Park - Building a Better Noun

The fine folks at Lobster Records and the friendly chaps in Park have whipped up a holiday-time contest for ya'll. The booty be a pair of shoes from Dekline, the entire Park discography and some custom holiday merch from the band.

As you might know, their new album Building a Better _______ came out this year and apparently the band was stumped as to what exactly they were building. All you have to do in order to win is tell the band what exactly it was they were building. Simple, no?

So clickity click Read More to fill out the entry form, read the rules and all that.

'The Ultimate Band Rig' from MxPx

MxPx is testing the limits of discography categorization this year with both a compilation and a reissue of an eight-year-old compilation. Fanscape wants to help celebrate the latter's release by giving one extremely lucky fan a mind-blowing band rig that includes ::deep breath:: an Ernie Ball guitar, an Ernie Ball bass, a Truth Drums snare drum, Samson Wireless Technology full personal setup, a…oh forget it, you can check out the entire prize lineup by clicking to this handy contest entry form.

Two runners up will even get in on the action with some band merchandise and autographed drum sticks.

As mentioned above, the band recently released both Let's Rock (SideOneDummy) and a CD/DVD deluxe version of Let It Happen (Tooth & Nail).

Me First contest winners!

Winners! That's what we've got. Me First and Gimme Gimmes called and you answered. Here's the winners of the prizes from Fat:

Grand Prize
• Steve O. from Beaver, WV

First Loser

• Byron M. from Campbell River, BC

The rest
• Tylisha C. from West Sacramento, CA
• Kate B. from Coventry, RI
• Sean-Paul P. from Saugerties, NY
• John from Oswego, NY
• Julie L. from Beaufort, NC

Thanks to all that entered as well as the folks at Fat. Make sure you check our Contests Page for more chances to win!

Street Dogs broken guitar finds a home

The results are in and I'd just like to say congratulations to Matt P. of Taylorsville, UT on his winning of Tobe's broken guitar! It was a heated decision, but in the end randomness won out and he rose to the top. Thanks to all that entered as well as DRT/Brass Tacks and the Street Dogs for their choice of prizes.

Matt takes home the very guitar referenced by the 'Dogs in the track "Tobe's Got a Drinkin' Problem" from their new album Fading American Dream.

Remember to check our Contests page for more chances to win!

Free Shows and Schwag: the Draft, Planes Mistaken For Stars, Fifth Hour Hero in Virginia Beach

We've once again hooked up with our pals at 151 Productions in Virginia Beach to offer you the chance to go to another show and get some free schwag. The Draft are currently touring with a great lineup that includes Planes Mistaken For Stars and Fifth Hour Hero. The Virginia Beach date is also the last of the tour for Planes Mistaken For Stars, so you know its gonna be fun.

We're gonna give 2 tickets to 2 winners for the Virginia Beach show at the Peppermint Beach Club on December 7; each winner will also receive a t-shirt from the band of their choice at the show, and the 1st place winner will also receive a copy of the Draft's debut, In a Million Pieces. The only catch? You have to go to the show to win the schwag. And don't worry if you don't live in the area, more contests are coming. We recently sent a winner to see Ryan's Hope with +44 in Milwaukee, and we should have another big show for all of you in the northeast very soon.

Free Shows and Schwag: Ryan's Hope, Zox, Matches, Living End, +44 in Milwaukee

So my man Terry Morrow from Chicagoland Orgcore trio Ryan's Hope told me that his band was joining Zox, Epitaph young guns the Matches, Australia's the Living End and new post Blink-182 project +44 for a shindig this weekend in Milwaukee. I told him that there was no way the Hope could play that show… not unless we could send a few lucky readers along for the ride.

So are you free this Saturday, December 2nd? Want to go to a rock show? Want some free Punknews schwag? If so then by all means click below and let us know!

Unwritten Law snowboard + 'The Hit List'

What better way to embrace the bitter temperature of a rapidly approaching winter than with a snowboard? Punknews.org and Fanscape are teaming up to give one lucky winner a custom Unwritten Law snowboard and a copy of the band's upcoming collections album, The Hit List, where the band will introduce some old favorites in re-recorded/re-arranged form. If this sounds like an offer you'd take up, click to this special Fanscape contest page to enter and check out the rules.

The Hit List is due Jan. 2, 2007 via independent distributor Artist To Market Distribution (A2M). The band's last proper effort was 2005's Lava effort, Here's to the Mourning.

Owen

Yes, Mike Kinsella was in Owls, Cap'n Jazz, American Football and Joan of Arc and that resume would be hard to follow, but follow it he did, and the result was the plaintive, soft Owen.

Since Owen just released their first album since 2004's wonderful I Do Perceive, it seems like we should celebrate in the only way we know how; giving stuff away.

Go Kart Records “Brats on the Beat: Ramones for Kids” / iPod Shuffle

To help kickoff the new Go Kart Records release Beat on the Brat: Ramones for Kids, the fine folks over at said label are offering you the chance to win a copy, and maybe even one of those new iPod shuffles; you know, with the little clip thing?…

Brats on the Beat:Ramones for Kids features a punkrock all-star lineup including Matt Skiba (Alkaline Trio), Jim Lindberg (Pennywise), Greg Attonito (Bouncing Souls) and many more sing classic Ramones songs in children's form (a great alternative to other creepy kids' music like this).

Raised Fist Vs. Quebec & Ontario

Let's try this again shall we? In September Sweden's Raised Fist were set to lay waste to Canada (well, Quebec and Ontario at least) in support of their 2006 full length Sound of the Republic. We even had a contest to get you fine folks in the doors… then the tour was cancelled. Vocalist Alle apparently injured his ribs by dressing up like a bat and fighting crime (or something like that).

Well in honour of the band's rescheduled December tour dates we've resurrected our earlier ticket giveaway. We're giving away a pair of tickets for each date on the tour, so check below to enter. Note that if you entered already in the earlier version of this contest, you've got to enter again now. We're mean like that.