August 30, 2017 at 8:27 am
Interview: Spaceface
Interview by Lallie Doyle.
Hailing from Memphis, Spaceface are bringing back psychedelia with their debut LP Sun Kids. I talked ...
August 29, 2017 at 8:00 am
Video Premiere: The Values “Colors”
Forget all the colors of the wind–try seeing all the colors of the passing cars.
Brooklyn group The Values is coming at you with ...
August 25, 2017 at 1:14 pm
Watch: King Krule “Czech One”
Not Archy Marshall, not Return of the Pimp Shrimp or any of his other aliases but King Krule is officially back. After a week or two ...
August 24, 2017 at 8:16 am
Interview: The Yorks
Based in Los Angeles, The Yorks are a (for the most part) duo, fusing pop vibes and lo-fi rock to create a fuzzy, mid-day haze sound. ...
August 23, 2017 at 8:25 am
Mixtape: Summer Nights
For those hot summer nights where the atmosphere feels almost tangible, the air a warm blanket around you, thick enough to feel like ...
August 23, 2017 at 8:00 am
Video Premiere: Sloppy Jane “Mindy”
Premiere by Mandy Brownholtz. Photo by Daniel Topete.
Sloppy Jane is the brainchild of artist Haley Dahl, newly relocated from L.A. ...
August 22, 2017 at 8:27 am
Cool Shit: The Cramps Live at Napa State Mental Hospital
In the summer of 1978 one of the most bizarre yet most vehemently “punk” shows happened at the Napa State Mental Hospital. ...
August 22, 2017 at 7:45 am
Listen: Derde Verde “Turn”
These days, it feels a little hard to well, feel anything you haven’t necessarily felt before, when listening to music. However, Los ...
August 18, 2017 at 3:15 pm
Video Premiere: HEARTSREVOLUTION “SEARCH AND DESTROY”
The video for HEARTSREVOLUTION‘s song “SEARCH AND DESTROY” begins with a sample that sounds like it’s from one ...
August 18, 2017 at 12:36 pm
Video Premiere: Psychic Selves “Rosemary”
Photo by Devon Bristol Shaw
Psychic Selves‘ new single ‘Rosemary’ is a love song about loving yourself and not ...
August 17, 2017 at 12:35 pm
Watch: Who Is She? “Top 8”
There’s still no word on if/when punk supergroup Childbirth will release new music, but now there’s another Seattle-based ...
August 17, 2017 at 9:00 am
Aug 30: High Waisted At Sea 4 – A Rock ‘n’ Roll Booze Cruise ($25-40)
Photos by Devon Shaw.
Get your flippers ready and find your most colorful outfit, ’cause the Booze Cruise is docking! For four ...
August 16, 2017 at 9:00 am
Interview: The Garden
Photos by Cheryl Georgette.
Greil Marcus once wrote that the more Lester Bangs loved and respected a band, the worse he was at ...
August 15, 2017 at 12:19 pm
The Shush Series: Dougie Poole and Casey Hopkins Trio
Photos by Devon Bristol Shaw.
Hey party people. Wait, wrong crowd? Well, anyways, I’m going to assume regardless that ...
August 15, 2017 at 9:00 am
This is not a photograph: Big Business and Uncrossing
I shoot a lot of film each week, of everything and nothing. Or, as I say, portraits of nouns (people places things and ideas). Here ...
August 14, 2017 at 9:00 am
Review: Priests, Future Punx, and Groupie at Brooklyn Night Bizarre
Photos by Devon Shaw. Review by Mo Wilson.
Groupie
“What is punk?” a friend texted me when I told them I’d be going to the ...
August 14, 2017 at 9:00 am
Watch: Sløtface “Pitted”
You hear a lot of valid stories from musicians about how touring is incredibly hard. But it is so refreshing to see a band still have ...
August 13, 2017 at 5:40 pm
Aug 29: Cult Citizen presents Puzzle, Junk Boys, YAASSS @ Baby’s All Right ($10)
The next Cult Citizen is happening Aug 29 and features headliner Puzzle (1/2 of The Garden) with support from local favorites Junk ...
August 12, 2017 at 9:00 am
Wanna Meet The Wants?
Photos by Devon Bristol Shaw.
Yeaaaaah, you do.
In the words of Cheap Trick, “I want you to want me. I need you to need ...
August 11, 2017 at 9:00 am
Mixtape: Intro to Twee
WTF is Twee? First emerging in the Northern UK in the mid-80s before spreading to America, Twee was simply defined as the lighter ...
August 10, 2017 at 8:00 am
Video Premiere: Champagne Superchillin “Mon Loup”
Listen to Champagne Superchillin and let the bubbles take control.
The recently NYC-based band (by way of Nashville) is ...
August 9, 2017 at 9:00 am
Watch: Frankie Rose “Dyson Sphere”
After a four year hiatus, Frankie Rose is back, ready to hold dominion over your unplanned earworms. Her latest release, “Dyson ...
August 8, 2017 at 8:00 am
Photo Diary: Buster Poindexter at City Winery
Photos by Thomas Sarvello.
Buster’s back! Catch the man, the myth, the legend for the last time this summer at City Winery on ...
August 7, 2017 at 8:02 am
Interview: HOMESHAKE
Looking at HOMESHAKE and his trilogy of records he claims, “It felt like I had finished what was going on with the three of them. I ...
August 4, 2017 at 12:14 pm
Watch: Annie Hart “Hard to Be Still”
“I never dreamed the video I made on my phone in my basement would premiere on VOGUE!!!”, Annie Hart, of Au Revoir Simone, ...
