March 11, 2014 at 11:00 am
Listen: Fear Of Men “Outrun Me”
We are pretty excited for Fear of Men’s new album, Loom. While we still have until Record Store Day to check it out, we will ...
March 11, 2014 at 10:00 am
Watch: Summer Camp “Crazy”
For those of you who like your pop ballads dark and dirty, British married couple/indie pop act Summer Camp just served up this ...
March 11, 2014 at 8:00 am
Mar 11: Cat Power @ Music Hall of Williamsburg 6pm ($40)
Cat Power @ Music Hall of Williamsburg 6pm ($40)
Cat Power’s lovely soulful voice is going to really shine during this solo ...
March 10, 2014 at 5:32 pm
Band Crush: Neighbors @ Baby’s All Right (2/26)
Review: Neighbors at Baby’s All Right (2/26)
Neighbors’ latest album, Failure, is out March 25. In advance of its release, the ...
March 10, 2014 at 12:00 pm
Watch: Japanther “Do It (Don’t Try It)”
Our hometown punk duo have just released a bare bones video for “Do It (Don’t Try It),” the flyby first single off ...
March 10, 2014 at 11:00 am
Watch: TEEN “Not For Long”
Not even a year since the release of their third album, Brooklyn mostly sister act TEEN (Borsha AlSaadi rounds out the quartet on ...
March 10, 2014 at 10:00 am
Listen: La Sera “Losing To The Dark”
Katy Goodman is PISSED. On the caustic “Losing To The Dark” she rails against what we can only assume is an ...
March 10, 2014 at 8:00 am
Mar 10: ‘Cutie and the Boxer’ on Netflix
Cutie and the Boxer on Netflix
The Oscar-nominated documentary focuses on the symbiotic relationships of the artists Ushio and ...
March 7, 2014 at 4:10 pm
Mar 8: The Un(fair) Art Show @ 500 W. 52nd St 2pm (FREE!)
The Un(fair) Art Show @ 500 W. 52nd St 2pm (FREE!)
The Armory Show’s $20 (student price) ticket is still pretty steep. This ...
March 7, 2014 at 1:30 pm
9 Reasons You Should Binge Watch ‘Broad City’
In the first few seconds of Broad City‘s pilot episode you get a masturbation joke and a Skype sex scene. This wouldn’t ...
March 7, 2014 at 12:00 pm
Listen: Big K.R.I.T. feat. Rick Ross “New Agenda”
Mississippi country rapper Big K.R.I.T. slows it down for the first single off his upcoming sophomore LP, Cadillactica, which ...
March 7, 2014 at 10:30 am
Listen: The Fresh & Onlys “Bells of Paonia”
Take a sonic break from Brooklyn and hear this SF-based group’s new single, off their upcoming album, House of Spirits, out ...
March 7, 2014 at 10:00 am
Listen: Mac DeMarco “Brother”
Agent of chaos Mac DeMarco’s new album is less than a month away. Captured Tracks will release Salad Days on April Fool’s ...
March 7, 2014 at 8:00 am
Mar 7: Screaming Females, Tuff Tits, Special Guest @ Silent Barn 8pm ($10)
Screaming Females, Tuff Tits, Special Guest @ Silent Barn 8pm ($10)
Another day, another show with a secret guest! Wonder who this ...
March 6, 2014 at 3:35 pm
10 Underrated Song-In-Film Sequences
Incorporating a popular song in a movie scene usually yields one of two results: it can cheapen its visual merits by drawing your ...
March 6, 2014 at 1:00 pm
Listen: Son Lux feat. Lorde “Easy (Switch Screens)”
Son Lux has officially teamed up with everyone’s favorite pop starlet, Lorde, on a track for his new EP Alternate Worlds, which ...
March 6, 2014 at 8:00 am
Mar 6: Swearin’, Cassie Ramone @ Cake Shop 8pm ($10)
Swearin’, Cassie Ramone @ Cake Shop 8pm ($10)
With a lineup like this, who’s the secret band? Advance tickets here. ...
