#Brooklyn bands

ARTIST OF THE MONTHScam Avenue

In case you missed it, we premiered a really rad EP earlier this month, from Brooklyn's Scam Avenue. But we felt you deserved more, and are hereby declaring the dark electro-pop trio our Artist of the Month. As most miracles happen in New York, they met through Craig's List. The rest is well,...

Sophie Saint Thomas

ALBUM REVIEWParquet Courts “Sunbathing Animal”

Following their highly acclaimed 2012 album Light Up Gold, Brooklyn-based punks Parquet Courts delve into something more disembodied and fragmented in Sunbathing Animal, out June 3 via What’s Your Rupture? and Mom + Pop Music. Their sound is essentially the same – still plenty of the lively guitars...

Teta Alim

TRACK OF THE WEEK 12/23 "Ambien"

"Don't wake me up," howls Blank Paper's lead vocalist, Marie Kim, on their new track "Ambien." It's not a track that will put you to sleep in the least; instead, it's more likely to hypnotize you with its sharp beats and bombastic percussion. You, too, won't want to be woken up from this electronic...

Raquel Dalarossa

ALBUM REVIEWCruel Optimist

It’s a rare but exciting thing when you can tell you’re going to like an album within the first few seconds of listening to it; like getting a small gift when you’re least expecting it. Hearing the punchy electric guitar riff and Lauren Denitzio’s raw vocals laid atop a bedrock of noisy pop-punk in...

Raquel Dalarossa

EP REVIEWIOLA

Brooklyn-based quartet Iola recently released their four-track self-titled EP, and I have to say it's a solid collection of songs. The band's sound is consistent throughout, and it possesses no distinguishing feature anyone could dislike. That being said, it ventures on the safe side of new music,...

Madison Bloom