May 2, 2018 at 8:00 am
Another one bites the dust: RIP Silent Barn
So as of Sunday, April 29th, another one bites the dust, and by that I mean New York is losing another DIY venue with Bushwick’s ...
May 2, 2018 at 8:00 am
Photo Diary: Sunflower Bean @ Bowery Ballroom
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April 25, 2018 at 8:00 am
Photo Diary: Franz Ferdinand @ Brooklyn Steel
Photos by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here.
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April 23, 2018 at 8:00 am
Live Review: U.S. Girls and Gold Dime @ Baby’s All Right
Photos by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here.
Going to a lot of shows in New York, you can easily get wrapped up in ...
April 18, 2018 at 8:00 am
Live review: Cigarettes After Sex @ Brooklyn Steel
What does it mean to put on a live performance? Are musicians supposed to stay true to their original creation or provide an ...
April 17, 2018 at 8:00 am
Photo diary: Honduras and Public Access TV @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Photos by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here.
Honduras
Public Access ...
April 13, 2018 at 8:00 am
Faded films: Back from the brink
So I guess a few weeks ago now I had a semi public meltdown which I used this increasingly bizarre ...
April 12, 2018 at 8:00 am
Photo Diary: Caroline Rose @ Rough Trade
Photos by Brett Myers.
Caroline Rose
“I do believe we might be the most grateful band in the world.”
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April 11, 2018 at 8:00 am
Photo Diary: Lucille Furs, Fruit and Flowers, and The Nude Party @ Elsewhere
Photos by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here.
Lucille Furs
Fruit and Flowers
The Nude ...
April 10, 2018 at 8:00 am
We survived SXSW: A recap of Cult Citizen presents
Text by Tamim Alnuweiri, photos by Luis Lucio.
It doesn’t exactly make sense to start here since this was actually the last ...
April 9, 2018 at 8:00 am
Live Review: Nobunny @ Diviera Drive
I don’t know what happened to me as a kid but I’m only satisfied at shows if I’m deaf and sweaty by the end of it—and if the ...
April 6, 2018 at 8:00 am
Photo Diary: Zuli @ Baby’s All Right
Photos by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here.
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April 6, 2018 at 8:00 am
Diaries from Treefort Fest: Part 2
Photos by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here.
After a killer weekday startup, Treefort fest was in full swing come ...
April 5, 2018 at 8:00 am
Photo Diary: Dr. Martens Presents Kyle Craft @ Baby’s All Right
Photos by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here.
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April 4, 2018 at 8:00 am
Photo diary: Wolfmanhattan Project, Art Gray Noizz Quintet, Robert Kennedy Assassination @ The Safari Room
Photos by Daggers For Eyes, find her on Instagram here.
Wolfmanhattan Project
Art Gray Noizz Quintet
Robert Kennedy ...
April 2, 2018 at 8:00 am
Diaries from Treefort Fest: Part 1
Photos by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here.
When you think of hubs of arts and culture in America, or even just on ...
March 30, 2018 at 8:00 am
Live Review: Son Lux @ Brooklyn Steel
Photos and review by Brett Myers.
Halfway through Son Lux’s set at Brooklyn Steel last week, one song, “You Don’t Know Me,” ...
March 28, 2018 at 8:00 am
Photo Diary: MGMT @ Brooklyn Steel
Photos by Brett Myers.
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March 27, 2018 at 8:00 am
Live review: Turnover @ Warsaw
Turnover began as a typical pop-punk addition to Warp Tour circa 2015 but transformed into something between shoegaze and emo revival ...
March 22, 2018 at 8:00 am
Faded films: Old, withered and weird
I recently spent a weekend afternoon crying after I made a series of bad decisions that though I knew they were going to blow up in ...
March 21, 2018 at 8:00 am
Photography Files: Paul Latislaw
Two years ago while working at Pierogi Gallery in the Lower East Side I followed my colleague Paul Latislaw’s Instagram. I expected ...
March 16, 2018 at 8:00 am
From the vault: Palma Violets
Photos by Cheryl Georgette.
A few years ago we took some photos for a zine feature that never ended up getting done. From said feature ...
March 14, 2018 at 8:00 am
Throwback Review: The Kills ‘Midnight Boom’
I know it’s annoying when people talk about how great past generations were as if there weren’t always problems that made people ...
March 13, 2018 at 8:00 am
Photo Diary: Arlie with Plastic Picnic @ Elsewhere
Photos by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here.
Plastic Picnic
Arlie
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March 13, 2018 at 8:00 am
KOLARS @ Rough Trade NYC
Photos by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here.
In a trifecta of glittering sequins, performance art, and percussive ...
