Video: Peaking Lights - "Dream Beat" - 08.20.2012
Peaking Lights have released a second video from Lucifer, this latest clip for the perfectly titled highlight "Dream Beat". The video follows around a girl as she walks along a boardwalk, takes a bike ride and gets into other fun mischief. Watch it below.

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Baroness share light-hearted photo, message of gratitude - 08.20.2012


After a bus crash in the UK last week, the members of Baroness are currently recovering from some injuries sustained in the accident, and have since posted a new update with a photo from the hospital showing John Baizley, Allen Blickle and Matt Maggioni in good spirits. Guitarist Pete Adams has since returned to the United States. In a Facebook post, the band said the following:

Thank you to all of you who have been sending the tidal wave of positivity our way. We are uplifted by its sheer magnitude, and power. Every single one of you is making our days and nights easier and our recovery quicker. Thank you all so much, we are truly lucky to have such incredible people on our side. A sincere and heartfelt thank you from each of us to each of you.

The band's European tour dates in support of new album Yellow and Green have been canceled, but for the time being, their U.S. dates are still on their itinerary.

Stream the new Dan Deacon album - 08.20.2012


The long list of upcoming albums available to stream just keeps on growing. Next week, Dan Deacon releases his latest, America, via Domino Records. However, you can stream it today via NPR First Listen.

Listen here.

Video: Frightened Rabbit - "State Hospital" - 08.20.2012
Frightened Rabbit's new video for the title track from their upcoming State Hospital EP (due Sept. 25 via Canvasback/Atlantic) is a fairly literal reading of the title. Dark, dreary stuff on a Monday, but still quite stunning. Watch the Hand Held Cine Club-directed video below.

Converge announce album release date, tour dates - 08.20.2012


On Oct. 9, hardcore heroes Converge will release All We Love We Leave Behind, their follow-up to 2009's Axe to Fall, via Epitaph. And in support of the album, the Salem, Mass. band is heading out on the road with some other amazing bands, including Swedish bruisers Kvelertak, and Torche, whose Harmonicraft is easily one of the best heavy albums of 2012.

9/1 Los Angeles, CA - FYF Fest
10/12 New Britain, CT - Club INT (T,K)
10/13 Rochester, NY - Water Street Music Hall (T,K)
10/14 Pittsburgh, PA - Altar Bar (T,K)
10/15 Columbus, OH - Skully's (T,K)
10/16 Detroit, MI - Majestic Theatre (T,K)
10/18 Chicago, IL - Metro (T,K)
10/19 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock Social Club (T,K)
10/20 Lawrence, KS - Granada Theatre (T,K,C)
10/21 Denver, CO - Marquis Theatre (T,K)
10/22 Salt Lake City, UT - Club Sound (T,K)
10/24 Seattle, WA - El Corazon (T,K,N)
10/25 Portland, OR - Branx (T,K,N)
10/26 San Francisco, CA - Slim's (T,K,N)
10/27 Pomona, CA - Glasshouse (T,K,N)
10/28 Los Angeles, CA - EchoPlex (T,K,N)
10/30 Mesa, AZ - The Nile (T,K,N)
11/1 Dallas, TX - Sons of Herman Hall (T,K)
11/2 Austin, TX - Fun Fun Fun Festival (T,K)
11/3 Houston, TX - Fitzgerald's (T,K)
11/4 Little Rock, AR - Downtown Music (T,K)
11/5 Birmingham, AL - Zydece (T,K)
11/6 Nashville, TN - Exit/In (T,K)
11/7 Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade (T,K)
11/8 Durham, NC - Motoroco Music Hall (T,K)
11/9 Philly, PA - Union Transfer (T,K)
11/10 Asbury Park, NJ - Stone Pony (T,K)
11/11 New York City, NY - Highline Ballroom (T,K)
11/12 Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair (T,K)

T = w/ Torche
K = w/ Kvelertak
C = w/ Coalesce
N = w/ Nails

Stream the new Swans album - 08.20.2012


Next week, veteran art-punk creep Michael Gira and the latest incarnation of the Swans release their follow-up to 2010's My Father Will Guide My Up a Rope To the Sky, titled The Seer. This week, the album (all two hours of it) is streaming via NPR's First Listen.

Listen here.