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what youth recommends ty segall music

Listen to GØGGS Ty Segall’s new punk band rips

That’s right. Ty Segall has yet another band. But this one may be the most punk thing he’s ever done,...
Slow Club, music

Listen to “Ancient Rolling Sea” Comedown music for the end of your weekend by Slow Club

Rock ‘n’ roll will always soothe my soul, but sometimes a woozy, wistful dose of blues-infused pop does the body...
The growlers, music

Watch The Growlers Cover “Mama Said” And “Charlie Don’t Surf” at the Observatory

The Growlers always have tricks up their sleeves. And last Valentine’s Day, during their set at the Observatory in Santa...
Austin Sike, music

Austin Sike Fest “It was like having a good time at a funeral.” The Levitation Fest that wasn’t to be

I was feeling inspired, euphoric and maybe a little bigheaded when I flew into Austin, Texas last week. Not only...
what youth recommends billy changer music

Premiere: Watch “Sweet Time” A new music video by Billy Changer

Billy Changer, Robert Cifuentes’ band that played our Issue 12 release party last year, has a new video out for...
what youth recommends corners music

Relive the Corners Show From their East Coast tour send-off party (go see them East Coast)

We partied with Corners last week before they left for their East Coast tour, and boy did we rage. Held...
what youth recommends tomorrows tulips walk away

Watch “Walk Away” by Tomorrows Tulips New music video by Distractor

What do Spacemen 3 and David Bowie have in common? The new Tomorrows Tulips video for their single “Walk Away”,...
what youth recommends whitney

Listen to Whitney New music from ex-Unknown Mortal Orchestra and Smith Westerns

You know a band is going to take off when Reverberation Radio throws one of their songs on a mix....
Brixton Broadcast, Chicago, Music, Natural Child, The Half Rats,

En-Route to Brixton Broadcast Chicago The windy city is about to get blown away by Natural Child and The Half Rats and Us

I have been to Chicago before. And I surfed. Sorta. I tried to do tow-ats on one-foot wind waves in...
what youth recommends the feels

Go on the Road with Feels Tour photography by Jeff Fribourg

We’ve insisted you listen to Feels a couple of times now. So now that you’re convinced and are in love with their...
what youth recommends tell you

Watch “Tell You” by Tracy Bryant A quick glimpse into their life on tour

Tracy Bryant toured through Europe at the tail end of winter this year, promoting the killer album Subterranean and opening...
Corners, Live music, david evanko

See Corners Wednesday in LA They’re kicking off their East Coast tour with a show at The Blind Spot Project

Corners are easily one of our favorite bands here. And Wednesday night they’re playing a show in Los Angeles to kick...
what youth recommends record store day

10 Records You need on Record Store Day Saturday April 16th is Record Store Day

Record Store Day, the annual event conceived in 2007 to celebrate the independent record store, is upon us. Tomorrow, April...
what youth recommends kevin morby

Listen to Kevin Morby’s New Album Singing Saw, out today on Dead Oceans

“What is a singing saw? It is an instrument that creates ethereal sounds, but it is also a tool: Basic...
what youth recommends flat worms

WY Premiere: Flat Worms “Sovereignty” ’90s Batman birthday party footage and a really sick song

“I was listening to Swell Maps one day and realized I wanted to play rock and roll again,” says Will...
what youth recommends flying hair

Listen to Flying Hair And catch them live Monday with Acid Mothers Temple

Do you like heavy riffs and demented jams and the image of hair flying wildly all in the name of...
what youth recommends zig zags

Listen to Zig Zags’ New Single The ear crushing “They Came For Us”

After a year or so of reinventing themselves, Los Angeles trio Zig Zags are ready to crush your eardrums with...
what youth recommends fletcher c johnson

Video Premiere: “Wilder Than Me” Fletcher C. Johnson’s new one shot by John Dougherty & Matt Johnson around NYC

Fletcher C. Johnson, of Burger family flare, released this third album last week, titled Lesson In Tenderness. Recorded in a...
what youth recommends thomas cohen

Thomas Cohen’s Video for “Hazy Shades” But really listen to the song because it’s great

Thomas Cohen may not sound familiar because, well, he’s not. Search for his name on the Internet and you’ll mostly...
what youth recommends the parrots

Listen to the Parrots Salty new music from Madrid

Madrid three-piece The Parrots stormed through this years’ SXSW with heavy buzz, and with good reason. These dudes ooze a...
what youth recommends pet sounds

Listen to A Tribute to Pet Sounds Featuring Holy Wave, Shannon and the Clams, and more

If you live under a rock, you may have missed hearing that Brian Wilson – thee Brian Wilson of the...
what youth recommends monster youth

Listen to Monster Youth New music from Sint-Niklaas, Belgium

There is, as you’ve probably noticed, a plethora of indie sounding psych garage punk rock infiltrating our ears. And, for...
what youth recommends andy shauf music

Watch Andy Shauf’s “The Magician” Please stop what you’re doing and watch this stunning collage work by Winston Hacking

It’s not often that something stops you in your tracks these days. And we’re stopped. Right in our tracks because of...
what youth recommends nude party

Listen to The Nude Party “Boner Pop” from Boone, NC

“Boner pop”? That’s right. The Nude Party from Boone, North Carolina describe themselves as such, and they may have invented...
what youth recommends creed mctaggart beau foster

Listen to Wash’s new EP “Point of View” Creed McTaggart, Beau Foster and Ellis Ericson’s band is pretty damn good

We love their surfing because they don’t seem to give a fuck, and now they’ve released an EP with the same...
what youth recommends weezer

Weezer Has a New Album And I somehow almost missed it

Okay. So sometimes I live in my underground Burger infused bubble of local rock ‘n’ roll and forget that the...
Music, Mia, Girls, What Youth Recommends, World Premiere, Asal Shahindoust

Premiere: Music Video for “Girls” by Mia Girls in underwear by a pool set to bedroom pop

Teen lust and teen angst will always go hand in hand. And if dissociation has made you forget what that’s...
what youth recommends night beats power child

Night Beats’ Video for “Power Child” Directed by Riley Blakeway & Jeremy Asher Lynch

Night Beats premiered a new video yesterday for “Power Child”, the latest single off their soul drenched, heavy hitting album...
what youth recommends yeasayer

Listen to a Preview of Yeasayer’s New Album Amen & Goodbye drops April 1st on Mute Records

Yeasayer, the once indie, then psychedelic pop, now experimental band from Brooklyn, have been slowly leaking new tracks since January...
Music, Tracy Bryant,

Watch “Hey Spaceman!” A new video by Tracy Bryant

We can’t stop listening to Tracy Bryant’s solo album Subterranean, and even more stoked to share his video for “Hey Spaceman!”,...
what youth recommends CFM

Listen to CFM Charles Moothart, longtime Ty Segall collaborator, unleashes solo project

CFM could mean many things. Chill fucking music. Crispy fried monkey. I could really go on forever with this. But...
what youth recommends cg roxanne couch

World Premiere: C.G. Roxanne and the Nightmares Listen to our exclusive premiere of “Normandie Blvd” now

C.G. Roxanne and the Nightmares, my favorite local punk freaks who named themselves after the label on a bottle of...

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