Brooklyn Vegan — a shot from Sled Island 2008 (more by Rae Holtsabum) The Sled Island Music and Arts Festival -- taking place at various venues in Calgary, Alberta from June 24 to June 27 -- is pleased to announce the initial line-up... more info

Rock Sellout — Could you please give us a little background about Anvil. How old were you when you first started playing an instrument? Which was it? What three bands or albums inspired the two of you enough to start making music? For those unfamiliar with Anvil, w... more info

Rolling Stone — • Bruce, Mellencamp Celebrate Seeger’s 90th • Journey Join Fall Out Boy at Bamboozle • Bob Dylan’s Greatest Collaborations • Coldplay Reward Fans With Live LP • Daughtry Announce Idol Performance, New LP • Anvil: Behind the Scenes Wit... more info

Rolling Stone — • Journey Join Fall Out Boy at Bamboozle • Bob Dylan’s Greatest Collaborations • Coldplay Reward Fans With Live LP • Daughtry Announce Idol Performance, New LP • Anvil: Behind the Scenes With Metal Vets • Abdul Duped by Sacha Baron Cohe... more info

Rolling Stone — Anvil! The True Story of Anvil is the year’s most praised rock doc, a film that follows Canadian heavy-metal outfit Anvil on their 30-year-plus quest for rock stardom and respect. The Smoking Section’s Austin Scaggs recently hung out with Anvil g... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Justina Villanueva, words by Black Bubblegum Black Anvil, in mid thrash. The bunny was shown no mercy on Easter Sunday, as Genghis Tron, Tombs, Wetnurse, and Black Anvil took care of business at Public Assembly (4/12). The Brooklyn... more info

Buzzgrinder — Sometimes headlines are deceptive, like the one I received last night about Anvil! The Story of Anvil beating all of its competition at the box office on Easter weekend. Intrigued, since I was pretty sure this was some sort of typo that I could make ... more info

All About Jazz — True story: when This Is Spinal Tap premiered in 1984, audiences thought it was a straightforward rock documentary about a real band. Mind you, that would be a band that customizes the volume knob on an amp to go to 11, on the logic that 11 must b... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — tonight in NYC * DANCE * Busta Rhymes & Kid Cudi @ BB King's * Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ Santos Party House * Jenny Scheinman Trio (w/ Nels Cline @ Blue Note) * Genghis Tron, Tombs, Wetnurse, Black Anvil... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — tonight in NYC * DANCE * Busta Rhymes & Kid Cudi @ BB King's * Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ Santos Party House * Jenny Scheinman Trio (w/ Nels Cline @ Blue Note) * Genghis Tron, Tombs, Wetnurse, Black Anvil... more info