11 years ago
Watch: The Britanys “Want To Be”
We love The Britanys here at Alt Citizen. In fact, we premiered their It’s Alright single, “Blow,” back in August ...
11 years ago
Earl Sweatshirt ‘I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside’: Anxiety, Melancholia, and Manliness
“Why you so… depressed and sad all the time, like a little bitch?” asks Vince Staples at the beginning of ...
11 years ago
Give Up The Roast: Stumptown Cold Brew vs. ‘Slip It In’ by Black Flag
Give Up The Roast is a column that collides delicious caffeine with wild thrashing a la a bi-monthly coffee and punk album pairing ...
11 years ago
Interview: Whitewash
Fresh Meet is our bi-monthly interview series that spotlights young, hungry bands — both NYC locals and those just passing through ...
11 years ago
Listen: Tame Impala “‘Cause I’m A Man”
Early last month, Perth’s Tame Impala returned with the rather more progressive, albeit still explosive, eight-minute psych ...
11 years ago
Indie-Lit Pop Quiz: Sophia Katz
Sophia Katz is a writer and musician from Toronto, and her debut collection, The Title Of This Book Is An Inside Joke, was just ...
11 years ago
Listen: Dilly Dally “Gender Role”
Toronto punk outfit Dilly Dally released “Gender Role,” a visceral new single off of their upcoming debut album.
Listen ...
11 years ago
Listen: Speedy Ortiz “Puffer”
As someone who also hails from the weird hills of Western Massachusetts, I can’t help but cheer for Northampton’s own ...
11 years ago
Listen: Slonk Donkerson “Painted From Memory”
Brooklyn’s own Slonk Donkerson just released “Painted From Memory,” the fuzzed-out new single from their upcoming ...
11 years ago
Watch: Waxahatchee “Under A Rock”
Most careers that start in the bedroom fizzle out as quickly as they ignite, leaving barely an imprint on the pop culture ...
11 years ago
Watch: TOPS “Driverless Passenger”
Montreal’s TOPS just released a strangely existential, animated music video for “Driverless Passenger,” a soft and ...
11 years ago
Interview: Rey Pila
Rey Pila are a spirited synth rock group from Mexico City, and their knack for free-flowing, danceable tunes makes them immediately ...
11 years ago
Apr 3: Feature Shoot Presents The BlowUp @ ROOT, 6pm ($20)
Feature Shoot is presenting the inaugural edition of The BlowUp, a brand new quarterly photographic storytelling event. Featured ...
11 years ago
Listen: Kid Wave “Honey”
Indie pop quartet Kid Wave just released “Honey,” a shimmering new single off their upcoming album, Wanderlust. Low vocals ...
11 years ago
Watch: Metz “Nervous System”
The Canadian noise rock tour de force Metz just released a video of their live performance “Nervous System,” a new song ...
11 years ago
Listen: Turbo Fruits “No Reason To Stay”
Nashville’s Turbo Fruits are set to release their fourth full-length next month, No Control, continuing what’s been a ...
11 years ago
Listen: Tanlines “Invisible Ways”
Brooklyn’s experimental pop duo Tanlines just released a video for “Invisible Ways,” a single from their upcoming ...
11 years ago
Premiere: Yardlets “Baby Deer”
Sam Goldberg (Uncut/Broken Social Scene/Hawaii) and Jeff Edwards (Shot While Hunting) are the accomplished musicians behind Yardlets, ...
11 years ago
Apr 1: Jerry Paper Release Party w/ Helado Negro, Trabajo, Macula Dog @ Silent Barn, 8pm ($10)
Jerry Paper, the psychedelic alter ego of Lucas Nathan, will be having his release party for his new album Carousel at Silent Barn ...
11 years ago
Listen: Warm Soda “I Wanna Go Fast”
Warm Soda craft head-bobbing, bubblegum sweet pop tunes, and their most recent single, “I Wanna Go Fast,” couldn’t ...
11 years ago
Album Review: Lost Boy ? ‘Canned’
The next time my dad reminisces about his adventures in a grainy 1980s LES, Lost Boy ?‘s Canned will be playing in the background. ...
11 years ago
Watch: Young Guv “Ripe 4 Luv”
Following his previous music video for “Crushing Sensation,” Young Guv seems to be continuing on with the theme of ...
11 years ago
Watch: Show Me The Body “Bone Soup”
Queens punk outfit Show Me The Body just released a visceral video for “Bone Soup,” a track off their upcoming EP SMTB. ...
11 years ago
Album Review: Sufjan Stevens ‘Carrie & Lowell’
Often known for his lush orchestras and eccentric electronic freakouts, Sufjan Stevens has stripped away excess in order to deliver an ...
11 years ago
Listen: Earl Sweatshirt & Action Bronson “Warlord Leather”
Both Earl Sweatshirt and Queens rapper Action Bronson recently released new full-lengths: Earl’s fractious I Don’t Like ...
