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Show Review: Shellshaker at Night Club 101

Maura Brennan June 10, 2026

Live music series are burgeoning in Lower Manhattan. This past Sunday Victoria! introduced “Sunday Sessions,” a series of live acoustic sets organized by Michael Ian

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Tune In Thursday: June Edition

Maddie Breeden June 4, 2026

June is upon us, it is now up to you, to listen to these sick recent releases.  feeble little horse – bitknot bitknot is feeble

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Live Review: Dove Ellis and mary in the junkyard at Bowery Ballroom

Ran Xu June 2, 2026

This past weekend, The Dove in the Junkyard tour brought London’s Windmill scene to the Bowery Ballroom. Sunday was the second of two sold-out nights

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Firstsex is Inviting You to the Sleepover

Maddie Breeden June 1, 2026

When I met Firstsex, the bubblegum-punky duo of Elena Childers and Nikki Sisti, they handed me a Jägerbomb. It’s a drink I haven’t thought about

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Music Discovery is Everything: A Playlist by Amelia Debruge

nasa May 29, 2026

You can spot photographer and storyteller Amelia Debruge  who I’ve officially dubbed “Grid Lord,” front row with her point-and-shoot, likely in a pretty dress, documenting

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Interview: Touching Fake Grass & Smoking Cigarettes with Casablanca Drivers in NYC

nasa May 28, 2026

Despite the nicotine emergency, spirits are high. Casablanca Drivers are about to play their first official New York City show — a long-awaited landing for

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Music Discovery is Everything: A Playlist by Fred Bougrat Ladurelli

nasa May 27, 2026

French man-about-town, it boy, and true music connoisseur Fred Bougrat Ladurelli has assembled a “Music Discovery is Everything” playlist for your listening pleasure — specifically

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Sunflower Bean’s Nick Kivlen releases “Starlight”

Maddie Breeden May 26, 2026

Today, Sunflower Bean’s Nick Kivlen made his solo debut with “Starlight,” the first single from his upcoming album Addicted to Sunset, out July 7. “Starlight”

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May 27: Blush ‘Jackal’ Release Show @ Gabriela + Interview

Marisa Whitaker May 26, 2026

Blush, the new music project by Alex Tepper, has been slowly world-building behind closed studio doors over the last few years, and its debut has

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mary in the junkyard releases “New Muscles”

Ran Xu May 26, 2026

mary in the junkyard recently released “New Muscles,” the third single off of the South London rock trio’s anticipated debut album, Role Model Hermit. A

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Exclusive Premiere: Rare DM Drops New Video for “LA Traffic”

Gianna Dallman May 26, 2026

Are you on the list, baby? NYC-based signature cool-girl Rare DM heads West in her new video for the single “LA traffic,” directed by MALLEN.

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June 2: A NYC Showcase in Paris featuring Jaie Gon + Valley Latini Live presented by Party Girls Never Die x ALT CITIZEN

altcitizen May 25, 2026

June 2 — You’re invited to a NYC showcase in Paris. A late-night transmission from downtown New York landing in Paris for one night only,

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Watch: SUO “Lightning Strikes”

altcitizen May 25, 2026

SUO’s “Lightning Strikes” turns heartbreak into a cartoon fever dream wrapped in shimmering power pop and downtown New York attitude. Written by Saara Untracht-Oakner and

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The Healing Power of Horses Release “i wait, i sink”

Maddie Breeden May 12, 2026

East Anglian duo The Healing Power of Horses recently signed to Partisan Records’ sister label section1 and released their debut single “i wait, i sink.” 

