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March 19, 2014 at 12:00 pm

Watch: Against Me! “Black Me Out”

Fresh off of their amazing performance at SXSW, Against Me!  hits us with a lyric music video for “Black Me Out” off their most ...

March 19, 2014 at 10:00 am

Watch: Fucked Up “Paper The House”

Fucked Up have finally readied the follow-up to their lauded 2011 concept album David Comes To Life. Out this June via Matador ...

March 18, 2014 at 1:21 pm

Listen: Wye Oak “Glory”

Wye Oak caused a stir with the murky rock and weathered hooks carved across their 2011 album Civilian. 2014 will be known as the year ...

March 14, 2014 at 2:28 pm

Mixtape: Breakfast In Bed

Ahh, the weekend…a blissful 48-hour escape from the quarter-life-crisis-causing Monday through Friday routine. But this tiny, ...

March 13, 2014 at 2:12 pm

Mixtape: It Kinda Got Real Last Night

The problem with the superhuman courage we get from alcohol is that it’s gone in the morning, along with our pride and dignity. Few ...

March 13, 2014 at 10:00 am

Watch: Banks “Brain”

Shadowy, sultry, and seductive. These are the three S’s of modern RnB. In the video for Bank’s excellent song, ...

March 12, 2014 at 10:05 am

4 Bands You Shouldn’t Miss at SXSW

We here at Alt Citizen are extremely jealous of those lucky enough to traverse the endless musical landscape of SXSW — ...

March 11, 2014 at 11:00 am

Listen: Fear Of Men “Outrun Me”

We are pretty excited for Fear of Men’s new album, Loom. While we still have until Record Store Day to check it out, we will ...

March 11, 2014 at 10:00 am

Watch: Summer Camp “Crazy”

For those of you who like your pop ballads dark and dirty, British married couple/indie pop act Summer Camp just served up this ...

March 10, 2014 at 11:00 am

Watch: TEEN “Not For Long”

Not even a year since the release of their third album, Brooklyn mostly sister act TEEN (Borsha AlSaadi rounds out the quartet on ...

March 7, 2014 at 10:00 am

Listen: Mac DeMarco “Brother”

Agent of chaos Mac DeMarco’s new album is less than a month away. Captured Tracks will release Salad Days on April Fool’s ...

March 6, 2014 at 1:09 pm

Watch: The Men “Pearly Gates”

Brooklyn noise band The Men have released a new video for their latest song “Pearly Gates.” The video, which features a ...

March 5, 2014 at 10:00 am

10 Awesome Music Videos From Last Month

1. Angel Olsen – “High-Five” There needs to be a replication of that closing shot for every woman in the world. 2. Chet ...

March 4, 2014 at 8:51 pm

Review: Lushes ‘What Am I Doing’

Lushes is the compelling and moody brainchild of James Ardery and Joel Myers, and like their homophonic moniker (see: ...

March 4, 2014 at 8:32 pm

Listen: Soft Lit “Ocean King”

Tyler McCauley and Tara Chacon are Soft Lit. “Ocean King” is the first official release by the band. The 7-inch will be released ...

March 3, 2014 at 2:08 pm

Mixtape: Online Dating

Online dating is kinda rad in a shitty sort of way. It’s rad because GOD it really sucks approaching strangers without being black ...

March 3, 2014 at 1:04 pm

Review: Trust ‘Joyland’

The concept of Robert Alfons, a.k.a. Trust, naming his second album Joyland is a little bizarre on first blush. His first ...

February 28, 2014 at 4:15 pm

Listen: Sky Ferreira “Rancid Girl”

You may have heard already, but Sky Ferreira is cool with the fact that the uncharacteristically stripped-down (and pretty!) ...

February 28, 2014 at 3:25 pm

Mixtape: I’m So Over It

Getting over someone can be painstakingly difficult, but at that moment when you finally realize that you’re ready to move on, it ...

February 28, 2014 at 1:57 pm

Watch: Lykke Li “I Never Learn”

Lykke Li recently released a trailer for her upcoming album, I Never Learn.  The album will be the final installment to her trilogy, ...

February 28, 2014 at 12:57 pm

Listen: Slow Club “Tears of Joy”

Indie pop duo Slow Club dip into a smooth and subtle R&B jam for their latest single, “Tears of Joy.” Strategic ...

February 27, 2014 at 10:00 am

Listen: Le1f “Boom”

Fresh from signing with Terrible Records, New York based rapper Le1f finally dropped his first single off his upcoming EP, Hey. This ...

February 26, 2014 at 4:59 pm

Watch: The Faint “Help in the Head”

Dance-punk veterans the Faint recently announced their next album, Doom Abuse, will be released on SQE Music on April 8th and that a ...

February 26, 2014 at 3:00 pm

Watch: Schoolboy Q “Break The Bank”

Schoolboy Q has released a new music video that brings you back to ’90s West Coast rap. The video for his latest single ...

February 26, 2014 at 2:00 pm

Watch: EMA “So Blonde”

EMA’s The Future Void is slowly creeping up on its release date. It’s the follow up to her excellent Past Life Martyred ...

February 26, 2014 at 11:30 am

Watch: The Horrors “I See You”

The Horrors are back and they’ve released a lyric video for their new track “I See You.” The video, which features ...

February 26, 2014 at 10:00 am

Review: Beck ‘Morning Phase’

Released on the heels of a lengthy, six-year hiatus and billed as a “companion piece of sorts” to his lauded, intensely ...

February 25, 2014 at 3:00 pm

Review: Bleeding Rainbow ‘Interrupt’

Bleeding Rainbow’s Yeah Right, released just last year, encapsulated the sound of adolescence. It is pretty apparent from the ...