Shows

Quasi, Bat Fangs @ TV Eye

by | 03/21/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

Quasi at TV Eye (photo by Amanda Meth)   If you were at the sold out Quasi and Bat Fangs show at TV Eye this past Thursday, March 16th, there...

Daddy Long Legs, Brower @ Sultan Room

by | 03/15/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

DADDY LONG LEGS at The Sultan Room (photo by Kevin McGann)   New York City’s own DADDY LONG LEGS brought their brand of blues infused rock to...

Frida Kill, Perennial, Beeyotch @ Purgatory

by | 03/14/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

Frida Kill at Purgatory (photo by Kate Hoos)   The perfect bill for a show doesn't exi....wait a minute....Beeyotch, Perennial and Frida Kill...

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, White Hills @ Saint Vitus

by | 03/14/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs at Saint Vitus (photo by Kate Hoos)   This past Saturday night, Greenpoint Brooklyn’s heavy music haven, Saint...

Deep Sea Peach Tree @ Pianos

by | 03/13/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

Deep Sea Peach Tree at Pianos (photo by Kyle Ostrander)   Last Friday, Deep Sea Peach Tree closed out night three of the New Colossus Festival...

Bard’s Flying Vessel, Heat Death, Peter Is Dead @ Alphaville

by | 03/09/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

Bard’s Flying Vessel at Alphaville (photo by Kevin McGann)   This past weekend, Brooklyn’s own Bard’s Flying Vessel released their awesome new...

Weyes Blood, Molly Lewis @ Brooklyn Steel

by | 03/08/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

Weyes Blood at Brooklyn Steel (photo by Emilio Herce)   About halfway through the first of her two sold-out dates at Brooklyn Steel on March...

The Beths, Sidney Gish @ Brooklyn Steel

by | 03/06/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

The Beths at Brooklyn Steel (photo by Ray Rusinak)   When posed with the prospect of doing a writeup on last Thursday’s sold out The Beths show...

Big Thief, Buck Meek @ Brooklyn Steel

by | 03/03/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

Big Thief at Brooklyn Steel (photo by Emilio Herce)   Big Thief performed a sold-out hometown show on March 1st at Brooklyn Steel, the...

Otoboke Beaver, Ratas En Zelo @ LPR

by | 03/02/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

Otoboke Beaver at LPR (photo by Kate Hoos)   No one quite does it like Otoboke Beaver, the whipsmart punk quartet from Kyoto. Their intense and...

Ammar Farooki @ Rockwood Music Hall

by | 03/02/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

Ammar Farooki at Rockwood Music Hall (photo by Kevin McGann)   This past weekend, singer songwriter Ammar Farooki brought his gift of song to...

Geese, TAGABOW, Chanel Beads @ Mercury Lounge

by | 02/28/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

Geese at Mercury Lounge (photo by Kevin McGann)   It’s hard to believe Brooklyn’s own Geese hadn’t played a show since August before this past...

Valentine’s Village of Love 2023 @ TV Eye

by | 02/27/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

Valentine's Village of Love at TV Eye (photo by Kevin McGann)   On Valentine's Day there was plenty of love in the air for those in attendance...

Gilla Band, Pure Adult @ Brooklyn Made

by | 02/27/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

Gilla Band at Brooklyn Made (photo by Leah Bouchier-Hayes)   Tuesday February 21st saw Irish band Gilla Band (formerly known as Girl Band) take...

Elliott Fullam, Joe Allocco, Screenager @ Mercury Lounge

by | 02/27/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

Elliott Fullam at Mercury Lounge (photo by Kyle Ostrander)   Last week, singer-songwriter Elliott Fullam brought his melodic and perfectly...

TDA, Pons, Venus Twins, Theophobia @ The Broadway

by | 02/22/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

Tits Dick Ass at The Broadway (photo by Kate Hoos)   Love was in the air on Valentine's Day at The Broadway. Love of noise, love of punk, love...

Screaming Females, Laura Stevenson, Gel, Catbite @ White Eagle Hall

by | 02/21/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

Screaming Females at White Eagle Hall (photo by Ray Rusinak)   Screaming Females began throwing their annual Garden Party in 2016 at WFMU’s...

FACS, Fine Place @ Union Pool

by | 02/16/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

FACS at Union Pool (photo by Brianna DiGioia)   FACS, the post-punk art rock band from Chicago, recently announced a brand new album, Still...

Gift, Hooveriii, Customer @ Baby’s All Right

by | 02/16/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

GIFT at Baby's All Right (photo by Kevin McGann)   Last year I discovered NYC’s GIFT when they opened for Frankie and the Witch Fingers and was...

A Deer A Horse, Venus Twins, Trace Amount, Shiverboard @ TV Eye

by | 02/13/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

A Deer A Horse at TV Eye (photo by Kate Hoos)   "It's been a bit of a weird week, anyone else having a weird week?" asked Angela Phillips, lead...

Angel Olsen, Erin Rae @ Bearsville Theater

by | 02/13/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

Angel Olsen at Bearsville Theater (photo by Emilio Herce)   On Wednesday, February 8th, Angel Olsen performed at Woodstock's Bearsville...

MJ Lenderman and the Wind, Florry, Trace Mountains @ Market Hotel

by | 02/09/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

MJ Lenderman at Market Hotel (photo by Ray Rusinak)   Truth be told, I had extremely high expectations for this MJ Lenderman show on Tuesday...

