September 14, 2013 at 5:13 pm
Watch: Blood Orange “Chamakay”
Blood Orange, the most recent incarnation of multi-instrumentalist and collaborator extraordinaire Dev Hynes, released a music video ...
September 9, 2013 at 11:11 pm
Finding the Poco Poco Beat with The Suzan
The Suzan is a charming, all-female pop rock band operating out of Brooklyn by way of Japan. Their first major release, Golden Week ...
September 9, 2013 at 10:00 am
Watch: Arcade Fire Dazzle With New Interactive Film
Arcade Fire returns with a psychedelic interactive short film to showcase their new single “Reflektor,” the title track of their ...
September 9, 2013 at 9:00 am
Watch: Sleigh Bells “Bitter Rivals”
Brooklyn noise-pop sensation Sleigh Bells returns with a new video for the title track of their upcoming album, Bitter Rivals. The ...
September 6, 2013 at 11:16 am
Interview: Radical Dads
Radical Dads, who are basically Alt Citizen BFFs at this point (they played our summer jam back in June) were gracious enough to grant ...
September 5, 2013 at 11:56 am
Watch: Pixies – “Indie Cindy”
This week, the super influential Pixies released a 4-song EP called simply EP-1. It contains probably the best Pixies song in recent ...
September 2, 2013 at 9:43 am
Listen: Frankie Rose “Street of Dreams”
Brooklyn’s own Frankie Rose recently released “Street of Dreams,” a cover of an original by The Damned and also the second ...
August 30, 2013 at 1:26 pm
Celestial Shore Does Justice to Forthcoming ’10x’ at the Knitting Factory
Up close, Brooklyn-based Celestial Shore are quite a bit more heavy-handed than they are as a studio band, and that’s a pleasant ...
August 29, 2013 at 1:24 pm
Watch: The Growlers “Humdrum Blues”
California’s psychedelic surf-rock downers The Growlers know how to get stuck in your head. Take “Humdrum Blues,” a ...
August 28, 2013 at 11:22 am
Watch: The National Get Graceless in New Video
The National do their single “Graceless” some serious justice in a frenzied new music video set in the home of frontman Matt ...
August 26, 2013 at 2:51 pm
Watch: !!! Sing “Californiyeah” In An Elevator
For the second video from their excellent Thr!!!er, !!! (chk-chk-chk) made a very DIY-style video in an elevator in Japan (and got ...
August 22, 2013 at 9:28 am
Listen: Earl Sweatshirt – ‘Doris’
Some people still think of Earl from the “FREE EARL” rallying cries from his OFWGKTA cohorts when his mom sent him off to ...
August 21, 2013 at 11:34 am
Listen: M.I.A. – “Unbreak My Mixtape”
Now that Matangi finally has a release date(11/5), M.I.A. has shared a glitchy and subdued track from it. “Unbreak My ...
August 20, 2013 at 8:00 am
No Age Masters The Old Push And Pull In ‘An Object’
Alright, I’ll say it: this here album is a regular In-n-Out Burger. The fact that the reference occurred to me on a ...
August 19, 2013 at 1:35 pm
Butter The Children On True Crime
Butter The Children gets a lot of shit for its name. Even me, a self-described stan for the band was apprehensive to listen. But when ...
August 19, 2013 at 10:00 am
Listen: Parquet Courts Share New Song, New EP In October
Things have been quiet on the Parquet Courts front, as they’re probably still riding margarita waves of bliss from their ...
August 18, 2013 at 1:40 pm
Listen: Man Man – “End Boss”
Philadelphia’s curiously volatile Man Man continue to rein in their subversive quirk in favor of inviting and stripped-down pop ...
August 15, 2013 at 11:16 am
Listen: Yuck Release Second Single and Album Details
Yuck have just released “Middle Sea,” the second single from their upcoming second album, which they’ve announced will be ...
August 14, 2013 at 8:00 am
Watch: Beach House Scores New Rodarte Short Film
Beach House are definitely not lacking in the strange-yet-engrossing video department. I remember stealing my college radio ...
August 13, 2013 at 2:23 pm
Making Jazz Cool Again with Nico Segal
Straight out of Chicago, Kids These Days’ trumpet player Nico Segal debuts his solo project Illasoul: Shades of Blue. By ...
August 13, 2013 at 8:00 am
Review: Washed Out Finds Reversion in Paracosm
While listening to Paracosm, Ernest Greene’s latest album as Washed Out, you notice how much it sounds like you are constantly ...
August 12, 2013 at 8:00 am
Review: MINKS “Tides End”
My introduction to MINKS came in the form of “Margot,” a swift indie pop number colored bright by glossy synth and guitar that ...
August 7, 2013 at 3:03 pm
Listen: The Head and The Heart Debut New Single
The Head and The Heart are indie folk heavyweights – sunshiny warm vibes, super polished vocal harmonies, and stomping and clapping ...
August 7, 2013 at 12:00 pm
Watch: Another Yo La Tengo Video
The ever romantic Yo La Tengo, have returned with a music nerd’s idea of a romantic video for a romantic song. I promise I ...
August 6, 2013 at 4:00 pm
Rogue Wave @ The Belly Up (Solana Beach, CA)
Zach Rogue of Rogue Wave. Photo by Daniel Mikhailov
Oakland-bred outfit, Rogue Wave, wrapped up their 23-city North American tour last ...
