5 years ago
Indigo De Souza rises above emo tropes on the thrillingly vulnerable ‘Any Shape You Take’
Photo by Charlie Boss
Indigo De Souza’s sophomore album Any Shape You Take is a breakthrough release for the indie ...
5 years ago
September show forecast
Thursday, September 2
Bodega, S.C.A.B., Austin Brown (DJ) (21+) – Baby’s All Right ($15)
BLK ODYSSY, Kevin Holiday, Toy ...
5 years ago
Watch: Gustaf “Best Behavior”
Photo by Felipe Torres
For a few years now Gustaf has been known around the New York scene as one of the “hardest working ...
5 years ago
Eartheater x Tony Seltzer’s “Joyride” represents the ideal hot girl summer
Eartheater x Tony Seltzer’s “Joyride” is a throwback to the songs that pre-dated what we now can categorize as ...
5 years ago
Appreciate change with Raavi’s redux of “All Over Again”
Photo by Veronica Bettio
Raavi, AKA Raavi & the Houseplants, revisits their 18-year-old self through music. “All Over ...
5 years ago
PVRIS return home and remind me of what I love about live music
Photos by Erin Christie
Synth-heavy alt rock outfit PVRIS recently migrated over to the West Coast, a sign that they’d ascended the ...
5 years ago
Caroline & Claude’s “Stir The Pot” is genuine fun
Photo by Leonora Coenraads
Truth be told, I went into this video expecting to be bored by it. The majority of what is pitched to me ...
5 years ago
Mary Vision embark on a psychedelic pilgrimage of sound on the widescreen “Jerusalem”
Photo by Julie Hill
After over a year of reclusive hibernation, psychonauts Mary Vision emerge from their slumber with another heady ...
5 years ago
Watch: Madeline The Person feat. Adam Melchor “August”
Photo by Joelle Grace
There is such a unique specificity in each case of lovesickness. Madeline The Person illustrates this ...
5 years ago
binki defies definition on ‘Motor Function’
Photo by Sophie Day
So much music sounds exactly the same these days. Everyone sticks to their own clique. The pop stars, hip hop ...
5 years ago
Photo Diary: Shilpa Ray, Beechwood, and Sage Sparks
Photos by Lola Pistola
Sage ...
5 years ago
Premiere: BRNDA serve up a slice-of-life on the suburban “Aunt Linda, c. 1989”
Indie rock is an amorphous concept, a descriptive label that casts a wide net over a vast expanse of sounds in an attempt to ...
5 years ago
Ty Segall’s ‘Harmonizer’ is us all
Neil Young once wrote that “you’ve got to crawl to be tall.” This line, musing upon the idea that one must experience infancy ...
5 years ago
MAY-A comes into her own on debut EP ‘Don’t Kiss Ur Friends’
Photo by Danny Draxx
Summer 2021 appears to be the summer of coming age, self-actualization, and teen popstar supremacy. Joining the ...
5 years ago
Kibi James defies category with new re-release
Photo by Emorie Star
Kibi James is re-releasing their debut EP Azúcar via Citrus City at exactly the right time. The sweetly ...
5 years ago
Watch: Nation of Language “This Fractured Mind”
There is no stopping Nation of Language. With each new single, they further solidify themselves as not only a project to watch, but a ...
5 years ago
Watch: Kills Birds “Rabbit”
Photo by Cheryl Georgette
Kills Birds’ latest track, “Rabbit” might be the most appropriate, least on the nose ...
5 years ago
Mamalarky’s first release since their 2020 full length debut: double single “Meadow” & “Moss”
Photo by Faye Webster
Mamalarky’s self-titled debut out last November was an overwhelming swell of musical tact & dexterity ...
5 years ago
Watch: Emmett Kai “Happy Go Lucky”
So remember how we all had to fully uproot our lives, change career trajectories, move across the country, and question our entire ...
5 years ago
Listen: Parisalexa “…Better Than Being In Love”
Photo by Conner Sorensen
Seattle-based R&B singer/songwriter, Parisalexa’s latest single, “…Better Than Being ...
5 years ago
August show forecast
As summer is winding down, get those rooftop, park, and beachside gigs in while you still can! Here are the shows on our radar to hit ...
5 years ago
Welcome to Leo season: burn it down
B-word, it’s Leo season!! Be louder, be more ridiculous, tease your hair, love harder. Leo’s ruled by the motherf*cking ...
5 years ago
Listen: KING WOMAN “Boghz”
Photo by Yoshino
“Boghz” is the last glimpse from King Woman’s upcoming sophomore album, Celestial Blues. The track follows ...
5 years ago
Listen: illuminati hotties “u v v p”
Photo by Lissyelle Laricchia
Sarah Tudzin has turned to vulnerability with an oldies flair for her latest illuminati hotties single ...
5 years ago
Death Valley Girls defy preconceptions of traditional gender norms on multifaceted new video for “I’m A Man Too”
Photo by Ammo Bankoff
Positioned smack in the middle of Death Valley Girls’ luminous 2016 sophomore LP, Glow In The Dark, “I’m ...
