July 25, 2012 – This summer, Mad Decent is bringing the fifth installment of their cross-country Block Party series to a brand new block. In addition to returning to New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia, the Diplo-helmed label has announced plans to kick off the proceedings — with help from Puma, Red Bull, Heineken and SPIN — in Toronto on July 28. Each day will feature a new lineup and a host of surprise guests in every city they visit. Admission is free, and delicious eats and carnival games abound. Below, check out details on the forthcoming dates in Toronto (including set times), NYC and Philly, as well as confirmed locations for parties in Chicago and Los Angeles.

July 24, 2012 – Given dubstep's lumbering cadences, it's only appropriate that the genre has left a ginormous footprint in every corner of the pop landscape — from the brain-battering swagger of the new Korn album to the crackling midnight symphonies of recent Radiohead to Waka Flocka Flame's club-destroying fist pumps, to the noir croon of James Blake to the Solo-cup-raising breakdowns of Britney Spears. The sullen spawn of U.K.

July 13, 2012 – All Tomorrow's Parties, SPIN's favorite weekend getaway of the year, has just turned into a monster staycation. Due to "unavoidable logistical concerns, along with a lack of available fan accommodations," the fifth east coast iteration of eclectic fest has moved from the beachy confines of Asbury Park to Manhattan, a sleepy little East Coast town where they filmed movies like C.H.U.D. Relocating to Pier 36 in New York City, the fest will continue as planned with a slew of excellent new additions topped by a collaboration between minimalist pioneer Philip Glass and ex-Battles loop pedal guru Tyondai Braxton.

July 10, 2012 – Run-D.M.C., the Beatles of hip-hop, will be reuniting for the first time in a decade to headline the 7th edition of Austin's Fun Fun Fun Fest. The group disbanded in 2002 after the shooting death of turntable architect Jam Master Jay. To honor Jay's memory, FFF festival promoters are working with the group to give some proceeds to the JMJ Foundation for Music, a group "dedicated to providing access to the arts, regardless of socio-economic status, for children and young adults." It's going to be interesting to see how they pull this off: When we last caught Run-D.M.C. on their final tours in the early '00s, DMC's voice was irreparably damaged by spasmodic dysphonia, his trademark roar reduced to a gravelly murmur and inestimable bandleader JMJ was helping with all his lines.

July 3, 2012 – Mad Decent foot soldier and Buraka Som Sistema producer Branko (formerly J-Wow until, well, you know) has returned with a killer new single with ever-rising Floridian club sensation Dominique Young Unique, "Going in Hard." Dominique does indeed go in hard, splitting her flow between her usual high-octane 138-bpm Baltimore/Miami hybrid and a slowed down groove like the first half of the latest Nicki LP. Watch the video for in-studio antics, feverish club footage and ugly red lettering. The track appears on Mad Decent's Jeffree's Volume 4 comp, which is out now.

July 2, 2012 – Danny Marianino, a.k.a. the dude from North Side Kings who punched out Glenn Danzig, is celebrating the eighth anniversary of punching Glenn Danzig by publishing a book about it. Apparently the book is more than just an iPad looping a .gif of Marianino punching Danzig, it "profiles a regular guy's journey in music and learning to shrug off one of the most opinionated events in music history. Plus an amazing amount of hate mail." Guess that whole "playing music" thing didn't work out so well, huh? Anyway, there's a Facebook page (via the AV Club) for it and everything, so it certainly will exist very soon. As for Glenn's side of the story? Well, he told SPIN in 2007: "No one asks, 'Why did you push him instead of nailing him right in the face?' 'Cause there's a camera rolling! I have so many friends who've lost tons of money from that setup, punching people and getting sued.

July 2, 2012 – Brooklyn-via-Providence indie rock glory-bombs Fang Island are returning this month for Major, the follow-up to their critically acclaimed 2010 debut. Their uplifting harmonies and churning guitar crunch have evolved into the exact midpoint between the Antlers and fun., and you can already hear their evolving, beefier sound in the "Kindergarden" teaser and the full leak of "Asunder". New track "Seek It Out" rocks the hardest of 'em all, combining a riff worthy of their Sargent House labelmates Boris with the cheery, bombastic indie rock that made them anthem-making heroes.

June 21, 2012 – It's true: You never get a second chance to make a first impression. Honestly, would we still love Pink Floyd if they were called the Screaming Abdabs? Would we be defacing our jean jackets if Led Zeppelin were still the New Yardbirds? Would we maybe listen to Umphrey's McGee if they were called literally anything else besides Umphrey's McGee? The SPIN staff gets approximately one Them!-sized anthill worth of promo packages a day, and we can assure you that band names matter (we'll get riiiight back to you, Cocaine Mustache). Our nerd cabal decided to get downright technical about it, crafting a faultless mathematical theorem for figuring out the most timeless, iconic, critic-proof, world-changing, desk-despoiling names of all time — and we even caught up with a few bands to better understand their techniques!

June 12, 2012 – Just months after the release of Space Duck: An Infinite Comic Book of Musical Greatness, avant-pop hero Daniel Johnston and Supreme have announced one of the more unlikely collaborations in recent years, Complex notes. The Texas-bred singer-songwriter has long provided illustrations for his own cover art (1983's Hi, How Are You: The Unfinished Album on was famously seen on a tee worn by Kurt Cobain at the MTV Video Music Awards in 1992) and though his work here is both fresh and familiar, it's a pairing we couldn't have possibly predicted.

June 12, 2012 – Right now, the SPIN office is completely obsessed with the kinetic rat-a-tat of Chicago footwork, the regional electronic music known for its frenetic, unlikely rhythms and completely ridonkulous moves. We've already bestowed our highest honor to Traxman and smoothed-out English mutant Addison Groove, and now comes footwork's greatest album-length statement to date, courtesy of Chicago's own DJ Rashad. The DJ, a longtime dancer before hitting the decks, is self-releasing Teklife Vol. 1: Welcome to the Chi on his new Lit City Trax imprint (out today on vinyl and CD), and we're proud to stream the whole thing below.In our SPIN Essential review,editor Christopher R. Weingarten says:These rhythms sometimes interlock into sparkling club music, but most of the time they like to run against each others' grains, creating misaligned, off-center, impossible, seemingly undanceable grooves.