Ogikubo Station, together PANGEA, and Alkaline Trio @ Brooklyn Steel
Photos by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here. Ogikubo Station together PANGEA Alkaline Trio
View ArticleVideo premiere: Outer Limit Lotus “Everything Ends Too Soon”
A European goth rock band writing about death can easily become trite and tedious. The truth is, it’s just not that easy to write a good, original song about death. There are so many poems, plays,...
View ArticleListen: Bernadette – Shadow Paint EP
photos by Paul Isgard Recently, I’ve found myself bouncing around a new term in my head, one that I think really encapsulates a pattern I’ve been seeing in music. This pattern isn’t really anything...
View ArticleLemon Twigs perform with MGMT in Montauk
Lemon Twigs played a special show in Montauk with Will Berman and James Richardson of MGMT on drums and bass. Photos by Jason Sheldon.
View ArticleGRLWood: Hopeful Music To Mosh To
Photos by Julia Khoroshilov. Karen and Rej of the Kentucky based duo GRLWood don’t consider their music to be punk. On first glance, it’s an easy assumption to fall into. The music is loud, dizzying,...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Trevor Powers ‘Mulberry Violence’
Trevor Powers, FKA Youth Lagoon, dismantles everything on his new debut solo album Mulberry Violence. The gentle and wiry voice that winded its way through insecure and reminiscent songs in Youth...
View ArticleThe great unravelling of The Orwells
“FUCK THE ORWELLS” was the phrase emphatically capitalized across the vast expanses of the internet over the past week after an indieheads subreddit exposing the alleged sexual misconduct, rape, and...
View ArticleWatch: Vera Sola “The Colony”
A ghost stalks across a barren landscape of skeletal trees and gushing, brackish fluid. It’s oil. She scoops it up in her hands, as it flows across her forearms as if she is about to slurp it. “I...
View ArticleOct 6: Martin Rev (Suicide), Escape-Ism (The Make-Up) & Roya @ Murmrr ($20)
You know that uncontrollable feeling when something so absurd happens to you that your eyes just start twitching and you’re speechless and can only maniacally cry-laugh? Well, that’s how this lineup...
View ArticlePremiere: Shadow Show “Glass Eye”
From the opening melodic trill, driving percussive guitars, and dreamy despite being razor sharp vocals, “Glass Eye” from Shadow Show is a psychedelic treat to behold. It’s the kind of track that makes...
View ArticleTalking community, identity, and synesthesia with MOURN
Photos by Nazar Khamis. MOURN released their third album, Sopressa Familia, earlier this summer. Almost the entire album speaks to their really shitty experience with a past record label at very tender...
View ArticleWatch: Max Pain & the Groovies “Checkin’ Out Late”
Hitchhiking, crystal balls, garden gnomes, armed robbery, and beer… self-described “Grease Troll Rock ’N’ Roll” band Max Pain & the Groovies returns with a new video for “Checkin’ Out Late,” the...
View ArticleGnarcissists and Dead Boys @ The Bowery Electric
Photos by Jessica Gurewitz. Gnarcissists Dead Boys
View ArticleAlbum Review: Pale Waves, “My Mind Makes Noises”
From the first line of their debut record, My Mind Makes Noises, Pale Waves encapsulates what has made their music irresistible since their initial releases. “This city depresses me,” Heather...
View ArticleIssue 7: Julian Casablancas interviews The Voidz
We always kinda get asked the same things so I decided I’d interview the band and ask them questions that interested me personally, or what I thought might be interesting to others… Also, we’re all...
View ArticleDeath Trax: Ava East
Death Trax is a new mixtape series where people (somewhat obviously) curate music for their own funerals. This week artist and musician Ava East shares her playlist and a short poem. Words of light...
View ArticleListen: Daisybones “Choke”
Give Daisybones two minutes of your time and they’ll prove they’re worth it. “Choke” the new single off their upcoming release, Gold, is an internal monologue spewed with a fuzzed out ferocity. The...
View ArticleVideo Premiere: Dad “Road Soda”
There’s nothing better than a new single paired with a music video to help you stick it to the man. NYC-based punk rockers Dad bring you “Road Soda,” their newest song and video that slaps corporate...
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