Mac Saturn, Billy Tibbals @ Racket

by | 02/08/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

Mac Saturn at Racket (photo by Kevin McGann)   This past weekend, Racket NYC was transported back to the rocking glam 70’s thanks to the...

Dry Cleaning, Spirit of the Beehive, Nourished By Time @ Pioneer Works

by | 02/07/2023 | Shows | 1 Comment

Dry Cleaning at Pioneer Works (photo by Leah Bouchier-Hayes)   On Thursday February 2nd 2023, Dry Cleaning wrapped up their North American tour...

The Men, Licks, The Follies, Sugar Milk @ Saint Vitus

by | 02/06/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

The Men at Saint Vitus (photo by Ray Rusinak)   I came to know of the band The Men via their 2014 album, Tomorrow’s Hits, which I had no idea...

Ted Leo, Tami Hart @ Union Pool

by | 02/01/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

Ted Leo at Union Pool (photo by Ray Rusinak)   Williamsburg music venue, Union Pool, has been hosting a weekly free concert series every...

Namesake, Tea Eater, Modern Flame, Nara’s Room @ The Broadway

by | 01/30/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

Tea Eater at The Broadway (photo by Kate Hoos)   The raucous art/noise punk band, Tea Eater (feat. members of Gustaf, Baby...

Caravela, North By North, Desert Sharks @ Elsewhere Zone One

by | 01/27/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

Caravela at Elsewhere Zone One (photo by Kate Hoos)   Long live the early week night show! We were thrilled to catch an early evening at...

Downtown Boys, Oceanator @ Union Pool

by | 01/25/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

Downtown Boys at Union Pool (photo by Kate Hoos)   On Tuesday, January 25th, long running political dance punk band, Downtown Boys, and...

Nick Hakim, June McDoom @ Brooklyn Steel

by | 01/24/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

Nick Hakim at Brooklyn Steel (photo by Emilio Herce)   The Queens-based alternative soul singer Nick Hakim cast a seductive spell over an...

Frida Kill, Leathered, Raisalka, War Violet @ TV Eye

by | 01/24/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

Frida Kill at TV Eye (photo by Kate Hoos)   A rock n roll show on a school night (or any night) sounds like my kind of good time. This was also...

We Are Scientists, Public Practice @ Brooklyn Made

by | 01/23/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

We Are Scientists at Brooklyn Made (photo by Kevin McGann)   This past Friday, 1/20/23, long running New York City based band We Are Scientists...

Kississippi, Highnoon, Jane Lai @ Baby’s All Right

by | 01/20/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

Kississippi at Baby's All Right (photo by Amanda Meth)   This past Sunday, January 15th, I got to ring in my first show of 2023 with the tender...

They Might Be Giants @ Bowery Ballroom

by | 01/17/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

They Might Be Giants at Bowery Ballroom (photo by Kate Hoos)   In 1990, They Might Be Giants released their third album, Flood, on Elektra...

Tomberlin, Palehound @ Baby’s All Right

by | 01/16/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

Tomberlin at Baby's All Right (photo by Ellen Qbertplaya)   Last month, Tomberlin and Palehound had scheduled two shows at Baby’s All Right...

WORLDSUCKS, RBNX, Phantom Sleeze, IceBox Cake @ Avalon Lounge

by | 01/12/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

WORLDSUCKS at Avalon Lounge (photo by Kate Hoos)   I shot my first show of 2023 and I'm more than thrilled that it was a DIY show in a dive...

Patti Smith @ Brooklyn Steel

by | 01/02/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

Patti Smith at Brooklyn Steel (photo by Emilio Herce)   Patti Smith is a living legend, and I came to love her art—as I suspect a good number...

Wet Leg, Sasami @ Webster Hall

by | 12/23/2022 | Shows | 0 Comments

Wet Leg at Webster Hall (photo by Emilio Herce)   Wet Leg returned to NYC last week to perform four sold-out shows at Webster Hall, Bowery...

Jeff Rosenstock & Laura Stevenson, Gladie @ Bowery Ballroom

by | 12/21/2022 | Shows | 0 Comments

Jeff Rosenstock and Laura Stevenson at Bowery Ballroom (photo by Ray Rusinak)   It was November 2019 when Jeff (Rosenstock) and Laura...

Foals @ Terminal 5

by | 12/19/2022 | Shows | 0 Comments

Foals at Terminal 5 (photo by Ellen Qbertplaya)   Friday night 12/16 saw the return of British rock band Foals to New York. The band hadn’t...

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Features/Lists/News 

Weekly Show Listing 3/27-4/2/23

by | 03/27/2023 | Features | 0 Comments

  Looking for a good show in NYC? Well here you go! We’ve got a nice big list of what is going on this week, shows that we are excited about...

Video Premiere- RONI “Don’t Look At Me Like That”

by | 03/23/2023 | Features | 0 Comments

RONI- "Don't Look At Me Like That"   After moving to New York City in 2010 from her native Jerusalem, singer, songwriter, and guitarist RONI...

Interview with Desert Sharks

by | 03/22/2023 | Features | 0 Comments

Desert Sharks (photo by Jessica Gurewitz)   Full Time Aesthetic sat down with Brooklyn’s own doom punk band, Desert Sharks, to chat about their...

