Stereogum — Driving, propulsive, searing: all words that are often thrown around to talk about punk, and all words that could adequately describe what Beach Slang is doing, except they don’t really do it all justice. Of course, the Philadelphia-based band is r... more info

Time — The Against Me! frontwoman talks about her transition in an upcoming AOL documentary show more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Against Me! put out six studio albums in the past 12 years, and arguably just keep getting better. Brooklyn's Life of Agony put out classic metalcore album "River Runs Red" in 1993, two more albums before before 1998, and... more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — It's been a weird year in music.  There's actually been a lot of great music...but nothing that has yet to stand above the rest.  There's been no real consensus on what albums are 2014's calling card.  From site to site, it seems t... more info

Stereogum — Against Me!’s incredible recent album, Transgender Dysphoria Blues, came in at #7 on our list of the 50 Best Albums Of 2014 So Far, although it’s pretty impossible to force the album into any such context: Our #1 album, Sun Kil Moon’s Benji, is... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Gaslight Anthem at Voodoo Festival 2013 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) The Gaslight Anthem have announced they'll follow 2012's Handwritten with their fifth album, Get Hurt, on August 19 via Island.The album was produced by Mike Crossey (Arcti... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Against Me! at Webster Hall in May (more by Amanda Hatfield) Against Me! have been loving the road this year, logging multiple tours that have come through NYC on two occasions. They've now announced another run, and though this one... more info

NME — Grace says 'We Exist' video has 'literally no signs' of transgender culture more info

Stereogum — When Arcade Fire cast Amazing Spinder-Man star Andrew Garfield as a transgender woman in their “We Exist” video, they started a conversation about trans representation that they may not have meant to start. Against Me! leader Laura Jane Grace, a ... more info

Stereogum — The video for “We Exist,” a song from Arcade Fire’s Reflektor album, is the band’s attempt at a massive grand-scale pro-LGBT statement. It casts Amazing Spider-Man star Andrew Garfield as a transgender woman who, after suffering a hateful bea... more info