Listen: Ing “Dogs Are Aliens”
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October 30, 2013
If there ever was a case for keeping it simple, it’s Ing’s “Dogs Are Aliens.” Formerly known as Plaid Dragon, and now going by singer-songwriter
If there ever was a case for keeping it simple, it’s Ing’s “Dogs Are Aliens.” Formerly known as Plaid Dragon, and now going by singer-songwriter
I am pretty sure the first full Velvet Underground album I heard was Loaded. But I had definitely seen the image synonymous with the Velvet
“She’s doing some R&B sounding vocals with weird keyboard stuff,” is the not too far from accurate description an onlooker used for Xenia Rubinos when
From a Fountain, AKA Douglas Kirby isn’t satisfied with just releasing one album in a year. Milky Mile premiered back in August, and now, Milky
CON VOS, a new group from NYC have shared their video for the equal parts dreamy and catchy “Central Park” from their upcoming Cocoon Bloom
Drowners have been keeping busy opening up for a little band called the Arctic Monkeys. Now they’ve shared the spelling challenged “Luv, Hold Me Down,”
So Migos of “Versace” fame finally released a video for that song and watching it gives you the same vibes you get after listening to
Radical Dads, who are basically Alt Citizen BFFs at this point (they played our summer jam back in June) were gracious enough to grant us
This week, the super influential Pixies released a 4-song EP called simply EP-1. It contains probably the best Pixies song in recent memory – “Indie
For the second video from their excellent Thr!!!er, !!! (chk-chk-chk) made a very DIY-style video in an elevator in Japan (and got caught by security).
Some people still think of Earl from the “FREE EARL” rallying cries from his OFWGKTA cohorts when his mom sent him off to a boarding
Now that Matangi finally has a release date(11/5), M.I.A. has shared a glitchy and subdued track from it. “Unbreak My Mixtape” is M.I.A.’s most lovelorn
Butter The Children gets a lot of shit for its name. Even me, a self-described stan for the band was apprehensive to listen. But when
Things have been quiet on the Parquet Courts front, as they’re probably still riding margarita waves of bliss from their much-applauded 2012 full-length Light Up
This is a match made in heaven (knows I’m miserable now). I’m surprised no one had thought of it sooner. The tumblr page titled simply
Beach House are definitely not lacking in the strange-yet-engrossing video department. I remember stealing my college radio station’s copy of Teen Dream and watching the
The ever romantic Yo La Tengo, have returned with a music nerd’s idea of a romantic video for a romantic song. I promise I won’t
TEEN started as a solo project for Teeny Lieberson has gone through plenty of evolutions, both in line up and in sound. In its most
Rapper Angel Haze, who has previously done interesting cover renditions, dropped another gem this week. It comes in the form of a reworking of Kanye
Blue & Gold, a band made up of a trio of young New Yorkers, celebrated the release of their self-titled debut EP at Piano’s in
Even the most humid weather won’t stop Shervin Lainez from getting business done. The man is a machine! Since he moved to NYC four years
I may be indirectly quoting one of the many people interviewed in Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me, but the beginning chords of “September Gurls”
I may or may not be a fortune teller and not know it. This also depends on your definition of a fortune. When I first
“Y’all fuck with the new shit?” is the question posed by Kanye West to the crowd at Governors Ball. I was somewhere in that mess
“Amy should be here around 8:15, she’s coming straight from work,” Hilly Eye’s Catherine Tung tells me as we sit on couches at 285 Kent.
Before writing this week’s round-up I was wondering if I may have made too bold of a statement last week when I said that Radical
There were a lot of Big Name releases this week from Daft Punk to The National to … French Montana. Here’s the stuff that I
It’s either some sort of miracle or some sort of massive music journalist irresponsibility that’s kept me from listening to Modern Vampires of the City.
Mikal Cronin’s MCII was a pleasant surprise in ways that are not usual in the internet era of oversaturation and maximum hype n’ roll all
The Looking is opera singer Todd Carter’s project revolving around taking traditional Americana songs and making them into folk country songs. The album resulting from
There are only two albums that I can recommend this week, and that is mostly my fault for not being able to listen to more