New Colossus Fest 2023

by | 03/20/2023 | Features | 0 Comments

Adwaith at New Colossus Fest (photo by Ray Rusinak)   The New Colossus Festival hit the Lower East Side recently for their annual showcase and...

Video Premiere- Crazy & the Brains “Open Eyes”

by | 03/17/2023 | Features | 0 Comments

Crazy & the Brains "Open Eyes"   Raucous Bayonne NJ based indie-punks Crazy & the Brains made a name for themselves with their...

Q & A with Ammar Farooki

by | 03/08/2023 | Features | 0 Comments

Ammar Farooki (photo by Kevin McGann)   Ammar Farooki is a singer-songwriter based out of Brooklyn, NY. But his story is much bigger than that....

FTA’s Bandcamp Friday Picks March 2023

by | 03/03/2023 | Features | 0 Comments

  Hello and welcome to FTA’s list of what we are excited for this Bandcamp Friday, aka every music nerds favorite day! A bunch of us weighed in...

Tami Hart- Sorry For Your Heart

by | 03/01/2023 | Features | 0 Comments

Thanks for Saying Hi (photo by Elizabeth Orr)   Tami Hart has always had a knack for writing plaintive songs that pull at your heartstrings....

FTA’s Favorite Two Piece Bands

by | 02/28/2023 | Features | 0 Comments

  I’ve always had an affinity for two piece bands partly because I’ve always loved the spartan nature of it and I also love seeing/hearing how...

Q & A with Perennial

by | 02/23/2023 | Features | 0 Comments

Perennial (photo courtesy of the band)   Perennial hails from New England and makes intense, chaotic and beautiful noisy experimental art punk....

Bratmobile Is Back!

by | 02/22/2023 | Features | 0 Comments

Bratmobile (photo courtesy of the artist)   Bratmobile, the seminal feminist punk band, hasn't performed together publicly in over 20 years....

Video Premiere- Desert Sharks “Sleepy Pie”

by | 02/22/2023 | Features | 0 Comments

Desert Sharks (photo by Julia Durr)   Desert Sharks, the long running gloomy grunge punks from Brooklyn recently announced a brand new EP, The...

“Give Up” Track By Track

by | 02/20/2023 | Features | 0 Comments

  Sometimes the passage of time feels so slow and yet so fast, so infinite, so undefinable. I am perhaps feeling that more than ever now that...

Botch Announce Reunion Tour

by | 02/16/2023 | Features | 0 Comments

  Math metal greats, Botch (which features members who went on to be in Russian Circles, Minus the Bear, These Arms Are Snakes and others),...

Gonerfest Announces Initial Lineup

by | 02/13/2023 | Features | 0 Comments

Gonerfest 20 initial lineup   Gonerfest, which bills itself as "the best weekend of the year courtesy of Goner Records," will hold the 20th...

Sunday Brunch 004

by | 02/12/2023 | Features | 0 Comments

  There’s so much going on in any given week in the music press/world of pop culture/the world at large that I can’t possibly keep up with it...

Los Bitchos announce US tour dates

by | 02/09/2023 | Features | 0 Comments

Los Bitchos (photo by Kate Hoos)   Joyous news! Los Bitchos, the tequila fueled Cumbia/psych party band and FTA favs, will soon be back in the...

Squid announce new album, share first single

by | 02/08/2023 | Features | 0 Comments

Squid (photo by Studio UJ)   UK post punk band Squid have announced a brand new album, O Monolith, which is the follow up to their stellar 2021...

Scowl announce new EP, share first single “Opening Night”

by | 02/08/2023 | Features | 0 Comments

Scowl (photo by Alice Baxley)   Santa Cruz hardcore greats Scowl have been very busy the last few years. They released their awesome debut...

Levitate Music and Arts Festival announces 2023 lineup

by | 02/08/2023 | Features | 0 Comments

  Levitate Music and Arts Festival is returning on July 7-9 in Marshfield, MA and this year marks their 10th anniversary as a music and arts...

Reviews

Single Serve 036

by | 03/24/2023 | Reviews | 0 Comments

  Hi! Hello! Here we are with some bite sized goodies and a taste of a some new things that we dug that came out in the last week (ish), quick...

Single Serve 035

by | 03/17/2023 | Reviews | 0 Comments

  Hi! Hello! Here we are with some bite sized goodies and a taste of a some new things that we dug that came out in the last week (ish), quick...

Release Roundup 3/10/23

by | 03/10/2023 | Reviews | 0 Comments

  Each week a ton of new music comes out, and between our weekly singles column that gets posted every Friday, and the full album reviews...

Single Serve 034

by | 03/10/2023 | Reviews | 0 Comments

  Hi! Hello! Here we are with some bite sized goodies and a taste of a some new things that we dug that came out in the last week (ish), quick...

The Grasping Straws- Patterns

by | 03/08/2023 | Reviews | 0 Comments

The Grasping Straws- Patterns   “Keep your arms and legs inside the spaceship. Try to keep your head straight. Enjoy the trip.”  Inspired by...

Release Roundup 3/3/23

by | 03/03/2023 | Reviews | 0 Comments

  Each week a ton of new music comes out, and between our weekly singles column that gets posted every Friday, and the full album reviews...

Single Serve 033

by | 03/03/2023 | Reviews | 0 Comments

  Hi! Hello! Here we are with some bite sized goodies and a taste of a some new things that we dug that came out in the last week (ish), quick...

