Brooklyn Vegan — (photo via @griffinshot) Tickets for the Slowdive reunion show at Terminal 5 go on BrooklynVegan presale at noon. PASSWORD HERE. Tickets for the Interpol and Hundred Waters show at Terminal 5 go on BrooklynVegan presale today at noon. PASSWORD HERE..... more info

NME — Stream 'Queen' ahead of album's September release date more info

Nialler9 — Perfume Genius‘ comeback song ‘Queen’ is a comeback and a retort also to the latent homophobia that still persists in modern society and that Hadreas feels is a type of “gay panic” when people see him on the street. “No family is safe as... more info

Time — The Seattle act tries out new sounds after two critically acclaimed albums more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Perfume Genius is set to release his third album, Too Bright, on September 23 via Matador Records. He recorded it with Portishead's Adrian Utley, and PJ Harvey collaborator John Parish contributed to several tracks. From the sound... more info

Stereogum — Mike Hadreas’ work as Perfume Genius has often been described with words like “wounded” and “fragile.” His songs detail experiences with abuse, addiction, death, suicide, and the mistreatment of homosexuals with an elegant, but shy, sparsen... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Kurt Vile in Austin in 2013 (more by Glen Brown) There's already been three lineup announcements for SXSW 2014, and since we last spoke the music schedule was posted, which revealed more artist additions. Those additions include Sam Smith, Schoolboy.... more info

Stereogum — The National will release “I Need My Girl” as the next single from 2013′s Trouble Will Find Me, and the B-side of that single will feature the band covering “Learning,” the title track from Perfume Genius’ 2010 debut album. It’s a good ... more info

Sweeping The Nation — Albums there are dates for Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Wigout At Jagbags (6th January)Broken Bells – After The Disco (13th January)East India Youth - Total Strife Forever (13th January)I Break Horses - Chiaroscuro (20th January)Mogwai - Rave Ta... more info

Sweeping The Nation — To round off reminiscences of things just past, a sprint through another 75 tracks that we loved this year that didn't appear on one of our top 50 albums. All that are there of these, plus a track from each of that top 50 that are streaming on th... more info