Listen to Moon Duo Dark and moody psych from Portland
Moon Duo, the Portland based-band of guitarist Ripley Johnson and keyboardist Sanae Yamada, sounds like the kind of psych rock...
Your weekend on the couch The music documentaries you need to detox your way into 2017
It’s Friday. And if you’re still detoxing (like I am) and looking for an excuse to sit on your couch...
Listen to Stef Chura Poppy, grungy, and angsty in all the right ways
Stef Chura may not sound familiar to you, but her experience floating through the depths of the Detroit DIY underground...
Listen to Rebel Kind And read our conversation with the band below
It’s 2017. A brand new year. And although recovering from 2016 might take us a while, we’re ready for it....
The 5 Best Music Videos of the Year Our picks for the most creative, entertaining and bizarre music vids of the year
My favorite videos from this year all had similar themes. Whether they were animated, involved puppets, or took place in...
The 5 Best Songs of the Year Maya’s musical highlights for 2016
In a year filled with such detrimental loss from the music world (Bowie, Prince, Leonard, to name a few), shout...
Meatbodies Announce New Album And share killer track, “Creature Feature”
Meatbodies, the self-proclaimed weirdo band of Chad Ubovich, Patrick Nolan, and Kevin Boog, are finally releasing the follow-up to their...
WY Premiere: Death Valley Girls Watch their new video for “Pink Radiation”
We’re obsessed with Death Valley Girls. These LA rock queens (and Larry) slay in the best way, and released their...
Watch The Nude Party’s New Video For their new single “Water on Mars”
Southern hospitality pranksters The Nude Party have a new video out for the single “Water on Mars”, off their forthcoming...
Watch Tim Presley’s Video for “Clue” Off his debut solo record The WiNK
Tim Presley, master indie innovator behind the influential band White Fence, unleashed his first ever solo effort back in September...
Listen to Marching Church A big, brass, moody band from Copenhagen
Marching Church, the new project of Iceage’s Elias Bender Rønnenfelt, is the kind of bona fide big, brass band we all...
Conversation with: Josh Landau On his new band, Kill a Punk for Rock & Roll
Josh Landau is an unstoppable force. The frontman and guitarist of The Shrine debuted his new band, Kill a Punk...
Watch Warbly Jets’ “Alive” Video And listen to them
Ever miss that good old rock ‘n’ roll sound that’s not muddled up in fifteen different genres that all bounce...
Conversation With: The Britanys Brooklyn’s lo-fi garage band that’ll remind you of the Strokes
In case you were wondering why Brooklyn band The Britanys have a missing T in their name, blame frontman Lucas...
Listen to Peeling Sweet and salty jams from Toronto
Money. Roses. And a black leather glove. These images induce all sorts of titillating references in my brain, and the...
WY Premiere: Howardian’s “Box Turtle” An animated voyage with an environmental plea
Ian Vanek’s new project Howardian has been floating under the radar for some time now, and today, we’re happy to...
Listen to A Tribe Called Quest Because politically charged hip-hop is what we need right now
We got it from Here… Thank You 4 Your service. Pretty much the perfect title for a farewell album. And...
Ty Segall Announces New Album And drops debut single, “Orange Color Queen”
That’s right. Ty Segall has a new album dropping January 27th on Drag City Records, and today, he’s sharing the...
Death of a Ladies’ Man A small tribute to Leonard Cohen
“It’s time that we began to laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again.” The first Leonard...
WY Premiere: Listen to Lovely Bad Things And stream their new single “Cartoon Food”
Lovely Bad Things, the La Mirada band of multi-instrumentalist surf punk misfits, have a new song out today, “Cartoon Food”,...
Listen to Cory Hanson The Wand / Muggers member unveils solo debut album
Cory Hanson, lead singer and guitarist of Wand and former member of the Muggers (RIP), has announced his solo debut...
Listen to Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions The first single off the album, “Let Me Get There”, featuring Kurt Vile
Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions, the moving force of melancholy heartache in the form of music, has a new...
Watch a new video from Broncho For their song “Señora Borealis.”
I’m obsessed with Broncho. And you should be, too. They dropped their third LP, Double Vanity, earlier this year, and...
Listen to TOY And stream their album before it drops Friday
English indie band TOY have a new album out on Heavenly Recordings, and its psychedelic, dream pop sound has us...
Listen to Holy Sons And read our interview with songwriter Emil Amos below
Emil Amos, singer, songwriter and founder of Holy Sons, is an incredibly prolific one-man band. “I taught myself how to...
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...
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...
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...
Photo Credit: David Evanko Portfolio 032: Memory Hoarding
David Evanko, also know as Minivan, is an amazing photographer and avid music fiend. He’s at every single show I’m...
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...
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...
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...