11 years ago

Listen: A Place To Bury Strangers “We’ve Come So Far”

“We’ve Come So Far” is the second track to emerge from A Place To Bury Strangers’ fourth studio ...

11 years ago

Listen: Waxahatchee “Air”

Waxahatchee is the Philadelphia based project, and creative outlet, for singer-songwriter Katie Crutchfield. “Air,” the ...

11 years ago

10 Albums to Wear Out, This Winter

Oh my, winter is here — and it sucks. I mean, it really, really, sucks. I almost froze to death buying dumplings three days ...

11 years ago

Mixtape: Stay Golden

“Are you righteous? Kind? Does your confidence lie in this? Are you loved by all?” Terrence Malick’s 1998 ...

11 years ago

Song Premiere: Paperhaus “So Slow”

Paperhaus is a band that has always had serious ambition, and maybe things were moving too fast. Quitting their jobs to pursue music ...

11 years ago

Jan 11: Lazyeyes EP Release @ Baby’s All Right ($8-10)

Brooklyn-based shoegaze trio Lazyeyes are celebrating the release of their EP New Year at Baby’s All Right, featuring an open ...

11 years ago

Listen: BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah “Ray Gun” ft. DOOM

Next month, Toronto’s jazz trio BADBADNOTGOOD are set to release their highly anticipated collaborative project with Ghostface ...

11 years ago

Listen: DENA “Another Love”

Berlin’s coolest hip-hop electro artist DENA just dropped the first catchy pop track of 2015: “Another Love.” ...

11 years ago

Watch: Jack Name “Running After Ganymede”

For those not aware, Ganymede is both a moon of Jupiter and the largest found in our solar system. More importantly, it’s the ...

11 years ago

Listen: Youthmemory “Dreamin'”

Youthmemory, a dreamy, indie pop band from Tokyo, just released “Dreamin’,” the title track from their recently ...

11 years ago

Listen: Hooton Tennis Club “Jasper”

“Hooton Tennis Club” may sound like some exclusive, upper crust, recreational sports getaway, but this Liverpool quartet ...

11 years ago

Listen: Twerps “I Don’t Mind”

Melbourne’s ‘janky-pop’ Twerps (as they like to refer to themselves as) will be releasing their full-length Range ...

11 years ago

Listen: Ty Segall “Mr. Face”

Ty Segall is a mix of early Beatles and ’90s garage rock. “Mr. Face” is the type of song that jives. It emits ...

11 years ago

Watch: Sia “Elastic Heart”

It seems that Sia can do no wrong. After her infectious (aren’t they all, though?) chart topper “Chandelier,” the ...

11 years ago

Watch: Soko “Who Wears The Pants ??”

Along with posing some burning, existential questions, Soko’s newest single, “Who Wear The Pants ??”, is a dreamy, ...

11 years ago

Jan 7: Silk Rhodes, Ava Luna, Macula Dog, 999Reversus, Cal Fish @ Trans-Pecos, 7PM ($10)

Silk Rhodes are going to be some pumping soulful R&B jams at Trans-Pecos, alongside Ava Luna, Macula Dog, 999Reversus, and Cal ...

11 years ago

Listen: Young Ejecta “Into Your Heart”

Just over a year ago, vocalist Leanne Macomber and producer Joel Ford released Dominae — their first offering as Brooklyn-based ...

11 years ago

10 New Acts We’re Excited About

Every December and January the blogosphere bursts with the best songs, albums, artists, tracks, etc. and it’s really, sort of, ...

11 years ago

Mixtape: Clean Slate

The new year is well underway, and as the first real snowfall of 2015 washes everything clean (relatively speaking), you can’t ...

11 years ago

Throwback Review: Gravediggaz ‘6 Feet Deep’

It’s been 20 years since one of hip hop’s greatest albums was released. It’s an album a lot of people have never ...

11 years ago

Dec 31: Baby’s NYE 2015 “It’s About Time” @ Baby’s All Right ($40.00+)

Baby’s All Right has a stellar lineup squared away for its New Year’s Eve show “It’s About Time,” ...

11 years ago

Dec 31: “_NEPOTISM” @ Babycastles ($9)

We first told you about Katie Rush when she dropped her single “Dangerous Luv” from her summer EP Law of Attraction.  ...

11 years ago

Dec 30: QUARTET, The Flag, Bevy, Gardens, DJ: Words + Dreams @ Cake Shop

See 2014 off right at the Cake Shop with our friends in Bevy, a gritty psychedelic pop group that’s sure to keep you both spaced ...

11 years ago

Dec 30: Sunflower Bean, Life Size Maps, BLUFFING, Haybaby, DJ Slackgaze @ Baby’s All Right (FREE!!)

By now, Sunflower Bean, Life Size Maps, and BLUFFING have found a nice, snug spot in your music library, but you can catch all of them ...

