Listen: “Pretty Little Fucker” Surfbort
Surfbort offers up some serious punk attitude and a whole lot of noise. This is demonstrated quite well in their latest single, “Pretty Little Fucker.” Yeah, you can probably tell they’re punk from the...
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Album Premiere: Hypoluxo ‘Running On A Fence’
Hypoluxo has come out with the perfect post-punk Fall album, Running On A Fence. Premiering below, it feels like how I imagine a tree says goodbye to it’s leaves. Holding onto this thing that you love...
View ArticleTrack Premiere: Jane Church “New England”
You know that feeling of being comfortable where you are but really not being cool with the societal norms around you? Jane Church’s new single “New England” taps into that complicated feeling with...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Sextile ‘3’
This new album from Sextile, 3, just makes whatever you’re doing so much better. While working on something else that I hate a lot (like it makes me want to throw my laptop out the window but I have to...
View ArticleMixtape: 10 years of Neon Gold
Neon Gold Records is commemorating its ten year anniversary by presenting Neon Gold X: 10 Year Anniversary Celebration. The concert, which is being held at New York City’s Knockdown Center this...
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Dilly Dally and FIDLAR @ Terminal 5
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View ArticleListen: Native Sun “Big Succ(ess)”
Photo by Rachel Cabitt To fully grasp this new track by the handsome boys of Native Sun, you gotta understand the band a little too. First of all, these four NYC rockers will make your ears bleed and...
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Photo Diary: Behind the Scenes of Surfbort’s Trashworld
Story by Surfbort, Polaroids by Amanda Adam, Pics by Renee Parkhurst By all accounts it was a stupid idea: shoot a no budget music video on film at high noon in August on Bombay Beach…the Salton Sea’s...
View ArticleWinter x Triptides “Estrela Magica”
Photo by Gabe Fernandez Winter (Samira Winter) and Triptides (Glenn Brigman) didn’t intend to record an album together, but sometimes the stars step in, two people meet and create something beautiful....
View ArticleOct 27: Alt Citizen presents Halloween Show in East London @ Old Blue Last...
Alt Citizen is doing it’s first ever Halloween show in East London and the lineup is fully stacked. Nuha Ruby Ra (of Arrows of Love) will be debuting her solo project. Sleep Eaters, the new...
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Cult Citizen presents Gnarcissists, Den-Mate and Native Sun @ Elsewhere
Photos by Daggers For Eyes, Allen Ying, and Lauren Khalfayan Native Sun pc: Lauren Khalfayan pc: Lauren Khalfayan pc: Allen Ying pc: Lauren Khalfayan Den-Mate pc: Allen Ying pc: Allen Ying pc: Lauren...
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Backstage with Lillie West of Lala Lala
Photos and feature by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here. In contrast to the realm of popular music where lyrics are ironed out to be as vague, lifeless, and universally applicable as...
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Two nights with The Growlers @ Brooklyn Steel
Night one photos by Jessica Gurewitz. Night two photos by Lauren Khalfayan Night One Surfbort The Growlers Night Two Kirin J. Callinan The Growlers
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“The Closing Door”– A Farewell to LVL UP
When I meet people who are as enamored by the music of LVL UP as I am, they usually fall into two categories: individuals involved in some capacity within the DIY scenes of the greater Northeast /...
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Listen: The Entire Universe “Beyond Me”
“Beyond Me,” the latest single from LA-based rock outfit The Entire Universe, offers up sonic layering and lyrical depth as expansive as the band’s name – but this isn’t boasted. This is arguably where...
View ArticleListen: Fiona Silver “Nightclubbing”
Somewhere inbetween Marina & The Diamonds, Chvrches and Lily Allen is Fiona Silver. Ahead of her upcoming tour dates with Gary Clark Jr. the singer is releasing her lates, “Nightclubbing.” If you...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Black Honey, “Black Honey”
It was four years ago now that the UK’s Black Honey first serenaded listeners with their debut EP. With tracks full of fuzzy guitars, booming drum beats and trippy vocals about Hollywood and the silver...
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