Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin, words by BBG Without the mega-firepower of the Metalliance lineup with Saint Vitus, Crowbar, Kylesa (who play NYC on 10/22), Red Fang (who support Mastodon), Howl (who plays the Metal Suckfest) and The Atlas Moth... more info

Metal Injection — Our friends over at Metalsucks are throwing a pretty rad two-day rager that they're calling the Metal Suckfest, two days, twenty bands, and a lot of booze. The party happens on November 5th and 6th at the Gramercy in NYC. The first day will feat... more info

ContactMusic — Actor James Franco is preparing himself for another gay scandal after revealing he will appear to perform a sex act on another man in a new biopic. The 127 Hours star, who played a homosexual in Milk and gay poet Allen Ginsberg in Howl, has been dogg... more info

Altsounds — *The Wolfmen's* prolific 2010 sessions with *The Dandy Warhols'* *Courtney Taylor-Taylor f*orm the nucleus of band's second full-length offering, Married to the Eiffel Tower. The record shall be released through Howl on August 8th. Included on the r... more info

NME - The Daily Download — James Franco is one of those rare creatures, a pretty boy it's hard to hate. He secures this status in large part due to his impeccable career choices, from early cult comedy Freaks And Geeks right through to 127 Hours via the likes of Milk and Howl.... more info

The Telegraph — James Franco plays an uncharacteristically subdued Allen Ginsberg in this short film about his long, infamous poem. Rating: * * * more info

Brooklyn Vegan — today in NYC * Howl! Festival * Bushwick Open Studios * It Is It @ Pianos * ASSSSCAT 3000 @ UCB * Atlantic Avenue Artwalk * Jason Kao Hwang @ The Stone * Hillstock Festival @ 402 Park Ave.... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Wildbirds & Peacedrums @ the Bell House in 2009 (more by Ryan Muir) today in NYC * Howl Fest * Evillive * Red Hook Fest * Chola @ Barbes * Sima Bina @ Town Hall * Mike Birbiglia @ Barrow... more info

Metal Injection — We have just added over 100 new photos into our gallery. First up, our west coast photographer Aline has just posted photos from the Metal Alliance tour, which features sick snaps of Crowbar, Helmet, St. Vitus, Kylesa, Howl, Red Fang and The Atlas Mo... more info

Metalsucks — I’m going to put approximately as much work into this introduction as Morbid Angel did the synthesizer work on their new album. (That joke will seem hilarious in a few weeks, I swear.) We begin today with the new In Flames video, for the song “De... more info