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Loyal Lobos’‘Everlasting’ is a rebellion against sexual trauma and cultural...

Photo by Diego-Trenas Andrea Silva grew up in Colombia singing Shubert at funerals as a kid. There wasn’t a lot of radio playing around the house, and it wasn’t until she moved to LA that her musical...

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What to wear to the social distanced gig

The future of live music as we know it hangs in the balance. While no one needs a repeat of The Chainsmokers train-wreck that happened in the Hamptons, gigs online and appropriately distanced in person...

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Pure Adult’s “Mise En Scène” video makes its own reality

Pure Adult (Bianca Abarca and Jeremy Snyder) were just beginning to ramp up some real Brooklyn hype right before the world kinda ended. Their shows are loud and violent and sweaty but also heady....

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Tkay Maidza’s ‘Last Year Was Weird, Volume 2’: a journey of growth and...

Zimbabwean born, Australian singer-songwriter Tkay Maidza is back with her new hip-hop, r&b infused EP, Last Year Was Weird, Volume 2. Growth and versatility are the main ingredients for this fire...

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Choose your own adventure with Kairos Creature Club

Photo by Tenny Rudolph When I first came across Bandersnatch, the Netflix choose-your-own-adventure film, I became somewhat obsessed. It was anti-instinctual as I had to actively fight my anxiety and...

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Pen Pals with (Brooklyn) Steele

Pen Pals is a new series where we chat snail mail with some of our favorite artists. A favorite in the New York music scene and beyond, (Brooklyn) Steele (fka Steele) has just released his first track,...

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Premiere: ZZZWalk’s “White Line Fever” stereophonic video + audio – some...

“Them bleeding gum Comanche…do they still dance in Moonlight?” – Holy Spirit “Beats me? Dust Bowls light my eyes, pure strings.” – RD “I like to dance, but not in the air.” – Billy the Kid. Got your...

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Mixtape: crowd friendly songs that don’t suck

Whether you’re quarantined with your family or have to put on music in a shared space whose audience is not your target demo, here’s a playlist of oldies and non top-40 songs that don’t suck, but also...

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Fair Visions’ EP ‘A Way Out’ offers a new way to escape

Painting a perfect picture of feeling left out, Fair Visions’ EP A Way Out pairs cheerful synths with the familiar feeling of watching everyone else enjoy themselves, wondering what you’re missing out...

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L.A. Witch expand their sound with clear-eyed confidence on ‘Play With Fire’

L.A. Witch is a cool band. Having established themselves as purveyors of rhythmic, reverb heavy rock n roll steeped in heady noir, the Los Angeles power trio exude a tangible aura that is immediately...

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Nyssa is born to be blue and wild on ‘Girls Like Me’

Time moves slowly in a small town, so slowly that sometimes its passage is marked only by the changes in season and the rotation of the crops, eventually blurring into hazy memories of high school...

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Sex & Drug, Love Cult Takes to Rock n’ Roll! A review of CREEM Magazine’s...

Photo by Charlie Auringer “Are we on? We guttah start the record.”   Since the dawn of large brained mammals, a pure mixture of love and hard work will most likely produce something unforgettable,...

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Premiere: The Love-In “Keep Your Mouth Shut”

Photo by Eden Lauren Nashville based rock and roll band, the Love-In, is premiering the video for their second single “Keep Your Mouth Shut” off their upcoming EP As It Lays (out September 11).   “This...

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Welcome to Virgo Season: rigorous love

Virgo Season officially began this past Saturday and we’ll be here until September 22. Get ready for the energy of their sometimes tough and rigidly laid out love – and remember it comes from a...

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The Lemon Twigs’‘Songs for the General Public’ is a chaotic rollercoaster of...

The Lemon Twigs, brothers Brian and Michael D’Addario, released their new album, For the General Public, and I feel like my ears have been blessed. Anthem after anthem is what this album consists of,...

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Listen: Red Ribbon “Document/The Taker”

Swirling down a dark digital drain, Red Ribbon (songwriter Emma Danner) pulls us into her universe (and her opinions on it) with her latest tracks “Document” and “The Taker”. “Document” deals with the...

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Lola Pistola’s Lizard EP is precisely and wildly felt

Lola Pistola’s Lizard EP, out today, is the first thing since quarantine that really brought longing for live music back for me in a visceral, close-to-home way. Recorded at Studio G in Brooklyn, with...

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Watch: Ho99o9’s ‘Children of the Void’ documentary

On Wednesday, August 26th, hardcore hip-hop duo Ho99o9 (Horror) premiered a short documentary/stream of consciousness/montage of unreleased footage and music videos called Horror: Children of the Void....

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Quarantine delusions with Public Body

Photo by Chiara Gambuto You can count the total number of releases from Brighton’s Public Body on one hand, and still, they’ve managed to acquire my full attention without breaking a sweat. Since their...

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Decolonise Fest will create space for punx of color online this year

With real-life, in-person festivals still indefinitely canceled, organizers are coming to these new terms and switching to online streaming instead. Starting today and going through Sunday, Sept 6th,...

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