Whether he’s quoting sage wisdom from the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie or taking an Inception-worthy selfie, Brandon Sine’s Frank Ape is a vehicle
Japanther’s been around for more than a decade now, but that hasn’t slowed down their output or their sound — and why should it? From
Fear of Men, hailing from the beach town of Brighton, England create dark, guitar-based pop that shouldn’t be described as beach day music. The band
I had two choices on a Saturday night last year during CMJ Music Festival: make the long and difficult voyage to Brooklyn (not so difficult,
Odonis Odonis are as charming as they are abrasive. While the Toronto trio are quick to capitalize on the more inviting aspects of synth-pop and
By now, it seems that most of New York City, particularly those residing in northern Brooklyn, are at least somewhat familiar with an emerging
In case you ever find yourself with the #blessed opportunity of being able to conduct an interview at a spa, I would not recommend starting
Philadelphia’s Bleeding Rainbow has been a band in transition from the very start. Began as Reading Rainbow by Sarah Everton and Rob Garcia, the duo
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
YouTube is turning 10 this month, and it has come a long way since that first trip to the zoo in 2005. Despite having already
Pompeya’s infiltration into the indie rock scene has been more of a slow burning breakthrough than the typical hook-laden meteor. The wait between 2007 new
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
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
Distortion and discordance are just two of the many volatile components bubbling beneath the surface of HUNTERS, a fuzzy Brooklyn-bred punk outfit that has been
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
It wouldn’t be wholly incorrect to deem him an arbiter of commercially viable urban cool. But despite his insistence that he “paints to feel good”
The week of CMJ is crazy — not just for us fans, struggling with earplugs and lack of sleep night after night. Those who have
I must admit I was somewhat nervous about meeting with HeartsRevolution. If you’ve listened to their music (which you should) then you know that they’re
Bright-eyed yet thoughtful beyond what his 25 years would suggest, Luke Rathborne has returned to the music scene after a brief hiatus with a record
“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
While some of us are often left disappointed and frustrated with humanity, people like JD Samson are out there making change, good music, and inspiring
Get your mind out of the gutter: the artist currently known as gilf! has more on her mind than your-mom jokes. Often political, hardly partisan
Gordon Holden operates at the crux of contradiction and corroboration, a point that occurs both expectedly and organically within collage, one of his preferred and
The ladies of Habibi make the kind of music that I can listen to for days. This Brooklyn-based group spins delicate surf-pop songs with grace
The Suzan is a charming, all-female pop rock band operating out of Brooklyn by way of Japan. Their first major release, Golden Week For The
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
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
In a way, Marial Maher (that’s Seasick Mama to you) has the sort of wild success story that precedes her own chutzpah. This musician––a
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
Have you met Megan Boyle? She’s a writer and poet, and her debut book of poetry Unpublished Blog Posts of a Mexican Panda Express Employee was the
Morrissey walks into a bar with a pocket full of change – but there’s nothing funny about sounding like a badass. Half-baked jokes aside,
It seems like just yesterday that I had my first experience as a member of Kalae’s audience, but it has been almost two years now.
