
Music Discovery is Everything: A Playlist by Gogo
Stranded in Los Angeles during COVID with a broken heart and only two new friends, I decided to split and head to Mexico City. I

Stranded in Los Angeles during COVID with a broken heart and only two new friends, I decided to split and head to Mexico City. I

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,

Born and raised in Los Angeles, Natalia Mantini is a self taught photographer with an exciting photography career born in the pit of LA punk

Rising New York City chanteuse Chloé French got our attention with her debut single “Angels,” introducing her as a hot-on-the-scene artist with equal parts grit

Rock ‘n’ roll hero Ben Arauz and guitarist of local acts Gnarcissist, Taraneh, Clovis and Pretty Sick has created a playlist of songs he loves

Introducing It’s Giving — a new column dedicated to keeping you inspired and your senses well fed. This week we’re spotlighting the songs and artists

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

Monday: 10/20 Le Poisson Rouge: Lebanon Hanover, Silent EM, Jim E. Brown Everybody who had a goth phase knows Lebanon Hanover. The Swiss–British music duo

NYC screamo trio Epoxy’s new album CIVILIANS! is out now. Reminiscent of late ’90s and early 2000s emo, Alec Publicover (guitar, vocals), Ben Leach (drums),

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

Wolf Alice stormed the Brooklyn Paramount Friday night, Sept. 19, their fifth stop on The Clearing tour. The room felt like it had slipped back

Listen to New York based indie-rock trio The Down & Outs new release HALF-LOVE. The pop-centric single is just one of the songs that will

Hi, been a minute 🙂 Working on AC15 has sent me down memory lane and I have been reconnecting with many old friends. Recently caught
New York City and Liverpool-bred post-punk-rock trio Torture and The Desert Spiders have released a new single, “Working On Myself.” The pop-laced, garage-rock track is

15 years of ALT CITIZEN. In case you need a refresher, ALT CITIZEN is an independent music publication, live show promoter, and zine – and

The Shangri-Las are back in 2025 and have taken over the bodies and 60s-dream-girl souls of Tchotchke! The New York-based trio has released its newest

Photo: La Traac – Athens, Greece This year, Promiseland has taken his visceral live show across borders, with performances at Noche De Primavera in Mexico,

New York City-bred post-hardcore rockers Show Me The Body have released a new single, “One Train,” accompanied by a blistering music video. The two-minute-and-a-half-long track

Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Truman Flyer has released her debut solo single, “True Love.” The glittering and eloquently layered production sounds like a lost track out of

Paris-born four-piece, Lulu Van Trapp, will be taking the stage at Nightclub 101 on Sept. 9, 2025 at ALT CITIZEN’s AC15 Music Discovery is Everything

Photos by Kate Cassise, Words by Marisa Whitaker Local photographer Kate Cassise was out late and nightcrawling two weeks ago, when she photographed two of

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

Music Discovery is Everything. For 15 years, ALT CITIZEN, the independent music publication, live show promoter, and zine, has been a pioneer in uplifting, inspiring,

Leonard Van Vuuren is a flâneur. His new EP, Abnormal City Rendezvous, translates “a composite of cities passed through, half-lived in, heard through walls, and

Words by Marisa Whitaker, Photo by Nico Daniels and photo edited by Hamish McCallion Oklahoma-bred and Brooklyn-based electro-pop artist Pisha has unveiled her latest single,

Photos by Kate Cassise, Words by Marisa Whitaker New York City-bred and globe-trottin’ rock band The Thing closed its three-night Nightclub 101 residency on July

Photos by Marc Giuffre, Words by Marisa Whitaker I sat down with frontman, namesake, and mind of Brooklyn-based rockers Dead Tooth, Zach Ellis, on the

Photo by Matt Weinberger, Words by Marisa Whitaker Mexico City-bred singer-songwriter Americo of rock ‘n’ roll band The Americojones Experience sat down with Alt

At the climax of the Show Me the Body show on June 7 at Night Club 101, frontman Julian Cashwan Pratt ripped his sweaty t-shirt

Monday July 7th: The Broadway: Rat Palace w/ Pat Faking and Browsing Rat Palace’s album Dust Free Home is “post punk for people that

Do you live in NYC, love music, and want to see a cool show this week? Look no further – Music journalist Maddie is bringing