7 years ago
Listen: Starcrawler “Hollywood Ending”
Following the release of the group’s self-titled debut earlier this year, Starcrawler end the year with the catchy tune ...
7 years ago
Premiere: David Vassalotti’s “This Extravagant Lie” strips the soul bare
With its seamless ability to hit the bullseye of the soul, “This Extravagant Lie,” the latest track from David Vassalotti’s ...
7 years ago
Premiering THICK’s music video for “LYFE”
Photo by Kevin W. Condon
Dunno about all of you reading this but I’ve had kind of a shit week. My Hanukkah has been less lit than ...
7 years ago
Shooting the shit with Gnarcissists
Photos by Cheryl Georgette.
This October Gnarcissists (Matthew Orr, Matt Tillwick, Nazar Khamis, Jerome Peel, Eric Carney) released ...
7 years ago
Watch: Dark Times “Take It In”
It’s that time of day again. I know I should be working on some kind of spreadsheet, sorting through a few emails, or doing ...
7 years ago
Spectator: The post-spooky limbo
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
Video premiere: LOVER “A Better Man”
I had to watch the video for LOVER‘s “A Better Man” several times before I knew what to make of it. A continuous ...
7 years ago
With “We Appreciate Power” Grimes sounds like a parody of herself
Last week Grimes arrived with her first single since her excellent 2015 album Art Angels, “We Appreciate Power.” Her music ...
7 years ago
Miranda & The Beat @ Berlin
Photos by Jason ...
7 years ago
Alt Citizen’s favorite releases of 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
ICYMI vol. 3: Rookie, Cherry Glazerr, The Muckers and other shit
ICYMI is a new series featuring new and notable releases you (and we) may have missed
“Daddi” – Cherry Glazerr
I ...
7 years ago
Shouting over soundcheck with Pale Waves
Photos and feature by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here.
I’ve heard a lot about Pale Waves over the past year ...
7 years ago
Watch: Vypers “Mr Girl”
“Mr Girl,” the latest single from Vypers most recent EP, Champion 100, and it is a track with psychedelic veins.
Vyper’s most ...
7 years ago
Dec 2: The Garden, Le1f, Machine Girl @ Elsewhere ($16)
The Garden is easily one of my favorite acts to see live and Elsewhere has quickly become one of my favorite venues to see live music, ...
7 years ago
Premiering Been Stellar’s latest single “JFK”
The core characteristic of New York rock has always been a raucous, youthful, devil-may-care energy—stumbling around the Lower East ...
7 years ago
The Damned @ Irving Plaza
Photos by Daggers For Eyes, find her on Instagram here.
Radkey
The ...
7 years ago
Ron Gallo on “Stardust Birthday Party” and the exploration of self
Photos by Julia Khoroshilov. Find more of her work here.
Directing your attention and accountability inward can be daunting ...
7 years ago
Mixtape: Darker days
If I wake up early enough I might catch a glimpse of the sun for a minute. But then I head into my office and I leave once to get ...
7 years ago
Young Fathers @ Elsewhere
Photos by Jessica ...
7 years ago
Bass Drum of Death doesn’t have time for abstract bullshit
After climbing up the four flights of stairs to the green room, John Barrett took a few paces around the space before noticing the ...
7 years ago
Premiering Ryne Ziemba’s video for “Trying Not To Try”
There must be some ounce of frustration among bands when they spend time plotting, budgeting, constructing and shooting a deep and ...
7 years ago
Dirty Projectors @ Elsewhere
Photos by Ryan Layne – see more here.
...
7 years ago
Death trax: Nick Fulton
Death Trax is a mixtape series where people (somewhat obviously) curate music for their own funerals. This week writer Nick Fulton ...
7 years ago
Faded films: non-existing holiday spirit
My parents were not big on any sort of celebrations growing up, when I was younger I thought it was because they were cruel but now ...
7 years ago
Moon Panda explore the capricious human mind on “Gun”
Moon Panda’s second single of 2018, “Gun,” is an entrancing world of indecision and complexities of the mind. A great song ...
7 years ago
Chris Maier on crafting instrumental album “Sleeping in the Hall”
Chris Maier’s instrumental album, Sleeping in the Hall, creates effortlessly lush soundscapes that meet the ear with ease. ...
7 years ago
ICYMI: vol. 2
ICYMI is a new series featuring new and notable releases you (and we) may have missed
Always Different, Always the Same ...
