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what youth recommends tape waves

Listen to Tape Waves And stream their new album, Here to Fade

Feeling overwhelmed by the fast-paced party season that’s upon us? Well, take a break with us and listen to Tape...

Brad Elterman zine release with Crap Eyewear They threw a party and we wanted to share

Crap Eyewear knows how to throw a party. Last Friday, they spun some nighttime gold at the Mid-City Arthouse for...
what youth recommends dent may

Summer with Dent May Good ass music that makes you feel like partying on a boat

If you haven’t heard of Dent May yet, it’s time you crawled out of your current music cave and let...
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Watch The Was Soda_Jerk vs. The Avalanches

Watch this before it’s taken down, again. Made as a promotional piece for The Avalanche’s new album Wildflower, this has...
what youth recommends cosmonauts

Watch Cosmonauts’ “Party At Sunday” Video Directed by Dominic Santos and Edgar Obrand

Cosmonauts’ released a new video today, the first in a very long time, for the single “Party At Sunday”, and...
what youth recommends ultimate painting's single "Bills"

Listen to Ultimate Painting And catch these Brit janglers on tour

Ultimate Painting, the decidedly jangly “indie” rock band from London, have somehow slipped by me, unnoticed, unheard, until now. Jack...
the parrots no me gustas

Watch The Parrots’ “No Me Gustas, Te Quiero” WY Exclusive: New video from Madrid’s funnest band

The Parrots, Madrid’s trio of garage-punk bandits, have been buzzing at the top of our radar for a while now....
what youth recommends ty segall music

Watch Ty Segall’s New Music Video And embrace epilepsy inducing stimulus overload

Ty Segall’s cohort of goons The Muggers have a new music video out for “Californian Hills,” the third single off...

Listen to The Paranoyds And see them live tomorrow at the Echoplex

The Paranoyds are my new favorite band. And I know I say that often, but this time it’s for real....

Listen to Gap Dream’s New Single From upcoming bedroom loner pop album, This is Gap Dream

Gap Dream, the brainchild of one-man band Gabe Fulvimar, has a new album coming out July 22nd on Burger Records,...

Listen to Yung Danish punk rock that’ll remind you of KROQ, in a good way

Remember when KROQ was cool, and listening to Blink-182 and 311 on the way to first period in your mom’s...
Brixton Broadcast interviews Natural Child in Chicago.

Brixton Broadcast Chicago Featuring a band that really likes to party: Natural Child

Not all that long ago we were living it up with the Brixton guys in Chicago. We drank beer (some of our favorite...
Parquet Courts releases a new music video for their single "Human Performance."

Watch Parquet Courts’ New Video “Human Performance,” starring, ironically, a bunch of puppets

Parquet Courts have a new video out today for the single “Human Performance,” the title track off their third album...
Listen to Cass McCombs' New Single "Run Sister Run" off new album Mangy Love.

Listen to Cass McCombs’ New Single “Run Sister Run” off new album Mangy Love

Cass McCombs is an exceptional musician. That goes without saying. And after fifteen years of producing exceptional music, he’s back...
What Youth recommends

The What Youth Guide to Summer Tools for Summer: Some You’ll Want, Some You’ll Need

God I hope you’re going somewhere this summer. Please don’t just sit under the gloom watching SnapChats while getting trampled...
Mild High Club announce new album and release their new single "Homage".

Mild High Club Announce New Album And release new single “Homage”

Mild High Club have been on our radar lately, and for good reason. The smooth listening, psych entwined, keyboard loving...
Dinosaur Jr. release a new video "Tiny".

Watch Dinosaur Jr.’s New Video “Tiny”, off new album out August 5th

The incredibly influential Dinosaur Jr. have released a new video today, for the single “Tiny” off their upcoming album Give...
Stream Pink Mexico's new album, Fool.

Listen to Pink Mexico And stream their new album fool

Pink Mexico, LA’s latest musical addition to the fuzzy garage scene dominating our eardrums, has linked up with Burger Records...
Half Rats at the Brixton Broadcast Chicago.

Brixton Broadcast: The Half Rats These Indiana natives showed us a good time at The Empty Bottle in Chicago

Another band we met during our stop in Chicago. The Half Rats. They’re from Lafayette, Indiana and they fucking ruled....
Allah Las have a new music video for "Famous Phone Figure."

Watch Allah-Las New Video for “Famous Phone Figure” and get the details on their forthcoming LP Calico Review

Allah-Las dropped a new video today for “Famous Phone Figure”, the first single to be released from their upcoming third...
Rob Zombie releases a new music video, "The Life and Time of a Teenage Rock God".

Watch Rob Zombie’s New Video for “The Life And Times Of A Teenage Rock God”

Rob Zombie, the musician, director, screenwriter, producer and lover of horror and gore and everything evil, has unleashed a new...
Deathstock Festival music

Go to Deathstock Festival II This weekend in the enchanted forest of Guerneville, CA

Deathstock Fest is back again for a second year. June 17-19. Tucked away in a serene little forest town in Northern...

Listen to Slow Hollows We chat with this band of high schoolers on their new song “Again,” and playing on a bill with Skrillex

Slow Hollows are a band based in LA. They are still in grade school – most in high school. They...
The Parrots release a new single, Jame Gumb.

Listen to The Parrots’ New Single “Jame Gumb” off their forthcoming debut

When The Parrots first showed up in my musical hemisphere, they reminded me of The Strange Boys, with their contagious...
Deap Vally releases new album Femejism.

Deap Vally Announce New Album Femejism And premiere new video for “Smile More”

“Everybody’s trying to tell me what to do. It makes me wanna break some shit and sniff some glue.” The...
Veronica Bianqui portrait.

Listen to (and see) Veronica Bianqui Cheery, Parisian-influenced pop tonight at the Hi-Hat in Los Angeles

Veronica Bianqui is a bubblegum pop princess dream come true. She’s swept Los Angeles with her cheery pop tunes that...
Kevin Morby portrait.

Kevin Morby Played the Bootleg Theater And blew everyone’s mind

Kevin Morby’s latest album Singing Saw is robust with instrumentation, full of horns and pianos and strings and layers of...
what youth recommends the yolks.

Brixton Broadcast Chicago: The Yolks Go backstage where all the cool shit happens

Everyone knows by now how much fun we had during our time in Chicago. We drank the world’s greatest beer,...
New video for "Fear" by Number

New video for “Fear” by Numb•er You might have heard it in the new Volcom skate film Holy Stokes!

The new Volcolm skate film “Holy Stokes!” premiered this past Friday at the Ace Hotel Theater in Downtown LA and...
what youth recommends bleached interview

Interview with Bleached On their new, darker and more honest album Welcome to the Worms

These riot girls have spent the past couple of years growing into a sound and image that is as real...
Brixton broadcast Aquarian Blood in Chicago

Watch Aquarian Blood in Chicago Memphis rock in Chicago during the Brixton Broadcast

These Brixton Broadcast shows are becoming a highlight of our year. Going to some cities and places we never thought...
Willian Finnegan, surfing, music, Kirra

Finnegan on the sounds of surfing Pulitzer Prize winner William Finnegan speaks to Pitchfork about music and surfing

“The soundtrack for surfing, especially since shortboards in ’68, is rock n roll. That’s what it is.” William Finnegan wrote...

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