Whenwolves- Recon for the Weirdos

by | 03/03/2023 | Reviews | 0 Comments

Whenwolves Recon for the Weirdos   I’ve been a long time fan of Bobby Lewis’s art-sound musical-projects-turned-bands, most recently the now...

Ron Gallo- Foreground Music

by | 03/03/2023 | Reviews | 0 Comments

Ron Gallo Foreground Music   I listened to Ron Gallo’s Foreground Music on repeat today while hustling around New York City for the various...

Fixtures- Hollywood Dog

by | 03/02/2023 | Reviews | 0 Comments

Fixtures- Hollywood Dog (art by K. Liakos)   After years of homemade tapes and EPs, Brooklyn mainstays Fixtures have finally dropped a full...

Horrible Timing- Late To The Party

by | 03/02/2023 | Reviews | 0 Comments

Horrible Timing Late To The Party (art by Amber Lewis)   Following their first two singles, Brooklyn's own Horrible Timing is back with their...

Screaming Females- Desire Pathway

by | 02/26/2023 | Reviews | 0 Comments

Screaming Females Desire Pathway   On February 17, 2023, beloved New Jersey heavyweights Screaming Females released their eighth full-length...

Release Roundup 2/24/23

by | 02/24/2023 | Reviews | 0 Comments

  Each week a ton of new music comes out, and between our weekly singles column that gets posted every Friday, and the full album reviews...

Single Serve 032

by | 02/24/2023 | Reviews | 0 Comments

  Hi! Hello! Here we are with some bite sized goodies and a taste of a some new things that we dug that came out in the last week (ish), quick...

Death Valley Girls- Islands In The Sky

by | 02/24/2023 | Reviews | 0 Comments

Death Valley Girls- Islands In The Sky   If I’m feeling defeated or hopeless, there are few bands that can flip my mood as much as Death Valley...

Gina Birch- I Play My Bass Loud

by | 02/24/2023 | Reviews | 0 Comments

Gina Birch- I Play My Bass Loud   Gina Birch may be best known for co-founding the legendary post-punk band The Raincoats in 1977, but she has...

Miss Grit-Follow The Cyborg

by | 02/24/2023 | Reviews | 0 Comments

Miss Grit- Follow The Cyborg   Miss Grit is the project of New York-based musician Margaret Sohn, created "to function as an outlet for their...

Uncle Pizza- Frog Era

by | 02/24/2023 | Reviews | 0 Comments

Uncle Pizza- Frog Era   Originally the project of multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Nicole Harwayne, Uncle Pizza has expanded to a four...

Release Roundup 2/17/23

by | 02/17/2023 | Reviews | 0 Comments

  Each week a ton of new music comes out, and between our weekly singles column that gets posted every Friday, and the full album reviews...

Single Serve 031

by | 02/17/2023 | Reviews | 0 Comments

  Hi! Hello! Here we are with some bite sized goodies and a taste of a some new things that we dug that came out in the last week (ish), quick...

Art/Books/Movies/Random

The History of Heavy Metal Volume 3: The Golden Age of Thrash: Thrash and Crossover 1983-1991

by | 12/01/2022 | Random | 0 Comments

The History of Heavy Metal Volume 3: The Golden Age of Thrash: Thrash and Crossover 1983-1991   Rejoice metalheads: the newest entry in The...

NWoBHM and Beyond, The 80s Metal Explosion

by | 03/14/2022 | Random | 0 Comments

One of my favorite Bandcamp finds last year wasn’t music, but a delve into one of the greatest musical genres of all. A History of Heavy Metal is a...

Keith Haring: Radiant Vision @ Fenimore Art Museum

by | 09/10/2021 | Random | 0 Comments

Keith Haring: Radiant Vision at Fenimore Art Museum Cooperstown, NY.   Keith Haring is, and always has been, an icon. There is no other way to...

Take Back The Alley- Pop Up Art Show

by | 07/27/2021 | Random | 0 Comments

DIY comes in all forms, street art being one of the purest forms of it really, a visceral non digital form of social media* letting passersby into a...

Art Bitch

by | 07/25/2021 | Random | 0 Comments

Street Art- Manhattan, 2018 (artist unknown)   Full Time Aesthetic is a music blog! Yay music blog! I love writing about and featuring music...

The Undercroft

UC 005- Let’s Go Mets!

by | 04/15/2022 | Undercroft | 0 Comments

  Spring has arrived and with it the baseball season. It's a bit late this year, due to the lockout, but 162 games are in our future. The Mets...

UC 004- Hole – Pretty On The Inside

by | 09/15/2021 | Undercroft | 0 Comments

Hole- Pretty On The Inside LP September 17, 1991                                                                                                    ...

UC 003- Julien Baker/His Hero Is Gone

by | 08/04/2021 | Undercroft | 0 Comments

Full disclosure, this is a post about a t-shirt. I also wanted to give a little love to the album monuments to thieves by His Hero Is Gone, so yes...

UC 002- godheadsilo- thee friendship village e.p.

by | 06/20/2021 | Undercroft | 0 Comments

godheadsilo- thee friendship village e.p. Kill Rock Stars 211 7inch vinyl 1993   godheadsilo is one of those bands where I am right in the...

UC 001- Hello!

by | 06/15/2021 | Undercroft | 0 Comments

One of the things that was important to me when starting this blog was to give a space to write about some of the obscure and/or random music I have...

