
Jan 8: Boy Toy @ Mercury Lounge 9:30pm ($10)
Boy Toy @ Mercury Lounge 9:30pm ($10) Playful rock n roll that matches the playfulness of the band’s name. Tickets here.

Boy Toy @ Mercury Lounge 9:30pm ($10) Playful rock n roll that matches the playfulness of the band’s name. Tickets here.

St. Vincent’s upcoming self titled album made our list of most anticipated releases of 2014. We also brought you the excellent “Birth In Reverse” a

Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks @ Generation Records 8pm (FREE!) This is a free show but you have to buy the new Malkmus & The

Potty Mouth, Radiator Hospital, Kissing Is A Crime @ Glasslands 8:30pm ($10) Radiator Hospital put out one of our favorite albums this year and Potty

Angel Haze really wanted you to hear Dirty Gold. She even leaked it herself in order to force her label’s hand. I appreciate the bravery

Netflix Double Feature with Blue In The Face and Manhattan New York. Love it or hate it, it is the concrete jungle where dreams are

2013 has come and gone. We’ve already told you what we thought were the best albums of the year. Now we’d like to tell you what

Sledding In Fort Greene Park (FREE!) As you may have noticed, there was a pretty massive snowfall overnight in NYC, which means snow day for

In No Great Hurry – 13 Lessons in Life with Saul Leiter @ Lincoln Center 4:30pm Photographer Saul Leiter passed away shortly after this documentary

Swearin’, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Porcelain Raft, Low Fat Getting High @ Brooklyn Night Bazaar 7pm (FREE!) Swearin’ put out one of our favorite records of

Perhaps grateful for coming out on top in 2013, Vampire Weekend is ushering the new year in with a “wintertime remix” of “Step” from Modern Vampires of

“Upstream Color” On Netflix Start the year off with a mind fuck provided by Shane Carruth who directed, starred in, and scored “Upstream Color.” It’s

Avan Lava, Juan Maclean (DJ), JDH (FIXED), Justin Strauss, Mondo, Evan Michael, and Andrew + Alan Blancato @ Cameo Still struggling to figure out what

This year’s treasure trove of musical gems made curating a 40-song list both effortless and hard as hell cause it could’ve gone on and on.

Before Beyoncé reminded us all who “run the world” (girls) and Pussy Riot steered the limelight toward the ongoing battle for true gender equality across

Millsted, Gameday Regulars, Bound & Buried, So-Called Society @ The Gutter 8pm ($5) Millsted’s been described as the Larry David of hardcore. Sounds awesome.

Affordable Arts & Crafts Fair @ The Living Gallery 11am (FREE) No excuse to further put off your Christmas shopping with this cheap and awesome

The Breeders, Speedy Ortiz @ Webster Hall 7pm ($30) Um, Last Splash in full and one of our favorite bands of 2013? Yes. Tickets here.

Ice Skating at McCarren Park 6pm ($8) Try and live out a Kristi Yamaguchi fantasy at McCarren Park tonight. Just ignore everyone laughing at you

The Cool School @ BookMarc 6pm (FREE!) This “literary mixtape” compiled by GQ’s Glenn O’Brien includes writings by some of our favorite hip kids from

Field Mouse, The Box Tiger, Tancred, and Mount Sharp @ Pianos 8pm ($8) Field Mouse’s “You Guys Are Gonna Wake Up My Mom” is not

Ranked alpabetically for a smidge of objectivity: 1. “THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL” A rotating cast of identifiably kooky Wes Anderson characters? Together in and around

One of our favorite things to do is interview artists who inspire us. Here’s a selection of quotes uttered during interviews this past year that

Brazos, Ski Lodge @ Mercury Lounge 9:30pm ($10) “Long Shot” by Brazos is a beautifully rendered mix of folk and indie rock. Ski Lodge, who

Who knew that quitting your job and completely disconnecting from the internet could be so destructive?

Diarrhea Planet, Purling Hiss, Big Ups, Manors @ Brooklyn Night Bazaar (FREE!) Looks like the BK Night Bazaar is going to be a shit show

Peace Arrow, Celestial Shore, Brat Pit, Heaven’s Gate + More @ Shea Stadium 7pm ($10) Talk about getting your money’s worth. Move over, Joanna Gruesome,

EMA, of 2011’s excellent Past Life Martyred Saints, will be releasing a new album in 2014. We don’t have a release date yet (other than “spring”)

Cass McCombs, Arbouretum @ Bowery Ballroom 8pm ($16) Catch the folky troubadour at Bowery Ballroom tonight with Arbouretum. Tickets here.

Sharkmuffin, Left and Right, Gym Shorts, The Down and Outs @ Shea Stadium 8pm Come celebrate with Sharkmuffin as this is the release party for

Many of us at Alt Citizen are still mourning the death of Lou Reed. One of his albums with Velvet Underground, White Light/White Heat, is coming

Guitar virtuoso and David Byrne collaborator Annie Clark, AKA St. Vincent, announced her first proper album since 2011’s Strange Mercy. The self-titled St. Vincent will be out