Listen to Slow Hollows We chat with this band of high schoolers on their new song “Again,” and playing on a bill with Skrillex
Slow Hollows are a band based in LA. They are still in grade school – most in high school. They...
Listen to The Parrots’ New Single “Jame Gumb” off their forthcoming debut
When The Parrots first showed up in my musical hemisphere, they reminded me of The Strange Boys, with their contagious...
Deap Vally Announce New Album Femejism And premiere new video for “Smile More”
“Everybody’s trying to tell me what to do. It makes me wanna break some shit and sniff some glue.” The...
Listen to (and see) Veronica Bianqui Cheery, Parisian-influenced pop tonight at the Hi-Hat in Los Angeles
Veronica Bianqui is a bubblegum pop princess dream come true. She’s swept Los Angeles with her cheery pop tunes that...
Kevin Morby Played the Bootleg Theater And blew everyone’s mind
Kevin Morby’s latest album Singing Saw is robust with instrumentation, full of horns and pianos and strings and layers of...
Music for Wandering Around Europe A Playlist for your jaunt in the Old World
Without music, life would be a mistake. Nietzsche once said that, and I back him all the way. Europe is...
Brixton Broadcast Chicago: The Yolks Go backstage where all the cool shit happens
Everyone knows by now how much fun we had during our time in Chicago. We drank the world’s greatest beer,...
On the Road With Kim and The Created Through a week of sold-out shows opening for The Kills
Kim and The Created, LA’s own rock explosion fronted by the Iggy-inspired, space-age jumpsuit wearing Kim House, are pretty seasoned...
New video for “Fear” by Numb•er You might have heard it in the new Volcom skate film Holy Stokes!
The new Volcolm skate film “Holy Stokes!” premiered this past Friday at the Ace Hotel Theater in Downtown LA and...
Interview with Bleached On their new, darker and more honest album Welcome to the Worms
These riot girls have spent the past couple of years growing into a sound and image that is as real...
Watch Aquarian Blood in Chicago Memphis rock in Chicago during the Brixton Broadcast
These Brixton Broadcast shows are becoming a highlight of our year. Going to some cities and places we never thought...
Finnegan on the sounds of surfing Pulitzer Prize winner William Finnegan speaks to Pitchfork about music and surfing
“The soundtrack for surfing, especially since shortboards in ’68, is rock n roll. That’s what it is.” William Finnegan wrote...
Listen to GØGGS Ty Segall’s new punk band rips
That’s right. Ty Segall has yet another band. But this one may be the most punk thing he’s ever done,...
Listen to “Ancient Rolling Sea” Comedown music for the end of your weekend by Slow Club
Rock ‘n’ roll will always soothe my soul, but sometimes a woozy, wistful dose of blues-infused pop does the body...
Watch The Growlers Cover “Mama Said” And “Charlie Don’t Surf” at the Observatory
The Growlers always have tricks up their sleeves. And last Valentine’s Day, during their set at the Observatory in Santa...
Austin Sike Fest “It was like having a good time at a funeral.” The Levitation Fest that wasn’t to be
I was feeling inspired, euphoric and maybe a little bigheaded when I flew into Austin, Texas last week. Not only...
Premiere: Watch “Sweet Time” A new music video by Billy Changer
Billy Changer, Robert Cifuentes’ band that played our Issue 12 release party last year, has a new video out for...
Relive the Corners Show From their East Coast tour send-off party (go see them East Coast)
We partied with Corners last week before they left for their East Coast tour, and boy did we rage. Held...
Chicago by night Art, dive bars and the perfectly executed 3 beer buzz
It’s perfect in all ways. The three beer buzz. You’re enthusiastic, powerful and alive. With zip and zest. Lit but sharp....
Watch “Walk Away” by Tomorrows Tulips New music video by Distractor
What do Spacemen 3 and David Bowie have in common? The new Tomorrows Tulips video for their single “Walk Away”,...
Listen to Whitney New music from ex-Unknown Mortal Orchestra and Smith Westerns
You know a band is going to take off when Reverberation Radio throws one of their songs on a mix....
En-Route to Brixton Broadcast Chicago The windy city is about to get blown away by Natural Child and The Half Rats and Us
I have been to Chicago before. And I surfed. Sorta. I tried to do tow-ats on one-foot wind waves in...
Go on the Road with Feels Tour photography by Jeff Fribourg
We’ve insisted you listen to Feels a couple of times now. So now that you’re convinced and are in love with their...
Watch “Tell You” by Tracy Bryant A quick glimpse into their life on tour
Tracy Bryant toured through Europe at the tail end of winter this year, promoting the killer album Subterranean and opening...
See Corners Wednesday in LA They’re kicking off their East Coast tour with a show at The Blind Spot Project
Corners are easily one of our favorite bands here. And Wednesday night they’re playing a show in Los Angeles to kick...
After School Special at WY HQ Our new favorite band is still in middle school
Yesterday we rolled up the back doors of our HQ to have After School Special (A.S.S.) play. The middle school-aged...
10 Records You need on Record Store Day Saturday April 16th is Record Store Day
Record Store Day, the annual event conceived in 2007 to celebrate the independent record store, is upon us. Tomorrow, April...
Listen to Kevin Morby’s New Album Singing Saw, out today on Dead Oceans
“What is a singing saw? It is an instrument that creates ethereal sounds, but it is also a tool: Basic...
WY Premiere: Flat Worms “Sovereignty” ’90s Batman birthday party footage and a really sick song
“I was listening to Swell Maps one day and realized I wanted to play rock and roll again,” says Will...
Listen to Flying Hair And catch them live Monday with Acid Mothers Temple
Do you like heavy riffs and demented jams and the image of hair flying wildly all in the name of...
Sell your Coachella Tickets It’s time we move on…and go to Barbados
Coachella was once magic. A warm and dry de-thawing station in the desert where all of California (and a shit-ton...
Listen to Zig Zags’ New Single The ear crushing “They Came For Us”
After a year or so of reinventing themselves, Los Angeles trio Zig Zags are ready to crush your eardrums with...
