Words by Jason Lee “Yesterday’s Papes (That’s Me!)” is the debut single by brand new-to-the-world baby band (only in terms of record releases tho’) Alphabet City but this […]
Alt Rock / Dreampop / NYC / Singer Songwriters
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Sara Sue Vallee brings on the heartache but the yearning ethereal beauty too of a “Baby Girl” in a long-distance relationship with NYC (release day)
“Déjà vues eclipsed by the moonBest of years spent chasing youMiss getting lost and scared to the bonesNow it’s quiet outside, doesn’t feel like home” Words by Jason […]
Alt Pop / Dreampop / Indie Rock / NYC / power trios
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Debbie Dopamine shares secret recipe on “Marzipan” so get ready for some binge listening (release day)
Words by Jason Lee. Photo by Tess Kramer. Dynamics! Otherwise known as going from really soft to really loud or vice-versa. And then there’s musical texture which has […]
Alt Pop / Classic indie / NYC
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Chris Wills contemplates the stakes of pulling up stakes on “Ready To Go”
“It gets hard to believe in / what you can’t explainBut I’m not running / I’m ready to go” Words by Jason Lee Like yacht rock on a […]
Indie Rock / NYC
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Amskray enters the void and emerges wiser and more resilient on debut LP “Die Happy”
“To fear death is to fear life, for they are intertwined and inseparable” —Tibetan Book of the Dead “You think that you can’t fly / but you cancut […]
Alt Rock / Grunge / NYC
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WifeKnife unveil mother of all EPs recorded live at a beloved local venue “Live At Our Wicked Lady”
Words by Jason Lee. Photos by Tyler Bertram. “It’s a bloody mess / you’re born in / can’t turn back now / you’ve been sworn in” — Wifeknife […]
Alt Rock / Indie Rock / NYC / riot grrrl / Uncategorized
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Raucous rock trio Opera’s debut EP, Fatal Paradise, & A conversation with the band
Words by Willa Rudolph / Photo by Joseph Caster New York-based raucous rock trio Opera released their debut EP, Fatal Paradise, on April 25th, and the stars have […]
Alt Rock / Classic indie / Grunge / NYC
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Massachusetts-based band Twig extol “Nude Beaches” (& Sweden) on surfy banger w/undercurrents of longing, wry humor
“Born in SwedenI was almostA real European” — TWIG Words below by Jason Lee First, a geography lesson. Sweden is roughly the size of California. Yet its total […]
Grunge / Indie Rock / Noise Rock / NYC / Punk / riot grrrl / Uncategorized
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“Fake punk girl band” Crush Fund crush gender fundamentalism (and your eardrums) on New Fixation EP
Words by Jason Lee; Cover photo by Malena Lloyd I don’t know who you think I amI don’t like the way you’re looking at meI don’t know what’s […]
Alt Pop / Indie Rock / NYC / RnB
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Kristin Flammio & The Pretty Bitchin light up 4/20 with “Never Too High”
Words by Jason Lee; Album art by Human Flower Productions Much like a big hit of THC flooding the cannabinoid receptors of one’s grey matter and releasing a […]
Alt Rock / Grunge / Indie Rock / NYC / Uncategorized
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DIRTBAG DUTIES: Sofia Zarzuela’s New Music Video for Sapphic Single “Blue Ribbon”
Photos by Kelli McGuire / Words by Willa Rudolph Today, NYC girl-grunge favorite Sofia Zarzuela releases her eye-candy music video to single “Blue Ribbon.” “‘Blue Ribbon’ is a […]
Alt Rock / Classic indie / Indie Rock / NYC / Psych Rock
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Marvelle Oaks new EP “Foggy City” cuts through the murk with jagged riffs and earworm melodies
Words by Jason Lee When it comes to rock ’n’ roll coupledom, Alex and Tess Demir, who together form the core of Marvelle Oaks—who last Friday released an […]