The good: New York noise rockers A Place To Bury Strangers offer up their seventh. The bad: No real surprises here; Strangers sticking to their well-worn formula. The nitty gritty: Bad? Hardly.

Panda Bear (aka Noah Lennox) has announced a new album, Sinister Grift, and shared its first single, “Defense” (which features Cindy Lee). He’s also announced some tour dates, with Toro y Moi opening.

I hope everyone is making the most of these last weeks of summer. August is historically slow in the music industry and you can feel the pressure build for the onslaught of new releases and tours that ...