9 years ago
Premiere: Ex-Girlfriends “You’re Next”
The Ramones always told us what they we’re going to give us, then gave it to us but we were still stunned and surprised when ...
9 years ago
Premiere: Alien Kisses “Galaxy Love”
Jenny Wong from Brooklyn shoegaze project Vivienne Eastwood paired up with actress and humble-creator, Julia Morrison, on their ...
9 years ago
Feb 2: Cult Citizen presents Palm Springsteen, The Wedge, Pizza Boys @ Babys, 8PM ($10)
Cult Citizen is back! And it’s going to be an exciting year of shows curated by us and the budz at Cult Records. This Thursday ...
9 years ago
BRIAN’S LIST: WEEK OF 1/30/17
BRIAN’S LIST: SHOWCASING THE BEST DEALS AND INTERESTING FINDS IN MUSICAL EQUIPMENT IN NEW YORK CITY.
FENDER THINLINE 72′ ...
9 years ago
Watch: Las Rosas “Boys”
It’s been almost four years now since Jose A, Jose B, and Christopher have gotten together to create Las Rosas–a ...
9 years ago
Watch: The Garden “All Access”
Aaaaand The Garden is back! After spending 2016 touring and releasing a trio of one off singles, they’ve announced a new EP, U ...
9 years ago
Jan 31: Charting Kala Pani @ The Cooper Union, 6PM (FREE)
Head on over to Cooper Union tonight to see Charting Kala Pani, a presentation of work by Alt Citizen designer Sarah Schmitt and ...
9 years ago
Interview: Palm Springsteen
Photos by Brittany Marino and Tamim Alnuweiri.
Palm Springsteen is Nick Hinman on vocals, Hayden Tobin on guitar, Luca Buccellati ...
9 years ago
Listen: Priests “Nothing Feels Natural”
Our favorite DC punks have just released their new album, Nothing Feels Natural. We’ve been anticipating this album for quite a ...
9 years ago
Watch: The Cutouts — “Phone Sex”
I first put on the Cutouts track as background music while I went about my day. Hours later I found myself humming “you got a hold ...
9 years ago
Listen: Winstons “Without You”
Virginia-native, Brooklyn-based Winstons have released a new track, the first release since their two EPs in 2015. Their particular ...
9 years ago
Cool Shit: Jack Kerouac in Oedipus Rex
Eleventh grade was literal hell for me but that statement is true for all of high school. I was 14, going through puberty and ...
9 years ago
Jan 27: Planned Parenthood Benefit @ Alphaville, 8PM ($12)
Friday 1/27, a bunch of (mostly) Brooklyn bands will be playing a Planned Parenthood benefit at Alphaville in BK. The show will ...
9 years ago
Watch: Pond “Sweep Me Off My Feet”
Tame Impala’s Jay Watson and Nicholas Allbrook have another band that’s making waves in the down under. Pond is a ...
9 years ago
Cotillon Announces New LP & Tour Dates
Jordan Corso is Cotillon, an intricate and chaotic artist currently based in NYC. He hails from both coasts—having kick started his ...
9 years ago
Photography Files: Nick Luongo’s Portrait of South Korea
I met Nick Luongo my junior(ish) year of college. He lived across the hall from me in the basement of a college dorm building. Aside ...
9 years ago
Mixtape: Metal Monday x Rosey & Jackie
Meet my favorite bartender on this side of the Brooklyn Bridge – Lauren Rosey. We met at a Brooklyn DIY venue over a mutual love ...
9 years ago
Listen: The Britanys – “In Yer Time”
The Britanys are Pop Rocks, they are the crackle and fuzz on vinyl records, they are the white noise of old basement televisions. ...
9 years ago
Parquet Courts Share Two New Videos
Keeping with their tradition of a Brooklyn year-end concert, indie rock sweethearts Parquet Courts held a variety show of sorts in ...
9 years ago
BRIAN’S LIST: WEEK OF 1/16/17
BRIAN’S LIST: SHOWCASING THE BEST DEALS AND INTERESTING FINDS IN MUSICAL EQUIPMENT IN NEW YORK CITY.
VINTAGE GIBSON L-48 ARCHTOP ...
9 years ago
Interview and Review: Bad Brain’s HR on Finding Joseph I
Photos by Cheryl Georgette, interviews and text by Tamim Alnuweiri.
A few weeks ago a series of serendipitous events happened. Cheryl ...
9 years ago
JAN 28: Potential Futures / Black Receipts by Azikiwe Mohammed @ IDIO Gallery, 6PM (free)
Azikiwe Mohammed, an artist known for his exploration of Blackness in America is showing a new body of work at IDIO Gallery from ...
9 years ago
Ladies Behind Lenses: Emily Kai Bock
Ladies Behind Lenses is a column that explores films directed, produced, and written by women who are kicking ass within the ...
9 years ago
BRIAN’S LIST: WEEK OF 1/9/17
BRIAN’S LIST: SHOWCASING THE BEST DEALS AND INTERESTING FINDS IN MUSICAL EQUIPMENT IN NEW YORK CITY.
1960 Harmony Rocket – ...
9 years ago
EP Review: Tropical Skin Byrds, “S/T”
“From the moment we met / I was destined to feel your pain.” The first words from Tropical Skin Byrds heavy new EP, S/T, drag us ...
