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The Districts and Sun Club tour photos A new zine called CAKE by Caitlin McCann

I hopped onto the last three weeks of a full US tour with The Districts and Sun Club, catching up...
what youth recommends kadavar

Brixton Broadcast: Amsterdam We caught up with Kadavar before they absolutely torched the Brixton Broadcast

They are large Germanic viking-looking men. Powerful, bearded men wielding instruments they seem to want to destroy. And while it wasn’t my...
what youth recommends whitney music

We saw Whitney at the Troubadour A new generation of oldies from the ashes of the Smith Westerns

Every once in a blue moon you hear a band that makes you second guess the bitter notion that music...
what youth recommends silent pictures premiere for time has broken let it begin

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...
what youth recommends silent pictures

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...
conversation with yung

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,...
what youth recommends mild high club's new video "skiptracing"

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,...

The same day in Amsterdam and Paris Europe for the Brixton Broadcast and a bit of radical class tourism

Paris is far too big to seen properly in one day, yet so damn pretty you can feel like you did....
what youth recommends tape waves

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...

Brad Elterman zine release with Crap Eyewear They threw a party and we wanted to share

Crap Eyewear knows how to throw a party. Last Friday, they spun some nighttime gold at the Mid-City Arthouse for...
what youth recommends dent may

Summer with Dent May Good ass music that makes you feel like partying on a boat

If you haven’t heard of Dent May yet, it’s time you crawled out of your current music cave and let...
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Watch The Was Soda_Jerk vs. The Avalanches

Watch this before it’s taken down, again. Made as a promotional piece for The Avalanche’s new album Wildflower, this has...
what youth recommends cosmonauts

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...
what youth recommends ultimate painting's single "Bills"

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...
what youth recommends ty segall music

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...

Conversation With: Audacity Plus the World Premiere of their new video for “Not Like You”

Orange County’s staple garage-punk band Audacity is pounding on your door with another ruckus album, and you’re bound to fall...

8 Jazz Albums To Make It A Little Better For more inspired and relaxing times

The other day, I heard someone say something about how if you’re white, and you are just saying now, amidst...

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...
Brixton Broadcast interviews Natural Child in Chicago.

Brixton Broadcast Chicago Featuring a band that really likes to party: Natural Child

Not all that long ago we were living it up with the Brixton guys in Chicago. We drank beer (some of our favorite...
Parquet Courts releases a new music video for their single "Human Performance."

Watch Parquet Courts’ New Video “Human Performance,” starring, ironically, a bunch of puppets

Parquet Courts have a new video out today for the single “Human Performance,” the title track off their third album...
Listen to Cass McCombs' New Single "Run Sister Run" off new album Mangy Love.

Listen to Cass McCombs’ New Single “Run Sister Run” off new album Mangy Love

Cass McCombs is an exceptional musician. That goes without saying. And after fifteen years of producing exceptional music, he’s back...
What Youth recommends

The What Youth Guide to Summer Tools for Summer: Some You’ll Want, Some You’ll Need

God I hope you’re going somewhere this summer. Please don’t just sit under the gloom watching SnapChats while getting trampled...
Mild High Club announce new album and release their new single "Homage".

Mild High Club Announce New Album And release new single “Homage”

Mild High Club have been on our radar lately, and for good reason. The smooth listening, psych entwined, keyboard loving...
Dinosaur Jr. release a new video "Tiny".

Watch Dinosaur Jr.’s New Video “Tiny”, off new album out August 5th

The incredibly influential Dinosaur Jr. have released a new video today, for the single “Tiny” off their upcoming album Give...
Stream Pink Mexico's new album, Fool.

Listen to Pink Mexico And stream their new album fool

Pink Mexico, LA’s latest musical addition to the fuzzy garage scene dominating our eardrums, has linked up with Burger Records...
Half Rats at the Brixton Broadcast Chicago.

Brixton Broadcast: The Half Rats These Indiana natives showed us a good time at The Empty Bottle in Chicago

Another band we met during our stop in Chicago. The Half Rats. They’re from Lafayette, Indiana and they fucking ruled....
Allah Las have a new music video for "Famous Phone Figure."

Watch Allah-Las New Video for “Famous Phone Figure” and get the details on their forthcoming LP Calico Review

Allah-Las dropped a new video today for “Famous Phone Figure”, the first single to be released from their upcoming third...
Rob Zombie releases a new music video, "The Life and Time of a Teenage Rock God".

Watch Rob Zombie’s New Video for “The Life And Times Of A Teenage Rock God”

Rob Zombie, the musician, director, screenwriter, producer and lover of horror and gore and everything evil, has unleashed a new...
Deathstock Festival music

Go to Deathstock Festival II This weekend in the enchanted forest of Guerneville, CA

Deathstock Fest is back again for a second year. June 17-19. Tucked away in a serene little forest town in Northern...

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