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We survived SXSW: A recap of Cult Citizen presents
Text by Tamim Alnuweiri, photos by Luis Lucio. It doesn’t exactly make sense to start here since this was actually the last thing we did at SXSW, the last show during our last full night in Texas....
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Photo Diary: Lucille Furs, Fruit and Flowers, and The Nude Party @ Elsewhere
Photos by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here. Lucille Furs Fruit and Flowers The Nude Party
View ArticleListen: Twins “Glass Breaks Glass”
Found sounds are a great way to disrupt the melody and meaning, it is also something that will always have a dual effect on the listener—to separate meaning from the concrete sound isn’t natural for...
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Photo Diary: Caroline Rose @ Rough Trade
Photos by Brett Myers. Caroline Rose “I do believe we might be the most grateful band in the world.”
View ArticleVideo Premiere: Ackerman “Mission Control”
A hazy song that’ll take you out of this world—Ackerman is a NYC-based band that brings you trippy indie beats that create a universe of only music and light. Which makes this video perfect for their...
View ArticleSong Premiere: Mima Good “Bad For Me”
If being a good girl is doing as grandma says, we’re screwed. It’s imposed on every female identifying person that there’s a specific protocol to follow in order to be considered good—sit straight,...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Many Rooms “There Is A Presence Here”
Somber and neither here nor there, Many Rooms, the moniker of Houston-based singer/songwriter Briana Hunt, conceived a debut album documenting a mind slipping in and out of darkness, but never truly...
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Photo diary: Honduras and Public Access TV @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Photos by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here. Honduras Public Access TV
View ArticleInterview: Haley Blais
Haley Blais blends provoking lyrics with a laid back brand of harder rock, bringing to mind influences of predecessors like PJ Harvey and her peers like Soccer Mommy. Approaching her music with such a...
View ArticleApril 24: Lola Pistola, Mima Good, Pom Pom Squad and Menjuje (The Good Girl...
Are you a good bitch or a bad bitch? It’s 2018! You can proudly be anyone you want to be and where better to celebrate that than at Elsewhere with a badass lineup of equally badass women of music. And...
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Live review: Cigarettes After Sex @ Brooklyn Steel
What does it mean to put on a live performance? Are musicians supposed to stay true to their original creation or provide an unforgettable experience that you can only find in a venue? The more shows I...
View ArticleListen: Palberta “Roach Goin’ Down”
Listening to the new Palberta track “Roach Goin’ Down,” the thing that strikes me the most is that it feels kind of like edging. It’s these beautiful shimmerings and echoes falling all over each other....
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Live Review: U.S. Girls and Gold Dime @ Baby’s All Right
Photos by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here. Going to a lot of shows in New York, you can easily get wrapped up in style and theatrics. Artists can throw everything but the kitchen sink...
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Video premiere: PILL “Side Eye”
In some fever dream you wake up and it’s the 80s. You turn on your TV and scramble through public access channels until you land here. It’s a frantic red and white dance punctuated by sax and Veronica...
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Photo Diary: Franz Ferdinand @ Brooklyn Steel
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View ArticlePremiere: Atlas Wynd “Helpless”
Rock music doesn’t need to be reinvented to be worthy. Some bands rely on nostalgia, some bands rely on experimentation, and some bands rely on style. But all it really takes is a filthy riff and...
View ArticleWatch: MOURN “Barcelona City Tour”
Although shockingly young, MOURN has been through more in their short existence than many bands encounter in their entire careers. With the “Barcelona City Tour,” the band’s first release since 2015,...
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Interview: A Place to Bury Strangers
Interview and text by Tamim Alnuweiri. Photos by Luis Lucio. Fifteen years on and A Place To Bury Strangers’ imprint on rock music and New York City culture hangs like a palpable smog above the ashes...
View ArticleWatch: Tall Juan “Kaya”
Photo by Audrey Del Piccolo. After a remarkable show last Friday at Market Hotel, Tall Juan gives us some other good news with his latest music video. Directed by Jenifer Medina, the video was shoot in...
View ArticleMixtape: Taurus season
Dear Taurus, you and me we are very compatible and I have a special tenderness for you. As an Earth sign you are grounded, patient, practical, and stable. Usually Taurus are great long-term friends and...
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