
Mixtape by Eddie Dark
Photos by Bimbos Against Capitalism
Dance music strictly for vampires and other nocturnal beings, keep it way ...
April 23, 2024 at 2:05 pm
Mixtape: Icelandic Pönk
I went to Iceland recently and had the absolute time of my life, so now I’ve decided to make it my entire personality. On our ...
April 20, 2024 at 7:16 pm
Playlist: 4/20 in the city
It’s 4/20 in the city and 60 degrees out… so if there’s a time to get outside and lay on some grass (or smoke some??) ...
March 5, 2024 at 12:55 pm
Playlist: Sidewalk Strut
Rupaul by Ron Davis
Click-clack, click-clack on the city sidewalk — you’re wearing *those* new pumps and a red lip, basically ...
February 14, 2024 at 12:42 pm
Playlist: Nudity
Nudity isn’t always skin deep.
Sometimes words plays a more intimate role than an orgasm.
Made this playlist of some songs that ...
February 12, 2024 at 1:33 pm
Playlist: Crazy Sexy Cool
Songs to get you through the post afters and the perfect mix to get you started for the week. Playlist by the Bratt ...
February 8, 2024 at 5:00 pm
Playlist: Midnight Therapy
As the world drifts into the depths of night, there’s a subtle transcendent shift that occurs—a transformation from solitude ...
January 31, 2024 at 2:00 pm
Playlist: 1967 Après Ski
This playlist will transport you to an era of wooden skis and vibrant nylon insulators. It’s 1967; the summer of love has come to an ...
January 22, 2024 at 1:38 pm
Playlist: Roller Skating in Tokyo
Bright, entrancing neon lights, freshly soaked reflective asphalt, wind pulsing through your hair — There’s something about ...
December 28, 2023 at 1:34 pm
Playlist: Low in Heart
Painting by Alexandria Tarver
Dedicated to the low in heart is a playlist series by New York-based painter Alexandria Tarver. It’s a ...
November 29, 2023 at 10:00 am
nostalgic, romantic, vengeful: a fall playlist
As we enter a period of incessant Christmas music, lest we not forget the fall playlist.
This is what I’ve been listening to for ...
September 26, 2022 at 12:00 pm
Desert Daze ’22 mixtape
Art by Joaquin Ramirez. Find more of their work here.
While you’re getting your camping gear ready and planning out who’ll you ...
December 30, 2021 at 10:00 am
Alt Citizen’s favorite tracks of 2021
Art by Enne Goldstein, you can find more of their work here.
Not necessarily 2021 releases, but the music that got us through yet ...
September 9, 2021 at 9:00 am
Mixtape: sad girl autumn
Get in loser, we’re crying.
I don’t what it is, but as soon as it dips below 70 degrees I want that sad shit. Like ...
July 27, 2021 at 12:00 pm
Welcome to Leo season: burn it down
B-word, it’s Leo season!! Be louder, be more ridiculous, tease your hair, love harder. Leo’s ruled by the motherf*cking ...
June 24, 2021 at 11:00 am
Welcome to Cancer season: Wet Hot American Summer
Cancer season started on June 21st and we’ll be here until July 22. You’ve probably already felt a huge shift in energy ...
May 27, 2021 at 9:00 am
Welcome to Gemini season: Play/Destroy
Gemini season (May 21 – June 20) is upon us, with the full lunar eclipse just this past Wednesday early morning to boot. This ...
May 13, 2021 at 12:00 pm
Mixtape: anti-hibernation
Scene: Summer 2021. You are a fully vaxxed individual. Tours are being announced for the fall. You have hope for the first time in you ...
April 29, 2021 at 12:00 pm
Welcome to Taurus season: luxury, baby
Tauruses are good at a lot of things, but they’re best at luxuriating. This Taurus season (appropriately beginning this past ...
April 20, 2021 at 12:00 pm
4/20 mixtape
*wooooo*
Whether you’re “celebrating” or not today, here’s a mixtape to pair with the day. Even though ...
April 9, 2021 at 12:00 pm
Psychodelia in Latam
Please find both Spanish and English translations of the article below
Mientras el Summer of Love, Woodstock y Vietnam creaban una ...
March 30, 2021 at 12:00 pm
Mixtape: it’s called regression, sweaty
You’re either lying or living in a very different reality if you haven’t experienced even a *momentary* moment of ...
March 26, 2021 at 12:00 pm
Welcome to Aries season: hard-headed but squishy on the inside
Aries season, March 20-April 19, marks the start of the zodiac calendar. It’s fresh, it’s Spring, it feels like we might ...
March 16, 2021 at 12:00 pm
Mixtape: what we’re listening to
Art by Mikayla Lewis
Writing and reading about music is always a little ironic instead of just listening to the thing, so we’re ...
