The 5 Best Songs of the Year Maya’s musical highlights for 2016
In a year filled with such detrimental loss from the music world (Bowie, Prince, Leonard, to name a few), shout...
The Dylan Rieder Issue Playlist The songs we played to remember
Throughout the creation of the Dylan Rieder issue we played music really loud here. It helped with the emotions, evoked...
Meatbodies Announce New Album And share killer track, “Creature Feature”
Meatbodies, the self-proclaimed weirdo band of Chad Ubovich, Patrick Nolan, and Kevin Boog, are finally releasing the follow-up to their...
Watch Tim Presley’s Video for “Clue” Off his debut solo record The WiNK
Tim Presley, master indie innovator behind the influential band White Fence, unleashed his first ever solo effort back in September...
What Youth Gift Guide If you’re going to buy stuff this holiday season, it should be this stuff
There is no shortage of stuff in this world. The problem with that? There’s a lot of shit that gets...
Jesus and Mary Chain release new song The first in 18 years, and it’s really good
Christmas came early this year and Santa left a beautiful brand new Jesus and Mary Chain song. It’s called “Amputation” and...
Listen to Marching Church A big, brass, moody band from Copenhagen
Marching Church, the new project of Iceage’s Elias Bender Rønnenfelt, is the kind of bona fide big, brass band we all...
Watch Warbly Jets’ “Alive” Video And listen to them
Ever miss that good old rock ‘n’ roll sound that’s not muddled up in fifteen different genres that all bounce...
Conversation With: The Britanys Brooklyn’s lo-fi garage band that’ll remind you of the Strokes
In case you were wondering why Brooklyn band The Britanys have a missing T in their name, blame frontman Lucas...
Twin Peaks European Tour Photos from tagging along
“I broke my elbow at a Twin Peaks show earlier this year in Philly, and that wasn’t even the rowdiest...
Listen to Peeling Sweet and salty jams from Toronto
Money. Roses. And a black leather glove. These images induce all sorts of titillating references in my brain, and the...
WY Premiere: Howardian’s “Box Turtle” An animated voyage with an environmental plea
Ian Vanek’s new project Howardian has been floating under the radar for some time now, and today, we’re happy to...
Listen to A Tribe Called Quest Because politically charged hip-hop is what we need right now
We got it from Here… Thank You 4 Your service. Pretty much the perfect title for a farewell album. And...
Ty Segall Announces New Album And drops debut single, “Orange Color Queen”
That’s right. Ty Segall has a new album dropping January 27th on Drag City Records, and today, he’s sharing the...
Death of a Ladies’ Man A small tribute to Leonard Cohen
“It’s time that we began to laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again.” The first Leonard...
WY Premiere: Listen to Lovely Bad Things And stream their new single “Cartoon Food”
Lovely Bad Things, the La Mirada band of multi-instrumentalist surf punk misfits, have a new song out today, “Cartoon Food”,...
The Shape of Art To Come Let’s make sure we take advantage of this
Yesterday I stood inside a church and looked at a ballot with measures on porn and weed and a presidential battle...
Listen to Cory Hanson The Wand / Muggers member unveils solo debut album
Cory Hanson, lead singer and guitarist of Wand and former member of the Muggers (RIP), has announced his solo debut...
Listen to Kill a Punk for Rock & Roll New project and song from Josh Landau of The Shrine
Josh Landau of the The Shrine debuted his solo project Kill A Punk For Rock & Roll last night on...
Listen to Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions The first single off the album, “Let Me Get There”, featuring Kurt Vile
Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions, the moving force of melancholy heartache in the form of music, has a new...
What Youth Mixtape: Halloween Misfits, The Cramps, Bauhaus, X, Ramones and many more dark entries
Of all the holidays we’ve made up, this one comes with the best music by far. Halloween playlists are usually...
Watch a new video from Broncho For their song “Señora Borealis.”
I’m obsessed with Broncho. And you should be, too. They dropped their third LP, Double Vanity, earlier this year, and...
The Boys and Girls of Beach Goth The annual shit show of ghouls and music hosted by The Growlers
Everyone’s costume is usually melted off by nightfall. And this year was no exception — hell most of the festival...
Listen to TOY And stream their album before it drops Friday
English indie band TOY have a new album out on Heavenly Recordings, and its psychedelic, dream pop sound has us...
Watch the new Froth video for “Contact” Directed by Riley Blakeway
It’s always fun when our friends collaborate and the result is really good. In this case, it’s filmmaker Riley Blakeway...
Afternoon Interview: Randy Holden Episode 049: We sit down with an underground rock lord
Randy Holden was the guitarist of famous ’70s rock band Blue Cheer. He was one of the pioneers pushing the boundaries of heavy,...
Listen to Holy Sons And read our interview with songwriter Emil Amos below
Emil Amos, singer, songwriter and founder of Holy Sons, is an incredibly prolific one-man band. “I taught myself how to...
Listen to the Molochs And watch them play Friday at Non Plus Ultra
Did you know that no word in the English language rhymes with The Molochs? Have you heard the one about two Molochs walking...
Stay Tuned: Ben Kadow Playlist 033: Mixing death metal and distortion from Smashing Pumpkins and Offspring
Ben Kadow is from New York and skates Tomkins Square park just about every day. And what you won’t get...
Watch Tinariwen’s New Video For “Ténéré Tàqqàl,” off upcoming album featuring Kurt Vile and Matt Sweeney
If you don’t know who Tinariwen is, get ready to have your mind blown. This incredible group of Tuareg musicians...
Inexplicable Wonderful in the Desert And a post-Desert Daze playlist to reintroduce real life
Was I only gone a weekend? It must’ve been longer. I’m back now, in the cushiony comfort of modern-day living. But...
Listen to Billy Moon Poppy garage from Ontario
“I’ve always made music, because music doesn’t judge; it doesn’t make you feel weird about liking what you like. It’s...
