August 9, 2021 at 12:00 pm
MAY-A comes into her own on debut EP ‘Don’t Kiss Ur Friends’
Photo by Danny Draxx
Summer 2021 appears to be the summer of coming age, self-actualization, and teen popstar supremacy. Joining the ...
August 6, 2021 at 12:00 pm
Kibi James defies category with new re-release
Photo by Emorie Star
Kibi James is re-releasing their debut EP Azúcar via Citrus City at exactly the right time. The sweetly ...
August 5, 2021 at 9:00 am
Watch: Nation of Language “This Fractured Mind”
There is no stopping Nation of Language. With each new single, they further solidify themselves as not only a project to watch, but a ...
August 4, 2021 at 9:00 am
Watch: Kills Birds “Rabbit”
Photo by Cheryl Georgette
Kills Birds’ latest track, “Rabbit” might be the most appropriate, least on the nose ...
August 3, 2021 at 9:00 am
Mamalarky’s first release since their 2020 full length debut: double single “Meadow” & “Moss”
Photo by Faye Webster
Mamalarky’s self-titled debut out last November was an overwhelming swell of musical tact & dexterity ...
August 2, 2021 at 12:00 pm
Watch: Emmett Kai “Happy Go Lucky”
So remember how we all had to fully uproot our lives, change career trajectories, move across the country, and question our entire ...
July 30, 2021 at 9:00 am
Listen: Parisalexa “…Better Than Being In Love”
Photo by Conner Sorensen
Seattle-based R&B singer/songwriter, Parisalexa’s latest single, “…Better Than Being ...
July 27, 2021 at 12:00 pm
Welcome to Leo season: burn it down
B-word, it’s Leo season!! Be louder, be more ridiculous, tease your hair, love harder. Leo’s ruled by the motherf*cking ...
July 26, 2021 at 12:00 pm
Listen: KING WOMAN “Boghz”
Photo by Yoshino
“Boghz” is the last glimpse from King Woman’s upcoming sophomore album, Celestial Blues. The track follows ...
July 21, 2021 at 10:00 am
Death Valley Girls defy preconceptions of traditional gender norms on multifaceted new video for “I’m A Man Too”
Photo by Ammo Bankoff
Positioned smack in the middle of Death Valley Girls’ luminous 2016 sophomore LP, Glow In The Dark, “I’m ...
July 16, 2021 at 12:00 pm
The Lazy Eyes ‘EP2’ is a psychedelic invitation to a sunny and shadowy tropical island headtrip retreat
It’s remarkable how quickly The Lazy Eyes have accumulated acclaim since releasing their first EP in mid-2020, like a tiny snowball ...
July 15, 2021 at 12:00 pm
Watch: Lala Lala “DIVER”
Said it once and we’ll say it again, Lillie West is on track to be our generation’s great collaborator. The artist behind ...
July 14, 2021 at 12:00 pm
May Rio talks turtles, jazz/metal fusion bands, and creativity
Photos by Grace Pendleton
May Rio is a strikingly creative person. Within about five minute of meeting her she pulls out a stuffed ...
July 13, 2021 at 12:00 pm
PACKS “Clingfilm” is beautifully brutal
With every description of herself, PACKS’ vocalist Madeline Link seems to be decomposing from the inside out. ...
July 12, 2021 at 12:00 pm
Listen: Little Simz “I Love You, I Hate You”
Photo by Tilla Arcé
In a darker and more dramatic turn than her previous release “Woman”, “I Love You, I Hate ...
July 8, 2021 at 12:00 pm
A few of our favorite things: Central Heat Exchange
Coming together across many different locations, but primarily a single timezone, the collaborative project, Central Heat Exchange, ...
July 6, 2021 at 12:00 pm
King Woman is consumed by darkness in a blood orgy of erotic obsession on “Psychic Wound”
Early in his career, writer-philosopher Aldous Huxley wrote, “Perhaps it’s good for one to suffer. Can an artist do anything if ...
July 5, 2021 at 12:00 pm
Watch: “Turnstile Love Connection”
Written by Izel Villarba, find more of his work here.
When everything locked down, what was the one thing you realized you missed the ...
July 2, 2021 at 12:00 pm
Video Premiere: Acid Tongue celebrates the apocalypse in ‘Rock ‘N Roll Revelations’
Photo by Chase Hart
If you ever thought, “why not put some dancing rats on an atomic bomb,” then you and Acid Tongue are ...
July 1, 2021 at 9:00 am
Premiere: Club Soccer “Wishing We Could Be in Love”
Written by Izel Villarba, find more of his work here.
I met Nico Brunstein and Nando Dale one happenstance night on a Brooklyn ...
June 30, 2021 at 9:00 am
Premiere: Watch Pure Adult’s enthralling and unsettling “Cam Girls”
Enthralling and hypnotic, taking turns where roads are not meant to be crossed, Pure Adult translates to an entity of its own. Pure ...
June 29, 2021 at 9:00 am
July show forecast
Live shows are back finally and we’re a little (a lot) emo about it. Obviously we want to hit them all up, but here are our ...
June 28, 2021 at 9:00 am
Heaven’s just a gig away: Caroline Kingsbury’s confident new album and triumphant return to the stage
live photos by Steph Port
“Look to your left, look to your right. We’re all friends.”
As the sun set the stage at ...
June 25, 2021 at 9:00 am
Liily let us know exactly who they are with their latest single
Photo by Kristy Benjamin
Following the release of their 2019 EP, I Can Fool Anyone In This Town, Californian four-piece Liily became ...
