Stereogum — Former Deafheaven member and current Nothing bassist Nick Bassett’s band Whirr make gravelly, heavy shoegaze. Earlier this month, we premiered “Mumble,” the first single from their upcoming album, Sway, and now you can hear a new one: the appro... more info

Metalsucks — Pro-shot HD footage of the band performing a new one. The post Let’s All Argue About This Brand New Deafheaven Song appeared first on MetalSucks. more info

Stereogum — Deafheaven made my favorite album of 2013, and whenever they announce the release of a follow-up, that album will almost definitely top my list of that year’s most anticipated. I don’t expect a new album anytime soon, and I don’t know what to e... more info

Stereogum — The title “Dream House” has very specific connotations around here, where Deafheaven’s Sunbather left such a lasting impact on this past year. But blackgaze’s mainstream ambassadors don’t have a monopoly on that phrase. Indeed, Philadelphia... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by James Richards IV, words by Zach Pollack, Milos Markicevic & Arielle Gordon Grimes / Kendrick Lamar / Slowdive The 2014 Pitchfork Music Festival wrapped up yesterday (7/20) after two previous days of fun in Chicago's Union Park. It... more info

Stereogum — This past weekend, Pitchfork Festival went down in Chicago, and it included a great deal of excellent acts. We sent our photographer Max Herman to capture some behind-the-scenes portraits of artists around the festival. Above you’ll find photos of ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Pitchfork Festival 2013 (more by James Richards IV) Pitchfork Festival is about to kick off in Chicago's Union Park today (7/18) and run through Sunday (7/20). If you're there, you might want to check the updated set times (sans Death... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Chicago's Pink Frost (formerly Apteka) are set to follow 2013's Sundowner LP with a new EP called Traitors on September 16. We've got the premiere of that EP's new single, "Seek and Recover," which is a no-frills... more info

Stereogum — Whirr is the shoegaze project Nothing bassist Nick Bassett formed after leaving Deafheaven. (Bassett and Nothing founder Dominic Palermo also have a project called Death Of Lovers; busy guy!) Whirr’s second full-length, Sway, is coming this fall an... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — White Lung at FFF Fest 2013 (more by 2013) Hudson, NY's two-day Basilica Sound Scape already announced a great initial lineup of Swans, Deafheaven, Tim Hecker, Julia Holter and more, and the fest has now added more impressive names including... more info