3 years ago
FIDLAR’s pit is lawless in this new Wild West of rock music
FIDLAR seemed from the outside to be kind of indefinitely gone for a while. But according to Zach Carper, “It didn’t feel like ...
3 years ago
Alt Citizen’s best of 2022
Best Albums of 2022
Ants From Up There – Black Country, New Road
Ants From Up There is a masterpiece of a record. The ...
3 years ago
Shows we went to: Sorry, Pretty Sick, The 1975, Disq, CELINE
Sorry @ Barboza (Seattle)
I don’t love going to shows in Seattle. I do because the alternative is worse, but New York has pretty ...
3 years ago
Leave music school, listen to Starla Online
Leaving one musical education for another, Lindsay Dobbs left jazz school and came to New York City to pursue the world of Starla ...
3 years ago
A few of my favorite things: Scout Gillett
Album art provided by artist. Polaroids by Nicole Miller
There are not very many people who can name Sharon Van Etten as a mentor. ...
3 years ago
Premiere: Bratboy “Victoria”
Photo by Cody Briggs
An ode to 60s mod style and b-list spy movies, the stylish and insanely catchy Bratboy share their latest video ...
3 years ago
Photo diary: The Murlocs, Paul Jacobs @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Photos by Nicole Miller
Paul Jacobs
The ...
3 years ago
Premiere: Hit “Vanderbilt”
Photo by Kenny Ramos
With the video for their latest release “Vanderbilt”, Hit makes it no secret how they feel about ...
3 years ago
Shows we went to: Starcrawler, The Bobby Lees
Bringing back an old classic with a new twist. Shows We Went To started its online incarnation as a 35mm photo series back in 2015. ...
3 years ago
November show forecast
The hangover from Halloween remains, but the show must go on. These are the gigs we’re hitting this month in a very particular ...
3 years ago
Photo diary: King Gizzard and Black Midi @ Forest Hills
Photos by Nicole Miller
King Gizzard & The Lizard ...
3 years ago
Album review: Arctic Monkeys ‘The Car’
Arctic Monkeys have released their long awaited and highly anticipated seventh studio album, The Car. The album continues in the ...
3 years ago
Yard Act think the future is one that reminds us that we should have a good time
When I asked James Smith, lyricist and lead singer of Yard Act what kind of “mad shit happens when you do art” other than ...
3 years ago
Coast to coast with Wolf Alice
New York photos by Lucy Blumenfield. Seattle photos by Lauren Khalfayan.
Not that playing several hundred to 1000 cap venues ...
3 years ago
Cindy Cane gets into shape on goth aerobics banger ‘Exorcize’
Sloth is one of the seven deadly sins, perhaps the most deadly, as the slippery slope of laziness represents a slow deterioration of ...
3 years ago
Wunderhorse make a striking debut with ‘Cub’
Photos by Kelsey Wagner. Find more of her work here
Shortly after interviewing Wunderhorse in the boiler room that doubles as the ...
3 years ago
Photo diary: Viagra Boys, Shame, Kills Birds @ Brooklyn Steel
Photos by Nicole Miller
Kills ...
3 years ago
Watch: HighSchool “Only a Dream”
I first saw HighSchool in a very small room up a winding flight of stairs in a pub in Brighton. It was this past May at The Great ...
3 years ago
Oct 14: Archways @ Powerhouse Arena
Head out to Powerhouse Arena in Brooklyn tonight to catch readings from a curated lineup of writers and poets hosted by the publisher ...
3 years ago
Plugged in and burnt out: the state of live music
Art by Joaquin Ramirez. Find more of their work here.
The landscape of the music industry has changed significantly in the last ...
4 years ago
Desert Daze 2022 in review
Photos by Aaron Moreno
Here we are, a few days into October already and Desert Daze has came and went once again. I finally got ...
4 years ago
Big Bliss confront loss with clear eyed lucidity on “Sleep Paralysis”
Photo by Kevin Condon
Big Bliss return with the first single since the release of their lauded 2018 album, At Middle Distance, at a ...
4 years ago
Album review: Sorry ‘Anywhere But Here’
Sorry makes me mad. It should not be allowed for one group of people to be as unnecessarily talented as they are. ‘Anywhere But ...
4 years ago
Shows we went to: Iceage, Skating Polly, Osees
Bringing back an old classic with a new twist. Shows We Went To started its online incarnation as a 35mm photo series back in 2015. ...
4 years ago
October show forecast
Fall is one of the best times for live music and this month is no exception. A few halloween gigs on deck, but mostly just a bunch of ...