June 24, 2021 at 11:00 am
Welcome to Cancer season: Wet Hot American Summer
Cancer season started on June 21st and we’ll be here until July 22. You’ve probably already felt a huge shift in energy ...
June 22, 2021 at 9:00 am
Watch: Serena Isioma “HUH?”
Photo by Daniel Delgato
Chicago-based artist Serena Isioma is back with a technicolored funk track, “HUH?”. Switching ...
June 21, 2021 at 9:30 am
Beechwood is back, live and in person
Photos by Lauren Massie
One of our favorite New York bands pre-pandemic is reemerging into the post-vaxxed live music landscape ...
June 16, 2021 at 9:00 am
Wolf Alice’s ‘Blue Weekend’ is a cinematic nod to music and its dynamics
Wolf Alice’s third album rapidly entangles us in between rhythms and a spectacle of asseverations and questions from lead singer and ...
June 15, 2021 at 9:00 am
Watch: Wet Leg “Chaise Longue”
Ok on the real, though, this is the most excited I’ve been for a band in a minute.
Domino’s latest signees, Wet ...
June 14, 2021 at 12:00 pm
Listen: Steele F.C. “Que Sera”
Photo by Hans Neumann
Steele F.C. (fka Steele and (Brooklyn) Steele) has been steadily defining his sound with each release. ...
June 11, 2021 at 9:00 am
Lorde is the summertime messiah on “Solar Power”
Lorde is not the same girl who sang, “she thinks you love the beach, you’re such a damn liar” on “Green ...
June 9, 2021 at 9:00 am
Pom Pom Squad luxuriates in their own wallowing on “Crying”
Photo by Sammy Ray Nelson
Sometimes it’s really delicious to just feel a lot of feelings. Mixing punk with classic Motown, Pom ...
June 7, 2021 at 9:00 am
The anxious euphoria of Nation of Language’s “Across that Fine Line”
Photo by Kevin Condon
It is so rare that a song specifically, accurately, and fully replicates a uniquely delicious human experience, ...
June 4, 2021 at 9:00 am
What’s old is new again: the great cover resurgence
The pandemic was filled with a bunch of not so great stuff for music and for artists. Albums were put on hold. Tours were cancelled. ...
June 3, 2021 at 5:00 pm
Iceage’s “High & Hurt” portrays an outcast revolution
The cosmic struggle between good and evil has been historically documented, indoctrinated, propagandized, dismantled, used to ...
June 3, 2021 at 9:00 am
We’ve All Been To “Party Jail”
Photo by Noelle Duquette
I’m not a very fun person. That probably comes as a surprise to the group of people who I regularly ...
June 2, 2021 at 11:49 am
King Woman’s “Morning Star” is simple, hellish, and effective
King Woman, aka Kris Esfandiari, returns with a grimly elated video for “Morning Star” as a taste for what’s to ...
June 1, 2021 at 9:00 am
G.M.G. mix up a love potion on the chemically charged “Death To Jealousy”
Chemistry is the process of achieving a desired result through measured combining of unique elements and rigorous testing. The right ...
May 28, 2021 at 9:00 am
Listen: Black Midi ‘Calvacade’
When a new artist releases an incredible debut album, one usually fears a sophomore slump. With Calvacade, Black Midi overcame this ...
May 27, 2021 at 9:00 am
Welcome to Gemini season: Play/Destroy
Gemini season (May 21 – June 20) is upon us, with the full lunar eclipse just this past Wednesday early morning to boot. This ...
May 26, 2021 at 12:00 pm
Listen: Maple Glider “Baby Tiger”
Photo by Bridgette Winten
Maple Glider, aka Tori Zietsch, shares “Baby Tiger”, the latest offering off of her ...
May 25, 2021 at 9:00 am
Watch: Touchy’s “Secret Melody”
Photo by Rebecca Noble
As we get ready to be buzzed in a club under multicolored lights and (ideally) a disco ball, Touchy gets us ...
May 24, 2021 at 9:00 am
Listen: FUR “The Fine Line of a Quiet Life”
Photo by Julia Nala
Brighton band FUR melds 60s inspiration with early 2000s guitar-rock-resurgence nostalgia on their latest track ...
May 21, 2021 at 9:00 am
Listen: Sub*t “Boxing Day”
Power-duo Jade Alcantara and Grace Bennett formed the project Sub*t as a post-pandemic rise up with full-fledged, gritty 90s angst on ...
May 19, 2021 at 9:00 am
Squid’s “Pamphlets” is eerily stunning
Following the release of their debut full length Bright Green Field, Squid has released a music video for the climactic track of the ...
May 18, 2021 at 12:00 pm
Olivia Rodrigo sheds her Disney skin on “good 4 u”
Disney has finally seemed to take the hint and let their stars act their own age. Following in the steps of predecessors like Britney ...
May 17, 2021 at 12:00 pm
Watch: Monsterwatch “Somewhere”
Monsterwatch’s “Somewhere” is an electric trek towards your own demise. Repetitive and pulsating, the single hammers ...
May 13, 2021 at 12:00 pm
Mixtape: anti-hibernation
Scene: Summer 2021. You are a fully vaxxed individual. Tours are being announced for the fall. You have hope for the first time in you ...
May 12, 2021 at 9:00 am
Dayglow’s “Balcony” is missed connections romanticism
photo by Pooneh Ghana
As we start to re-emerge into some form of social life with vaccinations, decent weather, and the promise of ...
May 10, 2021 at 12:00 pm
Little Simz is elegance and opulence on “Woman”
In her directorial debut, Little Simz creates a luxurious world dripping in diamonds and clothed in silks for her latest music video ...