April 16, 2018 at 8:00 am
April 20: Sure Sure and Lizzie No @ Rough Trade, 9pm ($15)
Finally, a band that reminds me of my jeunesse (youth), of high school innocence, the incense of night blooming jasmine, biting into ...
April 14, 2018 at 8:00 am
Ticket giveaway! Nick Cave @ Murmrr, May 5th
Who’s never cried listening to “Into my Arms” after a bad break up? Who’s never felt bad as fuck walking down the ...
April 2, 2018 at 8:00 am
Mixtape: The Nude Party’s Country Playlist
Illustration by Alberto Pazzi.
It’s a party no matter where these guys are! If you haven’t met them yet, say howdy to The ...
March 29, 2018 at 12:44 pm
Alt Citizen’s April show forecast
Illustration by Cynthia Alfonso, see more of her work here and here.
Maybe it’s the post SXSW migration back to New York or the ...
March 29, 2018 at 8:00 am
April 13: Bambara (‘Shadow On Everything’ record release) @ Alphaville, 8PM ($10)
Photo by Julie-Anna George.
At this point there’s not much more I can say, scream or write about Bambara. So read this or this! ...
March 28, 2018 at 8:00 am
April 12: A Place To Bury Strangers (record release) @ Elsewhere, 8PM ($15)
A Place To Bury Strangers has been pummeling their noise into (initially) unsuspecting people for about 15 years during which ...
March 21, 2018 at 8:00 am
March 24: Turnover, Pronoun and Summer Salt @ Warsaw, 8pm ($22)
Since their 2015 release Peripheral Vision, Virginia based band Turnover has been creating dreamy emo rock, with lyrics that stick in ...
March 13, 2018 at 8:00 am
Mar 16: Cult Citizen presents at SXSW!
It’s hard to believe but we’ve been doing Cult Citizen for long enough that our next one will be the 20th! And it seems ...
March 12, 2018 at 8:00 am
March 15: Frankie Rose @ Elsewhere, 8PM ($12)
As a southern California native, Frankie Rose played a pivotal role in composing my musical landscape. I have sweet memories of ...
March 12, 2018 at 8:00 am
Mar 15: Siren Sounds & Alt Citizen Present Quit Your Day Job II @ Morelo’s House,
Come pre-game for our SXSW Cult Citizen presents showcase with the second installment of our Quit Your Day Job party along with Siren ...
March 5, 2018 at 7:07 pm
April 6: McLovins @ Gramercy Theater, 7pm ($12)
Just before festival season gets started, April is a busy, busy month for live music. To get the rainy month started, McLovins are ...
February 24, 2018 at 12:16 pm
March 1: Deaf Poets & Relapse @ Arlene’s Grocery, 7pm ($10)
Attention everybody: This garage rock duo left the warm and sunny shores of Miami, FL to live the rough ‘n’ tuff gritty ...
February 23, 2018 at 8:26 am
Feb 25: Jacuzzi Boys, The Muckers, Gnarcissists @ Baby’s All Right, 8pm ($12)
For some reason, the weather shot up to almost 70 degrees this week. Maybe it’s because Jacuzzi Boys are bringing the heat this ...
February 15, 2018 at 8:00 am
EP Premiere: Brian Merrill ‘Bliss Bunnies’
It’s not with every music release that you truly get a peak inside the head of a musician.
Brian Merrill has fully exposed ...
February 14, 2018 at 8:00 am
Feb 17: La Luz & The Mystery Lights @ Elsewhere, Ticket Giveaway
What’s the common point between Californian Surf noir, car accidents, mustaches and psychedelic rock? Of course it’s the New ...
February 9, 2018 at 8:00 am
February: Independent Frames @ Quad Cinema
Quad Cinema has an impressive lineup of experimental animation programs for the coming weekend, called “Independent Frames: American ...
January 31, 2018 at 8:00 am
Feb 2: Adult Mom, Harmony Woods and Goodie @ Baby’s All Right, 8pm ($12)
February is dark, cold, sad, and incontestably the worst month of the year—and it’s happening all over again starting this ...
January 25, 2018 at 8:00 am
As Told By: BOYTOY
As Told By is a series of tour stories straight from the mouths of our favorite bands. Interview by Tamim Alnuweiri, Illustrations ...
