Stereogum — UK indie rock trio Mazes have announced a third album, Wooden Aquarium, for which they enlisted the services of Parquet Courts producer Jonathan Schenke. Here’s the first single from that collection, a fun song supported by chugging guitar riffs, r... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Joe McCabe; words by Bill Pearis Parquet Courts / Protomartyr (bottom) @ Sugarhill Supper Club Parquet Courts have been on tour with pals Protomartyr for a while and when it came to the tour's hometown stop, they planned... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Parquet Courts at BV-SXSW 2014 (more by Tim Griffin) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Parquet Courts, Promartyr, Future Punx, Xerox @ Sugar Hill Supper Club Parquet Courts... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Because of the type of music they play — proudly traditional alternative rock ‘n’ roll that finds its genesis in The Velvet Underground and stumbles forward from there — and because they do it well and in a way that’s altogether fresh, Parq... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Chris Graham and Rae Graham Haim / Brody Dalle / La Luz @ Sasquatch 6/1/2014 Everyone has their own opinions on what makes for a memorable day of Sasquatch. Some believe that it's a chance of a lifetime... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Thee-day Oregon music festival Pickathon returns this year from August 1-3 in Happy Valley. The lineup includes Nickel Creek, X, Warpaint, The War on Drugs, Jonathan Richman, Mac DeMarco, Operators, Foxygen, Destroyer (solo), Courtney Barnett, Parque... more info

NME — Band channel William Burroughs in video for 'Sunbathing Animal' track more info

Stereogum — What a great day for punk rock. My real favorite album of the week is Fucked Up’s bleary, anxious, grown-up hardcore masterwork Glass Boys, a grand and surging piece of work that I can’t write about because they’re my friends. (Our own Chris De... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Parquet Courts' Sunbathing Animal is by far my favorite new album this week. Centro-matic's Take Pride in Your Long Odds, Gabriel Kahane's The Ambassador, and The Orwells' Disgraceland are other new releases I can recommend. Remastered and expanded e... more info

Stereogum — Today Parquet Courts release their anticipated new album, Sunbathing Animal, and to mark the occasion they’ve released a new video for the single “Black And White.” True to the song’s name it’s a black-and-white video with several screens d... more info