Shows

Quasi, Bat Fangs @ TV Eye

by | 03/21/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

Quasi at TV Eye (photo by Amanda Meth)   If you were at the sold out Quasi and Bat Fangs show at TV Eye this past Thursday, March 16th, there...

Daddy Long Legs, Brower @ Sultan Room

by | 03/15/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

DADDY LONG LEGS at The Sultan Room (photo by Kevin McGann)   New York City’s own DADDY LONG LEGS brought their brand of blues infused rock to...

Frida Kill, Perennial, Beeyotch @ Purgatory

by | 03/14/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

Frida Kill at Purgatory (photo by Kate Hoos)   The perfect bill for a show doesn't exi....wait a minute....Beeyotch, Perennial and Frida Kill...

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, White Hills @ Saint Vitus

by | 03/14/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs at Saint Vitus (photo by Kate Hoos)   This past Saturday night, Greenpoint Brooklyn’s heavy music haven, Saint...

Deep Sea Peach Tree @ Pianos

by | 03/13/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

Deep Sea Peach Tree at Pianos (photo by Kyle Ostrander)   Last Friday, Deep Sea Peach Tree closed out night three of the New Colossus Festival...

Bard’s Flying Vessel, Heat Death, Peter Is Dead @ Alphaville

by | 03/09/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

Bard’s Flying Vessel at Alphaville (photo by Kevin McGann)   This past weekend, Brooklyn’s own Bard’s Flying Vessel released their awesome new...

Weyes Blood, Molly Lewis @ Brooklyn Steel

by | 03/08/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

Weyes Blood at Brooklyn Steel (photo by Emilio Herce)   About halfway through the first of her two sold-out dates at Brooklyn Steel on March...

The Beths, Sidney Gish @ Brooklyn Steel

by | 03/06/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

The Beths at Brooklyn Steel (photo by Ray Rusinak)   When posed with the prospect of doing a writeup on last Thursday’s sold out The Beths show...

Big Thief, Buck Meek @ Brooklyn Steel

by | 03/03/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

Big Thief at Brooklyn Steel (photo by Emilio Herce)   Big Thief performed a sold-out hometown show on March 1st at Brooklyn Steel, the...

Otoboke Beaver, Ratas En Zelo @ LPR

by | 03/02/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

Otoboke Beaver at LPR (photo by Kate Hoos)   No one quite does it like Otoboke Beaver, the whipsmart punk quartet from Kyoto. Their intense and...

Ammar Farooki @ Rockwood Music Hall

by | 03/02/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

Ammar Farooki at Rockwood Music Hall (photo by Kevin McGann)   This past weekend, singer songwriter Ammar Farooki brought his gift of song to...

Geese, TAGABOW, Chanel Beads @ Mercury Lounge

by | 02/28/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

Geese at Mercury Lounge (photo by Kevin McGann)   It’s hard to believe Brooklyn’s own Geese hadn’t played a show since August before this past...

Valentine’s Village of Love 2023 @ TV Eye

by | 02/27/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

Valentine's Village of Love at TV Eye (photo by Kevin McGann)   On Valentine's Day there was plenty of love in the air for those in attendance...

Gilla Band, Pure Adult @ Brooklyn Made

by | 02/27/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

Gilla Band at Brooklyn Made (photo by Leah Bouchier-Hayes)   Tuesday February 21st saw Irish band Gilla Band (formerly known as Girl Band) take...

Elliott Fullam, Joe Allocco, Screenager @ Mercury Lounge

by | 02/27/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

Elliott Fullam at Mercury Lounge (photo by Kyle Ostrander)   Last week, singer-songwriter Elliott Fullam brought his melodic and perfectly...

TDA, Pons, Venus Twins, Theophobia @ The Broadway

by | 02/22/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

Tits Dick Ass at The Broadway (photo by Kate Hoos)   Love was in the air on Valentine's Day at The Broadway. Love of noise, love of punk, love...

Screaming Females, Laura Stevenson, Gel, Catbite @ White Eagle Hall

by | 02/21/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

Screaming Females at White Eagle Hall (photo by Ray Rusinak)   Screaming Females began throwing their annual Garden Party in 2016 at WFMU’s...

FACS, Fine Place @ Union Pool

by | 02/16/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

FACS at Union Pool (photo by Brianna DiGioia)   FACS, the post-punk art rock band from Chicago, recently announced a brand new album, Still...

Gift, Hooveriii, Customer @ Baby’s All Right

by | 02/16/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

GIFT at Baby's All Right (photo by Kevin McGann)   Last year I discovered NYC’s GIFT when they opened for Frankie and the Witch Fingers and was...

A Deer A Horse, Venus Twins, Trace Amount, Shiverboard @ TV Eye

by | 02/13/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

A Deer A Horse at TV Eye (photo by Kate Hoos)   "It's been a bit of a weird week, anyone else having a weird week?" asked Angela Phillips, lead...

Angel Olsen, Erin Rae @ Bearsville Theater

by | 02/13/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

Angel Olsen at Bearsville Theater (photo by Emilio Herce)   On Wednesday, February 8th, Angel Olsen performed at Woodstock's Bearsville...

MJ Lenderman and the Wind, Florry, Trace Mountains @ Market Hotel

by | 02/09/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

MJ Lenderman at Market Hotel (photo by Ray Rusinak)   Truth be told, I had extremely high expectations for this MJ Lenderman show on Tuesday...

