Guardian Music — (Matador)Once a hardcore band steeped in scene convention – all vinyl-only singles and chaotic DIY gigs – somewhere along the way Toronto's Fucked Up got a taste for grand, expectation-busting gestures. Thus the flirtations with magick and mystic... more info

The Music Fix — Hardcore comes of age. more info

DrownedInSound — Two-and-a-bit hours of sonically dense bangers which, at times, represents a high water mark for the last decade of punk. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Culture Bully — In some ways, the occasion of a Fucked Up release has people talking about not just the quality of the recording and the development of a band, but the expectations for an entire genre. Pressure? What pressure? more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Press release reads:Indie godfathers Dinosaur Jr. have announced the reissue of their classic 1988 album Bug on cassette via Joyful Noise Recordings. Slated for release on June 21, the cassette reissue coincides with the band's 15-date US/European to... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher DOWNLOAD: Jennifer Castle - "Neverride" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Jennifer Castle - "Powers" (MP3) Canadian folk singer Jennifer Castle, who previously existed under the moniker Castlemusic, released her first album under her own name (though ... more info

Metalsucks — Though Fucked Up, Made Out of Babies vocalist Julie Christmas and the annual free tech-metal comp Mecha Organa are completely unrelated in just about every way, they all concern heavy music and they’ve all got new tunes. So: Fucked Up play old-scho... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher DOWNLOAD: Fucked Up - "Queen of Hearts" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Fucked Up - "The Other Shoe" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Fucked Up - "A Little Death" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Animal Man - "Do You Feed" (MP3) Fucked Up at ATP NY... more info

Nialler9 — The best of recent album streams in A-Z. Plenty more in the Album Streams category. Arctic Monkeys – Suck It And See Bachelorette - Bachelorette Black Lips – Arabia Mountain Cults  - Cults Death Cab For Cutie – Codes And Keys Eddie Vedder –... more info

Stereogum — As mentioned on multiple occasions, David Comes To Life is a great album — one of the year’s best — and a more-than-decent “Rock Opera.” Read up on the characters and storyline while you stream the entire thing at NPR. David Comes To Life i... more info