A Few Of Our Favorite Things: PUP
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March 24, 2014
Toronto’s PUP are down with wilding out if their jam “Reservoir” is any indication. PUP’s generous mix of punk and catchy melodies will encourage you
Toronto’s PUP are down with wilding out if their jam “Reservoir” is any indication. PUP’s generous mix of punk and catchy melodies will encourage you
A lyric video from Sharon Van Etten has finally been released for “Taking Chances” for the upcoming Are We There, the followup to her beautiful
Delaware’s Mike Hinson, now based in Brooklyn, has a knack for storytelling of the bizarre kind. Or, in the case of his recently published comic
Cat Power @ Music Hall of Williamsburg 6pm ($40) Cat Power’s lovely soulful voice is going to really shine during this solo performance. Tickets here.
In the first few seconds of Broad City‘s pilot episode you get a masturbation joke and a Skype sex scene. This wouldn’t be such a
What do you get when you put two of the most baddass women in pop and hip hop together for a song? A nostalgic —
Bleeding Rainbow’s Yeah Right, released just last year, encapsulated the sound of adolescence. It is pretty apparent from the flippancy of its title. Yeah Right
The chilling, exaggerated mouths on Kristen M. Liu’s figures overflow with big blocky teeth, as if they didn’t have enough skin or lip to cover
From the first few notes of Ghost Town Jenny’s Golden Hour, you practically already know the tale being told in its first track, “Suwanee.” It
Record Store Day is coming up (on April 19). One of the most argued about points for haters or lovers of RSD is the quality
New York based HASINA released As We Are last summer (remember warmth?). She just shared the video for “Feel You” from that record this week.
Anamanaguchi’s Endless Fantasy has been on repeat with us — which makes sense as Anamanaguchi are headlining our showcase at Brooklyn Night Bazaar. The chiptuners
Justin Owlett reviewed Potty Mouth’s Hell Bent last year and loved it. Though I liked the album, it’s catchy punk sensibilities and clever lyricism (see:
Ah, the house party. Getting food and drinks is usually no problem. Creating the perfect playlist to keep everyone entertained, however, is a whole other
Brooklyn’s Big Ups, who recently released Eighteen Hours of Static, were more than game to share some of their favorite, hilarious, kind of weird, or
During some listless article skimming this weekend, I came across something called The Shriver Report. Intrigued by the headline “A Woman’s Nation Pushes Back From
After years of photographing the more intriguing, freakier, and sometimes darker side of New York, photographer Tod Seelie has collected his images in the recently
King Krule has quickly become one of our favorite artists. Up until now, his music videos had been simple affairs. For “A Lizard State” Krule,
Chicago’s Carbon Tigers recently released The Wars at Home, which starts out with the sound of blowing wind as the backdrop for a simple earworm
My introduction to Dope Body was seeing them open for the equally cleverly named Fucked Up at Le Poisson Rouge. I was intrigued from the
Last year, I carried the lone task of rounding up 50 of my favorite albums for Alt Citizen. This year, we’ve narrowed it down to
“Young Once” is the moody return by +/- (Plus/Minus), a band we haven’t heard anything new from in more than five years. In this click-driven
We’ve been loving Awkwafina ever since we saw her “NYC Bitche$” video. Now, she’s back with an even more outrageous and equally as hilarious video
There have been innumerable comparisons of Speedy Ortiz to Pavement. Sure, there are musical and vocal similarities, as singer and guitarist Sadie Dupuis also fronts
Band Crush: Grooms @ Knitting Factory (11/23) Last week, Grooms played a short set at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn. It was the end of
Up until today, I had successfully avoided watching Kanye West’s “Bound 2”. It’s not that I dislike Kanye (or even Kim), it was more out
“Flame Tempered” Opening @ The Living Gallery 6pm (FREE!) From The Living Gallery: “[‘Flame Tempered’ is] the first New York solo exhibition of mixed media
Look, there’s a reason why R. Kelly saying “It’s the freakin’ weekend baby, I’m about to have me some fun” is so ubiquitous. It’s because
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks will release the follow up to 2011’s Mirror Traffic with Wig Out at Jagbags, out January 7 on Matador Records. In the
Yael Kraus, Krystal Math + more @ PIANOS, 7PM The pun-titled Krystal Math and the ultra-talented alt composer Ian Fiedorek share the stage at Piano’s
These songs transcend all the multiple meanings and definitions of #realtalk. You can drop the hashtag if you want, I don’t give a fuck. REAL
The week of CMJ is crazy — not just for us fans, struggling with earplugs and lack of sleep night after night. Those who have