A neon-hued polka-dotted Slenderman type monster floats around stalking people in their homes. A log cabin explodes. Abductors wearing inflatable carrot heads menace the innocent. A young woman […]
Alt Pop / Grunge / Indie Rock / NYC
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Castle Black brings neon hues, dance moves to new single & music video for “Heart Can’t Feel”
Words by Jason Lee. Stills from music video directed by Jen Miller. Let’s face it. We all contain multitudes. And it’s a good thing too. Cuz modern life […]
Electronic / Hip Hop / Indie Pop / NYC / Singer Songwriters
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Anti Social Camp goes public with “Vol. 1” of songs written/recorded in only hours by songwriting camp attendees
When you think about it pretty much all yr classic and not-so-classic summer camp movies whether comedy, horror, or sleazy sex romp share the same basic DNA with […]
Alt Rock / Avant-Indie / NYC / Psych Rock / riot grrrl / Uncategorized
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Brooklyn-Based Birthday Girl’s *In This Unassuming Little House Only Good Things Can Happen*: An Alt-rock Funhouse Album Of Unusual Proportions
Words by Willa Rudolph / Photos by Luke Ivanovich At the beginning of this month, Brooklyn-based rock band Birthday Girl put out a novella of an album entitled […]
Dreampop / Indie Rock / Noise Rock / NYC / Shoegaze
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Punchlove debut LP Channels is a channel surfing journey to the center of the mind with fate hanging in the balance
Words by Jason Lee Released on the March 1st, 2024 by those heavenly dogs over at Kanine Records we figured it was fitting to wait til 3/15 to […]
Alt Pop / Classic indie / Dreampop / NYC
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Dealing with shame and a split self: “False Front” by indie-pop darling Olive Bernard, out today (exclusive interview & video sneak peak)
Words by Willa Rudolph Today sees the release of NYC-based independent singer-songwriter Olive Bernard‘s first single, “False Front”, from her forthcoming EP The Box Beneath My Bed with […]
Alt Pop / Classic indie / Indie Rock / NYC / power trios / Psych Rock / riot grrrl
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People’s Pop Pajama Party: Theophobia, Cope, Willis Willis, Skye Matlock & more at Rubulad tonight (SAT. 3.9.24)
Photo of Theophobia by @ward8studios from @wavyawards THE PEOPLES POP PAJAMA PARTY: Come in your pajamas and “jammy” out to all kinds of live rock music. But that’s not all cuz […]
Alt Pop / Avant-Indie / Electronic / extraterrestrial psych pop / Indie Rock / NYC / SynthPop
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“Chainmail is everything”: Public Circuit conduct synthpunk masterclass on Lamb (with interview)
Words by Jason Lee. Interview after the jump below. If one were to create a new band by means of in-vitro fertilization using a frozen embryo donated by […]
Avant-Indie / Indie Rock / Noise Rock / NYC / Punk
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Gutter poetry in the age of late capitalism: Spite FuXXX share tattered anthems of resistance on CUM IN PIECES
Words by Jason Lee; Photo by THE TINFOIL BITER My ass sold their ad space / but then I got bannedBy a bill passed by a senator / […]
Dreampop / Indie Rock / NYC / Shoegaze
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Minaxi release odds ‘n’ sods concept album about civilization’s ruin and personal renewal all while inventing new genre Sufi-gaze
Words by Jason Lee If you’ve been waiting for the next apocalyptically-themed yet overall uplifting and even blissed-out at times Sufi-gaze album to hit the shelves that “delves […]
Alt Rock / Classic indie / Indie Pop / NYC
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Welcome in New Beginnings With Indie-Rockers Hipsy Gap’s Anthemic Springtime Single, “Shellshocked”
Photo by Lauren Redmond / Words by Willa Rudolph Hipsy Gap, a Brooklyn-based 5-piece alternative rock band, released a new song today, March 1st. Well, “Shellshocked” isn’t quite new […]
Electronic / Hip Hop / Indie Pop / Indie Rock / NYC / RnB / Singer Songwriters
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Application Deadline 3/1: Anti-Social Camp songwriting summit
OK sometimes you just gotta get it out there and this is one of those times cuz we’re operating under an actual deadline and you’ve got through tomorrow […]