Words by Jason LeeBand photos by Nicole Schlaeppi Not since Stephen Malkmus left “Harness Your Hopes” off Pavement’s Brighten The Corners LP in 1997 thus relegating the song […]
Analog on the Aux: Aux Blood’s Bonus Tapes
Words by Willa Rudolph New York City’s own Aux Blood, who were ranked 6th hardest working New York-based band of 2023 by Oh My Rockness with 21 total […]
Rotten Apple To The Core – The Dutch Kills’ Debut EP The Rot
Photo by Shoshana Ehrenkranz / Words by Willa Rudolph New York City based punk band, The Dutch Kills, who lie in the vein of Bikini Kill and PJ […]
Rob Lanterman drops 2 unlikely-to-be-forgotten tracks from upcoming Knock on Wood EP
“I’ve been trying not to dream / trying just to sleep (enough)”“It’s like a dream / but I can’t go back to sleep” — Rob Lanterman Words by […]
Meviu§ continues tradition of year-spanning singles, plays Alphaville on Feb. 8th
Words by Jason LeePhoto by Kaz Yabe I wanted to be physically erased and start over again. I didn’t want to be here. I didn’t want to be […]
Beetles and Twisted Hands: Queens-Based Punk Band Cohort B’s “Yee Yee”
Photo by Nicole Miller/ Words by Willa Rudolph Queens-based experimental punk band Cohort B recently put out the eruptive and incendiary single and music video “Yee Yee (Or […]
Eevie Echoes locates the essence from within on debut LP
Words by Jason LeePhoto by Human Flower Productions Eevie Echoes & The Locations‘ debut full-length The Cons Of Being A Wallflower (produced by live sound engineer, drummer, and […]
Playlist: Willa’s Faves of NYC ’23
Goth, Indie-Sleaze, Club Music, and Grungy Rock – 2023 in NYC Words by Willa Rudolph Happy New Year, folks!! Better late than never! Here, I present to you my […]
VIDEO DEBUT EXCLUSIVE: Hard Nips “Alternative Dreamland”
Words by Jason Lee It may only be a week-and-a-few-days into 2024 but we’re betting you could use a little escape into an alternative dreamland already and wouldn’t […]
2023-in-review consumer guide: Tea Eater’s Obsession
Words by Jason LeeStill from “Double” music video dir. by Tine Hill of Gustaf in Lake Placid, NY If you’re into fun and no we’re not talking about […]
Chatterbox give shelter from the storm on new single “It’s Raining”
Here in the newly arrived year of our Lord-help-us-all 2024 you’d be forgiven for taking “making it rain” to mean spraying bills of whatever denomination as a display […]
Celebrate real down ‘n’ dirty NYC rock ‘n’ roll this NYE at Bar Freda with ’90s-to-the-present legend Patti Rothberg and a cavalcade of stars
Dearly beloved, we have gathered here todayto get through this thing called life… As the newest New Years fast approaches and we all look for the coolest of […]