Surfing, Skateboarding, Music, Photography, Travel, Culture and general antics of the youth on the run.

Listen: Fanny A look back in time

Skate legend, turned jazz musician extraordinaire, Ray Barbee, dropped a little wisdom last week on his Insta feed. If you...

WY Premiere: Small Reactions New Age Soul

This tight little band popped a press release into our inbox last week and we kinda dig um. We thought...

Listen: “Summer Playlist” 5 songs from Austin Pollis

What Youth fan and DJ Austin Pollis slid a little playlist into our DM. We liked it. So will you....
what youth recommends never betters guns + roses' roses

Exclusive Stream: Never Betters Listen to their new EP “Guns + Roses’ Roses”

Never Betters are fast, dirty, and filled with the kind of angst and pulsating energy and spirit we can’t help...

Volcom’s Road Rager at What Youth With Ryan Burch, Ozzie Wright, live performance by Manipulator and so many of you eating tacos and drinking beer

This is seriously what makes us tick. Days and nights like this. At or place. After spending the morning and early...
what youth recommends lime cordiale what is growing up

WY Premiere: Lime Cordiale Watch their video for “What Is Growing Up”

Australian-based duo Lime Cordiale, formed by brothers Louis and Oli Leimbach while in high school, sound like the soundtrack to...
what youth recommends mom and the mailman lizard

Listen to Mom and the Mailman Watch “Lizard” and catch his show Saturday at the Wayfarer

Mom and the Mailman is the brainchild of Long Beach native Malcolm Bennett, but something tells me Malcolm is really...
what youth recommends hump club

HUMP CLUB Your Wednesday music round-up with Maya Eslami

Editor’s Note: We’ve taken note that most of us are relying on Maya’s music suggestions to expand our Spotify playlists, and...

WY Premiere: Shark Toys Listen to their new single “Maze”

Shark Toys, maybe the most underrated band oozing out of Los Angeles these days, just signed with In The Red...
what youth recommends downhill from here

Watch “Downhill From Here” Creed, Beau, Ellis and friends…no irony.

How lucky is Billabong to have Creed? This little vid chronicles the Wash boys from their Oz practice space…to the...
what youth recommends kip nelson mexico

WY Premiere: Kip Nelson Watch his video for new single “Mexico”

Songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Kip Nelson sounds like a psychedelic trip down a salty wave with the sun high in the...
what youth recommends wand the gift

Wand Drops New Single Listen to “The Gift”

If you thought you knew the direction Wand was embarking upon with last year’s impressive Plum, hold on to your socks....

Youth against the machine I’m so proud of you

Editor’s Note: Last Friday night I got emotional. I was watching recaps of what happened in the world that week and...
what youth recommends BOYTOY Mary Anne

WY Premiere: BOYTOY Listen to single “Mary Anne” off their brand new record

BOYTOY, our favorite Brooklyn-based babe shredders, have a new album dropping April 27th, and we are beyond stoked to premiere...
what youth recommends city calm down im disappearing

Listen to: City Calm Down A new video from Riley Blakeway for “Joan, I’m Disappearing”

Riley Blakeway is as talented as they come behind a lens. He just wrote and directed this new music video for...
what youth recommends summer twins another hit

WY Premiere: Summer Twins Watch their new video for “Another Hit”

Summer Twins, the band formed by sisters Chelsea and Justine Brown, are dreampop rock ‘n’ roll at its best, glazed...
what youth recommends easy nothing new ep

Easy’s EP Is Out And their record release party is tomorrow in Hollywood

It’s official. After almost two years of marinating in a stew of hot messy goodness, Easy’s debut EP “Nothing New”...
what youth recommends the entire universe just don't

Listen to “Just Don’t” The white hot new from The Entire Universe

The Entire Universe have a new single out in the, well, universe, and it’s the perfect pick-me-up for your return...
what youth recommends wand plum

From the Van: Wand Listen to their guest playlist

Wand is touring through Europe right now, and it’s freezing cold. Ice on the roads, ice on the mountains, and...
what youth recommends khruangbin

Listen to Khruangbin And thank us later

What do three relatively young musicians from Burton, Texas have to do with a sound explosion that brings to mind...
what youth recommends donnie emerson searchin

Listen to Donnie Emerson & Dreamin’ Wild And vibe on their new song, “Searchin'”

If you haven’t heard of Donnie Emerson, of Donnie & Joe Emerson fame, get ready for a heavy dose of...
what youth recommends lukas ionesco sold my life

Listen to: LUKAS IONESCO Watch his video (shot by Zack Spiger and edited by Blake Myers) for his first single “Sold My Life”

One of our own had a hand in this beautifully shot vid and new song, and it being love day and...
what youth recommends clean spill friends

WY Premiere: Clean Spill Listen to “Friends”

Clean Spill, the Santa Barbara crew of surfers that caught our attention a few years back with their oozing delivery...
what youth recommends mammabear my house

WY Premiere: MammaBear Watch their new video for “My House”

Atlanta-based three-piece MammaBear have something to say about the current state of society, and you better open your ears and...
what youth recommends hayley heynderickx i need to start a garden

Listen to Haley Heynderickx Some soothing hump day recovery music

Portland-based Haley Heynderickx may have a complicated last name, but her music is as easy and soothing and palatable as a...
what youth recommends king tuff psycho star

Watch King Tuff’s New Video For funky, soul-tinged single “Psycho Star”

Last week, King Tuff emerged from his hiatus spaceship with the reflective, somber, tug on your heartstrings single “The Other,”...

Stream Terri Terri’s New Album His self-titled debut drops tomorrow

It’s Monday. Back to that daily grind. Whether it’s on your board, in the waves or on the concrete, or...
what youth recommends BANG

Music to Make You “Bang” A playlist of heavy jams that’ll hopefully get you ready for a war cry

In Steven Spielberg’s classic Peter Pan remake “Hook,” the Lost Boys do this incredible war cry thing during an insult...
what youth recommends slaughterhouse

Listen to Slaughterhouse Raw, unadulterated punk that’ll do your body good

Slaughterhouse is a new punk band from Los Angeles, and their self-titled debut EP is so good I’ve been humming...
what youth recommends pearl charles all the boys

Listen to Pearl Charles And catch her record release show tonight at the Echo

Pearl Charles has been playing music since before most of us could even read a book. Those years of fine-tuning...
what youth recommends king tuff the other

King Tuff Is Back With beautiful new song “The Other”

Four years is a long ass time, especially in the world of music so readily available we forget to stop...
what youth recommends ultimate painting not gonna burn myself anymore

Ultimate Painting Drops New Album And shares new video for “Not Gonna Burn Myself Anymore”

Songwriting can really take it out of you. And for Ultimate Painting, my favorite band coming out of London right...

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