Mac Saturn, Billy Tibbals @ Racket

by | 02/08/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

Mac Saturn at Racket (photo by Kevin McGann)   This past weekend, Racket NYC was transported back to the rocking glam 70’s thanks to the...

Dry Cleaning, Spirit of the Beehive, Nourished By Time @ Pioneer Works

by | 02/07/2023 | Shows | 1 Comment

Dry Cleaning at Pioneer Works (photo by Leah Bouchier-Hayes)   On Thursday February 2nd 2023, Dry Cleaning wrapped up their North American tour...

The Men, Licks, The Follies, Sugar Milk @ Saint Vitus

by | 02/06/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

The Men at Saint Vitus (photo by Ray Rusinak)   I came to know of the band The Men via their 2014 album, Tomorrow’s Hits, which I had no idea...

Ted Leo, Tami Hart @ Union Pool

by | 02/01/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

Ted Leo at Union Pool (photo by Ray Rusinak)   Williamsburg music venue, Union Pool, has been hosting a weekly free concert series every...

Namesake, Tea Eater, Modern Flame, Nara’s Room @ The Broadway

by | 01/30/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

Tea Eater at The Broadway (photo by Kate Hoos)   The raucous art/noise punk band, Tea Eater (feat. members of Gustaf, Baby...

Caravela, North By North, Desert Sharks @ Elsewhere Zone One

by | 01/27/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

Caravela at Elsewhere Zone One (photo by Kate Hoos)   Long live the early week night show! We were thrilled to catch an early evening at...

Downtown Boys, Oceanator @ Union Pool

by | 01/25/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

Downtown Boys at Union Pool (photo by Kate Hoos)   On Tuesday, January 25th, long running political dance punk band, Downtown Boys, and...

Nick Hakim, June McDoom @ Brooklyn Steel

by | 01/24/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

Nick Hakim at Brooklyn Steel (photo by Emilio Herce)   The Queens-based alternative soul singer Nick Hakim cast a seductive spell over an...

Frida Kill, Leathered, Raisalka, War Violet @ TV Eye

by | 01/24/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

Frida Kill at TV Eye (photo by Kate Hoos)   A rock n roll show on a school night (or any night) sounds like my kind of good time. This was also...

We Are Scientists, Public Practice @ Brooklyn Made

by | 01/23/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

We Are Scientists at Brooklyn Made (photo by Kevin McGann)   This past Friday, 1/20/23, long running New York City based band We Are Scientists...

Kississippi, Highnoon, Jane Lai @ Baby’s All Right

by | 01/20/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

Kississippi at Baby's All Right (photo by Amanda Meth)   This past Sunday, January 15th, I got to ring in my first show of 2023 with the tender...

They Might Be Giants @ Bowery Ballroom

by | 01/17/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

They Might Be Giants at Bowery Ballroom (photo by Kate Hoos)   In 1990, They Might Be Giants released their third album, Flood, on Elektra...

Tomberlin, Palehound @ Baby’s All Right

by | 01/16/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

Tomberlin at Baby's All Right (photo by Ellen Qbertplaya)   Last month, Tomberlin and Palehound had scheduled two shows at Baby’s All Right...

WORLDSUCKS, RBNX, Phantom Sleeze, IceBox Cake @ Avalon Lounge

by | 01/12/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

WORLDSUCKS at Avalon Lounge (photo by Kate Hoos)   I shot my first show of 2023 and I'm more than thrilled that it was a DIY show in a dive...

Patti Smith @ Brooklyn Steel

by | 01/02/2023 | Shows | 0 Comments

Patti Smith at Brooklyn Steel (photo by Emilio Herce)   Patti Smith is a living legend, and I came to love her art—as I suspect a good number...

Wet Leg, Sasami @ Webster Hall

by | 12/23/2022 | Shows | 0 Comments

Wet Leg at Webster Hall (photo by Emilio Herce)   Wet Leg returned to NYC last week to perform four sold-out shows at Webster Hall, Bowery...

Jeff Rosenstock & Laura Stevenson, Gladie @ Bowery Ballroom

by | 12/21/2022 | Shows | 0 Comments

Jeff Rosenstock and Laura Stevenson at Bowery Ballroom (photo by Ray Rusinak)   It was November 2019 when Jeff (Rosenstock) and Laura...

Foals @ Terminal 5

by | 12/19/2022 | Shows | 0 Comments

Foals at Terminal 5 (photo by Ellen Qbertplaya)   Friday night 12/16 saw the return of British rock band Foals to New York. The band hadn’t...

Features/Lists/News

Weekly Show Listing 3/27-4/2/23

by | 03/27/2023 | Features | 0 Comments

  Looking for a good show in NYC? Well here you go! We’ve got a nice big list of what is going on this week, shows that we are excited about...

Video Premiere- RONI “Don’t Look At Me Like That”

by | 03/23/2023 | Features | 0 Comments

RONI- "Don't Look At Me Like That"   After moving to New York City in 2010 from her native Jerusalem, singer, songwriter, and guitarist RONI...

Interview with Desert Sharks

by | 03/22/2023 | Features | 0 Comments

Desert Sharks (photo by Jessica Gurewitz)   Full Time Aesthetic sat down with Brooklyn’s own doom punk band, Desert Sharks, to chat about their...

