July 23, 2018 at 4:27 pm
July 25: David Johansen, Hennessey, CHILLEMI @ Berlin ($25)
On July 25 the legendary David Johansen will headline the final night of CHILLEMI’s residency, with support by Hennessey. Only a few ...
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 23, 2018 at 1:39 pm
Song Premiere: GYMSHORTS “You Blew It”
There’s truly no better feeling than telling someone who has wronged you, just how little you care.”You Blew It”, ...
July 23, 2018 at 9:00 am
In The Green Room with Post Animal
Text and interview by Lola Pistola. Photos by Lauren Khalfayan.
Oh, the electricity of sharing your music and promoting an album. ...
July 20, 2018 at 1:12 pm
Dama Scout releases new video for “Milky Milk”
Dama Scout, the Glasgow/London-based trio has just released their video for “Milky Milk.” It’s been months since they put out ...
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
Photo diary: War Violet and Sleeparound @ Berlin
Photos by Jessica ...
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 13, 2018 at 9:24 am
Ticket giveaway & video premiere: Little Junior @ Irving Plaza w/ Calpurnia, July 14
Photo by Tamara Léger
The rad queer-fronted power pop-punk band Little Junior from Toronto is premiering with Alt Citizen their new ...
July 13, 2018 at 9:00 am
Photo Diary: Phoenix @ Brooklyn Steel
Photos by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her ...
July 12, 2018 at 9:00 am
Mixtape: Cancer season
Dear Cancer, you are one of the three zodiac signs ruled under the water element, alongside Scorpios and Pisces. But since Cancer is ...
July 12, 2018 at 9:00 am
A night of strange sensations at Full Moon Festival 2018
I have a very severe love-hate relationship with music festivals. On the one hand, I love live music, and festivals provide the ...
July 11, 2018 at 9:00 am
Interview: Rey Pila and the journey into no man’s land
Caught in a downpour during a bus ride to Philadelphia a few months ago, I wanted to take the storm in from the safety of my seat, to ...
July 10, 2018 at 11:26 am
Gnarcissists premiere first single “We All Just Wanna”
Photo by Jin Kay Lee.
The sounds of New York punk’s past feel instilled into the gritty garage jams of the Gnarcissists, the ...
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 ...
July 9, 2018 at 9:00 am
Death trax: Cynthia Alfonso
Play This At My Funeral is a new mixtape series where people (somewhat obviously) curate music for their own funerals. This week ...
July 6, 2018 at 9:00 am
Life Releases Video for “Grown Up”
Life released the video for their recent single “Grown Up,” a song that makes you think about the things that make ...
July 5, 2018 at 9:00 am
Meg Myers leaves fans elated at Mercury Lounge
Photos by Aricka Moultry-Davis. Polaroids by Grace Eire.
When we get to the venue at 4:00 PM, there’s already someone posted up ...
June 29, 2018 at 9:00 am
EP Premiere: Ruth Carp & The Fish Heads/Dead Brian ‘Ruth & Brian’s Unholy Matrimony’
Remember those summer nights where you end up making out with your crush while you’re on some wild wine infused adventure? Your ...
June 28, 2018 at 9:00 am
Song premiere: White China’s “Follows You Around”
Brooklyn/LA based band White China’s newest single, “Follows You Around,” sounds like a hybrid of Lana Del Rey at the heights of ...
June 28, 2018 at 9:00 am
Catching up with Margaret Glaspy at Le Poisson Rouge
Margaret Glaspy’s music puts the hard to say thoughts into words that otherwise can’t be found. Her debut, Emotions and Math, ...
June 27, 2018 at 9:00 am
Listen: Material Girls “Residual Grimace”
If you’re ever told that the sweat-and-leather-driven, electric guitar rock ’n’ roll is a thing of the past, “Residual ...
June 26, 2018 at 9:00 am
Video Premiere: Tampa “Silent Moon”
Neon, skydiving, airplanes and a multitude of sunglasses. Tampa, Jeff Kite of The Voidz’s L.A. band, premiere their new music ...
June 25, 2018 at 9:00 am
Death trax: SadGirl
The LA-based punk band SadGirl has just been welcomed into the Suicide Squeeze family and recently released a single from their ...
June 25, 2018 at 9:00 am
To the pit and back with THICK
From Craigslist to California, Brooklyn’s own THICK just don’t know when to stop. And thank God they don’t! They’re joyous, ...
June 22, 2018 at 9:00 am
EP Premiere: War Violet ‘Getaway’
The hot and sticky summer calls for War Violet’s whimsical escapism of psychedelic folk rock. Multi-instrumentalist Jummy Aremu ...
