Watch: First Aid Kit “My Silver Lining”
altcitizen
May 14, 2014
Back in 2008, Swedish sister act, First Aid Kit, caused a mild ruckus after covering Fleet Foxes’ “Tiger Mountain Peasant Song” via YouTube. Today, that
Back in 2008, Swedish sister act, First Aid Kit, caused a mild ruckus after covering Fleet Foxes’ “Tiger Mountain Peasant Song” via YouTube. Today, that
Fucked Up’s new album, Glass Boys, is quickly approaching release. Each successive song we’ve heard from the album has been excellent, and new addition “Sun Glass” is
It’s hard to describe the feeling of a late night or early morning, especially during the summer months. On the East Coast, there’s sort of
It was middle school, and I was fat and in and out of phases minute to minute. Vaguely punk, vaguely gothic, vaguely skater, vaguely hippie.
Tom Krell, the man behind the lo-fi R&B project How To Dress Well, just released a devastatingly beautiful video for the first installment of his
Sharon Van Etten knows that it’s hard to be yourself these days. When everyone relishes irony, what happens to authenticity? As the line between the
High Waisted is a wildly fun quartet of locals, bringing sunny, lo-fi surf rock to the not-so-beachy streets of NYC. Reverb-layered guitar leads are a
Ishmael Butler and Tendai Maraire, aka Shabazz Palaces, have released the first track off their upcoming sophomore album, Lese Magesty . After the success of
You’re going to want to turn up the volume on this one. Once you do, bask in the qualities that mark a vintage GBV song
I’ve been convinced ever since the time of its release that Sia’s “Chandelier” would be one of the hits of the summer. While it hasn’t
Every time Banks drops another track she reveals a little more about herself. The latest offering, “Goddess” (produced by Lil Silva) is a woozy, hypnotic
Garbage was just one of many artists getting in on Record Store Day’s vinyl love fest, which sadly comes but one day a year. The
The Antlers‘ lush, grandiose, all-encompassing soundscapes seem, at this point, almost meticulously constructed to encourage wallowing in self-pity. Ever since their lauded, albeit harrowing, 2009
Constellation is one of my favorite record labels in the world. It’s home to such luminaries as Godspeed You! Black Emporer and Do Make Say
Brooklyn’s Hooray for Earth have built quite a nice niche for themselves since their debut album in 2008. They play a similar style of synth
Hasil Adkins (Pronounced ‘Hassle’ sort of like those dudes who try and sell their hip hop album to you on Broadway) is a now largely
Will Wiesenfeld has come a long way from the starchy pop of Cerulean, his debut album as Baths, released on Anticon in 2010. The sterile qualities
We’ve got a red alert Reese’s Cup scenario here.Not only did we get a new song from punk elites Fucked Up this week, but it also
Surrealist film guru David Lynch has teamed up with Moby for a reversion of his song “The Big Dream,” the opening track from his 2013
The one time (two times? three times?) I got detention in high school I had to come in on Saturday morning and spend the whole
Mississippi emcee Justin Scott, a.k.a. Big K.R.I.T., has had a productive year so far. Earlier in the year he gave us a whole week of
TEEN, the Brooklyn by way of Nova Scotia trio of sisters, and Boshra AlSaadi, captured our attention with the psychedelic harmonies found on their debut,
Little Racer is a quartet out of Brooklyn making poppy surf tunes that are ready to take you to the dance floor or the beach,
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
Review: Flume @ Highline Ballroom (4/14) Trying to find the motivation to go out after work on a Monday can be rather excruciating, especially if
We already shared details of Parquet Courts’ new album Sunbathing Animal, along with a track of the same name a week or so ago. Now the band
Vivian Girls founding member Katy (“Kickball Katy”) Goodman is heralding a new chapter of her life in a pretty kickass way. Hour of the Dawn,
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,
SZA’s spacey, soulful vibe continues to shine in her new video for “Warm Winds,” a track off of her recently released Z EP. The song
The Men’s recent release, Tomorrow’s Hits, features a number of uproarious, guns a-blazin’ rock tracks — many of which resemble frenzied, Exile On Main Street-era Rolling Stones. “Different Days” is
Robert Alfons’s excellent second album as Trust, Joyland, has been out a month now. It’s been one of my favorite albums of the year so far, and is
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