7 years ago
Floating away with Kid le Chat’s Lost Critters
Kid le Chat has self-released their sophomore LP, Lost Critters: a constantly captivating new-wave album made for you to ...
7 years ago
Watch: Surfbort “Dope”
Staying sober never seemed so cool. In Surfbort’s latest music video, “Dope”, lead singer Dani Miller sings through ...
7 years ago
Pond @ Elsewhere
Photos by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her ...
7 years ago
Nov 16: Isolation Society, Garcia People, Cramm, Rob Mayson, Drumstool @ The Glove ($10)
It’s supposed to snow on Thursday and if the commercial Christmas outpouring hadn’t already alerted you, winter is coming. ...
7 years ago
For the love of god someone save PBR
Right now PBR is in the middle of a legal battle. It’s a little tedious but IN ESSENCE, the company that brews the sweet watery ...
7 years ago
Watch Sorry’s “Startruck”
In the hems of the sounds from bands like The Kills, Royal Trux, and poppy-era The Cardigans, “Starstruck” by London band Sorry, ...
7 years ago
Death Valley Girls will hypnotize you
Photos by Julia Khoroshilov. Find more of her work here.
You could say Death Valley Girls abstain from creating new musical ...
7 years ago
Letter from the editor: a few things bringing me joy
Listen I don’t believe in astrology—I think it’s a load of shit whenever someone starts with me about how I’m a ...
7 years ago
Band Crush: Peeping Drexels bring honky tonk sleaze to South London
South London’s Peeping Drexels ooze a sleaziness once only fabricated in poorly insulated basements in the Lower East Side circa ...
7 years ago
Death trax: Kristin Gallegos
Death Trax is a mixtape series where people (somewhat obviously) curate music for their own funerals. This week photographer and ...
7 years ago
Deep dive: Down into Bikini Kill’s raw and winding discography
Deep Dive is a new seres where a seminal band’s discography and legacy is broken down. Art by Ava East.
Bikini Kill, if you ...
7 years ago
ICYMI vol. 1
ICYMI is a new series featuring new and notable releases you (and we) may have missed
Distance is a Mirror – Public ...
7 years ago
Blondie’s Chris Stein on his new punk photo book “Point of View”
Guitarist and co-founder of Blondie, Chris Stein, recently released his photography book Point of View: Me, New York City, and the ...
7 years ago
Halloween with DIIV and Deafheaven @ White Eagle Hall
Photos by Ryan Layne and Jingmin Ye.
Deafheaven
DIIV
Ioanna ...
7 years ago
Nov 9: Night Out with Computer Magic, French Horn Rebellion @ Mercury Lounge ($12-$15)
Brooklyn based music studio/label YouTooCanWoo is hosting a collaborative live music dance party of epic proportions at Mercury Lounge ...
7 years ago
Visiting Gong Gong Gong’s visceral sonicscape
Feature and photos by Julia Khoroshilov. Find more of her work here.
Gong Gong Gong has seemingly come out of nowhere. A few ...
7 years ago
Nov 8: Birds, Hot Garbage, Heavy Birds, Sun Voyager @ Alphaville ($8-$10)
Birds, Hot Garbage, Heavy Birds, and Sun Voyager are throwing down at Alphaville this Thursday. 10/10 bands can shred and Birds are ...
7 years ago
Tropical Fuck Storm and Gnarcissists @ Elsewhere
Photos by Daggers For Eyes, find her on Instagram here.
Gnarcissists
Tropical Fuck ...
7 years ago
Nov 7: The Muckers EP release party @ Union Pool ($10-$12)
The Muckers are having their EP release party tomorrow night at Union Pool with Moonwalks, Penny Shears, and DJing by Alberto ...
7 years ago
Alt Citizen x Old Blue Last @ Carmelo’s
Photos by Melvin Mescudi
Our friends at Old Blue Last helped us throw a pre-Halloween rager at Carmelo’s last week with Altar ...
7 years ago
Escape-ism’s “The Lost Record” is radical musical exploration
It’s always interesting to experience an artist who is somehow a chameleon, yet very individual and recognizable. Ian Svenonius has ...
7 years ago
At home in space with Arthur Moon
Photos by Aricka Moultry-Davis.
Lora Faye Ashuvud, also known as Arthur Moon, seems convinced of her own strangeness. Upon first ...
7 years ago
Elsewhere’s 1 year anniversary halloween bash
Photos and feature by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here.
Kevin Krauter
Native ...