Metal Injection — We've seen Valient Thorr at the New England Metal and Hardcore Festival earlier this year, and besides being a hilarious guy, Valient himself and his band know how to put on an entertaining set. They also know how to pick a good opener in Howl, ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — words and photos by BBG East of the Wall Primus be damned. Black Cobra raged out at The Studio at Webster Hall on Friday (7/30) with help from Rhode Island killers Howl, the Ohio freight train known as Struck By... more info

Guardian Music — Key figure in the US 1960s countercultureTuli Kupferberg, who has died aged 86 after a long illness, was a key figure in the US countercultural campaign of the 1960s. As a publisher, poet, pacifist, singer and songwriter, he used his talents for writ... more info

Pop Candy — James Franco seems like an appropriate choice to play Beat poet Allen Ginsberg in Howl, and judging by the new trailer, he's passionate about ... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — We’re not sure what excites more about this new trailer for the upcoming Allen Ginsberg biopic Howl: James Franco playing the eccentric beat poet or Jon Hamm looking very much like Don Draper as his lawyer during the obscenity trial that followed H... more info

Altsounds — On the heels of their critically acclaimed new album, *"The Martyrdom of a Catastrophist,"* and following their announcement of US tour dates w/ *Orbs* (featuring members of BTBAM, Cradle of Filth, and others), Boston's *Junius* have announced Fal... more info

KEXP Seattle — KEXP listeners have been in love with Shout Out Louds since their 2005 debut, Howl Howl Gaff Gaff, partly because of the band’s unmistakable 80′s New Wave influences — elements of The Cure, New Order, The Smiths, and many others can be heard fi... more info

Unreality Music — Well, I couldn't make it a concise ten tracks so eleven will have to do. None of these songs listed ever got an official UK release, much to my dismay. So, even though there are many more than just eleven, here are those eleven. Anyone else who ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by BBG Black Cobra at Gramercy (more by Chris LaPutt) There aren't many cases when a duo can make a seriously ear-splitting racket. Jucifer (who is coming to NYC). Dark Castle (them too). Lightning Bolt. And one that you definitely... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by BBG Black Cobra at Gramercy (more by Chris LaPutt) There aren't many cases when a duo can make a seriously ear-splitting racket. Jucifer (who is coming to NYC). Dark Castle (them too). Lightning Bolt. And one that you definitely... more info