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Artists Rise Against Islamophobia | Featuring New Music From Heems
Heems, Hamilton Leithauser, Mac DeMarco, Khruangbin, and more will be featured on a brand new compilation called Philia: Artists Rise...
Eyukaliptus – DIRTY 45’s
Oh it’s dirty alright, warbling keys, tapematic-stampling set to boom-bap that truly bounces with jubilance–that’s Eyukaliptus in a nutshell on...
Vinny Vegas Show Preview 7/29 At Pianos | The Last Great East Coast Post-Emo Band
For anyone who’s just moved to New York in the last decade, you likely aren’t as familiar the what post emo even means. Emo surely rings a bell, but it’s likely not a compliment in your musical lexicon, maybe Taking...
Resisting Gentrification, Rezoning and Displacement in East Harlem | The Harlem Art Collective
The following feature comes from a brilliant NYC street art focused blog called Street Art NYC, “A range of artworks...
Show Preview + Exclusive Premiere | Arthur Moon, Hite, Raia Was
If you haven’t become familiar with the following artists and musicians, i’d be happy to say they’re not only playing...
Swet Shop Boys Mythologized With Trump’s Muslim Ban Efforts
The Supreme Court is allowing President Donald Trump to forge ahead with a limited version of his ban on travel from six Muslim majority countries into the United States, before an October case will settle the matter once and for...
The Bodega No One Remembers
(First published on Before It’s Gone Take It Back) There’s a bodega no one remembers. But I remember, I remember it...
Happy Birthday, Brother Malcolm An Op-Ed by Andre Henry
When white people want to shame me, they invoke his name. (The following is a guest article written by award-winning...
Koby Williamson – Hell IV
This is what it sounds like when you transcend the noise in your head. This is the sound of when the noise outside your window blends with everything else. This is the balance between doing too much and not trying,...
Nahsym Kalif | G.R.E.E.N Lp
Nahsym Kalif | G . R . E . E . N Lp Nahsym Kalif is an MC I’m super...
Ned Bigby | Attic Nights | Comes From Budding Hip Hop Genre Lofi
Ned Bigby’s ‘Attic Nights’ Comes From The Budding Hip Hop Genre Called Lofi “I’ve been making beats since high school, in...
What It’s Like Being In a Massive Protest With A Marching Band | ElevtrTrax Exclusive Video
The Sounds Of Revolution In Lower Manhattan a few nights ago, thousands had gathered at Foley Square to protest Donald Trump’s Muslim majority immigration ban. As the cold air was biting the huddled masses drew strength by cheering in unison,...
ElevtrTrax Presents 100 Protests Songs | Rise, Revolt, Resist!
Rise, Revolt, Resist! • We understand many folks are at a protest nearly every day: good! But “no revolution has...
Foresthgk – a 60ºday
Foresthgk’s debut album delivers a phonetic sound for the world of electronica with a sense of humanity. I love the...
Our Top 10 People-led Grass Roots Organizations In New York City For 2016
Our Top 10 People-led Grass Roots Organizations In New York City Keep your eyes on big brother New York, and use the tools you have! I’ll list some ways we can divest and re-invest our money from Trojan Horse businesses,...
The Artists, Event Series, & Music Blogs We Loved In 2016
The Artists, Event Series, & Music Blogs We Loved In 2016 This year we published 1,116 blog posts, covered 58...
Ocean Music | Wake EP | Premiere
Ocean Music | Wake EP | Premiere Alt-rock band Ocean Music is a project started by Richard Aufrichtig that has completely...
Boytoy | When The Night Falls (The Eye’s Cover) | Premiere
Boytoy | When The Night Falls (The Eye’s Cover) | Premiere “I forgot where I first heard this song, but when I did I was totally entranced. It was one of the sexiest songs I’d ever heard.” –Saara Untracht-OaknerNYC trio...
Tycho | New Division Release + Remixes
Tycho | New Division Release + Remixes The latest from ambient pioneering group Tycho continues their long journey in the...
Twig Twig | 1’s and 2’s | Premiere
Twig Twig | 1’s and 2’s | Premiere “I thought that we could weather anything, whether crippled whether glistening.” –...
The Olympians Self-titled Debut | Amongst Best Instrumental Soul Of 2016
The Olympians Self-titled Debut | Amongst Best Instrumental Soul Of 2016 Fresh off the grill comes the full release of The Olympians debut self-titled album. Who are the The Olympians you wonder? Well, it’s actually a bunch of bands, a...
A Bunch Of Dead People | Your Eternal Reward | Premiere
A Bunch Of Dead People | Your Eternal Reward | Premiere A Bunch Of Dead People is the Brooklyn-based high...
Blame Candy | When I Was Cool | Premiere
Blame Candy | When I Was Cool | Premiere There’s something powerful about what spawns from the ashes of a...
Chrome Sparks – All Or Nothing (Feat Angelica Bess)
Chrome Sparks – All Or Nothing (Feat Angelica Bess) “All Or Nothing” is the latest from newly Brooklyn-based Chrome Sparks that has so many personalties you’d wonder how’d they all got along. Luckily for this talented artist/producer the glitchy Gameboy-tones,...
Psnashi – Transient – Review
Pnahsi is the tsunami of experimental DJ and sample based poetry in motion. His debut EP Transient features 7 tracks...
Bring Prudence – Coal Miner’s Son – Premiere
Bring Prudence | Coal Miner’s Son Premiere The melancholic track you’re about to hear, amounts to something like opening a...
Khüdósoul – To The Heir
Khüdósoul | To The Heir Khüdósoul’s debut takes me back to all the great things i’ve felt owning a full-length hip hop record. But To The Heir, takes us on a journey through genres and sounds well beyond one identity. It’s sprinkled...