June 21, 2018 at 8:57 am
Song Premiere: Dismal Thinkings “Gone Away”
Nothing suits summer better than a melancholic rock song, and today, Seattle-based alt-rock band Dismal Thinkings has gifted us with ...
June 19, 2018 at 9:00 am
Nightcrawler: Pussy Riot @ Elsewhere
Luis Lucio‘s Nightcrawler series is a documentation of his nights in New York City, the shows he sees and the people he ...
June 18, 2018 at 9:20 am
Death trax: Wisha Kungsanant
Play This At My Funeral is a new mixtape series where people (somewhat obviously) curate music for their own funerals. This ...
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 15, 2018 at 9:00 am
Photo diary: Parquet Courts @ Public Arts
Photos by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her ...
June 14, 2018 at 9:00 am
Album Review: MOURN ‘Sorpresa Familia’
Sorpresa Familia opens up with their first lead-in single “Barcelona City Tour,” which is packed and punching with energy. It’s ...
June 14, 2018 at 9:00 am
Mixtape: Summer sludge
Photo by Tamim Alnuweiri.
In my youth what summer in New York meant was waking up on saturday mornings and hoofing it to Coney Island ...
June 12, 2018 at 2:37 pm
Video Premiere: Twisty Cats “My Quiet Fantasy”
Twisty Cats latest video for their track “My Quiet Fantasy” is like watching a black magic erotica. The women in the film gather ...
June 12, 2018 at 9:00 am
Album Premiere: GRLwood “Daddy”
The queer revolution is here and it’s…Kentucky-fried with a side of screamo? That’s what “scream-pop” duo GRLwood have ...
June 11, 2018 at 9:00 am
Mixtape: Pride for punks
The first pride parade was to commemorate a riot (if you don’t know what I’m talking about google Stonewall). Now it’s awash ...
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, ...
June 8, 2018 at 9:00 am
Song premiere: The Ophelias “General Electric”
After playing the token girl in numerous bands of guys, bassist Grace Weir, guitarist and lyricist Spencer Peppet, percussionist ...
June 7, 2018 at 9:00 am
Hop Along at Brooklyn Steel
Philadelphia indie band Hop Along feels very grounded. It isn’t just the simplicity with which they present their music, lead ...
June 6, 2018 at 12:00 pm
Video premiere: Sleeping Pills “Drift Away”
Using just a green screen and some oversaturated graphics and patterns, Sleeping Pills has put out a psychedelic surf video for ...
June 5, 2018 at 9:00 am
Starcrawler and Yaasss wreaking havoc at Elsewhere
Photos by Daggers For Eyes, find her on ...
June 4, 2018 at 9:00 am
Mixtape: Navy Gangs’ songs for the road
Navy Gangs is on the road and sent in their road trip playlist. Listen to it below and catch them while they’re on tour.
Hey ...
May 31, 2018 at 2:08 pm
Man and Machine: An Interview with Sons of An Illustrious Father
Text and interview by Lauren Khalfayan. Photos by Luis Lucio
There are very few instances in which I’ve listened to an album ...
May 31, 2018 at 9:00 am
To Philly and back to see The Kills @ Union Transfer
There’s a reason The Kills and their crunchy blues-rock continue to make the rounds and blow out speakers. Their most recent LP, ...
May 30, 2018 at 2:00 am
An interview with The Black Lips—America’s most dangerous country band
Find the Black Lips on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
In April The Black Angels and Black Lips rolled through Saint Petersburg, ...
May 29, 2018 at 10:00 am
First Listen: Mazzy Star “Still”
Hope Sandoval and David Roback, better known as the core duo of mournful, misanthropic Mazzy Star have been around for a very long ...
May 29, 2018 at 9:00 am
Hinds: Behind the scenes of a sold out Warsaw show
Photos by Lauren Khalfayan, polaroids by Grace Eire.
At 2:30 on Thursday afternoon, Hinds is recovering from a night off in Brooklyn. ...
May 28, 2018 at 9:00 am
Play this at my funeral: Jimena García Vázquez
Photo by Zabrina Estrada.
Play This At My Funeral is a new mixtape series where people (somewhat obviously) curate music for their own ...
May 26, 2018 at 9:00 am
Death Trax: The Big Wheel
Death Trax is a mixtape series where people (somewhat obviously) curate music for their own funerals. This week, UK band, The Big ...
May 25, 2018 at 11:20 am
The guttural pursuits of sonic terrorists: an interview with The Sediment Club
Interview by Tamim Alnuweiri. Photos by Luis Lucio at Nick van Woert’s studio.
Writing about The Sediment Club feels like a ...