August 6, 2013 at 12:15 pm
David Lynch’s Dream of The Big Dream
“Certain words needs certain sounds.” A snippet from an old interview included in the video for the making of The Big Dream ...
August 6, 2013 at 12:08 pm
Soundtracked: Music, News and More Week of August 5
Sadly, the days are getting shorter and the nights are getting cooler, but there are some good new tunes to see the season out. I ...
August 2, 2013 at 10:00 am
Angel Haze Covers Kanye
Rapper Angel Haze, who has previously done interesting cover renditions, dropped another gem this week. It comes in the form of a ...
July 24, 2013 at 10:30 am
Band Crush: Blue & Gold @ Piano’s
Photo by Jackie Lee
Blue & Gold, a band made up of a trio of young New Yorkers, celebrated the release of their self-titled debut ...
July 22, 2013 at 3:42 pm
Soundtracked: Music, News and More Week of July 22
No, I wasn’t at the San Diego Comic-Con, but yes, I am pumped for the future Superman/Batman movie that is presumably inspired by ...
July 22, 2013 at 1:16 pm
Music Video Breakdown: Kick-Ass Chicks
This week a handful of awesome ladies released some rad music videos. What’s better than good-looking gals who know how to rock and ...
July 16, 2013 at 1:46 pm
Soundtracked: Music, News, and More Week of July 15
So, for better or worse, I’m going to be taking the wheel on this column for Alex. Let’s have some fun and try to forget ...
July 15, 2013 at 12:07 pm
Music Video Breakdown – Dogs and Dancers
For whatever reason, dogs and dancers are popular characters in this summer’s music videos. You may think to yourself, “Don’t ...
June 20, 2013 at 3:15 pm
Black Flag @ Warsaw
Black Flag at Warsaw
Ron Reyes, aka Chavo Pederast, fronted Black Flag for less than a year the first time around. He’s the one in ...
June 20, 2013 at 3:00 pm
America’s Native Son Returns: Yeezus Reviewed
“Y’all fuck with the new shit?” is the question posed by Kanye West to the crowd at Governors Ball. I was somewhere in that ...
June 18, 2013 at 12:00 pm
The National with Youth Lagoon at Barclays Center
As one of the biggest shows I have ever photographed, the experience was incredible. Before the show, I had to wait with the other ...
May 29, 2013 at 1:45 pm
Man Man / The Shins @ Williamsburg Park
This past Sunday was the kick start to H&M’s Concert Series at Williamsburg Park, presented by The Open Space Alliance for ...
May 28, 2013 at 12:13 pm
Soundtracked: Music, News, and More Week of May 21
There were a lot of Big Name releases this week from Daft Punk to The National to … French Montana. Here’s the stuff that I ...
May 24, 2013 at 12:55 pm
Review: Gatsby Soundtrack Delivers Glitz and Glamor
Baz Luhrmann’s style of moviemaking has notoriously produced divisive audience reactions. The director’s not-so-subtle approach ...
May 22, 2013 at 11:10 am
Soundtracked: Music, News, and More Week of May 14
It’s either some sort of miracle or some sort of massive music journalist irresponsibility that’s kept me from listening to Modern ...
May 20, 2013 at 3:35 pm
Random Access Memories by Daft Punk
Daft Punk is back and they’re definitely harder, better, faster and stronger with Random Access Memories. The French duo pay ...
May 20, 2013 at 3:31 pm
The National’s ‘Trouble Will Find Me’ Finds the Sweet Spot
The hungry, weary, love-lorn masses are having a bit of a moment this week in light of The National’s much-anticipated new ...
May 20, 2013 at 3:23 pm
Impersonator by Majical Cloudz
It’s easy to find the beauty in a perfectly orchestrated, lushly composed album. It’s also easy to love an album with a ...
May 20, 2013 at 3:13 pm
Late Cambrian @ DROM
AsianInNY, Passport to Taiwan, and Tai-Ke New York (TKNY) hosted the NYC edition of their second annual “Hello Taiwan East Coast US ...
May 16, 2013 at 1:23 pm
Soundtracked: Music, News, and More Week of May 7
Mikal Cronin’s MCII was a pleasant surprise in ways that are not usual in the internet era of oversaturation and maximum hype ...
May 14, 2013 at 2:51 pm
Downtown Music Festival Takes Over the LES
The Downtown Music Festival, a two day whirlwind extravaganza featuring a wide selection of up-and-coming artists, touched down in ...
May 14, 2013 at 2:44 pm
Downtown Music Festival Day 2
After spending much of the day worrying that Downtown Music Festival goers (myself included) would have to spend their Saturday night ...
May 14, 2013 at 2:42 pm
The Looking, Alyson Greenfield @ Bowery Electric
The Looking is opera singer Todd Carter’s project revolving around taking traditional Americana songs and making them into folk ...
May 10, 2013 at 12:21 am
Review: Silence Yourself by Savages
In making Silence Yourself, Savages have brought back the echoes of a largely forgotten genre in the modern music landscape. While ...
May 7, 2013 at 3:24 pm
Soundtracked: Music, News, and More Week of April 30
There are only two albums that I can recommend this week, and that is mostly my fault for not being able to listen to more of the ...