Alexa is a pseudonym for my old roommate’s ex-girlfriend. She was kind of a C-list celebrity/international model, and had been “dating” my roommate for a small period of time. He […]
Indie Pop / NYC / Singer Songwriters
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Joelle Bensaid’s “Like a Woman Scorned”: Song review, live performance & interview
Words by Lauren Stone; Photos by Michelle Paradis The day Joelle Bensaid sent me “Like a Woman Scorned” her latest jazz-folk ode (and single) off her forthcoming album, […]
NYC
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Joudy (at last!) release studio version of their epic cover of Massive Attack’s “Angel” long familiar from live shows
Words by Jason Lee; photos by Kevin Condon Look we don’t wanna take too much credit here. But we do remember a while back recommending to Brooklyn-by-way-of-Venezuela very-loud-rock-band […]
Alt Pop / Indie Rock / NYC
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Interview: ALEXSUCKS on his latest releases, songwriting process, and Siddhartha
Words by Emma Hug Rosenstein. Photos by Tori McGraw Setting: Baby’s All Right, New York, NY, 20 March 2025 Debuting their music in 2021, rock band ALEXSUCKS is […]
NYC
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Torture Tuesdays: Friendship, stripped-back sets, and that “something in between” at Baker Falls
Words and images by Marisa Whitaker Here in New York City, a thriving and robust music scene grows each night by the power of music-loving kids. These regular […]
Indie Pop / L.A. / NYC / Singer Songwriters
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INTERVIEW: Anna Shoemaker on Someone Should Stop Her, road-trip necessities, running away & freaking out
Intro & Interview by Marisa Whitaker; Cover photo by Josefine Cardoni Anna Shoemaker is a NYC-to-LA-based singer-songwriter, who’s sophomore album, Someone Should Stop Her, was released on February […]
NYC
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VIDEO PREMIERE: Theophobia bestow pathos, pagan rhythms, handmade puppets to “The Most Wanted Woman in Estonia”
“By some metrics, Estonia is the most irreligious country in the world.” — Wikipedia entry for Irreligion in Estonia which, yes, that’s a thing… Words by Jason Lee; […]
Alt Pop / NYC
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Valley Latini’s sassy new single “Baddest Bitch” w/ photo gallery
Photos by Michelle Paradis / Words by Willa Rudolph TGIF. What a better way to celebrate the weekend than bumping NYC’s Valley Latini’s new single “Baddest Bitch”?! Valley’s […]
Alt Rock / Grunge / NYC / Punk / Sou-Pop / SynthPop
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The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree on Skeeter de Milo’s covers of “Apple”, “Sympathy is a Knife”, and “Guess” on their <brat but it’s skeeter de milo so it’s weird> EP
Words by Jason Lee You may think the biggest conflicts of our times have to do with red states vs. blue states or freedom vs. fascism or “woke” […]
Alt Rock / Avant-Indie / Classic indie / Grunge / Indie Rock / NYC
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shower curtain x Computerwife “starpower (Computerwife Remix)” w/ mini interview
Words by Willa Rudolph Yesterday, Monday, wasn’t so bad because NYC-DIY faves Victoria Winter of shower curtain and Addie Warnckle of Computerwife released an indie, trippy remix of […]
Alt Rock / Classic indie / NYC / Soul
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Hotel Iris offers an array of musical amenities on debut LP Tourist
Words by Jason Lee After a few spins of Hotel Iris’s Tourist (assuming you nabbed the vinyl version of the Brooklyn band’s debut LP upon it’s release a […]
Grunge / Indie Rock / NYC / riot grrrl
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Introducing Talon: An interview with the anarchically fun “girlfriend rock” band / sitcom cast / four angry raccoons f*cking
Words by Cristi Barco / Photos by Gina Detres If you have yet to experience the joyful debauchery of watching Talon live, do I have something for you. […]