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Automatic are an LA post-punk three piece composed of Izzy Glaudini on synths/vocals, Lola Dompé on drums/vocals, and Halle Saxon on bass/vocals. Their 2019 debut record Signal sounds like Suicide and Broadcast formed a supergroup to play at the end of a David Lynch film. I spent a month in LA last...
Artists are expected to pump out content non-stop now that most of the connection with their audience is digital. Twitch variety streamer SaraJazz got a head start toeing the line between content creation and musicianship after switching from full time touring to streaming in 2018, back when most...
Photo Credit: Jennifer Medina Honduras are long-standing Brooklyn hometown heroes. Since 2012, they've recorded tons of catchy '70s influenced power pop tunes that ooze with New York City lore, and have filmed many of their own music videos. They've played hundreds of shows in Brooklyn DIY spaces,...
Purple Witch of Culver is a new collaboration between baritone saxophonist, vocalist, poet and activist Sarah Safaie, and producer/multi instrumentalist Evan Taylor. Both Safaie and Taylor have spent a lot of time in the NYC music scene, but began their project after making their Westward migration...
Photo Credit: Ali Nugent Long Neck is the solo endeavor of New Jerseyan Lily Mastrodimos; the name comes from Mastrodimo's love of dinosaurs, and the band's records serve as methodical archives of her evolution as a person and musician. Their sophomore LP World's Strongest Dog, which was...
Existence130 is Dora Day, a Minnesotan multi-instrumentalist live looper and improv artist who streams three days a week on Twitch for 6-9 hours. She has been a regular music streamer for two years, honing her improvisation skills in front of her Twitch community. Dora Day "live learns" songs on...
photo credit: Dustyn Hiett Ember Knight is a cult figure for all ages. The LA-based filmmaker, comedian and musician stretches their boundaries to create a playful and sometimes terrifying world where they can express all sides of themselves. Their sophomore album CHERYL, a ballet rock opera album,...
Safe Space Sessions is a Miami, FL based collective that are banning together to create safer spaces for both their performers and audience. They have been organizing live-streams since September to raise funds for different organizations and provide a safe haven for anyone involved in the music...
If you can picture Joan Jett fronting The Ramones while drinking a cola-flavored Slurpee at a record shop you'll have an idea what to expect from Hayley and The Crushers. The power-pop surf-punk trio hail from San Louis Obispo, California and are fronted by Haley "Crusher" Cain alongside her...
A few months after the initial shock of shows and tours being postponed indefinitely, I discovered Twitch. Twitch is primarily a streaming app for gamers, but it has a growing music and performing arts section with a swirling vortex of supportive creative energy. It's more like an interactive music...
It's no question the past four years have drastically changed our lives, and alt-country staple Lydia Loveless is no exception. Last Friday (9/25) marked the release of Loveless' first album in 4 years, titled Daughter. The making of the record coincided with the parting from longstanding label...
Shelley Thomas composes and produces lush orchestral arrangements that she has dubbed "world chamber pop." She has figuratively and physically gone around the world with her compositions, traveling to 17 countries and studied with over 40 music teachers that have influenced her style that melds...
cumgirl8 are neon goths making intraterrestrial post-punk tunes. The collaborative power of Lida Fox on bass, Veronika Vilim on guitar, and Chase Noelle on drums creates a sound both calculated and chaotic, drawing inspiration from The Slits, Diplo, and even video game soundtracks. Their...
We are excited to be featuring an in-person, socially distant event for the first time since March! Arts For Arts, an NYC organization that is dedicated to the promotion and advancement of Free Jazz is hosting Artist for a Free World Protest Concert Series September 12th at The Clemente, La Plaza...
Photo Credit: David Fearn Looking to unblock your pineal gland with some otherworldly guidance this fall? You're in luck! Los Angeles proto-punk psych-rock band Death Valley Girls will open your third eye with their new space gospel soaked record Under the Spell of Joy due out October 2nd. Dipping...
Oceanator is the Brooklyn-based solo project of Elise Okusami, who writes honest grunge-pop tunes that range from solo acoustic folk to synth pop. Okusami's current live band includes Andrew Whitehurst and Anthony Richards, but her newest record Things I Never Said (released today!), also features...
Behind the screen, so much of the live show magic can be lost, but when I saw BL Shirelle during the Die Jim Crow Records P.P.E. Into Prisons Zoom benefit I couldn't look away. Her energy was so palpable it felt like we were in the same room together. BL Shirelle is a Philadelphia-based hip-hop...
