October 1, 2014 at 3:03 pm
A Few of Our Favorite Things: LANY
Somewhere between smoky synths, cool backbeats and dreamy vibes exist the blossoming sub-genres of Future RnB and FuturePop. Los ...
September 26, 2014 at 2:37 pm
A Few of Our Favorite Things: Sleepy Kitty
Sleepy Kitty is a garage pop duo based in St. Louis that grinds together grungy guitar tones, infectious melodies, and just the right ...
September 24, 2014 at 12:04 pm
Here are 16 photographers who feed our dreams and kiss the sun
Vivid color palettes, disruptive charm, surreal landscapes, intimacy that flirts with desperation — these are just a few of ...
September 21, 2014 at 6:32 pm
Throwback Review: Cypress Hill ‘Black Sunday’
It’s hard to imagine, that just over 20 years ago, hip hop was still a relatively new musical genre just breaking into the ...
September 19, 2014 at 4:18 pm
A Few of Our Favorite Things: Sunflower Bean
Sunflower Bean can be a little deceiving at first — at least in name. Their sunshine-y moniker isn’t necessarily what ...
September 9, 2014 at 8:25 pm
Lifehacks: How to cure your heartbreak
I have been heart broken a few times in my life. The first real one really sucked: came by way of text message breakup. Looking back, ...
September 2, 2014 at 4:23 pm
A Few of Our Favorite Things: Abu Ashley
Abu Ashley may have started making a name for himself in dance halls and dives here in NYC, but he has since moved on to DJ all over ...
August 29, 2014 at 6:25 pm
A Few Of Our Favorite Things: Rich Girls
Rich Girls dig reverb and cocktails (as they proudly declare on Facebook), but as a band that has previously identified themselves ...
August 26, 2014 at 6:11 pm
Interview with LA’s King avriel
The recent prison release of Remy Ma and the controversy that follows Nicki, Bey and RiRi has left a hole in the music industry for ...
August 21, 2014 at 6:26 pm
Some of the Best Americana Music Actually Comes from Canada
FPopular Canadian culture is kind of sad, and kind of hilarious, but mostly sad. Yeah, sad is the adjective I’m going to go with ...
August 19, 2014 at 5:53 pm
7 Powerful Music Videos With A Social Message
Since Ferguson, Missouri has recently turned into what would appear to be an actual war-zone, a good amount of our current dialogue ...
August 18, 2014 at 4:13 pm
We Checked Out ME&YOU’s Pop-Up Shop At The Dossier Outpost
The South Street Seaport upped its cool factor by adding a colorful and ultimately adorable pop-up shop at the Dossier Outpost. The ...
August 12, 2014 at 8:28 pm
A Brief Farewell, To Pure Magic: RIP Robin Williams
I never saw Mork & Mindy, and I wasn’t around to see his drug addled early days, but I did grow up wishing Robin Williams were ...
August 10, 2014 at 8:12 pm
Lifehacks: How to cure your hangover
How to cure a hangover
That’s me again. Woke up pretty hungover after this…
Oh Lawd Jesus, why do you never answer my ...
August 5, 2014 at 11:57 am
5 Podcasts To Listen To This Week
So, we figured at Alt Citizen that it was time to make a list of our favorite podcasts. Now, these are my own favorites, and I have ...
July 29, 2014 at 12:38 pm
Throwback Review: Plastics ‘Welcome Plastics’
I have a recurring dream where I am a Rōnin Samurai: traveling through the countryside of ancient Japan, usually drunk, dressed ...
July 28, 2014 at 1:02 pm
5 Films to Watch When Things Are Getting Weird
Sometimes life is boring. Sometimes things get weird and you need a fresh new perspective. So I have compiled a list of films that ...
July 22, 2014 at 1:08 pm
Five Vacation Films To Watch When You Can’t Afford One
Since you’ve obviously spent the first half of the summer tackling Tim’s list of vacation books, we’ve decided to ...
July 22, 2014 at 12:00 pm
Ten Things We Learned From Kanye’s GQ Interview
Last month, GQ sat down with the world’s most interesting and sought after man, Kanye West. In the interview he clears up some ...
July 15, 2014 at 2:45 pm
4 Knots Fest Recap
It’s hard to believe that 4 Knots has been around for only four years. The fourth installment of the Village Voice organized ...
July 15, 2014 at 11:33 am
7 Best Music Videos of the Year (So Far)
2+0+1+4 = 7 music videos you should be checking out stat.
In alphabetical order:
1. Mykki Blanco – “She Gutta”
Post-apocalyptic ...
July 14, 2014 at 3:02 pm
6 Rappers Who Aren’t Afraid To Get A Little Weird
Hip hop has evolved into one of the most diverse musical genres in the world. We drew up a list of some up and coming rappers who are ...
July 7, 2014 at 2:18 pm
Our 5 Favorite Films of the Year (So Far)
I think most film-goers will agree that the first half of 2014 has been on-point with quality releases. Long-standing director ...
July 3, 2014 at 3:11 pm
Our 15 Favorite Albums of the Year (So Far)
As Shea pointed out, 2014 has been somewhat lukewarm in terms of music releases that are really capturing our attention and keep us ...
July 2, 2014 at 1:00 pm
15 Favorite Songs of the Year (So Far)
While 2014 has yet to stack up to last year’s lineup of consistently great releases, we’ve still digested an impressive ...
June 30, 2014 at 8:00 am
June 30: ‘Pulp Fiction’ on Netflix
Pulp Fiction on Netflix
Possibly the strongest tonic for A Case of the Mondays. Watch it ...
