May 23, 2018 at 9:00 am
Interview: Spitting blood with Starcrawler
Photos by Noelle Duquette at Elsewhere’s Loft, styling by Cait Durra for Worship. Interview by Amanda Lang.
Everything about ...
May 23, 2018 at 8:00 am
Tour diary: On the road with Glove
Find Glove on Bandcamp, Spotify, and Instagram.
My band Glove is a new wave rock n’ roll band hailing from Tampa, Florida and ...
May 22, 2018 at 10:00 am
Watch: Champagne Superchillin’ “Amor Fati”
Photo by William Aubrey Reynolds.
Nietzsche and David Lynch ain’t got nothing on Champagne Superchillin’. The wonderfully ...
May 21, 2018 at 9:00 am
Play this at my funeral: Daniella Valdez
Play This At My Funeral is a new mixtape series where people (somewhat obviously) curate music for their own funerals. This ...
May 21, 2018 at 8:00 am
All headlines: An interview with The Dreebs
Text and interview by Tamim Alnuweiri. Photos by Lauren Khalfayan.
I read something on Pitchfork or some shit that called The ...
May 17, 2018 at 9:25 am
Sweet and creamy: Fever Ray @ Brooklyn Hangar
Nine years after unleashing their pitch-black eponymous debut album, Fever Ray is back in the States again with a quake full of dark ...
May 17, 2018 at 9:00 am
EP Premiere: Kip Nelson ‘Waves After Work’
It’s hard to find any genuine sense of relaxation these days—the news makes it feel like the world is constantly on the verge ...
May 16, 2018 at 1:54 pm
Album review: Courtney Barnett ‘Tell Me How You Really Feel’
Courtney Barnett is among the most observational of contemporary songwriters. 2014’s The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas and the ...
May 14, 2018 at 9:54 am
Play this at my funeral: Josh Salter, Nap Eyes
Artwork by Kiana Green.
Play This At My Funeral is a new mixtape series where people (somewhat obviously) curate music for their own ...
May 14, 2018 at 8:00 am
Live review: Varsity @ Mercury Lounge
The Chicago garage-pop band Varsity makes music that isn’t restricted by nostalgia for or the sound of a specific ...
May 11, 2018 at 11:00 am
Photo Diary: Sedona, RFA, and Ceramic Animal @ Baby’s All Right
Photos by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here.
Sedona
RFA
Ceramic Animal
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May 11, 2018 at 9:00 am
An alternative soundtrack to “Eyes Wide Shut”
Playlist by Jackie Green.
I’ve been making an “alternative soundtrack” to Eyes Wide Shut over the past couple ...
May 10, 2018 at 8:31 am
First listen: Arctic Monkeys “Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino”
A few years ago one of Alex Turner’s friends gifted him a piano, and for the first time in his career, he set aside his guitar. He ...
May 10, 2018 at 8:00 am
We survived SXSW: Quit Your Day Job and everything else
Text by Tamim Alnuweiri. Videos and photos by Cheryl Georgette except where noted, gifs by Luis Lucio.
Quit Your Day Job
Luis and I ...
May 9, 2018 at 2:19 pm
Photo Diary: Gold Connections and Car Seat Headrest @ Market Hotel
Photos by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here.
Gold Connections
Car Seat ...
May 8, 2018 at 11:00 am
Interview: Numb.er
Interview and text by Tamim Alnuweiri. Gifs by Luis Lucio.
SXSW was kind of a mess and a blur and this one day it was hot as shit ...
May 7, 2018 at 9:00 am
Play this at my funeral: Matthew Orr
Illustration by Nazar Khamis.
Play This At My Funeral is a new mixtape series where people sort of obviously curate music for their ...
May 4, 2018 at 8:00 am
Throwback Review: X Ray Spex “Germfree Adolescents”
I’m constantly stunned by my tendency to obsess and fixate on what I know I love. It’s easy to fall into a routine and to keep ...
May 4, 2018 at 8:00 am
Photo Diary: The Coathangers and Minus the Bear @ Warsaw
Photos by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here.
The Coathangers
Minus The Bear
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May 3, 2018 at 8:00 am
Listen: Burnt Beach “Another Drop”
Photo by Julia Pierce.
Burnt Beach sounds like something you would listen to in the summer. Their debut single “Another Drop” is ...
May 2, 2018 at 8:36 am
Mixtape: ROMES’ summer essentials
A few days ago ROMES premiered the music video for their latest single “When The Night Comes” on Earmilk. The music video ...
May 2, 2018 at 8:00 am
Another one bites the dust: RIP Silent Barn
So as of Sunday, April 29th, another one bites the dust, and by that I mean New York is losing another DIY venue with Bushwick’s ...
May 2, 2018 at 8:00 am
Photo Diary: Sunflower Bean @ Bowery Ballroom
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May 1, 2018 at 8:00 am
Lopsided language: A conversation with Speedy Ortiz’s Sadie Dupuis
Sadie Dupuis has never been one to avoid making a point. Not in a chatty, incessant way—as a seasoned poet, she has a dark and witty ...
May 1, 2018 at 8:00 am
Watch: Phil and The Osophers “Third World American”
It’s nothing new, but the United States kinda suck. And I don’t mean that in a racist, “Make America Great ...
