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Review: Priests, Future Punx, and Groupie at Brooklyn Night Bizarre
Photos by Devon Shaw. Groupie “What is punk?” a friend texted me when I told them I’d be going to the Priests show at Brooklyn Bizarre and described it as a punk gig. They were being facetious, but the...
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This is not a photograph: Big Business and Uncrossing
I shoot a lot of film each week, of everything and nothing. Or, as I say, portraits of nouns (people places things and ideas). Here will lie some musical explorations (and occasionally other assorted...
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The Shush Series: Dougie Poole and Casey Hopkins Trio
Photos by Devon Bristol Shaw. Hey party people. Wait, wrong crowd? Well, anyways, I’m going to assume regardless that you’re my audience as The Shush Series is at it once again with last week’s Dougie...
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Interview: The Garden
Photos by Cheryl Georgette. Greil Marcus once wrote that the more Lester Bangs loved and respected a band, the worse he was at writing about them. That is essentially my apprehension about trying to...
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Aug 30: High Waisted At Sea 4 – A Rock ‘n’ Roll Booze Cruise ($25-40)
Photos by Devon Shaw. Get your flippers ready and find your most colorful outfit, ’cause the Booze Cruise is docking! For four years now, NYC surf-rock band High Waisted having been throwing a yearly...
View ArticleWatch: Who Is She? “Top 8”
There’s still no word on if/when punk supergroup Childbirth will release new music, but now there’s another Seattle-based trio boasting 2/3 members of Childbirth and a similar silly sense of humor to...
View ArticleVideo Premiere: Psychic Selves “Rosemary”
Photo by Devon Bristol Shaw Psychic Selves‘ new single ‘Rosemary’ is a love song about loving yourself and not letting outside forces get in the way. The Brooklyn based band comprised of Pepto G,...
View ArticleVideo Premiere: HEARTSREVOLUTION “SEARCH AND DESTROY”
The video for HEARTSREVOLUTION‘s song “SEARCH AND DESTROY” begins with a sample that sounds like it’s from one of those World War 2 propaganda videos made for kids. “Let us face without panic the...
View ArticleListen: Derde Verde “Turn”
These days, it feels a little hard to well, feel anything you haven’t necessarily felt before, when listening to music. However, Los Angeles based Derde Verde stirs up something unknown, an emotion we...
View ArticleCool Shit: The Cramps Live at Napa State Mental Hospital
In the summer of 1978 one of the most bizarre yet most vehemently “punk” shows happened at the Napa State Mental Hospital. The Cramps and the Mutants showed up at the mental institution and played a...
View ArticleVideo Premiere: Sloppy Jane “Mindy”
Premiere by Mandy Brownholtz. Photo by Daniel Topete. Sloppy Jane is the brainchild of artist Haley Dahl, newly relocated from L.A. to Brooklyn. Known for her wildly subversive on-stage antics that...
View ArticleMixtape: Summer Nights
For those hot summer nights where the atmosphere feels almost tangible, the air a warm blanket around you, thick enough to feel like you can hold the moment just a little bit longer than usual. The...
View ArticleInterview: The Yorks
Based in Los Angeles, The Yorks are a (for the most part) duo, fusing pop vibes and lo-fi rock to create a fuzzy, mid-day haze sound. Their latest single, “Parking Lots” is twangy and gooey, filled...
View ArticleWatch: King Krule “Czech One”
Not Archy Marshall, not Return of the Pimp Shrimp or any of his other aliases but King Krule is officially back. After a week or two of teasing new music with bizarre videos, posters and a tour...
View ArticleVideo Premiere: The Values “Colors”
Forget all the colors of the wind–try seeing all the colors of the passing cars. Brooklyn group The Values is coming at you with a brand new music video for their track “Colors.” A nostalgic song about...
View ArticleInterview: Spaceface
Interview by Lallie Doyle. Hailing from Memphis, Spaceface are bringing back psychedelia with their debut LP Sun Kids. I talked technology, Tennessee and LSD with the band as they embark on their US...
View ArticleMixtape: end of summer daze
Grab your buds, a beer, and grill some burgers. Savor the summer while it lasts—we’ll be hit with full on foliage before we know it. The post Mixtape: end of summer daze appeared first on Brooklyn...
View ArticleAlbum Review: The Pains of Being Pure of Heart ‘The Echo of Pleasure’
Autumn, the season of sweaters and cups of tea, approaches. Twee and Shoegaze, the genre that many accused The Pains of Being Pure of Heart of trying to revive when they debuted, was never a summertime...
View ArticleWatch: HMLTD “Satan, Luella, and I”
HMLTD, the socially adventures band that has caused some controversy over the way they reference queerness, are back with a new song. “Satan, Luella, and I” is a glam-rock power ballad in the vein of...
View ArticleWatch: Poppies “Devin”
Like something out of a melancholic Arthur episode, New York based Poppies are back with their music video for the quaint, cheeky “Devin.” Off of their latest release, Good EP, the video leads us...
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