When Mia Berrin was only 15, she saw a sweatshirt emblazoned with the words "Pom Pom Squad" and the name stuck with her as she began to write songs during her senior year of high school in Orlando, Florida. Now a staple of the Brooklyn scene, Berrin's band Pom Pom Squad is filled out by Mari Alé...
Photo Credit: Carlo Minchillo Mike Borchardt, frontman of Brooklyn DIY punk outfit Nihiloceros, is a stellar show-goer. He is always stage-side, taking photos and promoting every show happening that week on his band's social media accounts. From the looks of Instagram, he has taken the transition...
Photo Credit: Jeanette D Moses PowerSnap is a Brooklyn by way of Tel Aviv three-piece punk band that embodies the pure spirit of weirdo rock n roll. The trio is lead by Romi Hanoch (who also sings in Ghost Funk Orchestra) on guitar/vocals with her high school best friend and bassist Noga "Nogi"...
Photo by Carla Maldonado @carlamaldonado x @somad.studio Hnry Flwr is Brooklyn's musical guru guiding us towards the mystery and beauty of the infinite void. Hnry Flwr is the musical project of David Van Witt, and he has quite the origin story - his first impression of this world was living in a...
Welcome to our weekly show recommendation column RSVP HERE. Due to live show cancellations we will be covering virtual live music events and festivals. Photo Credit: Devon Bristol Shaw When I was a teenager THICK would have been my favorite band just as much as they're one of my favorite band's...
Photo Credit: Come Here Floyd Has your shadow self been hanging heavy in the past weeks? Now that we don't have our regular routine to keep us in line, all the feelings have been rearing their awful heads. New Jersey-based psychedelic trio Francie Moon wrote and filmed the music video for "Feel All...
Welcome to our weekly show recommendation column RSVP HERE. Due to live show cancellations we will be covering virtual live music events and festivals. If you’re thinking of learning a new exotic instrument and/or how to become an electronic music producer while in lockdown, look no further than...
Welcome to our weekly show recommendation column RSVP HERE. Due to live show cancellations we will be covering virtual live music events and festivals. More solo endeavors are sprouting up now that many musicians have been left separated from their bands due to social distancing. Most recently,...
Welcome to our weekly show recommendation column RSVP HERE. Due to live show cancellations we will be covering virtual live music events and festivals. Photo by Angelyn Toncray This week marks the one-month anniversary of most COVID-19 lock downs in the US and everything that came along with that....
Welcome to our weekly show recommendation column RSVP HERE. Due to live show cancellations we will be covering virtual live music events and festivals. SUO is the solo project of artist and musician Saara Untracht-Oakner that came to fruition after 15 years of songwriting and a decade of touring....
Welcome to our weekly show recommendation column RSVP HERE. Due to live show cancellations we will be covering virtual live music events and festivals. Photo Credit: Michelle LoBianco / @brooklynelitist Shadow Monster is the solo project of Gillian Visco, a staple of the Brooklyn music scene since...
Welcome to our weekly show recommendation column RSVP HERE. Due to live show cancellations in the coming weeks we will be covering virtual live music events and festivals. photo by Chris Britton In the last few weeks there has been an unprecedented amount of live shows, tours and festival...
Welcome to our weekly show recommendation column RSVP HERE: LA Edition– your source for the best shows and interviews with some of our favorite local live bands. For the month of February we will be featuring LA shows! Mamalarky are fuzzy jazzy indie darlings who relocated from Austin to Los...
Welcome to our weekly show recommendation column RSVP HERE: LA Edition– your source for the best shows and interviews with some of our favorite local live bands. For the month of February we will be featuring LA shows! Katy Davidson is the prolific singer-songwriter behind the indie pop band Dear...
Welcome to our weekly show recommendation column RSVP HERE: LA Edition– your source for the best shows and interviews with some of our favorite local live band. For the month of February we will be featuring LA shows! Draag is a shoegaze band from Sylmar, California who create...
Welcome to our weekly show recommendation column RSVP HERE – your source for the best NYC shows and interviews with some of our favorite local live bands. Catty is a Brooklyn band lottery success story. After their names were drawn out of a hat, they quickly churned out a couple songs to play at a...