11 years ago

Band Crush: Boys Noize, Ratchett Traxxx, and Lauren Flax @ Output (12/28)

Review by Sasha Outside, it’s a quiet Sunday night in Williamsburg. It’s that no-man’s-land between Christmas and ...

11 years ago

Watch: Broken Social Scene “Golden Facelift”

The video for Broken Social Scene’s “Golden Facelift” is a horrific and enlightening ‘year in review.’ ...

11 years ago

Throwback Review: ‘Blue Velvet’

I’d first heard of Lynch during my freshman year of college when a friend of mine, who was really big into “cult ...

11 years ago

Dec 28: Boys Noize, Ratchett Traxxx, Lauren Flax @ Output ($15-25)

German DJ and producer Boys Noize is going to hit up Output in Williamsburg alongside Ratchett Traxxx and Lauren Flax. Boys ...

11 years ago

Listen: Pinecones “Sleep Is Forget”

If you haven’t finished your last-minute holiday shopping for the indie music lover in your family, check out the Georgia-based ...

11 years ago

Editor’s Letter: Why 2014 was an awesome year for us

2014 has been one hell of a year. For one, we graduated from being only a blog to throwing parties and producing a quarterly print ...

11 years ago

ICYMI: Art Basel 2014

Photos by Cheryl Art Basel, an immense, international showcase of modern and contemporary works, is the premiere pilgrimage of the art ...

11 years ago

Top Ten Independent Films of 2014

Curated by Tim  I have watched a lot of movies this year. Probably too many. Especially for someone who is basically broke (my mother ...

11 years ago

Listen: Deep Purple “Highway Star” #TBT (1972)

Deep Purple’s “Highway Star” is the opening track of the band’s sixth studio album Machine Head, and ...

11 years ago

Watch: Slink “Pink Christmas”

Tired of traditional Christmas songs? Need something a little more alternative this holiday season? Well, look no further. Slink ...

11 years ago

Best Film Scores of 2014

Curated by Nicole 2014 has been an interesting year for film music. All the usual suspects — Hans Zimmer (Interstellar and The ...

11 years ago

Listen: the Julie Ruin “Blueberry Island”

Kathleen Hanna, a pioneer to the riot grrrl movement and the subject of IFC’s biopic The Punk Singer, just released ...

11 years ago

Overlooked Films of 2014

Curated by Eva  2014 was an exciting year for film. I’ve recently been brought into a Sunday afternoon tradition of taking a ...

11 years ago

Dec 18: Delicate Steve, Celestial Shore, Jason of Fang Island @ Glasslands, 7PM ($12)

Here’s another final show at Glasslands that you shouldn’t miss. Tremendous multi-instrumentalist Delicate Steve is ...

11 years ago

Dec 18: Visuals, Life Size Maps, Maxo, Limited @ Baby’s All Right, 10PM ($8)

Maxo and Life Size Maps, two innovative artists rocking the electronic / chiptunes spheres, are sharing the stage with Visuals and ...

11 years ago

Watch: St. Vincent “Birth In Reverse”

St. Vincent is an enigma, of style and sound and everything in between. Her most recent self-titled LP made our top albums of the ...

11 years ago

Listen: Grand Lake Islands “Song From Far”

A melancholic collective based in Portland, OR, Grand Lake Islands’ sound is something like a midnight drive under the bay of ...

11 years ago

Dec 17: Beach Fossils, PC Worship, Jerry Paper, Red Sea @ Glasslands, 8PM ($20)

Get tickets for a dreamy night at Glasslands ...

11 years ago

Listen: The Slits “FM” #TBT (1978)

The Slits were a gritty, British punk from the ’70s, now recognized as one of the foremother’s of the riot grrl movement. ...

11 years ago

Top 36 Albums of 2014

Curated by Nasa, Justin, and Shea. With the new year on the horizon, looking back on the past year is inevitable — everyone ...

11 years ago

Watch: Erase Errata “My Life In Shadow”

Erase Errata’s most recent single may be titled “My Life In Shadow,” but that didn’t stop the San Francisco ...

11 years ago

Interview: Roya

Roya is a “leisurely” post-punk band from Brooklyn. I remember hearing them for the first time and releasing a ...

11 years ago

Best Hip Hop Albums of 2014

Curated by Danielle Everyone had their eyes on Hip Hop in 2014: how the world would react to the “Anaconda“ cover (and ...

11 years ago

Samantha Urbani for Issue #2

Photographed by Cheryl Georgette Arent | MUA Robert Reyes | Hair Gloria Espinoza | Samantha wears jewelry by Rittuals Samantha Urbani, ...

11 years ago

Watch: Babes In Toyland “Sweet ’69” #TBT (1995)

In an obvious ode / parody of Beatles mania, Babes in Toyland open their video for their grungy, bottom-heavy single “Sweet ...

11 years ago

Listen: Ex-Cult “Meda House Company”

Ex-Cult are a punk outfit from Memphis, and they’ve just released “Meda House Company,” a single off of their ...