March 5, 2014 at 11:00 am
Watch: Iggy Azalea and Charli XCX “Fancy”
What do you get when you put two of the most baddass women in pop and hip hop together for a song? A nostalgic — both sonically ...
March 5, 2014 at 10:00 am
10 Awesome Music Videos From Last Month
1. Angel Olsen – “High-Five”
There needs to be a replication of that closing shot for every woman in the world.
2. Chet ...
March 5, 2014 at 8:08 am
Mar 5: Coke Weed, Beverly, Truthers @ Baby’s All Right 8pm ($10)
Coke Weed, Beverly, Truthers @ Baby’s All Right 8pm ($10)
You already know we’re big fans of Beverly. Tickets ...
March 4, 2014 at 9:10 pm
Listen: Sharon Van Etten “Taking Chances”
Sharon Van Etten will be releasing her third album this May. Are We There is the sequel to her excellent sophomore album Tramp, ...
March 4, 2014 at 8:51 pm
Review: Lushes ‘What Am I Doing’
Lushes is the compelling and moody brainchild of James Ardery and Joel Myers, and like their homophonic moniker (see: ...
March 4, 2014 at 8:32 pm
Listen: Soft Lit “Ocean King”
Tyler McCauley and Tara Chacon are Soft Lit. “Ocean King” is the first official release by the band. The 7-inch will be released ...
March 4, 2014 at 8:00 am
Mar 4: ‘Fugazi: Instrument’ @ Nitehawk Cinema 9:30pm ($11)
Fugazi: Instrument @ Nitehawk Cinema 9:30pm ($11)
The classic Fugazi documentary is screening at Nitehawk for one night only! Tickets ...
March 3, 2014 at 2:08 pm
Mixtape: Online Dating
Online dating is kinda rad in a shitty sort of way. It’s rad because GOD it really sucks approaching strangers without being black ...
March 3, 2014 at 1:04 pm
Review: Trust ‘Joyland’
The concept of Robert Alfons, a.k.a. Trust, naming his second album Joyland is a little bizarre on first blush. His first ...
March 3, 2014 at 8:00 am
Mar 3: ‘Happy Go Lucky’ on Netflix
‘Happy Go Lucky’ on Netflix
I promise tomorrow night you can go out, but first you gotta watch Mike Leigh’s Happy ...
March 2, 2014 at 8:00 am
Mar 2: ‘Home Movies’ on YouTube
‘Home Movies’ on YouTube
No, not those kind of home movies. For the uninitiated, Home Movies is one of the best TV shows ...
March 1, 2014 at 8:00 am
Mar 1: ‘As I Lay Dying’ on Netflix
‘As I Lay Dying’ on Netflix
“Ambitious” and James Franco are synonymous at this point. Does his adaptation of ...
February 28, 2014 at 4:15 pm
Listen: Sky Ferreira “Rancid Girl”
You may have heard already, but Sky Ferreira is cool with the fact that the uncharacteristically stripped-down (and pretty!) ...
February 28, 2014 at 3:13 pm
Listen: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart “Simple and Sure”
Known as top-tier puppet masters of the ’90s indie-pop retro-vival, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart seemed to be slowly ...
February 28, 2014 at 1:57 pm
Watch: Lykke Li “I Never Learn”
Lykke Li recently released a trailer for her upcoming album, I Never Learn. The album will be the final installment to her trilogy, ...
February 28, 2014 at 1:10 pm
Feb 28: Netflix Double Feature of Toxic Sludge with ‘Class of Nuke’Em High’ + ‘C.H.U.D.’
Netflix double feature of Toxic Sludge with Class of Nuke ‘Em High + C.H.U.D.
Two cult classics, Class of Nuke ‘Em High ...
February 28, 2014 at 12:57 pm
Listen: Slow Club “Tears of Joy”
Indie pop duo Slow Club dip into a smooth and subtle R&B jam for their latest single, “Tears of Joy.” Strategic ...
