Redd Kross: Researching the Blues

This isn’t your every-month, crappy reunion record. Yes, Redd Kross’ latest release, Researching the Blues is their first album in 15 years (and their first on Merge Records), and yes, the band has about three decades of history behind them. But after the super-lean album spins to a close, you’re left with the realization that Researching the Blues possesses something that fans could only dream about from a band that hasn’t released new material since 1997. When you hold it up to other recent reformations—The Beach Boys, who also were getting close to a two-decade wait for an album, come...  read more

Watch Redd Kross' "Stay Away From Downtown" Video

In conjunction with the release of Researching the Blues today, their first album in 15 years, Redd Kross have released the video for “Stay Away from Downtown.”...  read more

Catching Up With Redd Kross' Jeff McDonald

Redd Kross got their start 34 years ago when brothers and core members Jeff and Steve McDonald put together the band in middle school, but you’d never guess it. Their first album in 15 years, Researching The Blues, has none of the typical reunion record drag, sounding as clean and promising as when they were fresh-faced teenagers. With Jeff writing and Steve producing, Redd Kross put together their 1987 Neurotica line-up for the record. Jeff McDonald spoke to us about the new album during a lazy, hot day in his home in L.A., detailing some pretty surprising influences and what...  read more