As a southern California native, Frankie Rose played a pivotal role in composing my musical landscape. I have sweet memories of driving up the coast
Come pre-game for our SXSW Cult Citizen presents showcase with the second installment of our Quit Your Day Job party along with Siren Sounds PR.
Just before festival season gets started, April is a busy, busy month for live music. To get the rainy month started, McLovins are headed to
Attention everybody: This garage rock duo left the warm and sunny shores of Miami, FL to live the rough ‘n’ tuff gritty life of NYC
For some reason, the weather shot up to almost 70 degrees this week. Maybe it’s because Jacuzzi Boys are bringing the heat this Sunday to
It’s not with every music release that you truly get a peak inside the head of a musician. Brian Merrill has fully exposed himself in the
What’s the common point between Californian Surf noir, car accidents, mustaches and psychedelic rock? Of course it’s the New York Night Train Soul Clap and Dance-Off,
Quad Cinema has an impressive lineup of experimental animation programs for the coming weekend, called “Independent Frames: American Experimental Animation in the 1970s and 1980s.”
February is dark, cold, sad, and incontestably the worst month of the year—and it’s happening all over again starting this weekend! But one good thing
As Told By is a series of tour stories straight from the mouths of our favorite bands. Interview by Tamim Alnuweiri, Illustrations by Cynthia Alfonso, see more
You should really see David Johansen however you can—obviously with the New York Dolls if you can manage it, during his semi-frequent performances as Buster
Each one of our Cult Citizens is picked and poured over painstakingly but this one is very special given the current state of our domestic
Photo by Audrey Del Piccolo. Interview by Julie-Anna George. Tall Juan is a nice guy who plays rock and roll—that’s it. Like a greaser will always
MoMA opened their doors to the fauna of punk feminists, burlesque males, drag queens, weirdos and artists from the mystic Club 57. Club 57 was a notorious nightclub
You know what goes well with the holiday season? Cheese. Any kind: cheese balls, pub cheese, a big ol’ charcuterie and cheese board on a
Even after getting boo-ed offstage at sold-out stadiums when opening for bands like Tenacious D and Faith No More, most people still don’t know who
This Tuesday the 21st come to Baby’s to wake up the bad genie YAASSS and fall in love with UNI. YAASSS could be the in next John
Cult Citizen took a little break but we’re back! November 8th come hang out with Arrows of Love who are coming all the way from
Saara Untracht-Oakner is likely known to you as the Mia Farrow-esque vocalist of Brooklyn outfit BOYTOY. Like most artists however, her talents reach far and
This Thursday Marx Clarke drops back into Brooklyn for his Cut Worms EP Release show at Baby’s All Right! Just off their tour with The
You’re in for a scare! Beloved NY Night Train DJ Jonathan Toubin is throwing a multimedia Halloween dance party at the Knockdown Center this Tuesday
This Wednesday, dance away your worries at Le Poisson Rouge—New Zealand dream pop suit Yumi Zouma will grace the stage. Coming off a recent release,
La Femme, the French post-punk/psych rock/whatever other rock derivative band is playing in New York on October 27th . We are giving away a pair
I don’t want to bring everything back to the dismal state of existence we’re currently in but it’s hard not to when you’re talking about
Walking through the East Village is rough these days, meatheads, frat dudes and dudettes on the sidewalk gurgling mimosas while concealing their pro-Trump paraphernalia under
I want to compare Chicano Batman to The Growlers but it’s not entirely accurate—it’s not that they share sonic underpinnings (they don’t) but it’s the
They say discovering a great new band is fate. Brooklyn-via-Miami, Mons Vi, creates a lo-fo mix of hip-hop influenced beats, shiny melancholy guitar, and ethereal poetry.
The first few years I spent in New York I let Bushwig, the alternative drag festival created by Horrorchatta and Babes Trust in 2012, pass
The amorous Champagne Superchillin will put you in a bubbly haze of romanticism through wine colored glasses. The NYC by way of Nashville group brings French lyrics
Liars are back! This summer Angus Andrew (as the only remaining member of Liars) released TCFC and is now on tour (with members of Bambara in
Insecure Men is in New York and playing the late-ish show at Baby’s alongside Roya and R. Jakov Bovden of Night Beats. As far as
You’ve seen Frank Ape—a sticker on a lamppost, on the corner of a wall on the Lower East Side, or at an art gallery. The man behind the