Welcome to our weekly show recommendation column RSVP HERE – your source for the best NYC shows and interviews with some of our favorite local live bands. If J Mascis and Shania Twain started a band together after Armageddon, it would sound like Drug Couple - an actual couple, Becca and Miles, who...
After 152 shows touring this year with my three projects – Sharkmuffin, Gustaf, and Gesserit – here are my picks for the best DIY promoters, collectives and venues of 2019! We chatted with everyone about their best shows and overall reflections from 2019. Jake Sprecher / Duffy's Tavern (Chico, CA)...
Welcome to our weekly show recommendation column RSVP HERE – your source for the best NYC shows and interviews with some of our favorite local live bands. photo credit: Michael Amaral I first heard about Bad Waitress from a friend who described their live set as "a 100mph party train ride," and...
Welcome to our weekly show recommendation column RSVP HERE – your source for the best NYC shows and interviews with some of our favorite local live bands. After seeing Godcaster for the first time, I imagined they all grew up together on a purple mountain surrounded by space dragons on one of...
Below is our list of the Hardest Working DIY Touring bands of 2019 keeping the DIY dream alive! Photo by Lisa Foldenauer Thompson Lung (Cincinnati, OH) 157 Shows Cincinnati rock duo Lung sound HUGE. With only an electric cello, drums and vocals, they have a sludgy post-rock sound that could fit...
Welcome to our weekly show recommendation column RSVP HERE – your source for the best NYC shows and interviews with some of our favorite local live bands. New Myths are a Brooklyn-based alt rock power pop trio comprised of Brit Boras (guitar/lead vocals), Rosie Slater (drums/vocals), and Marina...
Welcome to our weekly show recommendation column RSVP HERE – your source for the best NYC shows and interviews with some of our favorite local live bands. This week we've doubled up and listed the best shows from 12/20-New Years! My favorite show of 2019 was Combo Chimbita at Ace of Cups in...
New York wouldn't be New York without its creative community. And yet, even with this long-standing cultural identity, it's incredibly difficult to open an event space with all the required licenses and permits. On top of this, New York's rate of gentrification prices out venues and show-goers,...
Welcome to our weekly show recommendation column RSVP HERE – your source for the best NYC shows and interviews with some of our favorite local live bands. Lola Pistola does not plan on stopping anytime soon. With a raw energetic live show that's not to be missed, Lola Pistola debuted their grunge...
Welcome to our weekly show recommendation column RSVP HERE - your source for the best NYC shows and interviews with some of our favorite local live bands. photo by Kevin Condon My first impression of Mattie Safer, bassist/frontman of the new disco-punk project Safer, is that he has a much calmer...
Welcome to our weekly show recommendation column RSVP HERE - your source for the best NYC shows and interviews with some of our favorite local live bands. The So So Glos are the quintessential New York City punk rock band. Formed in 2007 in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn by brothers Alex and Ryan Levine with...
Welcome to our weekly show recommendation column RSVP HERE - your source for the best NYC shows and interviews with some of our favorite local live bands. Bethlehem Steel released their sophomore self-titled record on Exploding in Sound Records September 13th and have been on tour since. They are...
My Les Paul Jenna Nelson repaired after I destroyed it on my first U.K. tour The best way to prevent the inevitable panic attack of your gear failing while on the road is to be prepared. When you use your gear every day in volatile environments with varying weather conditions and sobriety levels,...
Welcome to our weekly show recommendation column RSVP HERE - your source for the best NYC shows and interviews with some of our favorite local live bands. Fresh New York City transplant and DIY queen Vanessa Silberman is playing at The Broadway this Thursday 11/21 with Nihiloceros, Top Nachos, and...
Welcome to our weekly show recommendation column RSVP HERE - your source for the best NYC shows and interviews with some of our favorite local live bands. Providence, Rhode Island rockers GYMSHORTS join Dune Rats on a couple dates of their tour, including this Tuesday 11/12 at Rough Trade....
Welcome to our new weekly show recommendation column RSVP HERE - your source for the best NYC shows and interviews with some of our favorite local live bands. This week A Deer A Horse are supporting The Art Gray Noizz Quintet featuring Lydia Lunch for one of Brooklyn Bazaar’s final shows. The Art...
Touring is eventful and exciting, but the days eventually begin to blend together. Venues and bands blur, and people’s names are the last thing that will stick in your mind. It’s best to appoint a member of the band to take photos and/or journal your time on the road, or even bring along a tour...