The first few years I spent in New York I let Bushwig, the alternative drag festival created by Horrorchatta and Babes Trust in 2012, pass
Ice Balloons is on tour and phoning in their tour diaries! Check back for further installments, and stop by a show, see tour dates below. Photo by Daggers
Film column by Tamim Alnuweiri. Most summers I can trace with some certainty—I spent a lot of time at Double Down Saloon or I contracted
Interview by Tamim Alnuweiri. Minus Light never got to the 21st century, at least not our version of it. The music is too unaffected by the
Photo and review by Luis Lucio. Entering an afterparty in the deepest pit of the underground, you first notice everyone dancing their sweaty asses off
Liars are back! This summer Angus Andrew (as the only remaining member of Liars) released TCFC and is now on tour (with members of Bambara in
Photos taken by Tamim Alnuweiri and Cheryl Georgette using a Lomography Instant Wide, which is some space age 2001: A Space Odyssey type of business. Every month we
Everyone has that one music video that struck them in such a shocking, horrific way– for me, it was Interpol’s “Evil.” Something about the striking
Insecure Men is in New York and playing the late-ish show at Baby’s alongside Roya and R. Jakov Bovden of Night Beats. As far as
This is a playlist of seedy glamour, for the freaks who cobbled together what scraps they had and made something bold. It’s for the genius minx in
Triathalon have not put anything out since 2016’s Cold Shower EP but they will be here at Sunnyvale powering through their repertoire (and maybe, possibly even playing
In recent times, Brooklyn has gotten the reputation of being the “arty” center of drag. The current reigning Rupaul’s Drag Race Queen is the high
Like something out of a melancholic Arthur episode, New York based Poppies are back with their music video for the quaint, cheeky “Devin.” Off of
HMLTD, the socially adventures band that has caused some controversy over the way they reference queerness, are back with a new song. “Satan, Luella, and I” is
What does it look like to be on the road with one of the most notoriously intense bands of our time? Sacha Lecca (Deputy Photo
Autumn, the season of sweaters and cups of tea, approaches. Twee and Shoegaze, the genre that many accused The Pains of Being Pure of Heart
Mulholland Drive is a movie that I’m glad I waited to watch in theaters. It always loomed there on Netflix, temptingly accessible but it wasn’t
Not Archy Marshall, not Return of the Pimp Shrimp or any of his other aliases but King Krule is officially back. After a week or
There’s something about Each Month’s Day: yep, that’s what I’m going to call it— aka, 6/6, 7/7, 8/8… if you have a better term for
For those hot summer nights where the atmosphere feels almost tangible, the air a warm blanket around you, thick enough to feel like you can
In the summer of 1978 one of the most bizarre yet most vehemently “punk” shows happened at the Napa State Mental Hospital. The Cramps and
The video for HEARTSREVOLUTION‘s song “SEARCH AND DESTROY” begins with a sample that sounds like it’s from one of those World War 2 propaganda videos
Photos by Cheryl Georgette. Greil Marcus once wrote that the more Lester Bangs loved and respected a band, the worse he was at writing about
Photos by Devon Bristol Shaw. Hey party people. Wait, wrong crowd? Well, anyways, I’m going to assume regardless that you’re my audience as The Shush
Photos by Devon Shaw. Review by Mo Wilson. “What is punk?” a friend texted me when I told them I’d be going to the Priests
You hear a lot of valid stories from musicians about how touring is incredibly hard. But it is so refreshing to see a band still
Photos by Devon Bristol Shaw. Yeaaaaah, you do. In the words of Cheap Trick, “I want you to want me. I need you to need
WTF is Twee? First emerging in the Northern UK in the mid-80s before spreading to America, Twee was simply defined as the lighter sweeter cousin
“I never dreamed the video I made on my phone in my basement would premiere on VOGUE!!!”, Annie Hart, of Au Revoir Simone, posted on
The last days of summer are upon us. But with countless more festivals, tours, and releases on the horizon, now is not the time for
Photos taken by Tamim Alnuweiri using a Lomography Instant Wide, which is some space age 2001: A Space Odyssey type of business. Welcome to
Photo by Cheryl Georgette. Surfbort is gearing up to release a new 7″ BORT TO DEATH this September via HOZAC Records. “HIPPIE VOMIT INHALER” is off of
