Watch “The Drive” A new music video from Curtis Harding
“I thought a vampire theme was a great way to go,” said Curtis Harding to Q Magazine about his new...
Exclusive: Listen to Pet Sun Music to be turned up loud and smash things to
Pet Sun may sound like some fluffy indie band by their name, but this four-piece crew of shredders from Ontario...
Listen to Clean Spill New music from surfers (including Tom Curren’s son Pat) channeling the Strokes, and yes it’s good
Ignore the fact that Pat Curren, lead singer of new band Clean Spill out of Santa Barbara, is the son...
5 Years of Fun with Burger Records The Observatory and Burger Records present a 5-day music festival starting next week
Next week, starting on Monday March 7th, Burger Records and the Observatory in Orange County will unleash their Five Years...
Listen to Guantanamo Baywatch Surf rock that actually sounds like surf rock
Guantanamo Baywatch. Soak in that name for a second. Now imagine a sandy beach, with one of those colorful umbrellas,...
Listen to Meatbodies New Single “Valley Girl” Dropping March 18th just in time for a Euro tour
Meatbodies, my favorite scuzzed-out Sabbath-obsessed freaks, just dropped a new single today, the first song to come out since their...
Listen to Feels Self-Titled Debut Album And catch their record release show if you know what’s good for you
When I first wrote about Feels for our Youth readers, the thrashing foursome band of babes had little to no...
Watch “Wash” featuring Beau Foster, Creed McTaggart, Ellis Ericson
It’s the boys’ first gig, and Creed’s got some vocals. The surfing ain’t so bad either. Beau’s got some sick...
Listen to Dinosaurs The first band in a long time to warrant Weezer and early Offspring comparisons
San Francisco was once the music epicenter of our generation. White Fence, Ty Segall, King Tuff, Thee Oh Sees, and...
DIIV’s New Album Is The Is Are is Out And we can’t stop listening to it
DIIV, the spacegazey, ambient imbued creation of Zachary Cole Smith, has a new album out through Captured Tracks, and we...
Listen to Kera and the Lesbians Surf, rock and some bipolar folk
When I first heard the band name Kera and the Lesbians, I was instantly hooked. Led by Kera Armendariz and...
Twin Peaks Announce New Album And leak first single, “Walk To The One You Love”
Chicago band Twin Peaks announced the release of a new album this week, and it’s cleaner than you’d think. Less...
Watch Ty Segall’s Video “Emotional Mugger” A reimagined, twisted 14 minutes of pure insanity
Editor’s note: Our music editor Maya loves gore. And horror. And Ty Segall and all the incarnations that are Ty Segall....
Watch Cate Le Bon’s New Trailer for “Crab Day” It just might be the weirdest thing you’ll see all week
Cate Le Bon, the ethereal, angel-voiced Welsh singer/songwriter who’s worked with Tim Presley, White Fence and the Chemical Brothers, is...
Watch Adult Books’ Video “Suburban Girlfriend” Pools, playgrounds and lemonade stands in the suburbs
Adult Books, the LA-based post-punk bubblegum outfit from Orange County, released a new video today for “Suburban Girlfriend,” the lead...
Listen to Tortoise Their new album Catastrophist is about to wreck your brain for the better
Tortoise is a Chicago-based band that has been creating a brilliant and unique blend of jazz, indie post rock, prog,...
Listen to Feels Thrashing bedroom grrrl rock that’ll make you believe in feelings again
In an age where digital music comes as easily and readily as microwaved popcorn, LA-based foursome Feels, the reincarnation of...
D’Blanc Release Issue 2 of “Perspective” And in a world of shitty zines, this isn’t one
It seems as though everyone has their own zine these days. I’ve been to zine fests, zine carnivals, zine swap...
Listen to “Check me out” Off Tomorrows Tulips new EP Indie Rock Royalty Comb
Your favorite slacker indie rock band is back in 2016 dropping their anticipated EP Indie Rock Royalty Comb. Tomorrows Tulips...
Iggy Pop Announces New Album Titled “Post Pop Depression” and in collaboration with Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age
Everyone has their own King. To the greater public, Elvis Presley is the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll. To others,...
Hear Cass McCombs’ New Song “Omie Wise” Announces new album Skifflin’
Cass McCombs is always pretty low-key when it comes to details about his music. So when news of a new...
The Muggers at Teragram Ballroom We were there to witness the insanity
“Tonight a child is born! Prepare to have your minds shifted, and prepare to have your wallets lifted. Ladies and...
Watch Night Beats’ Video for “No Cops” Directed by Riley Blakeway and starring Johan Stuckey
“When I first heard the track my initial intention was to create something violent,” said director Riley Blakeway of the...
Listen to “Rare Breed” by the Shrine And then get the new album out today
We spent some time with The Shrine last year. They were immersed in working on a new album — and have since...
Listen to: The Muggers Ty Segall’s new superband unveils album Emotional Mugger, now streaming on NPR
Secrets aren’t always meant to be kept. Just last week, we blew the lid on Ty Segall’s new superband the...
Listen to Sheer Mag Philly rock ‘n’ roll to soothe your soul
Sheer Mag, the rock ‘n’ roll inspired power pop blended punk quintet from Philadelphia, are peaking on my watch list...
There’s a Starman Waiting in the Sky David Bowie dies at age 69
David Bowie died last night after an 18-month battle with cancer. He was 69. Bowie’s unparalleled influence and incredibly innovative...
Ty Segall debuts new super band The Muggers feature members of King Tuff, Wand and Cairo Gang plus Mikal Cronin
Last year, right around Halloween, I heard this wonderful rumor that the ever-prolific, over-achieving Ty Segall was forming yet another...
The 2015 What Youth Slideshow All the fun that we had, set to Lou Reed
New Year’s would have to be our favorite holiday. It’s the only one with little to no religious associations, and...
The What Youth 2015 The Top 5 Songs of the Year
There are a lot of places you can count down the songs of the year. And it really depends how...
The Stores that Carry What Youth Tell ’em Santa sent ya
We’re a week away from Christmas, two weeks away from New Years and three weeks from the release of What...
The What Youth 2015 Our Top 5 Music Videos of the Year
These are the music vids that had us exercising the “Replay” button on YouTube all year long. Good tunes and great...
