7 years ago
June show forecast
In a post-gov ball, post-apocalyptic haze, one might ask themselves, “Should I ever go to an outdoor show in New York ever again ...
7 years ago
PUP beyond the morbid stuff
PUP’s (short for Pathetic Use of Potential) latest release Morbid Stuff pours emotional attention into lived experiences through ...
7 years ago
Listen: Kills Birds “Ow” is a slimy-gorgeous banger
Kills Birds may have started as a secret but these days there’s no missing the fact that they’re something else. Their new ...
7 years ago
Premiere: Sienna “Tell Me Everything”
Photos by Jenna Putnam
Solo projects are always a gamble. The entire point of being part of a group is that each member adds ...
7 years ago
Spectator episode 4: Yaasss, Delicate Steve, Tunic, Grim Streaker
Spectator is a video zine by Molly Mary O’Brien, documenting the coolest, weirdest, and most thrilling shows in NYC. Follow her ...
7 years ago
FOAMMM’s undefinable brand of music: bathtubs and basslines
Art by Enne Goldstein, you can find more of her work here
Norweigan based musicians FOAMMM (comprising of lead vocalist Chiara ...
7 years ago
Gov Ball Mixtape 2019
Here’s hoping you don’t have to work today, can drink on someone’s roof in Brooklyn, and get ready for the festival ...
7 years ago
Lauren Early blends stillness and vibrance on debut EP, “Patience”
It is a special occurrence to come across a record that emulates a sense of closeness, where the lyrics sung emulate a conversation ...
7 years ago
Cult Records 10 year anniversary pop up shop
If you didn’t know, Nasa and I also work at Cult Records! We’ll be celebrating the label’s 10 year anniversary with ...
7 years ago
What’s in the van? with Tacocat
Photo by Helen Moga
Over the course of the past 12 years Emily, Bree, Lelah, and Eric have been touring their tails off as Tacocat, ...
7 years ago
Watch: Mattiel disappears into “Je Ne Me Connais Pas”
After watching Mattiel’s “Je Ne Me Connais Pas” I found myself trying to brainstorm: when was the last time I saw a ...
7 years ago
Goth strippers, a brass band, and taking over the Speedway with Shybaby
Words by Jess Catcher. Photos by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here.
My most recent night with Shybaby started with ...
7 years ago
May 24: Promiseland, Sahd Wyte Guyz, Fascinator @ The Broadway
Brooklyn’s newest venue is hosting some of our favorite acts this Thursday and it’s going to be one of those dance like ...
7 years ago
The Devil, The Angel, and The Almighty walk into a bar — in conversation with Dehd
Art by Enne Goldstein, you can find more of her work here
Dehd knows hearts. The Chicago-based trio (comprised of Emily Kempf, ...
7 years ago
Gov Ball After Dark
If big mainstream festivals aren’t your thing (or you want to avoid going to Randall’s Island), Gov Ball After Dark is ...
7 years ago
ICYMI vol. 23: IDLES, Hatchie, Cutouts, Silverbacks
ICYMI is a series featuring new and notable releases you (and we) may have missed
Art by Enne Goldstein, you can find more of her ...
7 years ago
Premiere: “Hey Jackie” – Nyssa
Photo by Colin Medley
There are few artists that when you see them live you feel like you’re in the presence of someone truly ...
7 years ago
Jonny Pierce of The Drums finds the joy in ‘Brutalism’
Photos by Jessica Gurewitz
I’ve been a storyteller my whole life, a lover of fairytales, of darkness being a harbinger of ...
7 years ago
Listen: Big Thief – ‘U.F.O.F’
Words by Sam Zimmerman
Adrianne Lenker writes the songs that have always been with us. As a member of Big Thief, she and drummer ...
7 years ago
IDLES + FONTAINES D.C. @ Brooklyn Steel
Photos by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here.
FONTAINES ...
7 years ago
ICYMI vol 22: NE-HI, Vampire Weekend, Yak
Art by Enne Goldstein, you can find more of her work here
XYZ – NE-HI
Extremely bittersweet (but a strangely badass move), ...
7 years ago
Watch: Starcrawler’s “She Gets Around” drags you to hell and back
Every story about the devil names the figure as the prince of lies. A beautiful angel, who once cast out then metamorphoses into a ...
7 years ago
Backstage with Bruno Major
The first time I listened to Bruno Major was after a pretty depressing date walking through the east village in the rain. This is the ...
7 years ago
Watch: Lauren Early’s “Out of Style” is a DIY summer dream
Watching the video for “Out of Style” feels like a lazy summer morning –– the one where you lay in bed until 1:00 pm then go ...
7 years ago
Premiere: Watch The Ehems “Eh Eh Hem”
Art is a process that often doesn’t have a planned path. When you let things happen as they come to you, in the moment – when ...
