Listen: Downtown Boys “A Wall”
On their new single from thier upcoming SubPop album Cost of Living, Downtown Boys continue to wave the flag for punk’s potential to be a radically critical and uncomprimizing voice for marginilzed...
View ArticleMixtape: Slow Desires
It can be frustrating to feel like you are going nowhere, so I made a mix inspired by this patch from Stay At Home club. It’s a semi-calm mix about slow persistent desire (sexual or professional). It’s...
View ArticleInterview: Exhibition
Hammarsing Kharhmar was jittering with a pre-release high when I sat down and spoke with him in early April just days before “Last Dance” dropped. A few nights later I stood standing in shock, front...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Land of Talk “Life After Youth”
Land of Talk could never be described as particularly guileless; the band’s defining characteristic is probably front woman Liz Powell’s ability to capture a sound so sweetly ambivalent. But Life After...
View ArticleListen: Jakob Ogawa “You Might Be Sleeping”
Jakob Ogawa, manifests through music as a Mac Demarco-Mild High Club dream child with an 80s kick. Ogawa pairs contemporary indie guitar riffs with 80s beats and swooning vocals. Thus far, we haven’t...
View ArticleInterview: Wovoka Gentle
British experimental folk group Wovoka Gentle are taking Europe by storm through their challenging of the borders around musical genres. Made up of William J. Stokes and twins Ellie and Imogen Mason, I...
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Northside Festival Show Guide
Hi! It’s Mo, known on Twitter as @sadgayfriendx. Festivals like Northside can be a mammoth to navigate, what with so many cool (and lame) bands playing all over North Brooklyn. Everyone is trying so...
View ArticleMixtape: sLICK
A medley of bass throbbing, riff riding songs to get stuck in your head more that your butt on a subway seat in the summer heat. We got a little east coast, a little west coast, a spot for the Brits...
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Interview: Palehound
Interview by Kat Pierro, Photos by Kevin Neal. Ellen Kempner plays the role of lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter for Boston based Palehound. Kempner is back on the circuit promoting Palehond’s...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Big Thief “Capacity”
Big Thief’s Masterpiece was unquestionably my favorite album of 2016. It gave me something I felt like I’d been missing for so long from the music scene (and sparked a simultaneous renaissance and...
View ArticleVideo Premiere: Cotillon “I Like People”
Well, he likes people who don’t like other people at least… Cotillon is the brilliant artists merging inspirations from both the east and west coast USA and Japanese cultures–parts of the hemisphere...
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Northside Festival Highlights (Part 1)
Photos and words by Devon Bristol Shaw. “System of a Down is my favorite band of all time and you can quote me on that,” said one Brooklyn/Queen’s based musician performing this past weekend at...
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Franz Ferdinand at Warsaw
Photos on expired film by Alatz Ortega. The last time Franz Ferdinand played NYC was back in 2013 for their Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Actions tour (I’m not counting their 2015 show with Sparks...
View ArticleWatch: Hippo Campus “western kids”
Hippo Campus’ debut album dropped back in February, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t still churning out captivating and creative new projects. The video for “western kids” meets that claim but also...
View ArticleAlbum Review: The Drums “Abysmal Thoughts”
It’s been seven years since The Drums debut album, but even now Abysmal Thoughts feels like the first. This is not a comment on the musicianship of songs but more so on how the labor of love and the...
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Interview: Pat Keen
Pat Keen in Greenpoint. Photos by Stasia de Tilly. Wisconsin Boy, Pat Keen, has run the indie circuit playing in bands like Gtoss and Ryan Power. Keen is back with Albatross his first release since...
View ArticleWatch: Aldous Harding “Blend”
New Zealand based artist Aldous Harding has revealed her latest music video for “Blend,” in the lead up to her European tour. The song, taken from her latest album, Party, which once again conveys...
View ArticleAlbum Review: RIPS Self-Titled
In my feminist-minded DIY rock circuit, it’s easy to make fun of the plethora of “dude bands” making generic rock-n-roll. The gluttony of all these bands frantically snorting any dust that may fall...
View ArticleSix New Tracks #7
Our picks of new music from the last few weeks. Let us know if we’ve missed your favorites. Soccer Mommy “Allison” Soccer Mommy’s new track “Allison” is off of a new mini album called Collection. The...
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Interview: Pom Pom Squad
Photos by Stasia de Tilly & Mia Jacobs. Words by Stasia de Tilly NYC-based by way of Orlando, FL, Mia Berrin, mastermind behind Pom Pom Squad released her debut EP Hate It Here in April 2017. The...
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