January 17, 2018 at 8:00 am
Jan 20: David Johansen + New York Night Train Soul Clap and Dance-Off Party @ Elsewhere, 7PM ($20)
You should really see David Johansen however you can—obviously with the New York Dolls if you can manage it, during his ...
January 16, 2018 at 8:00 am
Jan 31: Cult Citizen presents a PRIMA Benefit with Buscabulla, Prinze George and Bairoa @ Elsewhere, 8PM ($15)
Each one of our Cult Citizens is picked and poured over painstakingly but this one is very special given the current state of our ...
December 16, 2017 at 8:00 am
Interview: Tall Juan on new EP ‘Joya Nedo’
Photo by Audrey Del Piccolo. Interview by Julie-Anna George.
Tall Juan is a nice guy who plays rock and roll—that’s it. Like ...
December 6, 2017 at 8:00 am
Club 57: Film, Performance, and Art in the East Village, 1978–1983 @ MoMa
MoMA opened their doors to the fauna of punk feminists, burlesque males, drag queens, weirdos and artists from the mystic Club ...
December 1, 2017 at 8:00 am
Holiday Cheese @ Nitehawk
You know what goes well with the holiday season? Cheese. Any kind: cheese balls, pub cheese, a big ol’ charcuterie and cheese board ...
December 1, 2017 at 8:00 am
Dec 12: Neil Hamburger @ The Bell House, $18
Even after getting boo-ed offstage at sold-out stadiums when opening for bands like Tenacious D and Faith No More, most people still ...
November 20, 2017 at 8:00 am
Nov 21: Dr. Martens presents Uni, Starbenders and Yaasss @ Baby’s All Right, 8pm (free)
This Tuesday the 21st come to Baby’s to wake up the bad genie YAASSS and fall in love with UNI.
YAASSS could be the in next John ...
November 8, 2017 at 8:30 am
Nov 8: Cult Citizen presents Arrows of Love, Daisy Glaze and Moonwalks @ Baby’s All Right, *1130PM* ($5)
Cult Citizen took a little break but we’re back! November 8th come hang out with Arrows of Love who are coming all the way from ...
November 6, 2017 at 8:00 am
Saara Untracht-Oakner on her first solo exhibition “KITSCHIN”
Saara Untracht-Oakner is likely known to you as the Mia Farrow-esque vocalist of Brooklyn outfit BOYTOY. Like most artists however, ...
November 1, 2017 at 1:08 pm
Nov 2nd: AdHoc Presents Cut Worms EP Release Show, John Andrews & The Yawns, Ryan Sambol @ Baby’s All Right, 8pm ($10)
This Thursday Marx Clarke drops back into Brooklyn for his Cut Worms EP Release show at Baby’s All Right! Just off their tour ...
October 28, 2017 at 10:52 am
Oct 31: 12th Annual NY Night Train Haunted Hop @ The Knockdown Center, 8PM ($20)
You’re in for a scare! Beloved NY Night Train DJ Jonathan Toubin is throwing a multimedia Halloween dance party at the Knockdown ...
October 23, 2017 at 8:00 am
Oct 25: Yumi Zouma, She-Devils, Blood Cultures @ Le Poisson Rouge, 7:30 ($15)
This Wednesday, dance away your worries at Le Poisson Rouge—New Zealand dream pop suit Yumi Zouma will grace the stage. Coming off a ...
October 20, 2017 at 8:00 am
Oct 27: La Femme @ Warsaw, Ticket Giveaway
La Femme, the French post-punk/psych rock/whatever other rock derivative band is playing in New York on October 27th . We are giving ...
October 11, 2017 at 8:00 am
Oct 12-Dec 10: Cloud of Petals, Virtual Reality Installation @ Red Bull Arts New York
I don’t want to bring everything back to the dismal state of existence we’re currently in but it’s hard not to when ...
September 29, 2017 at 8:00 am
Oct 3: Metropolis Video, Rock from CBGB @ The Kitchen, 7PM (Free)
Walking through the East Village is rough these days, meatheads, frat dudes and dudettes on the sidewalk gurgling mimosas while ...
September 29, 2017 at 8:00 am
Oct 5-6: Chicano Batman @ Irving Plaza and Warsaw, Ticket Giveaway!
I want to compare Chicano Batman to The Growlers but it’s not entirely accurate—it’s not that they share sonic ...
