Brooklyn Vegan — Catch Australia's Mick Turner & Jim White (2/3 of The Dirty Three) as the Tren Brothers this Saturday afternoon (today, 5/8) at Sound Fix Records. The free Brooklyn in-store kicks off at 2pm. Catch Mick Turner & Jim White... more info

411 Mania — The year was 1981 and music was set to get a lot sleazier. We look at the beginning of Mand#246;tley Crand#252;e and check out more classic albums from Iron Maiden, Venom, Riot, Saxon, Praying Mantis, Def Leppard, Raven, Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne,... more info

Musicaddictz - Addicted To Music — It is gonna be a really really hot summer yall! All the favs gonna be in your iPod really soon!MAYToni Braxton - Pulse 05Trina - Amazin' 05Bone-Thugs-N-Harmony - Uni5 : The World's Enemy 05Charice - Charice 11Nas & Damian Marley - Distant Relatives ... more info

Guardian Music — "Lo"-key minimalist Josh McIntyre draws on post-punk, shoegaze and C86 for his scratchy, sorrowful soundHometown: Toronto, Canada.The lineup: Josh McIntyre (vocals, keyboards, guitar), Gerald Grison (drums), Elliot Jones (guitar), Matthew Koudys (bas... more info

Guardian Music — New documentary Until The Light Takes Us shows that, while pop was eating itself, Norway's black metal stars were busy burning churches and killing one another"It's like New Zealand … only grimmer." Darkthrone's Fenriz is attempting to explain ... more info

Guardian Music — BBC4 documentary Heavy Metal Britannia offers an affectionate look back to a time when the leather-clad likes of Iron Maiden, Judas Priest and Saxon became Top Of The Pops regulars. But what forces forged the unique alloy that is British metal?"Metal... more info

The Music Fix — News Flash: Classic rock ahoy!High Voltage is the must-see rock event of 2010 – a two-day festival featuring the very best in classic rock, progressive rock and metal. Custom built by rock fans, for rock fans and held at Victoria Park, Londo... more info

My Old Kentucky — It's been a while since we trotted out Two For Flinching, largely because there have been so few flinch-worthy releases finding their way to my mailbox. Maybe it's holiday hangover, or the economy or the terrorists really have won. Whatever the reaso... more info

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411 Mania — On the most commercial day of the year, the Mosh Pit looks at the three most noncommercial albums that would shape extreme metal: Venom with Black Metal, Celtic Frost with To Mega Therion, and Possessed with Seven Churches. Click the link to check ... more info