Quantcast
Channel: Music | Alt Citizen
Browsing all 1590 articles
Browse latest View live

When nihilism becomes real in Viagra Boys’ newest video for “Creatures”

Following the first glimpse into Welfare Jazz, last week Viagra Boys shared the video for their newest track “Creatures” — a nightmarish commentary about a flamboyant character and his existence and...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Death Valley has become the stage to Danz CM’s new lease of life

Photos by Shae Detar. Styled by Amanda Sherriffs. Danz CM is one of those musicians that just radiates talent. Whilst many artists attribute their success to luck or circumstance, Danz CM did not wait...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

‘Another Round’ explores the beauty of a bender

Another Round, the latest outing by prolific director Thomas Vinterberg, is titled Druk in its native Danish. “Druk” means bender, which is a far more sensical title than the sanitized American...

View Article

Artist x Artist interview with Lupin and Samia

Art by Enne Goldstein, you can find more of their work here. Samia photo byJessica DiMento. Lupin photo by Graham Tolbert. Jake Luppen and Samia Finnerty exist within the same tangled web, with their...

View Article

Holiday mixtape

Tis the szn! Here’s a mix of holiday songs, old and new, to help get you in whatever the mood may be given the current hellscape.

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Zine preview: welcome to the Automatic ChatRoom

Photos by Lucy Blumenfield. Find more of her work here. Welcome to the Automatic ChatRoom! Remember to be respectful, and keep this space safe and fun as possible. Automatic is a post-punk Los...

View Article

Riz Ahmed’s ‘The Long Goodbye’: A livestream more alive than a live show

2020 has forced everything and everyone to adapt to it. A pandemic, in parallel with social unrest, swept across the world and brought to light society’s deepest systemic problems that’ve gone...

View Article

Mixtape: Alt Citizen’s 2020 trax

Art by Enne Goldstein, you can find more of their work here. Not necessarily 2020 releases, but the music that got us through this year.

View Article


Alt Citizen’s favorite releases of 2020

Art by Enne Goldstein, you can find more of their work here. 2020 was not our best! But the music was pretty great at least. Here’s some of our favorites from the year. Phoebe Bridgers – Punisher...

View Article


Zine preview: Dehd

Designed by Lucas Long. Photo by Alexa Viscius, courtesy of Dehd Listening through Dehd’s Flower of Devotion for the first time makes you as indecisive as you’ll ever be, likely choosing a new favorite...

View Article

Welcome to Capricorn Season: Connect with intention

Capricorn is, as far as my experience goes, the most forgotten zodiac. Their level-headedness and steadfastness as the earthiest earth sign of them all can maybe push them to the back of your mind on...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Aerial East finds beauty through happenstance

Featured image by Luca Veneter, additional photos by Allen Ying Aerial East, an NYC-residing artist, is a very serious person. That might seem strange to a lot of musicians, or to a lot of consumers of...

View Article

Shamir is already part of our “Diet”

Shamir never planned for “Diet” to be a single, nor for there to be an accompanying music video to the popular track. However when the song gained popularity after the release of his second album,...

View Article


Listen: Viagra Boys ‘Welfare Jazz’

Viagra Boys’ new album Welfare Jazz fuses elements of jazz, post-punk and folk in perfect harmony. The Stockholm, Sweden-based band is composed of jazz-gone-post-punk musicians unafraid to push the...

View Article

Paul Jacobs ponders the life of a creative with “Half Rich Loner”

When Paul Jacobs isn’t contributing to Montreal-based post-punk band Pottery, he’s busy crafting his own methodological schemes in the studio. Most recently, yesterday finds the release of his latest...

View Article


Zine preview: Pretty Sick

Photo by Manon Macasaet Sabrina Fuentes, the front woman for Pretty Sick, has always known she would be doing exactly this. It is rare to know what you are meant to be doing from such a young age, but...

View Article

Listen: The Muckers –“That’s All I Want”

I’m always a fan of some sort of creative restriction or framework — self-inflicted or otherwise — and how it inspires an artists work. The Muckers found themselves coming up to their deadline for...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

L.A. Witch’s “Motorcycle Boy” pulls a cinematic u-turn on the traditional...

Photos by Kelsey Hart The siren song of the open road has long beckoned generations of wild spirits to tear across the vast expanses of blacktop that crisscross this country like the veins of some...

View Article

Listen: Shame ‘Drunk Tank Pink’

Following the release of their highly-acclaimed debut Songs of Praise (2018), and it being awarded the title of Rough Trade’s Album of the Year, South London quintet Shame was marked with a big red...

View Article

Welcome to Aquarius season: keep it weird

We’re about a week or so into Aqua season, and to all the aquarian aliens out there, I just wanna say I love y’all. You’re weirdos with your heads often in the clouds, but while you’re up there, you’re...

View Article
Browsing all 1590 articles
Browse latest View live