Mixtape: Pride for punks
The first pride parade was to commemorate a riot (if you don’t know what I’m talking about google Stonewall). Now it’s awash with cops, corporate sponsors clamoring to show they care, and banal...
View ArticleAlbum Premiere: GRLwood “Daddy”
The queer revolution is here and it’s…Kentucky-fried with a side of screamo? That’s what “scream-pop” duo GRLwood have been serving up all over town in Louisville, KY, sometimes performing five times...
View ArticleVideo Premiere: Twisty Cats “My Quiet Fantasy”
Twisty Cats latest video for their track “My Quiet Fantasy” is like watching a black magic erotica. The women in the film gather in a semi-circle like witches performing a spell, covered in satin and...
View ArticleMixtape: Summer sludge
Photo by Tamim Alnuweiri. In my youth what summer in New York meant was waking up on saturday mornings and hoofing it to Coney Island to sit nauseous in the cigarette butt sand while swallowing street...
View ArticleAlbum Review: MOURN ‘Sorpresa Familia’
Sorpresa Familia opens up with their first lead-in single “Barcelona City Tour,” which is packed and punching with energy. It’s also pretty all-encompassing of the message the band’s trying to get...
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Photo diary: Parquet Courts @ Public Arts
Photos by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here.
View ArticleHablemos Del Alma creates satirical religious electronic music
Hablemos Del Alma is the moniker of Angelo Santa Cruz a Chilean new-age electronic musician, who makes music for the “soul.” Hablemos del Alma (Let talk about the soul) is satirically titled, Cruz...
View ArticleDeath trax: Wisha Kungsanant
Play This At My Funeral is a new mixtape series where people (somewhat obviously) curate music for their own funerals. This week Wisha Kungsanant, a booker at Murmrr, shares her death trax. What life...
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Nightcrawler: Pussy Riot @ Elsewhere
Luis Lucio‘s Nightcrawler series is a documentation of his nights in New York City, the shows he sees and the people he meets. Below are the photos Luis took at the Elsewhere.
View ArticleSong Premiere: Dismal Thinkings “Gone Away”
Nothing suits summer better than a melancholic rock song, and today, Seattle-based alt-rock band Dismal Thinkings has gifted us with just that. In “Gone Away,” lyricist/guitarist Isaac Evans’ vocals...
View ArticleEP premiere: War Violet ‘Getaway’
The hot and sticky summer calls for War Violet’s whimsical escapism of psychedelic folk rock. Multi-instrumentalist Jummy Aremu debuts her self-released EP Getaway today, culminating her musical...
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To the pit and back with THICK
From Craigslist to California, Brooklyn’s own THICK just don’t know when to stop. And thank God they don’t! They’re joyous, they’re enraged, they’re a little drunk, and they’re every punk’s best...
View ArticleDeath trax: SadGirl
The LA-based punk band SadGirl has just been welcomed into the Suicide Squeeze family and recently released a single from their upcoming 7” Breakfast For 2—which will officially be released as blue,...
View ArticleVideo Premiere: Tampa “Silent Moon”
Neon, skydiving, airplanes and a multitude of sunglasses. Tampa, Jeff Kite of The Voidz’s L.A. band, premiere their new music video for “Silent Moon”. The fast paced music video features skydiving...
View ArticleListen: Material Girls “Residual Grimace”
If you’re ever told that the sweat-and-leather-driven, electric guitar rock ’n’ roll is a thing of the past, “Residual Grimace” completely debunks that assertion. Material Girls’ new single starts off...
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Catching up with Margaret Glaspy at Le Poisson Rouge
Margaret Glaspy’s music puts the hard to say thoughts into words that otherwise can’t be found. Her debut, Emotions and Math, tackled love, loss and accepting change—classic themes, but in a refreshing...
View ArticleSong premiere: White China’s “Follows You Around”
Brooklyn/LA based band White China’s newest single, “Follows You Around,” sounds like a hybrid of Lana Del Rey at the heights of her haziest, dreamiest glory, infused with the ambling vocals of Lou...
View ArticleEP Premiere: Ruth Carp & The Fish Heads/Dead Brian ‘Ruth & Brian’s Unholy...
Remember those summer nights where you end up making out with your crush while you’re on some wild wine infused adventure? Your merlot stained mouths eagerly greeting each other in the dark. Then, all...
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Meg Myers leaves fans elated at Mercury Lounge
Photos by Aricka Moultry-Davis. Polaroids by Grace Eire. When we get to the venue at 4:00 PM, there’s already someone posted up outside, seemingly in the hopes of getting a ticket to the sold out show....
View ArticleLife Releases Video for “Grown Up”
Life released the video for their recent single “Grown Up,” a song that makes you think about the things that make adulthood and age what they are. The perfect song to play during a summer night when...
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