5 years ago
Fear Street: true evil is born from white male entitlement
Trigger warning: Police brutality, assault, violence
A handsome, white police officer has a queer black teenager facedown in the mud. ...
5 years ago
The Lazy Eyes ‘EP2’ is a psychedelic invitation to a sunny and shadowy tropical island headtrip retreat
It’s remarkable how quickly The Lazy Eyes have accumulated acclaim since releasing their first EP in mid-2020, like a tiny snowball ...
5 years ago
Watch: Lala Lala “DIVER”
Said it once and we’ll say it again, Lillie West is on track to be our generation’s great collaborator. The artist behind ...
5 years ago
May Rio talks turtles, jazz/metal fusion bands, and creativity
Photos by Grace Pendleton
May Rio is a strikingly creative person. Within about five minute of meeting her she pulls out a stuffed ...
5 years ago
PACKS “Clingfilm” is beautifully brutal
With every description of herself, PACKS’ vocalist Madeline Link seems to be decomposing from the inside out. ...
5 years ago
Listen: Little Simz “I Love You, I Hate You”
Photo by Tilla Arcé
In a darker and more dramatic turn than her previous release “Woman”, “I Love You, I Hate ...
5 years ago
A few of our favorite things: Central Heat Exchange
Coming together across many different locations, but primarily a single timezone, the collaborative project, Central Heat Exchange, ...
5 years ago
King Woman is consumed by darkness in a blood orgy of erotic obsession on “Psychic Wound”
Early in his career, writer-philosopher Aldous Huxley wrote, “Perhaps it’s good for one to suffer. Can an artist do anything if ...
5 years ago
Watch: “Turnstile Love Connection”
Written by Izel Villarba, find more of his work here.
When everything locked down, what was the one thing you realized you missed the ...
5 years ago
Video Premiere: Acid Tongue celebrates the apocalypse in ‘Rock ‘N Roll Revelations’
Photo by Chase Hart
If you ever thought, “why not put some dancing rats on an atomic bomb,” then you and Acid Tongue are ...
5 years ago
Premiere: Club Soccer “Wishing We Could Be in Love”
Written by Izel Villarba, find more of his work here.
I met Nico Brunstein and Nando Dale one happenstance night on a Brooklyn ...
5 years ago
Premiere: Watch Pure Adult’s enthralling and unsettling “Cam Girls”
Enthralling and hypnotic, taking turns where roads are not meant to be crossed, Pure Adult translates to an entity of its own. Pure ...
5 years ago
July show forecast
Live shows are back finally and we’re a little (a lot) emo about it. Obviously we want to hit them all up, but here are our ...
5 years ago
Heaven’s just a gig away: Caroline Kingsbury’s confident new album and triumphant return to the stage
live photos by Steph Port
“Look to your left, look to your right. We’re all friends.”
As the sun set the stage at ...
5 years ago
Liily let us know exactly who they are with their latest single
Photo by Kristy Benjamin
Following the release of their 2019 EP, I Can Fool Anyone In This Town, Californian four-piece Liily became ...
5 years ago
Welcome to Cancer season: Wet Hot American Summer
Cancer season started on June 21st and we’ll be here until July 22. You’ve probably already felt a huge shift in energy ...
5 years ago
Watch: Serena Isioma “HUH?”
Photo by Daniel Delgato
Chicago-based artist Serena Isioma is back with a technicolored funk track, “HUH?”. Switching ...
5 years ago
Beechwood is back, live and in person
Photos by Lauren Massie
One of our favorite New York bands pre-pandemic is reemerging into the post-vaxxed live music landscape ...
5 years ago
Watch: Pretty Sick “Physical”
Pretty Sick’s latest music video replicates the buzzed wandering and self-contemplation after a night out — complete with ...
5 years ago
Wolf Alice’s ‘Blue Weekend’ is a cinematic nod to music and its dynamics
Wolf Alice’s third album rapidly entangles us in between rhythms and a spectacle of asseverations and questions from lead singer and ...
5 years ago
Watch: Wet Leg “Chaise Longue”
Ok on the real, though, this is the most excited I’ve been for a band in a minute.
Domino’s latest signees, Wet ...
5 years ago
Listen: Steele F.C. “Que Sera”
Photo by Hans Neumann
Steele F.C. (fka Steele and (Brooklyn) Steele) has been steadily defining his sound with each release. ...
5 years ago
Lorde is the summertime messiah on “Solar Power”
Lorde is not the same girl who sang, “she thinks you love the beach, you’re such a damn liar” on “Green ...
5 years ago
Pom Pom Squad luxuriates in their own wallowing on “Crying”
Photo by Sammy Ray Nelson
Sometimes it’s really delicious to just feel a lot of feelings. Mixing punk with classic Motown, Pom ...
5 years ago
Watch: Tkay Maidza “Cashmere”
Photo by Dana Trippe
Coming off the bad bitch anthem “Syrup”, Tkay Maidza switches lanes and shares her softer side on ...