New Colossus Fest 2023

by | 03/20/2023 | Features | 0 Comments

Adwaith at New Colossus Fest (photo by Ray Rusinak)   The New Colossus Festival hit the Lower East Side recently for their annual showcase and...

Video Premiere- Crazy & the Brains “Open Eyes”

by | 03/17/2023 | Features | 0 Comments

Crazy & the Brains "Open Eyes"   Raucous Bayonne NJ based indie-punks Crazy & the Brains made a name for themselves with their...

Q & A with Ammar Farooki

by | 03/08/2023 | Features | 0 Comments

Ammar Farooki (photo by Kevin McGann)   Ammar Farooki is a singer-songwriter based out of Brooklyn, NY. But his story is much bigger than that....

FTA’s Bandcamp Friday Picks March 2023

by | 03/03/2023 | Features | 0 Comments

  Hello and welcome to FTA’s list of what we are excited for this Bandcamp Friday, aka every music nerds favorite day! A bunch of us weighed in...

Tami Hart- Sorry For Your Heart

by | 03/01/2023 | Features | 0 Comments

Thanks for Saying Hi (photo by Elizabeth Orr)   Tami Hart has always had a knack for writing plaintive songs that pull at your heartstrings....

FTA’s Favorite Two Piece Bands

by | 02/28/2023 | Features | 0 Comments

  I’ve always had an affinity for two piece bands partly because I’ve always loved the spartan nature of it and I also love seeing/hearing how...

Q & A with Perennial

by | 02/23/2023 | Features | 0 Comments

Perennial (photo courtesy of the band)   Perennial hails from New England and makes intense, chaotic and beautiful noisy experimental art punk....

Bratmobile Is Back!

by | 02/22/2023 | Features | 0 Comments

Bratmobile (photo courtesy of the artist)   Bratmobile, the seminal feminist punk band, hasn't performed together publicly in over 20 years....

Video Premiere- Desert Sharks “Sleepy Pie”

by | 02/22/2023 | Features | 0 Comments

Desert Sharks (photo by Julia Durr)   Desert Sharks, the long running gloomy grunge punks from Brooklyn recently announced a brand new EP, The...

“Give Up” Track By Track

by | 02/20/2023 | Features | 0 Comments

  Sometimes the passage of time feels so slow and yet so fast, so infinite, so undefinable. I am perhaps feeling that more than ever now that...

Botch Announce Reunion Tour

by | 02/16/2023 | Features | 0 Comments

  Math metal greats, Botch (which features members who went on to be in Russian Circles, Minus the Bear, These Arms Are Snakes and others),...

Gonerfest Announces Initial Lineup

by | 02/13/2023 | Features | 0 Comments

Gonerfest 20 initial lineup   Gonerfest, which bills itself as "the best weekend of the year courtesy of Goner Records," will hold the 20th...

Sunday Brunch 004

by | 02/12/2023 | Features | 0 Comments

  There’s so much going on in any given week in the music press/world of pop culture/the world at large that I can’t possibly keep up with it...

Los Bitchos announce US tour dates

by | 02/09/2023 | Features | 0 Comments

Los Bitchos (photo by Kate Hoos)   Joyous news! Los Bitchos, the tequila fueled Cumbia/psych party band and FTA favs, will soon be back in the...

Squid announce new album, share first single

by | 02/08/2023 | Features | 0 Comments

Squid (photo by Studio UJ)   UK post punk band Squid have announced a brand new album, O Monolith, which is the follow up to their stellar 2021...

Scowl announce new EP, share first single “Opening Night”

by | 02/08/2023 | Features | 0 Comments

Scowl (photo by Alice Baxley)   Santa Cruz hardcore greats Scowl have been very busy the last few years. They released their awesome debut...

Levitate Music and Arts Festival announces 2023 lineup

by | 02/08/2023 | Features | 0 Comments

  Levitate Music and Arts Festival is returning on July 7-9 in Marshfield, MA and this year marks their 10th anniversary as a music and arts...

Reviews

Single Serve 036

by | 03/24/2023 | Reviews | 0 Comments

  Hi! Hello! Here we are with some bite sized goodies and a taste of a some new things that we dug that came out in the last week (ish), quick...

Single Serve 035

by | 03/17/2023 | Reviews | 0 Comments

  Hi! Hello! Here we are with some bite sized goodies and a taste of a some new things that we dug that came out in the last week (ish), quick...

Release Roundup 3/10/23

by | 03/10/2023 | Reviews | 0 Comments

  Each week a ton of new music comes out, and between our weekly singles column that gets posted every Friday, and the full album reviews...

Single Serve 034

by | 03/10/2023 | Reviews | 0 Comments

  Hi! Hello! Here we are with some bite sized goodies and a taste of a some new things that we dug that came out in the last week (ish), quick...

The Grasping Straws- Patterns

by | 03/08/2023 | Reviews | 0 Comments

The Grasping Straws- Patterns   “Keep your arms and legs inside the spaceship. Try to keep your head straight. Enjoy the trip.”  Inspired by...

Release Roundup 3/3/23

by | 03/03/2023 | Reviews | 0 Comments

  Each week a ton of new music comes out, and between our weekly singles column that gets posted every Friday, and the full album reviews...

Single Serve 033

by | 03/03/2023 | Reviews | 0 Comments

  Hi! Hello! Here we are with some bite sized goodies and a taste of a some new things that we dug that came out in the last week (ish), quick...