9 years ago
Faded Films: Purge Your Friends
Last halloween my best friend and I got really obsessed with the idea of the Purge, as in that horrible Ethan Hawke horror movie. We ...
9 years ago
Throwback Review: Mystery Train
Looking back on Jim Jarmusch’s career, there’s a de facto split between his films: everything prior to Mystery Train, and ...
9 years ago
Listen: Insecure Men – Karaoke For One
Karaoke For One sounds like the name of a subterranean Chinatown karaoke bar, always empty save for an omnipresent perpetually drunk ...
9 years ago
Listen: David Bowie — No Plan
Almost exactly a year ago we lost Starman, the gender defying, the effervescent and ethereal David Bowie. Blackstar, which was ...
9 years ago
Interview: BOYTOY
Cover image by Zooey Jolivet, all other images by Tamim Alnuweiri.
In 2015 BOYTOY released their first full length LP, Grackle. The ...
9 years ago
Throwback Review: Stranger Than Paradise
I have yet to see Jim Jarmusch’s new film, Paterson. It’s about a poet bus driver that shares a name with the town in New Jersey ...
9 years ago
BRIAN’S LIST: WEEK OF 1/2/17
BRIAN’S LIST: SHOWCASING THE BEST DEALS AND INTERESTING FINDS IN MUSICAL EQUIPMENT IN NEW YORK CITY.
Here were are in a new year ...
9 years ago
Album Review: Puzzle – Laying In The Sand
Puzzle, the solo project of Fletcher Shears (one half of post-everything Vada Vada group The Garden), has released a stellar new ...
9 years ago
BRIAN’S LIST: WEEK OF 12/26
BRIAN’S LIST: SHOWCASING THE BEST DEALS AND INTERESTING FINDS IN MUSICAL EQUIPMENT IN NEW YORK CITY.
Holidays can be a wonderful ...
9 years ago
Faded Films: Straight To TV
I canceled my cable TV subscription because it was costing an insane amount and honestly I didn’t get the point of it. It was ...
9 years ago
Staff Picks: Best Music Releases of 2016
Our favorite albums, EPs, singles and music releases of 2016!
Porches – Pool
This album was recorded in Aaron Maine’s ...
9 years ago
Video Premiere: Jonny Couch “Really Wanna Touch”
Aaaaand here’s the latest from the Jonny Couch rock n roll show! An emotionally charged music video for “Really Wanna Touch.” ...
9 years ago
Dec 29: H.R. of Bad Brains, Dubb Agents, Skarroñeros, Kingsound @ the Bowery Electric, 8PM ($12)
It’s hard to overstate how important H.R. is to contemporary punk and reggae — two genres seemingly at odds with each other. ...
9 years ago
Staff Picks: Best Films of 2016
Our top picks for 2016! List curated by Tamim and Will.
In all honesty we haven’t watched most of the movies that are on all the ...
9 years ago
Lost in 2016: NYC Music Venues
New York used to be the redeeming modicum of American culture but it has slowly turned into a haven for fratty Murray Hill ...
9 years ago
Dec 16: Breanna Barbara, Old Lady, Dances, Junk Boys @ Union Pool, 8pm ($10)
Last chance to buckle down and have your brain rewired before the impending apocalypse (polar vortex) hits New York City. Brooklyn ...
9 years ago
Art Cures: Tis The Season!
Art Cures offers a themed list of music, films, books, events and other cool stuff in hopes of supplying you with a sufficient art ...
9 years ago
Cool Shit: Lou Reed Loves Lester Bangs
My favorite relationship in music history is between Lester Bangs and Lou Reed. It’s hard to think of any other relationship that ...
9 years ago
Brian’s List: Week of 12/12
BRIAN’S LIST: SHOWCASING THE BEST DEALS AND INTERESTING FINDS IN MUSICAL EQUIPMENT IN NEW YORK CITY.
Hope everyone enjoyed last ...
9 years ago
Listen: The Jesus and Mary Chain “Amputation”
The last time the Jesus and Mary Chain released a new album Seinfeld was on it’s last season, Google had just launched and Bill ...
9 years ago
Brian’s List: Week of 12/5
BRIAN’S LIST: SHOWCASING THE BEST DEALS AND INTERESTING FINDS IN MUSICAL EQUIPMENT IN NEW YORK CITY.
BANJO BONANZA!
In an ...
9 years ago
King Krule Raps A Children’s Story in “How To Escape From A Wasp”
An odd new children’s story-turned-video featuring narration from King Krule, words by Micachu, and illustrations by Kirsty Whiten ...
9 years ago
Dec 10: The Mystery Lights, Roya, Warbly Jets @ Shea Stadium, 9pm ($10)
The Mystery Lights, are playing a homecoming show of sorts (they’ve been on tour for the last few months) alongside the also New ...
9 years ago
Brian’s List: Wurlitzer Woes
BRIAN’S LIST: SHOWCASING THE BEST DEALS AND INTERESTING FINDS IN MUSICAL EQUIPMENT IN NEW YORK CITY.
Deeply apologize folks ...
9 years ago
DEC 17: Acid Dad, Gymshorts, Rips @ Baby’s All Right, 8pm ($10)
One of the few good things to happen in 2016 was Acid Dad’s Let’s Plan A Robbery EP. Whatever you choice of rock music is, scuzz, ...