6 years ago
Listen: Mima Good “Sad Club Night”
Photo by Michelle LoBianco
Mima Good, is the moniker for singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Raechel Rosen. Although this ...
6 years ago
Gymshorts race for the checkered flag in the hi-octane video for “I’m The Jeff Gordon Of Our Generation”
Black and white photo by Devon Bristol Shaw. Behind the scenes photos by Ethan Vara.
Sarah Greenwell is a certified road warrior. ...
6 years ago
Premiere: Taylor Bradshaw’s award-winning “Slow Dance” video is an intense visual emotional rollercoaster
Photos by Jurate Veceraite
Hot on the heels of the release of his well-received debut LP, Twine, Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter ...
6 years ago
The Wants deliver individualistic post punk electroclash on the dancefloor-ready ‘Container’
The Wants describe themselves as inspired by the minimal structures of punk-punk and while that may be true Container feels more ...
6 years ago
Psychically Ill: A tribute of words for Tres Warren
Clouds of fuzz He sits on. Thump of kick drum, drone of analog keys, give way to the gospel choir, and a river of wah guitars of ...
6 years ago
Digging Deeper: on Auto-Pain and moving forward
Portraits by Julia Fletcher, find more of her work here.
The Chicago music scene is overflowing with incomparable talent from ...
6 years ago
What Now? Leaning into the unknown as an independent musician during Covid-19
It all started settling in after this year’s South by Southwest was canceled. The festival was set for its 34th consecutive year to ...
6 years ago
Listen: Sorry ‘925’
London alt group Sorry—Asha Lorenz (vocals), Louis O’Bryen (vocals, guitar), Lincoln Barett (drums), Campbell Baum (bass), and ...
6 years ago
When The Mystery Lights took Europe
Photos by Runa Andersen
Now, no need to introduce them, but the first time that I heard about The Mystery Light was by a friend of ...
6 years ago
27 Mins to Kill mixtape
Here’s a 27-minute escape. ...
6 years ago
Vundabar’s ‘Either Light’ is a heavy album for heavy times
Either Light is an album for right now. Outside our windows spring is blossoming, the weather is getting milder, and birds are happily ...
6 years ago
Black Lips and The Muckers @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Photos by by Allen Ying
The Muckers
Black ...
6 years ago
Rant: Can brands stop using corona to market their shit?
We already know that our phones are listening to us. All I need to do is mention that I am looking to buy some new lawn furniture or a ...
6 years ago
Childish Gambino released his long anticipated album in a way nobody anticipated — and then it disappeared
So this is how the world ends. Sitting at home with the door closed, singing happy birthday twice whilst washing our hands, and a mass ...
6 years ago
Support your favorite bands — what merch to buy to help artists in the midst of tour cancellations
Graphic by Julia Fletcher, find more of her work here.
So the past week has been more or less a shit-storm nightmare. As someone ...
6 years ago
Listen: King Krule – Man Alive!
About mid-way through Man Alive! — Archy Marshall’s third studio LP as King Krule — a telephone rings; the mood changes. Another ...
6 years ago
Pottery delivers a potent double-dose of new wave rave-ups from their upcoming album, Welcome To Bobby’s Motel
In anticipation of the imminent release of their debut full length LP, Welcome To Bobby’s Motel, Montreal’s Pottery has released a ...
6 years ago
Procession: If all goes well
Procession is a photo column by Allen Ying.
Projection artist Spaghetti Jesus can have a little nap.
DYGL is a ...
6 years ago
Listen: Model/Actriz’s sensual, apocalyptic single “Suntan”
Photo by Mikaela Lungulov-Klotz
Model/Actriz can pump you up in such a specifically grimy loud way. It’s industrial, metallic, ...
6 years ago
Mar 13: A Place to Bury Strangers, Public Practice, LIFE @ Bowery Ballroom
Happy Friday the 13th! Celebrate the crazed dystopia it seems we’re living in with one of New York’s best bands, A Place ...
6 years ago
Freedom of choice and Febreze in the pit with The Paranoyds
Photos by Allen Ying.
Hailing from the City of Angels, The Paranoyds —Staz Lindes, Laila Hashemi, Lexi Funston, and David Ruiz ...
6 years ago
P.E. is more than a happy accident
P.E. started out without any plans in mind. A project that unraveled from experimentation and the rudimentary approach of ...
6 years ago
Late bloomers THICK put out ‘5 Years Behind’ tomorrow
THICK’s been laying low, at least from an outside point of view, for the last couple of months after their signing with Epitaph. ...
6 years ago
Listen: Bipolar’s 1-(800)-CALL-ICE manic EP
Photos By Julia Khoroshilov
If I were to assign a neurological disorder to Bipolar’s tape it wouldn’t be bipolar ...
6 years ago
Desolation Center: One for the Punks
How do you define DIY? How do you inspire festivals like Coachella, Lollapalooza, and Burning Man? These are the questions that ...
