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Vundabar tour photos by Caitlin McCann To celebrate the release of their new album Gawk

Vundabar is a rockband from Boston. And Caitlin McCann is an extremely talented photographer based in New York (imagine Mike Brodie...
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Fuzz Announces New Album And Leaks Two Teaser Songs

Fuzz, the heavy psyche proto-inspired creation of Ty Segall, Charlie Moothart, and Chad Ubovich, is releasing a new album this...
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Listen to: DRINKS’ “Laying Down Rock” A New Song From New Duo Tim Presley and Cate Le Bon

Yes, that Tim Presley, of White Fence fame, and that Cate Le Bon, the Welsh singer/songwriter who played with White...
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The Brixton Broadcast Barcelona All night rock and roll on the surreal sea

What do you do when a place has no respect for time or light or dark or anything outside of...
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Television at the Terragram Ballroom Talent Reigns in the new Los Angeles Theatre

Good rock ‘n’ roll is timeless. That’s why throwback bands are breaking out with reunion tours, performing their most popular...
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A Poem Is A Naked Person at the Ace Theatre With Leon Russell in person

On Wednesday night, the Theatre at the Ace Hotel in Downtown LA (remember when we did this there?) is hosting...
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Listen to Tops New bedroom pop from Montreal

Indie soft rockers TOPS, the four-piece band out of Montreal that’ll make you think of Julee Cruise, Angelo Badalamenti, and...
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Photography by Charles Peterson Featuring Nirvana, Mudhoney and more from WY Issue 11

Mudhoney. Soundgarden. Pearl Jam. Nirvana. Sub Pop. Seattle. Photographer Charles Peterson found himself a young man in the trenches of...
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Stay Tuned: Ford Archbold Playlist 019 Presented by D’Blanc

Ford Archbold plays in Tomorrows Tulips, a band influenced by Pavement, Galaxie 500, Further, and every other band you could...

Death stock Festival starts Friday We’ll call it summer now

It’s hard to tell when Summer is here when you live in California because we have perfect weather all the...
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Jonathan Richman at Don’s Where was the door to Bohemia?

“It’s better to be known as a sincere person in the darkness, than a fake person in the lightness.” —Jonathan...
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Refused Release New Video “Dawkins Christ” off new LP “Freedom”, out June 30th

Refused released a new video from their upcoming album Freedom — out June 30th on Epitaph, and yes, we’ve pre-ordered — and fuck...

Conversation with: Cosmonauts Live from The Echo, with a Hollywood Video reference!

“I’m gonna go hide for a while.” It’s almost 1 a.m. The Cosmonauts just finished slaying the Moon Block show...
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Listen to Flesh World New Album The Wild Animals in My Life

If you’re a fan of the Queer Core band Limp Wrist, Needles, or Brilliant Colors, well, this sounds nothing like...

Listen to Dope Body Trash Rock Freaks out of Baltimore

Baltimore band Dope Body is releasing their second album – Kunk – in August, and I’ve bet you’ve never even heard of...

Listen to Total Control Good Music out of Melbourne, Australia

Total Control is a band from Melbourne, Australia that plays an epic blend of synth heavy, highly danceable, slightly gothic,...
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Growlers Unleash New Music Video There’s No Way To Give Her a “Love Test”

Our favorite surfer beach goth dudes The Growlers released their latest video for “Love Test,” off their 2014 album Chinese Fountain....
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Listen to Leon Bridges And everything will be alright. Promise.

On our somewhat hazy Uber ride home from the Brixton 10 year anniversary party last Friday night (thanks boys!), our...
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Stay Tuned: Reverberation Radio Playlist 018 presented by D’Blanc

We all have a few friends who dig up rad old radio jams, mix in some new songs and blow our...
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For the Love: Froth Episode 017 Presented by Vissla

Just to be clear, Froth is not a surf rock band. Although that didn’t stop us from having them play Kolohe’s...
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Ceremony’s The L-Shaped Man A softer side of Ceremony — and we’re OK with it

Ceremony blew minds when Matador Records dropped the official music video for “The Separation” and “The Understanding.” It was a...
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What Youth Mixtapes Creed McTaggart’s “Candy Mix”

Creed McTaggart’s been wandering NYC recently, and everyone knows there’s something cool in the water there. It makes your taste...

WY Recommends: Broken Water We interviewed the band from Olympia, WA that is changing our world

Good noise out of Olympia Washington.

Get to know L.A. Witch And listen to their new single “Kill My Baby Tonight”

Los Angeles-based bad girl trio L.A. Witch released a new single today, “Kill My Baby Tonight,” off their forthcoming album,...

What Youth Mixtapes Dion Agius’ in-transit birthday mix

Liz. Sliz. Dinky. Dion. He’s been hustling and creating and flying around the globe for well over a decade now...

Get to know Charles Bradley A singing career 40 years in the making

A music career 40 years in the making.

Making a new album with Mac Demarco “Another One” out August 7, 2015

This morning, Mac Demarco announced the release of his next album, aptly named Another One, a mini-LP with eight tracks, set...

Stay Tuned: Kevin Terpening Playlist 016 Presented by D’Blanc

For a guy who moved from Ohio to LA, professional skater Kevin Terpening sure has a refined sense of music....
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White Fence and Cherry Glazerr At the Natural History Museum in LA

First Fridays at the Natural History Museum in Downtown LA have been happening for a while now, and garner that...

Stay Tuned: Wade Goodall Playlist 015 Presented by D’Blanc

Wade Goodall is an underground indie-surf Lord. He’s always unexpected. Witty as fuck. And his timing is flawless. His surfing...

Watch Froth’s “Postcard Radio” video Directed by Riley Blakeway

Here’s a really good video and song shot by one of our really good friends Riley Blakeway. Riley once filmed...

Big names and bad kids at Burgerama 4 The Black Lips, Ty Segall, Weezer and Bone Thugs N Harmony

Everyone looked great this past weekend in Southern California: young, dirty and loose kids ran wild in the business parks...

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