March 1, 2021 at 12:00 pm
Welome to Pisces season: swimming in calm
It’s always around Pisces season (February 18-March 20), the last bit of winter, where I start to get really reflective about ...
January 27, 2021 at 12:00 pm
Welcome to Aquarius season: keep it weird
We’re about a week or so into Aqua season, and to all the aquarian aliens out there, I just wanna say I love y’all. ...
January 6, 2021 at 12:00 pm
Welcome to Capricorn Season: Connect with intention
Capricorn is, as far as my experience goes, the most forgotten zodiac. Their level-headedness and steadfastness as the earthiest earth ...
December 31, 2020 at 12:00 pm
Mixtape: Alt Citizen’s 2020 trax
Art by Enne Goldstein, you can find more of their work here.
Not necessarily 2020 releases, but the music that got us through this ...
December 18, 2020 at 12:00 pm
Holiday mixtape
Tis the szn! Here’s a mix of holiday songs, old and new, to help get you in whatever the mood may be given the current ...
December 3, 2020 at 12:00 pm
Welcome to Sagittarius season: content to keep searching
Saggitarius Szn started last Saturday the 22nd, and ends right before Christmas on the 21st of December. Welcome!
When I think of Sags ...
November 9, 2020 at 12:00 pm
Calm TF Down mixtape
This past week, this month, this year has been A LOT. I know we’re all on the same page with that. Even if we have moments of ...
November 2, 2020 at 12:00 pm
Welcome to Scorpio Season: defy and evolve with certitude
First off, I need to apologize to all the Libras. I skipped you. Life happened, but I love you. You probably didn’t need anyone ...
October 27, 2020 at 12:00 pm
Halloween mixtape: LET’S BOO-GIE
Art by Charis Forrester
Happy Halloween from Alt Citizen! Enjoy some haunted tracks to soundtrack the season. Featuring classic ...
September 16, 2020 at 12:00 pm
You started running during quarantine? Groundbreaking — vol. 2
It wasn’t a phase.
Whether you’ve been tracking those miles since March to maintain your sanity or just now are dusting ...
August 25, 2020 at 3:00 pm
Welcome to Virgo Season: rigorous love
Virgo Season officially began this past Saturday and we’ll be here until September 22. Get ready for the energy of their ...
August 19, 2020 at 12:00 pm
Mixtape: crowd friendly songs that don’t suck
Whether you’re quarantined with your family or have to put on music in a shared space whose audience is not your target demo, ...
April 28, 2020 at 12:00 pm
You started running during quarantine? Groundbreaking.
Like florals for spring.
Not an original thought/activity, but running has become an escape for many of us during this time of ...
April 16, 2020 at 12:00 pm
Pop was never trash
Pop’s popular for a reason, and while we’re all for promoting bands we love that might not be plastered on billboards in Times ...
March 24, 2020 at 12:00 pm
27 Mins to Kill mixtape
Here’s a 27-minute escape. ...
February 11, 2020 at 12:00 pm
Feelings mixtape
It’s that time of year again so we made a mixtape for whatever you’re feeling — the good, the bad, the sad, the ugly. ...
December 27, 2019 at 12:00 pm
Mixtape: Alt Citizen’s 2019 trax
Art by Charis Forrester
Not necessarily 2019 releases, but shit in general we’ve been digging this past year. Put this baby on ...
December 23, 2019 at 12:00 pm
Alt Citizen holiday mixtape
Happy holidaze from our internet fam to ...
December 6, 2019 at 12:00 pm
Of Poets + Punks, III: Chromesthesia
Photos and feature by E.R. Pulgar
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“I see music in colours. I love music that’s black, pink, purple or ...
October 31, 2019 at 9:00 am
Jane Church Halloween Mixtape
Halloween is here so i decided to compile a playlist of songs i associate with this mysterious time of year. You won’t find the ...
October 23, 2019 at 9:00 am
Whiner mixtape: when you’re depressed 24/7 but you’re always down to party
a lit playlist by your friendly neighborhood Whiner babies
Equal parts guilty pleasure and good time, Whiner’s music is like ...
October 16, 2019 at 12:00 pm
Of Poets + Punks, II: Tango Del Pecado
Photos and feature by E.R. Pulgar
For someone who has two left feet compared to every Venezuelan I’ve ever met, most of my ...
July 4, 2019 at 9:00 am
Anti 4th mixtape
Art by Enne Goldstein, you can find more of their work here
It feels weird to be “celebrating” our country, so ...
June 25, 2019 at 9:00 am
Jane Church summer mixtape
Photo by Michelle Gonzales
While New York is suffering in weird, week long, tropical storm madness, Jane Church has escaped for the ...
June 17, 2019 at 9:00 am
Mixtape: Love, Hope, Sex, Dreams
This is a mix for lazy summer days and nights—grass-stained, sun-fried, day-drunk. Blissed and blitzed in the heavy heat. Heavy ...