Whenwolves- Recon for the Weirdos

by | 03/03/2023 | Reviews | 0 Comments

Whenwolves Recon for the Weirdos   I’ve been a long time fan of Bobby Lewis’s art-sound musical-projects-turned-bands, most recently the now...

Ron Gallo- Foreground Music

by | 03/03/2023 | Reviews | 0 Comments

Ron Gallo Foreground Music   I listened to Ron Gallo’s Foreground Music on repeat today while hustling around New York City for the various...

Fixtures- Hollywood Dog

by | 03/02/2023 | Reviews | 0 Comments

Fixtures- Hollywood Dog (art by K. Liakos)   After years of homemade tapes and EPs, Brooklyn mainstays Fixtures have finally dropped a full...

Horrible Timing- Late To The Party

by | 03/02/2023 | Reviews | 0 Comments

Horrible Timing Late To The Party (art by Amber Lewis)   Following their first two singles, Brooklyn's own Horrible Timing is back with their...

Screaming Females- Desire Pathway

by | 02/26/2023 | Reviews | 0 Comments

Screaming Females Desire Pathway   On February 17, 2023, beloved New Jersey heavyweights Screaming Females released their eighth full-length...

Release Roundup 2/24/23

by | 02/24/2023 | Reviews | 0 Comments

  Each week a ton of new music comes out, and between our weekly singles column that gets posted every Friday, and the full album reviews...

Single Serve 032

by | 02/24/2023 | Reviews | 0 Comments

  Hi! Hello! Here we are with some bite sized goodies and a taste of a some new things that we dug that came out in the last week (ish), quick...

Death Valley Girls- Islands In The Sky

by | 02/24/2023 | Reviews | 0 Comments

Death Valley Girls- Islands In The Sky   If I’m feeling defeated or hopeless, there are few bands that can flip my mood as much as Death Valley...

Gina Birch- I Play My Bass Loud

by | 02/24/2023 | Reviews | 0 Comments

Gina Birch- I Play My Bass Loud   Gina Birch may be best known for co-founding the legendary post-punk band The Raincoats in 1977, but she has...

Miss Grit-Follow The Cyborg

by | 02/24/2023 | Reviews | 0 Comments

Miss Grit- Follow The Cyborg   Miss Grit is the project of New York-based musician Margaret Sohn, created "to function as an outlet for their...

Uncle Pizza- Frog Era

by | 02/24/2023 | Reviews | 0 Comments

Uncle Pizza- Frog Era   Originally the project of multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Nicole Harwayne, Uncle Pizza has expanded to a four...

Release Roundup 2/17/23

by | 02/17/2023 | Reviews | 0 Comments

  Each week a ton of new music comes out, and between our weekly singles column that gets posted every Friday, and the full album reviews...

Single Serve 031

by | 02/17/2023 | Reviews | 0 Comments

  Hi! Hello! Here we are with some bite sized goodies and a taste of a some new things that we dug that came out in the last week (ish), quick...

Art/Books/Movies/Random

The History of Heavy Metal Volume 3: The Golden Age of Thrash: Thrash and Crossover 1983-1991

by | 12/01/2022 | Random | 0 Comments

The History of Heavy Metal Volume 3: The Golden Age of Thrash: Thrash and Crossover 1983-1991   Rejoice metalheads: the newest entry in The...

NWoBHM and Beyond, The 80s Metal Explosion

by | 03/14/2022 | Random | 0 Comments

One of my favorite Bandcamp finds last year wasn’t music, but a delve into one of the greatest musical genres of all. A History of Heavy Metal is a...

Keith Haring: Radiant Vision @ Fenimore Art Museum

by | 09/10/2021 | Random | 0 Comments

Keith Haring: Radiant Vision at Fenimore Art Museum Cooperstown, NY.   Keith Haring is, and always has been, an icon. There is no other way to...

Take Back The Alley- Pop Up Art Show

by | 07/27/2021 | Random | 0 Comments

DIY comes in all forms, street art being one of the purest forms of it really, a visceral non digital form of social media* letting passersby into a...

Art Bitch

by | 07/25/2021 | Random | 0 Comments

Street Art- Manhattan, 2018 (artist unknown)   Full Time Aesthetic is a music blog! Yay music blog! I love writing about and featuring music...

The Undercroft

UC 005- Let’s Go Mets!

by | 04/15/2022 | Undercroft | 0 Comments

  Spring has arrived and with it the baseball season. It's a bit late this year, due to the lockout, but 162 games are in our future. The Mets...

UC 004- Hole – Pretty On The Inside

by | 09/15/2021 | Undercroft | 0 Comments

Hole- Pretty On The Inside LP September 17, 1991                                                                                                    ...

UC 003- Julien Baker/His Hero Is Gone

by | 08/04/2021 | Undercroft | 0 Comments

Full disclosure, this is a post about a t-shirt. I also wanted to give a little love to the album monuments to thieves by His Hero Is Gone, so yes...

UC 002- godheadsilo- thee friendship village e.p.

by | 06/20/2021 | Undercroft | 0 Comments

godheadsilo- thee friendship village e.p. Kill Rock Stars 211 7inch vinyl 1993   godheadsilo is one of those bands where I am right in the...

UC 001- Hello!

by | 06/15/2021 | Undercroft | 0 Comments

One of the things that was important to me when starting this blog was to give a space to write about some of the obscure and/or random music I have...