4 years ago
Giveaway: Snooper, Silicone Prairie, Pattie – October 12 @ TV Eye
Nashville’s Snooper are crashing through town with one hell of a lineup. Joined by Silicone Prairie and New York’s own ...
4 years ago
Photo diary: Porridge Radio, Sean Henry @ Bowery Ballroom
Photos by Lucy Blumenfield
Sean Henry
Porridge ...
4 years ago
Desert Daze ’22 mixtape
Art by Joaquin Ramirez. Find more of their work here.
While you’re getting your camping gear ready and planning out who’ll you ...
4 years ago
Watch: Moy Cohen “Pick Up The Pieces”
Words by Brett Wachtel
It’s the final moments of the last act of your favorite tv show, you’re the main character. You’re ...
4 years ago
Listen: Crack Cloud ‘Tough Baby’
Crack Cloud’s Tough Baby is blistering and scratching, an orchestrated chaos. The Canadian art collective’s approach to ...
4 years ago
Desert Daze 2022 preview
Photos by Aaron Moreno
What if I told you there was a festival that happened in the desert every year that wasn’t Coachella, with ...
4 years ago
Photo diary: IDLES @ Kings Theater
Photos by Nicole Miller
I’ve never been to King’s Theatre, and so i was so elated to shoot one of the favorites at a stunning ...
4 years ago
Ticket giveaway: Osees @ Warsaw (9/22-9/24)
Dabbling in everything from garage to psych to hardcore, Osees have proven they’re able to not only reinvent the wheel, but ...
4 years ago
ICYMI: massively overdue edition
ICYMI is a series featuring new and notable releases you (and we) may have missed
I have lived an entire lifetime since the last ...
4 years ago
Smut’s “After Silver Leaves” is a strong (re)introduction
Photo by Jaycee Rockhold
Some of my favorite music has a disconnect between how the music sounds and what the lyrics are ...
4 years ago
Watch: Cutouts “Narc”
Photo by Astrid Terrazas
Barging in with a dark and winding synth line, Cutouts latest single “Narc” is hypnotic and ...
4 years ago
Sorry’s “Key To The City” is striking in its solitude
Photo by Iris Luz
In stark contrast to the euphoria of “Let The Lights On”, Sorry’s latest single “Key To ...
4 years ago
Photo diary: Shame and They Hate Change @ The Crocodile (Seattle)
Photos by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here.
Shame
Unless you’ve been living under a rock since 2016, you know ...
4 years ago
September show forecast
we’re back and so is live music.
For the past couple of years, New York hasn’t really felt like New York. At least ...
4 years ago
FIDLAR return with grimy, loud-louder-loud “FSU”
Photo by Alice Baxley
FIDLAR are back, and it’s grimy as ever.
“FSU” – for Fuck Shit Up – is so ...
4 years ago
The chaotic good of The Dare’s “Girls”
My Saturday started innocently enough until a friend posed the question: are you going to the Open Tab show tonight?
A black and white ...
4 years ago
Photo diary: Bright Eyes @ The Paramount Theater – Seattle, WA
Photos by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her ...
4 years ago
Photo diary: A Place to Bury Strangers with Glove, Native Sun, and Gift @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Photos by Allen Ying
Gift
Native ...
4 years ago
The Kills joined by L.A. Witch for a triumphant return at Los Angeles’ Mayan Theater
Photos by Lucy Blumenfield
In 2016 The Kills were touring in support of their recently released fifth studio album, Ash & Ice, ...
4 years ago
Horsegirl’s ‘Versions of Modern Performance’ is skillfully disheveled surrealism
Photo by Todd Fisher
If there’s one thing Chicago has besides hot dogs, deep dish and a massive silver bean, it’s good music, ...
4 years ago
Listen: Native Sun “Sister”
Writing by Izel Villarba, find more of his work here. Photo by Alec Castillo, find more of his work here.
If you’ve been paying ...
4 years ago
Spacey Jane prove there’s still room for big, earnest indie anthems on latest single “Hardlight”
There’s a very specific brand of indie rock that specializes in the kind of big-sky anthems that stretch across the various seasons ...
4 years ago
Object Of Affection buzzes with electric incandescence on thunderous new track “Through And Through”
Shoegaze is most effective when adhering closely to the tenets of punk’s influence on the style, enveloping short compositions in ...
4 years ago
Listen: Idle Hours “Souvenirs”
Photo by Piran Aston
“Souvenirs”, the most recent offering from Manchester indie outfit Idle Hours, is what happens when ...
4 years ago
A few of our favorite things: cumgirl8
There is nothing subtle about cumgirl8 — and that is where their beauty lies. From their costumed and choreographed performances to ...