11 months ago
Downtown Dispatch: Interpreting the Oracle Sisters’ Tea Leaves
Every so often, something entirely new can stir a faint and familiar feeling. I ‘get it’ tout de suite. Listening to the rococo ...
11 months ago
May 30: Voyeur, Superfan, Untitled Halo Live at Jean’s 6-10PM
The locally renowned Jean’s, “a restaurant with a farm in New Hope, PA,” with a Lynchian-inspired club down below on ...
11 months ago
Double Feature: Communions ‘Forgotten Frequencies’ & ‘Lodged’ + interview
Photo by @foxsticks
After 4 years since their last full length album, Danish band Communions are ready to bring you something new. On ...
11 months ago
Fontaines D.C Live in NYC x Offstage with bassist Deego
Photos by Jenna Murray, Words by Lulu Rodriguez
Fontaines D.C., post punk band from Dublin played another series of sold out shows in ...
11 months ago
Watch: Promiseland “Only Broken”
Promiseland’s newest single and video, “Only Broken,” is a chaotic and evocative trip of deathbed visions, reflecting the ...
11 months ago
No Holds Barred: In Conversation with Cleo Reed
Words by Sophie Abeles. Photos by Tosin Popoola & Matthew Schonfeld.
Self-assured and exceedingly creative, Cleo Reed is an ...
11 months ago
Mixtape: Perreando en la bodega
Mix by Beatriz Castro
A playlist for when you are at the bodega, a little hungover, waiting for your BEC, and the music from last ...
11 months ago
Listen: Casablanca Drivers ‘Tabloid’ + get to know the band
Hailing from Corsica and now residing in Paris, Casablanca Drivers have been delighting our ears for quite some time. But the band ...
11 months ago
No Holds Barred: Taking the Risk with ZEEMUFFIN
Words by Sophie Abeles. Photos by Jenna Murray.
Sitting at her desk in the marketing wing of Spotify’s New York office, a woman ...
11 months ago
May 13: Party Girls Never Die w/ Special Guests Night #2 @ Jean’s
Nasa, ALT CITIZEN founder and editor in chief has a new party series called Party Girls Never Die w/ Special Guests centered around ...
11 months ago
From Prompt to Page: Pete Voelker Debuts PIX 040
The latest installment of PIX, the global photography project by New York City-based visual artist Pete Voelker, has arrived. ...
11 months ago
Show Review: BOXXER Live at Night Club 101
It is April 24th and tulips are in bloom brightening nearly every corner of New York City. Budding talent is also on display tonight ...
11 months ago
Bec Lauder and the Noise Launch Jean’s Oasis Summer Residency
Tonight at 8 p.m., Bec Lauder and the Noise kick off their summer residency at Jean’s Down. The three-piece NYC rock band — ...
12 months ago
Breaking the ice with Bracco
Born out boredom in the city of Paris, experimental electronic / rock band Bracco sure know how to put on a show. If you have the ...
12 months ago
Downtown Dispatch: Welcome to Telescreens
Photos by Monty Hamm and Dutch Doscher.
“We don’t play, we work.”
Jim Morrison’s infamous declaration to Eve Babitz came to ...
1 year ago
Downtown Dispatch: Charlotte Rose Benjamin’s Showgirlhood
Charlotte Rose Benjamin, photographed by Charlotte Dulany.
In girl world… There’s sentimentality, friendship, infatuation, and ...
1 year ago
SHAGGO’s Breakout Year: From Debut Single to SXSW Stage
I first saw SHAGGO almost a year ago at The Sultan Room, and while the band’s irreverent, punkish, feminist-centric ethos has been ...
1 year ago
Wilmah Took Over Baby’s All Right
Photos by Tori McGraw.
As you open the door to Baby’s All Right, on a crisp Friday night, striking, colorful lights lead you towards ...
1 year ago
Test Subjects Experiment With Bigger Sound
Photos by Charlie Baker.
“Hey,” I said, turning to my neighbor at a concert on Wednesday night, “doesn’t he ...
1 year ago
Listen: manuni_d ‘Ap2ro’
Roll into the weekend with some new music. This week’s song pick comes from Lulu Van Trapp member Manu, or otherwise known by his ...
1 year ago
NYC Trash Punkers BALACLAVA Domesticate Existential Dread with “WHERE IS MY FOUR DIMENSIONAL DOG?”
What a time to be alive! You go from staring at big screen for work, to small screen at home, and then finally to smaller screen where ...
1 year ago
Paris, February 27th: Pol @ La Station + Interview
Photos by Eliot Leblanc-Hartmann
Ahead of their gig at The Marbrerie, where they played with Parisian groups Spanish Horses and Oh ...
1 year ago
Downtown Dispatch: Ray Bull Unleashed
With just one listen, Ray Bull’s music sparks an immediate conversation of movement — foot tapping, finger snapping, head bobbing, ...
1 year ago
Love is Everywhere at Nightclub 101 – With Pleasure Systems, May Rio, and Whait
article by Urvija Banerji, photos by Emilio Herce
“You guys could have been at the Paul McCartney show tonight, and you chose ...
1 year ago
Premiere: Cindy Cane’s Heart Is on Fire
Faster, hotter, stronger.
Cindy Cane’s latest single, “Hearts on Fire,” is an endless dance between the peculiar and the ...
