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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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NAVEL GRAZR’s new EP “Elegies” vibrates with maximum impact tension-and-release
Words by Jason Lee. Cover photo by Rita Iovine. READER’S NOTE #1: If you prefer interviews with Cool Brooklyn Musicians complete with song-by-song breakdowns of thier latest recorded […]
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Darkest before Dawn: Brooklyn-based Maŕa’s boundary-breaking experimental LP
Photos by Juan B. Cano / Words by Willa Rudolph Brooklyn based electronic ambient singer / multi-hyphenate artist Maŕa releases 6-track LP Dawn today, April 10th, under her […]
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Sophomore LP by Phantom Wave “Bonfire Secrets” sets high-water mark for oceanic shoegaze fusion
Words by Jason Lee On their second full-length release, namely Bonfire Secrets which came out this past Friday on Shore Dive Records, Brooklyn-based shoegazers Phantom Wave live up […]
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Blue is the Coldest Color in Gun’s New Music Video for “Lovingly”
Words by Willa Rudolph NYC mates & band members of local neu-metal / pop-punk / emo group Gun put out music video for their single “Lovingly” on Friday, […]
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Incendiary NYC Noise Rockers Couch Slut’s New Lyric Video for Single “The Donkey (Abridged)”
Photo Credit: Joseph Bone + Tahir Carl Karmali / Words by Willa Rudolph Renowned NYC noise rockers Couch Slut recently put out an explosive lyric video for their […]
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PHOTO/ESSAY: House of Feelings get transactional at TV Eye release party for I’m Going To Marry Your Dad’s “The Friendship Song”
Friendship isn’t something you can feel or seeSo what can your friendship do for me? Photos by Loren Lenox. Words by Jason Lee and Georgia Pettit. While we are not […]