April 30, 2018 at 8:00 am
Alt Citizen’s May show forecast
Artwork by Alberto Pazzi.
I don’t know what’s going on but there are a shit ton of shows going on like every night. Most ...
April 30, 2018 at 8:00 am
Listen: The Sediment Club “The Payoff”
Brooklyn based No Wave/Punk band The Sediment Club is never easy to listen to. And that’s not a bad thing, the grinding guitars and ...
April 28, 2018 at 11:55 am
Mixtape: Taurus season
Dear Taurus, you and me we are very compatible and I have a special tenderness for you. As an Earth sign you are grounded, patient, ...
April 27, 2018 at 8:31 am
Watch: Tall Juan “Kaya”
Photo by Audrey Del Piccolo.
After a remarkable show last Friday at Market Hotel, Tall Juan gives us some other good news with his ...
April 27, 2018 at 8:00 am
Interview: A Place to Bury Strangers
Interview and text by Tamim Alnuweiri. Photos by Luis Lucio.
Fifteen years on and A Place To Bury Strangers’ imprint on rock ...
April 26, 2018 at 8:00 am
Watch: MOURN “Barcelona City Tour”
Although shockingly young, MOURN has been through more in their short existence than many bands encounter in their entire careers. ...
April 25, 2018 at 8:00 am
Premiere: Atlas Wynd “Helpless”
Rock music doesn’t need to be reinvented to be worthy. Some bands rely on nostalgia, some bands rely on experimentation, and ...
April 25, 2018 at 8:00 am
Photo Diary: Franz Ferdinand @ Brooklyn Steel
Photos by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here.
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April 24, 2018 at 8:48 am
Video premiere: PILL “Side Eye”
In some fever dream you wake up and it’s the 80s. You turn on your TV and scramble through public access channels until you land ...
April 23, 2018 at 8:00 am
Live Review: U.S. Girls and Gold Dime @ Baby’s All Right
Photos by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here.
Going to a lot of shows in New York, you can easily get wrapped up in ...
April 19, 2018 at 8:36 am
Listen: Palberta “Roach Goin’ Down”
Listening to the new Palberta track “Roach Goin’ Down,” the thing that strikes me the most is that it feels kind of ...
April 18, 2018 at 8:00 am
Live review: Cigarettes After Sex @ Brooklyn Steel
What does it mean to put on a live performance? Are musicians supposed to stay true to their original creation or provide an ...
April 18, 2018 at 8:00 am
April 24: Lola Pistola, Mima Good, Pom Pom Squad and Menjuje (The Good Girl Party) @ Elsewhere 7pm ($10)
Are you a good bitch or a bad bitch? It’s 2018! You can proudly be anyone you want to be and where better to celebrate that than ...
April 17, 2018 at 8:00 am
Interview: Haley Blais
Haley Blais blends provoking lyrics with a laid back brand of harder rock, bringing to mind influences of predecessors like PJ Harvey ...
April 17, 2018 at 8:00 am
Photo diary: Honduras and Public Access TV @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Photos by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here.
Honduras
Public Access ...
April 16, 2018 at 8:00 am
Album Review: Many Rooms “There Is A Presence Here”
Somber and neither here nor there, Many Rooms, the moniker of Houston-based singer/songwriter Briana Hunt, conceived a debut album ...
April 13, 2018 at 8:47 am
Song Premiere: Mima Good “Bad For Me”
If being a good girl is doing as grandma says, we’re screwed. It’s imposed on every female identifying person that there’s a ...
April 12, 2018 at 8:00 am
Video Premiere: Ackerman “Mission Control”
A hazy song that’ll take you out of this world—Ackerman is a NYC-based band that brings you trippy indie beats that create a ...
April 12, 2018 at 8:00 am
Photo Diary: Caroline Rose @ Rough Trade
Photos by Brett Myers.
Caroline Rose
“I do believe we might be the most grateful band in the world.”
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April 11, 2018 at 8:02 am
Listen: Twins “Glass Breaks Glass”
Found sounds are a great way to disrupt the melody and meaning, it is also something that will always have a dual effect on the ...
April 11, 2018 at 8:00 am
Photo Diary: Lucille Furs, Fruit and Flowers, and The Nude Party @ Elsewhere
Photos by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here.
Lucille Furs
Fruit and Flowers
The Nude ...
April 10, 2018 at 8:00 am
We survived SXSW: A recap of Cult Citizen presents
Text by Tamim Alnuweiri, photos by Luis Lucio.
It doesn’t exactly make sense to start here since this was actually the last ...
April 9, 2018 at 8:00 am
Live Review: Nobunny @ Diviera Drive
I don’t know what happened to me as a kid but I’m only satisfied at shows if I’m deaf and sweaty by the end of it—and if the ...
April 9, 2018 at 8:00 am
Mixtape: Music for the way down
I’ve been so supremely stressed out by my jobs and general life decisions for the last few months that I have not emotionally ...
April 6, 2018 at 8:00 am
Album Premiere: The Night Screams ‘Stuck’ EP
Photo by Jeanette D. Moses/ Blood Sweat & Beers NYC
You can’t get any grittier than this. Say hello to the guttural and ...