August 4, 2017 at 8:00 am
Mixtape: MELT
The last days of summer are upon us. But with countless more festivals, tours, and releases on the horizon, now is not the time for ...
August 2, 2017 at 8:17 am
Cult Citizen Guestbook: Weeknight, Blond Ambition and Kyle Avallone
Photos taken by Tamim Alnuweiri using a Lomography Instant Wide, which is some space age 2001: A Space Odyssey type of business. ...
August 1, 2017 at 9:07 am
The Shush Series: Animal Show and Psychic Selves
Photos by Devon Bristol Shaw.
The Shush Series at Drexler’s is back at it and this week I’ve got the feels. I’m an ...
July 31, 2017 at 9:00 am
Interview: Poppies
New York-based four-piece Poppies are the perfect blend of bedroom pop infused with a nebulous, yet distinctly evocative 90s sound. ...
July 29, 2017 at 9:00 am
Video Premiere: Surfbort “HIPPIE VOMIT INHALER”
Photo by Cheryl Georgette.
Surfbort is gearing up to release a new 7″ BORT TO DEATH this September via HOZAC Records. ...
July 28, 2017 at 9:00 am
Album Review: Katie Von Schleicher “Shitty Hits”
Before even getting into Katie Von Schleifher’s Shitty Hits you’ve understood a level of self deprecating humor that ...
July 28, 2017 at 9:00 am
Listen: Kyle Avallone “Borrowed Spell”
Last week we we spoke to Kyle Avallone about his new project and upcoming Cult Citizen show. If you caught him in the flesh this ...
July 27, 2017 at 9:00 am
Interview: Moonwalks
When I last saw Moonwalks at Sunnyvale about a month ago alongside Sun Abduction, the Deadly Vipers and the Junk Boys, I was so ...
July 26, 2017 at 9:00 am
Song Premiere: Coyote Run “Again Again”
Coyote Run, aka Kasie Shahbaz, is a West Coaster obsessed with prog rock and folk music–we’ll call it prog folk! Never ...
July 24, 2017 at 9:00 am
Interview: Priests
Photos by Savannah Quental.
My first experience with Priests was a 2013 show at Comet Ping Pong in DC, a bastion of the DC DIY scene ...
July 23, 2017 at 10:11 am
Album Review: Lana Del Rey “Lust for Life”
There are essentially two camps in the Lana Del Rey fandom: those who believe that the slow burn of 2014’s Ultraviolence was her ...
July 21, 2017 at 11:03 am
Sharkmuffin & The Off White Announce Tour Dates and Release New Split EP
Sharkmuffin kicks ass with fast punk rock tempos and hi-hat heavy songs—it makes you wonder how any drum set or sound system can ...
July 19, 2017 at 10:40 am
Interview: Kyle Avallone
Photos by Christopher Wozniak.
Kyle Avallone is one of those staples of the New York music scene. A sign you’re in the right ...
July 18, 2017 at 9:51 am
Listen: Common Holly “If After All”
There (hopefully) comes a time in every 20-something’s life when they look around at the way they are living and think “this has ...
July 18, 2017 at 7:44 am
The Shush Series: Holy Tunics and Max Pain and the Groovies
Photos by Devon Bristol Shaw.
The inaugural ‘Shush Series’ at Drexler’s kicked off last week and will be happening ...
July 17, 2017 at 12:25 pm
Watch: The Velvet Underground & Nico in “A Symphony of Sound”
I got sucked into a whole on YouTube trying to find a video of a complete Richard Hell & the Voidoids performance at CBGB. ...
July 13, 2017 at 9:40 am
Cool Shit: Proto-Punk
It’s completely cliche to be obsessed with punk and the 70’s but!!!!! That is who I am — cliche and uninteresting. Anyways ...
July 12, 2017 at 10:34 am
July 22: Burger Records Beach Bash 2 @ Coney Art Walls 2PM ($15)
It’s that time of the year again! Burger Records and Modern Sky USA have gotten together to throw an epic banger on Coney ...
July 11, 2017 at 10:02 am
Interview: PILL
Photos by Cheryl Georgette.
Hello all you Alt Citizens. Do you need something new to listen to? We’ve got your back. Meet PILL, ...
July 10, 2017 at 12:38 pm
Jul 25: Cult Citizen presents Weeknight, Blond Ambition, Kyle Avallone @ Baby’s All Right ($10)
Our summer Cult Citizen series are here! Next one is July 25 and features pop sensations Weeknight, Blond Ambition, and Kyle Avallone. ...
July 10, 2017 at 9:00 am
Listen: Pomona Dream “Tropicana”
Pomona Dream’s “Tropicana” is like a pleasant dream where you can’t quite tell where you are, or who you’re with, but ...
July 10, 2017 at 9:00 am
Listen: SPINN “Notice Me”
Just over the pond the Brits are reminding us they know what dream-pops are made of. The Liverpool janglers, SPINN, are amassing some ...
July 6, 2017 at 10:25 am
Buster Poindexter at City Winery
Photos by Cheryl Georgette.
When I talk about dinner and a show I’m usually referring to the raccoon death cage matches that ...
July 6, 2017 at 7:48 am
Album Review: Broken Social Scene “Hug of Thunder”
The 00s indie rock scene was a true golden age. Broken Social Scene were a titan of that era, and their absence since 2010’s ...
July 5, 2017 at 10:35 am
Interview: Palm
Photos and interview by Stasia de Tilly.
I was put onto Palm a few weeks ago by a friend and die-hard fan. When I hear they were a ...