P.E. is more than a happy accident
P.E. started out without any plans in mind. A project that unraveled from experimentation and the rudimentary approach of “jamming”. After their project, Pill, Veronica Torres, Jonathan Campolo, and...
View ArticleFreedom of choice and Febreze in the pit with The Paranoyds
Photos by Allen Ying. Hailing from the City of Angels, The Paranoyds —Staz Lindes, Laila Hashemi, Lexi Funston, and David Ruiz — are heaven-sent. With packing an unfaltering riot-grrrl-esque punch on...
View ArticleListen: Model/Actriz’s sensual, apocalyptic single “Suntan”
Photo by Mikaela Lungulov-Klotz Model/Actriz can pump you up in such a specifically grimy loud way. It’s industrial, metallic, and greasy, but it has these clean driving rhythmic elements you’ll find...
View ArticlePottery delivers a potent double-dose of new wave rave-ups from their...
In anticipation of the imminent release of their debut full length LP, Welcome To Bobby’s Motel, Montreal’s Pottery has released a pair of tracks with accompanying videos that outline a thesis centered...
View ArticleListen: King Krule – Man Alive!
About mid-way through Man Alive! — Archy Marshall’s third studio LP as King Krule — a telephone rings; the mood changes. Another lonely night becomes you’re not alone. Those who have been following the...
View ArticleChildish Gambino released his long anticipated album in a way nobody...
So this is how the world ends. Sitting at home with the door closed, singing happy birthday twice whilst washing our hands, and a mass charge to every Walmart toilet roll aisle there is. It’s not quite...
View ArticleBlack Lips and The Muckers @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
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View ArticleVundabar’s ‘Either Light’ is a heavy album for heavy times
Either Light is an album for right now. Outside our windows spring is blossoming, the weather is getting milder, and birds are happily chirping as they prepare nests to nurture this year’s young. The...
View ArticleWhen The Mystery Lights took Europe
Photos by Runa Andersen Now, no need to introduce them, but the first time that I heard about The Mystery Light was by a friend of New York. He called me after a show and ordered me to listen that band...
View ArticleTotal Recall Hip-hop mixtape
Hello? Is anyone out there? Ben Goldstein here, writing to you from quarantine on the island of Manhattan. I run Total Recall Management and have worked with artists such as; Julian Casablancas &...
View ArticleListen: Sorry ‘925’
London alt group Sorry—Asha Lorenz (vocals), Louis O’Bryen (vocals, guitar), Lincoln Barett (drums), Campbell Baum (bass), and Marco Pini (synths)—is difficult to pin down, and that’s what makes them...
View ArticleDigging Deeper: on Auto-Pain and moving forward
Portraits by Julia Fletcher, find more of her work here. The Chicago music scene is overflowing with incomparable talent from Twin Peaks to Chance the Rapper. Fire Talk Records notably houses some of...
View ArticleThe Wants deliver individualistic post punk electroclash on the...
The Wants describe themselves as inspired by the minimal structures of punk-punk and while that may be true Container feels more deeply indebted to the earliest threads of industrial music. This is an...
View ArticlePremiere: Taylor Bradshaw’s award-winning “Slow Dance” video is an intense...
Photos by Jurate Veceraite Hot on the heels of the release of his well-received debut LP, Twine, Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Taylor Bradshaw brings the retro-tinged “Slow Dance” to life in a...
View ArticleGymshorts race for the checkered flag in the hi-octane video for “I’m The...
Black and white photo by Devon Bristol Shaw. Behind the scenes photos by Ethan Vara. Sarah Greenwell is a certified road warrior. Gymshorts have made a name for themselves with a relentless tour...
View ArticleListen: Mima Good “Sad Club Night”
Photo by Michelle LoBianco Mima Good, is the moniker for singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Raechel Rosen. Although this name comes as an amalgam of murdered Salem witches, from Spanish...
View ArticleThe Lazy Eyes lean into nostalgia and play up a jazz education on ‘Tangerine’
It can be a trap to throw yourself into a certain sound that’s supposedly been done before, again and again. With their lo-fi sound, The Lazy Eyes could have easily fallen into that trap if they...
View ArticleICYMI: 5 videos that you might’ve missed while self-isolating
ICYMI is a series featuring new and notable releases you (and we) may have missed Art by Enne Goldstein, you can find more of their work here March became a month filled with uncertainty and confusion...
View ArticleListen: Alison Mosshart “Rise”
Alison Mosshart, best known from her involvement with the bands The Kills and The Dead Weather, has released “Rise” — the first song under her own name. She has smeared all over the debut track with...
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