September 25, 2017 at 8:00 am
Sep 28: Mons Vi, Glass Gang, Late Guest at the Party @ Mercury Lounge, 9 pm ($10)
They say discovering a great new band is fate. Brooklyn-via-Miami, Mons Vi, creates a lo-fo mix of hip-hop influenced beats, ...
September 22, 2017 at 7:07 pm
Sept 23-24th: Bushwig 2017 @ The Knockdown Center, $30-$45
The first few years I spent in New York I let Bushwig, the alternative drag festival created by Horrorchatta and Babes Trust in 2012, ...
September 22, 2017 at 8:00 am
Sep 25: Champagne Superchillin (record release), Roya, Reanimadores @ Baby’s All Right, 8pm ($10)
The amorous Champagne Superchillin will put you in a bubbly haze of romanticism through wine colored glasses.
The NYC by way of ...
September 15, 2017 at 8:00 am
Sep 21: PopGun Presents Liars, YVETTE, Idgy Dean @ Warsaw, Ticket Giveaway
Liars are back! This summer Angus Andrew (as the only remaining member of Liars) released TCFC and is now on tour (with members of ...
September 13, 2017 at 8:00 am
Sep 13: Insecure Men, Roya, R. Jakob Bovden (Night Beats) @ Baby’s All Right, 10pm ($10)
Insecure Men is in New York and playing the late-ish show at Baby’s alongside Roya and R. Jakov Bovden of Night Beats. As far as ...
September 11, 2017 at 8:00 am
Sep 14: “In Between Dreams” Brandon Sines Solo Exhibition and Book Release @ Contra Galleries, 6PM (Free)
You’ve seen Frank Ape—a sticker on a lamppost, on the corner of a wall on the Lower East Side, or at an art gallery. The ...
September 8, 2017 at 8:09 am
Getting Melted at Meltasia: A Look Back at 2017
Words by Jackie Green and Photos by Devon Bristol Shaw.
Very rarely does an event fully live up to its projected hype. We get all ...
September 8, 2017 at 7:30 am
Sep 13: Triathalon, Cutouts, Pueblo and Rose Hotel @ Sunnyvale, 8PM ($10)
Triathalon have not put anything out since 2016’s Cold Shower EP but they will be here at Sunnyvale powering through their ...
September 7, 2017 at 11:03 am
Sep 10: Queen! Brooklyn Invasion @ House of Yes, Ticket Giveaway
In recent times, Brooklyn has gotten the reputation of being the “arty” center of drag. The current reigning ...
September 5, 2017 at 8:45 pm
Sep 7: FWF Zine Release Party @ Idio Gallery, 8PM (Free)
What does it look like to be on the road with one of the most notoriously intense bands of our time? Sacha Lecca (Deputy Photo Editor ...
September 1, 2017 at 12:35 pm
Sep 2: Dougie Poole, Teen Body, Johnny Aries, Cutouts, DÆVA @ Hank’s Saloon, 8PM ($10)
Apparently, it’s Brooklyn Music Week? Yeah, I didn’t know either. Anyways a number of up and coming bands that have ...
August 28, 2017 at 8:00 am
Sep 1: Dead Stars (record release), Grim Streaker, Big Bliss and Fraidycat @ Sunnyvale, 8PM ($10)
This Friday Dead Stars are releasing their new album Perfect Patterns. And since the most high energy shows tend to be the very joyful ...
August 25, 2017 at 8:00 am
Aug 26: AdHoc presents Surf Curse, Lala Lala, Navy Gangs @ Trans-Pecos, 8PM ($12)
I was going to go to Long Island this weekend for a barbecue until I realized how far it is—three hours roundtrip guys, that’s ...
August 25, 2017 at 8:00 am
Sep 9: Thee Oh Sees @ Warsaw, Ticket Giveaway
There’s something about Each Month’s Day: yep, that’s what I’m going to call it— aka, 6/6, 7/7, 8/8… if you have a better ...
August 18, 2017 at 12:36 pm
Video Premiere: Psychic Selves “Rosemary”
Photo by Devon Bristol Shaw
Psychic Selves‘ new single ‘Rosemary’ is a love song about loving yourself and not ...
August 18, 2017 at 12:03 pm
Q&A: Horrorchata on Razor 5000 @ Secret Project Robot
Every now and again you come across a party with such a killer lineup you know it’s going to be wild. That was the case as soon ...