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Oct 25: Yumi Zouma, She-Devils, Blood Cultures @ Le Poisson Rouge, 7:30 ($15)

Virginia Croft October 23, 2017

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,

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Oct 27: La Femme @ Warsaw, Ticket Giveaway

Tamim Alnuweiri October 20, 2017

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

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Oct 12-Dec 10: Cloud of Petals, Virtual Reality Installation @ Red Bull Arts New York

Tamim Alnuweiri October 11, 2017

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

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Oct 3: Metropolis Video, Rock from CBGB @ The Kitchen, 7PM (Free)

Tamim Alnuweiri September 29, 2017

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

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Oct 5-6: Chicano Batman @ Irving Plaza and Warsaw, Ticket Giveaway!

Tamim Alnuweiri September 29, 2017

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

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Sep 28: Mons Vi, Glass Gang, Late Guest at the Party @ Mercury Lounge, 9 pm ($10)

Stasia September 25, 2017

  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.

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Sept 23-24th: Bushwig 2017 @ The Knockdown Center, $30-$45

Mo Wilson September 22, 2017

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

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Sep 25: Champagne Superchillin (record release), Roya, Reanimadores @ Baby’s All Right, 8pm ($10)

Elena Childers September 22, 2017

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

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Sep 21: PopGun Presents Liars, YVETTE, Idgy Dean @ Warsaw, Ticket Giveaway

Tamim Alnuweiri September 15, 2017

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

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Sep 13: Insecure Men, Roya, R. Jakob Bovden (Night Beats) @ Baby’s All Right, 10pm ($10)

Tamim Alnuweiri September 13, 2017

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

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Sep 14: “In Between Dreams” Brandon Sines Solo Exhibition and Book Release @ Contra Galleries, 6PM (Free)

Tamim Alnuweiri September 11, 2017

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

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Getting Melted at Meltasia: A Look Back at 2017

Jackie Green September 8, 2017

Words by Jackie Green and Photos by Devon Bristol Shaw. Very rarely does an event fully live up to its projected hype. We get all

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Sep 13: Triathalon, Cutouts, Pueblo and Rose Hotel @ Sunnyvale, 8PM ($10)

Tamim Alnuweiri September 8, 2017

Triathalon have not put anything out since 2016’s Cold Shower EP but they will be here at Sunnyvale powering through their repertoire (and maybe, possibly even playing

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Sep 10: Queen! Brooklyn Invasion @ House of Yes, Ticket Giveaway

Mo Wilson September 7, 2017

In recent times, Brooklyn has gotten the reputation of being the “arty” center of drag. The current reigning Rupaul’s Drag Race Queen is the high

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Sep 7: FWF Zine Release Party @ Idio Gallery, 8PM (Free)

Tamim Alnuweiri September 5, 2017

What does it look like to be on the road with one of the most notoriously intense bands of our time? Sacha Lecca (Deputy Photo

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Sep 2: Dougie Poole, Teen Body, Johnny Aries, Cutouts, DÆVA @ Hank’s Saloon, 8PM ($10)

Tamim Alnuweiri September 1, 2017

Apparently, it’s Brooklyn Music Week? Yeah, I didn’t know either. Anyways a number of up and coming bands that have started appearing on every concert

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Sep 1: Dead Stars (record release), Grim Streaker, Big Bliss and Fraidycat @ Sunnyvale, 8PM ($10)

Tamim Alnuweiri August 28, 2017

This Friday Dead Stars are releasing their new album Perfect Patterns. And since the most high energy shows tend to be the very joyful celebrations

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Aug 26: AdHoc presents Surf Curse, Lala Lala, Navy Gangs @ Trans-Pecos, 8PM ($12)

Tamim Alnuweiri August 25, 2017

I was going to go to Long Island this weekend for a barbecue until I realized how far it is—three hours roundtrip guys, that’s halfway

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Sep 9: Thee Oh Sees @ Warsaw, Ticket Giveaway

Virginia Croft August 25, 2017

There’s something about Each Month’s Day: yep, that’s what I’m going to call it— aka, 6/6, 7/7, 8/8… if you have a better term for

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Video Premiere: Psychic Selves “Rosemary”

Devon Bristol Shaw August 18, 2017

Photo by Devon Bristol Shaw Psychic Selves‘ new single ‘Rosemary’  is a love song about loving yourself and not letting outside forces get in the

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Q&A: Horrorchata on Razor 5000 @ Secret Project Robot

Mo Wilson August 18, 2017

Every now and again you come across a party with such a killer lineup you know it’s going to be wild. That was the case

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Aug 30: High Waisted At Sea 4 – A Rock ‘n’ Roll Booze Cruise ($25-40)

Elena Childers August 17, 2017

Photos by Devon Shaw. Get your flippers ready and find your most colorful outfit, ’cause the Booze Cruise is docking! For four years now, NYC

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This is not a photograph: Big Business and Uncrossing

Thomas Sarvello August 15, 2017

I shoot a lot of film each week, of everything and nothing. Or, as I say, portraits of nouns (people places things and ideas). Here

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Review: Priests, Future Punx, and Groupie at Brooklyn Night Bizarre

Mo Wilson August 14, 2017

Photos by Devon Shaw. Review by Mo Wilson. “What is punk?” a friend texted me when I told them I’d be going to the Priests

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Photo Diary: Buster Poindexter at City Winery

Tamim Alnuweiri August 8, 2017

Photos by Thomas Sarvello. Buster’s back! Catch the man, the myth, the legend for the last time this summer at City Winery on August 12th.

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September 8th – 10th: Otis Mountain Get Down @ Elizabethtown, NY ($60-70)

Elena Childers August 3, 2017

The best mountain in the world to forget all your worries. High up in the skies, somewhere in upstate New York, hordes of people come from all

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The Shush Series: Animal Show and Psychic Selves

Devon Bristol Shaw August 1, 2017

Photos by Devon Bristol Shaw. The Shush Series at Drexler’s is back at it and this week I’ve got the feels. I’m an observer by

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August 1: PopGun Presents Pronoun @ Baby’s All Right, Ticket and Vinyl Giveaway!

Tamim Alnuweiri July 28, 2017

The only thing better than winning a pair of tickets is winning a pair of tickets and a vinyl! With the help of our friends

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July 28: Dougie Poole, BUCK, Rhinestone, Frame @ Secret Project Robot, 8PM ($8)

Tamim Alnuweiri July 26, 2017

The western/country tinge revival is still in full force folks. This Friday Dougie Poole headlines the recently revived Secret Project Robot alongside BUCK, Rhinestone and

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July 28: Pysmon Spine, The Roofer’s Union, Cutouts @ Mercury Lounge, 7PM ($10)

Tamim Alnuweiri July 25, 2017

One of my favorite recent bands Cutouts (also a band I can actually testify to as being very good live) are playing this Friday alongside the Roofers Union

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The Shush Series: Larry Sass, New Love Crowd and Champagne Superchillin

Devon Bristol Shaw July 25, 2017

Photos by Devon Bristol Shaw. Alright, alright, alright. We did it again. We brought the weird and wonderful, the beautiful and new and most importantly,

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July 26: Poppies, Older Brother, Wet Mut, Honest Lee @ Alphaville, 8PM ($10)

Tamim Alnuweiri July 24, 2017

It can feel tedious watching the same tired and ol’ bands in the same locker-room music venues. But stop by Alphaville on Wednesday the 26th to

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