Two nights ago Slash threw his benefit concert in Los Angeles to raise money for the kids. They performed a new song written by himself and Andrew Stockdale of Wolfmother. Travis Barker's on drums and Dave Navarro is walking around back there. Read Full Story

The very fantastic dark and dirty new album from The Bravery is now streaming on their MySpace. Have a listen to Stir The Blood right now and right here. Listen to Hatefuck. I like. Read Full Story

The Pixies are back and now they have Vans. Hi-tops and low-tops. Now when you're listening to Surfer Rosa and laying on your couch, you can look at your feet and smile. (Via p-fork.) Read Full Story

I just went to AOL.com and I can't figure out what is metal about it. Except for the top headline "Text Message Exposed Affair: Senator Cried 'Like a Little Boy' When 
Found Out". And the next headline: "Remember the Beaver". Both of those are pretty metal. The international sign of heavy metal is one of the new AOL logos. Check out the rest, including a gold fish, right here.  Read Full Story

East Bay mod punks Green Day played the American Music Awards the other night and took home the prize for Favorite Alternative Rock Artist. Here's a few pictures from their performance of 21 Guns. Many more at the Madison Square Garden blog. Read Full Story

Kona's dub punk rockers Pepper are in their home studio writing their new album, and now they have an iPhone app to update their fans of all the news that's fit to print. And probably some that's not, like what porn they have in the studio and where they do their laundry.  Oh yeah and also go check out what they're calling the new album! Read Full Story

Vampire Weekend have released the new video for their song 'Cousins', off the California inspired album Contra. The video is pretty cool. It was shot in an alley and features the band cruising back and forth on a dolly track, which wasn't removed from view but rather featured pretty prominently in the clip. Cousins brings the guys right back into their afro-punk roots they are best known for. Have yourself a listen and a look.  Read Full Story

Aussie retro rockers Jet have released a new music video for the next single off their latest album Shaka Rock. It's a '70s Western influenced horror flick for the song 'Black Hearts (On Fire)'. Clint Eastwood doesn't make a cameo, but a kinda wish he would. Embedding has been disabled by request so you're going to have to watch it on YouTube.  Read Full Story

Last weekend we happened to catch up with alternative rock band The Almost at the Warfield in San Francisco, when they cruised into town on their tour with The Used. We hopped on the bus with 'em and talked about their new album (Monster Monster), their next music video (Hands), who cooks dinner on tour and what's up with a few other things in their lives. Check it out - always good times! Read Full Story

Pabst Brewing Company is for sale. The beer not-maker is putting all of it's brands on the block, including Colt-45, Schlitz, and of course the red, white and blue PBR. Pabst doesn't actually create any beer. They are a marketing agency. They run the brands of all of their beers, don't own one brewery, and outsource all the beer making to Molson Coors. So when the brands are sold will be actually be drinking the same beer? Read Full Story