Stereogum — For the last several years Adult Swim has curated a series of singles released throughout the summer. They’ve put out some fantastic tracks in the past, but for the fifth series, coming this summer, they’ve completely outdone themselves, enlistin... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Swans at Bowery Ballroom earlier this week (more by Amanda Hatfield) For the third year in a row, Basilica Hudson's Creative Directors Melissa Auf Der Maur and Tony Stone are working in collaboration with Pitchfork Senior Editor/Director of Events Br... more info

Metalsucks — Not together. The post Judas Priest, King Diamond, Amon Amarth, Failure, Deafheaven and Pallbearer are Going to Be Touring This Fall appeared first on MetalSucks. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Pallbearer at Europa in 2013 (more by Greg Cristman) Arkansas doomsters Pallbearer, whose 2012 debut album Sorrow and Extinction was one of the buzziest metal albums of that year, are about to hit the road with another buzzy metal band,... more info

Stereogum — The Gainesville, Florida punks Frameworks play an intensely sincere heart-on-sleeve sort of post-hardcore. It wouldn’t be too much of a stretch to lump the band in with the current emo revival, but there’s precious little pop-punk in their sound.... more info

Stereogum — When I saw Emma Ruth Rundle perform with one of her main bands, Marriages (she also plays in Red Sparrowes), in Boston last July, her group was the hypnotic and gripping opening act for Deafheaven. Now the LA-based singer/guitarist has taken a short ... more info

Stereogum — It’s unfair to compare Black Monolith to Deafheaven, but it’s impossible to talk about Black Monolith without the context of Deafheaven. Black Monolith is a one-man black-metal-derived band from Oakland; the guy behind that band, Gary Bettencourt... more info