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WY Premiere: Pageants Listen to “Cacti For Clothes”

Pageants, the project of former Avi Buffalo keyboardist Rebecca Coleman, sound like a summer breeze glimpsed through a countryside bedroom...
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Watch Flat Worms’ New Video For “Pearl” off their self-titled LP

Flat Worms never cease to impress me, or annihilate my eardrums. The Los Angeles-based shredders have been floating under the...
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What Youth Mixtape: Sweet Lilac Music Is the Answer to help Ease into your weekend

Editor’s note: Hayley Shore is my deejay partner and all around vibe coach when it comes to music. So naturally we...
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Listen to Easy’s debut single “Goodnight” And watch Blake Anderson solve their band name

Ever wonder why the band called Easy calls themselves Easy? Watch Workaholics’ Blake Anderson help solve their name dilemma in...
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Premiere: Wanderwild Listen to glistening dreamy single “Control”

Wanderwild, the solo project of multi-instrumentalist and producer Matt Martin, is at once familiar and fresh, dreampoppy and bedroomy and...
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WY Premiere: Moniker Listen to “Fallouts” and stream their new album

Moniker, the project of songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jordan Scott, began as most bands do, with home recordings and David Bowie...
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WY Premiere: Slow Caves Watch their new video for “2Hrs!”

Colorado-based surf-inspired band Slow Caves wish they were closer to waves. Waves mean sand and surf and the comfort of...
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New Bleached Music Video Starring Ronnie Sandoval, Noah Wilson, Rick Fabro, & Robbie Russo

A new skate edit from our favorites from San Pedro – Rye Beres, Ronnie Sandoval, Rick Fabro, Noah Wilson and...
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WY Premiere: Brenda Watch their new creepy video for “Children”

Toronto four-piece Brenda have been involved in the local punk scene since 2015. And even though their sound isn’t quite...
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WY Premiere: LKFFCT Listen to new single “Anesthesia”

New Jersey slacker-rock group LKFFCT – we’ll get to that later – have made a name for themselves playing basement...
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WY Premiere: Maston Listen to new instrumental track “Rain Dance”

Maston, the project of musician Frank Maston, makes landscapes of sound that’ll transport you to another dimension. After spending five...
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Listen to Omni Their new album Multi-task drops tomorrow

Atlanta trio Omni make experimental post-punk licks that will either make you dance frenetically or give you a mild spout...
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Listen to Joy Again The Philly 5-piece drop two new singles

Philadelphia five-piece Joy Again formed in 2015 on Facebook, but that’s not important. They spent their formative years thrashing through...
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WY Premiere: Everyone Is Dirty Listen to new track “Lady Liberty”

Everyone Is Dirty, the self-proclaimed art-rockers from Oakland, have been blowing audiences’ minds since their debut in 2013. Their raw...
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WY Premiere: Pink Mexico Watch the new video for “Dumbfuck”

New York-based thrashers Pink Mexico, the reverb-coated annihilation of a band fronted by Robert Preston, know how to cause a...
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WY Premiere: Kid Bloom Listen to “She Only Stays On The Weekend”

Kid Bloom, a five-piece from Los Angeles, somehow mix elements of disco, psych, and pop into their own swirl of...
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Call Me 917 Releases Full Length Video A really good skate vid starring Hugo Boserup, Nik Stain, Aidan Mackey, Cyrus Bennet, Alex Olson, Vincent Touzery, Max Palmer and more.

Alex Olson and friends at Call Me 917 just dropped this new vid out of the blue and it’s basically made...
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WY Premiere: The Entire Universe Watch their video for “Revolving Sun”

There’s something magical about a band that forms under auspicious circumstances. And The Entire Universe, a relatively new three-piece from...
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WY Premiere: Jordan Klassen Listen to “The Same Thing Over and Over”

Jordan Klassen has the kind of voice that makes you feel. Layered with range, hope, whimsy and what’s been described...

Listen to the Peacers And watch their new video for “Jurgen’s Layout”

Acid rock is maybe my favorite genre. And The Peacers, a four-piece from San Francisco, are seeping in that kaleidoscope...
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Listen to Kera and the Lesbians Buy this song, support “United We Dream” a great cause aiding immigrant communities

Kera and the Lesbians have always stood up for what’s good and true, and on their new single, “Bright Future...
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Watch Dirty Fences’ New Video For their new super catchy single “Teen Angel”

Dirty Fences are releasing their third studio album, Goodbye Love, due out October 27th on Greenway Records. And they’ve released...
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WY Premiere: Worst Gift Listen to new track “What’s Another 40 Bucks Between Friends?”

It’s Monday, and it was really damn hard getting out of bed this morning. But nothing like a slap in...
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What Youth Mixtape: Forbidden Fruit Sultry Songs to Strip to Curated by Margeaux Hamrock

I have this album from 1966 called Music to Strip By by ‘Bald’ Bill Hagan and his Trocaderons. It is...
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WY Premiere: The Willowz Listen to their new single, “Just Can’t Wait”

The Willowz have been around for almost fifteen years. That’s a lifetime for a rock ‘n’ roll band, and yet,...
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Listen to She-Devils And catch their show tonight at the Troubadour in LA

She-Devils, the Montreal-based pop duo of Audrey Ann Boucher and Kyle Jukka, sounds like lucid hallucinations of underwater light explosions....
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WY Premiere: Lunch Ladies Watch their video for “Pick Yourself Up”

Lunch Ladies are a new four-piece from New Jersey slinging dream-pop melodies that’ll make your feet tap. Fronted by vocalist/bassist...
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WY Premiere: Distractor Watch their new video for “Best Bug”

Distractor, the OC-based group of best friends and video makers, have been through a lot as a young band. After...
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Music to save your summer A “Vicious” new playlist from Maya Eslami that’s good enough to make you forget it’s almost over

It’s the first day of September. Which would normally mean something like back to school or the beginning of fall,...
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Oh Sees Announce New Album And drop title track, “Memory of a Cut Off Head”

Think you know everything about the Oh Sees? Think again. On their new single “Memory of a Cut Off Head,”...
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Guantanamo Baywatch at the Echo We had a busy weekend, and this is what that looked like

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. Guantanamo Baywatch puts on one hell of a show. Last Friday,...
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WY Premiere: Elsa Watch “I Do,” a perfect end of summer feel

Nostalgia is a real thing, and the basis for new video “I Do” by Toronto heartthrobs Elsa. Directed by Laura-Lynn...

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