11 years ago
Interview: Ho99o9
Ho99o9 (pronounced “Horror”) are a thunderous, rap/thrashcore band out of New Jersey. Known for their DIY shows, put on ...
11 years ago
Watch: Salomon Faye “W.T.F.”
Coming out of Brooklyn by way of Paris and Harlem (now that’s an interesting trajectory), rapper Salomon Faye just released a ...
11 years ago
Mar 28: Island Eyes, Babes, Scully @ Baby’s All Right, 10:30pm ($12)
Island Eyes (formerly WAND) will be bringing their minimalist electronic pop to Baby’s All right for a late show with Babes and ...
11 years ago
Mar 28: ‘The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari’ @ Nitehawk Cinema, 12pm ($16)
Nitehawk Cinema will be screening The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari, a silent horror film and one of the very first in the genre, with a ...
11 years ago
Mixtape: Hurting on the Inside
“I’m packed with broken glass and memories and it all hurts.”
Few could capture emotional pain with the unapologetic ...
11 years ago
Mar 27: Baked, Bueno, Leapling, Weed Hounds, Pupppy @ Shea Stadium, 8pm ($8)
Local psych band Baked is going to be leading the charge at Shea Stadium tonight alongside fellow Brooklynites Bueno, Leapling, Weed ...
11 years ago
Art Cures: Reboot For Spring
Art Cures, our new weekly series, offers a themed list of music, films, books, events and other cool stuff in hopes of supplying you ...
11 years ago
Throwback Review: ‘Grey Gardens’
“You know, they’ll get you in East Hampton for wearing red shoes on a Thursday,” we hear an unknown voice declare as the Maysles ...
11 years ago
Listen: Astronauts, etc. “I Know”
Astronauts, etc. is an ambient, dream pop outfit led Anthony Ferraro (touring keyboardist for Toro Y Moi), and the group just released ...
11 years ago
Listen: Damaged Bug “The Mirror”
We just had news detailing the return of psyche rock moguls Thee Oh Sees in May with what’s set to be the band’s sixth ...
11 years ago
Indie-Lit Pop Quiz: Mira Gonzalez
Indie-Lit Pop Quiz, our new weekly interview series, gets the skinny on independent writers, from their creative process and views on ...
11 years ago
Mar 25: ‘Spring Breakers’ @ Nitehawk Cinema, 9:30pm ($15)
Spring Breakers, Harmony Korine’s 2012 exploration of young decadence, is screening tonight at Nitehawk Cinema. In addition to ...
11 years ago
Watch: FKA twigs “Glass & Patron”
R&B enigma FKA twigs just released a video for “Glass & Patron” (a track off her upcoming third EP) in ...
11 years ago
Watch: Action Bronson “Baby Blue” feat. Chance the Rapper
Rapper, food aficionado, and Queens native Action Bronson just released a video for “Baby Blue,” a song off of his ...
11 years ago
Listen: Turn To Crime “Without a Care”
Detroit’s Turn To Crime just released “Without A Care,” the third single from their upcoming sophomore album, Action. The ...
11 years ago
Watch: Soko “Lovetrap” feat. Ariel Pink
Soko takes on LA night life in her new music video for “Lovetrap” featuring Ariel Pink, a dark electronic track from her ...
11 years ago
Review: Kendrick Lamar ‘To Pimp A Butterfly’
“When shit hits the fan is you still a fan?” blurts Kendrick Lamar on the final track of his 2015 opus To Pimp A ...
11 years ago
Listen: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard “God Is In The Rhythm”
The name King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard shares a similar kind of peculiarity with such sixties psyche mainstays as Country Joe ...
11 years ago
Band Crush: Cerebral Ballzy, Palma Violets @ Baby’s All Right (3/16)
Cerebral Ballzy took over Baby’s All Right this past Monday with a frenzy of grinding distortion, concussive drum work, and ...
11 years ago
Transcending The Ego & Conceptual Limitations: An Interview with Bunny Michael
Bunny’s feature from Issue #3 — copies are still available, get yours here.
Photographed by Cheryl Georgette ...
11 years ago
Mar 19: ‘Dust’ @ Nitehawk Cinema, 9:30pm ($15)
As part of their signature series Art Seen, Nitehawk cinema will be screening Dust, a familial tragicomedy that explores the emotional ...
11 years ago
Indie-Lit Pop Quiz: Michael J. Seidlinger
Indie-Lit Pop Quiz, our new weekly interview series, gets the skinny on independent writers, from their creative process and views on ...
11 years ago
Listen: Thee Oh Sees “Web”
Thee Oh Sees return in May with their ninth album, Mutilator Defeated At Last. It’s the bands fourth full-length with John ...
11 years ago
Watch: Earl Sweatshirt “Grief”
Earl Sweatshirt just released an over-exposed video for “Grief,” a sedate, minimalist track off of his upcoming album, I ...
11 years ago
Watch: Shlohmo “Beams”
Shlohmo released a NYC nightlife montage as his video for “Beams,” a track from his upcoming sophomore album, Dark Red. ...