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what youth recommends tinariwen

Watch Tinariwen’s New Video For “Ténéré Tàqqàl,” off upcoming album featuring Kurt Vile and Matt Sweeney

If you don’t know who Tinariwen is, get ready to have your mind blown. This incredible group of Tuareg musicians...
what youth recommends desert days music

Inexplicable Wonderful in the Desert And a post-Desert Daze playlist to reintroduce real life

Was I only gone a weekend? It must’ve been longer. I’m back now, in the cushiony comfort of modern-day living. But...
what youth recommends billy moon

Listen to Billy Moon Poppy garage from Ontario

“I’ve always made music, because music doesn’t judge; it doesn’t make you feel weird about liking what you like. It’s...
what youth recommends axis sova new album

Stream Axis: Sova’s New Album If you know what’s good for you

We turned you on to Axis: Sova last month, the fuzzy robo-rock creation of Chicago-based Brett Sova. And today, we’re...
what youth recommends honduras

Listen to Honduras Raw punk from Brooklyn

Brooklyn-based punk band Honduras are my new favorite flavor. And I’m not talking about some brief encounter with a salty...
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Premiere: Listen to Ruby Haunt And get lost in their new single, “Blush”

Ruby Haunt, the creation of childhood friends Wyatt Ininns and Victor Pakpour, started out as a long distance thing. Living...
what youth recommends music ultimate painting

Stream Ultimate Painting’s New Album Dusk, out September 30th on Trouble In Mind

We’ve been raving about Ultimate Painting for a while now, and today the band is streaming their new album Dusk...
what youth recommends sunshine and the blue moon show music

Premiere: Sunshine & The Blue Moon Watch the new video for their single, “Welcome To The Future”

The future can be a scary thing to think about And Ontario psych/folk band Sunshine & The Blue Moon are here...
what youth recommends music

Listen to The Brazen Youth And read our interview with the band below

The Brazen Youth, the new musical duo from Old Lyme, CT, are recent high school graduates with a ton of...
what youth recommends happyness

Listen to Happyness And their fresh take on past loves

We’re falling fast for Happyness. Because they’re downright dreamy. These three boys from South London have tapped into something good. They’ve...

Listen to Axis: Sova Fuzzy psych-punk on Ty Segall’s God? Records

When I first stumbled upon Axis: Sova, the new psych-punk (for lack of a better word) band on Ty Segall’s...
Communist Daughter's new music "Roll a Stone".

Listen to Communist Daughter And watch their new video, “Roll A Stone”

Saint Paul indie band Communist Daughter knows what the last fleeting warmth of a brief Minnesota summer can bring out...
what youth recommends chest pains

Listen to Chest Pains And stream their new EP Bath Bandits

Type “Chest Pains” in a search browser, and the usual onslaught of worrisome diagnoses pop up. My favorite, “this heart...
what youth recommends wolf people

Listen to Wolf People Sludgy stoner metal from the UK

Wolf People, a band I’d easily believe were some obscure, untapped early ’70s Swedish stoner metal band, are releasing a...
what youth recommends the growlers new album city club

Listen to the Growlers New Album Produced by Julian Casablancas

The Growlers are maybe the most inventive band in our current musical bubble. After cementing themselves as lo-fi, DIY surf...
what youth recommends gooch palms

Listen to Gooch Palms Garage punk gold from Australia

Gooch Palms, the Australian garage punk duo that is Leroy Macqueen and Kat Friend, pack a lot of punch for...
what youth recommends the wytches

Listen to The Wytches Heavy comedown psych rock from Brighton

Summer never really ends in Southern California, and sometimes all the mellow, backyard-style jams we throw at you can wear...
The Cosmonauts, Music,

Watch Cosmonauts’ new video For their title track “A-OK!”

We’re blasting you with music videos this week because, well, why not. Video killed the radio star, right? So we’re...
what youth recommends cherry glazerr's new video told you i'd be with the guys

Watch the new Cherry Glazerr Video For their song “Told You I’d Be With the Guys.” Directed by Riley Blakeway

Cherry Glazerr has been a noise rock staple around here for a while. They’re weird and loud and feisty. We like...
what youth recommends cass mccombs new video "medusa's outhouse"

Watch Cass McCombs’ New Video For “Medusa’s Outhouse”

Ready? If you’re at work, definitely don’t watch this. Grab your phone and go outside in the warm sunshine and...
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Watch Ultimate Painting’s New Video For their single, “Song For Brian Jones”

Ready for the scorching heat of summer to finally die down? Sip on this cool breeze of a track and...
Mild High Club announce new album and release their new single "Homage".

Listen to Skiptracing by Mild High Club Take the full plunge into Alex Brettin’s conceptualized story full of mystery

Tonight your Friday evening cocktail has a date that will nestle right into that sensual place where the cherry hits...
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Listen to Navaho Dark and surfy jams from Brussels

It always blows my mind when a band from another country can nail down a California sound. Enter Navaho, a Brussels-based...
what youth recommends matt kivel

Listen to Matt Kivel And watch his new video for “Permanence”

Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter Matt Kivel released a new track today for “Permanence”, the first single off his forthcoming album...
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Brixton Broadcast Live in Amsterdam Complete live recordings with Salems Pot, Kadavar and The Anomalys

Live music is a beautiful thing. And thanks to the Brixton Broadcast tours we’ve been a part of, we get...
dinosaur jar's new video goin down

Watch Dinosaur Jr.’s Video for “Goin Down” Shot by Atiba Jefferson and featuring Christian Hosoi and Harry Jumonji

Dinosaur Jr. dropped a video today for their new single “Goin Down”, off latest album Give a Glimpse of What Yer...
what youth recommends kadavar

Brixton Broadcast: Amsterdam We caught up with Kadavar before they absolutely torched the Brixton Broadcast

They are large Germanic viking-looking men. Powerful, bearded men wielding instruments they seem to want to destroy. And while it wasn’t my...
what youth recommends whitney music

We saw Whitney at the Troubadour A new generation of oldies from the ashes of the Smith Westerns

Every once in a blue moon you hear a band that makes you second guess the bitter notion that music...
what youth recommends silent pictures premiere for time has broken let it begin

Watch Silent Pictures’ New Video World Premiere of “Time Has Broken”, off their album Let It Begin

Get ready to trip out. Silent Pictures, the psych rock band we’ve been vibing on lately, has a new video...

We Went to Woodsist Festival And chilled really hard with some bands

There are fires raging all over California right now. But that didn’t deter the founders of Woodsist Festival, which usually...
what youth recommends silent pictures

Listen to Silent Pictures And stream their full album

It’s crunch time over at WY headquarters, and while we’re definitely always down for soothing, mellow tunes to ease our...
what youth recommends mild high club's new video "skiptracing"

Watch Mild High Club’s New Video “Skiptracing” starring Bleu Archbold and Bradford Walters

Mild High Club is perfect summer music. And their new video for “Skiptracing”, the title track off their forthcoming album,...

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