7 years ago
We’re all made up of stardust with Wooing
Photos by Allen Ying
Before their back-to-back dates alongside Black Lips at Bowery Ballroom I had the opportunity to briefly e-chat ...
7 years ago
April 16: Priests @ Elsewhere
photo by Drew Hagelin
Seems like this past weekend was the weekend where all of a sudden there are tons of people walking around ...
7 years ago
The gleaming music of Methyl Ethel and nothing else
Polaroids by Grace Eire
It’s pretty rare these days to have a band enter the stage and not have them say a single word — or at ...
7 years ago
Premiere: The Pinheads’ “Feel It Now” video makes your gut bubble with that SXSW excitement all over again
There’s no doubt that some of the most fun punk/garage/rock n’ roll/whatever-you-want-to-call-it music we’re hearing these days ...
7 years ago
Backstage with Jack Gray @ Brooklyn Steel
Photos by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here.
Jack Gray is Australia’s most unassuming pop star. A mix of The 1975 ...
7 years ago
Tour Diary: On the road with Justus Proffit
Photos and captions by Bella Vallero
After collaborating with Jay Som, Justus Proffit has released his debut LP L.A.’s Got Me ...
7 years ago
Apr 13: The Mary Vision, Heavy Birds, Chillemi @ Sunnyvale 8PM ($10)
The weather’s gonna be hot so let the music get heavy. Brooklyn’s own electric cowboy, Chillemi, and psych freaks Heavy ...
7 years ago
Mixtape: Strange Love
Happy to share with you all a fresh mix of songs and vibes that will get you thru the day and yearning for the night! Featuring a ...
7 years ago
Apr 12: Yaasss EP release @ Alphaville
Brooklyn’s own falafel rock zaddies are releasing an EP with Roolette Records and Fetish Records and will be celebrating the ...
7 years ago
Premiere: Sipper “OMG”
Delusions of grandeur collide with the harsh reality of being a failed to launch millennial in Sipper’s “OMG”. Are ...
7 years ago
Listen: Weyes Blood ‘Titanic Rising’
Words by Sam Zimmerman
Since the beginning of her career, Natalie Mering has succeeded at creating soft, vibrant landscapes for her ...
7 years ago
In conversation with David Weitzner, Lee Ranaldo, and Nels Cline
Feature and photos by Allen Ying.
David Weitzner has a new book out, Fifteen Paths, exploring our broken society, and the resulting ...
7 years ago
Seattle sampler: the best of the local scene in 2019
Words by Christine Mitchell. Photos by Jake Hanson, you can find more of his work here.
Seattle is in a weird space musically these ...
7 years ago
Jordan Peele’s Us provokes our worst fears
The Shining, Halloween, Nightmare on Elm Street—all movies I have successfully viewed with zero residual effects. Jordan Peele’s ...
7 years ago
ICYMI vol 18: Black Midi, Billie Eilish, Flat Worms
ICYMI is a series featuring new and notable releases you (and we) may have missed
WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? – ...
7 years ago
Tour diary: The Muckers, Anemone, Chai, and Rubblebucket @ Treefort Fest
Photos by Julia Khoroshilov (*shot with a Lomography Petzval 58 lens). Find more of her work here.
The ...
7 years ago
Waxing Romantic with Grian Chatten of Fontaines D.C.
Interview by Izel Villarba, find more of his work here. Photos by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here.
After making ...
7 years ago
Photo Diary: Chooglin’ part 2
Photos by Julia Khoroshilov. Find more of her work here.
Amy of Amyl and the Sniffers – Surfbort release party
Anthony ...
7 years ago
THICK graduates to Epitaph Records with an epic show at The Glove
Photos by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here.
I arrived at The Glove at 8pm, just in time for doors, but rather than a ...
7 years ago
Show Me the Body’s “Dog Whistle” is a community manifesto
Find more of Izel Villarba’s work here.
I’ll never forget the first time I saw Show Me the Body. I was introduced to their ...
7 years ago
ICYMI 17: Sky Ferreira, Twen, Tame Impala
ICYMI is a series featuring new and notable releases you (and we) may have missed
“Downhill Lullaby” – Sky ...
7 years ago
April Show Forecast
Daylight savings has made the night seem perpetually young and it’s now a bearable temperature to leave your apartment and not ...
7 years ago
SASAMI comes to the front in self-titled debut album
As the former synth player for Cherry Glazerr, Sasami Ashworth provided a different direction for the rock group. In her album ...
7 years ago
Two nights with Black Midi
Night one photos by Daggers For Eyes, find her on Instagram here. Night two photos by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her ...
7 years ago
Watch: twompsax’s “eight”
At under a minute long, “eight” by twompsax is catchy as heck. You could put it on a repeating loop and maybe go a little crazy ...