7 years ago
Yaasss caused absolute debauchery for their record release show
Photos by Allen Ying
Last month the falafel punk rockers Yaasss created a world of mayhem in the concrete walls of Brooklyn’s ...
7 years ago
Photography files: Mark Hunter aka “The Cobra Snake”
The early 2000s were a simpler time. We had gotten past the threat of the new millennium and global warming wasn’t looming as ...
7 years ago
DEATH and Native Sun @ (le) poisson rouge
Photos by Allen ...
7 years ago
Premiere: Hear Jesus Vio’s snappy new album ‘Dutch Science’
From Chile to Berlin and Free Pizza, now Jesus Vio has created a whole new set of snappable and feet-tappable tunes. Singing about ...
7 years ago
ICYMI vol 21: Black Midi, Skating Polly, DEHD
“Talking Heads” — Black Midi
“Talking Heads” has all the rhythmic rabbit holes you’d want from the ...
7 years ago
May 5: Johnny Scuotto, Rose Cologne, Heavy Birds, Ryan Laetari @ Coney Island Baby
Come drink some tequila or whatever your non-seasonally appropriate beverage of choice may be this Sunday at Coney Island Baby and ...
7 years ago
Shame and Iceage take the west coast
Photos by Monica Kurowski
Not gonna lie, Shame and Iceage is the double header of the year. While some people can’t make it ...
7 years ago
Serfs Up! — Fat White Family, tastelessly refined
Review by Izel Villarba, find more of his work here.
The Fat Whites are back. After guitarist Saul Adamczewski left in 2016, to make ...
7 years ago
May show forecast
David Lynch roses
It’s the lusty month of May, kids. A lot of good shows, very little time. Shit’s gonna hit the fan at ...
7 years ago
Catching up with Bad Suns’ Christo Bowman
Photos by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here.
Los Angeles based Bad ...
7 years ago
ICYMI vol 20: The Drums, The Paranoyds, Kyle Craft
“Hungry Sam” – The Paranoyds
Do not watch this video if you are not okay. The latest Suicide Squeeze signees are ...
7 years ago
Listen: Reptaliens ‘VALIS’
Before signing with Captured Tracks, Portland-based Reptaliens weren’t purposely trying to make a band. Their 2017 debut LP, ...
7 years ago
Experiencing the “Stoner’s Fantasy” : My Journey through the Weed Rave
Photos by Jessica Gurewitz
Being caught in the Sisyphean cycle of Instagram scrolling sometime in March of this year, I happened ...
7 years ago
Princess Goes to the Butterfly Museum, Turbo Goth, Hennessey @ Berlin
Photos by Daggers For Eyes, find her on Instagram here.
Princess Goes to the Butterfly ...
7 years ago
All About Cowpunk Rock And Roll with Fever Beam
Photo by Acute Perception
What makes a new band standout in the earlier stages of their existence lays in the uniqueness in sound and ...
7 years ago
Procession: What the fu-heck
Photos by Allen Ying.
Coco Verde had a month long residency at Carmelo’s during February. Carmelo’s shows are free ...
7 years ago
Listen: Slow Pulp’s new track “High” is nostalgia distorted
Slow Pulp has a knack for taking the deepest cuts of nostalgia and fusing them into music. Gearing up for their next EP, the Chicago ...
7 years ago
ICYMI vol. 19: Fontaines D.C., The Garden, PUP
ICYMI is a series featuring new and notable releases you (and we) may have missed
“Thy Mission” – The Garden feat. ...
7 years ago
Eat Your ♥ Out
Photos by Allie Garber, poetry in collaboration with Jeanny Mae (TWIZZY).
Eat Your ♥ Out is a film photograph mini-series ...
7 years ago
Premiere: Goodbye Honolulu sets their own little world on fire in video for new single “U Got It”
Goodbye Honolulu is one of those bands that you’re like “dang, I wanna party with these gents.” This makes all the ...
7 years ago
Shows we went to: BRONCHO, SWMRS, Beach Goons
Bringing back an old classic with a new twist. Shows We Went To started it’s online incarnation as a 35mm photo series back in ...
7 years ago
Liner notes: going track by track through ‘Dreamo’ with Teen Body
Brooklyn’s own dream-pop outfit, Teen Body, have just released Dreamo, the follow up to their debut LP Get Home Safe. The ...
7 years ago
Outgrowing the past: a conversation with Pixx
Society dictates that attending school is a way to allow continuity in our culture. We are taught, from generation to generation, a ...
7 years ago
Pottery @ Rough Trade
Photos by Jessica Gurewitz
Pottery plays with a confidence, groove, and infectious energy that makes dancing inevitable. Newly ...
7 years ago
Inside the Jeffertitti’s Nile spring tour with Jeffertitti Moon
Photos by Angela Izzo, you can find more of their work here
Jeffertitti Moon’s spring tour is one to not miss. Moon is taking the ...