Words by Jason LeePhoto by Tyler Bertram As you may well be aware of already esp. if yr a regular reader of certain other music blogs like Brooklyn […]
Alt Rock / Dreampop / NYC / Philadelphia / Shoegaze
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RELEASE DAY: Cigarettes for Breakfast release Join the Circus deluxe edition with never-before heard contraband tracks full of sun-dappled shoegaze
Words by Jason LeeCover photo by Derek Farr From the moment the opening moments of “Up” hits your tympanic membrane you known yr in for quite a ride […]
Alt Rock / Grunge / NYC / Punk
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RELEASE DAY: On blistering sophomore LP, Substitute shows there’s no substitute for righteous rock’n’roll reinvention
I’m a substitute for another guyI look pretty tall but my heels are highThe simple things you see are all complicatedI look pretty young, but I’m just backdated, […]
Alt Pop / Classic indie / NYC / Singer Songwriters
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MayQueen summon the spirit of the divine feminine & cherry pie filling in new music video for “Order Up”
Words by Jason Lee If the recent spate of “folk horror” films like The Witch (2015), Curse of The Witching Tree (2015), The Wailing (2016), Hagazussa: A Heathen’s […]
Alt Rock / Indie Rock / NYC / Punk
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NY Punk Trio Le Bang Releases Music Video for “BANG ANTHEM” Ahead Of Debut Album ROBOT ISLAND
Album release show at Unruly Collective in Brooklyn This Friday 12/8: tickets here! Words by Willa RudolphPhoto by T Goodwin, Styled by Syd Henry, MUA by Alyssa Vitalino […]
Dreampop / Electronic / Indie Rock / NYC / Shoegaze
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††† (Crosses) make triumphant return after recent resurrection playing Bushwick, BK’s Elsewhere
Each hour a pearl, each pearl a prayerTo still a heart in absence wrungI tell each bead unto the endAnd there a cross is hung…—“The Rosary” (Ethelbert Nevin/Robert […]
Alt Rock / Dreampop / extraterrestrial psych pop / Indie Rock / NYC / Shoegaze
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Release Day: PANIK FLOWER debut EP “Dark Blue” consumes the senses with fragrant sonics and underlying disquiet
“I just wanna be / consumed by you / but I don’t wanna be / diluted by you” — “Dilute Me,” Panik Flower Dark Blue is a 5 […]
Electronic / Indie Pop / NYC / Psych Rock / Soul
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Ernest Brockenberry’s debut LP “Depression General Store…” reveals wonders on every aisle
Words by Jason Lee If singer/songwriter/instrumentalist/producer Ernest Brockenberry were a resident of A.A. Milne’s apocryphal Hundred Acre Wood instead of Brooklyn, New York there’s a good chance the […]
Electronic / Hip Hop / NYC / RnB / Uncategorized
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Aura & Monsta House – A Rose Grows In Brooklyn
A rose bloomed in Brooklyn earlier this month at Elsewhere where a fundraiser was held for Educated Little Monsters (ELM), a Brooklyn-based grassroots organization, est. 2013, that provides […]
Alt Rock / Classic indie / Indie Rock / NYC
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D.A. Crimson’s “Really, Really Sick Big Dog””
Words by Willa RudolphColor photo by Christian Michael Filardo Indie folk/rock artist D.A. Crimson really grabbed my attention at a recent Our Wicked Lady show. I was tired […]
Alt Rock / Grunge / Indie Rock / NYC / Uncategorized
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Shred Flintstone unveils shiny new “Toy” but what’s under the plastic skin?
You be the real one / I’ll be your toyDon’t forget to throw me out / when I’m broken and destroyedAnd I’ll just lay here / you pull […]
Alt Pop / Electronic / NYC / Uncategorized
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It’s Madge’s World, We’re Just Living In It
Words by Willa RudolphPhoto by Lanee BirdMake-up by Shea Hardy What originally hooked me to Madge was this eye-catching album cover. I thought – wow, who is this? Madge […]