Brooklyn Vegan — NPR has got the streams of Bat For Lashes' new moody synth pop opus, The Haunted Man (listen), Titus Andronicus' very worthy back-to-basics successor to The Monitor, Local Business (listen), Sinkane's funky DFA debut, Mars (listen), and Pig Destroyer... more info

Consequence of Sound — Plus, the blitzing grindcore of Pig Destroyer. more info

Totally Fuzzy — Just about everything Patrick Stickles sings sounds like a mission statement, and his band hits musical high points to match the manifestos. For three albums now, the New Jersey group has charged forward, waving its baggage like a battlefield pennan... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Titus @ House of Vans in August (more by Ryan Muir) Titus Andronicus are gearing up to release their new record, Local Business, on October 23 via XL. It's a bit of a back-to-basics record, at least... more info

Prefix — You've already heard "Upon Viewing Oregon's Landscape with the Flood of Detritus" and the "In a Big Country"-biting ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/media/titus-andronicus/still-life-with-hot-deuce-on-silver-platter/70541/ more info

Consequence of Sound — Our second cut off Local Business. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — (via @hessismore) Tickets to see Death Grips at Music Hall of Williamsburg are on sale today at noon. Tickets to see Andrew Bird at The Riverside Church go on sale at noon today. Tickets to see Jason Isbell & the... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — (via @hessismore) Tickets to see Death Grips at Music Hall of Williamsburg are on sale today at noon. Tickets to see Andrew Bird at The Riverside Church go on sale at noon today. Tickets to see Jason Isbell & the... more info

The Bay Bridged — class=”wpaudio”>Ceremony – “Everything Burns” Northern California band Ceremony originally came out onto the scene as a hardcore punk band; their later albums leading up to Zoo signaled a shift to a cleaner, classic punk sound. Now we are p... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets for the Titus Andronicus and Ceremony show at Maxwell's go on sale today at noon and tickets for their Webster Hall show go on AmEx presale today at noon with a general on-sale starting Friday (10/5) at noon.... more info