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ALT CITIZEN Digital Cover: Valley Latini

altcitizen May 7, 2026

  Valley Latini has moved relentlessly through New York City’s underground—from punk bands to DJ booths to showcase stages. This year, she unveils Putx Princesa,

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RIP Magic Releases “Screwdark”

Maddie Breeden May 6, 2026

RIP Magic is back. Today, the London four piece — made up of members Marco Pini, Felix Bayley-Higgins, Beth Boswell-Knight and Pedro Takahashi— released their

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Zoh Amba Releases New Single “Eyes Full”

Maddie Breeden May 5, 2026

Zoh Amba arrived to the scene as an avant-garde saxophonist, and now, in a 180° turn, they have embraced singer-songwriter territory, crafting indie rock infused

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tam tam Releases “Pure Helium”

Maddie Breeden May 1, 2026

NYC based artist tam tam’s debut album Pure Helium via Regional Bears is an invitation to listen carefully. Within a meticulously assembled collage of field

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Listen: Monobloc ‘Love, I’m Gonna Jump the Gap’

Marisa Whitaker April 28, 2026

Five-piece NYC-bred rockers Monobloc released its second EP, Love, I’m Gonna Jump the Gap, on Friday, April 24. The four-track love-sick release kicks off with

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Public Circuit Releases “MODERN CHURCH R//MIX//S”

Maddie Breeden April 28, 2026

Today, NYC electronic trio Public Circuit released MODERN CHURCH R//MIX//S, a reworked version of their latest album. Calling up friends from around Brooklyn’s music scene,

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Lime Garden releases “Maybe Not Tonight”

Maddie Breeden April 24, 2026

Words by Ran Xu There is a certain magic to the Brighton-based quartet Lime Garden, and it is captured beautifully in their sophomore record Maybe

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Unity Ambulette Releases “Saint’s Prayer Beams”

Maddie Breeden April 24, 2026

Unity Ambulette, the electronic solo project of producer and recording artist Emmett Kai, released its debut single “Saint’s Prayer Beams” April 24th via UNISEX records.

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Lip Critic releases “Talon”

Maddie Breeden April 9, 2026

The doom scroll—something we all know, and all hate. In “Talon,” the penultimate single from Theft World, NYC based hardcore band Lip Critic captures the

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ALT CITIZEN Digital Cover: NGHTCRWLR

nasa March 28, 2026

  For our first ever digital cover, we spotlight an artist who transforms their new record into something all consuming.Nasa sits down with Kris Esfandiari

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Listen: Komodos release “17”

Maddie Breeden March 26, 2026

Somewhere between the heyday of Brit rock and the Meet Me in the Bathroom era of New York rock music, lives Komodo’s new single “17”

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Interview: Native Sun Talks Bowery Ballroom and Concrete Language

Nathalie Naor March 24, 2026

Interview by Nathalie Naor / Photos by Colin Lane If you’ve done a music festival solo, you know how it goes. It’s just you, the

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AC @ SXSW ‘26: Tour Diary with Torture and The Desert Spiders

Marisa Whitaker March 21, 2026

It was an honor to be asked by one of the NYC music scene’s most respected and beloved artists to tour manage her band at

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Croaker Releases Single “Keep that in Mind”

Maddie Breeden March 20, 2026

In a departure from their signature darkwave-influenced sound, NYC based band Croaker picks up the acoustic guitar on their new single, “Keep that in Mind.”

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AC @ SXSW ’26: “Are you having fun?”

Marisa Whitaker March 20, 2026

Alongside tour managing NYC’s own Torture and The Desert Spiders, I abused my official music pass to do some unofficial press for Alt Citizen at

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Listen: Grim River “I’m Your Man”

brittany marino March 18, 2026

Take a listen to the latest single by Grim River, “I’m Your Man.” The band, Drew Dominguez (guitar), Alex Rochinski (drums), Aris Schwabe (vocals), and

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Live Show Round Up 3/16 – 3/22

Maddie Breeden March 16, 2026

Mon. 3/16:  Elsewhere: Gurriers, Native Sun ALT Citizen’s very own Marisa Whitaker sat down and talked with Native Sun back in October. With the release

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Listen This Week: Lip Critic releases “Jackpot”

Maddie Breeden March 12, 2026

In the lead-up to Lip Critic’s third studio album Theft World, arriving May 1 via Partisan Records, the band has dropped their new single “Jackpot.”

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