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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
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
Just this past week, French musician Emma Bergmann dropped her latest single, ‘Tonnerre sous les tropiques,’ which in English translates to Tropic Thunder, and she
Maura Brennan’s Local Radar features interviews with New York based musicians about their recently released singles and more in hopes of furthering music discovery and
It’s Nine Perfect Lives second performance announced only two days prior to the free show at Baby’s All Right sponsored by SON Estrella Galicia, and
NYC-born multidisciplinary artist and vocalist, Nate Livingston, is fresh off the release of his third single “Respond,” which dropped Dec. 6th, 2025, ahead of a
Nothing’s wrong. In fact, the kids are more than all right. This past Saturday, Party Girls Never Die staged “Nothing’s Wrong” inside Tom Fruin’s legendary
Hailing from Orange County, CA, The Flytraps have crash-landed in NYC with a freshly sharpened lineup: Kristin Cooper’s wailing, feral vocals and bass front and
When I was 24 I worked as an assistant in a small gallery on Orchard Street. On display, during my first month as a downtown
Dancing under neon lights, Cut Copy electrified the stage at Brooklyn Steel on Friday, Nov. 21, for their North American tour celebrating the release of
Kyra Tantou has the most beautiful bark. As frontwoman of NYC-based Monica Bang, she teeters on a thin, volatile border where playfulness begins to resemble danger. A dog racing behind a chain-link fence, shadowing a passerby.
Friend or foe? To bite, or not to bite?
Article by Alex Arthur Photos by Matt Licari As the breakout bands of 2025 played their final shows before fielding, “How’s that music thing going?”
At the beginning of the month, SZA expressed to GQ that modern music is suffering due to the youth’s lack of yearning resulting in fearful,
Brooklyn based darkwave artist Erin Hoagg better known as Rare DM (and one of AC15’s stand out live acts!) just released a new music video
Photos and review by Kate Cassise. On Saturday, October 25th, Osees began a two night run of sold-out shows at Warsaw. Following opening performances by
In September, ALT CITIZEN hosted an electric run of 6 live shows throughout New York City to celebrate our 15th anniversary as a publication. At
Hi, been a minute 🙂 Working on AC15 has sent me down memory lane and I have been reconnecting with many old friends. Recently caught
Photo: La Traac – Athens, Greece This year, Promiseland has taken his visceral live show across borders, with performances at Noche De Primavera in Mexico,
In celebration of our 15th anniversary, we are hosting back to back shows throughout the week of 9/9 to 9/14 in music venues across New
“Well all I do is bark and whine, when you’re gone. I’m your dog” sings scared vocalist Ada Chen on her premiere single, ‘I’m Your
Photos by Jenna Murray, Words by Lulu Rodriguez Fontaines D.C., post punk band from Dublin played another series of sold out shows in New York
Promiseland’s newest single and video, “Only Broken,” is a chaotic and evocative trip of deathbed visions, reflecting the self-destructing nightlife world. It was released today,
Hailing from Corsica and now residing in Paris, Casablanca Drivers have been delighting our ears for quite some time. But the band they once were
Words by Sophie Abeles. Photos by Jenna Murray. Sitting at her desk in the marketing wing of Spotify’s New York office, a woman pores over
Nasa, ALT CITIZEN founder and editor in chief has a new party series called Party Girls Never Die w/ Special Guests centered around live performances
It is April 24th and tulips are in bloom brightening nearly every corner of New York City. Budding talent is also on display tonight in
Born out boredom in the city of Paris, experimental electronic / rock band Bracco sure know how to put on a show. If you have
What a time to be alive! You go from staring at big screen for work, to small screen at home, and then finally to smaller
Photos by Eliot Leblanc-Hartmann Ahead of their gig at The Marbrerie, where they played with Parisian groups Spanish Horses and Oh Non, I sat down
With just one listen, Ray Bull’s music sparks an immediate conversation of movement — foot tapping, finger snapping, head bobbing, side-to-side swaying. I got my
article by Urvija Banerji, photos by Emilio Herce “You guys could have been at the Paul McCartney show tonight, and you chose to be here,”
Story by Sophie Abeles. Photos by Matt Weinberger. Named for the word’s mouthfeel rather than the world’s largest lizard, Komodos is a garage rock band
Grace Jones meets Santigold on the dancefloor to the tune of Rare DM’s latest single, “The Ring,” out tomorrow. With celestial ‘oomph and electronica-hyperpop overtones,