Stereogum — Steep Leans is the Boston-based project of Gray Somers and the latest signee to Wavves’ label Ghost Ramp. After forming the band in 2012, Somers performed a string of live shows over the years with additional band members until going into the quiet... more info

Stereogum — Last week, Wavves’ Nathan Williams tweeted a series of disgruntled messages directed at his label, Warner Bros., when the label tried to pull Wavves’ new single “Way Too Much” from Spotify after it had already gone online. After Williams call... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Wavves already gave us their collaborative album with Cloud Nothings and their side project Spirit Club's album this year, but we're still waiting on the band's proper followup to Afraid of Heights. Release details and a title... more info

Stereogum — Nathan Williams has been so busy with various side projects over the last year — from his Cloud Nothings collab to bro trio Spirit Club to beat alter ego Sweet Valley — that I almost forgot he was set to release an album under his original monike... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Thee Oh Sees have a new killer lineup (which is touring soon), but their old lineup was killer too, so it's exciting to see former guitarist Petey Dammit is in a new band, LA's Birth Defects. The... more info

Stereogum — The Alchemist and Oh No curated Grand Theft Auto V’s soundtrack, a trippy collection of unlikely collaborations called Welcome To Los Santos. It has yielded some of the year’s most interesting tracks, and today another one-off has been released i... more info

Stereogum — Nathan Williams and Dylan Baldi officially announced their collaborative album back in March, but we knew that a release was kinda-sorta imminent a year before that. The record was recorded and produced by Sweet Valley (Williams and his brother Joel)... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Wavves and Cloud Nothings announced that their collaborative album, No Life For Me, would be out at some point this year, and now we finally know when: Tonight at midnight, as a tweet from Wavves reveals. (If you're in... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo from the 2015 Mermaid Parade by Paul Lurrie Tickets for the BrooklynVegan-presented Cayetana, Chumped, Thin Lips show at Baby's All Right are on sale. Tickets for the BrooklynVegan-presented L7 show at Warsaw are on sale. L7 also play... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets for the Tame Impala shows at Radio City Music Hall go on sale at 10 AM. Tickets for the Old 97's shows at Brooklyn Bowl go on sale at 10 AM. Tickets for Windhand show at Gramercy Theatre... more info