7 years ago
David Vassalotti built “Guitar Dream” from solitude and vulnerability
When you stop and really think about it, we spend far more time alone than we may account for. We are alone as we navigate through ...
7 years ago
Jan 25: Petal, Sir Babygirl, Cave People @ Rough Trade
Hi! So this recommendation is not the normal bill you hear about in Brooklyn. It’s not a garage-rock, punk, or rock n roll ...
7 years ago
ICYMI vol. 8: Lala Lala, Pond, Mattiel
ICYMI is a series featuring new and notable releases you (and we) may have missed
“Siren 042” – Lala Lala, ...
7 years ago
Jan 30: Cult Citizen Presents Kills Birds, Nyssa, Launder, Sugar Candy Mountain @ El Cid (LA Edition)
We’re going bicoastal baby! Our collaborative showcase between Alt Citizen and Cult Records has been doing its thing and tearing ...
7 years ago
Video: LA’s Feels talk about breakfast foods and their new record
Video and Interview by Molly Mary O’Brien, follow her on Instagram ...
7 years ago
Future Punx spurs humanity to confront their own oddities in “Want To Be Wanted”
Future Punx’s latest track, “Want To Be Wanted,” requires a minimum of at least four listens: two to fully pay attention to the ...
7 years ago
Panic! At The Disco @ Barclays Center
Photos by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her ...
7 years ago
Album Premiere: Jane Church ‘Calimocho Molotov!’
We’re stoked to be premiering the debut LP from Jane Church — Calimocho Molotov! A twisted Americana masterpiece, it sounds ...
7 years ago
Jan 19: Jonathan Toubin’s Soul Clap w/ Psychic Ills, Honey, Max Pain & The Groovies @ Brooklyn Bazaar ($15)
Catch psych-rock at it’s finest this Saturday at Brooklyn Bazaar with Jonathan Toubin’s Soul Clap featuring Pyschic Ills, ...
7 years ago
Nyssa: A Few of My Favorite Things
Nyssa feels like a blast from the past and a traveler from the future all at once. Weaving 80s synths, country-esque storytelling ...
7 years ago
Priests’ new lineup is evident in lead single ‘Seduction of Kansas’
Before reading anything about the lead single for Priests’ second album, The Seduction of Kansas, I noticed that something was ...
7 years ago
Jan 15: Murderer (LP Release) and Pinnochio @ Union Pool, 8PM (!!FREE!!)
At the end of 2018 Murderer put out one of the most interesting albums in recent history. It’s another solid ass release from ...
7 years ago
Premiere: ‘BOBBY LEE’ by The Bobby Lees (Video)
We’re super excited to premiere the new video for “BOBBY LEE” from upstate NY-based blues/punk band The Bobby Lees. ...
7 years ago
“Roma” and the Role of Empathy in the Pantheons of Film
In the opening shot of Alfonso Cuaron‘s”Roma”, we are given a close-up shot of a stone-paved driveway. Soapy ...
7 years ago
ICYMI vol. 7: Lana Del Rey, Big Joanie, Sloucher
ICYMI is a new series featuring new and notable releases you (and we) may have missed
“hope is a dangerous thing for a woman ...
7 years ago
Jan 12: Computer Magic, Unknown Caller, Jayson Green @ Knitting Factory ($15)
I’m calling it now — pop is cool again and it’s likely due to Computer Magic. She’ll be bringing her dreamy, ...
7 years ago
Spectator: Episode 3
Spectator is a video zine by Molly Mary O’Brien, documenting the coolest, weirdest, and most thrilling shows in NYC. Follow her on ...
7 years ago
Jan 17: Alt Citizen presents Miranda and the Beat, Nyssa, Heavy Birds @ Carmelo’s (FREE)
We’re doing a FREE show at Carmelo’s January 17! Join us for a night filled with soulful grooves, courtesy of Miranda and the ...
7 years ago
Early listen: Jangula “Ataraxia”
In a parade of unconventionally orchestrated disorder, Jangula release Ataraxia. The title, meaning a state of mind free from ...
7 years ago
Photo Diary: NYE with The Nude Party and Champagne Superchillin @ City Winery
Photos by Elena Childers and James ...
7 years ago
Five artists who really have to drop the mic in 2019
It’s 2019 and my anticipation is starting to rise. Not for anything personally significant of course, like a year without ...
7 years ago
In “De Sade” (1969) imagination is the only truth
Donatien Alphonse François, the Marquis de Sade (1740-1814), spent almost a third of his life in prison (for, among other things, ...
7 years ago
Alt Citizen presents Yaasss @ Carmelo’s
Photos by Derek ...
7 years ago
Dec 31: New Years Eve with The Nude Party @ City Winery ($25)
If overstuffed, overpriced, tourist packed bars and clubs aren’t your thing, The Nude Party are coming to NYC to save your New ...