1 year ago
SUO Serves Romance and Heartbreak with “Arms of an Angel”
Photo by Mochi Robinson.
“Arms of an Angel,” the latest release from SUO, explores the fleeting nature of emotion. On Instagram, ...
1 year ago
No Holds Barred: Meet the New Kid, Komodos
Story by Sophie Abeles. Photos by Matt Weinberger.
Named for the word’s mouthfeel rather than the world’s largest lizard, ...
1 year ago
Listen: Alex Orange Drink “Queen Victoria” featuring Conor Oberst
We have something to satisfy your sonic thirst: Alex Orange Drink’s latest single, “Queen Victoria,” featuring Conor Oberst.
The ...
1 year ago
Feb. 6: Alex Hall “Drown” Opening Reception + Interview
Alex Hall is always in motion, jetting off to Los Angeles, Berlin, and beyond at a moment’s notice. For the New York-based portrait ...
1 year ago
Premiere: Rare DM’s “The Ring” (Official Music Video)
Grace Jones meets Santigold on the dancefloor to the tune of Rare DM’s latest single, “The Ring,” out tomorrow. With celestial ...
1 year ago
Listen: Kate Stein & Lord Fascinator ‘Horse House’
Of course this horse has force! It’s time to giddy on up and ride into the weekend with Kate Stein & Lord Fascinator’s ...
1 year ago
No Holds Barred: On the Road with The Thing
Story and photos by Sophie Abeles.
Two years ago, The Thing, a four-piece indie rock band from Brooklyn, New York, abandoned their ...
1 year ago
Watch: Avalon Bloom ‘Dove Fall’ + a chat in the green room
‘Dove Fall’ the latest single by French shoegaze band Avalon Bloom is out today. This is the premiere single from their ...
1 year ago
Jan 19: Party Girls Never Die “Special Guests” Residency @ Jean’s Night 1
A new nightlife experience has arrived at Jean’s – Party Girls Never Die “Special Guests.”
Party Girls Never Die is a ...
1 year ago
Jan. 19: Elias Rønnenfelt is “Off Right” at Roxy Cinema
Danish musician and artist Elias Rønnenfelt, best known as the frontman of Iceage, is showcasing his creative range once again, this ...
1 year ago
Downtown Dispatch: Dreaming With Rebounder
Noah and Dylan Chenfeld, photographed by Charlotte Dulany.
Oasis. The Kinks. Radiohead. The National. Rebounder. What ties them ...
1 year ago
Listen: chest. “Aceta”
photo by Aileol ©
In their new single, “Aceta,” chest. doesn’t keep anything close to their own. The track, the ...
1 year ago
Premiere: EZ Company ‘Headphones’
No doubt a universal feeling, that moment you put on your headphones. Shutting out the world around you and turning on the movie ...
1 year ago
5 Fast Questions with Fast Money Music
It’s Saturday December 7th, 2024 – a rainy night in Paris. After a packed out show and a dazzling performance, I corral ...
1 year ago
No Holds Barred: An Interview with Wishy, the Hometown Heroes
Story by Sophie Abeles. Photos by Daniel Arnabar
It’s the year 2011. Three high schoolers, Kevin Krauter, his younger sister, Katie ...
1 year ago
Interview with Veronica’s Sofia Zarzuela
photo by Aria Cabello
Sofia Zarzuela, the lead singer of NYC-based band, Veronica, jumps up and down in a Brooklyn park to stay warm ...
1 year ago
Premiere: Spanish Horses ‘As She Rides By’ + get to know the band
Photos + Collages by Alex Hall
Whatever happened to feel good guitar music? Obviously it still exists, but sometimes it feels like ...
1 year ago
Mary Shelley and Trophy Wife Take On Main Drag Music
Article by Calla Selicious. Mary Shelley photos by Carlos Ramos. Trophy Wife photos by Tori McGraw
There are a lot of good bands in ...
1 year ago
Kiki Kramer: Tumblr Teen Turned Pop Provocateur
photo by Bousso Diop
Kiki Kramer proudly calls herself a “Wannabe Pop Star”, a title steeped in irony and cheeky ...
1 year ago
No Holds Barred: An Interview with Tiny Gun
No Holds Barred is a new column by Sophie Abeles featuring unfiltered interviews with your favorite indie bands. Photos by Bianca ...
1 year ago
Last Call with Tchotchke
Photos by Rachelyn Remz
Last Call is an interview series where I, Brittany Marino, ask talented folk all about their lasts: last ...
1 year ago
Chaos and Confusion, An Interview with Cab Ellis
Words by Sophie Abeles / Photos by Matt Weinberger
If I told you New York’s underground alt-rock scene is back, you might ask ...
1 year ago
Watch: November Girl ‘Clover’ + A Conversation in Paris
I met up with Willa Rudolph of November Girl in a bar called The Bottle Shop in Paris to get to know a little bit more about her, ...
1 year ago
Photo Diary: Fontaines D.C. x Been Stellar at Brooklyn Paramount
Fontaines D.C. and New York City’s own, Been Stellar, graced us with two incredible back to back shows at the Brooklyn ...
1 year ago
Last Call with The Mystery Lights
Photos by Alain Bib
Last Call is an interview series where I, Brittany Marino, ask talented folk all about their lasts: last time ...