A ton of mp3s and videos at Chromewaves. Check out Frank Yang's Flickr for some amazing photos. Pictured above, Valleys, live at Toronto's Handlebar. Their second album, Are You Going To Stand There And Talk Weird All Night, is out now on Kanine Records. Check out more NXNE coverage at The National Post and Now.

A short film about Malcolm Brickhouse and Jarad Dawkins: sixth grade metalheads from Flatbush, Brooklyn. Check it out on Vimeo. More at The Avant/Garde Diaries.

Directed and filmed by Ashley Fell and Michael James Wright. Gravez is out now on Full Time Hobby. More (including west coast tour dates) at their official website. Exclaim! has an interview.

From last year's Fear Fun. Subpop has more. Directed by J. Tillman and Grant James. Spin has a truly excellent interview. Via Chromewaves.

Check it out at Vimeo. Matt Slate's second album, All I Did Was Tell Them The Truth And They Thought It Was Hell, is out August 28 on New Granada. Listen to another song from the album, "Green Eyes," on SoundCloud. More at KoS' official website.

The title track to the band's new Carolina EP, out May 28 on Carpark. Directed by Megha Barnabas. You can stream the whole EP at Stereogum; they also have more on the video. Serial Optimist has an interview.

Nick Cave lectures on songwriting. Check it out at Dangerous Minds.