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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...
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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...

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...
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Black Sabbath played last night at the Hollywood Bowl For those who don’t want “The End” to end

Black Sabbath played last night at the Hollywood Bowl, and I was there, lucky beyond any measure, to have witnessed...
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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...
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Conversation With: Darren Rademaker The leadsinger and founder of The Tyde on his new album and his life lived playing music

I’ve known Darren Rademaker, lead singer and founder of The Tyde and seminal indie bands Further and the Summer Hits,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...

Conversation With: Adult Books The same guys that played our Issue 14 release party

“Our first band, I was fifteen, you were eighteen,” says Daniel Quintanilla, bassist and vocalist of Adult Books. He’s referring...
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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...

Conversation With: Susan Plus the premiere of their new video, “Somebody New”

Susan is a band, and we’ve been in love with them ever since they let us use their song “Windows...
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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...
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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...
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Conversation With: Yung Because we’re obsessed with this band

We told you to listen to Yung a couple months ago, and not only are we taking our own advice,...
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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...

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