6 years ago
Calculatedly manic with Mush
A recent fan myself, it seems that Mush takes every opportunity to claim that they’re just another white dude guitar band with a ...
6 years ago
Listen: Kevin Krauter ‘Full Hand’
Kevin Krauter might not be a household name yet, but soon enough, he might as well be. Known first for his work with Indiana-based ...
6 years ago
Alt Citizen x DIY Mag SXSW Showcase 2020
Art by Julia Fletcher, find more of her work here.
It’s been a minute, but we’re coming back to SXSW! Partnering with ...
6 years ago
March Show Forecast
Art by Julia Fletcher, find more of her work here.
It seems like the shit-show slumber of too few good shows over the past few ...
6 years ago
Feb 29: Patti, Eyes of Love, Flexi, Starla Online @ Lola
End this month right at Lola this Saturday for one of the coolest shows to hit Manhattan in a minute. I’ve just recently been ...
6 years ago
Vibing to our faults and insecurities with Poppies
Collages by Enne Goldstein, you can find more of their work here
After “Bed Music” was released Winter 2019, I obsessively ...
6 years ago
Bambara brings Southern Gothic to Brooklyn and beyond with ‘Stray’
Photos by Lucy Blumenfield. Find more of her work here.
One week ago Bambara released Stray, their full length fully Southern ...
6 years ago
SUO’s “Mr AI” is a dance track for oddballs
“Mr. AI” off of SUO’s album Dancing Spots and Dungeons feels like a 1960s romance track. It’s the kind of ...
6 years ago
Acid Tongue journey deep into the psychedelic swamp on “Follow The Witch”
Acid Tongue is a band that actively defies categorization. Their debut LP, Babies, released in 2017 as an energetic blend of styles ...
6 years ago
Premiere: Daydream Review makes psych-pop new again
When it comes to the dreamy psych-pop singles created by Daydream Review, it should be noted that the band isn’t exactly ...
6 years ago
Shadow Show shine brightly and throw some shade on Silhouettes
Shadows are a common phenomenon, the result of a physical object blocking directional rays of light resulting in a diffused ...
6 years ago
Listen: Post Animal ‘Motion Forward Godyssey’
Floating just underneath the radar, Post Animal might just be producing some of the most experimentally-unique sounds in their peer ...
6 years ago
Premiere: Cindy Cane invites you to be their bloody Valentine on new single, “Be My Nightmare”
Cindy Cane has been stalking the darker corners of Brooklyn for just over a year now and are finally poised to strike with their first ...
6 years ago
Lala Lala and Grapetooth collab on Fantasy Movie
If you were at Webster Hall for the Twin Peaks show this past December, you might have gotten an early preview of the latest collab ...
6 years ago
Feelings mixtape
It’s that time of year again so we made a mixtape for whatever you’re feeling — the good, the bad, the sad, the ugly. ...
6 years ago
Taking shots with Bethlehem Steel: Altered States S1 E3
While getting ready to shoot this, we were playing Bethlehem Steel music videos on YouTube. We liked them ok. They were cool enough, ...
6 years ago
ICYMI: Pottery, Black Midi, Native Sun
ICYMI is a series featuring new and notable releases you (and we) may have missed
Art by Enne Goldstein, you can find more of their ...
6 years ago
Premiere: Listen to Palomino Blond’s heady new track “Damage”
Photo by Steph Estrada
BUFU Records is back, baby, with a shreddfully intoxicating new track by Miami based rockers Palomino Blond. ...
6 years ago
Anime NYC and what I learned about the music scene
Featured photo and additional photography by Solomon Bennett, find more of his work here.
Writing and photos by Izel Villarba, find ...
6 years ago
Watch: Hinds “Good Bad Times”
Photo by Andrea Savall
Hinds truly can do no wrong. Following up the daydream of “Riding Solo”, the group is back with ...
6 years ago
Artists to watch in 2020
2019 was a pretty golden year for music, with tons of artists emerging and quickly becoming new favorites. Here are some up and coming ...
6 years ago
Feb 8: Native Sun, Public Practice, Pure Adult, Curley (FONTAINES D.C.) DJ set @ The Dance
Brooklyn’s own Native Sun will be taking over The Dance with Public Practice and Pure Adult on February 8th to celebrate the ...
6 years ago
Buzzing with Wombo’s latest single, Blossom Bear
Louisville, Kentucky’s Wombo released their debut album in 2017 and it was not written for sitting still. As twitchy as a bundle ...
6 years ago
Taking shots with Miranda and the Beat: Altered States S1 E2
If you’re most likely to, take a shot… Miranda and the Beat took that prompt super-seriously, nearly wiping out the ...
6 years ago
Procession: 11
Procession is a photo column by Allen Ying.
Mauricio Martinez of Native Sun, at The ...