Listen: The Sediment Club “The Payoff”
Brooklyn based No Wave/Punk band The Sediment Club is never easy to listen to. And that’s not a bad thing, the grinding guitars and hyperactive drums provoke the sort of anxiety within the listener...
View ArticleAlt Citizen’s May show forecast
Artwork by Alberto Pazzi. I don’t know what’s going on but there are a shit ton of shows going on like every night. Most of the good shows are packed into the first half of the month but there’s also...
View ArticleWatch: Phil and The Osophers “Third World American”
It’s nothing new, but the United States kinda suck. And I don’t mean that in a racist, “Make America Great Again” sort of way. This country was founded on the backs and blood of many marginalized...
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Lopsided language: A conversation with Speedy Ortiz’s Sadie Dupuis
Sadie Dupuis has never been one to avoid making a point. Not in a chatty, incessant way—as a seasoned poet, she has a dark and witty ability to spitball her pains and frustrations into the eardrums of...
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Another one bites the dust: RIP Silent Barn
So as of Sunday, April 29th, another one bites the dust, and by that I mean New York is losing another DIY venue with Bushwick’s Silent Barn shutting down. Silent Barn was especially unique in that it...
View ArticleMixtape: ROMES’ summer essentials
A few days ago ROMES premiered the music video for their latest single “When The Night Comes” on Earmilk. The music video mirrors the track’s glistening and catchy pop back beats which are submerged in...
View ArticleListen: Burnt Beach “Another Drop”
Photo by Julia Pierce. Burnt Beach sounds like something you would listen to in the summer. Their debut single “Another Drop” is warm. Not just welcoming but nostalgic in the way that you always are...
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Photo Diary: The Coathangers and Minus the Bear @ Warsaw
Photos by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here. The Coathangers Minus The Bear SaveSave SaveSave
View ArticleThrowback Review: X Ray Spex “Germfree Adolescents”
I’m constantly stunned by my tendency to obsess and fixate on what I know I love. It’s easy to fall into a routine and to keep the same, favorite bands on repeat, but my conscience knows that there is...
View ArticlePlay this at my funeral: Matthew Orr
Illustration by Nazar Khamis. Play This At My Funeral is a new mixtapes series where people sort of obviously curate music for their own funerals. We launch the series with a playlist from Matthew Orr,...
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Interview: Numb.er
Interview and text by Tamim Alnuweiri. Gifs by Luis Lucio. SXSW was kind of a mess and a blur and this one day it was hot as shit outside and Luis and I were at Hotel Vegas just kind of shooting the...
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Photo Diary: Gold Connections and Car Seat Headrest @ Market Hotel
Photos by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here. Gold Connections Car Seat Headrest
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We survived SXSW: Quit Your Day Job and everything else
Text by Tamim Alnuweiri. Videos and photos by Cheryl Georgette except where noted, gifs by Luis Lucio. Quit Your Day Job Luis and I took a 6 am flight to Austin and he came over right after work so...
View ArticleFirst listen: Arctic Monkeys “Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino”
A few years ago one of Alex Turner’s friends gifted him a piano, and for the first time in his career, he set aside his guitar. He holed himself up with it and became obsessed, thus beginning the...
View ArticleAn alternative soundtrack to “Eyes Wide Shut”
Playlist by Jackie Green. I’ve been making an “alternative soundtrack” to Eyes Wide Shut over the past couple years. It’s basically music that totally could’ve been on the soundtrack.
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Photo Diary: Sedona, RFA, and Ceramic Animal @ Baby’s All Right
Photos by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here. Sedona RFA Ceramic Animal
View ArticleLive review: Varsity @ Mercury Lounge
The Chicago garage-pop band Varsity makes music that isn’t restricted by nostalgia for or the sound of a specific decade—upbeat enough for the 1950’s, unique enough for the 90’s, and certainly...
View ArticlePlay this at my funeral: Josh Salter, Nap Eyes
Artwork by Kiana Green. Play This At My Funeral is a new mixtape series where people (somewhat obviously) curate music for their own funerals. We launched the series last week with a playlist from...
View ArticleAlbum review: Courtney Barnett ‘Tell Me How You Really Feel’
Courtney Barnett is among the most observational of contemporary songwriters. 2014’s The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas and the following year’s Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit were...
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