7 years ago
Dec 29: The Mary Vision, Heavy Birds, Tierra del Fuego, Women of the Night @ Sunnyvale ($10)
If your resolution for 2019 is to drift into psychedelic transcendence, ending the year with The Mary Vision, Tierra del Fuego, Heavy ...
7 years ago
ICYMI vol. 6: The Raconteurs, The C.I.A., and Orville Peck
ICYMI is a new series featuring new and notable releases you (and we) may have missed
The C.I.A. – The C.I.A.
I’m not ...
7 years ago
Dec 28: Japanese Breakfast @ Asbury Lanes ($16+)
Photo by Joyce Jude
Take advantage of the time you (hopefully) have off of work and make your way out to see Japanese Breakfast at ...
7 years ago
Alt Citizen’s favorite live acts in 2018
Illustration by Cynthia Alfonso, see more of her work here and here.
2018 is almost over and these lists are kind of inane and ...
7 years ago
Dec 27: Twisty Cats, Johnny Scuotto, Hennessey @ Berlin
The holidays (and your familial obligations) are done so you can return to civilization and jump start the general debauchery and ...
7 years ago
Mixtape: Holiday Season
Listen to a Holiday sort of mix by Pazzi ...
7 years ago
Ghost King promotes “Toad Jam” at OWL
Photos by Jessica Gurewitz
Walking into Our Wicked Lady on a chilly Monday night, I didn’t know what to expect. I knew three bands ...
7 years ago
BRONCHO’s super sweet in spite of ‘Bad Behavior’
Photos by Allen Ying. Black and white photos by Lauren Khalfayan. Polaroids by Grace Eire.
Hanging out at Elsewhere in Bushwick, Ryan ...
7 years ago
ICYMI vol.5: The Growlers, Puzzle, and Adam Hattaway and the Haunters
ICYMI is a new series featuring new and notable releases you (and we) may have missed
All Dat Love – Adam Hattaway and the ...
7 years ago
Dec 21: Lee Ranaldo (of Sonic Youth), Anthony Pasquarosa, Flylords @ Union Pool ($16)
If you’re trying to escape some of the more hectic NYC holiday happenings, lose yourself at Union Pool tomorrow night with ...
7 years ago
The Black Lips, Gnarcissists and the Advertisers @ Elsewhere
Photos by Jessica Gurewitz.
The Black Lips
Gnarcissists
The Advertisers
...
7 years ago
Coco Verde’s “Tootsie Roll” Is weird, wild, and wonderful
I just watched Coco Verde’s “Tootsie Roll” while hungover in bed and I have no idea what just happened. Upon second ...
7 years ago
Letter from the editor: With hindsight
It’s the end of the year and it doesn’t mean anything other than I’m forced to think about the year that’s ...
7 years ago
Arlie @ Baby’s All Right
Photos by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her ...
7 years ago
Listen: Blackplate “Sliding”
Feeling enslaved by and powerless to your own circumstances, including those inflicted on you by the emotional turmoil of a ...
7 years ago
Mixtape: 8 tracks from The Black Lips
The Black Lips will be back in New York City this weekend playing Jonathan Toubin’s Soul Clap Dance Off. They gave us this ...
7 years ago
Iceage @ Elsewhere
Photos by Jessica Gurewitz
...
7 years ago
Procession: Sometime maybe
Photos by Allen Ying.
These are some photos from some ridiculously fun shows during the last few months.
Ojay San Felipe, Chorizo, at ...
7 years ago
Listen: Sudol “Moon”
If you have been yearning for that mid-winter soundtrack, one for the darkest of December nights, Alison Sudol has your ...
7 years ago
Not So Silent Night @ Barclays Center
Photos by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here.
AJR
CHVRCHES
Mike Shinoda
Bastille
Foster the People
Death ...
7 years ago
Catching Up with JW Francis
New York based JW Francis creates gooey, dreamy, warming bedroom pop. As New York gets colder, his music pokes at the thermostat, ...
7 years ago
Mixtape: Alt Citizen’s 2018 trax
Illustration by Cynthia Alfonso, see more of her work here and here.
Our editors and writers have opinions on music and this is ...
7 years ago
Dec 15: Jonathan Toubin Soul Clap & Dance Off w/ Black Lips, Gnarcissists, The Advertisers @ Elsewhere, 7pm ($10-20)
‘Tis the season for rockin’ out and shaking all over and the New York Night Train’s Holiday Party is the place to do ...
7 years ago
Flasher, Public Practice, and Gong Gong Gong @ Saint Vitus
Photos by Michael Todaro. Find more of his work here.
Gong Gong Gong
Public ...
7 years ago
The Garden, Le1f, and Machine Girl @ Elsewhere
Photos by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here.
Machine Girl
Le1f
The ...
7 years ago
ICYMI vol. 4: Deerhunter, Arctic Monkeys, Mike Krol, and Conor Oberst
ICYMI is a new series featuring new and notable releases you (and we) may have missed
“No One Changes” – Conor ...