March 12, 2018 at 8:00 am
Photo Diary: BOYTOY, Honduras, and Native Sun @ Elsewhere
Photos by Brett Myers.
BOYTOY
Honduras
Native Sun
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March 7, 2018 at 8:00 am
Photo Diary: Vundabar @ Market Hotel
Photos by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here.
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March 5, 2018 at 8:00 am
Live Review: Diet Cig @ Elsewhere
If you took packet of Skittles, poured them into a two liter bottle of Sprite covered in glitter, then drank the entire thing in under ...
March 2, 2018 at 8:03 am
Live Review: The Districts and Twin Peaks @ White Eagle Hall
Photos by Brett Myers.
Who the fuck goes to Jersey City for live music? I do, I guess. However, a new venue called the White Eagle ...
March 1, 2018 at 8:00 am
Photo diary: Yaasss @ Berlin
Photos by Julie-Anna ...
February 28, 2018 at 8:21 am
Live Review: Jacuzzi Boys and The Muckers @ Baby’s All Right
Photos by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here.
For concert goers, Sundays suck most of the time. One of the last ...
February 28, 2018 at 8:00 am
Photo Diary: Dr. Martens presents Charly Bliss @ Baby’s All Right
Photos by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here.
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February 22, 2018 at 8:00 am
Photography Files: Lillie Eiger
Chicago born, London based photographer Lillie Eiger was propelled to the forefront of band photography after joining the xx on ...
February 20, 2018 at 8:00 am
Photo Diary: HOMESHAKE @ Market Hotel
Photos of HOMESHAKE by Lauren Khalfayan.
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February 19, 2018 at 8:00 am
Beyond Earshot: how Nipplegate exposed industry sexism
Beyond Earshot is a new series by Jacob Seferian examining the cultural impact of music, past and present. Follow him ...
February 17, 2018 at 8:00 am
Live Review: Tiny Moving Parts @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
A little over a year and a half ago, I was living in Bristol, England and I saw Tiny Moving Parts play a mid-week gig for a couple ...
February 16, 2018 at 8:00 am
Photo Diary: Weaves and Palehound @ Brooklyn Bazaar
Photos by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here.
Weaves
Palehound
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February 12, 2018 at 8:00 am
Photo Diary: Post Animal @ Brooklyn Steel
Photos by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here.
Post Animal
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February 9, 2018 at 8:00 am
Live Review: QWAM @ The Knitting Factory
photos by Connor McNamara.
When I premiered QWAM’s EP, I predicted that their show would be a heck of a good time. I’m ...
February 8, 2018 at 8:00 am
Photo diary: NYC’s Hardest Working Bands @ Baby’s All Right
Photos by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here.
Thick
Grim Streaker
Sic Tic
Darkwing
Fruit & ...
February 6, 2018 at 8:00 am
Live review: Hinds @ Elsewhere
Luis Nieto Dickens for Elsewhere.
It feels like a long time since I first came across Hinds in a lo-fi garage rock playlist. It was ...
February 6, 2018 at 8:00 am
Photo diary: Mourning A Blk Star @ DROM
Photos by Daggers For Eyes, find her on ...
January 31, 2018 at 8:00 am
Live review: Snail Mail @ Brooklyn Bazaar
Nearly every band mentions how much they love the city they’re visiting. Returning to the city she wishes she could ...
January 30, 2018 at 8:00 am
Faded films: confabulation (or becoming the least reliable narrator)
When did my memory get so bad? In college it was actually a running “””joke””” among my friends ...
January 29, 2018 at 8:00 am
Live review: Sløtface @ Elsewhere
Review by Albert Testani. Photos by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here.
“Sløtface are solid.” Pretty much ...
January 19, 2018 at 8:00 am
Photo diary: Drugdealer and Weyes Blood @ Baby’s All Right
Photos by Lauren Khalfayan. Find more of her work here.
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January 18, 2018 at 8:00 am
Cult Citizen photo recap: Twin Guns, Wooing and Uni
A visual recap of our last Cult Citizen on December 28th at Elsewhere. Check out the guestbook here and make sure to stop by the next ...
January 17, 2018 at 8:00 am
Reality is weirder than fiction: A conversation with Danny Gomez
Interview and photos by Alberto Pazzi.
If I had met Danny Gomez a few years back I would probably have written “most likely to ...
January 11, 2018 at 8:00 am
Photo diary: Evil Jesus Band @ Mercury Lounge
Photos by Daggers For Eyes, find her on ...
January 10, 2018 at 8:00 am
Book Review: ‘Europa My Mirror’
Between the ordering and the arriving, I had some time to wonder about the enignatic title and cover of the new book Europa My ...