7 years ago
Premiere: FOAMMM’s “Honey” Introduces Us To A Deeper Magic
FOAMMM creates the kind of music ideal to wake and bake to. The psychedelic soft croons of the vocalist meshing with the slow-moving ...
7 years ago
Dilly Dally and Chastity @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Chastity photos by Jessica Gurewitz.. Dilly Dally photos by Daggers For Eyes, find her on Instagram here.
Headlining their biggest ...
7 years ago
The C.I.A. is Watching You, with Denée Segall
Interview and photo by Izel Villarba, find more of his work here.
On the eve of The C.I.A.’s first show in New York, I stand front ...
7 years ago
March 27: KTL, Dreamcrusher, Azonic @ (le) poisson rouge
A healthy dose of noise is going to knock Manhattan off it’s feet tomorrow night at LPR. Brooklyn’s own Dreamcrusher will ...
7 years ago
Photo Diary: SXSW 2019
Photos by Daniel Jackson, find more of his work here
Blood Cultures
Amyl and The Sniffers
SASAMI
Viagra ...
7 years ago
A DRAG REVIEW : “Put your lips on my brain” – Of Tim Presley’s White Fence, ‘I Have to Feed Larry’s Hawk’
Is a tepid serum here? Or – Is fine, thoughtful music being made in 2019? In this moment of probable human rot, the fruits are ...
7 years ago
Premiere: Whiner “Jump”
There is something incredibly freeing and lighthearted about listening to glam rock. As someone who mostly finds themselves ...
7 years ago
ICYMI vol 16: Fat White Family, Lucille Furs, Versing
“Tastes Good With The Money” – Fat White Family
The best way I could describe the theme of this video is the meme ...
7 years ago
Retro-fetishism and restlessness with RFA
Photos and feature by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here.
There’s something refreshingly familiar about RFA. ...
7 years ago
The Fur.: A Few of Our Favorite Things
Taiwanese band The Fur. named themselves with the intent of making “fluffy, comfy” music and that is exactly what they ...
7 years ago
What’s in the van? with Gymshorts
I have a confession. Growing up I was a real shithead. Dennis The Menace and Calvin were my comic strip heroes and I strove to emulate ...
7 years ago
Listen: Spirit Award “Mountain”
Rock musicians have a history of leveraging their art for the general betterment of society. Sometimes it’s targeted protest songs, ...
7 years ago
Midwest transplants Bad Bad Hats are proof that good people will do good shit
Feature and polaroids by Grace Eire. Black and white portraits by Jessica Gurewitz.
While Bad Bad Hats were getting ready for an ...
7 years ago
Procession: Dead of winter
Photos by Allen Ying.
This was early January to early February, the dead of NYC winter, when it’s too painful to walk to the ...
7 years ago
March 22: Ice Balloons, Palm Tree, Chorizo, Gnarcissists, Rose Cologne @ Trans-Pecos ($10)
Muddguts Records is throwing a double hot tub, 3D party at Trans-Pecos this Friday. Come decked out in your brightest blues and ...
7 years ago
ICYMI vol.15: Fontaines D.C., Kirin J. Callinan, Reptaliens
“Roy’s Tune” – Fontaines D.C.
Fontaines D.C. came to town last week for two sold out dates at Union Pool, and ...
7 years ago
March 15: Deli Girls (live) @ DisCakes Rave ($10-$30)
DisCakes is throwing a secret rave and it sounds pretty rad. After buying tickets, purchasers will get notified day (and you can find ...
7 years ago
Watch: Launder “Chew”
Filmed in 16mm, LA’s Launder’s newest music video for “Chew” grasps your attention from the get-go thanks to the dramatic ...
7 years ago
Understanding ‘la onda’ de Juan Wauters
Photos by Allen Ying.
Juan Wauters is a man of simple songs and intuitive thoughts. He expresses himself based on observation and ...
7 years ago
Hot Flash Heat Wave @ Elsewhere
Photos by Jessica ...
7 years ago
March 9: Surfbort, Gibby Haynes, Dirty Fences, Twompsax ($13-15)
Fresh off a European tour, punk rockers Surfbort will play a homecoming show this Saturday at Market Hotel to release their new 7 inch ...
7 years ago
ICYMI vol.14: Cosmonauts, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Big Eyes
“Seven Sisters” – Cosmonauts
“Drug punks” Cosmonauts’ latest single, “Seven Sisters” ...
7 years ago
Holiday Sidewinder is pushing pop forward
Holiday Sidewinder is in control. A prime example of a uniquely feminine, multitiered power, Holiday is the real deal. As towering ...
7 years ago
Shows We Went To: Alex Cameron, The Kooks, Vundabar
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
Starcrawler’s “She Gets Around” is a jolt of energy and angst
If Starcrawler ever runs out of energy, I have yet to see any proof of it. Their latest track “She Gets Around” is a ...