Album Review: Lana Del Rey “Lust for Life”
There are essentially two camps in the Lana Del Rey fandom: those who believe that the slow burn of 2014’s Ultraviolence was her superlative sound, and those who still hold out for the beat-infused...
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Interview: Priests
Photos by Savannah Quental. My first experience with Priests was a 2013 show at Comet Ping Pong in DC, a bastion of the DC DIY scene and more recently the famed centerpiece of the ‘Pizzagate’ scandal....
View ArticleSong Premiere: Coyote Run “Again Again”
Coyote Run, aka Kasie Shahbaz, is a West Coaster obsessed with prog rock and folk music–we’ll call it prog folk! Never heard of such a thing? Well, take a listen to Coyote Run and you’ll get it. Her...
View ArticleInterview: Moonwalks
When I last saw Moonwalks at Sunnyvale about a month ago alongside Sun Abduction, the Deadly Vipers and the Junk Boys, I was so mesmerized by the primal drive of their music that I just needed to know...
View ArticleListen: Kyle Avallone “Borrowed Spell”
Last week we we spoke to Kyle Avallone about his new project and upcoming Cult Citizen show. If you caught him in the flesh this week you already know that the man as a performer is someone from a Twin...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Katie Von Schleicher “Shitty Hits”
Before even getting into Katie Von Schleifher’s Shitty Hits you’ve understood a level of self deprecating humor that underlies the record. Punctuating the ups and downs. Shitty Hits opens with “The...
View ArticleVideo Premiere: Surfbort “HIPPIE VOMIT INHALER”
Photo by Cheryl Georgette, edit by Dani Miller. Surfbort is gearing up to release a new 7″ BORT TO DEATH this September via HOZAC Records. “HIPPIE VOMIT INHALER” is off of the upcoming record and today...
View ArticleInterview: Poppies
New York-based four-piece Poppies are the perfect blend of bedroom pop infused with a nebulous, yet distinctly evocative 90s sound. They have the secret-telling intimacy of Frankie Cosmos and Alex G,...
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The Shush Series: Animal Show and Psychic Selves
Photos by Devon Bristol Shaw. The Shush Series at Drexler’s is back at it and this week I’ve got the feels. I’m an observer by nature–I can’t help but watch, listen and experience my surroundings on...
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Cult Citizen Guestbook: Weeknight, Blond Ambition and Kyle Avallone
Photos taken by Tamim Alnuweiri using a Lomography Instant Wide, which is some space age 2001: A Space Odyssey type of business. Welcome to our guest book! Every month we put on our Cult Citizen...
View ArticleAug 29: Cult Citizen presents Puzzle, Junk Boys, YAASSS @ Baby’s All Right ($10)
The next Cult Citizen is happening Aug 29 and features headliner Puzzle (1/2 of The Garden) with support from local favorites Junk Boys and YAASSS. This one’s 18+ so get tickets now before the show...
View ArticleMixtape: MELT
The last days of summer are upon us. But with countless more festivals, tours, and releases on the horizon, now is not the time for you headphones to slack off. While most are running around trying to...
View ArticleWatch: Annie Hart “Hard to Be Still”
“I never dreamed the video I made on my phone in my basement would premiere on VOGUE!!!”, Annie Hart, of Au Revoir Simone, posted on her Facebook about her video for her first single as a solo artist,...
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Interview: HOMESHAKE
Looking at HOMESHAKE and his trilogy of records he claims, “It felt like I had finished what was going on with the three of them. I can’t really tell you what that means it was just a feeling I had.”...
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Photo Diary: Buster Poindexter at City Winery
Photos by Thomas Sarvello. Buster’s back! Catch the man, the myth, the legend for the last time this summer at City Winery on August 12th. If you’re wondering what the show is will be like we’ve got...
View ArticleWatch: Frankie Rose “Dyson Sphere”
After a four year hiatus, Frankie Rose is back, ready to hold dominion over your unplanned earworms. Her latest release, “Dyson Sphere,” induces foggy daydreams, ethereal overtones and a lo-fi glow....
View ArticleVideo Premiere: Champagne Superchillin “Mon Loup”
Listen to Champagne Superchillin and let the bubbles take control. The recently NYC-based band (by way of Nashville) is giving ’60s French pop a contemporary twist. Lead singer, Juliette Schultz, sings...
View ArticleMixtape: Intro to Twee
WTF is Twee? First emerging in the Northern UK in the mid-80s before spreading to America, Twee was simply defined as the lighter sweeter cousin of punk. It was also known as indie pop before that term...
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Wanna Meet The Wants?
Photos by Devon Bristol Shaw Yeaaaaah, you do. In the words of Cheap Trick, “I want you to want me. I need you to need me.” Thus, The Wants. A band all about alliterative phrases. Ok, I made that up,...
View ArticleWatch: Sløtface “Pitted”
You hear a lot of valid stories from musicians about how touring is incredibly hard. But it is so refreshing to see a band still have fun out on the road. Depicted in Snapchats and phone camera videos,...
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