February 28, 2014 at 8:00 am
Feb 28: Ski Lodge, Starlight Girls, The Belle Game @ Glasslands 8pm ($10)
Ski Lodge, Starlight Girls, The Belle Game @ Glasslands 8pm ($10)
If you haven’t read our interview with Ski Lodge, read it ...
February 27, 2014 at 2:36 pm
7 Movies That Showcase the Complexities of Early Adulthood
Trying to be an adult for the first time is bizarre and taxing. Grouchy older folks, Girls critics and New York Times journalists ...
February 27, 2014 at 10:00 am
Listen: Le1f “Boom”
Fresh from signing with Terrible Records, New York based rapper Le1f finally dropped his first single off his upcoming EP, Hey. This ...
February 27, 2014 at 8:00 am
Feb 27: Hassan Hajjaj’s “Kesh Angels” @ Taymour Grahne Gallery 4pm (FREE!)
Hassan Hajjaj’s “Kesh Angels” @ Taymour Grahne Gallery 4pm (FREE!)
Every week we tell you to get off work early and ...
February 26, 2014 at 4:59 pm
Watch: The Faint “Help in the Head”
Dance-punk veterans the Faint recently announced their next album, Doom Abuse, will be released on SQE Music on April 8th and that a ...
February 26, 2014 at 2:30 pm
Listen: Cloud Nothings “Psychic Trauma”
As we previously reported, Cloud Nothings have a new album coming out in April. Here and Nowhere Else consists of eight tracks and ...
February 26, 2014 at 2:00 pm
Watch: EMA “So Blonde”
EMA’s The Future Void is slowly creeping up on its release date. It’s the follow up to her excellent Past Life Martyred ...
February 26, 2014 at 1:47 pm
Watch: Haim “If I Could Change Your Mind”
The social media megaverse is currently abuzz with all things Haim. Yesterday, the LA-based sister act dropped a new video for “If ...
February 26, 2014 at 10:00 am
Review: Beck ‘Morning Phase’
Released on the heels of a lengthy, six-year hiatus and billed as a “companion piece of sorts” to his lauded, intensely ...
February 26, 2014 at 8:00 am
Feb 26: Neighbors, Incan Abraham, Cultfever, Cold Fronts @ Baby’s All Right 8pm ($10)
Neighbors, Incan Abraham, Cultfever, Cold Fronts @ Baby’s All Right 8pm ($10)
Neighbors first caught our attention with the ...
February 25, 2014 at 3:00 pm
Review: Bleeding Rainbow ‘Interrupt’
Bleeding Rainbow’s Yeah Right, released just last year, encapsulated the sound of adolescence. It is pretty apparent from the ...
February 25, 2014 at 1:50 pm
The Playful and the Grotesque: An Interview with Artist Kristen M. Liu
The chilling, exaggerated mouths on Kristen M. Liu’s figures overflow with big blocky teeth, as if they didn’t have enough skin ...
February 25, 2014 at 10:30 am
Listen: Protomartyr “Come & See”
Four piece Detroit rock act Protomartyr are releasing their second album in a just a few short months. The album will be released in ...
February 25, 2014 at 10:00 am
Review: St. Vincent’s Marvelous, Terrifying ‘St. Vincent’
St. Vincent’s eponymous fourth album has been hotly anticipated by, well, everyone, for quite some time now, and it does not ...
February 25, 2014 at 8:00 am
Feb 25: Dead Leaf Echo, Dinowalrus, Autodrone, The Harrow @ Union Pool 8pm ($8)
Dead Leaf Echo, Dinowalrus, Autodrone, The Harrow @ Union Pool 8pm ($8)
Dead Leaf Echo is one of my favorite shoegaze-y bands and ...
February 24, 2014 at 2:00 pm
8 Albums To Listen To After Hearing Someone Say Green Day Is Still Punk
At some point in our lives we are inevitably told one or all of the following things: Bruce Springsteen’s band is good, The Black ...