June 26, 2014 at 1:23 pm
Throwback Review: Beastie Boys ‘Paul’s Boutique’
I have a confession to make that I’m not particularly proud of. Sometimes I joke about it, but have never fully indulged in what ...
June 20, 2014 at 12:00 pm
Why You Should Watch Letterman Before It’s Too Late
I started watching David Letterman when I was about 11. He’d only been on CBS a couple of years at that point and he was still the ...
June 17, 2014 at 5:59 pm
5 Films To Check Out During Northside Festival
The live music might have ended on Sunday, but there are still plenty of awesome films to enjoy before the Northside Festival ...
June 5, 2014 at 2:10 pm
7 Quotes that Explain Stoner’s Popular Resurgence
In sensible circles, 4Chan is dismissed for its racism, its porn of dubious legality, its gore- and furry-oriented content. But it ...
June 3, 2014 at 11:33 am
A Few of Our Favorite Things: The Teen Age
When we ask some of our favorite bands to share some of their favorite things with us, it allows all of us to get a glimpse (not to ...
June 2, 2014 at 4:17 pm
A Few Of Our Favorite Things: PUJOL
PUJOL fuses the ferocity of punk rock with tender yet gritty lyricism and sonic traces of Americana, garage, and rock and roll. His ...
May 23, 2014 at 12:30 pm
Six Things We Learned From Louis CK’s Appearance on Charlie Rose
On my first day of journalism school, my professor, the late Jerry Gladman, said something like, “If you want to see someone ...
May 20, 2014 at 8:00 am
May 20: Watch ‘Blank City’ on Netflix
Blank City on Netflix
This documentary of New York’s underground film movement features artists, actors, musicians that are now ...
May 14, 2014 at 1:29 pm
9 of Sofia Coppola’s Greatest Directorial Moments
Happy Birthday, Sofia Coppola! The ever-so-lovely director (and also, writer, producer, model, actress, muse, Goddess, close friend of ...
May 9, 2014 at 2:12 pm
A Few of Our Favorite Things: HIGH WAISTED
High Waisted is a wildly fun quartet of locals, bringing sunny, lo-fi surf rock to the not-so-beachy streets of NYC. Reverb-layered ...
May 8, 2014 at 3:58 pm
6 Things We’ve Learned From Jim Jarmusch Films
Jim Jarmusch could probably make a feature film about the canning industry and subsequently create a stylish and entertaining piece of ...
May 8, 2014 at 1:09 pm
If You Liked Under the Skin, Here Are Three Other Creepy, Slow-Burn Movies
Under the Skin is receiving worthwhile accolades for being quite unlike anything that’s come before it. LA Weekly has proclaimed ...
May 7, 2014 at 1:20 pm
Five Vacation Books to Read When You Can’t Afford One
Ah yes, vacation. That lovely thing people do, to get away from it all and get as close to the idea of heaven on earth, as they can. ...
May 6, 2014 at 12:00 pm
10 Things We Learned About Body Image, Feminism, and Being an Asshole from Amy Schumer and Gabourey Sidibe
We wish we had been invited to the Gloria Awards and Gala. Not only was the bash basically a giant birthday celebration for Gloria ...
May 1, 2014 at 2:05 pm
Throwback Album Review: Hasil Adkins ‘Chicken Walk/ She’s Mine’
Hasil Adkins (Pronounced ‘Hassle’ sort of like those dudes who try and sell their hip hop album to you on Broadway) is a now ...
April 30, 2014 at 10:00 am
A Few Of Our Favorite Things: TEEN
TEEN, the Brooklyn by way of Nova Scotia trio of sisters, and Boshra AlSaadi, captured our attention with the psychedelic harmonies ...
April 29, 2014 at 2:14 pm
Harmony Korine shared his favorite films and we reviewed them
Recently, writer/director, Harmony Korine of KIDS and Spring Breakers fame, released a list of his favorite films and we decided to ...
April 29, 2014 at 1:06 pm
10 Years Later and It’s Still “New Slang” to Us: ‘Garden State’ 10-Year Anniversary
It’s been a decade since the release of Zach Braff’s directorial debut Garden State (2004). By now, Andrew “Large” ...
April 25, 2014 at 2:21 pm
A Few of Our Favorite Things: Little Racer
Little Racer is a quartet out of Brooklyn making poppy surf tunes that are ready to take you to the dance floor or the beach, ...
April 20, 2014 at 7:04 pm
Happy 420! 5 Great Stoner Films to Celebrate
Puff responsibly, y’all. Have some eggs.
1. “The Big Lebowski” (1998)
Inspiration for all the dudes and ...
April 16, 2014 at 1:10 pm
A Quick Dip into the Abyss: My Day Trip in the Sensory Deprivation Tank
A few days ago, I took my first “float,” in a sensory deprivation tank, and if you have ever listened to the Joe Rogan Experience ...
April 11, 2014 at 1:41 pm
A Few of Our Favorite Things: Boyfriend
Boyfriend is the raunchy, hip hop alter ego of a New Orleans school teacher who has chosen not to disclose her real name. Since I ...
April 8, 2014 at 3:31 pm
Spring Predictions
ARIES – You are RAM-bunctious (pun so obviously intended), but also a natural born leader and that’s good news on the career ...
April 8, 2014 at 12:00 pm
Review: ‘Jodorowsky’s Dune’
The trailer for Jodorowsky’s Dune filled me with an infinite sadness. I was left with a knot in the pit of my stomach; like when ...